Silicon plays an important role in providing tolerance to various abiotic stresses and augmenting plant resistance against diseases. However, there is a paucity of reports about the effect of silicon on bacterial and viral pathogens of plants. In general, the effect of silicon on plant resistance against bacterial diseases is considered to be due to either physical defense or increased biochemi...

Bacterial agents engineered to diagnose or treat gastrointestinal (GI) diseases have limited ability colonize specific regions of the GI tract. In article number 2007473, Mikhail G. Shapiro and co-workers show that a composite biomagnetic material comprising microscale magnetic particles probiotic bacteria can be used, in conjunction with external magnets, improve bacterial agents' localize ins...