BMC Microbiology

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SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19

Find a selection of articles published across Springer Nature, as well as additional commentary and books relevant to SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 research.

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March: Senescence and Aging

Read this month's selection of articles on senescence and aging from across the BMC Series Journals.

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Collection: Veterinary antimicrobial resistance and antimicrobial use

BMC Microbiology and BMC Veterinary Research are happy to join forces and present a cross-journal collection that focuses on veterinary antimicrobial resistance. Click to view and read the articles in the collection.

Characterisation of the gut microbial community of rhesus macaques in high-altitude environments

Authors: Yuhan Wu, Yongfang Yao, Mengmeng Dong, Tianrui Xia, Diyan Li, Meng Xie, Jiayun Wu, Anxiang Wen, Qin Wang, Guangxiang Zhu, Qingyong Ni, Mingwang Zhang and Huailiang Xu

Content type: Research article

26 March 2020
Effects of aging on the quality of roasted sesame-like flavor Daqu

Authors: Guangsen Fan, Zhilei Fu, Chao Teng, Pengxiao Liu, Qiuhua Wu, Md Khondakar Raziur Rahman and Xiuting Li

Content type: Research article

26 March 2020
Early detection of viable Francisella tularensis in environmental matrices by culture-based PCR

Authors: Helen Y. Buse, Brian J. Morris and Eugene W. Rice

Content type: Research article

25 March 2020
The effects of daily fasting hours on shaping gut microbiota in mice

Authors: Linghao Li, Yuxin Su, Fanglin Li, Yueying Wang, Zhongren Ma, Zhuo Li and Junhong Su

Content type: Research article

24 March 2020
Transaldolase in Bacillus methanolicus: biochemical characterization and biological role in ribulose monophosphate cycle

Authors: Johannes Pfeifenschneider, Benno Markert, Jessica Stolzenberger, Trygve Brautaset and Volker F. Wendisch

Content type: Research article

24 March 2020

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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: Research article

9 June 2009
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: Methodology article

18 May 2005
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: Review

19 February 2009
Standardisation of disk diffusion results for antibiotic susceptibility testing using the sirscan automated zone reader

Authors: Michael Hombach, Reinhard Zbinden and Erik C Böttger

Content type: Research article

8 October 2013
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

25 March 2014

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Aims and scope

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.