The ability of pathogenic bacteria to affect higher organisms and cause disease is one of the
most dramatic properties of microorganisms. Some pathogens can establish transient …

Global Salmonella infection, especially in develo** countries, is a health and economic
burden. The use of antibiotic drugs in treating the infection is proving less effective due to the …

Maintaining the high standard set by the previous bestselling editions, Fundamental Food
Microbiology, Fourth Edition presents the most up-to-date information in this rapidly growing …

Enteric pathogens such as Salmonella enterica cause significant morbidity and mortality. S.
enterica serovars are a diverse group of pathogens that have evolved to survive in a wide …

Background A major cause of enteric infection, Gram-negative pathogenic bacteria activate
mucosal inflammation through lipopolysaccharide (LPS) binding to intestinal toll-like …

Quorum sensing (QS), which is a key part of cell/cell communication, is widely distributed in
microorganisms, especially in bacteria. Bacteria can produce and detect the presence of QS …

Human intestinal cell models are widely used to study host-enteric pathogen interactions,
with different cell lines exhibiting specific characteristics and functions in the gut epithelium …

The species Salmonella enterica comprises over 2,600 serovars, many of which are known
to be intracellular pathogens of mammals, birds, and reptiles. It is now apparent that …

Cancer drug delivery remains a formidable challenge due to systemic toxicity and
inadequate extravascular transport of nanotherapeutics to cells distal from blood vessels. It …

Introduction Galactooligosaccharides (GOS) are lactogenic prebiotics that exert health
benefits by stimulating the growth of different Lactobacillus strains in the gastrointestinal (GI) …