Huge demand of safe and natural preservatives has opened new area for intensive research
on bacteriocins to unravel the novel range of antimicrobial compounds that could efficiently …

The problem of antibiotic resistance is on the rise, with multidrug-resistant strains emerging
even to the last resort antibiotics. The drug discovery process is often stalled by stringent cut …

The peptidoglycan layers of many gram-positive bacteria are densely functionalized with
anionic glycopolymers known as wall teichoic acids (WTAs). These polymers play crucial …

Cadmium (Cd) is one of the most important toxic environmental heavy metals. Cd pollutes
the environment mainly from mining, metallurgy industry, pigments and plastic stabilizers …

Bacterial species have long been classified on the basis of their characteristic cell shapes.
Despite intensive research, the molecular mechanisms underlying the generation and …

The genus Mycobacterium is best known for its two major pathogenic species, M.
tuberculosis and M. leprae, the causative agents of two of the world's oldest diseases …

Bacteriophages have developed multiple host cell lysis strategies to promote release of
descendant virions from infected bacteria. This review is focused on the lysis mechanisms …

The bacterial cell envelope is the first and major line of defence against threats from the
environment. It is an essential and yet vulnerable structure that gives the cell its shape and …

Teichoic acids and acidic capsular polysaccharides are major anionic cell wall polymers
(APs) in many bacteria, with various critical cell functions, including maintenance of cell …

Rising drug resistance is limiting treatment options for infections by methicillin-resistant
Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). Herein we provide new evidence that wall teichoic acid …