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  1. The persistence of microbial communities and how they change in indoor environments is of immense interest to public health. Moreover, hospital acquired infections are significant contributors to morbidity and...

    Authors: Pedro Miguel de Abreu, Pedro Geadas Farias, Gabriel Silva Paiva, Ana Maria Almeida and Paula Vasconcelos Morais
    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2014 14:118
  2. Bacterial habitats, such as soil and the gut, are structured at the micrometer scale. Important aspects of microbial life in such spatial ecosystems are migration and colonization. Here we explore the coloniza...

    Authors: Simon van Vliet, Felix JH Hol, Tim Weenink, Peter Galajda and Juan E Keymer
    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2014 14:116
  3. Burkholderia pseudomallei is the causative agent of melioidosis, a potentially fatal disease endemic in Southeast Asia and Northern Australia. This Gram-negative pathogen possesses numerous virulence factors inc...

    Authors: Boon Eng Teh, Christopher Todd French, Yahua Chen, Isabelle Gek Joo Chen, Ting-Hsiang Wu, Enrico Sagullo, Pei-Yu Chiou, Michael A Teitell, Jeff F Miller and Yunn-Hwen Gan
    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2014 14:115
  4. Microbial gene expression is strongly influenced by environmental growth conditions. Comparison of gene expression under different conditions is frequently used for functional analysis and to unravel regulator...

    Authors: Ishwar Bajaj, Tânia Veiga, Dino van Dissel, Jack T Pronk and Jean-Marc Daran
    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2014 14:114
  5. The potential of genetic testing to rapidly diagnose drug resistance has lead to the development of new diagnostic assays. However, prior to implementation in a given setting, the association of specific mutat...

    Authors: Emmanuel Mouafo Tekwu, Larissa Kamgue Sidze, Jean-Paul Assam Assam, Jean-Claude Tedom, Serges Tchatchouang, Gaëlle Guiewi Makafe, Anne-Laure Tchokote Wetewale, Christopher Kuaban, Sara Eyangoh, Francine Ntoumi, Véronique N Penlap Beng and Matthias Frank
    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2014 14:113
  6. The microbial community analysis of stools requires optimised and standardised protocols for their collection, homogenisation, microbial disruption and nucleic acid extraction. Here we examined whether differe...

    Authors: Alba Santiago, Suchita Panda, Griet Mengels, Xavier Martinez, Fernando Azpiroz, Joel Dore, Francisco Guarner and Chaysavanh Manichanh
    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2014 14:112
  7. Serogroup B meningococcal (MenB) isolates currently account for approximately 90% of invasive meningococcal disease (IMD) in Greece with ST-162 clonal complex predominating. The potential of a multicomponent m...

    Authors: Georgina Tzanakaki, Eva Hong, Konstatinos Kesanopoulos, Athanasia Xirogianni, Stefania Bambini, Luca Orlandi, Maurizio Comanducci, Alessandro Muzzi and Muhamed-Kheir Taha
    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2014 14:111
  8. Perkinsea are a parasitic lineage within the eukaryotic superphylum Alveolata. Recent studies making use of environmental small sub-unit ribosomal RNA gene (SSU rDNA) sequencing methodologies have detected a s...

    Authors: Aurélie Chambouvet, Cédric Berney, Sarah Romac, Stéphane Audic, Finlay Maguire, Colomban De Vargas and Thomas A Richards
    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2014 14:110
  9. A set of 1181 E. coli strains of human fecal origin isolated in the South Moravia region of the Czech Republic was collected during the years 2007–2010. Altogether, 17 virulence determinants and 31 bacteriocin-en...

    Authors: Lenka Micenková, Barbora Štaudová, Juraj Bosák, Lenka Mikalová, Simona Littnerová, Martin Vrba, Alena Ševčíková, Vladana Woznicová and David Šmajs
    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2014 14:109
  10. Pseudomonas aeruginosa is an opportunistic pathogen that significantly increases morbidity and mortality in nosocomial infections and cystic fibrosis patients. Its pathogenicity especially relies on the producti...

    Authors: Youenn Alexandre, Rozenn Le Berre, Georges Barbier and Gwenaelle Le Blay
    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2014 14:107
  11. Coagulase-negative staphylococci (CoNS) are opportunistic pathogens found as colonisers of the human gut. This study was carried out to examine the genetic resistance mechanisms in faecal isolates of CoNS. The...

