The whole organisms can be packaged as biopesticides, but secondary metabolites
secreted by microorganisms can also have a wide range of biological activities that either …

Hfq has emerged in recent years as a master regulator of gene expression in bacteria,
mainly due to its ability to mediate the interaction of small noncoding RNAs with their mRNA …

The bacterial Sm protein and RNA chaperone Hfq stabilizes small noncoding RNAs
(sRNAs) and facilitates their annealing to mRNA targets involved in stress tolerance and …

Background Gram-negative bacteria of the genus Serratia are potential producers of many
useful secondary metabolites, such as prodigiosin and serrawettins, which have potential …

Bacteria protect themselves from infection by bacteriophages (phages) using different
defence systems, such as CRISPR-Cas. Although CRISPR-Cas provides phage resistance …

Gene expression is adjusted according to cellular needs through a combination of
mechanisms acting at different layers of the flow of genetic information. At the …

Polyketides represent an important class of bioactive natural products with a broad range of
biological activities. We identified recently a large trans‐acyltransferase (AT) polyketide …

CRISPR–Cas systems provide bacteria with adaptive immunity against phages and
plasmids; however, pathways regulating their activity are not well defined. We recently …

Antibiotics inhibit a wide range of essential processes in the bacterial cell, including
replication, transcription, translation and cell wall synthesis. In many instances, these …

Gas vesicles (GVs) are proteinaceous, gas-filled organelles used by some bacteria to
enable upward movement into favorable air/liquid interfaces in aquatic environments …