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  1. Food-producing animals and their products are considered a source for human acquisition of antimicrobial resistant (AMR) bacteria, and poultry are suggested to be a reservoir for Escherichia coli resistant to ext...

    Authors: May Linn Buberg, Solveig Sølverød Mo, Camilla Sekse, Marianne Sunde, Yngvild Wasteson and Ingun Lund Witsø

    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2021 21:94

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  2. Composition and maintenance of the microbiome is vital to gut homeostasis. However, there is limited knowledge regarding the impact of high doses of radiation, which can occur as a result of cancer radiation t...

    Authors: Raj Kalkeri, Kevin Walters, William Van Der Pol, Braden C. McFarland, Nathan Fisher, Fusataka Koide, Casey D. Morrow and Vijay K. Singh

    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2021 21:93

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  3. Acquisition of IncI1 plasmids by members of the Enterobacteriaceae sometimes leads to transfer of antimicrobial resistance and colicinogeny as well as change of phage type in Salmonella Typhimurium. Isolates of S...

    Authors: Lester Hiley, Rikki M. A. Graham and Amy V. Jennison

    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2021 21:92

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  4. Bacterial communities are responsible for biological nutrient removal and flocculation in engineered systems such as activated floccular sludge. Predators such as bacteriophage and protozoa exert significant p...

    Authors: Siew Herng Chan, Muhammad Hafiz Ismail, Chuan Hao Tan, Scott A. Rice and Diane McDougald

    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2021 21:91

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  5. High-risk human papilloma virus (hrHPV) is the main causal factor of cervical precancer and cancer when persistent infection is left untreated. Previous studies have confirmed the vaginal microbiota is associa...

    Authors: Zhan Zhang, Ting Li, Dai Zhang, Xiaonan Zong, Huihui Bai, Hui Bi and Zhaohui Liu

    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2021 21:90

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  6. When a virus that has grown in a nonhuman host starts an epidemic in the human population, human cells may not provide growth conditions ideal for the virus. Therefore, the invasion of severe acute respiratory...

    Authors: Yuki Iwasaki, Takashi Abe and Toshimichi Ikemura

    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2021 21:89

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  7. Viruses cause significant economic losses to shrimp aquaculture worldwide. In severe cases, they can lead to 100% mortality within a matter of days, hence the aquaculture industry requires antiviral strategies...

    Authors: Kitti Wuthisathid, Thawatchai Chaijarasphong, Charoonroj Chotwiwatthanakun, Monsicha Somrit, Kallaya Sritunyalucksana and Ornchuma Itsathitphaisarn

    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2021 21:88

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  8. Minqin is suffering from a serious desertification, whereas the knowledge about its bacterial community is limited. Herein, based on Nitraria tangutorum and Haloxylon ammodendron from Minqin, the bacterial commun...

    Authors: Yali Wei, Fang Wang, Jiangli Gao, Yaolong Huang, Wei Ren and Hongmei Sheng

    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2021 21:87

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  9. Updating the pathogenesis of catheter-associated bacteriuria (CA-bacteriuria) in the intensive care unit (ICU) is needed to adapt prevention strategies. Our aim was to determine whether the main pathway of CA-...

    Authors: Claire Aumeran, Benoit Mottet-Auselo, Christiane Forestier, Paul-Alain Nana, Claire Hennequin, Frédéric Robin, Bertrand Souweine, Ousmane Traoré and Alexandre Lautrette

    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2021 21:86

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  10. Weaning stress of piglets causes a huge economic loss to the pig industry. Balance and stability of the intestinal microenvironment is an effective way to reduce the occurance of stress during the weaning proc...

    Authors: Jing Liang, Shasha Kou, Cheng Chen, Sayed Haidar Abbas Raza, Sihu Wang, Xi Ma, Wen-Ju Zhang and Cunxi Nie

    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2021 21:85

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  11. The microbiota of the lower respiratory tract in patients with non-tuberculous mycobacterial pulmonary disease (NTM-PD) has not been fully evaluated. We explored the role of the lung microbiota in NTM-PD by an...

    Authors: Sung-Yoon Kang, Hyojung Kim, Sungwon Jung, Sang Min Lee and Sang Pyo Lee

    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2021 21:84

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  12. Glutamate and aspartate are preferred nutrients for a variety of microorganisms. In the case for many Pseudomonas spp., utilization of these amino acids is believed to be dependent on a transporter complex compri...

    Authors: Benjamin R. Lundgren, Joseph M. Shoytush, Ryan A. Scheel, Safreen Sain, Zaara Sarwar and Christopher T. Nomura

    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2021 21:83

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  13. Meat-products are considered an enriched media for mycotoxins. This study aimed to investigate the prevalence of toxigenic Aspergillus species in processed meat samples, HPLC-quantitative measurement of aflatoxin...

