To succeed, many cells must alternate between life-styles that permit rapid growth in the
presence of abundant nutrients and ones that enhance survival in the absence of those …

Serovars of Salmonella enterica are frequent agents of foodborne disease worldwide. They
are capable of growing and surviving in numerous natural, commercial and host environs …

There is a wide interest in developing management and feeding strategies to stimulate gut
development and health in newly-weaned pigs, in order to improve growth performance …

In bacteria, two-component systems (TCS) are widely used signal transduction devices
which are engaged in a multitude of gene regulatory systems that respond to changing …

All vertebrates produce gastric acid. Its main function is inactivation of ingested
microorganisms. The majority of microbiological pathogens ingested never reaches the …

The ability of enteropathogens such as Salmonella and Escherichia coli to adapt and
survive acid stress is fundamental to their pathogenesis. Once inside the host, these …

The idea of using simple, genetically tractable host organisms to study the virulence
mechanisms of pathogens dates back at least to the work of Darmon and Depraitère [1] …

The secretion of hydrochloric acid by the stomach plays an important role in protecting the
body against pathogens ingested with food or water. A gastric fluid pH of 1 to 2 is deleterious …

The enteric pathogen Salmonella enterica is exposed to a number of stressful environments
during its life cycle within and outside its various hosts. During intestinal colonisation …

The starvation‐induced csgD gene of Salmonella typhimurium encodes for the positive
transcriptional regulator of extracellular matrix components curli fimbriae and cellulose. To …