Skip to main content

Articles

Page 81 of 110

  1. Escherichia coli synthesizes three membrane-bound molybdenum- and selenocysteine-containing formate dehydrogenases, as well as up to four membrane-bound [NiFe]-hydrogenases. Two of the formate dehydrogenases (Fdh...

    Authors: Basem Soboh, Constanze Pinske, Martin Kuhns, Mandy Waclawek, Christian Ihling, Karen Trchounian, Armen Trchounian, Andrea Sinz and Gary Sawers
    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2011 11:173
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  2. Surface-enhanced laser desorption ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry (SELDI-TOF-MS) was applied to analyze the protein profiles in both somatic and metabolic extracts of Aspergillus species. The study wa...

    Authors: Claudine Pinel, Marie Arlotto, Jean-Paul Issartel, François Berger, Hervé Pelloux, Renée Grillot and Françoise Symoens
    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2011 11:172
    Content type: Methodology article Published on:

  3. Multilocus sequence typing (MLST) is currently the reference method for genotyping Streptococcus agalactiae strains, the leading cause of infectious disease in newborns and a major cause of disease in immunocompr...

    Authors: Eve Haguenoer, Gaelle Baty, Christine Pourcel, Marie-Frédérique Lartigue, Anne-Sophie Domelier, Agnès Rosenau, Roland Quentin, Laurent Mereghetti and Philippe Lanotte
    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2011 11:171
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  5. Sirodesmin PL is a secondary metabolite toxin made by the ascomycetous plant pathogen, Leptosphaeria maculans. The sirodesmin biosynthetic genes are clustered in the genome. The key genes are a non-ribosomal pept...

    Authors: Candace E Elliott, Ellen M Fox, Renee S Jarvis and Barbara J Howlett
    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2011 11:169
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  6. Epifluorescence microscopy is a common method used to enumerate virus-like particles (VLP) from environmental samples and relies on the use of filter membranes with pore sizes < 0.02 μm; the most commonly used...

    Authors: Charles R Budinoff, Star N Loar, Gary R LeCleir, Steven W Wilhelm and Alison Buchan
    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2011 11:168
    Content type: Methodology article Published on:

  7. Recently our group has identified a novel antigen of Mycobacterium tuberculosis, protein PPE44, belonging to the "PPE protein" family. Although its role in infection is largely unknown, PPE44-specific immune resp...

    Authors: Barbara Cuccu, Giulia Freer, Alessandro Genovesi, Carlo Garzelli and Laura Rindi
    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2011 11:167
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  8. Many bacterial extracytoplasmic proteins are stabilized by intramolecular disulfide bridges that are formed post-translationally between their cysteine residues. This protein modification plays an important ro...

    Authors: Anna D Grabowska, Michał P Wandel, Anna M Łasica, Monika Nesteruk, Paula Roszczenko, Agnieszka Wyszyńska, Renata Godlewska and Elzbieta K Jagusztyn-Krynicka
    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2011 11:166
    Content type: Research article Published on:

    The Erratum to this article has been published in BMC Microbiology 2012 12:58

  9. Acetate is the major source of methane in nature. The majority of investigations have focused on acetotrophic methanogens for which energy-conserving electron transport is dependent on the production and consu...

    Authors: Mingyu Wang, Jean-Francois Tomb and James G Ferry
    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2011 11:165
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  10. sabR is a pleiotropic regulatory gene which has been shown to positively regulate the nikkomycin biosynthesis and negatively affect the sporulation of Streptomyces ansochromogenes. In this study, we investigate t...

    Authors: Yuanyuan Pan, Linqi Wang, Xihong He, Yuqing Tian, Gang Liu and Huarong Tan
    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2011 11:164
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  11. Specific cell targeting is an important, yet unsolved problem in bacteria-based therapeutic applications, like tumor or gene therapy. Here, we describe the construction of a novel, internalin A and B (InlAB)-d...

    Authors: Martin Heisig, Alexa Frentzen, Birgit Bergmann, Katharina Galmbacher, Ivaylo Gentschev, Christian Hotz, Christoph Schoen, Jochen Stritzker, Joachim Fensterle, Ulf R Rapp and Werner Goebel
    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2011 11:163
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  12. Sporothrix schenckii is a pathogenic dimorphic fungus of worldwide distribution. It grows in the saprophytic form with hyaline, regularly septated hyphae and pyriform conidia at 25°C and as the yeast or parasitic...

