The distal colon functions as a bioreactor and harbors an enormous amount of bacteria in a mutualistic relationship with the host. The microbiota has to be kept at a safe distance in order to prevent
This study is the first to show transfer of regulatory bacterial sRNAs from bacterial OMVs to host cells. Demonstration of transfer of bacterial sRNA from Pseudomonas aeruginosa OMVs to host cells in
Wolbachia pipientis is an intracellular alphaproteobacterium that infects 40-60% of insect species and is well known for host reproductive manipulations. Although Wolbachia are primarily maternally tr