Bacteria can be adapted to adverse and detrimental conditions that induce general and
specific responses to DNA damage as well as acid, heat, cold, starvation, oxidative …

Since 1962, when Ferruccio Ritossa discovered new puffing patterns in the polytene
chromosomes of Drosophila incubated at an elevated temperature (153), we have been …

Acinetobacter baumannii is a common pathogen whose recent resistance to drugs has
emerged as a major health problem. Ethanol has been found to increase the virulence of A …

The WHO has recently classified Neisseria gonorrhoeae as a super-bacterium due to the
rapid spread of antibiotic resistant derivatives and an overall dramatic increase in infection …

New antibiotics are urgently needed due to the huge increase of multidrug-resistant
bacteria. The underexplored gram-negative bacterium Enterobacter cloacae is known to …

Probiotics are microorganisms that provide a health benefit to the host and are promoted as
alternatives for the treatment and prevention of infectious diseases and other conditions …

High levels of Lactobacillus, the dominant genus of the healthy human vaginal microbiota,
have been epidemiologically linked to a reduced risk of infection following exposure to the …

Bacterial infections are one of the main health concerns humanity faces today and bacterial
resistances and protection mechanisms are set to aggravate the issue in the coming years …

When envelope biogenesis is compromised or damage to envelope components occurs,
bacteria trigger signaling cascades, which lead to the production of proteins that combat …

The MtrR transcriptional-regulatory protein is known to repress transcription of the mtrCDE
operon, which encodes a multidrug efflux pump possessed by Neisseria gonorrhoeae that is …