International competition within the dairy market and increasing public awareness about the
importance of functional food consumption are providing new challenges for innovation in …

Microorganisms directly and indirectly contribute to production of diverse biofuels.
Heterotrophic microorganisms are being used for commercial production of biofuels such as …

INTRODUCTION The generation of biological data is presenting us with one of the most
demanding analysis challenges the world has ever faced, not only in terms of storage and …

Abstract Ethnopharmacology relevance Cinnamomum camphora (Linn.) Presl (C.
camphora) is one of the oldest herbal medicines used as a traditional medicine, owning a …

Bacterial biofilms pose a major threat to public health because they are resistant to most
current therapeutics. Conventional antibiotics exhibit limited penetration and weakened …

Staphylococcus aureus must rapidly adapt to a variety of carbon and nitrogen sources
during invasion of a host. Within a staphylococcal abscess, preferred carbon sources such …

Colonization of the human nose by Staphylococcus aureus in one-third of the population
represents a major risk factor for invasive infections. The basis for adaptation of S. aureus to …

Chronic bacterial infections are difficult to eradicate, though they are caused primarily by
drug-susceptible pathogens. Antibiotic-tolerant persisters largely account for this paradox. In …

Low nutrient and energy availability has led to the evolution of numerous strategies for
overcoming these limitations, of which symbiotic associations represent a key mechanism …

Staphylococci are highly successful at colonizing a variety of dynamic environments, both
nonpathogenic and those of clinical importance, and comprise the list of pathogens of global …