    Authors: Jorge Rodriguez-Caban, Waleska Gonzalez-Velazquez, Lizaida Perez-Sanchez, Ricardo Gonzalez-Mendez and Nuri Rodriguez-del Valle
    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2011 11:162
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  13. Streptococcus suis is a zoonotic pathogen that causes infections in young piglets. S. suis is a heterogeneous species. Thirty-three different capsular serotypes have been described, that differ in virulence betwe...

    Authors: Astrid de Greeff, Henk J Wisselink, Freddy M de Bree, Constance Schultsz, Christoph G Baums, Hoa Ngo Thi, Norbert Stockhofe-Zurwieden and Hilde E Smith
    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2011 11:161
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  14. The West Nile virus (WNV) nonstructural protein 1 (NS1) is an important antigenic protein that elicits protective antibody responses in animals and can be used for the serological diagnosis of WNV infection. A...

    Authors: En-Cheng Sun, Jian-Nan Ma, Ni-Hong Liu, Tao Yang, Jing Zhao, Hong-Wei Geng, Ling-Feng Wang, Yong-Li Qin, Zhi-Gao Bu, Yin-Hui Yang, Ross A Lunt, Lin-Fa Wang and Dong-Lai Wu
    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2011 11:160
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  15. Stenotrophomonas maltophilia is emerging as one of the most frequently found bacteria in cystic fibrosis (CF) patients. In the present study, phenotypic and genotypic traits of a set of 98 isolates of S. maltophi...

    Authors: Arianna Pompilio, Stefano Pomponio, Valentina Crocetta, Giovanni Gherardi, Fabio Verginelli, Ersilia Fiscarelli, Giordano Dicuonzo, Vincenzo Savini, Domenico D'Antonio and Giovanni Di Bonaventura
    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2011 11:159
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  16. repABC operons are present on large, low copy-number plasmids and on some secondary chromosomes in at least 19 α-proteobacterial genera, and are responsible for the replication and segregation properties of these...

    Authors: Ramón Cervantes-Rivera, Francisco Pedraza-López, Gabriela Pérez-Segura and Miguel A Cevallos
    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2011 11:158
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  17. Infantile colic is a common disturb within the first 3 months of life, nevertheless the pathogenesis is incompletely understood and treatment remains an open issue. Intestinal gas production is thought to be o...

    Authors: Francesco Savino, Lisa Cordisco, Valentina Tarasco, Emanuela Locatelli, Diana Di Gioia, Roberto Oggero and Diego Matteuzzi
    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2011 11:157
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  18. Rapid identification (ID) and antibiotic susceptibility testing (AST) of the causative micro-organism of bloodstream infections result in earlier targeting of antibiotic therapy.

    Authors: Judith Beuving, Christina FM van der Donk, Catharina FM Linssen, Petra FG Wolffs and Annelies Verbon
    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2011 11:156
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  19. Enterococci are increasingly associated with opportunistic infections in Humans but the role of the oral cavity as a reservoir for this species is unclear. This study aimed to explore the carriage rate of Enteroc...

    Authors: Bochra Kouidhi, Tarek Zmantar, Kacem Mahdouani, Hajer Hentati and Amina Bakhrouf
    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2011 11:155
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  20. Foot-and-mouth disease virus (FMDV) uses a highly conserved Arg-Gly-Asp (RGD) triplet for attachment to host cells and this motif is believed to be essential for virus viability. Previous sequence analyses of ...

    Authors: Pinghua Li, Zengjun Lu, Huifang Bao, Dong Li, Donald P King, Pu Sun, Xingwen Bai, Weijun Cao, Simon Gubbins, Yingli Chen, Baoxia Xie, Jianhong Guo, Hong Yin and Zaixin Liu
    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2011 11:154
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  21. Salmonella species are recognized worldwide as a significant cause of human and animal disease. In this study the molecular profiles and characteristics of Salmonella enterica Senftenberg isolated from human case...

    Authors: Ryan M Stepan, Julie S Sherwood, Shana R Petermann and Catherine M Logue
    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2011 11:153
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  22. Lactobacillus plantarum is considered as a safe and effective probiotic microorganism. Among various sources of isolation, traditionally fermented foods are considered to be rich in Lactobacillus spp., which can ...

    Authors: Himanshu Kumar, Ashraf Y Rangrez, Kannayakanahalli M Dayananda, Ashwini N Atre, Milind S Patole and Yogesh S Shouche
    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2011 11:152
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  23. Typhimurium is the main serotype of Salmonella enterica subsp. enterica implicated in food-borne diseases worldwide. This study aimed to detect the prevalence of ten markers combined in a macro-array based on mul...

