ChMob2 binds to ChCbk1 and promotes virulence and conidiation of the fungal pathogen Colletotrichum higginsianum.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Hepatitis C virus (HCV) core protein and nonstructural protein 4B (NS4B) are potentially oncogenic. Aberrant activation of the Wnt/β-catenin signaling pathway is closely associated with hepatocarcinogenesis. We investigated the effects of HCV type 1b core protein and NS4B on Wnt/β-catenin signaling in variou...

journal_title：BMC microbiology

authors： Jiang XH,Xie YT,Cai YP,Ren J,Ma T

更新日期：2017-05-25 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Participation of renal cells in the pathogenesis of staphylococcal enterotoxin B (SEB) is critical for late cleansing and sequestration of the antigens facilitated by CD1d mediated antigen sensing and recognition. This is a noted deviation from the typical antigen recognition process that recruits the major ...

journal_title：BMC microbiology

authors： Hammamieh R,Chakraborty N,Lin Y,Shupp JW,Miller SA,Morris S,Jett M

更新日期：2015-02-04 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Macrolides and lincosamides are two leading types of antibiotics commonly used in therapies. The study examines the differences in resistance to these antibiotics and their molecular bases in S. epidermidis as well as in rarely isolated species of coagulase-negative staphylococci such as S. hominis, S. haemo...

journal_title：BMC microbiology

authors： Szemraj M,Czekaj T,Kalisz J,Szewczyk EM

更新日期：2019-06-10 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:Bacterial and cellular genotyping is becoming increasingly important in the diagnosis of infectious diseases. However, difficulties in obtaining sufficient amount of bacterial and cellular DNA extracted from the same human biopsy specimens is often a limiting factor. In this study, total DNA (host and bacter...

journal_title：BMC microbiology

authors： Ryberg A,Borch K,Sun YQ,Monstein HJ

更新日期：2008-10-08 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:Cryptosporidium spp. and Giardia duodenalis are important causes of diarrheal diseases in humans and animals worldwide, and there is an increased interest in the role of animals in the mechanical transmission of these protozoa. To examine the role of yaks in this process, we examined the occurrence and genot...

journal_title：BMC microbiology

authors： Qi M,Cai J,Wang R,Li J,Jian F,Huang J,Zhou H,Zhang L

更新日期：2015-05-21 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Access to potable water remains a major challenge particularly in resource-limited settings. Although the potential contaminants of water are varied, enteric pathogenic protozoa are known to cause waterborne diseases greatly. This study aimed at investigating the prevalence, characteristics and correlates of...

journal_title：BMC microbiology

authors： Nsoh FA,Wung BA,Atashili J,Benjamin PT,Marvlyn E,Ivo KK,Nguedia AJ

更新日期：2016-11-08 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Poorly understood but highly diverse microbial communities exist within anoxic and oxygen-depleted marine sediments. These communities often harbour single-celled eukaryotes that form symbiotic associations with different prokaryotes. During low tides in South-western British Columbia, Canada, vast areas of ...

journal_title：BMC microbiology

authors： Breglia SA,Yubuki N,Hoppenrath M,Leander BS

更新日期：2010-05-19 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Global warming has triggered an increase in the prevalence and severity of coral disease, yet little is known about coral/pathogen interactions in the early stages of infection. The point of entry of the pathogen and the route that they take once inside the polyp is currently unknown, as is the coral's capac...

journal_title：BMC microbiology

authors： Gibbin E,Gavish A,Domart-Coulon I,Kramarsky-Winter E,Shapiro O,Meibom A,Vardi A

更新日期：2018-04-20 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 plants have been used in traditional medicine for their antibacterial, antifungal, antiprotozoal, antiviral, antidiarrhoeal, analgesic, antimalarial, antioxidant, anti-inflammatory and anticancer activities. In order to find novel antimicrobial and antiviral agents, the aim of the present study was the ...

journal_title：BMC microbiology

authors： Di Petrillo A,Fais A,Pintus F,Santos-Buelga C,González-Paramás AM,Piras V,Orrù G,Mameli A,Tramontano E,Frau A

更新日期：2017-07-14 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Staphylococcus aureus is an opportunistic commensal bacterium that mostly colonizes the skin and soft tissues. The pathogenicity of S. aureus is due to both its ability to resist antibiotics, and the production of toxins. Here, we characterize a group of genes responsible for toxin production and antibiotic ...

journal_title：BMC microbiology

authors： Sina H,Ahoyo TA,Moussaoui W,Keller D,Bankolé HS,Barogui Y,Stienstra Y,Kotchoni SO,Prévost G,Baba-Moussa L

更新日期：2013-08-08 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Trichomonas vaginalis is a human urogenital pathogen responsible for trichomonosis, the number-one, non-viral sexually transmitted disease (STD) worldwide, while T. tenax is a commensal of the human oral cavity, found particularly in patients with poor oral hygiene and advanced periodontal disease. The exten...

journal_title：BMC microbiology

authors： Kucknoor AS,Mundodi V,Alderete J

更新日期：2009-03-18 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Microbial fuel cells (MFCs) are devices that exploit microorganisms to generate electric power from organic matter. Despite the development of efficient MFC reactors, the microbiology of electricity generation remains to be sufficiently understood. RESULTS:A laboratory-scale two-chamber microbial fuel cell ...

