Longitudinal survey of Clostridium difficile presence and gut microbiota composition in a Belgian nursing home.

abstract：BACKGROUND:The role of Aspergillus fumigatus mycotoxins in the colonization of the respiratory tract by conidia has not been studied extensively, even though patients at risk from invasive aspergillosis frequently exhibit respiratory epithelium damage. In a previous study, we found that filtrates of A. fumigatus cultur...

journal_title：BMC microbiology

authors： Khoufache K,Puel O,Loiseau N,Delaforge M,Rivollet D,Coste A,Cordonnier C,Escudier E,Botterel F,Bretagne S

更新日期：2007-01-23 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Clostridium thermocellum is a Gram-positive thermophilic anaerobic bacterium with the unusual capacity to convert cellulosic biomass into ethanol and hydrogen. Identification and characterization of protein complexes in C. thermocellum are important toward understanding its metabolism and physiology. RESULT...

journal_title：BMC microbiology

authors： Peng Y,Luo Y,Yu T,Xu X,Fan K,Zhao Y,Yang K

更新日期：2011-01-26 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Porphyromonas gingivalis is the foremost oral pathogen of adult periodontitis in humans. However, the mechanisms of bacterial invasion and the resultant destruction of the gingival tissue remain largely undefined. RESULTS:We report host-P. gingivalis interactions in primary human gingival fibroblast (HGF) c...

journal_title：BMC microbiology

authors： Urnowey S,Ansai T,Bitko V,Nakayama K,Takehara T,Barik S

更新日期：2006-03-08 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: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:Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is known as a leading cause of morbidity and mortality. Investigation of the MRSA's virulence and resistance mechanisms is a continuing concern toward controlling such burdens through using high throughput whole Genome Sequencing (WGS) and molecular diagnost...

journal_title：BMC microbiology

authors： Ali MS,Isa NM,Abedelrhman FM,Alyas TB,Mohammed SE,Ahmed AE,Ahmed ZSA,Lau NS,Garbi MI,Amirul AA,Seed AO,Omer RA,Mohamed SB

更新日期：2019-06-11 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:We and others have previously shown that alterations in the mammalian gut microbiome are associated with diet, notably early life exposure to a maternal high fat diet (HFD). Here, we aimed to further these studies by examining alterations in the gut microbiome of juvenile Japanese macaques (Macaca fuscata) t...

journal_title：BMC microbiology

authors： Pace RM,Prince AL,Ma J,Belfort BDW,Harvey AS,Hu M,Baquero K,Blundell P,Takahashi D,Dean T,Kievit P,Sullivan EL,Friedman JE,Grove K,Aagaard KM

更新日期：2018-04-05 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Campylobacter jejuni (C. jejuni) is a leading cause of foodborne gastroenteritis worldwide. This bacterium lacks many of the classical virulence factors, and flagellum-associated persistent colonization has been shown to be crucial for its pathogenesis. The flagellum plays a multifunctional role in C. jejuni...

journal_title：BMC microbiology

authors： Ren F,Li X,Tang H,Jiang Q,Yun X,Fang L,Huang P,Tang Y,Li Q,Huang J,Jiao XA

更新日期：2018-10-22 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The genus Xanthomonas comprises several plant pathogenic bacteria affecting a wide range of hosts. Despite the economic, industrial and biological importance of Xanthomonas, the classification and phylogenetic relationships within the genus are still under active debate. Some of the relationships between pat...

journal_title：BMC microbiology

authors： Rodriguez-R LM,Grajales A,Arrieta-Ortiz ML,Salazar C,Restrepo S,Bernal A

更新日期：2012-03-23 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: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:Thiomonas strains are ubiquitous in arsenic-contaminated environments. Differences between Thiomonas strains in the way they have adapted and respond to arsenic have never been studied in detail. For this purpose, five Thiomonas strains, that are interesting in terms of arsenic metabolism were selected: T. a...

journal_title：BMC microbiology

authors： Bryan CG,Marchal M,Battaglia-Brunet F,Kugler V,Lemaitre-Guillier C,Lièvremont D,Bertin PN,Arsène-Ploetze F

更新日期：2009-06-23 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Quinolone resistant Escherichia coli (QREC) have been found in samples from Norwegian broiler chicken, despite quinolones not being administered to poultry in Norway. Biofilm production may be one factor contributing to the observed persistence in the broiler production chain. In the present study, 158 QREC ...

journal_title：BMC microbiology

authors： Nesse LL,Osland AM,Mo SS,Sekse C,Slettemeås JS,Bruvoll AEE,Urdahl AM,Vestby LK

更新日期：2020-03-04 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:Candida krusei has been known to exhibit communal interactions such as pellicle formation and crawling out of nutritional broth. We noticed another possible interaction on agar surfaces, where C. krusei yeast cells formed mycelia along agar surfaces toward each other. We report here the results of experiment...

journal_title：BMC microbiology

authors： Fleischmann J,Broeckling CD,Lyons S

更新日期：2017-03-11 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Nucleotide sugar transporters (NSTs) play an essential role in translocating nucleotide sugars into the lumen of the endoplasmic reticulum and Golgi apparatus to be used as substrates in glycosylation reactions. This intracellular transport is an essential step in the biosynthesis of glycoconjugates. RESULT...

