High-quality genome sequence assembly of R.A73 Enterococcus faecium isolated from freshwater fish mucus.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Botrytis cinerea secretes a high number of proteins that are predicted to have numerous O-glycosylation sites, frequently grouped in highly O-glycosylated regions, and analysis of mutants affected in O-glycosylation has shown, in B. cinerea and in other phytopathogenic fungi, that this process is important f...

journal_title：BMC microbiology

authors： González M,Brito N,González C

更新日期：2014-10-12 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A disrupted cell cycle progression of hepatocytes was reported in chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection, which can contribute significantly in the associated pathogenesis. The present study aimed to further elaborate these disruptions by evaluating the expression of key cell cycle and apoptotic proteins ...

journal_title：BMC microbiology

authors： Sarfraz S,Hamid S,Siddiqui A,Hussain S,Pervez S,Alexander G

更新日期：2008-08-05 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Rhodosporidium toruloides is a β-carotenoid accumulating, oleaginous yeast that has great biotechnological potential. The lack of reliable and efficient genetic manipulation tools have been a major hurdle blocking its adoption as a biotechnology platform. RESULTS:We report for the first time the development...

journal_title：BMC microbiology

authors： Koh CM,Liu Y,Moehninsi,Du M,Ji L

更新日期：2014-02-27 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:The human gastrointestinal (GI) tract microbiota is characterised by an abundance of uncultured bacteria most often assigned in phyla Firmicutes and Bacteroidetes. Diversity of this microbiota, even though approached with culture independent techniques in several studies, still requires more elucidation. The...

journal_title：BMC microbiology

authors： Krogius-Kurikka L,Kassinen A,Paulin L,Corander J,Mäkivuokko H,Tuimala J,Palva A

更新日期：2009-04-08 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Bovine tuberculosis (bTB) caused by Mycobacterium bovis is the most serious endemic disease affecting livestock in the UK. The European badger (Meles meles) is the most important wildlife reservoir of bTB transmission to cattle, making eradication particularly difficult. In this respect, oral vaccination wit...

journal_title：BMC microbiology

authors： Stedman A,Maluquer de Motes C,Lesellier S,Dalley D,Chambers M,Gutierrez-Merino J

更新日期：2018-07-13 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The Gram-negative bacterium Erwinia amylovora is the causal agent of the devastating disease fire blight in rosaceous plants such as apple, pear, quince, raspberry, and cotoneaster. In order to survive and multiply in a host, microbes must be able to circumvent the toxic effects of antimicrobial plant compou...

journal_title：BMC microbiology

authors： Pletzer D,Weingart H

更新日期：2014-07-11 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Saudi Arabia is mostly barren except the southwestern highlands that are susceptible to environmental changes, a hotspot for biodiversity, but poorly studied for microbial diversity and composition. In this study, 454-pyrosequencing of 16S rRNA gene hypervariable region V6 was used to analyze soil bacterial ...

journal_title：BMC microbiology

authors： Yasir M,Azhar EI,Khan I,Bibi F,Baabdullah R,Al-Zahrani IA,Al-Ghamdi AK

更新日期：2015-03-14 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli (EPEC) are classified into typical and atypical strains based on the presence of the E. coli adherence factor (EAF) plasmid. The EAF plasmid contains the bfp (bundle-forming pilus) operon and the perABC (plasmid encoded regulator) gene cluster. A 1-kb cryptic region of EAF p...

journal_title：BMC microbiology

authors： Teixeira NB,Rojas TC,da Silveira WD,Matheus-Guimarães C,Silva NP,Scaletsky IC

更新日期：2015-10-05 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Klebsiella pneumoniae can be found in environmental habitats as well as in hospital settings where it is commonly associated with nosocomial infections. One of the factors that contribute to virulence is its capacity to form biofilms on diverse biotic and abiotic surfaces. The second messenger Bis-(3'-5')-cy...

