First isolation and whole-genome sequencing of a Shewanella algae strain from a swine farm in Brazil.

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:Plant cell wall degrading enzymes (PCWDEs) are a subset of carbohydrate-active enzymes (CAZy) produced by plant pathogens to degrade plant cell walls. To counteract PCWDEs, plants release PCWDEs inhibitor proteins (PIPs) to reduce their impact. Several transgenic plants expressing exogenous PIPs that interac...

journal_title：BMC microbiology

authors： Chang HX,Yendrek CR,Caetano-Anolles G,Hartman GL

更新日期：2016-07-12 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The ColRS two-component system has been shown to contribute to the membrane functionality and stress tolerance of Pseudomonas putida as well as to the virulence of Pseudomonas aeruginosa and plant pathogenic Xanthomonas species. However, the conditions activating the ColRS pathway and the signal(s) sensed by...

journal_title：BMC microbiology

authors： Ainsaar K,Mumm K,Ilves H,Hõrak R

更新日期：2014-06-20 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:Pseudomonas syringae is pathogenic to a large number of plant species. For host colonization and disease progression, strains of this bacterium utilize an array of type III-secreted effectors and other virulence factors, including small secreted molecules such as syringolin A, a peptide derivative that inhib...

journal_title：BMC microbiology

authors： Dudnik A,Dudler R

更新日期：2014-12-04 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:The increase in resistance to antibiotics among disease-causing bacteria necessitates the development of alternative antimicrobial approaches such as the use of light-activated antimicrobial agents (LAAAs). Light of an appropriate wavelength activates the LAAA to produce cytotoxic species which can then caus...

journal_title：BMC microbiology

authors： Omar GS,Wilson M,Nair SP

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Coxiella burnetii is the causative agent of Q-fever, a widespread zoonosis. Due to its high environmental stability and infectivity it is regarded as a category B biological weapon agent. In domestic animals infection remains either asymptomatic or presents as infertility or abortion. Clinical presentation i...

journal_title：BMC microbiology

authors： Panning M,Kilwinski J,Greiner-Fischer S,Peters M,Kramme S,Frangoulidis D,Meyer H,Henning K,Drosten C

更新日期：2008-05-19 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: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:Demand for high-throughput bioprocessing has dramatically increased especially in the biopharmaceutical industry because the technologies are of vital importance to process optimization and media development. This can be efficiently boosted by using microtiter plate (MTP) cultivation setup embedded into an a...

journal_title：BMC microbiology

authors： Tan JS,Abbasiliasi S,Kadkhodaei S,Tam YJ,Tang TK,Lee YY,Ariff AB

更新日期：2018-01-04 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:GeoChip 3.0, a microbial functional gene array, containing ~28,000 oligonucleotide probes and targeting ~57,000 sequences from 292 functional gene families, provided a powerful tool for researching microbial community structure in natural environments. The alpine meadow is a dominant plant community in the Q...

journal_title：BMC microbiology

authors： Zhang Y,Lu Z,Liu S,Yang Y,He Z,Ren Z,Zhou J,Li D

更新日期：2013-03-29 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Candida parapsilosis typically is a commensal of human skin. However, when host immune defense is compromised or the normal microflora balance is disrupted, C. parapsilosis transforms itself into an opportunistic pathogen. Candida-derived lipase has been identified as potential virulence factor. Even though ...

journal_title：BMC microbiology

authors： Nagy I,Filkor K,Németh T,Hamari Z,Vágvölgyi C,Gácser A

更新日期：2011-05-29 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Lactic acid bacteria (LAB) has been considered a beneficial bacterial group, found as part of the microbiota of diverse hosts, including humans and various animals. However, the mechanisms of how hosts and LAB interact are still poorly understood. Previous work demonstrates that 13 species of Lactobacillus a...

journal_title：BMC microbiology

authors： Butler È,Alsterfjord M,Olofsson TC,Karlsson C,Malmström J,Vásquez A

更新日期：2013-10-22 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Biofilm is a fundamental bacterial survival mode which proceeds through three main generalized phases: adhesion, maturation, and dispersion. Lactobacilli spp. (LB) are critical components of gut and reproductive health and are widely used probiotics. Evaluation of time-dependent mechanisms of biofilm formati...

journal_title：BMC microbiology

authors： Martinez S,Garcia JG,Williams R,Elmassry M,West A,Hamood A,Hurtado D,Gudenkauf B,Ventolini G,Schlabritz-Loutsevitch N

更新日期：2020-03-24 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), widespread pollutants in the marine environment, can produce adverse effects in marine organisms and can be transferred to humans through seafood. Our knowledge of PAH-degrading bacterial populations in the marine environment is still very limited, and mainly originat...

journal_title：BMC microbiology

authors： Lozada M,Riva Mercadal JP,Guerrero LD,Di Marzio WD,Ferrero MA,Dionisi HM

