Abstract. Bacterial genomes contain thousands of biosynthetic gene clusters (BGCs) responsible for the production of structurally diverse natural products

Bioinformatic, structural and functional analyses characterize Streptomyces antiquus insecticidal protein (SAIP) as a diphtheria toxin homologue that is lethal to insect cells and targets the Flower p...

Abstract The crisis of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is escalating while the antibiotic pipeline remains stagnant. Our bibliometric analysis of eight decades of literature reveals a critical imbalanc...

Four strains of a Gram-stain-positive, coccoid, catalase-positive, non-motile bacterium were recovered from nasal lavage samples collected from children in Wisconsin during the Spring of 2008. These s...

Many participants are from groups underrepresented in science

Gene clusters, groups of physically adjacent genes that work collectively, are pivotal to bacterial fitness and valuable in biotechnology and medicine. While various genome mining tools can identify a...

Microbial secondary metabolites are compounds produced by bacteria and fungi that are not required for their replication and unconditional survival (1, 2). While they are thus not expected to be unive...

By Jo Handelsman MADISON, Wis. – Make America Great Again. Make America Healthy Again. These were promises made by candidate Trump in his campaign to be president of the United States of America. What...

Nonribosomal peptides are chemically and functionally diverse natural products with important applications in medicine and agriculture. Bacterial and fungal genomes contain thousands of nonribosomal p...

Nonribosomal peptides are chemically and functionally diverse natural products with important applications in medicine and agriculture. Bacterial and fungal genomes contain thousands of nonribosomal p...

Triculamin is a ribosomally synthesized and post-translationally modified peptide (RiPP) lasso peptide with potent antimycobacterial activity, produced by an unusual, non-canonical biosynthetic gene c...

The transmission of antibiotic-resistance genes, comprising mobilization and relocation events, orchestrates the dissemination of antimicrobial resistance. Inspired by this evolutionarily successful p...

Abstract. Specialized or secondary metabolites are small molecules of biological origin, often showing potent biological activities with applications in ag

The National Institutes of Health awarded Oklahoma State University researchers a $10.7 million grant to fund the Oklahoma Center for Microbiome Research, which will add a critical mass of new investi...

Staphylococcus epidermidis IVK83, a nasal commensal, produces an extremely short-lived, broad-spectrum antimicrobial peptide–polyene called epifadin, which eliminates Staphylococcus aureus in vitro ...