    Authors: Marie Bugarel, Sophie A Granier, François-Xavier Weill, Patrick Fach and Anne Brisabois
    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2011 11:151
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  24. Chlamydia trachomatis is a major cause of sexually transmitted disease in humans. Previous studies in both humans and animal models of chlamydial genital tract infection have suggested that the hormonal status of...

    Authors: Ashkan Amirshahi, Charles Wan, Kenneth Beagley, Joanna Latter, Ian Symonds and Peter Timms
    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2011 11:150
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  25. Bean-nodulating Rhizobium etli originated in Mesoamerica, while soybean-nodulating Sinorhizobium fredii evolved in East Asia. S. fredii strains, such as GR64, have been isolated from bean nodules in Spain, sugges...

    Authors: Laura Cervantes, Patricia Bustos, Lourdes Girard, Rosa Isela Santamaría, Guillermo Dávila, Pablo Vinuesa, David Romero and Susana Brom
    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2011 11:149
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  26. Cronobacter spp. is a newly emerging pathogen that causes meningitis in infants and other diseases in elderly and immunocompromised individuals. This study was undertaken to investigate surface antigenic determin...

    Authors: Ziad W Jaradat, Abrar M Rashdan, Qotaiba O Ababneh, Saied A Jaradat and Arun K Bhunia
    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2011 11:148
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  27. Shigella dysenteriae serotype 1 (SD1) causes the most severe form of epidemic bacillary dysentery. Quantitative proteome profiling of Shigella dysenteriae serotype 1 (SD1) in vitro (derived from LB cell cultures)...

    Authors: Srilatha Kuntumalla, Quanshun Zhang, John C Braisted, Robert D Fleischmann, Scott N Peterson, Arthur Donohue-Rolfe, Saul Tzipori and Rembert Pieper
    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2011 11:147
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  28. Staphylococcus epidermidis (SE) has emerged as one of the most important causes of nosocomial infections. The SaeRS two-component signal transduction system (TCS) influences virulence and biofilm formation in Sta...

    Authors: Qiang Lou, Tao Zhu, Jian Hu, Haijing Ben, Jinsong Yang, Fangyou Yu, Jingran Liu, Yang Wu, Adrien Fischer, Patrice Francois, Jacques Schrenzel and Di Qu
    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2011 11:146
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  30. Characterization and use of antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) requires that their mode of action is determined. The interaction of membrane-active peptides with their target is often established using model membra...

    Authors: Line Hein-Kristensen, Kolja M Knapp, Henrik Franzyk and Lone Gram
    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2011 11:144
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  31. Many chronic diseases, such as non-healing wounds are characterized by prolonged inflammation and respond poorly to conventional treatment. Bacterial biofilms are a major impediment to wound healing. Persisten...

    Authors: Patrick R Secor, Garth A James, Philip Fleckman, John E Olerud, Kate McInnerney and Philip S Stewart
    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2011 11:143
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  32. Enterohaemorrhagic E. coli (EHEC) can cause severe disease such as bloody diarrhoea and haemolytic uraemic syndrome in humans. Besides production of Shiga toxins, the presence of LEE (eae-gene) and non-LEE (nle) ...

    Authors: Marie Bugarel, Annett Martin, Patrick Fach and Lothar Beutin
    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2011 11:142
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  34. Online spectrophotometric measurements allow monitoring dynamic biological processes with high-time resolution. Contrastingly, numerous other methods require laborious treatment of samples and can only be carr...

    Authors: Dave van Ditmarsch and João B Xavier
    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2011 11:140
    Content type: Methodology article Published on:

  35. Francisella tularensis, the causative agent of tularemia, displays subspecies-specific differences in virulence, geographic distribution, and genetic diversity. F. tularensis subsp. holarctica is widely distribut...

    Authors: Gvantsa Chanturia, Dawn N Birdsell, Merab Kekelidze, Ekaterine Zhgenti, George Babuadze, Nikoloz Tsertsvadze, Shota Tsanava, Paata Imnadze, Stephen M Beckstrom-Sternberg, James S Beckstrom-Sternberg, Mia D Champion, Shripad Sinari, Miklos Gyuranecz, Jason Farlow, Amanda H Pettus, Emily L Kaufman…
    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2011 11:139
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  36. Staphylococcus aureus is a food-borne pathogen and the most common cause of infections in hospitalized patients. The increase in the resistance of this pathogen to antibacterials has made necessary the developmen...