    Authors: Luca Agostino Vitali, Dezemona Petrelli, Adebayo Lamikanra, Manuela Prenna and Ezekiel Olugbenga Akinkunmi
    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2014 14:106
  12. Flavobacterium psychrophilum is the agent of Bacterial Cold Water Disease and Rainbow Trout Fry Syndrome, two diseases leading to high mortality. Pathogen detection is mainly carried out using cultures and more ...

    Authors: Nicole Strepparava, Thomas Wahli, Helmut Segner and Orlando Petrini
    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2014 14:105
  13. The novel archaea belonging to Rumen Cluster C (RCC), which may play an important role in methane production in the rumen have received increased attention. However, the present information on RCC in the rumen...

    Authors: Wei Jin, Yan Fen Cheng, Sheng Yong Mao and Wei Yun Zhu
    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2014 14:104
  14. Effective means are needed to efficiently collect fecal samples for microbiome analysis in large-scale epidemiological studies. Using twenty-four fecal aliquots prepared from three healthy individuals, we comp...

    Authors: Christine Dominianni, Jing Wu, Richard B Hayes and Jiyoung Ahn
    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2014 14:103
  15. A variety of conditions (culture media, inocula, incubation temperatures) are employed in antifouling tests with marine bacteria. Shewanella algae was selected as model organism to evaluate the effect of these pa...

    Authors: Alberto J Martín-Rodríguez, Alejandro González-Orive, Alberto Hernández-Creus, Araceli Morales, Roberto Dorta-Guerra, Manuel Norte, Víctor S Martín and José J Fernández
    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2014 14:102
  16. The role of bio-aerosols in the spread of disease and spoilage of food has been described in numerous studies; nevertheless this information at South African hospitals is limited. Attributable to their size, b...

    Authors: Gaofetoge Setlhare, Ntsoaki Malebo, Karabo Shale and Ryk Lues
    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2014 14:100
  17. Diagnosis and treatment of bloodstream infections (BSI) are often hampered by the delay in obtaining the final results of blood cultures. Rapid identification of pathogens involved in BSI is of great importanc...

    Authors: Christina Sakarikou, Martina Parisato, Giuliana Lo Cascio and Carla Fontana
    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2014 14:99
  18. Burkholderia pseudomallei (Bp), a Gram-negative, motile, facultative intracellular bacterium is the causative agent of melioidosis in humans and animals. The Bp genome encodes a repertoire of virulence factors, ...

    Authors: Gianluca Pegoraro, Brett P Eaton, Ricky L Ulrich, Douglas J Lane, Jenifer F Ojeda, Sina Bavari, David DeShazer and Rekha G Panchal
    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2014 14:98
  19. Cytolethal distending toxin (CDT)-producing Escherichia coli (CTEC) has been isolated from patients with gastrointestinal or urinary tract infection, and sepsis. However, the source of human infection remains unk...

    Authors: Atsushi Hinenoya, Kensuke Shima, Masahiro Asakura, Kazuhiko Nishimura, Teizo Tsukamoto, Tadasuke Ooka, Tetsuya Hayashi, Thandavarayan Ramamurthy, Shah M Faruque and Shinji Yamasaki
    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2014 14:97
  20. Several bacterial plant pathogens colonize their hosts through the secretion of effector proteins by a Type III protein secretion system (T3SS). The role of T3SS in bacterial pathogenesis is well established b...

    Authors: Tamara Zimaro, Ludivine Thomas, Claudius Marondedze, Germán G Sgro, Cecilia G Garofalo, Florencia A Ficarra, Chris Gehring, Jorgelina Ottado and Natalia Gottig
    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2014 14:96
  21. Aflatoxins (AFs) are potent carcinogenic compounds produced by several Aspergillus species, which pose serious threats to human health. As sugar is a preferred carbohydrate source for AF production, we examined t...

    Authors: Jin-Dan Zhang, Lida Han, Shijuan Yan and Chun-Ming Liu
    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2014 14:95
  22. Pseudomonas chlororaphis strain PA23 is a biocontrol agent capable of suppressing the fungal pathogen Sclerotinia sclerotiorum. This bacterium produces the antibiotics phenazine and pyrrolnitrin together with ot...

    Authors: Natasha Klaponski, Carrie Selin, Kelly Duke, Vic Spicer, Dilantha WG Fernando, Mark F Belmonte and Teresa R de Kievit
    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2014 14:94
  23. Precursors of sterols, carotenoids, the prenyl groups of several proteins and other terpenoid compounds are synthesised via the acetate-mevalonate pathway. One of the key enzyme of this pathway is the 3-hydrox...

