Bivalve aquaculture is seriously affected by many bacterial pathogens that cause high
losses in hatcheries as well as in natural beds. A number of Vibrio species, but also …

Nascent polypeptides emerging from the ribosome are assisted by a pool of molecular
chaperones and targeting factors, which enable them to efficiently partition as cytosolic …

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 …

Background The Manila clam (Ruditapes philippinarum) is a worldwide cultured bivalve
species with important commercial value. Diseases affecting this species can result in large …

CsrBs are bacterial highly conserved and multiple-copy noncoding small RNAs (sRNAs) that
play major roles in cell physiology and virulence. In the Vibrio genus, they are known to be …

Molecular chaperones maintain cellular protein homeostasis by acting at almost every step
in protein biogenesis pathways. The DnaK/HSP70 chaperone has been associated with …

Metallo-β-lactamases (MβLs) are zinc-dependent enzymes produced by many clinically
relevant gram-negative pathogens that can hydrolyze most β-lactam antibiotics. MβLs are …

As a heat shock protein, DnaJ plays an important role in the pathogenesis of pneumococcal
infection. However, how the virulence factor-DnaJ elicits host natural immunity still remains …

Marine pathogenic bacteria are able to form biofilms on many surfaces, such as mollusc
shells, and they can wait for the appropriate opportunity to induce their virulence. Vibrio …

Vibrio tapetis causes the brown ring disease in the Japanese clam Ruditapes philippinarum
while Vibrio aestuarianus is associated with massive oyster mortalities. As extracellular …