Phase and antigenic variation result in a heterogenic phenotype of a clonal bacterial
population, in which individual cells either express the phase-variable protein (s) or not, or …

The intestinal microbiota (previously referred to as “intestinal flora”) has entered the focus of
research interest not only in microbiology but also in medicine. Huge progress has been …

Manufacturing heteronanostructures with specific physicochemical characteristics and tightly
controllable designs is very appealing. Herein, we reported NIR-II light-driven dual …

Persistent bacterial infections involving Mycobacterium tuberculosis, Salmonella enterica
serovar Typhi (S. typhi) and Helicobacter pylori pose significant public-health problems …

Mycobacterium tuberculosis is a highly efficient pathogen, killing millions of infected people
annually. The capacity of M. tuberculosis to survive and cause disease is strongly correlated …

Salmonella enterica subspecies enterica serovar Typhi is the aetiological agent of typhoid or
enteric fever. In a subset of individuals, S. Typhi colonizes the gallbladder causing an …

Host-adapted strains of Salmonella are capable of establishing a persistent infection in their
host often in the absence of clinical disease. The mouse model of Salmonella infection has …

Tuberculosis (TB) is an international public health priority and kills almost two million people
annually. TB is out of control in Africa due to increasing poverty and HIV coinfection, and …

For microbial pathogens, phylogeographic differentiation seems to be relatively common.
However, the neutral population structure of Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi reflects the …

Innate, inflammation-based immunity is the first line of vertebrate defence against micro-
organisms. Inflammation relies on a number of cellular and molecular effectors that can …