The flagellar motor/switch complex, consisting of the three proteins FliG, FliM, and FliN, plays a central role in bacterial motility and chemotaxis. We have analyzed FliG, using 10-amino-acid deletio
Legionella pneumophila is an intracellular pathogen that uses a type IV secretion system called Dot/Icm to translocate over 330 effector proteins into the infected cells. To explore the collective imp
Host genetics and the gut microbiome can both influence host metabolic phenotypes. However, whether host genetic variation shapes the gut microbiome and interacts with it to affect host phenotype is u
