Transmise par les tiques, la maladie de Lyme est causée par des bactéries capables de se camoufler, de s’adapter et de résister à nos défenses immunitaires grâce à d’ingénieux stratagèmes.

[Ouest-France] Un cas de peste a été détecté en Californie, aux États-Unis, mardi 19 août. Pourrait-on voir réapparaître la bactérie responsable de la maladie en France, où la dernière infection connu...

Quantifying the phosphorylation levels of proteins involved in bacterial signaling pathways is essential for understanding their role in stress adaptation and infection processes. Here, we present a protocol for the semi-quantitative assessment of the phosphorylation level of the transcriptional regulator CpxR during the infection process using Phos-tag gel. We describe steps for Dickeya dadantii infection of chicory leaves, followed by bacterial extraction, rapid acidic cell lysis, and subseque...

Analysis of synteny blocks and genomic rearrangement patterns of 178 newly sequenced and 64 publicly available complete genomes of Yersinia pestis highlights the impact of key variations on genes invo...

Quantifying the phosphorylation levels of proteins involved in bacterial signaling pathways is essential for understanding their role in stress adapta…

Climate parameters show negative correlations with B. burgdorferi infection prevalence but low impact on uninfected tick density.

This study reveals that an outer membrane protein from the predator Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus forms a pentameric assembly that traps a lipid monolayer within. This allows the discovery of two superfa...

Today, Dr. Brian Stevenson of the University of Kentucky College of Medicine joins the #QualityQuorum to discuss a twisty twirling form of life, spirochetes,...

Background The Oriental rat flea, Xenopsylla cheopis, is a main vector of plague caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis. Transcriptomic analysis of this insect and the interaction between Yersinia an...

Cyclodextrins (CDs) are cyclic oligosaccharides derived from starch through enzymatic conversion. Over the past decades, CDs and their derivatives (dC…

This study documents the evolution of antibiotic resistance and major growth defects in Yersinia enterocolitica in a patient over 14 years, revealing genetic changes that shed light on bacterial adapt...

Scientific Reports - Exploring temperature-dependent transcriptomic adaptations in Yersinia pestis using direct cDNA sequencing by Oxford Nanopore Technologies

Scientists at the Institut Pasteur and McMaster University have discovered that the evolution of a gene in the bacterium that causes bubonic plague, Yersinia pestis, may have prolonged the duration of...