Common origin of plasmid encoded alpha-hemolysin genes in Escherichia coli.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Streptococcus suis is a major swine pathogen worldwide that causes meningitis, septicemia, arthritis, and endocarditis. Using animal models, a surface-associated subtilisin-like protease (SspA) has recently been shown to be an important virulence factor for S. suis. In this study, we hypothesized that the S....

journal_title：BMC microbiology

authors： Bonifait L,Grenier D

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Ophiocordyceps sinensis (DongChong XiaCao (DCXC) in Chinese), a fungal parasite of caterpillars, is a traditional Chinese medicine. Bioactive components isolated from natural DCXC possess a wide range of pharmacological actions. Many efforts have been directed towards isolating the fungi based on culture-dep...

journal_title：BMC microbiology

authors： Xia F,Liu Y,Guo MY,Shen GR,Lin J,Zhou XW

更新日期：2016-08-26 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The plasma membrane plays an essential role in selective permeability, compartmentalization, osmotic balance, and cellular uptake. The characteristics and functions of cyanobacterial membranes have been extensively investigated in recent years. Cell-penetrating peptides (CPPs) are special nanocarriers that c...

journal_title：BMC microbiology

authors： Liu BR,Huang YW,Lee HJ

更新日期：2013-03-14 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Porphyromonas gingivalis, a microorganism residing in the oral cavity within complex multispecies biofilms, is one of the keystone pathogens in the onset and progression of periodontitis. In this in vitro study, using DNA microarray, we investigate the differential gene expression of Porphyromonas gingivalis...

journal_title：BMC microbiology

authors： Sánchez MC,Romero-Lastra P,Ribeiro-Vidal H,Llama-Palacios A,Figuero E,Herrera D,Sanz M

更新日期：2019-03-12 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The opportunistic pathogen, Pseudomonas aeruginosa is well known for its environmental and metabolic versatility, yet many of the functions of its gene-products remain to be fully elucidated. This study's objective was to illuminate the potential functions of under-described gene-products during the medicall...

journal_title：BMC microbiology

authors： Wright BW,Kamath KS,Krisp C,Molloy MP

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Non-typeable Haemophilus influenzae biofilm formation is implicated in a number of chronic infections including otitis media, sinusitis and bronchitis. Biofilm structure includes cells and secreted extracellular matrix that is "slimy" and believed to contribute to the antibiotic resistant properties of biofi...

journal_title：BMC microbiology

authors： Gallaher TK,Wu S,Webster P,Aguilera R

更新日期：2006-07-19 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Recurrent acute otitis media (rAOM, recurrent ear infection) is a common childhood disease caused by bacteria termed otopathogens, for which current treatments have limited effectiveness. Generic probiotic therapies have shown promise, but seem to lack specificity. We hypothesised that healthy children with ...

journal_title：BMC microbiology

authors： Lappan R,Imbrogno K,Sikazwe C,Anderson D,Mok D,Coates H,Vijayasekaran S,Bumbak P,Blyth CC,Jamieson SE,Peacock CS

更新日期：2018-02-20 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:This study evaluated how dosing regimen for intramuscularly-administered ampicillin, composition of Escherichia coli strains with regard to ampicillin susceptibility, and excretion of bacteria from the intestine affected the level of resistance among Escherichia coli strains in the intestine of nursery pigs....

journal_title：BMC microbiology

authors： Ahmad A,Zachariasen C,Christiansen LE,Græsbøll K,Toft N,Matthews L,Nielsen SS,Olsen JE

更新日期：2016-09-06 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The mce operons play an important role in the entry of M. tuberculosis into macrophages and non-phagocytic cells. Their non-redundant function as well as complex regulation is implied by the phenotype of mce mutants. Recently, mce1 operon was found to extend over 13 genes, fadD5 (Rv0166) being the first gene...

journal_title：BMC microbiology

authors： Joon M,Bhatia S,Pasricha R,Bose M,Brahmachari V

更新日期：2010-04-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Pyruvate oxidase (Pox) is an important enzyme in bacterial metabolism for increasing ATP production and providing a fitness advantage via hydrogen peroxide production. However, few Pox enzymes have been characterized from bacterial species. The tetrameric non-hydrogen-peroxide producing Pox from E. coli is a...

journal_title：BMC microbiology

authors： Cornacchione LP,Hu LT

更新日期：2020-05-24 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:GeoChip 3.0, a microbial functional gene array, containing ~28,000 oligonucleotide probes and targeting ~57,000 sequences from 292 functional gene families, provided a powerful tool for researching microbial community structure in natural environments. The alpine meadow is a dominant plant community in the Q...

