Myxobacteria are famous for their capacity for social behavior and natural product
biosynthesis. The unique sociality of myxobacteria is not only an intriguing scientific topic but …

Chaperonins are a class of molecular chaperones that assemble into a large double ring
architecture with each ring constituting seven to nine subunits and enclosing a cavity for …

Complex environmental conditions can significantly affect bacterial genome size by
unknown mechanisms. The So0157-2 strain of Sorangium cellulosum is an alkaline …

The microbial degradation of pesticides by pure or mixed microbial cultures has been
thoroughly explored, however, they are still difficult to apply in real environmental …

Antibiotic resistance has become a major global issue. Understanding the molecular
mechanisms underlying microbial adaptation to antibiotics is of keen importance to fight …

Gene duplication events happen prevalently during evolution, and the mechanisms
governing the loss or retention of duplicated genes are mostly elusive. Our genome …

Indole, as a signal molecule, is involved in multiple physiological behavior including biofilm
formation, antibiotic resistance and virulence. In this study, we demonstrated that indole was …

The bacterial protein quality control (PQC) network comprises a set of genes that promote
proteostasis (proteome homeostasis) through proper protein folding and function via …

Differential transcription of functionally divergent duplicate genes is critical for bacterial cells
to properly and competitively function in the environment, but the transcriptional regulation …

Background Exotic genes, especially clustered multiple-genes for a complex pathway, are
normally integrated into chromosome for heterologous expression. The influences of …