Bacteria secrete proteins for different purposes such as communication, virulence functions,
adhesion to surfaces, nutrient acquisition, or growth inhibition of competing bacteria. For …

Infections caused by antibiotic-resistant bacteria (ARB) are one of the major global health
challenges of our time. In addition to develo** new antibiotics to combat ARB, sensitizing …

Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) is a group of pathogens which cause
gastrointestinal disease in humans and have been associated with numerous food-borne …

Background Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is a chronic relapsing-remitting disease. An
adverse immune reaction toward the intestinal microbiota is involved in the pathophysiology …

Among the seventeen species of the Gram-negative genus Yersinia, three have been shown
to be virulent and pathogenic to humans and animals—Y. enterocolitica, Y …

To cause infections microbes need to evade host defense systems, one of these being the
evolutionarily old and important arm of innate immunity, the alternative pathway of …

Several of the most significant bacterial pathogens in humans, including Streptococcus
pyogenes, express surface proteins that bind IgG antibodies via their fragment crystallizable …

Escherichia coli is primarily known as a commensal colonising the gastrointestinal tract of
infants very early in life but some strains being responsible for diarrhoea, which can be …

Lactobacillus reuteri mucus-binding protein (MUB) is a cell-surface protein that is involved in
bacterial interaction with mucus and colonization of the digestive tract. The 353-kDa mature …

Mastitis, an inflammation of the mammary gland and udder tissue, is the major endemic
disease of dairy cattle. In addition to causing health problems to the animals, mastitis leads …