journal_title：BMC microbiology

authors： Zhang Y,Lu Z,Liu S,Yang Y,He Z,Ren Z,Zhou J,Li D

更新日期：2013-03-29 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Ustilago esculenta, a typical dimorphic fungus could infect Zizania latifolia and induce host stem swollen to form an edible vegetable called Jiaobai in China. The strains differentiation especially in the mating ability and pathogenicity is closely related to different phenotypes of Jiaobai formed in the fi...

journal_title：BMC microbiology

authors： Zhang Y,Wu M,Ge Q,Yang M,Xia W,Cui H,Yu X,Zhang S,Ye Z

更新日期：2019-09-05 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Enterococcus is ubiquitous in nature and is a commensal of both the bovine and human gastrointestinal (GI) tract. It is also associated with clinical infections in humans. Subtherapeutic administration of antibiotics to cattle selects for antibiotic resistant enterococci in the bovine GI tract. Antibiotic re...

journal_title：BMC microbiology

authors： Beukers AG,Zaheer R,Goji N,Amoako KK,Chaves AV,Ward MP,McAllister TA

更新日期：2017-03-08 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The evolution of mycoplasmas from a common ancestor with Firmicutes has been characterized not only by genome down-sizing but also by horizontal gene transfer between mycoplasma species sharing a common host. The mechanisms of these gene transfers remain unclear because our knowledge of the mycoplasma mobile...

journal_title：BMC microbiology

authors： Breton M,Tardy F,Dordet-Frisoni E,Sagne E,Mick V,Renaudin J,Sirand-Pugnet P,Citti C,Blanchard A

更新日期：2012-11-12 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Streptococcus agalactiae (GBS) is a common pathogen to infect newborn, woman, the elderly, and immuno-compromised human and fish. 37 fish isolates and 554 human isolates of the GBS in 2007-2012 were investigated in serotypes, antibiotic susceptibility, genetic difference and pathogenicity to tilapia. RESULT...

journal_title：BMC microbiology

authors： Chu C,Huang PY,Chen HM,Wang YH,Tsai IA,Lu CC,Chen CC

更新日期：2016-08-02 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Bacteriocins are antimicrobial proteins and peptides ribosomally synthesized by some bacteria which can effect both intraspecies and interspecies killing. RESULTS:Moraxella catarrhalis strain E22 containing plasmid pLQ510 was shown to inhibit the growth of M. catarrhalis strain O35E. Two genes (mcbA and mcb...

journal_title：BMC microbiology

authors： Attia AS,Sedillo JL,Hoopman TC,Liu W,Liu L,Brautigam CA,Hansen EJ

更新日期：2009-09-25 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Understanding mollicutes is challenging due to their variety and relationship with host cells. Invasion has explained issues related to their opportunistic role. Few studies have been done on the Ureaplasma diversum mollicute, which is detected in healthy or diseased bovine. The invasion in Hep-2 cells of fo...

journal_title：BMC microbiology

authors： Marques LM,Ueno PM,Buzinhani M,Cortez BA,Neto RL,Yamaguti M,Oliveira RC,Guimarães AM,Monezi TA,Braga AC Jr,Machado-Santelli GM,Timenetsky J

更新日期：2010-03-17 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Epidemiology of celiac disease (CD) is increasing. CD mainly presents in early childhood with small intestinal villous atrophy and signs of malabsorption. Compared to healthy individuals, CD patients seemed to be characterized by higher numbers of Gram-negative bacteria and lower numbers Gram-positive bacter...

journal_title：BMC microbiology

authors： Di Cagno R,De Angelis M,De Pasquale I,Ndagijimana M,Vernocchi P,Ricciuti P,Gagliardi F,Laghi L,Crecchio C,Guerzoni ME,Gobbetti M,Francavilla R

更新日期：2011-10-04 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cathepsins are a group of endosomal proteases present in many cells including dendritic cells (DCs). The activity of cathepsins is regulated by their endogenous inhibitors - cystatins. Cathepsins are crucial to antigen processing during viral and bacterial infections, and as such are a prerequisite to antige...

journal_title：BMC microbiology

authors： Bossowska-Nowicka M,Mielcarska MB,Romaniewicz M,Kaczmarek MM,Gregorczyk-Zboroch KP,Struzik J,Grodzik M,Gieryńska MM,Toka FN,Szulc-Dąbrowska L

