In the 1960s several groups reported the isolation and preliminary genetic map** of
Escherichia coli strains tol erant towards the action of colicins. These pioneering studies kick …

The outer membrane of Gram‐negative bacteria is a crucial permeability barrier allowing the
cells to survive a myriad of toxic compounds, including many antibiotics. This innate form of …

Vitamin B 5 [D-pantothenic acid (D-PA)] is an essential water-soluble vitamin that is widely
used in the food and feed industries. Currently, the relatively low fermentation efficiency …

Various rod-shaped bacteria mysteriously glide on surfaces in the absence of appendages
such as flagella or pili. In the deltaproteobacterium Myxococcus xanthus, a putative gliding …

The outer membrane (OM) of Gram-negative bacteria is not energised and so processes
requiring a driving force must connect to energy-transduction systems in the inner …

Active nutrient uptake is fundamental for survival and pathogenicity of Gram-negative
bacteria, which operate a multi-protein Ton system to transport essential nutrients like metals …

Outer membrane vesicles (OMVs) are nano-sized proteoliposomes discharged from the cell
envelope of Gram-negative bacteria. OMVs normally contain toxins, enzymes and other …

Several new structures of three types of protein complexes, obtained by cryo-electron
microscopy (cryo-EM) and published between 2019 and 2021, identify a new family of …

We present a molecular modeling and simulation study of the E. coli cell envelope, with a
particular focus on the role of TolR, a native protein of the E. coli inner membrane, in …

Microbiology is traditionally considered within the context of wet laboratory methodologies.
Computational techniques have a great potential to contribute to microbiology. Here, we …