Lipopolysaccharide (LPS) is a crucial constituent of the outer membrane of most Gram-
negative bacteria, playing a fundamental role in the protection of bacteria from …

Neisseria meningitidis (the meningococcus) causes significant morbidity and mortality in
children and young adults worldwide through epidemic or sporadic meningitis and/or …

Phase and antigenic variation result in a heterogenic phenotype of a clonal bacterial
population, in which individual cells either express the phase-variable protein (s) or not, or …

Sequencing and comparative genome analysis of four strains of Campylobacter including C.
lari RM2100, C. upsaliensis RM3195, and C. coli RM2228 has revealed major structural …

Although renowned as a lethal pathogen, Neisseria meningitidis has adapted to be a
commensal of the human nasopharynx. It shares extensive genetic and antigenic similarities …

We have compared the lipo-oligosaccharide (LOS) biosynthesis loci from 11 Campylobacter
jejunistrains expressing a total of 8 different ganglioside mimics in their LOS outer cores …

DNA tandem repeats (TRs), also designated as satellite DNA, are inter-or intragenic
nucleotide sequences that are repeated two or more times in a head-to-tail manner …

The human species is the only natural host of Neisseria meningitidis, an important cause of
bacterial meningitis globally, and, despite its association with devastating diseases, N …

For at least two hundred years, Neisseria meningitidis (the meningococcus), the cause of
epidemic meningitis and sepsis, has inflicted rapid death, disability and fear on disparate …

The Vibrio cholerae lipopolysaccharide O1 antigen is a major target of bacteriophages and
the human immune system and is of critical importance for vaccine design. We used an O1 …