Bacteria use a variety of mechanisms to direct RNA polymerase to specific promoters in
order to activate transcription in response to growth signals or environmental cues …

Controlled human malaria infection (CHMI) entails deliberate infection with malaria
parasites either by mosquito bite or by direct injection of sporozoites or parasitized …

Bacterial colonization of biotic or abiotic surfaces results from two quite distinct physiological
processes, namely bacterial adhesion and biofilm formation. Broadly speaking, a biofilm is …

Autotransporters are a superfamily of proteins that use the type V secretion pathway for their
delivery to the surface of Gram-negative bacteria. At first glance, autotransporters look to …

Transcription in most bacteria is tightly regulated in order to facilitate bacterial adaptation to
different environments, and transcription factors play a key role in this. Here we give a brief …

The type VI secretion system (T6SS) is a multiprotein complex widespread in Proteobacteria
and dedicated to the delivery of toxins into both prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells. It thus …

In May 2011, an outbreak caused by Escherichia coli of serotype O104: H4 spread
throughout Germany (1). The next month, France also reported a cluster of E. coli O104: H4 …

Objective: Honey is recognised to be a good topical wound care agent owing to a broad-
spectrum of antimicrobial activity combined with healing properties. Surgihoney RO (SH1) is …

Autotransporters are secreted proteins with multiple functions produced by a variety of Gram-
negative bacteria. In Enterobacteriaceae, a subgroup of these autotransporters are the …

Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC) cause severe diarrhoea in humans and neonatal
farm animals. Annually, 380,000 human deaths, and multi-million dollar losses in the …