Glycans, carbohydrate molecules in the realm of biology, are present as biomedically
important glycoconjugates and a characteristic aspect is that their structures in many …

The outer surface of many archaea and bacteria is coated with a proteinaceous surface
layer (known as an S-layer), which is formed by the self-assembly of monomeric proteins …

ANaerobic AMMonium OXidation (anammox) is an established process for efficient nitrogen
removal from wastewater, relying on anammox bacteria to form stable biofilms or granules …

Glycosylation of proteins is one of the most prevalent post-translational modifications
occurring in nature, with a wide repertoire of biological implications. Pathways for the main …

Humans have been increasingly recognized as being superorganisms, living in close
contact with a microbiota on all their mucosal surfaces. However, most studies on the human …

Lactobacilli are Gram-positive bacteria that are a subdominant element in the human
gastrointestinal microbiota, and which are commonly used in the food industry. Some …

S-layers are paracrystalline bidimensional arrays of proteins or glycoproteins that overlay
the cell surface of several genus and species of bacteria and archaea. As the outermost …

Protein glycosylation was once considered as an eccentricity of a few bacteria. However in
the recent years multiple O‐glycosylation mechanisms have been identified in bacterial …

Porphyromonas gingivalis is an important human pathogen and also a model organism for
the Bacteroidetes phylum. O-glycosylation has been reported in this phylum with findings …

The pathogenesis of periodontitis depends on a sustained feedback loop where bacterial
virulence factors and immune responses both contribute to inflammation and tissue …