The cytoplasm of bacterial cells is a highly crowded cellular compartment that possesses
considerable osmotic potential. As a result, and owing to the semipermeable nature of the …

Saline soils are a major issue for agriculture because salt turns agronomically useful lands
into unproductive areas. The United Nations Environment Program estimates that …

As one of the major non–biological stresses, soil salinity negatively affects agricultural
productivity, microbial communities, and agricultural economics in impacted areas and is a …

The study of bacterial ion channels has provided fundamental insights into the structural
basis of neuronal signalling; however, the native role of ion channels in bacteria has …

The dormant state of bacterial spores is generally thought to be devoid of biological activity.
We show that despite continued dormancy, spores can integrate environmental signals over …

All microorganisms possess a positive turgor, and maintenance of this outward-directed
pressure is essential since it is generally considered as the driving force for cell expansion …

The bacterial cytoplasmic membrane is a major inhibitory target for antimicrobial
compounds. Commonly, although not exclusively, these compounds unfold their …

Soil deterioration has led to problems with the nutrition of the world's population. As one of
the most serious stressors, soil salinization has a negative effect on the quantity and quality …

Two general strategies exist for the growth and survival of prokaryotes in environments of
elevated osmolarity. The 'salt in cytoplasm'approach, which requires extensive structural …

Short antimicrobial peptides rich in arginine (R) and tryptophan (W) interact with
membranes. To learn how this interaction leads to bacterial death, we characterized the …