Bacterial toxins are virulence factors that manipulate host cell functions and take over the
control of vital processes of living organisms to favor microbial infection. Some toxins directly …

The genus Photobacterium, one of the eight genera included in the family Vibrionaceae,
contains 27 species with valid names and it has received attention because of the …

Toxin cargo genes are often horizontally transferred by phages between bacterial species
and are known to play an important role in the evolution of bacterial pathogenesis. Here, we …

ABSTRACT A diverse family of metalloproteases (MPs) is distributed in eukaryotes.
However, the functions of MPs are still understudied. We report that seven MPs belonging to …

Bacterial AB toxins are secreted key virulence factors that are internalized by target cells
through receptor-mediated endocytosis, translocating their enzymatic domain to the cytosol …

Photobacteriosis or fish pasteurellosis is a bacterial disease affecting wild and farm fish. Its
etiological agent, the gram negative bacterium Photobacterium damselae subsp. piscicida …

Photobacterium species are Gram-negative coccobacilli which are distributed in marine
habitats worldwide. Some species are unique because of their capability to produce …

Attaching/Effacing (A/E) pathogens including enteropathogenic Escherichia coli (EPEC),
enterohemorrhagic E. coli (EHEC) and the rodent equivalent Citrobacter rodentium are …

Proteases are powerful enzymes, which cleave peptide bonds, leading most of the time to
irreversible fragmentation or degradation of their substrates. Therefore they control many …

Parasitoid wasps depend on a variety of maternal virulence factors to ensure successful
parasitism. Encapsulation response carried out by host hemocytes is one of the major host …