journal_title：BMC microbiology

authors： Cruz DP,Huertas MG,Lozano M,Zárate L,Zambrano MM

更新日期：2012-07-09 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:Epidemiology of celiac disease (CD) is increasing. CD mainly presents in early childhood with small intestinal villous atrophy and signs of malabsorption. Compared to healthy individuals, CD patients seemed to be characterized by higher numbers of Gram-negative bacteria and lower numbers Gram-positive bacter...

journal_title：BMC microbiology

authors： Di Cagno R,De Angelis M,De Pasquale I,Ndagijimana M,Vernocchi P,Ricciuti P,Gagliardi F,Laghi L,Crecchio C,Guerzoni ME,Gobbetti M,Francavilla R

更新日期：2011-10-04 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:Since bacteria embedded in biofilms are far more difficult to eradicate than planktonic infections, it would be useful to know whether certain Staphylococcus aureus lineages are especially involved in strong biofilm formation. For this reason, in vitro biofilm formation of 228 clinical S. aureus isolates of ...

journal_title：BMC microbiology

authors： Croes S,Deurenberg RH,Boumans ML,Beisser PS,Neef C,Stobberingh EE

更新日期：2009-10-28 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: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: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: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: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:Moraxella catarrhalis is a human-specific gram-negative bacterium readily isolated from the respiratory tract of healthy individuals. The organism also causes significant health problems, including 15-20% of otitis media cases in children and ~10% of respiratory infections in adults with chronic obstructive ...

journal_title：BMC microbiology

authors： Balder R,Shaffer TL,Lafontaine ER

更新日期：2013-06-19 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:Coxiella burnetii is a Gram-negative intracellular bacterial pathogen that replicates within a phagolysosome-like parasitophorous vacuole (PV) of macrophages. PV formation requires delivery of effector proteins directly into the host cell cytoplasm by a type IVB secretion system. However, additional secretio...

journal_title：BMC microbiology

authors： Stead CM,Omsland A,Beare PA,Sandoz KM,Heinzen RA

更新日期：2013-10-05 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Enterobacterial common antigen (ECA) is a family-specific surface antigen shared by all members of the Enterobacteriaceae family. Previous studies showed that the loss of ECA results in Salmonella attenuation, indicating its usefulness as a vaccine candidate for Salmonella infection, but no studies have show...

journal_title：BMC microbiology

authors： Liu Q,Shen X,Bian X,Kong Q

更新日期：2020-06-08 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Edwardsiella ictaluri is a Gram-negative facultative intracellular anaerobe and the etiologic agent of enteric septicemia of channel catfish (ESC). To the catfish industry, ESC is a devastating disease due to production losses and treatment costs. Identification of virulence mechanisms of E. ictaluri is crit...

journal_title：BMC microbiology

authors： Kalindamar S,Lu J,Abdelhamed H,Tekedar HC,Lawrence ML,Karsi A

更新日期：2019-03-08 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:Acetic acid has been used to clean and disinfect surfaces in the household for many decades. The antimicrobial efficacy of cleaning procedures can be considered particularly important for young, old, pregnant, immunocompromised people, but may also concern other groups, particularly with regards to the COVID...

journal_title：BMC microbiology

authors： Zinn MK,Bockmühl D

更新日期：2020-08-26 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Lactobacillus plantarum, a versatile lactic acid-fermenting bacterium, isolated from the traditional pickles in Ningbo of China, was chosen for grass carp fermentation, which could also improve the flavor of grass carp. We here explored the central metabolic pathways of L. plantarum by using metabolomic appr...

journal_title：BMC microbiology

authors： Ming T,Han J,Li Y,Lu C,Qiu D,Li Y,Zhou J,Su X

更新日期：2018-12-18 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Iron is an essential nutrient but can be toxic at high intracellular concentrations and organisms have evolved tightly regulated mechanisms for iron uptake and homeostasis. Information on iron management mechanisms is available for organisms living at circumneutral pH. However, very little is known about how...

journal_title：BMC microbiology

authors： Osorio H,Martínez V,Nieto PA,Holmes DS,Quatrini R

更新日期：2008-11-24 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