Serratia sp. ATCC 39006 (Serratia 39006) is a Gram-negative bacterium from the Enterobacteriaceae family. Serratia 39006 is able to produce a number of secondary metabolites including the red tripyrrole antibiotic prodigiosin ...

The poxviruses are an extensive family of large DNA viruses, including the causative agent for smallpox, variola virus. The success of poxviruses as pathogens is in part due to their expression of an array of gene products ...

Human noroviruses are highly infectious viruses that cause the majority of acute, non-bacterial epidemic gastroenteritis cases worldwide. Noroviruses belong to the family Caliciviridae and have a positive-sense RNA genome ...

A strain of Micrococcus luteus, isolated from the epidermis of an adult human male, produces anti-bacterial activity in vitro. The purpose of this study was to investigate the potential value of this bacterium, designated ...

Bacteria live in environments where they are constantly under attack by bacteriophage (phage) and are subjected to horizontal gene transfer (HGT) events, such as transfer of plasmids. Bacteria have developed many systems ...