Pertussis, also known as whooping cough, has recently re-emerged as a major public health
threat despite high levels of vaccination against the aetiological agent Bordetella pertussis …

Bordetella respiratory infections are common in people (B. pertussis) and in animals (B.
bronchiseptica). During the last two decades, much has been learned about the virulence …

In many human infections, hosts and pathogens coexist for years or decades. Important
examples include HIV, herpes viruses, tuberculosis, leprosy, and malaria. With the exception …

In this study a systematic attempt has been made to integrate various approaches in order to
predict allergenic proteins with high accuracy. The dataset used for testing and training …

Bacteria secrete proteins for different purposes such as communication, virulence functions,
adhesion to surfaces, nutrient acquisition, or growth inhibition of competing bacteria. For …

Escherichia coli is a predominant species among facultative anaerobic bacteria of the
gastrointestinal tract. Both its frequent community lifestyle and the availability of a wide array …

Some bacterial species engage in two well-documented social behaviors: the formation of
surface-associated communities known as biofilms, and intercellular signaling, or quorum …

Among the reasons for the growing interest in studying biofilm formation is the role of these
microbial communities in chronic infections (24, 38). Such biofilm-like chronic infections …

Biofilms are structured communities found associated with a wide range of surfaces. Here
we report the identification of a three-component regulatory system required for biofilm …

Bacterial biofilms are structured communities of bacterial cells enclosed in a self-produced
polymer matrix that is attached to a surface. Biofilms protect and allow bacteria to survive …