In this paper, the taxonomy of the genus Arthrobacter is discussed, from its first description in
1947 to the present state. Emphasis is given to intrageneric phylogeny and chemotaxonomic …

Phosphoglycerolipids are abundant membrane constituents in prokaryotic and eukaryotic
cells. However, glycoglycerolipids are the predominant lipids in chloroplasts of plants and …

Actinobacteria is a group of diverse bacteria. Most species in this class of bacteria are
filamentous aerobes found in soil, including the genus Streptomyces perhaps best known for …

Mycobacterium tuberculosis PimB has been demonstrated to catalyze the addition of a
mannose residue from GDP-mannose to a monoacylated phosphatidyl-myo-inositol …

Force spectroscopy was used to show that extracellular DNA (eDNA) has a pre-eminent
structural role in a biofilm. The adhesive behavior of extracellular polymeric substances to …

The importance of the impact of human hormones on commensal microbiota and microbial
biofilms is established in lots of studies. In the present investigation, we continued and …

19F NMR is a unique tool to examine the structure of fluorine-labeled peptides in their native
cellular environment, due to an exquisite sensitivity and lack of natural abundance …

The cell wall of the pathogenic bacterium Streptococcus pneumoniae contains
glucopyranosyl diacylglycerol (GlcDAG) and galactoglucopyranosyldiacylglycerol …

Abstract Background Penicillin-resistance in Streptococcus pneumoniae is mainly due to
alterations in genes encoding the target enzymes for beta-lactams, the penicillin-binding …

Marine bacteria living in association with marine sponges have proven to be a reliable
source of biologically active secondary metabolites. However, no studies have yet reported …