    Authors: Abdelazeem M. Algammal, Mahmoud E. Elsayed, Hany R. Hashem, Hazem Ramadan, Norhan S. Sheraba, Eman M. El-Diasty, Sarah M. Abbas and Helal F. Hetta

    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2021 21:82

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  14. Hispidin (HIP) and its derivatives, a class of natural fungal metabolites, possess complex chemical structures with extensive pharmacological activities. Phellinus igniarius, the most common source of HIP, can be...

    Authors: Jinjing Guo, Xiaoxi Liu, Yuanjie Li, Hongyan Ji, Cheng Liu, Li Zhou, Yu Huang, Changcai Bai, Zhibo Jiang and Xiuli Wu

    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2021 21:81

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  16. The issue of carbapenem resistance in E.coli is very concerning and it is speculated that cumulative effect of both primary resistance genes and secondary resistance genes that act as helper to the primary resist...

    Authors: Somorita Baishya, Chandrayee Deshamukhya, Jayalaxmi Wangkheimayum, Bhaskar Jyoti Das, Anand Anbarasu, Anupam Das Talukdar, Amitabha Bhattacharjee and Manabendra Dutta Choudhury

    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2021 21:79

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  17. Psoriasis is an inflammatory skin disease associated with multiple comorbidities and substantially diminishes patients’ quality of life. The gut microbiome has become a hot topic in psoriasis as it has been sh...

    Authors: Xinyue Zhang, Linjing Shi, Ting Sun, Kun Guo and Songmei Geng

    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2021 21:78

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  19. Anthrax and smallpox are high-risk infectious diseases, and considered as potential agents for bioterrorism. To develop an effective countermeasure for these diseases, we constructed a bivalent vaccine against...

    Authors: Deok Bum Park, Bo-Eun Ahn, Hosun Son, Young-Ran Lee, Yu-Ri Kim, Su Kyoung Jo, Jeong-Hoon Chun, Jae-Yon Yu, Myung-Min Choi and Gi-eun Rhie

    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2021 21:76

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  20. The aim of this study is to evaluate the efficacy of the strain Paenibacillus polymyxa HX-140, isolated from the rhizosphere soil of rape, to control Fusarium wilt of cucumber seedlings caused by Fusarium oxyspor...

    Authors: Yang Zhai, Jiu-xiang Zhu, Tai-meng Tan, Jian-ping Xu, Ai-rong Shen, Xie-bin Yang, Ji-lie Li, Liang-bin Zeng and Lin Wei

    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2021 21:75

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  21. Ceftolozane/tazobactam (C/T) is approved in 70 countries, including the United States, for the treatment of patients with hospital-acquired and ventilator-associated bacterial pneumonia caused by susceptible G...

    Authors: James A. Karlowsky, Sibylle H. Lob, Katherine Young, Mary R. Motyl and Daniel F. Sahm

    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2021 21:74

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  22. Microbiota has been reported to play a role in cancer patients. Nevertheless, little is known about the association between alcohol consumption and resultant changes in the diversity and composition of oesopha...

    Authors: Wenqing Rao, Zheng Lin, Shuang Liu, Zhihui Zhang, Qianwen Xie, Huilin Chen, Xi Lin, Yuanmei Chen, Huimin Yang, Kaili Yu and Zhijian Hu

    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2021 21:73

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  23. Atopic dermatitis (AD) patients have an altered skin bacterial community, with an abundance of Staphylococcus aureus associated with flares, highlighting that microbial organisms may be important for disease exac...

    Authors: Sofie Marie Edslev, Paal Skytt Andersen, Tove Agner, Ditte Marie Lindhardt Saunte, Anna Cäcilia Ingham, Thor Bech Johannesen and Maja-Lisa Clausen

    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2021 21:72

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  25. Paenibacillus polymyxa SC2, a bacterium isolated from the rhizosphere soil of pepper (Capsicum annuum L.), promotes growth and biocontrol of pepper. However, the mechanisms of interaction between P. polymyxa SC2 ...

    Authors: Hu Liu, Yufei Li, Ke Ge, Binghai Du, Kai Liu, Chengqiang Wang and Yanqin Ding

    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2021 21:70

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  26. Hospital-acquired pneumonia (HAP) is a common problem in intensive care medicine and the patient outcome depends on the fast beginning of adequate antibiotic therapy. Until today pathogen identification is per...

    Authors: Nils Kunze-Szikszay, Maximilian Euler, Martin Kuhns, Melanie Thieß, Uwe Groß, Michael Quintel and Thorsten Perl

    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2021 21:69

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  27. The genus Lactobacillus is an important component of the gastrointestinal tract of human and animals and commonly considered as probiotic. L. taiwanensis has long been proposed to be a probiotic whereas understan...