journal_title：BMC microbiology

authors： Baptista CG,Rodrigues EC,Morking P,Klinke A,Zardo ML,Soares MJ,de Aguiar AM,Goldenberg S,Ramos AS

更新日期：2015-11-21 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The naked mole-rat (NMR, Heterocephalus glaber) is being bred as a novel laboratory animal due to its unique biological characteristics, including longevity, cancer resistance, hypoxia tolerance, and pain insensitivity. It is expected that differences exist between the microbiota of wild NMRs and that of NMR...

journal_title：BMC microbiology

authors： Cong W,Xing J,Feng Y,Wang J,Fu R,Yue B,He Z,Lin L,Yang W,Cheng J,Sun W,Cui S

更新日期：2018-08-22 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Identification and characterization of non-typeable Haemophilus influenzae (NTHi) with reduced susceptibility to β-lactam antibiotics due to mutations in penicillin binding protein 3 (PBP3) is a clinical challenge. We analyzed a blood isolate, NTHi93-57485, that was categorized as aminopenicillin resistant b...

journal_title：BMC microbiology

authors： Thegerström J,Matuschek E,Su YC,Riesbeck K,Resman F

更新日期：2018-05-31 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Sigma factors are one of the components of RNA polymerase holoenzymes, and an essential factor of transcription initiation in bacteria. Corynebacterium glutamicum possesses seven genes coding for sigma factors, most of which have been studied to some detail; however, the role of SigD in transcriptional regul...

journal_title：BMC microbiology

authors： Taniguchi H,Busche T,Patschkowski T,Niehaus K,Pátek M,Kalinowski J,Wendisch VF

更新日期：2017-07-12 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Vibrio cholerae is the causative agent of cholera. Extensive studies reveal that complicated regulatory cascades regulate expression of virulence genes, the products of which are required for V. cholerae to colonize and cause disease. In this study, we investigated the expression of the key virulence regulat...

journal_title：BMC microbiology

authors： Xu X,Stern AM,Liu Z,Kan B,Zhu J

更新日期：2010-01-06 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:Streptococcus gordonii is one of several species that can initiate the formation of oral biofilms that develop into the complex multispecies microbial communities referred to as dental plaque. It is in the context of dental plaque that periodontal pathogens such as Porphyromonas gingivalis cause disease. We ...

journal_title：BMC microbiology

authors： Hendrickson EL,Wang T,Dickinson BC,Whitmore SE,Wright CJ,Lamont RJ,Hackett M

更新日期：2012-09-18 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Indoor microbial contamination due to excess moisture is an important contributor to human illness in both residential and occupational settings. However, the census of microorganisms in the indoor environment is limited by the use of selective, culture-based detection techniques. By using clone library sequ...

journal_title：BMC microbiology

authors： Pitkäranta M,Meklin T,Hyvärinen A,Nevalainen A,Paulin L,Auvinen P,Lignell U,Rintala H

更新日期：2011-10-21 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The hemibiotrophic fungus Moniliophthora perniciosa is the causal agent of Witches' broom, a disease of Theobroma cacao. The pathogen life cycle ends with the production of basidiocarps in dead tissues of the infected host. This structure generates millions of basidiospores that reinfect young tissues of the...

journal_title：BMC microbiology

authors： Pires AB,Gramacho KP,Silva DC,Góes-Neto A,Silva MM,Muniz-Sobrinho JS,Porto RF,Villela-Dias C,Brendel M,Cascardo JC,Pereira GA

更新日期：2009-08-04 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Susceptibility to Bordetella pertussis infection varies widely. These differences can partly be explained by genetic host factors. HcB-28 mice are more resistant to B. pertussis infection than C3H mice, which could partially be ascribed to the B. pertussis susceptibility locus-1 (Bps1) on chromosome 12. The ...

journal_title：BMC microbiology

authors： Banus S,Vandebriel RJ,Pennings JL,Gremmer ER,Wester PW,van Kranen HJ,Breit TM,Demant P,Mooi FR,Hoebee B,Kimman TG

更新日期：2007-10-12 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Nitric oxide (NO) is produced as part of the host immune response to bacterial infections, including urinary tract infections. The enzyme flavohemoglobin, coded by the hmp gene, is involved in protecting bacterial cells from the toxic effects of NO and represents a potentially interesting target for developm...

journal_title：BMC microbiology

authors： Bang CS,Kinnunen A,Karlsson M,Önnberg A,Söderquist B,Persson K

更新日期：2014-03-14 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:Ralstonia eutropha (syn. Cupriavidus necator) is a model microorganism for studying metabolism of polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs) and a potential chassis for protein expression due to various advantages. Although current plasmid systems of R. eutropha provide a basic platform for gene expression, the performanc...

journal_title：BMC microbiology

authors： Hu M,Xiong B,Li Z,Liu L,Li S,Zhang C,Zhang X,Bi C

更新日期：2020-05-19 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: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