The uptake of nutrients, including metals, amino acids and peptides are required for many
biological processes. Pathogenic bacteria scavenge these essential nutrients from …

When one thinks of the Gram+ cell wall, the peptidoglycan (PG) scaffold in particular comes
to mind. However, the cell wall also consists of many other components, for example those …

A protracted outbreak of New Delhi metallo-β-lactamase (NDM)–producing carbapenem-
resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae started in Tuscany, Italy, in November 2018 and continued …

Streptococcus pneumoniae is an opportunistic human pathogen that causes invasive
diseases, including pneumonia, with greater health risks upon influenza A virus (IAV) co …

Background The identification of genomic biomarkers is a key step towards improving
diagnostic tests and therapies. We present a reference-free method for this task that relies …

Streptococcus pneumoniae is an opportunistic human pathogen that typically colonizes the
nasopharyngeal passage and causes lethal disease in other host niches, such as the lung …

Prophages (viral genomes integrated within a host bacterial genome) can confer various
phenotypic traits to their hosts, such as enhanced pathogenicity. Here we analyse> 1300 …

Streptococcus suis is a Gram-positive bacterium and a zoonotic pathogen residing in the
nasopharynx or the gastrointestinal tract of pigs with a potential of causing life-threatening …

The global regulator CodY controls the expression of dozens of metabolism and virulence
genes in the opportunistic pathogen Staphylococcus aureus in response to the availability of …

This work investigated the effects of different chemical structures of human milk
oligosaccharides (hMOs) and non-digestible carbohydrates (NDCs) on pathogen adhesion …