The phosphoenolpyruvate (PEP): carbohydrate phosphotransferase system (PTS) is found
only in bacteria, where it catalyzes the transport and phosphorylation of numerous …

To succeed, many cells must alternate between life-styles that permit rapid growth in the
presence of abundant nutrients and ones that enhance survival in the absence of those …

Understanding the link between community composition and function is a major challenge in
microbial population biology, with implications for the management of natural microbiomes …

▪ Abstract The gram-positive bacterium Bacillus subtilis is capable of using numerous
carbohydrates as single sources of carbon and energy. In this review, we discuss the …

Enterococcus is a diverse and rugged genus colonizing the gastrointestinal tract of humans
and numerous hosts across the animal kingdom. Enterococci are also a leading cause of …

Lactobacillus acidophilus is a probiotic organism that displays the ability to use prebiotic
compounds such as fructooligosaccharides (FOS), which stimulate the growth of beneficial …

CcpA, the repressor/activator mediating carbon catabolite repression and glucose activation
in many Gram‐positive bacteria, has been purified from Bacillus megaterium after fusing it to …

During the development of human oral biofilm communities, the spatial arrangement of the
bacteria is thought to be driven by metabolic interactions between them. Streptococcus …

The solvent-forming Clostridia have attracted interest because of their ability to convert a
range of carbohydrates to end-products such as acetone, butanol and ethanol. Polymeric …

Previous studies have shown that the CcpA protein of Bacillus subtilis is a major
transcription factor mediating catabolite repression. We report here whole‐transcriptome …