更新日期：2019-05-10 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Wolbachia are the most widely spread endosymbiotic bacteria, present in a wide variety of insects and two families of nematodes. As of now, however, relatively little genomic data has been available. The Wolbachia symbiont can be parasitic, as described for many arthropod systems, an obligate mutualist, as i...

journal_title：BMC microbiology

authors： Lefoulon E,Clark T,Borveto F,Perriat-Sanguinet M,Moulia C,Slatko BE,Gavotte L

更新日期：2020-06-30 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Fibronectin-binding protein A (FnBPA) mediates adhesion of Staphylococcus aureus to fibronectin, fibrinogen and elastin. We previously reported that S. aureus strain P1 encodes an FnBPA protein where the fibrinogen/elastin-binding domain (A domain) is substantially divergent in amino acid sequence from the a...

journal_title：BMC microbiology

authors： Loughman A,Sweeney T,Keane FM,Pietrocola G,Speziale P,Foster TJ

更新日期：2008-05-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Protein secretion plays a central role in modulating the interactions of bacteria with their environments. This is particularly the case when symbiotic bacteria (whether pathogenic, commensal or mutualistic) are interacting with larger host organisms. In the case of Gram-negative bacteria, secretion requires transloca...

journal_title：BMC microbiology

authors： Tseng TT,Tyler BM,Setubal JC

更新日期：2009-02-19 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The infections caused by antibiotic multidrug-resistant bacteria seriously threaten human health. To prevent and cure the infections caused by multidrug-resistant bacteria, new antimicrobial agents are required. Antimicrobial peptides are ideal therapy candidates for antibiotic-resistant pathogens. However, ...

journal_title：BMC microbiology

authors： Mao R,Teng D,Wang X,Zhang Y,Jiao J,Cao X,Wang J

更新日期：2015-03-03 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The global spread of bacterial resistance has given rise to a growing interest in new anti-bacterial agents with a new strategy of action. Pilicides are derivatives of ring-fused 2-pyridones which block the formation of the pili/fimbriae crucial to bacterial pathogenesis. They impair by means of a chaperone-...

journal_title：BMC microbiology

authors： Piatek R,Zalewska-Piatek B,Dzierzbicka K,Makowiec S,Pilipczuk J,Szemiako K,Cyranka-Czaja A,Wojciechowski M

更新日期：2013-06-12 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Despite the importance of the B. cereus group as major foodborne pathogens that may cause diarrheal and/or emetic syndrome(s), no study in Tunisia has been conducted in order to characterize the pathogenic potential of the B. cereus group. The aim of this study was to assess the sanitary potential risks of 1...

journal_title：BMC microbiology

authors： Gdoura-Ben Amor M,Jan S,Baron F,Grosset N,Culot A,Gdoura R,Gautier M,Techer C

更新日期：2019-08-24 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Bordetella dermonecrotic toxin (DNT) causes the turbinate atrophy in swine atrophic rhinitis, caused by a Bordetella bronchiseptica infection of pigs, by inhibiting osteoblastic differentiation. The toxin is not actively secreted from the bacteria, and is presumed to be present in only small amounts in infec...

journal_title：BMC microbiology

authors： Fukui-Miyazaki A,Kamitani S,Miyake M,Horiguchi Y

更新日期：2010-09-25 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Bacillus mycoides Flügge, a Gram-positive, non-motile soil bacterium assigned to Bacillus cereus group, grows on agar as chains of cells linked end to end, forming radial filaments curving clock- or counter-clockwise (SIN or DX morphotypes). The molecular mechanism causing asymmetric curving is not known: ou...

journal_title：BMC microbiology

authors： Di Franco C,Beccari E,Santini T,Pisaneschi G,Tecce G

更新日期：2002-11-13 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Bacterial lipoproteins often play important roles in pathogenesis and can stimulate protective immune responses. Such lipoproteins are viable vaccine candidates. Haemophilus ducreyi, which causes the sexually transmitted disease chancroid, expresses a number of lipoproteins during human infection. One such l...

journal_title：BMC microbiology

authors： Janowicz DM,Zwickl BW,Fortney KR,Katz BP,Bauer ME

更新日期：2014-06-24 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Identification and characterization of intervening sequences (IVSs) within 23S rRNA genes from Campylobacter organisms including atypical campylobacters were carried out using two PCR primer pairs, designed to generate helix 25 and 45 regions. RESULTS:Only C. sputorum biovar sputorum LMG7975 and fecalis LMG...

journal_title：BMC microbiology

authors： Tazumi A,Kakinuma Y,Misawa N,Moore JE,Millar BC,Matsuda M

更新日期：2009-12-11 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