更新日期：2008-03-25 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Listeria monocytogenes is the causative agent of listeriosis, a serious disease affecting both animals and humans. Here, multilocus sequence typing (MLST) was used to characterize the genetic diversity of Listeria monocytogenes strains isolated from the natural environment and animal clinical cases in Europe...

journal_title：BMC microbiology

authors： Papić B,Pate M,Félix B,Kušar D

更新日期：2019-12-18 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Saccharomyces cerevisiae multicellular communities are sustained by a scaffolding extracellular matrix, which provides spatial organization, and nutrient and water availability, and ensures group survival. According to this tissue-like biology, the yeast extracellular matrix (yECM) is analogous to the higher...

journal_title：BMC microbiology

authors： Faria-Oliveira F,Carvalho J,Ferreira C,Hernáez ML,Gil C,Lucas C

更新日期：2015-11-25 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Changes in aboveground plant species diversity as well as variations of environmental conditions such as exposure of ecosystems to elevated concentrations of atmospheric carbon dioxide may lead to changes in metabolic activity, composition and diversity of belowground microbial communities, both bacterial an...

journal_title：BMC microbiology

authors： Grüter D,Schmid B,Brandl H

更新日期：2006-07-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The flame-oxidized stainless steel anode (FO-SSA) is a newly developed electrode that enhances microbial fuel cell (MFC) power generation; however, substrate preference and community structure of the biofilm developed on FO-SSA have not been well characterized. Herein, we investigated the community on FO-SSA...

journal_title：BMC microbiology

authors： Eyiuche NJ,Asakawa S,Yamashita T,Ikeguchi A,Kitamura Y,Yokoyama H

更新日期：2017-06-29 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Fungi constitute an important yet frequently neglected component of the human microbiota with a possible role in health and disease. Fungi and bacteria colonise the infant gastrointestinal tract in parallel, yet most infant microbiome studies have ignored fungi. Milk is a source of diverse and viable bacteri...

journal_title：BMC microbiology

authors： Moossavi S,Fehr K,Derakhshani H,Sbihi H,Robertson B,Bode L,Brook J,Turvey SE,Moraes TJ,Becker AB,Mandhane PJ,Sears MR,Khafipour E,Subbarao P,Azad MB

更新日期：2020-06-05 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Pseudomonas fuscovaginae (Pfv) is an emerging plant pathogen of rice and also of other gramineae plants. It causes sheath brown rot disease in rice with symptoms that are characterized by brown lesions on the flag leaf sheath, grain discoloration and sterility. It was first isolated as a high altitude pathog...

journal_title：BMC microbiology

authors： Patel HK,Matiuzzo M,Bertani I,Bigirimana Vde P,Ash GJ,Höfte M,Venturi V

更新日期：2014-11-14 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Though important in the context of food microbiology and as potential pathogens in immuno-compromised humans, bacterial isolates belonging to the genus Pediococcus are best known for their association with contamination of ethanol fermentation processes (beer, wine, or fuel ethanol). Use of antimicrobial com...

journal_title：BMC microbiology

authors： Haakensen M,Vickers DM,Ziola B

更新日期：2009-09-07 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:A common assumption of microorganisms is that laboratory stocks will remain genetically and phenotypically constant over time, and across laboratories. It is becoming increasingly clear, however, that mutations can ruin strain integrity and drive the divergence or "domestication" of stocks. Since its discove...

journal_title：BMC microbiology

authors： Carroll SM,Xue KS,Marx CJ

更新日期：2014-01-02 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Lactobacillus species are used as probiotics and play an important role in fermented food production. However, use of 16S rRNA gene sequences as standard markers for the differentiation of Lactobacillus species offers a very limited scope, as several species of Lactobacillus share similar 16S rRNA gene seque...

journal_title：BMC microbiology

authors： Kim E,Yang SM,Lim B,Park SH,Rackerby B,Kim HY

更新日期：2020-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Iron plays important roles in the growth, reproduction and pathogenicity of Aeromonas hydrophila. In this study, we detected and compared the mRNA and protein expression profiles of A. hydrophila under normal and iron restricted medium with 200 μM 2,2-Dipyridyl using RNA Sequencing (RNA-seq) and isobaric tag...

journal_title：BMC microbiology

authors： Teng T,Xi B,Chen K,Pan L,Xie J,Xu P

更新日期：2018-06-04 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:It is unclear how DNA is packaged in a bacterial cell in the absence of nucleosomes. To investigate the initial level of DNA condensation in bacterial nucleoid we used in vivo DNA digestion coupled with high-throughput sequencing of the digestion-resistant fragments. To this end, we transformed E. coli cells...

journal_title：BMC microbiology

authors： Tolstorukov MY,Virnik K,Zhurkin VB,Adhya S

更新日期：2016-02-20 00:00:00