Vibrios are natural inhabitants of aquatic environments and form symbiotic or pathogenic relationships with eukaryotic hosts. Recent studies reveal that the ability of vibrios to form biofilms (i.e. matrix-enclosed, surface-associated communities) depends upon specific structural genes (flagella, pili and exopolysaccharide biosynthesis) and regulatory processes (two-component regulators, quorum...

Web applications have emerged as the primary means of access to vital and sensitive services such as online payment systems and databases storing personally identifiable information. Unfortunately, the need for ubiquitous and often anonymous access exposes web servers to adversaries. Indeed, network-borne zero-day attacks pose a critical and widespread threat to web servers that cannot be mitig...

The adage lex orandi, credendi, vivendi (or (con)vivendi) denotes causal interrelationships between worship, belief and life. Simply one affects the others as this forms foundation of doctrine and/or a moral However, if there are true relationships “as we worship” (lex orandi), “so believe” credendi), live” vivendi) then can also be understood as: vivendi), orandi). This leads o question: how d...