Highlights•Humanized animal models allow deciphering L. monocytogenes interactions with
host tissues.•L. monocytogenes adapts to challenging environments inside and outside the …

The tight and coordinated regulation of virulence gene expression is crucial to ensure the
survival and persistence of bacterial pathogens in different contexts within their hosts …

Folic acid and its derivatives (folates) play central roles in one-carbon metabolism,
necessary for the synthesis of purines, pyrimidines, and some amino acids. Antifolate drugs …

Listeria monocytogenes (Lm) is a Gram-positive facultative intracellular pathogen that leads
a biphasic lifecycle, transitioning its metabolism and selectively inducing virulence genes …

Bordetella pertussis, the causative agent of whooping cough, is an extracellular, strictly
human pathogen. However, it has been shown that B. pertussis cells can escape phagocytic …

In the current investigation, fluorescent carbon quantum dot nanoparticles were prepared
using hydrothermal method. In order to achieve green preparation, waste corncob was used …

Biosyntheses of para-aminobenzoic acid (PABA) and its downstream folic acid metabolites
are essential for one-carbon metabolism in all life forms and the targets of sulfonamide and …

Blue mold, a postharvest disease of pome fruits, is caused by the filamentous fungus
Penicillium expansum. In addition to the economic losses caused by P. expansum, food …

Listeria monocytogenes, the causative agent of listeriosis, displays a lifestyle ranging from
saprophytes in the soil to pathogenic as a facultative intracellular parasite in host cells. In the …

Pregnancy alters many physiological systems, including the maternal gut microbiota. Diet is
a key regulator of this system and can alter the host immune system to promote …