Bacteria that cause life-threatening infections in humans are becoming increasingly difficult
to treat. In some instances, this is due to intrinsic and acquired antibiotic resistance, …

The Gram-positive obligate anaerobe Clostridium difficile causes potentially fatal intestinal
diseases. How this organism regulates virulence gene expression is poorly understood. In …

Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is an autoimmune disease characterized in seropositive individuals
by the presence of anti-cyclic citrullinated protein (CCP) antibodies. RA is linked to the …

The opportunistic pathogen Burkholderia pseudomallei is a saprophytic bacterium and the
causative agent of melioidosis, an emerging infectious disease associated with high …

Enterococcus faecium , a commensal of the human intestine, has emerged as a hospital-adapted,
multidrug-resistant (MDR) pathogen. Bacteriophages (phages), natural predators of …

Burkholderia pseudomallei is a saprophytic bacterium endemic throughout the tropics causing
severe disease in humans and animals. Environmental signals such as the accumulation …

Bacteria in a biofilm community have increased tolerance to antimicrobial therapy. To
characterize the role of biofilms in equine endometritis, six mares were inoculated with lux-…

While primate trapping is a widely used field methodology, there are substantial health, safety
and social risks to handling wild primates, necessitating sharing of best-practice methods …

Burkholderia pseudomallei, the causative agent of melioidosis, is an important public health
threat due to limited therapeutic options for treatment. Efforts to improve therapeutics for B. …

Our understanding of halovirus diversity is limited since viral isolation is traditionally based
on the ability to culture the host species. Here, we review current knowledge of viruses in …