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  1. Insects thriving on nutritionally poor habitats have integrated mutualistic intracellular symbiotic bacteria (endosymbionts) in a bacteria-bearing tissue (the bacteriome) that isolates the endosymbionts and pr...

    Authors: Aurélien Vigneron, Delphine Charif, Carole Vincent-Monégat, Agnès Vallier, Frédérick Gavory, Patrick Wincker and Abdelaziz Heddi
    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2012 12(Suppl 1):S14

    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 12 Supplement 1

  2. Strains of the endosymbiotic bacterium Wolbachia pipientis are extremely diverse both genotypically and in terms of their induced phenotypes in invertebrate hosts. Despite extensive molecular characterisation of

    Authors: Markus Riegler, Iñaki Iturbe-Ormaetxe, Megan Woolfit, Wolfgang J Miller and Scott L O’Neill
    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2012 12(Suppl 1):S12

    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 12 Supplement 1

  3. Bacteria of the genus Asaia have been recently recognized as secondary symbionts of different sugar-feeding insects, including the leafhopper Scaphoideus titanus, vector of Flavescence dorée phytoplasmas. Asaia h...

    Authors: Elena Gonella, Elena Crotti, Aurora Rizzi, Mauro Mandrioli, Guido Favia, Daniele Daffonchio and Alberto Alma
    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2012 12(Suppl 1):S4

    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 12 Supplement 1

  4. Mangotoxin is an antimetabolite toxin that is produced by strains of Pseudomonas syringae pv. syringae; mangotoxin-producing strains are primarily isolated from mango tissues with symptoms of bacterial apical nec...

    Authors: Eva Arrebola, Víctor J Carrión, Francisco M Cazorla, Alejandro Pérez-García, Jesús Murillo and Antonio de Vicente
    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2012 12:10
  5. The association between Helicobacter pylori infection and upper gastrointestinal disease is well established. However, only a small fraction of H. pylori carriers develop disease, and there are great geographical...

    Authors: Lars L Eftang, Ying Esbensen, Tone M Tannæs, Ida RK Bukholm and Geir Bukholm
    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2012 12:9
  6. The Gram-positive bacterium Staphylococcus saprophyticus is the second most frequent causative agent of community-acquired urinary tract infections (UTI), accounting for up to 20% of cases. A common feature of st...

    Authors: Nathan P King, Türkan Sakinç, Nouri L Ben Zakour, Makrina Totsika, Begoña Heras, Pavla Simerska, Mark Shepherd, Sören G Gatermann, Scott A Beatson and Mark A Schembri
    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2012 12:8
  7. The amino acid-producing Gram-positive Corynebacterium glutamicum is auxotrophic for biotin although biotin ring assembly starting from the precursor pimeloyl-CoA is still functional. It possesses AccBC, the α-su...

    Authors: Jens Schneider, Petra Peters-Wendisch, K Corinna Stansen, Susanne Götker, Stanislav Maximow, Reinhard Krämer and Volker F Wendisch
    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2012 12:6
  8. Outbreaks of infectious diseases by microbial pathogens can cause substantial losses of stock in aquaculture systems. There are several ways to eliminate these pathogens including the use of antibiotics, bioci...

    Authors: Sadia J Khan, Robert H Reed and Mohammad G Rasul
    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2012 12:5
  9. Endophytic fungi are little known for exogenous secretion of phytohormones and mitigation of salinity stress, which is a major limiting factor for agriculture production worldwide. Current study was designed t...

    Authors: Abdul Latif Khan, Muhammad Hamayun, Sang-Mo Kang, Yoon-Ha Kim, Hee-Young Jung, Joong-Hwan Lee and In-Jung Lee
    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2012 12:3
  10. A common finding amongst patients with inhalational anthrax is a paucity of polymorphonuclear leukocytes (PMNs) in infected tissues in the face of abundant circulating PMNs. A major virulence determinant of an...

    Authors: Chinh Nguyen, Chiguang Feng, Min Zhan, Alan S Cross and Simeon E Goldblum
    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2012 12:2
  11. Shigella flexneri is the major pathogen causing bacillary dysentery. Fifteen serotypes have been recognized up to now. The genesis of new S. flexneri serotypes is commonly mediated by serotype-converting bacterio...

