Ribosomally synthesized and post-translationally modified peptides (RiPPs) are a natural
product class that has undergone significant expansion due to the rapid growth in genome …

Natural bacterial transformation involves the internalization and chromosomal integration of
DNA and has now been documented in∼ 80 species. Recent advances have established …

▪ Abstract Quorum sensing is the regulation of gene expression in response to fluctuations in
cell-population density. Quorum sensing bacteria produce and release chemical signal …

AAA+ family proteolytic machines (ClpXP, ClpAP, ClpCP, HslUV, Lon, FtsH, PAN/20S, and
the 26S proteasome) perform protein quality control and are used in regulatory circuits in all …

Quorum sensing, or the control of gene expression in response to cell density, is used by
both Gram-negative and Gram-positive bacteria to regulate a variety of physiological …

Gene expression in bacteria is traditionally studied from the average behaviour of cells in a
population, which has led to the assumption that under a particular set of conditions all cells …

Certain types of cellular differentiation are probabilistic and transient,,. In such systems
individual cells can switch to an alternative state and, after some time, switch back again. In …

Bacteria communicate with one another using chemical signaling molecules as words.
Specifically, they release, detect, and respond to the accumulation of these molecules …

Because the majority of bacterial species divide by binary fission, and do not have
distinguishable somatic and germline cells, they could be considered to be immortal …

Bacterial transformation, a programmed mechanism for genetic exchange originally
discovered in Streptococcus pneumoniae, is widespread in bacteria. It is based on the …