background : cockroaches mechanically spread pathogenic agents, however, little is known about their gut microbiota. identification of midgut microbial community helps targeting novel biological control strategies such as paratransgenesis. here the bacterial microbiota of periplaneta americana midgut, were identified and evaluated for finding proper paratransgenesis candidate. methods : midgut ...

Horizontal gene transfer is a key step in the evolution of Enterobacteriaceae. By acquiring virulence determinants of foreign origin, commensals can evolve into pathogens. In Enterobacteriaceae, horizontal transfer of these virulence determinants is largely dependent on transfer by plasmids, phages, genomic islands (GIs) and genomic modules (GMs). The High Pathogenicity Island (HPI) is a GI enc...

A plant growth promoting bacterial isolate (D5/23T) from the phyllosphere of winter wheat, able to fix atmospheric nitrogen and to produce auxines and cytokinins was investigated in a polyphasic taxonomy approach. Phylogenetic analyses using the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the strain clearly indicated that the strain belonged to the family Enterobacteriaceae, most closely related to Enterobacter ...

Oil palm (Elaeis guineensis) is a species of tree cultivated mainly for its oil. Malaysia the second largest producer oil behind Indonesia. During harvesting fruit bunch, some over ripped fruits will get detached from bunch and these loose be contaminated with bacteria soil. Collecting ground normally done manually by hand this may allow transmission soil to workers.
 
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In this issue of Structure, Beck and colleagues describe the structure of the Enterobacter cloacae contact-dependent growth inhibition (CDI) toxin in complex with its immunity protein. Further functional studies reveal that CDI targets translation by cleaving 16S ribosomal RNA.