▪ Abstract Bacterial lipopolysaccharides (LPS) typically consist of a hydrophobic domain
known as lipid A (or endotoxin), a nonrepeating “core” oligosaccharide, and a distal …

Molecular genetic research on bacteriophage lambda carried out during its golden age from
the mid-1950s to mid-1980s was critically important in the attainment of our current …

Shigella is a major cause of bacillary dysentery world-wide. It is divided into four species,
named S. flexneri, S. sonnei, S. dysenteriae, and S. boydii, which are distinct genomically …

In this review, we focus on a group of mobile genetic elements designated pathogenicity
islands (PAI). These elements play a pivotal role in the virulence of bacterial pathogens of …

Current data from bacterial pathogens of animals and from bacterial symbionts of plants
support some of the more general proposed functions for lipopolysaccharides (LPS) and …

In 1930, Felix d'Herelle wrote “... the actions and reactions are not solely between these two
beings, man and bacterium, for the bacteriophage also intervenes; a third living being and …

Salmonella enterica represents a major human and animal pathogen. Many S. enterica
genomes have been completed and many more genome sequencing projects are …

Motivation: There is a growing literature on the detection of Horizontal Gene Transfer (HGT)
events by means of parametric, non-comparative methods. Such approaches rely only on …

O-antigen modification (serotype conversion) in Shigella flexneri, which is an important
virulence determinant, is conferred by temperate bacteriophages. Several serotype …

Tuberculosis (TB) remains the second most common cause of death due to a single
infectious agent. The cell envelope of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb), the causative agent …