    Authors: Xiao-yu Li, Li-xiang Li, Yan Li, Ru-chen Zhou, Bing Li, Xiang Gu, Shi-chen Fu, Bi-ying Jin, Xiu-li Zuo and Yan-qing Li

    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2021 21:68

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  28. In recent years, clinical Staphylococcus aureus isolates have become highly resistant to antibiotics, which has raised concerns about the ability to control infections by these organisms. The aim of this study wa...

    Authors: Jingyi Yu, Lulin Rao, Lingling Zhan, Bingjie Wang, Qing Zhan, Yanlei Xu, Huilin Zhao, Xinyi Wang, Yan Zhou, Yinjuan Guo, Xiaocui Wu, Zengqiang Song and Fangyou Yu

    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2021 21:67

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  29. A diverse community of microbes naturally exists on the phylloplane, the surface of leaves. It is one of the most prevalent microbial habitats on earth and bacteria are the most abundant members, living in com...

    Authors: Vincent Stevens, Sofie Thijs and Jaco Vangronsveld

    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2021 21:66

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  30. Magnetosome formation in the alphaproteobacterium Magnetospirillum gryphiswaldense is controlled by more than 30 known mam and mms genes clustered within a large genomic region, the ‘magnetosome island’ (MAI), wh...

    Authors: Theresa Zwiener, Frank Mickoleit, Marina Dziuba, Christian Rückert, Tobias Busche, Jörn Kalinowski, Damien Faivre, René Uebe and Dirk Schüler

    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2021 21:65

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  31. To date, information on healthy female urinary microbiota is available mostly at genus level and at one time point. However, profound species-level characterization of healthy urinary microbiome and its stabil...

    Authors: Magdalena Ksiezarek, Svetlana Ugarcina-Perovic, Joana Rocha, Filipa Grosso and Luísa Peixe

    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2021 21:64

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  32. The insect pathogenic bacterium Photorhabdus luminescens exists in two phenotypically different forms, designated as primary (1°) and secondary (2°) cells. Upon yet unknown environmental stimuli up to 50% of the ...

    Authors: Simone Eckstein, Jannis Brehm, Michael Seidel, Mats Lechtenfeld and Ralf Heermann

    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2021 21:63

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  33. Biofilm formation is an important causative factor in the expansion of the carious lesions in the enamel. Hence, new approaches to efficient antibacterial agents are highly demanded. This study was conducted t...

    Authors: Shima Afrasiabi, Abbas Bahador and Alireza Partoazar

    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2021 21:62

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  34. As a kind of potential probiotic, Akkermansia muciniphila abundance in human body is directly causally related to obesity, diabetes, inflammation and abnormal metabolism. In this study, A. muciniphila dynamic cul...

    Authors: Zhitao Li, Guoao Hu, Li Zhu, Zhenglong Sun, Yun Jiang, Min-jie Gao and Xiaobei Zhan

    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2021 21:61

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  35. Treatment options for Stenotrophomonas maltophilia (S. maltophilia) infections were limited. We assessed the efficacy of ceftazidime (CAZ), ceftazidime-avibactam (CAZ-AVI), aztreonam (ATM), and aztreonam-avibacta...

    Authors: Qiuxia Lin, Hua Zou, Xian Chen, Menglu Wu, Deyu Ma, Hanbing Yu, Siqiang Niu and Shifeng Huang

    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2021 21:60

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  36. Stool metabolites provide essential insights into the function of the gut microbiome. The current gold standard for storage of stool samples for metabolomics is flash-freezing at − 80 °C which can be inconveni...

    Authors: Sivapriya Ramamoorthy, Shira Levy, Masouma Mohamed, Alaa Abdelghani, Anne M. Evans, Luke A. D. Miller, Lopa Mehta, Sean Moore, Elizaveta Freinkman and Suchitra K. Hourigan

    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2021 21:59

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  37. A severe form of pneumonia, named coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) by the World Health Organization is widespread on the whole world. The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) was pro...

    Authors: Tianyi Gao, Yingdong Gao, Xiangxiang Liu, Zhenlin Nie, Huilin Sun, Kang Lin, Hongxin Peng and Shukui Wang

    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2021 21:58

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  38. Staphylococcus aureus is the causative agent of chronic mastitis, and can form a biofilm that is difficult to completely remove once formed. Disinfectants are effective against S. aureus, but their activity is ea...