    Authors: Gábor Nagy, Anita Farkas, Árpád Csernetics, Ottó Bencsik, András Szekeres, Ildikó Nyilasi, Csaba Vágvölgyi and Tamás Papp
    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2014 14:93
  24. Autotransporters form a large family of outer membrane proteins specifying diverse biological traits of Gram-negative bacteria. In this study, we report the identification and characterization of a novel autot...

    Authors: Eric R Lafontaine, Rachel Balder, Frank Michel and Robert J Hogan
    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2014 14:92
  25. Single-stranded DNA-binding proteins (SSBs) play essential roles in DNA replication, recombination and repair in Bacteria, Archaea and Eukarya. In recent years, there has been an increasing interest in SSBs, s...

    Authors: Marta Nowak, Marcin Olszewski, Marta Śpibida and Józef Kur
    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2014 14:91
  26. The disaccharide trehalose is a major component of fungal spores and is released upon germination. Moreover, the sugar is well known for is protective functions, e.g. against thermal stress and dehydration. Th...

    Authors: Åsa Svanström, Martin Richard van Leeuwen, Jan Dijksterhuis and Petter Melin
    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2014 14:90
  27. The increase in carbapenemase producing Enterobacteriaceae and Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a significant threat to modern medicine. A rapid detection of carbapenemase production in Klebsiella pneumoniae and Pseudom...

    Authors: Åsa Johansson, Josefine Ekelöf, Christian G Giske and Martin Sundqvist
    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2014 14:89
  28. The SOS response including two main proteins LexA and RecA, maintains the integrity of bacterial genomes after DNA damage due to metabolic or environmental assaults. Additionally, derepression of LexA-regulate...

    Authors: Beata M Walter, Maja Rupnik, Vesna Hodnik, Gregor Anderluh, Bruno Dupuy, Nejc Paulič, Darja Žgur-Bertok and Matej Butala
    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2014 14:88
  29. Tannase (tannin acyl hydrolase, EC 3.1.1.20) specifically catalyzes the hydrolysis of the galloyl ester bonds in hydrolyzable tannins to release gallic acid. The enzyme was found not only in fungal species but...

    Authors: Shuhei Ueda, Ryohei Nomoto, Ken-ichi Yoshida and Ro Osawa
    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2014 14:87
  30. Citrus Huanglongbing (HLB) is the most devastating bacterial citrus disease worldwide. Three Candidatus Liberibacter species are associated with different forms of the disease: Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus,

    Authors: Luciano A Rigano, Florencia Malamud, Ingrid G Orce, Maria P Filippone, Maria R Marano, Alexandre Morais do Amaral, Atilio P Castagnaro and Adrian A Vojnov
    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2014 14:86
  31. Campylobacter is the primary cause of food borne gastroenteritis. Moreover, the emergence of multiple drug resistant campylobacters from poultry and pork has produced a potential threat to public health. Researc...

    Authors: Laxman Ghimire, Dinesh Kumar Singh, Hom Bahadur Basnet, Rebanta Kumar Bhattarai, Santosh Dhakal and Bishwas Sharma
    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2014 14:85
  32. The absence of rapid tests evaluating antibiotic susceptibility results in the empirical prescription of antibiotics. This can lead to treatment failures due to escalating antibiotic resistance, and also furth...

    Authors: Shazia Khan, Ulysses W Sallum, Xiang Zheng, Gerard J Nau and Tayyaba Hasan
    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2014 14:84
  33. The currently accepted thesis on nitrogenous fertilizer additions on methane oxidation activity assumes niche partitioning among methanotrophic species, with activity responses to changes in nitrogen content b...

    Authors: Sven Hoefman, David van der Ha, Nico Boon, Peter Vandamme, Paul De Vos and Kim Heylen
    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2014 14:83
  34. Zearalenone is a mycotoxin produced by several species of Fusarium genus, most notably Fusarium graminearum and Fusarium culmorum. This resorcylic acid lactone is one of the most important toxins causing serious ...

    Authors: Delfina Popiel, Grzegorz Koczyk, Adam Dawidziuk, Karolina Gromadzka, Lidia Blaszczyk and Jerzy Chelkowski
    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2014 14:82
  35. AdpA is a key transcriptional regulator involved in the complex growth cycle of Streptomyces. Streptomyces are Gram-positive bacteria well-known for their production of secondary metabolites and antibiotics. Most...

    Authors: Aurélie Guyet, Nadia Benaroudj, Caroline Proux, Myriam Gominet, Jean-Yves Coppée and Philippe Mazodier
    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2014 14:81
  36. Pseudomonas syringae pv. glycinea PG4180 is an opportunistic plant pathogen which causes bacterial blight of soybean plants. It produces the exopolysaccharide levan by the enzyme levansucrase. Levansucrase has t...

