Highlights•Bacterial growth rate impacts on the expression of chemotaxis genes.•Most
chemoeffectors are of metabolic value.•Metabolic value of chemoeffectors has shaped their …

The alarming rise in the emergence of antimicrobial resistance in human, animal and plant
pathogens is challenging global health and food production. Traditional strategies used for …

Amino acids are the building blocks of life, and they are also recognized as signals by
various receptors in bacteria, archaea, and eukaryotes. Despite their common basic …

Bacteria have evolved multiple signal transduction systems that permit an adaptation to
changing environmental conditions. Chemoreceptor-based signaling cascades are very …

Campylobacter jejuni responds to extracellular stimuli via transducer-like chemoreceptors
(Tlps). Here, we describe receptor-ligand interactions of a unique paralogue family of …

Ligilactobacillus agilis is a motile lactic acid bacterium found in the gastrointestinal tracts of
animals. The findings of our previous study suggest that the motility of L. agilis BKN88 …

Bacterial receptors feed into multiple signal transduction pathways that regulate a variety of
cellular processes including gene expression, second messenger levels, and motility …

Enormous efforts in recent past two decades to eradicate the pathogen that has been
prevalent in half of the world's population have been problematic. The biofilm formed by …

Chemoreceptors are usually transmembrane proteins dedicated to the detection of
compound gradients or signals in the surroundings of a bacterium. After detection, they …

Bacteria sense changes in their environment and transduce signals to adjust their cellular
functions accordingly. For this purpose, bacteria employ various sensors feeding into …