Quorum sensing (QS) is a communication mechanism between bacteria that allows specific
processes to be controlled, such as biofilm formation, virulence factor expression, production …

▪ Abstract Bacteria produce and secrete lipases, which can catalyze both the hydrolysis and
the synthesis of long-chain acylglycerols. These reactions usually proceed with high …

Extracellular secretion of proteins is regarded as a major virulence mechanism in bacterial
infection. Proteins destined for the extracellular environment of gram-negative bacteria have …

Outer membrane vesicles (OMVs) are an emerging research field due to their multifactorial
composition and involvement in interspecies and intraspecies communication. Recent …

Type II protein secretion systems (T2SS) are molecular machines that promote specific
transport of folded periplasmic proteins in Gram-negative bacteria, across a dedicated …

Throughout most of history, epidemic and pandemic cholera was caused by Vibrio cholerae
of the serogroup O1. In 1992, however, a V. cholerae strain of the serogroup O139 emerged …

A rapid multiplex PCR (m-PCR) method that allows the simultaneous detection, in a single
tube, of six commonly encountered waterborne pathogens is developed. The target genes …

Vibrio cholerae, the etiologic agent of the diarrheal disease cholera, is a Gram-negative
bacterium that belongs to the γ subdivision of the family Proteobacteriaceae. The physical …

The general secretion pathway (GSP) of Vibrio cholerae is required for secretion of proteins
including chitinase, enterotoxin, and protease through the outer membrane. In this study, we …

Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC) is a leading cause of death due to diarrheal illness
among young children in developing countries, and there is currently no effective vaccine …