The Prokaryotes
Firmicutes and Tenericutes
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The major RNA-binding protein Hfq interacts with mRNAs, either alone or together with regulatory small noncoding RNAs (sRNAs), affecting mRNA translation and degradation in bacteria. However, studies tend to f...
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Pseudomonas aeruginosa pathogenicity island 1 (PAPI-1) is one of the largest genomic islands of this important opportunistic human pathogen. Previous studies have shown that PAPI-1 enc...
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The first step in the post-transcriptional regulatory function of most bacterial small non-coding RNAs (sRNAs) is base pairing with partially complementary sequences of targeted transcripts. We present a simpl...
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In recent years bacteria have shown much more potential to develop antimicrobial resistance. This mandates not only to the development of new drugs but also to the re-evaluation of already existing ones. Prese...
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Pathogenic and environmental genera of the phylum Chlamydia order Chlamydiales with its various families are briefly discussed in this overview chapter.
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This chapter discusses briefly the family Leptotrichiaceae and its four genera, Streptobacillus, Sneathia, Sebaldella, and Leptotrichia.
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In this chapter, the medically-important species of the family of Mycobacteriacea, with a single genus, Mycobacterium, will be briefly discussed.
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This chapter summarizes the general properties of the genera Enterococcus, Melissococcus, Tetragenococcus, and Vagococcus within the family Enterococcacea.
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The brief discussion in this chapter will cover the genera Staphylococcus, Macrococcus, Salinicoccus, Jeotgalicoccus, and Nosocomiicoccus.
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In this chapter, three genera of intracellarul paprasies, Aquicella, Coxiella and Diplorickettsia, within the family of Coxiellaceae will be briefly discussed.
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This chapter discusses briefly the family Streptococcaceae and its three genera Streptococcus, Lactococcus, and Lactovum.
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This chapter provides a brief description of Legionella, the only genus in the family of Legionellaceae.
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