CtcS, a MarR family regulator, regulates chlortetracycline biosynthesis.

abstract：BACKGROUND:The Rio Grande River is the natural boundary between U.S. and Mexico from El Paso, TX to Brownsville, TX. and is one of the major water resources of the area. Agriculture, farming, maquiladora industry, domestic activities, as well as differences in disposal regulations and enforcement increase the contamina...

journal_title：BMC microbiology

authors： Mendoza J,Botsford J,Hernandez J,Montoya A,Saenz R,Valles A,Vazquez A,Alvarez M

更新日期：2004-04-22 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Mosquitoes are intermediate hosts for numerous disease causing organisms. Vector control is one of the most investigated strategy for the suppression of mosquito-borne diseases. Anopheles stephensi is one of the vectors of malaria parasite Plasmodium vivax. The parasite undergoes major developmental and matu...

journal_title：BMC microbiology

authors： Rani A,Sharma A,Rajagopal R,Adak T,Bhatnagar RK

更新日期：2009-05-19 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The Beijing lineage of Mycobacterium tuberculosis is causing concern due to its global distribution and its involvement in severe outbreaks. Studies focused on this lineage are mainly restricted to geographical settings where its prevalence is high, whereas those in other areas are scarce. In this study, we ...

journal_title：BMC microbiology

authors： Alonso M,Alonso Rodriguez N,Garzelli C,Martínez Lirola M,Herranz M,Samper S,Ruiz Serrano MJ,Bouza E,García de Viedma D

更新日期：2010-05-25 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The Bacillus anthracis S-layer protein, BslA, plays a crucial role in mammalian infection. BslA is required to mediate adherence between host cells and vegetative forms of bacteria and this interaction promotes target organs adherence and blood-brain barrier (BBB) penetration in vivo. This study attempts to ...

journal_title：BMC microbiology

authors： Wang Y,Wei Y,Yuan S,Tao H,Dong J,Zhang Z,Tian W,Liu C

更新日期：2016-08-11 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Hfq is a widely conserved bacterial RNA-binding protein which generally mediates the global regulatory activities involv ed in physiological process and virulence. The goal of this study was to characterize the biological function of hfq gene in Xanthomonas axonpodis pv. citri (Xac), the causal agent of citr...

journal_title：BMC microbiology

authors： Liu X,Yan Y,Wu H,Zhou C,Wang X

更新日期：2019-05-22 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: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:The lung of patients with cystic fibrosis (CF) is particularly sensitive to Pseudomonas aeruginosa. This bacterium plays an important role in the poor outcome of CF patients. During the disease progress, first acquisition of P. aeruginosa is the key-step in the management of CF patients. Quantitative PCR (qP...

journal_title：BMC microbiology

authors： Le Gall F,Le Berre R,Rosec S,Hardy J,Gouriou S,Boisramé-Gastrin S,Vallet S,Rault G,Payan C,Héry-Arnaud G

更新日期：2013-06-21 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Probiotics have been reported to reduce total cholesterol levels in vitro, but more evidence is needed to determine the clinical relevance of this activity. Chinese traditional fermented pickles are a good source of lactic acid bacteria. Therefore, pickle samples were collected for screening lactic acid bact...

journal_title：BMC microbiology

authors： Zheng ZY,Cao FW,Wang WJ,Yu J,Chen C,Chen B,Liu JX,Firrman J,Renye J,Ren DX

更新日期：2020-08-04 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Several plant-pathogenic bacteria are transmitted by insect vector species that often also act as hosts. In this interface, these bacteria encounter plant endophytic, insect endosymbiotic and other microbes. Here, we used high throughput sequencing to examine the bacterial communities of five different psyll...

journal_title：BMC microbiology

authors： Morrow JL,Om N,Beattie GAC,Chambers GA,Donovan NJ,Liefting LW,Riegler M,Holford P

更新日期：2020-07-20 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Aspergillus fumigatus is a ubiquitous saprotrophic fungus and an opportunistic pathogen of humans and animals. Humans and animals can inhale hundreds of A. fumigatus spores daily. Normally this is harmless for humans, but in case of immunodeficiency, invasive pulmonary aspergillosis (IPA) can develop with a ...

journal_title：BMC microbiology

authors： Valdes ID,van den Berg J,Haagsman A,Escobar N,Meis JF,Hagen F,Haas PJ,Houbraken J,Wösten HAB,de Cock H

更新日期：2018-09-17 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Neisseria meningitidis serogroups W and Y are the most common serogroups causing invasive meningococcal disease in Sweden. The majority of cases are caused by the serogroup W UK 2013 strain of clonal complex (cc) 11, and subtype 1 of the serogroup Y, YI strain of cc23. In this study, virulence factors of sev...

