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Citation: BMC Microbiology 2017 17:110
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Influence of chronic azithromycin treatment on the composition of the oropharyngeal microbial community in patients with severe asthma
This study of the oropharyngeal microbiome complements the previously published AZIthromycin in Severe ASThma (AZISAST) clinical trial, where the use of azithromycin was assessed in subjects with exacerbation-...
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In vitro and in vivo antagonistic activity of new probiotic culture against Clostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens
Genus Clostridium accompanies more than 200 known species and at least 30 among them are associated with human and animal diseases. At the moment, the treatment of clostridial infections is based on use of antibi...
Citation: BMC Microbiology 2017 17:108 -
When more is less: Emergent suppressive interactions in three-drug combinations
In drug-drug interactions, there are surprising cases in which the growth inhibition of bacteria by a single antibiotic decreases when a second antibiotic is added. These interactions are termed suppressive an...
Citation: BMC Microbiology 2017 17:107 -
Colonization patterns of Enterococcus cecorum in two different broiler production cycles detected with a newly developed quantitative real-time PCR
Although Enterococcus cecorum (EC) infection is one of the most important bacterial diseases in modern broiler chickens today, many aspects of epidemiology and pathogenesis are still unknown. There is a need for ...
Citation: BMC Microbiology 2017 17:106 -
Simultaneous detection of chikungunya virus, dengue virus and human pathogenic Leptospira genomes using a multiplex TaqMan® assay
In 2005–2006 a major epidemics of Chikungunya disease occurred in South-West Indian Ocean islands. In Reunion Island, the magnitude of Chikungunya infection related symptoms was high and with over 38% of serol...
Citation: BMC Microbiology 2017 17:105 -
Nationwide molecular epidemiology of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus responsible for horse infections in France
The epidemiology of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) isolated in horse infections is not well documented, especially in France. The aim of the study was to evaluate the prevalence of MRSA isolat...
Citation: BMC Microbiology 2017 17:104 -
Identification and sequence analyses of novel lipase encoding novel thermophillic bacilli isolated from Armenian geothermal springs
Among the huge diversity of thermophilic bacteria mainly bacilli have been reported as active thermostable lipase producers. Geothermal springs serve as the main source for isolation of thermostable lipase pro...
Citation: BMC Microbiology 2017 17:103 -
Erratum to: The altered gut microbiota in adults with cystic fibrosis
Citation: BMC Microbiology 2017 17:102 -
Structure, Genetics and Worldwide Spread of New Delhi Metallo-β-lactamase (NDM): a threat to public health
The emergence of carbapenemase producing bacteria, especially New Delhi metallo-β-lactamase (NDM-1) and its variants, worldwide, has raised amajor public health concern. NDM-1 hydrolyzes a wide range of β-lactam ...
Citation: BMC Microbiology 2017 17:101 -
Ribosomal subunit protein typing using matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF MS) for the identification and discrimination of Aspergillus species
Accurate identification of Aspergillus species is a very important subject. Mass spectral fingerprinting using matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF MS) is genera...
Citation: BMC Microbiology 2017 17:100 -
DFI-seq identification of environment-specific gene expression in uropathogenic Escherichia coli
During infection of the urinary tract, uropathogenic Escherichia coli (UPEC) are exposed to different environments, such as human urine and the intracellular environments of bladder epithelial cells. Each environ...
Citation: BMC Microbiology 2017 17:99 -
Chlamydia spp. development is differentially altered by treatment with the LpxC inhibitor LPC-011
Chlamydia species are obligate intracellular bacteria that infect a broad range of mammalian hosts. Members of related genera are pathogens of a variety of vertebrate and invertebrate ...
Citation: BMC Microbiology 2017 17:98 -
Effect of ensiled mulberry leaves and sun-dried mulberry fruit pomace on the fecal bacterial community composition in finishing steers
Here, we aimed to investigate the effects of ensiled mulberry leaves (EML) and sun-dried mulberry fruit pomace (SMFP) on fecal bacterial communities in Simmental crossbred finishing steers. To this end, the st...
