Polyamines are positively charged hydrocarbons that are essential for the growth and
cellular maintenance in prokaryotes and eukaryotes. Polyamines have been demonstrated …

ABSTRACT The Lyme disease spirochete, Borrelia burgdorferi, persists in nature by
alternatingly cycling between ticks and vertebrates. During each stage of the infectious …

Pseudomonas plecoglossicida is associated with multiple fish diseases, and temperature is
one of the most important environmental factors related to its outbreak. To elucidate the …

Acinetobacter johnsonii and Shewanella putrefaciens were identified as specific spoilage
organisms in aquatic food. The interactions among specific spoilage organisms under cold …

Abstract Spermidine (Spd), spermine (Spm), and putrescine (Put), which are the most widely
distributed cellular polyamines, are essential for normal growth and multiplication of both …

The infectious cycle of Borrelia burgdorferi necessitates persistent infection of both
vertebrates and ticks, and efficient means of transmission between those two very different …

Borrelia burgdorferi, the causative agent of Lyme disease, survives in nature through a cycle
that alternates between ticks and vertebrates. To facilitate this defined lifestyle, B. burgdorferi …

Borrelia burgdorferi responds to a variety of host-derived factors and appropriately alters its
gene expression for adaptation under different host-specific conditions. We previously …

Lyme borreliosis is one of the major tick-borne diseases in Europe. Events of the
translocation of Borrelia across the blood-brain barrier (BBB) involve multiple interactions …

Enterococcus faecalis, a severe nosocomial and community opportunistic pathogen, is
difficult to control due to its multidrug resistance. Through heredity and the recombination of …