Uropathogenic strains of Escherichia coli are characterized by the expression of distinctive
bacterial properties, products, or structures referred to as virulence factors because they …

Livestock performance and feed efficiency are closely interrelated with the qualitative and
quantitative microbial load of the animal gut, the morphological structure of the intestinal wall …

Embryonic stem (ES) cells, the totipotent outgrowths of bias-tocysts1, 2, can be cultured and
manipulated in vitro and then returned to the embryonic environment where they develop …

Carbohydrates are essential mediators of many processes in health and disease. They
regulate self-/non-self-discrimination, are key elements of cellular communication, cancer …

The ability of different enteric pathogens and coliforms to trigger agglutination of yeast cells
(Saccharomyces cerevisiae, NCYC 1026) and a yeast cell wall preparation (MOS) was …

Recent studies have indicated that the attachment of bacteria to mucosal surfaces is the
initial event in the pathogenesis of most infectious diseases due to bacteria in animals and …

Dimeric IgA secreted across mucous membranes in response to nonpathogenic taxa of the
microbiota accounts for most antibody production in mammals. Diverse binding specificities …

Type 1 fimbriae are adhesion organelles expressed by many Gram-negative bacteria. They
facilitate adherence to mucosal surfaces and inflammatory cells in vitro, but their contribution …

This is the second edition of our little red book Lectins published in 1989. In the intervening
years well over 10,000 articles have appeared with lectins as the main subject, and more …

The production of livestock and poultry faces major challenges to meet the global demand
for meat and dairy products and eggs due to a steady increase in the world's population and …