Deciphering the principles how pathogenic bacteria adapt their metabolism to a specific host
microenvironment is critical for understanding bacterial pathogenesis. The enteric …

The plague bacillus Yersinia pestis is unique among the pathogenic Enterobacteriaceae in
utilizing an arthropod-borne transmission route. Transmission by fleabite is a recent …

Yersinia pestis is an arthropod-borne bacterial pathogen that evolved recently from Yersinia
pseudotuberculosis, an enteric pathogen transmitted via the fecal-oral route. This radical …

Yersinia pestis causes the fatal respiratory disease pneumonic plague. Y. pestis recently
evolved from the gastrointestinal pathogen Y. pseudotuberculosis; however, it is not known …

Na+/H+ antiporters are ubiquitous membrane proteins that play a central role in the ion
homeostasis of cells. In this study, we examined the possible role of Na+/H+ antiport in …

Yersinia pestis is the etiological agent of plague. Marmota himalayana of the Qinghai-
Tibetan plateau is the primary host of flea-borne Y. pestis. This study is the report of isolation …

Yersinia pestis, the etiologic agent of plague, emerged as a fleaborne pathogen only within
the last 6,000 years. Just five simple genetic changes in the Yersinia pseudotuberculosis …

Background Plague, caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis, is a zoonotic disease that
poses considerable threats to human health. Nucleic acid tests are crucial for plague …

With plague being not only a subject of interest for historians, but still a disease of public
health concern in several countries, mainly in Africa, there were hopes that analyses of the …

Activation and/or recruitment of the host plasmin, a fibrinolytic enzyme also active on
extracellular matrix components, is a common invasive strategy of bacterial pathogens …