Since the reclassification of the genus Bartonella in 1993, the number of species has grown
from 1 to 45 currently designated members. Likewise, the association of different Bartonella …

Bacteria in the genus Brucella are important human and veterinary pathogens. The abortion
and infertility they cause in food animals produce economic hardships in areas where the …

Bartonella spp. are facultative intracellular pathogens that employ a unique stealth infection
strategy comprising immune evasion and modulation, intimate interaction with nucleated …

Bartonella spp. are facultative intracellular bacteria that cause characteristic host-restricted
hemotropic infections in mammals and are typically transmitted by blood-sucking …

Epidemiological studies worldwide have reported a high prevalence and a great diversity of
Bartonella species, both in rodents and their flea parasites. The interaction among …

Abstract Background Gluconacetobacter diazotrophicus Pal5 is an endophytic diazotrophic
bacterium that lives in association with sugarcane plants. It has important biotechnological …

The bacterial type IV secretion systems (T4SSs) comprise a biologically diverse group of
translocation systems functioning to deliver DNA or protein substrates from donor to target …

Type IV secretion occurs across a wide range of prokaryotic cell envelopes: Gram-negative,
Gram-positive, cell wall-less bacteria and some archaea. This diversity is reflected in the …

Anaplasma phagocytophilum is a Gram-negative, tick-transmitted, obligate intracellular
bacterium that elicits acute febrile diseases in humans and domestic animals. In contrast to …

Background Honey bee gut microbiota transmitted via social interactions are beneficial to
the host health. Although the microbial community is relatively stable, individual variations …