Controlling pathogenic microorganisms during water treatment processes is a major public health concern. However, the impact of different water sources and treatment processes on the drinking water mi...

Abstract. Type IV secretion systems (T4SS) are found in both monoderm and diderm bacteria. The broad-host-range conjugative plasmid pIP501 from Enterococcu

Tak et al. discover that bacteria use 2′,3′-cGAMP, the same signaling molecule employed by mammalian cGAS-STING, for phage defense. In response to phage, 2′,3′-cGAMP activates filament formation of Ca...

Abstract. Fluorescent labeling is a powerful tool in microbiology allowing live cell imaging and providing insights into dynamic cellular processes, quanti

Computational models can help to explain the dynamics of cellular infection with pathogens. Here the authors use computational models to assess the single cell infection parameters of human macrophage...

Circadian clocks allow organisms to anticipate daily fluctuations in light and temperature, but how this anticipatory role promotes adaptation to d...

The left/right position of ventricles needs to be maintained after heart looping, an unexpected step affected in heterotaxy.

Inducible gene expression and CRISPR interference-mediated depletion in the predatory bacterium Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus.

Uridine boosts aminoglycoside treatment efficiency against antibiotic-susceptible as well as antibiotic-resistant E. coli strains.

Abstract. Pseudomonas species are ubiquitous in the environment and serve as valuable source of enzymes and secondary metabolites for industrial applicatio

The respiratory tract microbiome (RTM) trains the immune system and protects against infections. Changes in the RTM are linked to various respiratory diseases. High-throughput methodologies and compu...