Molecular characterization of Cryptosporidium spp. and Giardia duodenalis from yaks in the central western region of China.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Salmonella enterica is a causative agent of foodborne gastroenteritis and the systemic disease known as typhoid fever. This bacterium uses two type three secretion systems (T3SSs) to translocate protein effectors into host cells to manipulate cellular function. Salmonella pathogenicity island (SPI)-2 encodes...

journal_title：BMC microbiology

authors： Cooper CA,Mulder DT,Allison SE,Pilar AV,Coombes BK

更新日期：2013-10-04 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Microbial biofilms are known to cause an increasing number of chronic inflammatory and infectious conditions. A classical example is chronic periodontal disease, a condition initiated by the subgingival dental plaque biofilm on gingival epithelial tissues. We describe here a new model that permits the examin...

journal_title：BMC microbiology

authors： Guggenheim B,Gmür R,Galicia JC,Stathopoulou PG,Benakanakere MR,Meier A,Thurnheer T,Kinane DF

更新日期：2009-12-31 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Extracellular aspartic proteinase (MCAP) produced by Mucor circinelloides in solid state fermentations has been shown to possess milk clotting activity and represents a potential replacement for bovine chymosin in cheese manufacturing. Despite its prospects in the dairy industry, the molecular characteristic...

journal_title：BMC microbiology

authors： Gama Salgado JA,Kangwa M,Fernandez-Lahore M

更新日期：2013-11-09 00:00:00

abstract：ERRATUM:Upon publication of the original article (1) it was highlighted by the authors that a grant awarded to support the research work of the study was missed in the acknowledgements. It should also be acknowledged that the grant titled "Genotyping and Molecular Epidemiological Characteristic of Bacillus anthracis in...

journal_title：BMC microbiology

authors： Li S,Ma Q,Chen H,Wang D,Liu Y,Wei X,You L,Yao G,Tian K,Tang G

更新日期：2018-04-12 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: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:Candida albicans yeast produces 10 distinct secreted aspartic proteases (Saps), which are some of the most important virulence factors of this pathogenic fungus. One of the suggested roles of Saps is their deregulating effect on various proteolytic cascades that constitute the major homeostatic systems in hu...

journal_title：BMC microbiology

authors： Kozik A,Gogol M,Bochenska O,Karkowska-Kuleta J,Wolak N,Kamysz W,Aoki W,Ueda M,Faussner A,Rapala-Kozik M

更新日期：2015-03-04 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Atherosclerosis is still the leading cause of death in the western world. Besides known risk factors studies demonstrating Chlamydophila pneumoniae (C. pneumoniae) to be implicated in the progression of the disease, little is known about C. pneumoniae infection dynamics. We investigated whether C. pneumoniae...

journal_title：BMC microbiology

authors： Marino J,Stoeckli I,Walch M,Latinovic-Golic S,Sundstroem H,Groscurth P,Ziegler U,Dumrese C

更新日期：2008-02-19 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:Chlamydia pneumoniae is a common human pathogen that is associated with upper and lower respiratory tract infections. It has also been suggested that C. pneumoniae infection can trigger or promote a number of chronic inflammatory conditions, including asthma and atherosclerosis. Several strains of C. pneumon...

journal_title：BMC microbiology

authors： He X,Liang Y,LaValley MP,Lai J,Ingalls RR

更新日期：2015-10-23 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The date palm root borer Oryctes agamemnon (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) is one of the major pests of palms. In Saudi Arabia, both larvae and adults of Oryctes are particularly troublesome, especially during the establishment of young date palm orchards. Endosymbiotic bacteria are known to have a key role in fo...

journal_title：BMC microbiology

authors： El-Sayed WS,Ibrahim RA

更新日期：2015-04-22 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:LiaRS mediates Bacillus subtilis response to cell envelope perturbations. A third protein, LiaF, has an inhibitory role over LiaRS in the absence of stimulus. Together, LiaF and LiaRS form a three-component system characterized by an unusual stoichiometry, a 4:1 ratio between LiaS and LiaR, the significance ...

