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  1. Listeria (L.) monocytogenes causes fatal infections in many species including ruminants and humans. In ruminants, rhombencephalitis is the most prevalent form of listeriosis. Using mul...

    Authors: Claudia Guldimann, Michelle Bärtschi, Joachim Frey, Andreas Zurbriggen, Torsten Seuberlich and Anna Oevermann
    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2015 15:134
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    The Erratum to this article has been published in BMC Microbiology 2015 15:176

  2. Malaria is a major global cause of deaths and a vaccine is urgently needed.

    Authors: Sreenivasulu B. Reddy, Robin F. Anders, Nadia Cross, Ivo Mueller, Nicolas Senn, Danielle I. Stanisic, Peter M. Siba, Mats Wahlgren, Fred Kironde, James G. Beeson and Kristina E.M. Persson
    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2015 15:133
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  3. Recognition of microorganisms by antibodies is a vital component of the human immune response. However, there is currently very limited understanding of immune recognition of 50 % of the human microbiome which...

    Authors: Áurea Simón-Soro, Giuseppe D’Auria, M. Carmen Collado, Mária Džunková, Shauna Culshaw and Alex Mira
    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2015 15:132
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  4. Salmonella enterica spp. enterica serotype Typhimurium (STM) is the most common agent of domestically acquired salmonellosis in Finland. Subtyping methods which allow the characterization of ST...

    Authors: Taru Lienemann, Aino Kyyhkynen, Jani Halkilahti, Kaisa Haukka and Anja Siitonen
    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2015 15:131
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  5. Pseudorabies virus is a widely-studied model organism of the Herpesviridae family, with a compact genome arrangement of 72 known coding sequences. In order to obtain an up-to-date genetic map of the virus, a comb...

    Authors: Péter Oláh, Dóra Tombácz, Nándor Póka, Zsolt Csabai, István Prazsák and Zsolt Boldogkői
    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2015 15:130
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  6. Neisseria gonorrhoeae (GC) is a Gram-negative pathogen that most commonly infects mucosal surfaces, causing sexually transmitted urethritis in men and endocervicitis in women. Serious complicat...

    Authors: Ryszard A. Zielke, Igor H. Wierzbicki, Benjamin I. Baarda and Aleksandra E. Sikora
    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2015 15:129
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  7. Polybasic cleavage sites of the hemagglutinin (HA) proteins are considered to be the most important determinants indicating virulence of the avian influenza viruses (AIV). However, evidence is accumulating tha...

    Authors: Zeeshan Khaliq, Mikael Leijon, Sándor Belák and Jan Komorowski
    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2015 15:128
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  8. Microbial diseases cause considerable economic losses in aquaculture and new infection control measures often rely on a better understanding of pathogenicity. However, disease studies performed in fish hosts o...

    Authors: Stuart McMillan, David Verner-Jeffreys, Jason Weeks, Brian Austin and Andrew P. Desbois
    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2015 15:127
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  9. Plant biomass, the most abundant natural material on earth, represents a vast source of food and energy in nature. As the main component of plant biomass, xylan is a complex polysaccharide comprising a linear ...

    Authors: Youzhi Miao, Juan Li, Zhizhuang Xiao, Qirong Shen and Ruifu Zhang
    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2015 15:126
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  10. Although high-throughput sequencing, such as Illumina-based technologies (e.g. MiSeq), has revolutionized microbial ecology, adaptation of amplicon sequencing for environmental microbial community analysis is ...

    Authors: Liyou Wu, Chongqing Wen, Yujia Qin, Huaqun Yin, Qichao Tu, Joy D. Van Nostrand, Tong Yuan, Menting Yuan, Ye Deng and Jizhong Zhou
    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2015 15:125
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  11. Rapid identification of the causative agent(s) of bloodstream infections using the matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight (MALDI-TOF) methodology can lead to increased empirical antimicrobi...

    Authors: Simona Barnini, Emilia Ghelardi, Veronica Brucculeri, Paola Morici and Antonella Lupetti
    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2015 15:124
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  12. Glutathione transferases (GSTs) represent an extended family of multifunctional proteins involved in detoxification processes and tolerance to oxidative stress. We thus anticipated that some GSTs could play an...

    Authors: Benoit Calmes, Mélanie Morel-Rouhier, Nelly Bataillé-Simoneau, Eric Gelhaye, Thomas Guillemette and Philippe Simoneau
    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2015 15:123
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  13. Multi-drug resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae strains are a common cause of health care associated infections worldwide. Clonal spread of Klebsiella pneumoniae isolates carrying plasmid mediated CTX-M-15 have been c...

