Under hostile conditions, bacteria elicit stress response. Such stress response is regulated by a secondary messenger called (p)ppGpp. (p)ppGpp is involved in wide range of functions such as GTP homeostasis, biofilm formation ...

Genetic material of bacteria is subject to damage due to multitudinous factors, both extrinsic and intrinsic in origin. Mechanisms for the maintenance of genomic integrity are thus essential for a bacterium to survive. ...

Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the etiological agent of tuberculosis, has adapted with the host environment and evolved to survive in harsh conditions in the host. The pathogen has successfully evolved strategies not only to ...