    Authors: Qiangzheng Sun, Ruiting Lan, Yiting Wang, Jianping Wang, Xia Luo, Shaomin Zhang, Peijing Li, Yan Wang, Changyun Ye, Huaiqi Jing and Jianguo Xu
    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2011 11:269
  12. The gene YCL047C, which has been renamed promoter of filamentation gene (POF1), has recently been described as a cell component involved in yeast filamentous growth. The objective of this work is to understand th...

    Authors: Iris M Costa, Tallybia HT Nasser, Marilene Demasi, Rafaella MP Nascimento, Luis ES Netto, Sayuri Miyamoto, Fernanda M Prado and Gisele Monteiro
    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2011 11:268
  13. The genus Brucella contains highly infectious species that are classified as biological threat agents. The timely detection and identification of the microorganism involved is essential for an effective response ...

    Authors: Florigio Lista, Frans AG Reubsaet, Riccardo De Santis, Rene R Parchen, Ad L de Jong, Jasper Kieboom, Anton L van der Laaken, Ingrid AI Voskamp-Visser, Silvia Fillo, Hugo-Jan Jansen, Jan Van der Plas and Armand Paauw
    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2011 11:267
  14. Botrytis cinerea is a haploid necrotrophic ascomycete which is responsible for 'grey mold' disease in more than 200 plant species. Broad molecular research has been conducted on this pathogen in recent years, res...

    Authors: Shahar Ish - Shalom, Aviva Gafni, Amnon Lichter and Maggie Levy
    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2011 11:266
  15. Aggregation may play a main role in the adhesion of bacteria to the gastrointestinal epithelium and their colonization ability, as well as in probiotic effects through co-aggregation with intestinal pathogens ...

    Authors: Milan Kojic, Branko Jovcic, Ivana Strahinic, Jelena Begovic, Jelena Lozo, Katarina Veljovic and Ljubisa Topisirovic
    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2011 11:265
  16. Accurate assessment of probiotics with targeted anti-Salmonella activity requires suitable models accounting for both, microbe-microbe and host-microbe interactions in gut environments. Here we report the combina...

    Authors: Annina Zihler, Mélanie Gagnon, Christophe Chassard and Christophe Lacroix
    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2011 11:264
  17. Staphylococcus aureus is a well-armed pathogen prevalent in severe infections such as endocarditis and osteomyelitis. Fibronectin-binding proteins A and B, encoded by fnbA/B, are major pathogenesis determinants i...

    Authors: Jean Philippe Rasigade, Abdelmalek Moulay, Yannick Lhoste, Anne Tristan, Michele Bes, François Vandenesch, Jerome Etienne, Gerard Lina, Frederic Laurent and Oana Dumitrescu
    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2011 11:263
  18. Group A Streptococcus (GAS) is a human-specific pathogen responsible for a number of diseases characterized by a wide range of clinical manifestations. During host colonization GAS-cell aggregates or microcolonie...

    Authors: Heaven A Oliver-Kozup, Meenal Elliott, Beth A Bachert, Karen H Martin, Sean D Reid, Diane E Schwegler-Berry, Brett J Green and Slawomir Lukomski
    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2011 11:262
  19. Accumulation of gyrase cleavage complex in Escherichia coli from the action of quinolone antibiotics induces an oxidative damage cell death pathway. The oxidative cell death pathway has also been shown to be invo...

    Authors: I-Fen Liu, Sandra Aedo and Yuk-Ching Tse-Dinh
    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2011 11:261
  20. Microorganisms produce cell-wall-degrading enzymes as part of their strategies for plant invasion/nutrition. Among these, pectin lyases (PNLs) catalyze the depolymerization of esterified pectin by a β-eliminat...

    Authors: Alicia Lara-Márquez, María G Zavala-Páramo, Everardo López-Romero, Nancy Calderón-Cortés, Rodolfo López-Gómez, Ulises Conejo-Saucedo and Horacio Cano-Camacho
    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2011 11:260
  21. Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans is an acidophilic, chemolithoautotrophic bacterium that has been successfully used in metal bioleaching. In this study, an analysis of the A. ferrooxidans ATCC 23270 genome revealed...

