The intestinal microflora is a positive health asset that crucially influences the normal
structural and functional development of the mucosal immune system. Mucosal immune …

Shigella spp. are gram-negative pathogenic bacteria that evolved from harmless
enterobacterial relatives and may cause devastating diarrhea upon ingestion. Research …

Pathogenicity of many Gram-negative bacteria relies on the injection of effector proteins by
type III secretion into eukaryotic cells, where they modulate host signaling pathways to the …

The significant involvement of the gut microbiota in human health and disease suggests that
manipulation of commensal microbial composition through combinations of antibiotics …

Mucosal immune responses to pathogenic gut bacteria and the mechanisms that govern
disease progression and outcome have been researched intensely for decades. More …

The Type III secretion system (T3SS) is a protein export pathway that is widespread in Gram-
negative bacteria and delivers effector proteins directly into eukaryotic cells. At its core lie …

Escherichia coli is the most abundant facultative anaerobic gram-negative bacterium of the
intestinal microffora, naturally colonizing the mucous layer of the colon. A conserved core …

The gram-negative plant-pathogenic bacterium Xanthomonas campestris pv. vesicatoria is
the causative agent of bacterial spot disease in pepper and tomato plants, which leads to …

Bacterial colonization of biotic or abiotic surfaces results from two quite distinct physiological
processes, namely bacterial adhesion and biofilm formation. Broadly speaking, a biofilm is …

The bacterial flagellum and the virulence-associated injectisome are complex, structurally
related nanomachines that bacteria use for locomotion or the translocation of virulence …