Outer membrane vesicles (OMVs) are nanosized vesicles naturally secreted by Gram-negative bacteria and represent a promising platform for vaccine development. OMVs possess inherent immunostimulatory ...

MIRA workshop 2025

The research topics of the LISM today remain centered on biological membranes and in particular membranes of Gram-negative bacteria. Since […]

Super- and low-shedding phenomena have been observed in genetically homogeneous hosts infected by a single bacterial strain. To decipher the mechanisms underlying these phenotypes, we conducted an ...

Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli (EHEC) are foodborne pathogens causing severe human infections including hemorrhagic colitis and hemolytic uremic s…

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Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD)-associated fibrosis causes significant morbidity. Mechanisms are poorly understood but implicate the microbiota, espe…

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Author summary Acinetobacter baumannii causes infections that are difficult to treat due to high rates of antibiotic resistance, leading the World Health Organization and CDC to classify this pathogen...

In this Review, Giorgio and Helaine provide an overview of the physiology of antibiotic-recalcitrant Salmonella enterica during infection, discuss recent insights into the clinical implications of ant...

Sargen and Helaine find a prophage-encoded anti-phage defense element that blocks the lytic cycles of co-residing prophages. They further find that prophage competition occurs in Salmonella persisters...