Many bacteria, both environmental and pathogenic, exhibit the property of autoaggregation.
In autoaggregation (sometimes also called autoagglutination or flocculation), bacteria of the …

Campylobacter jejuni and Campylobacter coli are among the major causes of diarrheal
disease worldwide. The motility imparted by the polar flagella of these pathogens is required …

Bacterial infections of the lungs of cystic fibrosis (CF) patients cause major complications in
the treatment of this common genetic disease. Burkholderia cenocepacia infection is …

The soil saprophyte, Burkholderia pseudomallei, is the causative agent of melioidosis, a
disease endemic in South East Asia and northern Australia. Exposure to B. pseudomallei by …

Quorum sensing (QS) is a system of stimuli and responses in bacterial cells governed by
their population density, through which they regulate genes that control virulence factors and …

Burkholderia mallei, the etiologic agent of the disease known as glanders, is primarily a
disease affecting horses and is transmitted to humans by direct contact with infected …

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 …

Burkholderia pseudomallei is the causative agent of melioidosis, a disease with high
mortality that is prevalent in tropical regions of the world. A key component of the …

Most bacteria can switch between a planktonic, sometimes motile, form and a biofilm mode,
in which bacterial cells can aggregate and attach to a solid surface. The transition between …

Melioidosis, a febrile illness with disease states ranging from acute pneumonia or
septicaemia to chronic abscesses, was first documented by). The causative agent …