Vancomycin and related glycopeptides are drugs of last resort for the treatment of severe
infections caused by Gram‐positive bacteria such as Enterococcus species, Staphylococcus …

Enterococcus faecalis, Enterococcus faecium and Staphylococcus aureus are both common
commensals and major opportunistic human pathogens. In recent decades, these bacteria …

In the environment bacteria share their habitat with a great diversity of organisms, from
microbes to humans, animals and plants. In these complex communities, the production of …

Practical Handbook of Microbiology, 4th edition provides basic, clear and concise
knowledge and practical information about working with microorganisms. Useful to anyone …

d-amino acids, the enantiomeric counterparts of l-amino acids, were long considered to be
non-functional or not even present in living organisms. Nowadays, d-amino acids are …

L-Amino acids are the building blocks for proteins synthesized in ribosomes in all kingdoms
of life, but d-amino acids (d-aa) have important non-ribosome-based functions 1. Mammals …

Recent work has shed light on the abundance and diversity of d-amino acids in bacterial
extracellular/periplasmic molecules, bacterial cell culture, and bacteria-rich environments …

Bacteria produce diverse d-amino acids, which are essential components of cell wall
peptidoglycan. Incorporation of these d-amino acids into peptidoglycan contributes to …

Bacteria face tough competition in polymicrobial communities. To persist in a specific niche,
many species produce toxic extracellular effectors to interfere with the growth of nearby …

Biofilms are complex aggregates of microbes that are tightly protected by an extracellular
matrix (ECM) and may attach to a surface or adhere together. A higher persistence of …