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Featured article: Drug resistant bacteria found in the International Space Station

Scientists have isolated drug resistant Enterobacter strains from two locations on the International Space Station, which could be pathogenic to humans.

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Call for papers: Veterinary antimicrobial resistance and antimicrobial use - DEADLINE EXTENDED to March 30th, 2019

BMC Microbiology and BMC Veterinary Research have joined forces to launch a cross-journal thematic series focused on veterinary antimicrobial resistance. If you are interested in contributing, please read our call for papers for more information.

Content type: Research article
| 22 February 2019

Spore forming Actinobacterial diversity of Cholistan Desert Pakistan: Polyphasic taxonomy, antimicrobial potential and chemical profiling

Authors: Adeela Fatima, Usman Aftab, Khaled A. Shaaban, Jon S. Thorson and Imran Sajid
Content type: Research article
| 21 February 2019

The application of the loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) method for diagnosing Enterococcus hirae-associated endocarditis outbreaks in chickens

Authors: Beata Dolka, Agata Anna Cisek and Piotr Szeleszczuk
Content type: Research article
| 21 February 2019

Age-related variation in the oral microbiome of urban Cooper’s hawks (Accipiter cooperii)

Authors: Michael J. Taylor, R. William Mannan, Jana M. U’Ren, Nicholas P. Garber, Rachel E. Gallery and A. Elizabeth Arnold
Content type: Research article
| 20 February 2019

Functional analysis of RIP toxins from the Drosophila endosymbiont Spiroplasma poulsonii

Authors: Mario Gonzalo Garcia-Arraez, Florent Masson, Juan Camilo Paredes Escobar and Bruno Lemaitre
Content type: Research article
| 20 February 2019

Genome plasticity favours double chromosomal Tn4401b-bla_KPC-2 transposon insertion in the Pseudomonas aeruginosa ST235 clone

Authors: Deisy Abril, Ricaurte Alejandro Marquez-Ortiz, Betsy Castro-Cardozo, José Ignacio Moncayo-Ortiz, Narda María Olarte Escobar, Zayda Lorena Corredor Rozo, Niradiz Reyes, Catalina Tovar, Héctor Fabio Sánchez, Jaime Castellanos, Yina Marcela Guaca-González, Carmen Elisa Llanos-Uribe, Natasha Vanegas Gómez and Javier Escobar-Pérez

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Content type: Research article
| 9 June 2009

The Firmicutes/Bacteroidetes ratio of the human microbiota changes with age

Authors: D Mariat, O Firmesse, F Levenez, VD Guimarăes, H Sokol, J Doré, G Corthier and J-P Furet
Content type: Methodology article
| 18 May 2005

Fungal-specific PCR primers developed for analysis of the ITS region of environmental DNA extracts

Authors: Kendall J Martin and Paul T Rygiewicz
Content type: Review
| 19 February 2009

Protein secretion systems in bacterial-host associations, and their description in the Gene Ontology

Authors: Tsai-Tien Tseng, Brett M Tyler and João C Setubal
Content type: Research article
| 25 March 2014

Overproduction of Toxoplasma gondii cyclophilin-18 regulates host cell migration and enhances parasite dissemination in a CCR5-independent manner

Authors: Hany M Ibrahim, Maki Nishimura, Sachi Tanaka, Walaa Awadin, Hidefumi Furuoka, Xuenan Xuan and Yoshifumi Nishikawa
Content type: Research article
| 14 December 2014

Rapid species-level identification of vaginal and oral lactobacilli using MALDI-TOF MS analysis and 16S rDNA sequencing

Authors: Annette Carola Anderson, Mohamed Sanunu, Christian Schneider, Andreas Clad, Lamprini Karygianni, Elmar Hellwig and Ali Al-Ahmad

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BMC Microbiology is an open access, peer-reviewed journal that considers articles on analytical and functional studies of prokaryotic and eukaryotic microorganisms, viruses and small parasites, as well as host and therapeutic responses to them and their interaction with the environment.

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Cecilia Devoto, BioMed Central

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Stéphane Aymerich, INRA
Ralf Heermann, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet
Igor Mokrousov, St. Petersburg Pasteur Institute
Hirotada Mori, Nara Institute of Science and Technology
David Nelson, University of Rhode Island
Marco Ventura, University of Parma
Jizhong Zhou, University of Oklahoma

Igor Mokrousov, Section Editor

Igor Mokrousov, PhD, DSc/HDR is Head of the Laboratory of Molecular Epidemiology and Evolutionary Genetics at St. Petersburg Pasteur Institute, Russia. Dr. Mokrousov joined the BMC Microbiology Editorial Board initially in 2009, as Associate Editor; since 2014, he serves as Section Editor.

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Spore forming Actinobacterial diversity of Cholistan Desert Pakistan: Polyphasic taxonomy, antimicrobial potential and chemical profiling

The application of the loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) method for diagnosing Enterococcus hirae-associated endocarditis outbreaks in chickens

Age-related variation in the oral microbiome of urban Cooper’s hawks (Accipiter cooperii)

Functional analysis of RIP toxins from the Drosophila endosymbiont Spiroplasma poulsonii

Genome plasticity favours double chromosomal Tn4401b-bla_KPC-2 transposon insertion in the Pseudomonas aeruginosa ST235 clone

The Firmicutes/Bacteroidetes ratio of the human microbiota changes with age

Fungal-specific PCR primers developed for analysis of the ITS region of environmental DNA extracts

Protein secretion systems in bacterial-host associations, and their description in the Gene Ontology

Overproduction of Toxoplasma gondii cyclophilin-18 regulates host cell migration and enhances parasite dissemination in a CCR5-independent manner

Rapid species-level identification of vaginal and oral lactobacilli using MALDI-TOF MS analysis and 16S rDNA sequencing

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Open data badge Pilot

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Section Editors

Igor Mokrousov, Section Editor

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Respectful maternity care – the way forward

Highlights of the BMC Series: January 2019

The obesity-paradox: impact of body composition on cancer survival

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