journal_title：BMC microbiology

authors： Ishii S,Shimoyama T,Hotta Y,Watanabe K

更新日期：2008-01-10 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Typically, raw meat can be contaminated with antibiotic resistant pathogens at unhygienic slaughter and sale points. Consumption of meat contaminated with antibiotic resistant E. coli is associated with grave health care consequences. The aim of this study was to determine the microbial quality of raw meat, ...

journal_title：BMC microbiology

authors： Dsani E,Afari EA,Danso-Appiah A,Kenu E,Kaburi BB,Egyir B

更新日期：2020-08-14 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Legionella testing conducted at environmental laboratories plays an essential role in assessing the risk of disease transmission associated with water systems. However, drawbacks of culture-based methodology used for Legionella enumeration can have great impact on the results and interpretation which togethe...

journal_title：BMC microbiology

authors： Díaz-Flores Á,Montero JC,Castro FJ,Alejandres EM,Bayón C,Solís I,Fernández-Lafuente R,Rodríguez G

更新日期：2015-04-29 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Tetrahymena thermophila is one of the best characterized unicellular eukaryotes and its genome is sequenced in its entirety. However, the AT-richness of the genome and an unusual codon usage cause problems in cloning and expression of the ciliate DNA. To overcome these technical hiatuses we developed a Cre-d...

journal_title：BMC microbiology

authors： Weide T,Bockau U,Rave A,Herrmann L,Hartmann MW

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Suppression subtractive hybridization (SSH) strategy was used with extraintestinal pathogenic Escherichia coli (EXPEC) that cause avian colibacillosis (avian pathogenic E. coli or APEC) and human urinary tract infections (uropathogenic E. coli or UPEC) to determine if they possessed genes that were host and/...

journal_title：BMC microbiology

authors： Kariyawasam S,Scaccianoce JA,Nolan LK

更新日期：2007-08-30 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:ClpP is important for bacterial growth and plays an indispensable role in cellular protein quality control systems by refolding or degrading damaged proteins, but the physiological significance of ClpP in Enterococcus faecalis remains obscure. A clpP deletion mutant (△clpP) was constructed using the E. faeca...

journal_title：BMC microbiology

authors： Zheng J,Wu Y,Lin Z,Wang G,Jiang S,Sun X,Tu H,Yu Z,Qu D

更新日期：2020-02-07 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:Bacillus spp. have prominent ability to suppress plant pathogens and corresponding diseases. Previous analyses of Bacillus spp. revealed numerous gene clusters involved in nonribosomal synthesis of cyclic lipopeptides with distinct antimicrobial action. The 4'-phosphopantetheinyl transferase (PPTase) encoded...

journal_title：BMC microbiology

authors： Jin P,Wang H,Liu W,Miao W

更新日期：2017-12-04 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Probiotics are increasingly applied to prevent and treat a range of infectious, immune related and gastrointestinal diseases. Despite this, the mechanisms behind the putative effects of probiotics are poorly understood. One of the suggested modes of probiotic action is modulation of the endogenous gut microb...

journal_title：BMC microbiology

authors： Laursen MF,Laursen RP,Larnkjær A,Michaelsen KF,Bahl MI,Licht TR

更新日期：2017-08-17 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Xanthophyllomyces dendrorhous is a basidiomycetous yeast that synthesizes astaxanthin, a carotenoid with great biotechnological impact. The ergosterol and carotenoid synthetic pathways derive from the mevalonate pathway and involve cytochrome P450 enzymes. Among these enzymes, the CYP51 family, which is invo...

journal_title：BMC microbiology

authors： Leiva K,Werner N,Sepúlveda D,Barahona S,Baeza M,Cifuentes V,Alcaíno J

更新日期：2015-04-25 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Brucellosis caused by Brucella abortus is one of the most important zoonoses in the world. Multiple-locus variable-number tandem repeat analysis (MLVA16) has been shown be a useful tool to epidemiological traceback studies in B. abortus infection. Thus, the present study aimed (i) to evaluate the genetic div...

journal_title：BMC microbiology

authors： Dorneles EM,Santana JA,Alves TM,Pauletti RB,Mol JP,Heinemann MB,Lage AP

更新日期：2014-07-11 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Globally, staphylococci have developed resistance to many antibiotics. New approaches to chemotherapy are needed and one such approach could be to use plant derived actives with conventional antibiotics in a synergestic way. The purpose of this study was to isolate α-mangostin from the mangosteen (Garcinia m...

journal_title：BMC microbiology

authors： Phitaktim S,Chomnawang M,Sirichaiwetchakoon K,Dunkhunthod B,Hobbs G,Eumkeb G

更新日期：2016-08-26 00:00:00

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:Bartonella henselae is a Gram-negative bacterium transmitted to humans by a scratch from cat in the presence of ectoparasites. Humans infected with B. henselae can result in various clinical diseases including local lymphadenopathy and more serious systemic disease such as persistent bacteremia and endocardi...

journal_title：BMC microbiology

authors： Zheng X,Ma X,Li T,Shi W,Zhang Y

更新日期：2020-04-10 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In humans, the intestinal microbiota plays an important role in the maintenance of host health by providing energy, nutrients, and immunological protection. Applying current molecular methods is necessary to surmount the limitations of classical culturing techniques in order to obtain an accurate description...

journal_title：BMC microbiology

authors： Mariat D,Firmesse O,Levenez F,Guimarăes V,Sokol H,Doré J,Corthier G,Furet JP

更新日期：2009-06-09 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