Listeria monocytogenes is a foodborne pathogen that causes a life-threatening disease in
humans known as listeriosis. Contamination of food during processing is the main route of …

Drug resistance by pathogenic microbes has emerged as a matter of great concern to
mankind. Microorganisms such as bacteria and fungi employ multiple defense mechanisms …

Bacterial biofilms present a significant medical challenge because they are recalcitrant to
current therapeutic regimes. A key component of biofilm formation in the opportunistic …

Concerns about food contamination by Listeria monocytogenes are on the rise with
increasing consumption of ready-to-eat foods. Biofilm production of L. monocytogenes is …

The vertebrate protein STING, an intracellular sensor of cyclic dinucleotides, is critical to the
innate immune response and the induction of type I interferon during pathogenic infection …

Exopolysaccharides play an important structural and functional role in the development and
maintenance of microbial biofilms. Although the majority of research to date has focused on …

Listeria monocytogenes is a foodborne pathogen able to persist in food industry and is
responsible for a severe illness called listeriosis. The ability of L. monocytogenes to persist …

The mold Aspergillus fumigatus causes invasive infection in immunocompromised patients.
Recently, galactosaminogalactan (GAG), an exopolysaccharide composed of galactose and …

The exopolysaccharide galactosaminogalactan (GAG) is an important virulence factor of the
fungal pathogen Aspergillus fumigatus. Deletion of a gene encoding a putative deacetylase …

The nucleotide second messenger 3′-5′ cyclic diguanylate monophosphate (c-di-GMP) is
a central regulator of the transition between motile and non-motile lifestyles in bacteria …