    Authors: Stephen E. Mshana, Moritz Fritzenwanker, Linda Falgenhauer, Eugen Domann, Torsten Hain, Trinad Chakraborty and Can Imirzalioglu
    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2015 15:122
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  14. Brucellosis is one of the most common zoonotic disease affecting humans and animals and is endemic in many parts of the world including the Gulf Cooperation Council region (GCC). The aim of this study was to i...

    Authors: Anand Deshmukh, Ferry Hagen, Ola Al Sharabasi, Mariamma Abraham, Godwin Wilson, Sanjay Doiphode, Muna Al Maslamani and Jacques F Meis
    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2015 15:121
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  16. To overcome antibiotic resistance in biofilms, enzymes aimed at biofilm dispersal are under investigation. In the present study, applicability of an Aeromonas punctata derived depolymerase capable of degrading th...

    Authors: Shruti Bansal, Kusum Harjai and Sanjay Chhibber
    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2015 15:119
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  17. Most recent studies of Clostridium perfringens plasmids have focused on toxin-encoding or antibiotic resistance plasmids. To cause intestinal disease, a toxigenic strain must grow in the intestines to levels allo...

    Authors: Kazuaki Miyamoto, Soshi Seike, Teruhisa Takagishi, Kensuke Okui, Masataka Oda, Masaya Takehara and Masahiro Nagahama
    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2015 15:118
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  18. Biofilm formation is associated with various aspects of bacterial and fungal infection. This study was designed to assess the impact of diverse natural polyelectrolytes, such as DNA, F-actin, neurofilaments (N...

    Authors: Robert Bucki, Katarzyna Niemirowicz, Urszula Wnorowska, Marzena Wątek, Fitzroy J. Byfield, Katrina Cruz, Marta Wróblewska and Paul A. Janmey
    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2015 15:117
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  20. Violacein is a purple pigment from Chromobacterium violaceum that possesses diverse biological and pharmacological properties. Among these, pro-oxidant and antioxidant activities have been suggested. However, the...

    Authors: Angélica Maria de Sousa Leal, Jana Dara Freires de Queiroz, Silvia Regina Batistuzzo de Medeiros, Tatjana Keesen de Souza Lima and Lucymara Fassarella Agnez-Lima
    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2015 15:115
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  21. Members of fastidious Granulicatella and Aggregatibacter genera belong to normal oral flora bacteria that can cause serious infections, such as infective endocarditis. Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans has lo...

    Authors: Maribasappa Karched, Radhika G. Bhardwaj and Sirkka E. Asikainen
    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2015 15:114
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  22. The pstSCAB operon of Corynebacterium glutamicum, which encodes an ABC transport system for uptake of phosphate (Pi), is induced during the Pi starvation response. The two-component regulatory system PhoRS is inv...

    Authors: Ulrike Sorger-Herrmann, Hironori Taniguchi and Volker F. Wendisch
    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2015 15:113
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  23. Mechanisms underlying the transition from commensalism to virulence in Enterococcus faecalis are not fully understood. We previously identified the enterococcal leucine-rich protein A (ElrA) as a virulence factor...

    Authors: Naima G. Cortes-Perez, Romain Dumoulin, Stéphane Gaubert, Caroline Lacoux, Francesca Bugli, Rebeca Martin, Sophie Chat, Kevin Piquand, Thierry Meylheuc, Philippe Langella, Maurizio Sanguinetti, Brunella Posteraro, Lionel Rigottier-Gois and Pascale Serror
    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2015 15:112
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  24. The development of chronic periodontitis was due to not only periodontal pathogens, but also the interaction between periodontal pathogens and host. The aim of this study is to investigate the alterations in g...

    Authors: Jian Zhao, Qian Li, Chun-Ling Pan, Jun-Chao Liu, Hong-Yan Wang, Li-Si Tan and Ya-Ping Pan
    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2015 15:111
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  25. Rhodococcus equi is now considered an emerging zoonotic pathogen. Sources and routes of human infection remain unclear but foodborne transmission seems to be the most probable way. Strains of p...

