Streptococcus pyogenes (Group A Streptococcus; GAS) is an exclusively human pathogen.
This bacterial species is responsible for a large variety of infections, ranging from purulent …

Successful adherence, colonization, and survival of Gram‐positive bacteria require surface
proteins, and multiprotein assemblies called pili. These surface appendages are attractive …

The colonic mucus layer is organized as a two-layered system providing a physical barrier
against pathogens and simultaneously harboring the commensal flora. The factors …

HLA class I presentation of pathogen-derived peptide ligands is essential for CD8+ T-cell
recognition of Toxoplasma gondii infected cells. Currently, little data exist pertaining to …

Plant NLRs are modular immune receptors that trigger rapid cell death in response to
attempted infection by pathogens. A highly conserved n ucleotide-b inding domain shared …

Agitation is a commonly encountered stress for enzymes during all stages of production and
application, but investigations that aim to improve their tolerance using topological …

The heterogeneous genus of Streptococci plays an important role in human disease.
Streptococci are estimated to cause 700 million human infections each year worldwide, with …

To cause disease and persist in a host, pathogenic and commensal microbes must adhere
to tissues. Colonization and infection depend on specific molecular interactions at the host …

The gap between molecular markers of disease (correlation) and virulence mechanisms
(causation) in the establishment of tissue tropisms for GAS infection currently remains wide …

Pilins or fimbrilins are a class of proteins found in bacterial surface pilus, a hair‐like surface
appendage. Both the Gram‐negative and‐positive bacteria produce pilins to assemble pili …