The cellular lives of Wolbachia.

Wolbachia are successful Gram-negative bacterial endosymbionts, globally infecting a large fraction of arthropod species and filarial nematodes. Efficient vertical transmission, the capacity for horizontal transmission, manipulation of host reproduction and enhancement of host fitness can promote the spread both within and between species. Wolbachia are abundant and can occupy extraordinary diverse and evolutionary distant host species, suggesting that they have evolved to engage and manipulate highly conserved core cellular processes.

Multi-Organ Transcriptome Response of Lumpfish () to Subspecies Systemic Infection.

Lumpfish is utilized as a cleaner fish to biocontrol sealice infestations in Atlantic salmon farms. , a Gram-negative facultative intracellular pathogen, is the causative agent of furunculosis in several fish species, including lumpfish. In this study, lumpfish were intraperitoneally injected with different doses of to calculate the LD.

Bacteriophage T4 Infection of Stationary Phase E. coli: Life after Log from a Phage Perspective.

Virtually all studies of phage infections investigate bacteria growing exponentially in rich media. In nature, however, phages largely encounter non-growing cells. Bacteria entering stationary phase often activate well-studied stress defense mechanisms that drastically alter the cell, facilitating its long-term survival.