    Authors: Lucjan Witkowski, Magdalena Rzewuska, Agata Anna Cisek, Dorota Chrobak-Chmiel, Magdalena Kizerwetter-Świda, Michał Czopowicz, Mirosław Welz and Jerzy Kita
    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2015 15:110
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  26. Staphylococcus pseudintermedius is an opportunistic pathogen recognized as the leading cause of skin, ear, and post-operative bacterial infections in dogs and cats. Zoonotic infections have als...

    Authors: Arianna Pompilio, Serena De Nicola, Valentina Crocetta, Simone Guarnieri, Vincenzo Savini, Edoardo Carretto and Giovanni Di Bonaventura
    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2015 15:109
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  27. Cryptosporidium spp. and Giardia duodenalis are important causes of diarrheal diseases in humans and animals worldwide, and there is an increased interest in the role of animals in the mechanic...

    Authors: Meng Qi, Jinzhong Cai, Rongjun Wang, Junqiang Li, Fuchun Jian, Jianying Huang, Huan Zhou and Longxian Zhang
    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2015 15:108
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  28. Lactobacillus fermentum is economically important in the production and preservation of fermented foods. A repeatable and discriminative typing method was devised to characterize L. fe...

    Authors: Tong Dan, Wenjun Liu, Yuqin Song, Haiyan Xu, Bilige Menghe, Heping Zhang and Zhihong Sun
    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2015 15:107
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    The Erratum to this article has been published in BMC Microbiology 2016 16:52

  29. The echinocandins are recommended as first-line therapy for Candida species infections, but drug resistance, especially among Candida glabrata, is becoming more frequent. We investigated the antifungal susceptibi...

    Authors: Maria Teresa Montagna, Grazia Lovero, Caterina Coretti, Domenico Martinelli, Osvalda De Giglio, Roberta Iatta, Stella Balbino, Antonio Rosato and Giuseppina Caggiano
    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2015 15:106
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  31. Regulation of gene expression in trypanosomatids is mainly posttranscriptional. Tight regulation of mRNA stability and access to polysomes allows Trypanosoma cruzi to adapt to different environmental conditions d...

    Authors: Lysangela Ronalte Alves, Camila Oliveira and Samuel Goldenberg
    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2015 15:104
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  32. A. baumannii has emerged as an important nosocomial pathogen with an outstanding ability to acquire multidrug resistant mechanisms. In this study, we investigate the molecular epidemiology and ...

    Authors: Rayane Rafei, Hélène Pailhoriès, Monzer Hamze, Matthieu Eveillard, Hassan Mallat, Fouad Dabboussi, Marie-Laure Joly-Guillou and Marie Kempf
    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2015 15:103
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  33. It has been widely recognized that small RNAs (sRNAs) play important roles in physiology and virulence control in bacteria. In Staphylococcus aureus, many sRNAs have been identified and some of them have been fun...

    Authors: Xu Zhang, Qing Zhu, Tian Tian, Changlong Zhao, Jianye Zang, Ting Xue and Baolin Sun
    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2015 15:102
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  34. Tissue samples should be fixed and permanently stabilized as soon as possible ex-vivo to avoid variations in proteomic content. Tissues collected from studies involving infectious microorganisms, must face the...

    Authors: Lisa H Cazares, Sean A Van Tongeren, Julie Costantino, Tara Kenny, Nicole L Garza, Ginger Donnelly, Douglas Lane, Rekha G Panchal and Sina Bavari
    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2015 15:101
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  35. Listeriosis, mostly caused by Listeria monocytogenes species, has become a major concern to public health authorities due to its clinical severity and high mortality rate, particularly in high risk groups. Curren...

    Authors: Legesse Garedew, Ayele Taddese, Tigist Biru, Seleshe Nigatu, Elias Kebede, Mebrat Ejo, Abraham Fikru and Tamiru Birhanu
    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2015 15:100
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  36. Periplasmically localized copper-zinc co-factored superoxide dismutase (SodC) enzymes have been identified in a wide range of Gram-negative bacteria and are proposed to protect bacteria from exogenously produc...

    Authors: Robert E Brennan, Katalin Kiss, Rachael Baalman and James E Samuel
    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2015 15:99
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  37. Malaria presents a considerable threat to public health. Histidine-rich protein 2 (HRP 2) is the major protein released into human blood upon infection by Plasmodium falciparum. In this study, we aimed to evaluat...

    Authors: Keren Kang, Emmanuel E Dzakah, Wenmei Li, Mingquan Xie, Xiaochun Luo and Hui Liu
    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2015 15:98
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  38. Campylobacter jejuni is responsible for human foodborne enteritis. This bacterium is a remarkable colonizer of the chicken gut, with some strains outcompeting others for colonization. To better...

