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Section edited by Hirotada Mori
This section aims to publish studies relating to all aspects of microbial genomics, proteomics, metabolomics and systems biology.
Methodology Article
Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a model organism for the study of quorum sensing, biofilm formation, and also leading cause of nosocomial infections in immune compromised patients. As such P...
BMC Microbiology 2017 17:199
Published on: 19 September 2017
Research article
The aminoglycoside antibiotic gentamicin was supposed to induce a crosstalk between the Cpx- and the Arc-two-component systems (TCS). Here, we investigated the physical interaction of the respective TCS compon...
BMC Microbiology 2017 17:197
Published on: 18 September 2017
Research article
Advancements in Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) technologies regarding throughput, read length and accuracy had a major impact on microbiome research by significantly improving 16S rRNA amplicon sequencing. A...
BMC Microbiology 2017 17:194
Published on: 13 September 2017
Research article
The microbial composition of the equine respiratory tract, and differences due to mild equine asthma (also called Inflammatory Airway Disease (IAD)) have not been reported. The primary treatment for control of...
BMC Microbiology 2017 17:184
Published on: 23 August 2017
Research article
Porphyromonas gingivalis is a major causative pathogen of chronic periodontitis. Within the inflammatory microenvironment, there exists extreme pH values, elevated temperatures and oxi...
BMC Microbiology 2017 17:178
Published on: 18 August 2017
Research article
Aeromonas spp. are gram-negative bacteria that can cause a variety of infections in both humans and animals and play a controversial role in diarrhea outbreaks. Our aim was to identify...
BMC Microbiology 2017 17:179
Published on: 18 August 2017
Research article
Moniliophthora perniciosa is a phytopathogenic fungus responsible for witches’ broom disease of cacao trees (Theobroma cacao L.). Understanding the molecular events during germination ...
BMC Microbiology 2017 17:176
Published on: 17 August 2017
Research article
Stony corals provide the structural foundation of coral reef ecosystems and are termed holobionts given they engage in symbioses, in particular with photosynthetic dinoflagellates of the genus Symbiodinium. Besid...
BMC Microbiology 2017 17:174
Published on: 17 August 2017
Research article
In bacteria, many transcription activator and repressor proteins regulate multiple transcription units that are often distally distributed on the bacterial genome. To investigate the subcellular location of DN...
BMC Microbiology 2017 17:170
Published on: 3 August 2017
Research article
Bacterial and Archaeal communities have a complex, symbiotic role in crude oil bioremediation. Their biosurfactants and degradation enzymes have been in the spotlight, mainly due to the awareness of ecosystem ...
BMC Microbiology 2017 17:168
Published on: 27 July 2017
Research article
The eighth step of l-histidine biosynthesis is carried out by an enzyme called histidinol-phosphate phosphatase (HolPase). Three unrelated HolPase families are known so far. Two of them are well studied: HAD-type...
BMC Microbiology 2017 17:161
Published on: 18 July 2017
Research article
Xanthomonas citri subsp. citri (Xac) is the causal agent of citrus canker. A proteomic analysis under in planta infectious and non-infectious conditions was conducted in order to incre...
BMC Microbiology 2017 17:155
Published on: 11 July 2017
Research article
Bacillus pumilus can secret abundant extracellular enzymes, and may be used as a potential host for the industrial production of enzymes. It is necessary to understand the metabolic pr...
BMC Microbiology 2017 17:156
Published on: 11 July 2017
Research article
The genus Geobacillus comprises bacteria that are Gram positive, thermophilic spore-formers, which are found in a variety of environments from hot-springs, cool soils, to food manufacturing plants, including dair...
BMC Microbiology 2017 17:140
Published on: 26 June 2017
Research article
The internal transcribed spacer (ITS), RNA polymerase II second largest subunit (RPB2), and elongation factor 1-alpha (EF1α) are often used in fungal taxonomy and phylogenetic analysis. As we know, an ideal mo...
BMC Microbiology 2017 17:139
Published on: 26 June 2017
Research article
The development of diagnostic metagenomics is driven by the need for universal, culture-independent methods for detection and characterization of pathogens to substitute the time-consuming, organism-specific, ...
BMC Microbiology 2017 17:133
Published on: 8 June 2017
Research article
Phosphorylation of amino acid residues on proteins is an important and common post-translational modification in both eukaryotes and prokaryotes. Most research work has been focused on phosphorylation of serin...
BMC Microbiology 2017 17:123
Published on: 25 May 2017
Research article
Vibrio parahaemolyticus is an autochthonous marine bacterial species comprising strains able to grow in broth containing bile salts at 37 °C, a condition seldom found in the ocean. How...
BMC Microbiology 2017 17:118
Published on: 19 May 2017
Research article
DNA processing chain A (DprA) is a DNA binding protein which is ubiquitous in bacteria, and is required for DNA transformation to various extents among bacterial species. However, the interaction of DprA with ...
BMC Microbiology 2017 17:96
Published on: 21 April 2017
Research article
Successful commensal bacteria have evolved to maintain colonization in challenging environments. The oral viridans streptococci are pioneer colonizers of dental plaque biofilm. Some of these bacteria have adap...
BMC Microbiology 2017 17:94
Published on: 20 April 2017
The Erratum to this article has been published in BMC Microbiology 2017 17:149
