Intestinal microbiota-derived metabolites have biological importance for the host.
Polyamines, such as putrescine and spermidine, are produced by the intestinal microbiota …

The rate of caesarean section delivery (CSD) is increasing worldwide. It remains unclear
whether disruption of mother-to-neonate transmission of microbiota through CSD occurs and …

Infections of the lung cause observable sickness thought to be secondary to inflammation.
Signs of sickness are crucial to alert others via behavioral-immune responses to limit contact …

Background and Aim The emergence of colistin-resistant strains is considered a great threat
for patients with severe infections. Here, we investigate the prevalence and some possible …

Aims To investigate the in vivo evolution of the mucoid-phenotype of ST11-KL64
carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae (CRKP) isolated from the same patients and …

There is a pressing need for a gonorrhea vaccine due to the high disease burden
associated with gonococcal infections globally and the rapid evolution of antibiotic …

Multidrug-resistant bacterial infections are becoming increasingly common, with only few
last-resort antibiotics such as colistin available for clinical therapy. An alternative therapeutic …

Phage therapy has shown great promise for the treatment of multidrug-resistant bacterial
infections. However, the lack of a thorough and organized understanding of phage–body …

Acute bacterial infections are often treated empirically, with the choice of antibiotic therapy
updated during treatment. The effects of such rapid antibiotic switching on the evolution of …

Phocaeicola vulgatus is one of the most abundant and ubiquitous bacterial species of the
human gut microbiota, yet a comprehensive analysis of antibacterial toxin production by …