Costly expression of #virulence factors by #Salmonella elicits gut inflammation, which in turn promotes #pathogen blooms. This study explains the tight connection between #microbiome complexity & evolution of Salmonella virulence #PLOSBiology https://plos.io/44BbHSb

Competence in #Streptococcus controls genetic transformation, biofilm formation & virulence. @JWVeening &co show that it's also crucial for host #adherence, involving the fratricin CbpD, which exposes #virulence factors to the cell surface #PLOSBiology https://plos.io/3DtTwmJ

Competence in #Streptococcus controls genetic transformation, biofilm formation & virulence. @JWVeening &co show that it's also crucial for host #adherence, involving the fratricin CbpD, which exposes #virulence factors to the cell surface #PLOSBiology https://plos.io/3DtTwmJ

Competence in #Streptococcus controls genetic transformation, biofilm formation & virulence. @JWVeening &co show that it's also crucial for host #adherence, involving the fratricin CbpD, which exposes #virulence factors to the cell surface #PLOSBiology https://plos.io/3DtTwmJ

Title of this review says it all:

"𝙋𝙖𝙩𝙝𝙤𝙜𝙚𝙣𝙞𝙘𝙞𝙩𝙮 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙫𝙞𝙧𝙪𝙡𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙈𝙮𝙘𝙤𝙗𝙖𝙘𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙞𝙪𝙢 𝙩𝙪𝙗𝙚𝙧𝙘𝙪𝙡𝙤𝙨𝙞𝙨"

#IDMastodon #microbiology #MedMastodon #bacteriology #virulence #bacteria

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/21505594.2022.2150449

New article by Katharina Ribbeck and coworkers:

Host-derived O-glycans #mucins inhibit toxigenic conversion by a #virulence-encoding #phage in #Vibrio #cholerae

https://www.embopress.org/doi/10.15252/embj.2022111562

#Pathogenicity and #virulence of Clostridioides difficile

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/21505594.2022.2150452

#cdiff #cdifficile #infectiousdisease

RT @KrellLaboratory
Pi starvation induces #virulence of many #pathogens. Phosphate therapy (administration of Pi to animals/humans) is a promising alternative to #antibiotics. Please see our recent article on the proteomic changes associated with #phosphate therapy.
https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/spectrum.02590-22

Hi tooters, time for a belated #introduction.

I work on the #EvolutionaryEcology of host-parasite interactions using #Malaria as a model system. I mostly work on #AvianMalaria, but I occasionally dabble in human and #RodentMalaria.

I’m particularly interested in exploring the genetic and environmental sources of heterogeneity in parasite #Virulence and within-host dynamics. Also keen on #DrugResistance and parasite #PhenotypicPlasticity. Oh, and #Mosquitos, obviously 😎

Hi everyone! 👋

Originally from Vancouver Island, Canada now living on Manhattan island NYC. 🏝️ ➡️🗽

I am a new #postdoc in the Department of #Microbiology at #NYULangone passionate about #immunology #infection #repair #staphylococcus.

My research interest is on #host #pathogen interactions and S. aureus #virulence mechansims in vivo.

Looking forward to meeting you all in this space!

Getting in on the #introduction bandwagon! Hi all, I'm a purely computational Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Monash Uni. My research passions are #MicrobialGenomics, #AMR, #Virulence, #MobileGeneticElements & #Epigenomics. I'm most interested in bacterial #InfectiousDiseases, with clinical and/or public health focuses. My research to date has focused on Escherichia coli, Neisseria gonorrhoeae and Klebsiella species. Have a lot of experience with NGS data & #phylogenomics. Love research! 🦠