journal_title：BMC microbiology

authors： Eriksson L,Stenmark B,Deghmane AE,Thulin Hedberg S,Säll O,Fredlund H,Mölling P,Taha MK

更新日期：2020-04-15 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:Similar to Gram-negative bacteria, the outer membrane (OM) of the pathogenic spirochete, Borrelia burgdorferi, contains integral OM-spanning proteins (OMPs), as well as membrane-anchored lipoproteins. Although the mechanism of OMP biogenesis is still not well-understood, recent studies have indicated that a ...

journal_title：BMC microbiology

authors： Lenhart TR,Kenedy MR,Yang X,Pal U,Akins DR

更新日期：2012-04-20 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:Most group A streptococcal (GAS) vaccine strategies have focused on the surface M protein, a major virulence factor of GAS. The amino-terminus of the M protein elicits antibodies, that are both opsonic and protective, but which are type specific. J14, a chimeric peptide that contains 14 amino acids from the ...

journal_title：BMC microbiology

authors： Yoonim N,Olive C,Pruksachatkunakorn C,Pruksakorn S

更新日期：2006-08-09 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Tsetse flies (Diptera: Glossinidae) are solely responsible for the transmission of African trypanosomes, causative agents of sleeping sickness in humans and nagana in livestock. Due to the lack of efficient vaccines and the emergence of drug resistance, vector control approaches such as the sterile insect te...

journal_title：BMC microbiology

authors： Augustinos AA,Meki IK,Demirbas-Uzel G,Ouédraogo GMS,Saridaki A,Tsiamis G,Parker AG,Abd-Alla AMM,Bourtzis K

更新日期：2018-11-23 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The natural product Emodin demonstrates a wide range of pharmacological properties including anticancer, anti-inflammatory, antiproliferation, vasorelaxant and anti-H. pylori activities. Although its H. pylori inhibition was discovered, no acting target information against Emodin has been revealed to date. ...

journal_title：BMC microbiology

authors： Chen J,Zhang L,Zhang Y,Zhang H,Du J,Ding J,Guo Y,Jiang H,Shen X

更新日期：2009-05-12 00:00:00

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:Salmonella enterica is a facultative intracellular pathogen that replicates within a membrane-bound compartment termed Salmonella containing vacuole (SCV). The biogenesis of SCV requires Salmonella type III protein secretion/translocation system and their effector proteins which are translocated into host ce...

journal_title：BMC microbiology

authors： Wang X,Li D,Qu D,Zhou D

更新日期：2010-08-26 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Salmonella enteritidis is suggested to translocate in the small intestine. In vivo it induces gene expression changes in the ileal mucosa and Peyer's patches. Stimulation of Salmonella translocation by dietary prebiotics fermented in colon suggests involvement of the colon as well. However, effects of Salmon...

journal_title：BMC microbiology

authors： Rodenburg W,Keijer J,Kramer E,Roosing S,Vink C,Katan MB,van der Meer R,Bovee-Oudenhoven IM

更新日期：2007-09-12 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: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: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: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:The influence of the membrane-bound AAA+ protease FtsH on membrane and cytoplasmic proteins of Corynebacterium glutamicum was investigated in this study. For the analysis of the membrane fraction, anion exchange chromatography was combined with SDS-PAGE, while the cytoplasmic protein fraction was studied by ...

journal_title：BMC microbiology

authors： Lüdke A,Krämer R,Burkovski A,Schluesener D,Poetsch A

更新日期：2007-01-25 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The environment is the likely source of many pathogenic mycobacterial species but detection of mycobacteria by bacteriological tools is generally difficult and time-consuming. Consequently, several molecular targets based on the sequences of housekeeping genes, non-functional RNA and structural ribosomal RNA...

journal_title：BMC microbiology

authors： Radomski N,Roguet A,Lucas FS,Veyrier FJ,Cambau E,Accrombessi H,Moilleron R,Behr MA,Moulin L

更新日期：2013-12-03 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 species Pectobacterium carotovorum includes a diverse subspecies of bacteria that cause disease on a wide variety of plants. In Morocco, approximately 95% of the P. carotovorum isolates from potato plants with tuber soft rot are P. carotovorum subsp. carotovorum. However, identification of this pathogen ...

journal_title：BMC microbiology

authors： Kettani-Halabi M,Terta M,Amdan M,El Fahime el M,Bouteau F,Ennaji MM

更新日期：2013-07-29 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The KdpD/KdpE two-component system of Escherichia coli regulates expression of the kdpFABC operon encoding the high affinity K+ transport system KdpFABC. The input domain of KdpD comprises a domain that belongs to the family of universal stress proteins (Usp). It has been previously demonstrated that UspC bi...

journal_title：BMC microbiology

authors： Heermann R,Lippert ML,Jung K

更新日期：2009-07-09 00:00:00