    Authors: Daniela A Ribeiro, Luiz EV Del Bem, Renato Vicentini, Lúcio FC Ferraz, Mario T Murakami and Laura MM Ottoboni
    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2011 11:259
  22. Brucella abortus is the etiological agent of a worldwide zoonosis called brucellosis. This alpha-proteobacterium is dividing asymmetrically, and PdhS, an essential histidine kinase, was reported to be an old pole...

    Authors: Delphine Dotreppe, Caroline Mullier, Jean-Jacques Letesson and Xavier De Bolle
    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2011 11:257
  23. Since 1950, Brucella melitensis has been the predominant strain associated with human brucellosis in China. In this study we investigated the genotypic characteristics of B. melitensis isolates from China using a...

    Authors: Hai Jiang, Mengguang Fan, Jingdiao Chen, Jingchuan Mi, Ruiping Yu, Hongyan Zhao, Dongri Piao, Changwen Ke, Xiaoling Deng, Guozhong Tian and Buyun Cui
    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2011 11:256
  24. The siphonous green macroalga Bryopsis has some remarkable characteristics. Besides hosting a rich endophytic bacterial flora, Bryopsis also displays extraordinary wound repair and propagation mechanisms. This la...

    Authors: Joke Hollants, Helen Decleyre, Frederik Leliaert, Olivier De Clerck and Anne Willems
    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2011 11:255
  25. Culture and quantitative polymerase chain reaction (qPCR) assays for the detection of Legionella were compared on samples from a residential area before and after two interventions. A total of 84 samples were col...

    Authors: Louise H Krøjgaard, Karen A Krogfelt, Hans-Jørgen Albrechtsen and Søren A Uldum
    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2011 11:254
  26. Lateral Gene Transfer (LGT) is a major contributor to bacterial evolution and up to 25% of a bacterium's genome may have been acquired by this process over evolutionary periods of time. Successful LGT requires...

    Authors: Maurizio Labbate, Yan Boucher, Piklu Roy Chowdhury and Hatch W Stokes
    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2011 11:253
  27. The alphaproteobacterium Wolbachia pipientis, the most common endosymbiont in eukaryotes, is found predominantly in insects including many Drosophila species. Although Wolbachia is primarily vertically transmitte...

    Authors: Jennifer A Biliske, Philip D Batista, Chantalle L Grant and Harriet L Harris
    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2011 11:251
  28. Sphingomonas wittichii strain RW1 can completely oxidize dibenzo-p-dioxins and dibenzofurans, which are persistent contaminants of soils and sediments. For successful application in soil bioremediation systems, s...

    Authors: David R Johnson, Edith Coronado, Silvia K Moreno-Forero, Hermann J Heipieper and Jan Roelof van der Meer
    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2011 11:250
  29. Microbiological studies frequently involve exchanges of strains between laboratories and/or stock centers. The integrity of exchanged strains is vital for archival reasons and to ensure reproducible experiment...

    Authors: Beny Spira, Rodrigo de Almeida Toledo, Ram P Maharjan and Thomas Ferenci
    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2011 11:248
  30. Candida can cause mucocutaneous and/or systemic infections in hospitalized and immunosuppressed patients. Most individuals are colonized by Candida spp. as part of the oral flora and the intestinal tract. We comp...

    Authors: Juliana C Junqueira, Beth B Fuchs, Maged Muhammed, Jeffrey J Coleman, Jamal MAH Suleiman, Simone FG Vilela, Anna CBP Costa, Vanessa MC Rasteiro, Antonio OC Jorge and Eleftherios Mylonakis
    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2011 11:247
  31. Enterovirus 71 (EV71) and Coxsackievirus A16 (CA16) are two major etiological agents of Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease (HFMD). EV71 is associated with severe cases but not CA16. The mechanisms contributed to the...

    Authors: Yuyun Li, Runan Zhu, Yuan Qian, Jie Deng, Yu Sun, Liying Liu, Fang Wang and Linqing Zhao
    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2011 11:246
  32. Streptococcus pneumoniae (the pneumococcus) is the leading cause of otitis media, community-acquired pneumonia (CAP), sepsis, and meningitis. It is now evident that S. pneumoniae forms biofilms during nasopharyng...

