Multilocus sequence typing supports the hypothesis that Ochrobactrum anthropi displays a human-associated subpopulation.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Rhodosporidium toruloides is a β-carotenoid accumulating, oleaginous yeast that has great biotechnological potential. The lack of reliable and efficient genetic manipulation tools have been a major hurdle blocking its adoption as a biotechnology platform. RESULTS:We report for the first time the development...

journal_title：BMC microbiology

authors： Koh CM,Liu Y,Moehninsi,Du M,Ji L

更新日期：2014-02-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Thermotolerant Campylobacter is among the more prevalent bacterial pathogens that cause foodborne diseases. This study aimed at evaluating the occurrence of thermotolerant Campylobacter contamination in chicken carcasses and processing plant stations (chilling water, scalding water, defeathering machinery, e...

journal_title：BMC microbiology

authors： Figueroa G,Troncoso M,López C,Rivas P,Toro M

更新日期：2009-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Human granulocytic anaplasmosis (HGA) is a tick-borne disease caused by the etiologic agent Anaplasma phagocytophilum. HGA was designated a nationally notifiable disease in the United States in 1998. Currently there are no vaccines available against HGA. Conserved membrane proteins that are subdominant in An...

journal_title：BMC microbiology

authors： Crosby FL,Lundgren AM,Hoffman C,Pascual DW,Barbet AF

更新日期：2018-12-18 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The resurgence of multi-drug resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) and HIV associated tuberculosis (TB) are of serious global concern. To contain this situation, new anti-tuberculosis drugs and reduced treatment regimens are imperative. Recently, a nitroimidazole, PA-824, has been shown to be active against both r...

journal_title：BMC microbiology

authors： Somasundaram S,Anand RS,Venkatesan P,Paramasivan CN

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Persister cells comprise a phenotypic variant that shows extreme antibiotic tolerance resulting in treatment failures of bacterial infections. While this phenomenon has posed a great threat in public health, mechanisms underlying their formation in Staphylococcus aureus remain largely unknown. Increasing evi...

journal_title：BMC microbiology

authors： Sahukhal GS,Pandey S,Elasri MO

更新日期：2017-11-22 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The catabolite control protein CcpA is a transcriptional regulator conserved in many Gram-positives, controlling the efficiency of glucose metabolism. Here we studied the role of Bacillus cereus ATCC 14579 CcpA in regulation of metabolic pathways and expression of enterotoxin genes by comparative transcripto...

journal_title：BMC microbiology

authors： van der Voort M,Kuipers OP,Buist G,de Vos WM,Abee T

更新日期：2008-04-16 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The mce4 operon is one of the four homologues of mammalian cell entry (mce) operons of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. The mce4A (Rv3499c) gene within this operon is homologous to mce1A (Rv0169), that has a role in host cell invasion by M. tuberculosis. Our earlier reports show that mce4 operon is expressed duri...

journal_title：BMC microbiology

authors： Saini NK,Sharma M,Chandolia A,Pasricha R,Brahmachari V,Bose M

更新日期：2008-11-19 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Glycopeptidolipids (GPLs) are among the major free glycolipid components of the outer membrane of several saprophytic and clinically-relevant Mycobacterium species. The architecture of GPLs is based on a constant tripeptide-amino alcohol core of nonribosomal peptide synthetase origin that is N-acylated with ...

journal_title：BMC microbiology

authors： Tatham E,Sundaram Chavadi S,Mohandas P,Edupuganti UR,Angala SK,Chatterjee D,Quadri LE

更新日期：2012-06-22 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Enteroaggregative (EAEC) and Shiga-toxin producing Escherichia coli (STEC) are a major cause of diarrhea worldwide. E. coli carrying both virulence factors characteristic for EAEC and STEC and producing extended-spectrum beta-lactamase caused severe and protracted disease during an outbreak of E. coli O104:H...

journal_title：BMC microbiology

authors： Trung NV,Nhung HN,Carrique-Mas JJ,Mai HH,Tuyen HT,Campbell J,Nhung NT,Van Minh P,Wagenaar JA,Mai NT,Hieu TQ,Schultsz C,Hoa NT

更新日期：2016-09-09 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Many bacterial extracytoplasmic proteins are stabilized by intramolecular disulfide bridges that are formed post-translationally between their cysteine residues. This protein modification plays an important role in bacterial pathogenesis, and is facilitated by the Dsb (disulfide bond) family of the redox pro...

