Campylobacter jejuni is the leading cause of bacterial diarrhoeal disease in many areas of
the world. The high incidence of sporadic cases of disease in humans is largely due to its …

Bacterial flagellar motility is among the most extensively studied physiological systems in
biology, but most research has been restricted to using the highly similar Gram-negative …

Although it is known that diverse bacterial flagellar motors produce different torques, the
mechanism underlying torque variation is unknown. To understand this difference better, we …

Echoing the repeated convergent evolution of flight and vision in large eukaryotes,
propulsive swimming motility has evolved independently in microbes in each of the three …

The Enterobacter cloacae complex (ECC) consists of closely related bacteria commonly
associated with the human microbiota. ECC are increasingly isolated from healthcare …

Two-component regulatory systems (TCRS) are ubiquitous signal transduction mechanisms
evolved by bacteria for sensing and adapting to the constant changes that occur in their …

ESX (ESAT-6 system) export systems play diverse roles across mycobacterial species.
Interestingly, genetic disruption of ESX systems in different species does not result in an …

A single region of the Pseudomonas putida genome, designated the flagellar cluster,
includes 59 genes potentially involved in the biogenesis and function of the flagellar system …

Bacterial pathogens employ a general strategy to overcome host defenses by coordinating
the virulence gene expression using dedicated regulatory systems that could raise intricate …

Campylobacter jejuni monitors intestinal metabolites produced by the host and microbiota to
initiate intestinal colonization of avian and animal hosts for commensalism and infection of …