Rediscovered as a potential epigenetic mark, N-6-methyladenine DNA modification (6mA) was recently reported to be sensitive to environmental stressors......
Aspergillus fumigatus is the main cause of invasive aspergillosis (IA) with a high annual global incidence and mortality rate. Recent studies have ind......
The PorX/PorY two-component system in the periodontal pathogen Porphyromonas gingivalis controls the expression of the por genes, encoding a type IX s......
The reversibility of antibiotic resistance is theoretically attractive due to the prospect of restoring the clinical potency of antibiotics. It is imp......
Environmental pH influences cell growth and differentiation. In the dimorphic yeast Yarrowia lipolytica, neutral-alkaline pH strongly induces the yeas......
High-quality and comprehensive reference gene catalogs are essential for metagenomic research. The rather low diversity of samples used to construct e......
Bacteriophages play critical roles in impacting microbial community succession both ecologically and evolutionarily. Although the majority of phage ge......
Opportunistic feeding and multiple other environment factors can modulate the gut microbiome, and bias conclusions, when wild animals are used for stu......
Bacteria of different shapes have adopted distinct mechanisms to faithfully coordinate morphogenesis and segregate their chromosomes prior to cell div......
Hsp70 proteins are among the most ubiquitous chaperones and play important roles in maintaining proteostasis and resisting environmental stress. Multi......
The emergence of carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae (CRKP) isolates in Egyptian hospitals has been reported. However, the genetic basis and an......
Enterovirus 71 (EV71) can cause a severe hand-foot-mouth disease in children. However, the precise mechanism of EV71-associated disease, particularly ......
As the causal agent of the blast disease, Magnaporthe oryzae is one of the most destructive fungal pathogens of rice. Histone acetylation/deacetylatio......
Canker disease is caused by the fungus Cytospora chrysosperma and damages a wide range of woody plants, causing major losses to crops and native plant......
Ebola virus (EBOV) is a highly pathogenic negative-stranded RNA virus that has caused several deadly endemics in the past decades. EBOV reverse geneti......
