Isolation, characterization, and assessment of lactic acid bacteria toward their selection as poultry probiotics.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Bacteria belonging to Planctomycetes display several unique morphological and genetic features and are found in a wide variety of habitats on earth. Their ecological roles in these habitats are still poorly understood. Planctomycetes have previously been detected throughout the year on surfaces of the kelp L...

journal_title：BMC microbiology

authors： Bengtsson MM,Øvreås L

更新日期：2010-10-15 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: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: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: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:Whole-genome sequencing using high throughput technologies has revolutionized and speeded up the scientific investigation of bacterial genetics, biochemistry, and molecular biology. Lactic acid bacteria (LABs) have been extensively used in fermentation and more recently as probiotics in food products that pr...

journal_title：BMC microbiology

authors： El Jeni R,Ghedira K,El Bour M,Abdelhak S,Benkahla A,Bouhaouala-Zahar B

更新日期：2020-10-23 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:It is known that insects and crustaceans can carry simultaneous, active infections of two or more viruses without showing signs of disease, but it was not clear whether co-infecting viruses occupied the same cells or different cells in common target tissues. Our previous work showed that successive challenge...

journal_title：BMC microbiology

authors： Kanthong N,Khemnu N,Pattanakitsakul SN,Malasit P,Flegel TW

更新日期：2010-01-20 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) are ubiquitous organisms and the incidence of NTM infections has been increasing in recent years. Mycobacteroides abscessus (M. abscessus) is one of the most antimicrobial-resistant NTM; however, no reliable antibiotic regimen can be officially advocated. We evaluated the ef...

journal_title：BMC microbiology

authors： Takei S,Ihara H,Togo S,Nakamura A,Fujimoto Y,Watanabe J,Kurokawa K,Shibayama K,Sumiyoshi I,Ochi Y,Iwai M,Okabe T,Chonan M,Misawa S,Ohsaka A,Takahashi K

更新日期：2020-10-19 00:00:00

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journal_title：BMC microbiology

authors： Abd-Alla AMM,Tsiamis G,Boucias DG

更新日期：2018-11-23 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The genus Phytophthora includes a group of agriculturally important pathogens and they are commonly regarded as water molds. They produce motile zoospores that can move via water currents and on their own locomotion in aquatic environments. However, zoosporic response to dissolved oxygen, an important water ...

journal_title：BMC microbiology

authors： Kong P,Hong C

更新日期：2014-05-13 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：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:Streptococcus agalactiae or Group B Streptococci (GBS) have the ability to access various host sites, which reflects its adaptability to different environments during the course of infection. This adaptation is due to the expression of virulence factors that are involved with survival, invasion and bacterial...

journal_title：BMC microbiology

authors： Otaguiri ES,Morguette AE,Tavares ER,dos Santos PM,Morey AT,Cardoso JD,Perugini MR,Yamauchi LM,Yamada-Ogatta SF

更新日期：2013-12-21 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The symbiotic bacteria associated with edible fungi are valuable microbial resources worthy of in-depth exploration. It is important to analyze the community structure and succession of symbiotic bacteria in mushrooms. This can assist in the isolation of growth-promoting strains that have an essential relati...

journal_title：BMC microbiology

authors： Sun S,Li F,Xu X,Liu Y,Kong X,Chen J,Liu T,Chen L

更新日期：2020-10-14 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Antimicrobial helper-compounds may reverse antimicrobial resistance. Sertraline, a antidepressant drug, has been suggested as a tetracycline helper-compound. Tetracycline is the preferred antimicrobial for treatment of enteric diseases in pigs. This study is the first to evaluate the potency of sertraline as...

journal_title：BMC microbiology

authors： Kromann S,Hvidtfeldt A,Boye M,Sørensen DB,Jørgensen S,Nielsen JP,Olsen RH

更新日期：2019-01-11 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The human gastrointestinal (GI) tract microbiota has been a subject of intense research throughout the 3rd Millennium. Now that a general picture about microbiota composition in health and disease is emerging, questions about factors determining development of microbiotas with specific community structures w...

journal_title：BMC microbiology

authors： Peñate-Medina O,Tower RJ,Peñate-Medina T,Will O,Saris PEJ,Suojanen J,Sorsa T,Huuskonen L,Hiippala K,Satokari R,Glüer CC,de Vos WM,Reunanen J

