To date the genus Corynebacterium comprises 88 species. More than half of these are
connected to human and animal infections, with the most prominent member of the …

For successful colonization of a host, pathogenic bacteria are equipped with a plethora of
proteins and other components, often designated as virulence factors. However, many of …

Spider dragline silk is a remarkable fiber made of unique proteins—spidroins—secreted and
stored as a concentrated aqueous dope in the major ampullate gland of spiders. This feat …

The complete genome sequence of Corynebacterium glutamicum strain R was determined
to allow its comparative analysis with other corynebacteria. The biology of corynebacteria …

The solventogenic bacterium Clostridium acetobutylicum is an important species of the
Clostridium community. To develop a fundamental tool that is useful for biological studies of …

Toxin-producing Corynebacterium diphtheriae strains are the etiological agents of the
severe upper respiratory disease, diphtheria. A global phylogenetic analysis revealed that …

Although numerous bacteria possess genes annotated iol in their genomes, there have
been very few studies on the possibly associated myo-inositol metabolism and its …

Corynebacterium glutamicum, which has been for long an industrial producer of various l‐
amino acids, nucleic acids, and vitamins, is now also regarded as a potential host for the …

Systematic screening of secretion proteins using an approach based on the completely
sequenced genome of Corynebacterium glutamicum R revealed 405 candidate signal …

Background Corynebacterium resistens was initially recovered from human infections and
recognized as a new coryneform species that is highly resistant to antimicrobial agents …