The ubiquitous soil bacterium Bacillus cereus presents major challenges to food safety. It is
responsible for two types of food poisoning, the emetic form due to food intoxication and the …

Regulation of bacterial transcription is a complex and multi‐faceted phenomenon that is
critical for growth and adaptation. Proteins in the CarD_CdnL_TRCF family are widespread …

In response to nutrient deprivation, bacteria activate a conserved stress response pathway
called the stringent response (SR). During SR activation in Caulobacter crescentus, SpoT …

Bacterial growth and division require regulated synthesis of the macromolecules used to
expand and replicate components of the cell. Transcription of housekeeping genes required …

The production of whole-liquid eggs is of significant economic and nutritional importance.
This study aimed to assess the phenotypic and genotypic diversity of mesophilic aerobic …

Gelatin, a versatile protein derived from collagen, is widely used in the food, pharmaceutical
and medical sectors. However, bacterial contamination by spore-forming bacteria during …

The ability of spores to recover and grow out after food processing is affected by cellular
factors and by the outgrowth conditions. In the current communication we studied the …

Bacillus cereus group includes not pathogenic and high pathogenic species. They are
considered as a risk to public health due to foodborne diseases and as an important cause …

CdnL is an essential RNA polymerase (RNAP)-binding activator of rRNA transcription in
mycobacteria and myxobacteria but reportedly not in Bacillus. Whether its function and …

Little is known about how Borrelia burgdorferi, the Lyme disease pathogen, adapts and
survives in the tick vector. We previously identified a bacterial CarD N-terminal-like (CdnL) …