Since the last revision of this article (2006), a number of important publications have
appeared in the literature, the inclusion of which made it necessary to limit the topics of this …

Streptococcus pneumoniae is a gram-positive, aerotolerant bacterium that naturally
colonizes the human nasopharynx, but also causes invasive infections and is a major cause …

Bacteria sense and respond to many environmental cues, rewiring their regulatory network
to facilitate adaptation to new conditions/niches. Global transcription factors that co-regulate …

We determined whether there is turnover of the peptidoglycan (PG) cell wall of the
ovococcus bacterial pathogen Streptococcus pneumoniae (pneumococcus). Pulse-chase …

Streptococcus pneumoniae is a facultative anaerobic pathogen. Although it maintains
fermentative metabolism, during aerobic growth pneumococci produce high levels of H2O2 …

Cross-adaptation is an interesting and valuable physiological phenomenon that occurs
under complex stressful conditions. Lacticaseibacillus rhamnosus can cross-adapt to heat …

Bacteria adapt to the constantly changing environment by regulating their metabolism. The
global transcriptional regulator CodY is known to regulate metabolism in low-G+ C Gram …

The incidence of multidrug-resistant bacteria or superbugs has been increasing worldwide.
Multidrug-resistant bacteria constitute a major threat to public health as these lethal …

Streptococcus pneumoniae (S. pneumoniae; the pneumococcus) is a Gram-positive,
aerotolerant, and opportunistic bacteria, which colonizes the upper respiratory tract of …

Streptococcus pneumoniae is one of the leading human pathogen causing morbidity and
mortality worldwide. The pneumococcus can cause a variety of different diseases ranging …