    Authors: Shaunak Khandekar, Abhishek Srivastava, Daniel Pletzer, Antje Stahl and Matthias S Ullrich
    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2014 14:79
  37. Human influenza virus hemagglutinin prefers to use sialic acid (SA) receptors via α-2,6 linkages. The β-galactoside α-2,6-sialyltransferase I (ST6Gal I) protein is encoded by the ST6GAL1 gene and is responsibl...

    Authors: Dong Wu, Wenbo Huang, Yutao Wang, Wenda Guan, Runfeng Li, Zifeng Yang and Nanshan Zhong
    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2014 14:78
  38. Commensal bacteria are a reservoir for antimicrobial-resistance genes. In the Netherlands, bacteria producing Extended Spectrum Beta-Lactamases (ESBL) are found on chicken-meat and in the gut of broilers at a ...

    Authors: Egil AJ Fischer, Cindy M Dierikx, Alieda van Essen-Zandbergen, Herman JW van Roermund, Dik J Mevius, Arjan Stegeman and Don Klinkenberg
    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2014 14:77
  39. Toxoplasma gondii hijacks host cells to allow it to disseminate throughout a host animal; however, the migratory machinery involved in this process has not been well characterized. We examined the functional rol...

    Authors: Hany M Ibrahim, Maki Nishimura, Sachi Tanaka, Walaa Awadin, Hidefumi Furuoka, Xuenan Xuan and Yoshifumi Nishikawa
    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2014 14:76
  40. Mycobacteria comprise diverse species including non-pathogenic, environmental organisms, animal disease agents and human pathogens, notably Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Considering that the mycobacterial cell wall...

    Authors: Edith Erika Machowski, Sibusiso Senzani, Christopher Ealand and Bavesh Davandra Kana
    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2014 14:75
  41. Ochrobactrum anthropi (O. anthropi), is a non-fermenting gram-negative bacillus usually found in the environment. Nevertheless, during the past decade it has been identified as pathogenic to immunocompromised pa...

    Authors: Angela Quirino, Giovanna Pulcrano, Linda Rametti, Rossana Puccio, Nadia Marascio, Maria Rosaria Catania, Giovanni Matera, Maria Carla Liberto and Alfredo Focà
    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2014 14:74
  42. Streptococcus suis serotype 2 (S. suis 2) has evolved efficient mechanisms to cause streptococcal toxic shock syndrome (STSS), which is a new emerging infectious disease linked to S. suis. We have previously rep...

    Authors: Qiu Zhong, Yan Zhao, Tian Chen, Supeng Yin, Xinyue Yao, Jing Wang, Shuguang Lu, Yinling Tan, Jiaqi Tang, Beiwen Zheng, Fuquan Hu and Ming Li
    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2014 14:73
  43. Metal tolerance in bacteria has been related to polyP in a model in which heavy metals stimulate the polymer hydrolysis, forming metal-phosphate complexes that are exported. As previously described in our labo...

    Authors: Mariana Grillo-Puertas, Lici Ariane Schurig-Briccio, Luisa Rodríguez-Montelongo, María Regina Rintoul and Viviana Andrea Rapisarda
    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2014 14:72
  44. Production of the gene transfer agent RcGTA in the α-proteobacterium Rhodobacter capsulatus is dependent upon the response regulator protein CtrA. Loss of this regulator has widespread effects on transcription in...

    Authors: Ryan G Mercer and Andrew S Lang
    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2014 14:71
  45. The presence of Campylobacter jejuni temperate bacteriophages has increasingly been associated with specific biological effects. It has recently been demonstrated that the presence of the prophage CJIE1 is associ...

    Authors: Clifford G Clark, Patrick M Chong, Stuart J McCorrister, Philippe Simon, Matthew Walker, David M Lee, Kimberly Nguy, Keding Cheng, Matthew W Gilmour and Garrett R Westmacott
    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2014 14:70
  46. Taylorella equigenitalis is the causative agent of contagious equine metritis, a sexually-transmitted infection of Equidae characterised in infected mares by abundant mucopurulent vaginal discharge and a variabl...

    Authors: Julie Allombert, Anne Vianney, Claire Laugier, Sandrine Petry and Laurent Hébert
    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2014 14:69
  47. The ethanol-producing bacterium Zymomonas mobilis has attracted considerable scientific and commercial interest due to its exceptional physiological properties. Shuttle vectors derived from native plasmids have p...

    Authors: Lok Yan So, Wen-yang Chen, Donnabella C Lacap-Bugler, Myriam Seemann and Rory M Watt
    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2014 14:68

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