Citation: BMC Microbiology 2017 17:97 -
Comparative proteomic analysis of Neisseria meningitidis wildtype and dprA null mutant strains links DNA processing to pilus biogenesis
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 ...
Citation: BMC Microbiology 2017 17:96 -
Erratum to: The nasopharyngeal microbiota of beef cattle before and after transport to a feedlot
Citation: BMC Microbiology 2017 17:95 -
Comparative genomics and evolution of the amylase-binding proteins of oral streptococci
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...
Citation: BMC Microbiology 2017 17:94 -
Bacterial communities and metabolic activity of faecal cultures from equol producer and non-producer menopausal women under treatment with soy isoflavones
Isoflavones are polyphenols with estrogenic activity found mainly in soy and soy-derived products that need to be metabolised in the intestine by the gut bacteria to be fully active. There is little knowledge ...
Citation: BMC Microbiology 2017 17:93 -
The expression of fibronectin is significantly suppressed in macrophages to exert a protective effect against Staphylococcus aureus infection
Fibronectin (Fn) plays a major role in the attachment of Staphylococcus aureus to host cells by bridging staphylococcal fibronectin-binding proteins (FnBPs) and cell-surface integrins. A previous study demonstrat...
Citation: BMC Microbiology 2017 17:92 -
Erratum to: Multidrug resistance protein MdtM adds to the repertoire of antiporters involved in alkaline pH homeostasis in Escherichia coli
Citation: BMC Microbiology 2017 17:91 -
Dominant bacterial phyla in caves and their predicted functional roles in C and N cycle
Bacteria present in cave often survive by modifying their metabolic pathway or other mechanism. Understanding these adopted bacteria and their survival strategy inside the cave is an important aspect of microb...
Citation: BMC Microbiology 2017 17:90 -
Localization of Staphylococcus aureus in tissue from the nasal vestibule in healthy carriers
Colonization of the body is an important step in Staphylococcus aureus infection. S. aureus colonizes skin and mucous membranes in humans and several animal species. One important ecological niche of S. aureus is...
Citation: BMC Microbiology 2017 17:89 -
Supplemental invasion of Salmonella from the perspective of Salmonella enterica serovars Kentucky and Typhimurium
Critical to the development of Salmonellosis in humans is the interaction of the bacterium with the epithelial lining of the gastrointestinal tract. Traditional scientific reasoning held type III secretion sys...
Citation: BMC Microbiology 2017 17:88 -
Initial nitrogen enrichment conditions determines variations in nitrogen substrate utilization by heterotrophic bacterial isolates
The nitrogen (N) cycle consists of complex microbe-mediated transformations driven by a variety of factors, including diversity and concentrations of N compounds. In this study, we examined taxonomic diversity...
Citation: BMC Microbiology 2017 17:87 -
Evolutionary gradient of predicted nuclear localization signals (NLS)-bearing proteins in genomes of family Planctomycetaceae
The nuclear envelope is considered a key classification marker that distinguishes prokaryotes from eukaryotes. However, this marker does not apply to the family Planctomycetaceae, which has intracellular space...
Citation: BMC Microbiology 2017 17:86 -
Application of hierarchical oligonucleotide primer extension (HOPE) to assess relative abundances of ammonia- and nitrite-oxidizing bacteria
Establishing an optimal proportion of nitrifying microbial populations, including ammonia-oxidizing bacteria (AOB), nitrite-oxidizing bacteria (NOB), complete nitrite oxidizers (comammox) and ammonia-oxidizing...
Citation: BMC Microbiology 2017 17:85 -
Discrimination of three genetically close Aspergillus species by using high resolution melting analysis applied to indoor air as case study
Indoor air pollution caused by fungal contamination is suspected to have a public health impact. Monitoring of the composition of the indoor airborne fungal contaminants is therefore important. To avoid proble...
