Journal of bacteriology

The genus Akkermansia was first described in 2004 following the identification of Akkermansia muciniphila, a Gram-negative, mucin-degrading bacterium of the intestine that constitutes 1-3% of the total adult fecal content. Since the interes…

Biofilms are a major contributor to antibiotic resistance and persistence in hospital environments. These bacterial communities form protective structures that shield microbes from various stressors, such as oxidative stress, pH fluctuation…

UnlabelledMany pathogens use homologous recombination to vary surface antigens in order to avoid immune surveillance. Neisseria gonorrhoeae, the bacterium responsible for the sexually transmitted infection gonorrhea, achieves this in part b…