Background Bacteria within a biofilm are phenotypically more resistant to antibiotics, desiccation,
and the host immune system, making it an important virulence factor for many microbes…

Alligator mississippiensis (American alligator), a member of order Crocodilia, lives in
bacteria-laden environments but is not often known to succumb to bacterial infections. Their serum …

Cationic antimicrobial peptides (CAMPs) are important elements of innate immunity in
higher organisms, representing an ancient defense mechanism against pathogenic bacteria. …

Cationic antimicrobial peptides and their therapeutic potential have garnered growing
interest because of the proliferation of bacterial resistance. However, the discovery of new …

Burkholderia thailandensis is a Gram-negative soil bacterium used as a model organism for
B. pseudomallei, the causative agent of melioidosis and an organism classified category B …

Komodo dragons are the largest living lizards and are the apex predators in their environs.
They endure numerous strains of pathogenic bacteria in their saliva and recover from …

Background Our group has developed a new process for isolating and identifying novel
cationic antimicrobial peptides from small amounts of biological samples. Previously, we …

Our long-term goal is to identify new antimicrobial peptides that might be effective against
pneumonic Francisella infection in mice. Previously, our group searched the peptidome of the …

It has long been known that ACTH is secreted in an episodic fashion demonstrating circadian
and ultradian rhythms. High intensity venous sampling has recently revealed that in …

While the circadian rhythm of pituitary adrenocorticotropin (ACTH) secretion has been well
characterized, the ultradian rhythm has been less thoroughly investigated. To study the …