In environments characterized by extended multi-stress conditions, pathogens develop a
variety of immune escape mechanisms to enhance their ability to infect the host. The …

Discovery of antimicrobials in the past century represented one of the most important
advances in public health. Unfortunately, the massive use of these compounds in medicine …

The extracellular capsule is a major virulence factor, but its ubiquity in free-living bacteria
with large environmental breadths suggests that it shapes adaptation to novel niches. Yet …

Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus is a small Deltaproteobacterium which, since its discovery, has
distinguished itself for the unique ability to prey on other Gram-negative bacteria. The …

Since its discovery six decades ago, the predatory bacterium Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus has
sparked recent interest as a potential remedy to the antibiotic resistance crisis. Here we give …

Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a global health and economic crisis. With too few
antibiotics in development to meet current and anticipated needs, there is a critical need for …

Bdellovibrio and like organisms (BALOs) prey on Gram‐negative bacteria in the planktonic
phase as well as in biofilms, with the ability to reduce prey populations by orders of …

Bacteria are preyed upon by diverse microbial predators, including bacteriophage and
predatory bacteria, such as Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus. While bacteriophage are used as …

Almost sixty years ago, Bdellovibrio and like organisms (BALOs) were discovered as the first
obligate bacterial predators of other bacteria known to science. Since then, they were shown …

The gut microbiota is a complex microbial ecosystem that coexists with the human organism
in the intestinal tract. The members of this ecosystem live together in a balance between …