    Authors: Carlos J Sanchez, Brady J Hurtgen, Anel Lizcano, Pooja Shivshankar, Garry T Cole and Carlos J Orihuela
    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2011 11:245
  33. Urine within the urinary tract is commonly regarded as "sterile" in cultivation terms. Here, we present a comprehensive in-depth study of bacterial 16S rDNA sequences associated with urine from healthy females...

    Authors: Huma Siddiqui, Alexander J Nederbragt, Karin Lagesen, Stig L Jeansson and Kjetill S Jakobsen
    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2011 11:244
  34. Streptomyces species are a major source of antibiotics. They usually grow slowly at their optimal temperature and fermentation of industrial strains in a large scale often takes a long time, consuming more energy...

    Authors: Weihua Chen and Zhongjun Qin
    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2011 11:243
  35. Fungal endophyte communities are often comprised of many species colonizing the same host. However, little is known about the causes of this diversity. On the one hand, the apparent coexistence of closely rela...

    Authors: Michael Ernst, Karin Neubert, Kurt W Mendgen and Stefan GR Wirsel
    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2011 11:242
  36. Antimicrobial resistance mediated by efflux systems is still poorly characterized in Staphylococcus aureus, despite the description of several efflux pumps (EPs) for this bacterium. In this work we used several m...

    Authors: Sofia Santos Costa, Celeste Falcão, Miguel Viveiros, Diana Machado, Marta Martins, José Melo-Cristino, Leonard Amaral and Isabel Couto
    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2011 11:241

    The Erratum to this article has been published in BMC Microbiology 2013 13:127

  37. Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus (KSHV) is causally linked to several acquired immunodeficiency syndrome-related malignancies, including Kaposi's sarcoma (KS), primary effusion lymphoma (PEL) and a subs...

    Authors: Di Qin, Ninghan Feng, Weifei Fan, Xinting Ma, Qin Yan, Zhigang Lv, Yi Zeng, Jianzhong Zhu and Chun Lu
    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2011 11:240
  38. Arcanobacterium haemolyticum is an emerging human pathogen that causes pharyngitis, wound infections, and a variety of occasional invasive diseases. Since its initial discovery in 1946, this Gram positive organis...

    Authors: B Helen Jost, Erynn A Lucas, Stephen J Billington, Adam J Ratner and David J McGee
    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2011 11:239
  39. Two closely related ICEs, ICESt1 and ICESt3, have been identified in the lactic acid bacterium Streptococcus thermophilus. While their conjugation and recombination modules are almost identical (95% nucleotide id...

    Authors: Nicolas Carraro, Virginie Libante, Catherine Morel, Bernard Decaris, Florence Charron-Bourgoin, Pierre Leblond and Gérard Guédon
    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2011 11:238
  40. The Ferric uptake regulator (Fur) is a transcriptional regulator that controls iron homeostasis in bacteria. Although the regulatory role of Fur in Escherichia coli is well characterized, most of the studies were...

    Authors: Bryan Troxell, Ryan C Fink, Steffen Porwollik, Michael McClelland and Hosni M Hassan
    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2011 11:236
  41. Indoor microbial contamination due to excess moisture is an important contributor to human illness in both residential and occupational settings. However, the census of microorganisms in the indoor environment...

    Authors: Miia Pitkäranta, Teija Meklin, Anne Hyvärinen, Aino Nevalainen, Lars Paulin, Petri Auvinen, Ulla Lignell and Helena Rintala
    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2011 11:235
  42. The genus Flavivirus encompasses more than 50 distinct species of arthropod-borne viruses, including several major human pathogens, such as West Nile virus, yellow fever virus, Japanese encephalitis virus and the...

    Authors: Marc Le Breton, Laurène Meyniel-Schicklin, Alexandre Deloire, Bruno Coutard, Bruno Canard, Xavier de Lamballerie, Patrice Andre, Chantal Rabourdin-Combe, Vincent Lotteau and Nathalie Davoust
    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2011 11:234
  43. To date, eight assemblages of Giardia lamblia have been described, but only assemblages A and B are known to infect humans. Despite the fact that the genomic, biological, and clinical differences found between th...

    Authors: Constanza Feliziani, María C Merino, María R Rivero, Ulf Hellman, María C Pistoresi-Palencia and Andrea S Rópolo
    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2011 11:233

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