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FMT alleviated the intestinal barrier damage caused by enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli infection in antibiotic-induced microbiome-disordered model through increasing the relative abundance of A. muciniphila in the intestine.

The mftG gene, present in the majority of mycofactocin gene clusters, encodes an oxidoreductase that facilitates ethanol utilization by reoxidation of mycofactocins and channeling electrons towards the respiratory chain.

E. coli O157 infections in humans are closely linked to strains circulating in local cattle populations, with some strains persisting as long as 13 years.

Differentiation of the pathogenic bacterium, Chlamydia trachomatis, from its non-infectious to infectious form is linked to the redox state of the organism.

A naturally acquired human monoclonal antibody recognizes proteins expressed at different stages of the Plasmodium falciparum life cycle through affinity-matured homotypic interactions with glutamate-rich repeats.

Capsular polysaccharides of Acinetobacter baumannii regulate type VI secretion system activity, balancing self-protection with interbacterial competitiveness.

Enterovirus A71 adaptation to bind heparan sulfate as receptor comes with compensation that destabilizes its virus capsid.