Foodborne illnesses remain a major cause of hospitalization and death worldwide despite
many advances in food sanitation techniques and pathogen surveillance. Traditional …

The nature of the oral cavity and host behaviors has mandated that the oral microbiota evolve
mechanisms for coping with environmental fluctuations, especially changes in the type …

Glucosamine and N-acetylglucosamine are among the most abundant sugars on the planet,
and their introduction into the oral cavity via the diet and host secretions, and through …

Bacteria alter the biophysical properties of their membrane lipids in response to environmental
cues, such as shifts in pH or temperature. In essence, lipid composition determines …

The genetic and phenotypic responses of Streptococcus mutans , an organism that is strongly
associated with the development of dental caries, to changes in carbohydrate availability …

The capacity to internalize and catabolize carbohydrates is essential for dental caries
pathogens to persist and cause disease. The expression of many virulence-related attributes by …

… Author links open overlay panel Zachary D. Moye 1 , Joelle Woolston 1 , Pieter Van Den
Abbeele 2 , Cindy Duysburgh 2 , Lynn Verstrepen 2 , Chythanya Rajanna Das 1 , Massimo …

Diets rich in minimally processed foods are associated with numerous health benefits, in
part, due to their diverse, natural microbiota. However, antimicrobials, such as chlorine and …

… (D) NBD-dihydrosphingosine assay on cell lysates from the … IPTG [isopropyl-β-d-thiogalactopyranoside])
displayed high … Based on the substrate specificity, we propose PG1348 as a dih…

The asaccharolytic anaerobe Porphyromonas gingivalis metabolizes proteins it encounters
in the periodontal pocket, including host-derived glycoproteins such as mucins and …