journal_title：BMC microbiology

authors： Jani S,Sterzenbach K,Adatrao V,Tajbakhsh G,Mascher T,Golemi-Kotra D

更新日期：2020-04-29 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Single stranded ribonucleic acid (ssRNA) binds to toll-like receptor (TLR)7 leading to recruitment of immune cells and production of pro-inflammatory cytokines, which has been shown in mammals. In chickens, synthetic ssRNA analog, resiquimod, has been shown to elicit antiviral response against infectious bur...

journal_title：BMC microbiology

authors： Abdul-Cader MS,De Silva Senapathi U,Ahmed-Hassan H,Sharif S,Abdul-Careem MF

更新日期：2019-02-08 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Diazotrophic (nitrogen-fixing) Gram-positive and endospore-formed Paenibacillus spp. have potential uses as a bacterial fertilizer in agriculture. The transcriptional analysis of nitrogen fixation in Paenibacillus is lacking, although regulation mechanisms of nitrogen fixation have been well studied in Gram-...

journal_title：BMC microbiology

authors： Shi HW,Wang LY,Li XX,Liu XM,Hao TY,He XJ,Chen SF

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The genus Lactobacillus belongs to a large heterogeneous group of low G + C Gram-positive anaerobic bacteria, which are frequently used as probiotics. The health-beneficial effects, in particular the immunomodulation effect, of probiotics depend on the strain and dose used. Strain variations may be related t...

journal_title：BMC microbiology

authors： Górska S,Buda B,Brzozowska E,Schwarzer M,Srutkova D,Kozakova H,Gamian A

更新日期：2016-02-09 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Heterologous prime-boost immunization protocols using different gene expression systems have proven to be successful tools in protecting against various diseases in experimental animal models. The main reason for using this approach is to exploit the ability of expression cassettes to prime or boost the immu...

journal_title：BMC microbiology

authors： Aleshin SE,Timofeev AV,Khoretonenko MV,Zakharova LG,Pashvykina GV,Stephenson JR,Shneider AM,Altstein AD

更新日期：2005-08-02 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The currently used genotyping system for the avian zoonotic pathogen Chlamydophila (C.) psittaci has evolved from serology and is based on ompA sequence variations. It includes seven avian and two non-avian genotypes. Restriction enzyme cleavage of the amplified ompA gene and, less frequently, ompA sequencin...

journal_title：BMC microbiology

authors： Sachse K,Laroucau K,Hotzel H,Schubert E,Ehricht R,Slickers P

更新日期：2008-04-17 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Campylobacter jejuni is the predominant cause of antecedent infection in post-infectious neuropathies such as the Guillain-Barré (GBS) and Miller Fisher syndromes (MFS). GBS and MFS are probably induced by molecular mimicry between human gangliosides and bacterial lipo-oligosaccharides (LOS). This study desc...

journal_title：BMC microbiology

authors： Godschalk PC,Bergman MP,Gorkink RF,Simons G,van den Braak N,Lastovica AJ,Endtz HP,Verbrugh HA,van Belkum A

更新日期：2006-04-04 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The genome of Arthrobacter sp. strain FB24 contains a chromate resistance determinant (CRD), consisting of a cluster of 8 genes located on a 10.6 kb fragment of a 96 kb plasmid. The CRD includes chrA, which encodes a putative chromate efflux protein, and three genes with amino acid similarities to the amino ...

journal_title：BMC microbiology

authors： Henne KL,Nakatsu CH,Thompson DK,Konopka AE

更新日期：2009-09-16 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Helicobacter pylori forms biofilms on glass surfaces at the air-liquid interface in in vitro batch cultures; however, biofilms of H. pylori have not been well characterized. In the present study, we analyzed the ability of H. pylori strains to form biofilms and characterized the underlying mechanisms of H. p...

