Horizontal gene transfer (HGT) plays an important role in the evolution of life on the Earth.
This view is supported by numerous occasions of HGT that are recorded in the genomes of …

Zoonotic Campylobacter species—mainly C. jejuni and C. coli—are major causes of food-
borne bacterial infectious gastroenteritis worldwide. Symptoms of intestinal …

Humans have been increasingly recognized as being superorganisms, living in close
contact with a microbiota on all their mucosal surfaces. However, most studies on the human …

Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) are small (< 10 kDa) soluble host defense peptides that play
an important role in the mammalian innate immune response, hel** to prevent infection by …

Human Campylobacter jejuni infections inducing campylobacteriosis including post-
infectious sequelae such as Guillain-Barré syndrome and reactive arthritis are rising …

Bacterial biofilms are structured communities of bacterial cells enclosed in a self-produced
polymer matrix that is attached to a surface. Biofilms protect and allow bacteria to survive …

Naturally occurring cationic antimicrobial peptides (CAMPs) have been considered as
promising candidates to treat infections caused by pathogenic bacteria to animals and …

Cells from all domains of life express glycan structures attached to lipids and proteins on
their surface, called glycoconjugates. Cell-to-cell contact mediated by glycan: glycan …

Campylobacter jejuni is a leading cause of foodbourne gastroenteritis, despite fragile
behaviour under standard laboratory conditions. In the environment, C. jejuni may survive …

Circulating platelets have important functions in thrombosis and in modulating immune and
inflammatory responses. However, the role of platelets in innate immunity to bacterial …