journal_title：BMC microbiology

authors： Grabowska AD,Wandel MP,Łasica AM,Nesteruk M,Roszczenko P,Wyszyńska A,Godlewska R,Jagusztyn-Krynicka EK

更新日期：2011-07-25 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Nitrosomonas europaea is a widely studied chemolithoautotrophic ammonia oxidizing bacterium. While significant work exists on the ammonia oxidation pathway of N. europaea, its responses to factors such as dissolved oxygen limitation or sufficiency or exposure to high nitrite concentrations, particularly at t...

journal_title：BMC microbiology

authors： Yu R,Chandran K

更新日期：2010-03-04 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cysteine has a crucial role in cellular physiology and its synthesis is tightly controlled due to its reactivity. However, little is known about the sulfur metabolism and its regulation in clostridia compared with other firmicutes. In Clostridium perfringens, the two-component system, VirR/VirS, controls the...

journal_title：BMC microbiology

authors： André G,Haudecoeur E,Monot M,Ohtani K,Shimizu T,Dupuy B,Martin-Verstraete I

更新日期：2010-09-07 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Antimicrobial resistance is currently a major global issue. As the rate of emergence of antimicrobial resistance has superseded the rate of discovery and introduction of new effective drugs, the medical arsenal now is experiencing shortage of effective drugs to combat diseases, particularly against diseases ...

journal_title：BMC microbiology

authors： Teh CH,Nazni WA,Nurulhusna AH,Norazah A,Lee HL

更新日期：2017-02-16 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The gut comprises an essential barrier that protects both invertebrate and vertebrate animals from invasion by microorganisms. Disruption of the balanced relationship between indigenous gut microbiota and their host can result in gut bacteria eliciting host responses similar to those caused by invasive patho...

journal_title：BMC microbiology

authors： Broderick NA,Raffa KF,Handelsman J

更新日期：2010-04-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Microorganisms of different species interact in several ecological niches, even causing infection. During the infectious process, a biofilm of single or multispecies can develop. Aspergillus fumigatus and Staphyloccocus aureus are etiologic agents that can cause infectious keratitis. We analyzed in vitro sin...

journal_title：BMC microbiology

authors： Ramírez Granillo A,Canales MG,Espíndola ME,Martínez Rivera MA,de Lucio VM,Tovar AV

更新日期：2015-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Chronic wound pathogenic biofilms are host-pathogen environments that colonize and exist as a cohabitation of many bacterial species. These bacterial populations cooperate to promote their own survival and the chronic nature of the infection. Few studies have performed extensive surveys of the bacterial popu...

journal_title：BMC microbiology

authors： Dowd SE,Sun Y,Secor PR,Rhoads DD,Wolcott BM,James GA,Wolcott RD

更新日期：2008-03-06 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Staphylococcus aureus methicillin-resistant (MRSA) has been frequently isolated from endotracheal and lung puncture aspirates in malnourished children with pneumonia. In this work we evaluated the susceptibility of undernourished BALB/c mice and its ability to mount a protective immunity against MRSA with em...

journal_title：BMC microbiology

authors： França TG,Ishikawa LL,Zorzella-Pezavento SF,Chiuso-Minicucci F,Guerino CP,da Cunha Mde L,Sartori A

更新日期：2009-11-23 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:After E. coli O157, E. coli O26 is the second most prevalent enterohaemorrhagic E. coli (EHEC) serotype identified in cases of foodborne illness in Australia and throughout the world. E. coli O26 associated foodborne outbreaks have drawn attention to the survival capabilities of this organism in a range of e...

journal_title：BMC microbiology

authors： Lajhar SA,Brownlie J,Barlow R

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Mycoplasma pneumoniae has previously been characterized as a micro-organism that is genetically highly stable. In spite of this genetic stability, homologous DNA recombination has been hypothesized to lie at the basis of antigenic variation of the major surface protein, P1, of M. pneumoniae. In order to iden...

journal_title：BMC microbiology

authors： Sluijter M,Hoogenboezem T,Hartwig NG,Vink C

更新日期：2008-10-02 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Prevotella intermedia is a Gram-negative black-pigmenting oral anaerobe associated with periodontitis in humans, and has a haem requirement for growth, survival and virulence. It produces an iron porphyrin-containing pigment comprising monomeric iron (III) protoporphyrin IX (Fe(III)PPIX.OH; haematin). The ba...

