Orally administered probiotics encounter various challenges on their journey through the
mouth, stomach, intestine and colon. The health benefits of probiotics are diminished mainly …

Members of the GroEL/HSP60 protein family have been studied for many years because of
their critical roles as ATP-dependent molecular chaperones, so it might come as a surprise …

Streptococci readily colonize mucosal tissues in the nasopharynx; the respiratory,
gastrointestinal, and genitourinary tracts; and the skin. Each ecological niche presents a …

Streptococcus agalactiae (group B Streptococcus) is the major cause of invasive bacterial
disease, including meningitis, in the neonatal period. Although prophylactic measures have …

Moonlighting proteins, characterized by their multiple autonomous functions, have been
detected in bacteria. Surprisingly, many of these proteins are conserved and involved in …

Group B Streptococcus commonly colonises healthy adults without symptoms, yet under
certain circumstances displays the ability to invade host tissues, evade immune detection …

Biological moonlighting refers to proteins which express more than one function.
Moonlighting proteins occur in pathogenic and commensal as well as in Gram-positive and …

Aims: To characterize the adhesion molecule of Lactobacillus plantarum LA 318 that shows
high adhesion to human colonic mucin (HCM). Methods and Results: The adhesion test …

Streptococcus agalactiae (Group B streptococcus, GBS) is highly adapted to humans, where
it is a normal constituent of the intestinal and vaginal flora. Yet, GBS has highly invasive …

Moonlighting proteins comprise a class of multifunctional proteins in which a single protein
performs multiple physiologically relevant biochemical or biophysical functions that are not …