Antimicrobials are important tools for the therapy of infectious bacterial diseases in
companion animals. Loss of efficacy of antimicrobial substances can seriously compromise …

Quorum sensing (QS) is a microbial cell-to-cell communication process that relies on the
production and detection of chemical signals called autoinducers (AIs) to monitor cell …

The discovery and introduction of antimicrobial agents to clinical medicine was one of the
greatest medical triumphs of the 20th century that revolutionized the treatment of bacterial …

The purpose of this advocacy paper is to make a case for the development of a pedagogical
model for Health-Based Physical Education (HBPE) drawing on Jewett, Bain and Ennis's …

The staphylococcal agr locus encodes a quorum sensing (QS) system that controls the
expression of virulence and other accessory genes by a classical two-component signaling …

The dog is the natural host of Staphylococcus pseudintermedius. Many research efforts are
currently being undertaken to expand our knowledge and understanding of this important …

Staphylococci are important opportunistic pathogens in most animal species. Among the
most relevant species are the coagulase positive species Staphylococcus aureus and …

Gram-negative and Gram-positive bacteria have evolved elaborate machinery to
biosynthesize and respond to diverse small-molecule signals. As bacteria grow, these …

In veterinary medicine, coagulase-positive staphylococci (CoPS) other than Staphylococcus
aureus have frequently been misidentified as being S. aureus strains, as they have several …

Objectives The aim of this study was to determine the phenotypic and genotypic resistance
profiles of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus pseudintermedius (MRSP) and to examine …