Citation: BMC Microbiology 2017 17:84 -
In vitro transfer of methicillin resistance determinants mecA from methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) to methicillin susceptible Staphylococcus aureus (MSSA)
Staphylococcus aureus more than any other human pathogen is a better model for the study of the adaptive evolution of bacterial resistance to antibiotics, as it has demonstrated a rema...
Citation: BMC Microbiology 2017 17:83 -
Effects of Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Streptococcus mitis mixed infection on TLR4-mediated immune response in acute pneumonia mouse model
Our previous research on the diversity of microbiota in the endotracheal tubes (ETTs) of neonates in the neonatal intensive care unit found that Pseudomonas aeruginosa (P. aeruginosa) and Streptococcus mitis (S. ...
Citation: BMC Microbiology 2017 17:82 -
Polynucleotide phosphorylase is implicated in homologous recombination and DNA repair in Escherichia coli
Polynucleotide phosphorylase (PNPase, encoded by pnp) is generally thought of as an enzyme dedicated to RNA metabolism. The pleiotropic effects of PNPase deficiency is imputed to altered processing and turnover o...
Citation: BMC Microbiology 2017 17:81 -
Prevalence and antimicrobial resistance of Campylobacter jejuni and Campylobacter coli isolated from children and environmental sources in urban and suburban areas
Campylobacteriosis is a dominant bacterial cause of foodborne infection and is considered the main public health problem in Europe and many other countries worldwide. In the study lasting from 2011 to 2013 we ...
Citation: BMC Microbiology 2017 17:80 -
Development of a genus-specific next generation sequencing approach for sensitive and quantitative determination of the Legionella microbiome in freshwater systems
Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) has revolutionized the analysis of natural and man-made microbial communities by using universal primers for bacteria in a PCR based approach targeting the 16S rRNA gene. In ou...
Citation: BMC Microbiology 2017 17:79 -
Comparison of stool versus rectal swab samples and storage conditions on bacterial community profiles
Sample collection for gut microbiota analysis from in-patients can be challenging. Collection method and storage conditions are potential sources of variability. In this study, we compared the bacterial microb...
Citation: BMC Microbiology 2017 17:78 -
Probiotic bacteria prevent Salmonella – induced suppression of lymphoproliferation in mice by an immunomodulatory mechanism
Salmonella enterica infections often exhibit a form of immune evasion. We previously observed that probiotic bacteria could prevent inhibition of lymphoproliferation and apoptosis resp...
Citation: BMC Microbiology 2017 17:77 -
Purification, characterization and amino acid content of cholesterol oxidase produced by Streptomyces aegyptia NEAE 102
There is an increasing demand on cholesterol oxidase for its various industrial and clinical applications. The current research was focused on extracellular cholesterol oxidase production under submerged ferme...
Citation: BMC Microbiology 2017 17:76 -
Short-term increase in prevalence of nasopharyngeal carriage of macrolide-resistant Staphylococcus aureus following mass drug administration with azithromycin for trachoma control
Mass drug administration (MDA) with azithromycin is a corner-stone of trachoma control however it may drive the emergence of antimicrobial resistance. In a cluster-randomized trial (Clinical trial gov NCT00792...
Citation: BMC Microbiology 2017 17:75 -
Erratum to: Multiple controls affect arsenite oxidase gene expression in Herminiimonas arsenicoxydans
Citation: BMC Microbiology 2017 17:74 -
Identification and analysis of genomic islands in Burkholderia cenocepacia AU 1054 with emphasis on pathogenicity islands
Genomic islands (GIs) are genomic regions that reveal evidence of horizontal DNA transfer. They can code for many functions and may augment a bacterium’s adaptation to its host or environment. GIs have been id...
Citation: BMC Microbiology 2017 17:73 -
Illumina MiSeq sequencing analysis of fungal diversity in stored dates
Date palm has been a major fruit tree in the Middle East over thousands of years, especially in the Arabian Peninsula. Dates are consumed fresh (Rutab) or after partial drying and storage (Tamar) during off-seaso...
