Bacteria can be adapted to adverse and detrimental conditions that induce general and
specific responses to DNA damage as well as acid, heat, cold, starvation, oxidative …

Acinetobacter baumannii is regarded as a life-threatening pathogen associated with
community-acquired and nosocomial infections, mainly pneumonia. The rise in the number …

Bacteria have evolved multiple strategies to sense and rapidly adapt to challenging and
ever-changing environmental conditions. The ability to alter membrane lipid composition, a …

Heat‐shock proteins (Hsps) and their cognates are primary mitigators of cell stress. With
increasingly severe impacts of climate change and other human modifications of the …

Water disinfection by indirect plasma treatment was investigated using a surface dielectric
barrier discharge (DBD). Liquid was neither part of the discharge electrode configuration nor …

The application of beneficial, plant‐associated microorganisms is a sustainable approach to
improving crop performance in agriculture. However, microbial inoculants are often …

We have developed a general profile for the proteins of the TetR family of repressors. The
stretch that best defines the profile of this family is made up of 47 amino acid residues that …

▪ Abstract Organic solvents can be toxic to microorganisms, depending on the inherent
toxicity of the solvent and the intrinsic tolerance of the bacterial species and strains. The …

Overwhelming evidence indicates that periradicular diseases are infectious disorders. The
question now is no longer whether microorganisms are involved in the pathogenesis of such …

Water is essential for all living organisms, for animals as well as for plants and micro-
organisms. For these latter, the presence of water or a humid environment with a high air …