    Authors: Jun Song, Hongri Ruan, Li Chen, Yuqi Jin, Jiasan Zheng, Rui Wu and Dongbo Sun

    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2021 21:57

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  39. Gastrointestinal symptoms are common in COVID-19 patients and SARS-CoV-2 RNA has been detected in the patients’ feces, which could lead to fecal–oral transmission. Therefore, fecal sample testing with real-tim...

    Authors: Ranran Cao, Lirong Bao, Ming Pan, Cheng Zhang, Hongyu Liao, Li Liu, Yan Li and Mingyuan Li

    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2021 21:56

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  40. Genomic islands (GIs) play an important role in the chromosome diversity of Enterococcus. In the current study, we aimed to investigate the spread of GIs between Enterococcus strains and their correlation with an...

    Authors: Weiwei Li and Ailan Wang

    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2021 21:55

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  41. Medical film dressings have been used to obtain skin microbiota for skin microbiome studies, although their adhesive force may be so strong that the skin could be injured when applied to those who have fragile...

    Authors: Kazuhiro Ogai, Kana Shibata, Natsuki Takahashi, Kohei Ogura, Shigefumi Okamoto and Junko Sugama

    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2021 21:54

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  42. Urinary tract infections (UTIs) affect 15 million women each year in the United States, with > 20% experiencing frequent recurrent UTIs. A recent placebo-controlled clinical trial found a 39% reduction in UTI ...

    Authors: Timothy J. Straub, Wen-Chi Chou, Abigail L. Manson, Henry L. Schreiber IV, Bruce J. Walker, Christopher A. Desjardins, Sinéad B. Chapman, Kerrie L. Kaspar, Orsalem J. Kahsai, Elizabeth Traylor, Karen W. Dodson, Meredith A. J. Hullar, Scott J. Hultgren, Christina Khoo and Ashlee M. Earl

    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2021 21:53

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  43. Straw retention is a substitute for chemical fertilizers, which effectively maintain organic matter and improve microbial communities on agricultural land. The purpose of this study was to provide sufficient i...

    Authors: Caifang Zhang, Zhaoli Lin, Youxiong Que, Nyumah Fallah, Muhammad Tayyab, Shiyan Li, Jun Luo, Zichu Zhang, Ahmad Yusuf Abubakar and Hua Zhang

    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2021 21:52

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  44. Escherichia coli K1 causes neonatal meningitis. Transcriptome studies are indispensable to comprehend the pathology and biology of these bacteria. Recently, we showed that nanoparticles loaded with Hesperidin are...

    Authors: Abdulkader Masri, Naveed Ahmed Khan, Muhammad Zarul Hanifah Md Zoqratt, Qasim Ayub, Ayaz Anwar, Komal Rao, Muhammad Raza Shah and Ruqaiyyah Siddiqui

    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2021 21:51

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  45. Degradation of acetone by aerobic and nitrate-reducing bacteria can proceed via carboxylation to acetoacetate and subsequent thiolytic cleavage to two acetyl residues. A different strategy was identified in th...

    Authors: Jasmin Frey, Sophie Kaßner, Dieter Spiteller, Mario Mergelsberg, Matthias Boll, David Schleheck and Bernhard Schink

    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2021 21:50

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  46. Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium is an intestinal pathogen capable of infecting a wide range of animals. It initiates infection by invading intestinal epithelial cells using a type III secretion system enc...

    Authors: Selwan Hamed, Riham M. Shawky, Mohamed Emara, James M. Slauch and Christopher V. Rao

    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2021 21:49

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  47. This study illustrates for the first time the performance (sensitivity and selectivity) of the selective medium BCYEα +AB suggested by the new edition of ISO 11731 for legionella isolation and enumeration. We ...

    Authors: Savina Ditommaso, Monica Giacomuzzi, Gabriele Memoli, Jacopo Garlasco and Carla M. Zotti

    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2021 21:48

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  48. Gut microbiota is critical in maintaining human health, of which diversity and abundance are subject to significantly reduce in seniors. Gut microbiota is reported to be stable across the long adulthood in gen...

    Authors: Junkui Chen, Xionge Pi, Wei Liu, Qunfang Ding, Xin Wang, Weiguo Jia and Liying Zhu

    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2021 21:47

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  49. The microbiota plays an important role in host health. Although rubidium (Rb) has been used to study its effects on depression and cancers, the interaction between microbial commensals and Rb is still unexplor...

    Authors: Qian Chen, Zhiguo He, Yuting Zhuo, Shuzhen Li, Wenjing Yang, Liang Hu and Hui Zhong

    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2021 21:46

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  50. In caries, low pH drives selection and enrichment of acidogenic and aciduric bacteria in oral biofilms, and development of acid tolerance in early colonizers is thought to play a key role in this shift. Since ...

    Authors: Gabriella Boisen, Julia R. Davies and Jessica Neilands

    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2021 21:45

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