Search Results - "Journal of Bacteriology"

History of CRISPR-Cas from Encounter with a Mysterious Repeated Sequence to Genome Editing Technology by Ishino, Yoshizumi, Krupovic, Mart, Forterre, Patrick

“…Clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeat (CRISPR)-Cas systems are well-known acquired immunity systems that are widespread in archaea and…”
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Polysaccharide Utilization Loci: Fueling Microbial Communities by Grondin, Julie M, Tamura, Kazune, Déjean, Guillaume, Abbott, D Wade, Brumer, Harry

“…The complex carbohydrates of terrestrial and marine biomass represent a rich nutrient source for free-living and mutualistic microbes alike. The enzymatic…”
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Type II Toxin-Antitoxin Systems: Evolution and Revolutions by Fraikin, Nathan, Goormaghtigh, Frédéric, Van Melderen, Laurence

“…Type II toxin-antitoxin (TA) systems are small genetic elements composed of a toxic protein and its cognate antitoxin protein, the latter counteracting the…”
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Lag Phase Is a Dynamic, Organized, Adaptive, and Evolvable Period That Prepares Bacteria for Cell Division by Bertrand, Robert L

“…Lag is a temporary period of nonreplication seen in bacteria that are introduced to new media. Despite latency being described by Müller in 1895, only recently…”
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A proposed genus boundary for the prokaryotes based on genomic insights by Qin, Qi-Long, Xie, Bin-Bin, Zhang, Xi-Ying, Chen, Xiu-Lan, Zhou, Bai-Cheng, Zhou, Jizhong, Oren, Aharon, Zhang, Yu-Zhong

“…Genomic information has already been applied to prokaryotic species definition and classification. However, the contribution of the genome sequence to…”
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Acetate Metabolism and the Inhibition of Bacterial Growth by Acetate by Pinhal, Stéphane, Ropers, Delphine, Geiselmann, Johannes, de Jong, Hidde

“…During aerobic growth on glucose, excretes acetate, a mechanism called "overflow metabolism." At high concentrations, the secreted acetate inhibits growth…”
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Relationship between the Viable but Nonculturable State and Antibiotic Persister Cells by Ayrapetyan, Mesrop, Williams, Tiffany, Oliver, James D

“…Bacteria have evolved numerous means of survival in adverse environments with dormancy, as represented by "persistence" and the "viable but nonculturable"…”
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"It Takes a Village": Mechanisms Underlying Antimicrobial Recalcitrance of Polymicrobial Biofilms by Orazi, Giulia, O'Toole, George A

“…Chronic infections are frequently caused by polymicrobial biofilms. Importantly, these infections are often difficult to treat effectively in part due to the…”
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Growing Unculturable Bacteria by Stewart, Eric J

“…The bacteria that can be grown in the laboratory are only a small fraction of the total diversity that exists in nature. At all levels of bacterial phylogeny,…”
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The Human Oral Microbiome by DEWHIRST, Floyd E, CHEN, Tuste, IZARD, Jacques, PASTER, Bruce J, TANNER, Anne C. R, YU, Wen-Han, LAKSHMANAN, Abirami, WADE, William G

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Germination of Spores of Bacillus Species: What We Know and Do Not Know by Setlow, Peter

“…Spores of Bacillus species can remain in their dormant and resistant states for years, but exposure to agents such as specific nutrients can cause spores'…”
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Impact of Membrane Phospholipid Alterations in Escherichia coli on Cellular Function and Bacterial Stress Adaptation by Rowlett, Veronica W, Mallampalli, Venkata K P S, Karlstaedt, Anja, Dowhan, William, Taegtmeyer, Heinrich, Margolin, William, Vitrac, Heidi

“…Bacteria have evolved multiple strategies to sense and rapidly adapt to challenging and ever-changing environmental conditions. The ability to alter membrane…”
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Coculture of Staphylococcus aureus with Pseudomonas aeruginosa Drives S. aureus towards Fermentative Metabolism and Reduced Viability in a Cystic Fibrosis Model by Filkins, Laura M, Graber, Jyoti A, Olson, Daniel G, Dolben, Emily L, Lynd, Lee R, Bhuju, Sabin, O'Toole, George A

“…The airways of patients with cystic fibrosis are colonized with diverse bacterial communities that change dynamically during pediatric years and early…”
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Amyloid Structures as Biofilm Matrix Scaffolds by Taglialegna, Agustina, Lasa, Iñigo, Valle, Jaione

“…Recent insights into bacterial biofilm matrix structures have induced a paradigm shift toward the recognition of amyloid fibers as common building block…”
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Multifaceted Interfaces of Bacterial Competition by Stubbendieck, Reed M, Straight, Paul D

“…Microbial communities span many orders of magnitude, ranging in scale from hundreds of cells on a single particle of soil to billions of cells within the lumen…”
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Vibrio cholerae Outer Membrane Vesicles Inhibit Bacteriophage Infection by Reyes-Robles, Tamara, Dillard, Rebecca S, Cairns, Lynne S, Silva-Valenzuela, Cecilia A, Housman, Max, Ali, Afsar, Wright, Elizabeth R, Camilli, Andrew

“…Novel preventatives could help in efforts to limit infection and the spread of cholera. Bacteriophage (phage) treatment has been proposed as an alternative…”
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Global transcriptional start site mapping using differential RNA sequencing reveals novel antisense RNAs in Escherichia coli by Thomason, Maureen K, Bischler, Thorsten, Eisenbart, Sara K, Förstner, Konrad U, Zhang, Aixia, Herbig, Alexander, Nieselt, Kay, Sharma, Cynthia M, Storz, Gisela

“…While the model organism Escherichia coli has been the subject of intense study for decades, the full complement of its RNAs is only now being examined. Here…”
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Antibiofilm Peptides: Potential as Broad-Spectrum Agents by Pletzer, Daniel, Hancock, Robert E W

“…The treatment of bacterial diseases is facing twin threats, with increasing bacterial antibiotic resistance and relatively few novel compounds or strategies…”
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Diversity of Cyclic Di-GMP-Binding Proteins and Mechanisms by Chou, Shan-Ho, Galperin, Michael Y

“…Cyclic di-GMP (c-di-GMP) synthetases and hydrolases (GGDEF, EAL, and HD-GYP domains) can be readily identified in bacterial genome sequences by using standard…”
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Oral Commensal Streptococci: Gatekeepers of the Oral Cavity by Baty, Joshua J, Stoner, Sara N, Scoffield, Jessica A

“…Oral commensal streptococci are primary colonizers of the oral cavity. These streptococci produce many adhesins, metabolites, and antimicrobials that modulate…”
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