更新日期：2019-07-18 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:The type IV secretion system (T4SS) can be classified as a large family of macromolecule transporter systems, divided into three recognized sub-families, according to the well-known functions. The major sub-family is the conjugation system, which allows transfer of genetic material, such as a nucleoprotein, ...

journal_title：BMC microbiology

authors： Souza RC,del Rosario Quispe Saji G,Costa MO,Netto DS,Lima NC,Klein CC,Vasconcelos AT,Nicolás MF

更新日期：2012-08-09 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:During the last two decades research on animal filarial parasites, especially Onchocerca ochengi, infecting cattle in savanna areas of Africa revealed that O. ochengi as an animal model has biological features that are similar to those of O. volvulus, the aetiological agent of human onchocerciasis. There is,...

journal_title：BMC microbiology

authors： Ngwasiri NN,Brattig NW,Ndjonka D,Liebau E,Paguem A,Leusder D,Kingsley MT,Eisenbarth A,Renz A,Daniel AM

更新日期：2021-01-06 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Leptospires lack many of the homologs for oxidative defense present in other bacteria, but do encode homologs of the Bacteriodes aerotolerance (Bat) proteins, which have been proposed to fulfill this function. Bat homologs have been identified in all families of the phylum Spirochaetes, yet a specific functi...

journal_title：BMC microbiology

authors： Stewart PE,Carroll JA,Dorward DW,Stone HH,Sarkar A,Picardeau M,Rosa PA

更新日期：2012-12-13 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Klebsiella pneumoniae displaying the hypermucoviscosity (HV) phenotype are considered more virulent than HV-negative strains. Nevertheless, the emergence of tissue-abscesses-associated HV-negative isolates motivated us to re-evaluate the role of HV-phenotype. RESULTS:Instead of genetically manipulating the ...

journal_title：BMC microbiology

authors： Lin YC,Lu MC,Tang HL,Liu HC,Chen CH,Liu KS,Lin C,Chiou CS,Chiang MK,Chen CM,Lai YC

更新日期：2011-03-08 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:We have previously shown that supernatant from Candida albicans (CA) culture contains a Secretory Interleukin (IL)-12 Inhibitory Factor (CA-SIIF), which inhibits IL-12 production by human monocytes. However, the effect of CA-SIIF on secretion of other cytokines by monocytes is unknown, and detailed character...

journal_title：BMC microbiology

authors： Wang M,Mukherjee PK,Chandra J,Lattif AA,McCormick TS,Ghannoum MA

更新日期：2008-02-19 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:Streptococcus pneumoniae is a common respiratory pathogen and a major causative agent of respiratory infections, including otitis media (OM). Pneumococcal biofilms have been demonstrated on biopsies of the middle ear mucosa in children receiving tympanostomy tubes, supporting the hypothesis that chronic OM m...

journal_title：BMC microbiology

authors： Hall-Stoodley L,Nistico L,Sambanthamoorthy K,Dice B,Nguyen D,Mershon WJ,Johnson C,Hu FZ,Stoodley P,Ehrlich GD,Post JC

更新日期：2008-10-08 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:Bacterial nucleoid consists of genome DNA, RNA, and hundreds of nucleoid-associated proteins (NAPs). Escherichia coli nucleoid is compacted towards the stationary phase, replacing most log-phase NAPs with the major stationary-phase nucleoid protein, Dps. In contrast, Staphylococcus aureus nucleoid sustains t...

journal_title：BMC microbiology

authors： Ushijima Y,Ohniwa RL,Morikawa K

更新日期：2017-10-02 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:This study provides biochemical and molecular genetic characteristics of P. multocida isolated from dead saigas in 1988, 2010-2015 on the territory of the Republic of Kazakhstan. RESULTS:Bacteriological samples taken from carcasses of saiga antelope during mortality events recorded in West Kazakhstan in bot...

journal_title：BMC microbiology

authors： Orynbayev M,Sultankulova K,Sansyzbay A,Rystayeva R,Shorayeva K,Namet A,Fereidouni S,Ilgekbayeva G,Barakbayev K,Kopeyev S,Kock R

更新日期：2019-02-11 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Compared with many protists, Giardia lamblia has a simple life cycle alternating between cyst and trophozoite. Most research on the molecular biology of Giardia parasites has focused on trophozoites and the processes of excystation and encystation, whereas cysts have attracted less interest. The striking mor...

journal_title：BMC microbiology

authors： Faghiri Z,Widmer G

更新日期：2011-05-04 00:00:00