journal_title：BMC microbiology

authors： Yonezawa H,Osaki T,Kurata S,Fukuda M,Kawakami H,Ochiai K,Hanawa T,Kamiya S

更新日期：2009-09-15 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:Recently, in India, there has been a shift from NDM to OXA48-like carbapenemases. OXA-181 and OXA-232 are the frequently produced variants of OXA48-like carbapenemases. OXA48-like carbapenemases are also known to be carried on transposons such as Tn1999, Tn1999.2 and it is also associated with IS1R carried o...

journal_title：BMC microbiology

authors： Shankar C,Mathur P,Venkatesan M,Pragasam AK,Anandan S,Khurana S,Veeraraghavan B

更新日期：2019-06-24 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Microencapsulated organic acids and botanicals have the potential to develop into important tools for the poultry industry. A blend of organic acids and botanicals (AviPlus®P) has previously shown to reduce Salmonella and Campylobacter in chickens; however, changes to the microbiota of the jejunum and ileum ...

journal_title：BMC microbiology

authors： Feye KM,Swaggerty CL,Kogut MH,Ricke SC,Piva A,Grilli E

更新日期：2020-11-02 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:In the genome of H. pylori 26695, 149 proteins containing the CXXC motif characteristic of thioldisulfide oxidoreductases have been identified to date. However, only two of these proteins have a thioredoxin-like fold (i.e., HP0377 and HP0231) and are periplasm-located. We have previously shown that HP0231 is...

journal_title：BMC microbiology

authors： Roszczenko P,Grzeszczuk M,Kobierecka P,Wywial E,Urbanowicz P,Wincek P,Nowak E,Jagusztyn-Krynicka EK

更新日期：2015-07-04 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Pandemic Vibrio parahaemolyticus has undergone rapid changes in both K- and O-antigens, making detection of outbreaks more difficult. In order to understand these rapid changes, the genetic regions encoding these antigens must be examined. In Vibrio cholerae and Vibrio vulnificus, both O-antigen and capsular...

journal_title：BMC microbiology

authors： Chen Y,Dai J,Morris JG Jr,Johnson JA

更新日期：2010-11-02 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Crohn's disease (CD) is a high morbidity chronic inflammatory disorder of unknown aetiology. Adherent-invasive Escherichia coli (AIEC) has been recently implicated in the origin and perpetuation of CD. Because bacterial biofilms in the gut mucosa are suspected to play a role in CD and biofilm formation is a ...

journal_title：BMC microbiology

authors： Martinez-Medina M,Naves P,Blanco J,Aldeguer X,Blanco JE,Blanco M,Ponte C,Soriano F,Darfeuille-Michaud A,Garcia-Gil LJ

更新日期：2009-09-21 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A common assumption of microorganisms is that laboratory stocks will remain genetically and phenotypically constant over time, and across laboratories. It is becoming increasingly clear, however, that mutations can ruin strain integrity and drive the divergence or "domestication" of stocks. Since its discove...

journal_title：BMC microbiology

authors： Carroll SM,Xue KS,Marx CJ

更新日期：2014-01-02 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cow manure is not only an agricultural waste, but also an organic fertilizer resource. The application of organic fertilizer is a feasible practice to mitigate the soil degradation caused by overuse of chemical fertilizers, which can affect the bacterial diversity and community composition in soils. However,...

journal_title：BMC microbiology

authors： Zhang S,Sun L,Wang Y,Fan K,Xu Q,Li Y,Ma Q,Wang J,Ren W,Ding Z

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Propionibacterium acnes is a commensal of human skin but is also known to be involved in certain diseases, such as acne vulgaris and infections of orthopaedic implants. Treatment of these conditions is complicated by increased resistance to antibiotics and/or biofilm formation of P. acnes bacteria. P. acnes ...

journal_title：BMC microbiology

authors： Lood R,Mörgelin M,Holmberg A,Rasmussen M,Collin M

更新日期：2008-08-15 00:00:00