Bacterial Physiological Phenomena

Almost all bacteria and many archaea contain genes whose expression inhibits cell growth and may lead to cell death when… (More)

SUMMARY ATP-binding cassette (ABC) systems are universally distributed among living organisms and function in many different… (More)

The RNA chaperone, Hfq, plays a diverse role in bacterial physiology beyond its original role as a host factor required for… (More)

One of the strongest and most noticeable responses of Bacillus subtilis cells to a range of stress and starvation stimuli is the… (More)

Bacterial populations contain persisters, phenotypic variants that constitute approximately 1% of cells in stationary phase and… (More)

BACKGROUND Small, untranslated RNA molecules were identified initially in bacteria, but examples can be found in all kingdoms of… (More)

Viridans streptococci, which include Streptococcus gordonii, are pioneer oral bacteria that initiate dental plaque formation… (More)

Populations of surface-attached microorganisms comprising either single or multiple species are commonly referred to as biofilms… (More)

We have constructed a series of plasmid vectors (pBAD vectors) containing the PBAD promoter of the araBAD (arabinose) operon and… (More)

For many years bacteriologists have observed that some bacteria produce acid from carbohydrates only under aerobic conditions… (More)