Sigma factors provide promoter recognition specificity to RNA polymerase holoenzyme,
contribute to DNA strand separation, and then dissociate from the core enzyme following …

Contact lenses represent a widely utilized form of vision correction with more than 140
million wearers worldwide. Although generally well-tolerated, contact lenses can cause …

Mucosal sites such as the intestine, oral cavity, nasopharynx, and vagina all have
associated commensal flora. The surface of the eye is also a mucosal site, but proof of a …

We show that a single clinical isolate of the human opportunistic pathogen Pseudomonas
aeruginosa (strain PA14), which previously was shown to be pathogenic in mice and plants …

The fifth edition of Pathogenesis of Bacterial Infections in Animals tries to capture the many
fascinating and rapid developments in our understanding of how major bacterial pathogens …

Driven in part by its metabolic versatility, high intrinsic antibiotic resistance, and a large
repertoire of virulence factors, Pseudomonas aeruginosa is expertly adapted to thrive in a …

Pathogenic bacteria produce an elaborate assortment of extracellular and cell-associated
bacterial products that enable colonization and establishment of infection within a host …

Pseudomonas aeruginosa is an ubiquitous environmental bacterium. It can be recovered,
often in high numbers, in common food, especially vegetables. Moreover, it can be …

In Pseudomonas aeruginosa, many exoproduct virulence determinants are regulated via a
hierarchical quorum-sensing cascade involving the transcriptional regulators LasR and …

Microbial capsular antigens are effective vaccines but are chemically and immunologically
diverse, resulting in a major barrier to their use against multiple pathogens. A β-(1→ 6) …