journal_title：BMC microbiology

authors： Byrne DP,Manandhar SP,Potempa J,Smalley JW

更新日期：2015-09-24 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Central nervous system disease is the most serious form of tuberculosis, and is associated with high mortality and severe neurological sequelae. Though recent clinical reports suggest an association of distinct Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains with central nervous system disease, the microbial virulence fa...

journal_title：BMC microbiology

authors： Be NA,Bishai WR,Jain SK

更新日期：2012-01-13 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Most of the studies evaluating the secular trends of blood isolates come from tertiary hospitals in urban areas. We sought to study the trends of the antimicrobial resistance of blood isolates in patients from a rural population hospitalized in a tertiary hospital in a small city in Greece. METHODS:We retro...

journal_title：BMC microbiology

authors： Falagas ME,Bakossi A,Pappas VD,Holevas PV,Bouras A,Stamata E

更新日期：2006-05-02 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In the past decade, researchers have proposed that the pldA gene for outer membrane phospholipase A (OMPLA) is important for bacterial colonization of the human gastric ventricle. Several conserved Helicobacter pylori genes have distinct genotypes in different parts of the world, biogeographic patterns that ...

journal_title：BMC microbiology

authors： Vollan HS,Tannaes T,Yamaoka Y,Bukholm G

更新日期：2012-09-13 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Most studies on the human microbiota have analyzed stool samples, although a large proportion of the absorption of nutrients takes place in upper gut tract. We collected samples from different locations along the entire gastrointestinal tract from six patients who had simultaneously undergone upper endoscopy...

journal_title：BMC microbiology

authors： Mailhe M,Ricaboni D,Vitton V,Gonzalez JM,Bachar D,Dubourg G,Cadoret F,Robert C,Delerce J,Levasseur A,Fournier PE,Angelakis E,Lagier JC,Raoult D

更新日期：2018-10-24 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Botrytis cinerea secretes a high number of proteins that are predicted to have numerous O-glycosylation sites, frequently grouped in highly O-glycosylated regions, and analysis of mutants affected in O-glycosylation has shown, in B. cinerea and in other phytopathogenic fungi, that this process is important f...

journal_title：BMC microbiology

authors： González M,Brito N,González C

更新日期：2014-10-12 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Klebsiella pneumoniae is an important gram-negative opportunistic pathogen causing primarily urinary tract infections, respiratory infections, and bacteraemia. The ability of bacteria to form biofilms on medical devices, e.g. catheters, has a major role in development of many nosocomial infections. Most clin...

journal_title：BMC microbiology

authors： Schroll C,Barken KB,Krogfelt KA,Struve C

更新日期：2010-06-23 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Viability staining with SYTO9 and propidium iodide (PI) is a frequently used tool in microbiological studies. However, data generated by such routinely used method are often not critically evaluated for their accuracy. In this study we aim to investigate the critical aspects of this staining method using Sta...

journal_title：BMC microbiology

authors： Stiefel P,Schmidt-Emrich S,Maniura-Weber K,Ren Q

更新日期：2015-02-18 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Hfq is a widely conserved bacterial RNA-binding protein which generally mediates the global regulatory activities involv ed in physiological process and virulence. The goal of this study was to characterize the biological function of hfq gene in Xanthomonas axonpodis pv. citri (Xac), the causal agent of citr...

journal_title：BMC microbiology

authors： Liu X,Yan Y,Wu H,Zhou C,Wang X

更新日期：2019-05-22 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) is one of the primary causes of bone infections which are often chronic and difficult to eradicate. Bacteria like S. aureus may survive upon internalization in cells and may be responsible for chronic and recurrent infections. In this study, we compared the responses of a ph...

journal_title：BMC microbiology

authors： Hamza T,Li B

更新日期：2014-07-25 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Lactobacillus plantarum, a versatile lactic acid-fermenting bacterium, isolated from the traditional pickles in Ningbo of China, was chosen for grass carp fermentation, which could also improve the flavor of grass carp. We here explored the central metabolic pathways of L. plantarum by using metabolomic appr...

journal_title：BMC microbiology

authors： Ming T,Han J,Li Y,Lu C,Qiu D,Li Y,Zhou J,Su X

更新日期：2018-12-18 00:00:00