Lactic acid bacteria (LAB) are important starter, commensal, or pathogenic microorganisms.
The stress physiology of LAB has been studied in depth for over 2 decades, fueled mostly by …

Gram-positive organisms, including the pathogens Staphylococcus aureus, Streptococcus
pneumoniae, and Enterococcus faecalis, have dynamic cell envelopes that mediate …

Two-component regulatory systems (TCSs) are a major mechanism by which bacteria sense
and respond to changes in their environment. TCSs typically consist of two proteins that …

Antibiotics and other agents that perturb the synthesis or integrity of the bacterial cell
envelope trigger compensatory stress responses. Focusing on Bacillus subtilis as a model …

Clostridium difficile is the prominent etiological agent of healthcare-associated diarrhea. The
disease symptoms range from mild diarrhea to life-threatening pseudomembranous colitis …

Antimicrobial peptides, or AMPs, play a significant role in many environments as a tool to
remove competing organisms. In response, many bacteria have evolved mechanisms to …

Covering: up to 2017 History points to the bacterial cell wall biosynthetic network as a very
effective target for antibiotic intervention, and numerous natural product inhibitors have been …

Lactic acid bacteria (LAB) encompasses industrially relevant bacteria involved in food
fermentations as well as health-promoting members of our autochthonous microbiota. In the …

Bacteria produce under certain stress conditions bacteriocins and microcins that display
antibacterial activity against closely related species for survival. Bacteriocins and microcins …

Protection against antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) often involves the parallel production of
multiple, well‐characterized resistance determinants. So far, little is known about how these …