Microbial Response to Stresses, Phages and Hosts
A special issue of Biology (ISSN 2079-7737). This special issue belongs to the section "Microbiology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 November 2023) | Viewed by 2051
Special Issue Editors
Interests: signal transduction; stress response; second messenger; defense and anti-defense systems
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Bacteria face various environmental stresses, such as changes in temperature, pH, and nutrient availability, as well as exposure to antibiotics, phages, and host immune systems. Bacteria have evolved various mechanisms to cope with these stresses, including changes in gene expression, the production of protective molecules, and the activation of stress response pathways. Understanding these mechanisms is crucial for developing strategies to control bacterial infections and improve health outcomes.
Recent research has revealed new mechanisms of bacterial stress responses and their interactions with phages and host cells. Examples include novel second messengers, such as pGpp and AppppA, and their target proteins in the bacterial adaptation to stresses; riboregulation involving various noncoding RNAs and their chaperone; the role of bacterial antitoxin–toxins in inducing an abortive infection of phages; the race between phages and bacteria via the CRISPR and anti-CRISPR systems; the cGAS–cGAMP axis in both eukaryotic and bacterial cell immune responses; etc.
Excited by these advances, this Special Issue aims to encourage researchers to share their recent understandings of bacterial stress responses and bacterial interactions with phages and host cells through various mechanisms. We welcome original research and review articles on the following topics, including, but not limited to:
- Bacterial response pathways to abiotic stresses and antibiotics;
- Bacterial interactions with phages and host immune systems;
- Second messengers, small noncoding RNAs, and two-component systems;
- Biofilm, quorum sensing, and microbiota–host interactions;
- Application of bacterial stress response in biotechnology and agriculture.
Dr. Yong Zhang
Dr. Yanjie Chao
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- bacterial stress response
- second messenger
- phage
- host immune system
- small noncoding RNA
- toxin
- anti-biotics