    Authors: Alexandre Thibodeau, Philippe Fravalo, Eduardo N. Taboada, Sylvette Laurent-Lewandowski, Evelyne Guévremont, Sylvain Quessy and Ann Letellier
    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2015 15:97
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  39. Glycogen average chain length (ACL) has been linked with bacterial durability, but this was on the basis of observations across different species. We therefore wished to investigate the relationship between ba...

    Authors: Liang Wang, Ahmed Regina, Vito M Butardo Jr, Behjat Kosar-Hashemi, Oscar Larroque, Charlene M Kahler and Michael J Wise
    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2015 15:96
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  40. Orthologous proteins of the Crp/Fnr family have been previously implicated in controlling expression and/or activity of the NifA transcriptional activator in some diazotrophs. This study aimed to address the r...

    Authors: Marcelo Bueno Batista, Roseli Wassem, Fábio de Oliveira Pedrosa, Emanuel Maltempi de Souza, Ray Dixon and Rose Adele Monteiro
    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2015 15:95
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  41. Molecular typing methods are critical for epidemiological investigations, facilitating disease outbreak detection and source identification. Study of the epidemiology of the emerging human pathogen Arcobacter but...

    Authors: Andrew L Webb, Peter Kruczkiewicz, L Brent Selinger, G Douglas Inglis and Eduardo N Taboada
    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2015 15:94
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  43. The type IV pili (Tfp) of pathogenic Neisseria (i.e., N. gonorrhoeae and N. meningitidis) are essential for twitching motility. Tfp retraction, which is dependent on the ATPase PilT, generates the forces that mov...

    Authors: Jens Eriksson, Olaspers Sara Eriksson, Lisa Maudsdotter, Oskar Palm, Jakob Engman, Tim Sarkissian, Helena Aro, Mats Wallin and Ann-Beth Jonsson
    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2015 15:92
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  44. Legionella testing conducted at environmental laboratories plays an essential role in assessing the risk of disease transmission associated with water systems. However, drawbacks of culture-bas...

    Authors: Álvaro Díaz-Flores, Juan Carlos Montero, Francisco Javier Castro, Eva María Alejandres, Carmen Bayón, Inmaculada Solís, Roberto Fernández-Lafuente and Guillermo Rodríguez
    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2015 15:91
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  46. Xanthophyllomyces dendrorhous is a basidiomycetous yeast that synthesizes astaxanthin, a carotenoid with great biotechnological impact. The ergosterol and carotenoid synthetic pathways derive f...

    Authors: Kritsye Leiva, Nicole Werner, Dionisia Sepúlveda, Salvador Barahona, Marcelo Baeza, Víctor Cifuentes and Jennifer Alcaíno
    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2015 15:89
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  47. The date palm root borer Oryctes agamemnon (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) is one of the major pests of palms. In Saudi Arabia, both larvae and adults of Oryctes are particularly troublesome, especially during the est...

    Authors: Wael S El-Sayed and Reda A Ibrahim
    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2015 15:88
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  48. Non-typeable Haemophilus influenzae (NTHi) is a Gram negative microorganism residing in the human nasopharyngeal mucosa and occasionally causing infections of both middle ear and lower respiratory airways. A broa...

    Authors: Giuseppe Ercoli, Buket Baddal, Greco Alessandra, Sara Marchi, Roberto Petracca, Beatrice Aricò, Mariagrazia Pizza, Marco Soriani and Silvia Rossi-Paccani
    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2015 15:87
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  49. VarS/VarA is one of the global factors regulating diverse aspects of the metabolism and virulence of bacteria including pathogenic Vibrio spp. An experiment to identify the VarS/VarA-regulon in V. vulnificus reve...

    Authors: Min Jung Kim, Juri Kim, Hye Yeon Lee, Hyeon Jin Noh, Kyu-Ho Lee and Soon-Jung Park
    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2015 15:86
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  50. The microbial method for the treatment of azo dye is promising, but the reduction of azo dye is the rate-limiting step. Zero valent iron (Fe0) can enhance microbial azo reduction, but the interactions between mic...

    Authors: Yun Fang, Meiying Xu, Wei-Min Wu, Xingjuan Chen, Guoping Sun, Jun Guo and Xueduan Liu
    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2015 15:85
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