Bacterial chemotaxis in human diseases

B Zhou, CM Szymanski, A Baylink - Trends in Microbiology, 2023‏ - cell.com
To infect and cause disease, bacterial pathogens must localize to specific regions of the host
where they possess the metabolic and defensive acumen for survival. Motile flagellated …

[HTML][HTML] Factors influencing the bioavailability of organic molecules to bacterial cells—a mini-review

W Smułek, E Kaczorek - Molecules, 2022‏ - mdpi.com
The bioavailability of organic compounds to bacterial cells is crucial for their vital activities.
This includes both compounds that are desirable to the cells (eg, sources of energy, carbon …

Tail assembly interference is a common strategy in bacterial antiviral defenses

L He, L Miguel-Romero, JB Patkowski… - Nature …, 2024‏ - nature.com
Many bacterial immune systems recognize phage structural components to activate antiviral
responses, without inhibiting the function of the phage component. These systems can be …

A widespread family of phage-inducible chromosomal islands only steals bacteriophage tails to spread in nature

N Alqurainy, L Miguel-Romero, JM de Sousa, J Chen… - Cell Host & Microbe, 2023‏ - cell.com
Phage satellites are genetic elements that couple their life cycle to that of helper phages
they parasitize, interfering with phage packaging through the production of small capsids …

Minimal SPI1-T3SS effector requirement for Salmonella enterocyte invasion and intracellular proliferation in vivo

K Zhang, A Riba, M Nietschke, N Torow… - PLoS …, 2018‏ - journals.plos.org
Effector molecules translocated by the Salmonella pathogenicity island (SPI) 1-encoded
type 3 secretion system (T3SS) critically contribute to the pathogenesis of human …

Profiling bacterial communities and foodborne pathogens on food-associated surface following contact with raw beef, chicken and pork using 16S amplicon …

M Emamjomeh, AM Hashim, NA Abdul-Mutalib… - Food Control, 2023‏ - Elsevier
Meat products are commonly associated with foodborne diseases outbreak. Bacteria have
been long used as a hygienic indicator in the food industry. Food-contacted surfaces could …

Cytolysin A is an intracellularly induced and secreted cytotoxin of typhoidal Salmonella

L Krone, S Mahankali, T Geiger - Nature Communications, 2024‏ - nature.com
Typhoidal Salmonella enterica serovars, such as Typhi and Paratyphi A, cause severe
systemic infections, thereby posing a significant threat as human-adapted pathogens. This …

Hijacking the hijackers: Escherichia coli pathogenicity islands redirect helper phage packaging for their own benefit

A Fillol-Salom, J Bacarizo, M Alqasmi, JR Ciges-Tomas… - Molecular cell, 2019‏ - cell.com
Phage-inducible chromosomal islands (PICIs) represent a novel and universal class of
mobile genetic elements, which have broad impact on bacterial virulence. In spite of their …

Phages on filaments: A genetic screen elucidates the complex interactions between Salmonella enterica flagellin and bacteriophage Chi

NC Esteves, DN Bigham, BE Scharf - PLoS Pathogens, 2023‏ - journals.plos.org
The bacterial flagellum is a rotary motor organelle and important virulence factor that propels
motile pathogenic bacteria, such as Salmonella enterica, through their surroundings …

The expression of virulence genes increases membrane permeability and sensitivity to envelope stress in Salmonella Typhimurium

M Sobota, PN Rodilla Ramirez, A Cambré… - Plos …, 2022‏ - journals.plos.org
Virulence gene expression can represent a substantial fitness cost to pathogenic bacteria. In
the model entero-pathogen Salmonella Typhimurium (S. Tm), such cost favors emergence of …