Citation: BMC Microbiology 2017 17:72 -
The ST131 Escherichia coli H22 subclone from human intestinal microbiota: Comparison of genomic and phenotypic traits with those of the globally successful H30 subclone
In 2006, we found healthy subjects carrying ST131 Escherichia coli in their intestinal microbiota consisting of two populations: a subdominant population of fluoroquinolone-resistant E. coli belonging to subclone...
Citation: BMC Microbiology 2017 17:71 -
The nasopharyngeal microbiota of beef cattle before and after transport to a feedlot
The nasopharyngeal (NP) microbiota plays an important role in bovine health, comprising a rich and diverse microbial community. The nasopharynx is also the niche for potentially pathogenic agents which are ass...
Citation: BMC Microbiology 2017 17:70 -
A shift in the virulence potential of Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis biovar ovis after passage in a murine host demonstrated through comparative proteomics
Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis biovar ovis, a facultative intracellular pathogen, is the etiologic agent of caseous lymphadenitis in small ruminants. During the infection process,
Citation: BMC Microbiology 2017 17:55 -
Clonality, outer-membrane proteins profile and efflux pump in KPC- producing Enterobacter sp. in Brazil
Carbapenems resistance in Enterobacter spp. has increased in the last decade, few studies, however, described the mechanisms of resistance in this bacterium. This study evaluated clonality and mechanisms of carba...
Citation: BMC Microbiology 2017 17:69 -
Uropathogenic Escherichia coli pathogenicity islands and other ExPEC virulence genes may contribute to the genome variability of enteroinvasive E. coli
Enteroinvasive Escherichia coli (EIEC) may be the causative agent of part of those million cases of diarrhea illness reported worldwide every year and attributable to Shigella. That is because both enteropathogen...
Citation: BMC Microbiology 2017 17:68 -
Lactobacillus-derived extracellular vesicles enhance host immune responses against vancomycin-resistant enterococci
Probiotic bacteria are known to modulate host immune responses against various pathogens. Recently, extracellular vesicles (EVs) have emerged as potentially important mediators of host-pathogen interactions. I...
Citation: BMC Microbiology 2017 17:66 -
Prevalence, virulence factor genes and antibiotic resistance of Bacillus cereus sensu lato isolated from dairy farms and traditional dairy products
B. cereus are of particular interest in food safety and public health because of their capacity to cause food spoilage and disease through the production of various toxins. The aim of ...
Citation: BMC Microbiology 2017 17:65 -
Prevalence of plant beneficial and human pathogenic bacteria isolated from salad vegetables in India
The study aimed at enumerating, identifying and categorizing the endophytic cultivable bacterial community in selected salad vegetables (carrot, cucumber, tomato and onion). Vegetable samples were collected fr...
Citation: BMC Microbiology 2017 17:64 -
In vivo characterization of an Hfq protein encoded by the Bacillus anthracis virulence plasmid pXO1
Bacterial Hfq proteins post-transcriptionally regulate gene expression, primarily by mediating the interaction between sRNAs (small RNAs) and their target mRNAs. The role of Hfq-based regulation has been well ...
Citation: BMC Microbiology 2017 17:63 -
Determining Clostridium difficile intra-taxa diversity by mining multilocus sequence typing databases
Multilocus sequence typing (MLST) is a highly discriminatory typing strategy; it is reproducible and scalable. There is a MLST scheme for Clostridium difficile (CD), a gram positive bacillus causing different pat...
Citation: BMC Microbiology 2017 17:62 -
The proteins of Fusobacterium spp. involved in hydrogen sulfide production from L-cysteine
Hydrogen sulfide (H2S) is a toxic foul-smelling gas produced by subgingival biofilms in patients with periodontal disease and is suggested to be part of the pathogenesis of the disease. We studied the H2S-produci...
Citation: BMC Microbiology 2017 17:61
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