    Authors: Lorena Rodríguez, Beatriz Martínez, Yuan Zhou, Ana Rodríguez, David M Donovan and Pilar García
    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2011 11:138
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  37. Anaerobic oxidation of methane coupled to sulphate reduction (SR-AOM) prevents more than 90% of the oceanic methane emission to the atmosphere. In a previous study, we demonstrated that the high methane pressu...

    Authors: Yu Zhang, Loïs Maignien, Xianxian Zhao, Fengping Wang and Nico Boon
    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2011 11:137
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  39. Bacterial virulence enhancement and drug resistance are major threats to public health worldwide. Interestingly, newly acquired genomic islands (GIs) from horizontal transfer between different bacteria strains...

    Authors: Pengcheng Du, Yinxue Yang, Haiying Wang, Di Liu, George F Gao and Chen Chen
    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2011 11:135
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  40. The ability of Clostridium thermocellum ATCC 27405 wild-type strain to hydrolyze cellulose and ferment the degradation products directly to ethanol and other metabolic byproducts makes it an attractive candidate ...

    Authors: Babu Raman, Catherine K McKeown, Miguel Rodriguez Jr, Steven D Brown and Jonathan R Mielenz
    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2011 11:134
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  41. Insertion elements (IS) are known to play an important role in the evolution and genomic diversification of Escherichia coli O157:H7 lineages. In particular, IS629 has been found in multiple copies in the E. coli

    Authors: Lydia V Rump, Markus Fischer and Narjol Gonzalez-Escalona
    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2011 11:133
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  42. The ability to differentiate a bioterrorist attack or an accidental release of a research pathogen from a naturally occurring pandemic or disease event is crucial to the safety and security of this nation by e...

    Authors: Shamira J Shallom, Jenni N Weeks, Cristi L Galindo, Lauren McIver, Zhaohui Sun, John McCormick, L Garry Adams and Harold R Garner
    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2011 11:132
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  43. The yeast Xanthophyllomyces dendrorhous is used for the microbiological production of the antioxidant carotenoid astaxanthin. In this study, we established an optimal protocol for protein extraction and performed...

    Authors: Pilar Martinez-Moya, Steven Alexander Watt, Karsten Niehaus, Jennifer Alcaíno, Marcelo Baeza and Víctor Cifuentes
    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2011 11:131
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  44. V. cholerae is the etiological agent of cholera, a major public health concern in most developing countries. Virulence of V. cholerae relies on the powerful cholera toxin, encoded by the CTX prophage. The emergen...

    Authors: Daniela Ceccarelli, Matteo Spagnoletti, Donatella Bacciu, Piero Cappuccinelli and Mauro M Colombo
    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2011 11:130
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  45. In comparison to other bacterial pathogens, our knowledge of the molecular basis of the pathogenesis of leptospirosis is extremely limited. An improved understanding of leptospiral pathogenetic mechanisms requ...

    Authors: Cláudio Pereira Figueira, Julio Croda, Henry A Choy, David A Haake, Mitermayer G Reis, Albert I Ko and Mathieu Picardeau
    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2011 11:129
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  46. Article retracted

    Authors: Eriko Takeshima, Koh Tomimori, Hirochika Kawakami, Chie Ishikawa, Shigeki Sawada, Mariko Tomita, Masachika Senba, Fukunori Kinjo, Hitomi Mimuro, Chihiro Sasakawa, Jiro Fujita and Naoki Mori
    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2011 11:128
    Content type: Retraction Note Published on:

    The original article was published in BMC Microbiology 2009 9:36

  50. Enteropathogenic (EPEC) and enterohaemorrhagic (EHEC) Escherichia coli are responsible for food poisoning (enteritis and enterotoxaemia) in humans in developed countries. Cattle are considered to be an important ...

    Authors: Marjorie Bardiau, Sabrina Labrozzo and Jacques G Mainil
    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2011 11:124
    Content type: Research article Published on:
Submit manuscript

Annual Journal Metrics

  • 2022 Citation Impact
    4.2 - 2-year Impact Factor
    4.7 - 5-year Impact Factor
    1.131 - SNIP (Source Normalized Impact per Paper)
    0.937 - SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

    2023 Speed
    19 days submission to first editorial decision for all manuscripts (Median)
    135 days submission to accept (Median)

    2023 Usage 
    2,970,572 downloads
    1,619 Altmetric mentions 

Follow

Sign up for article alerts and news from this journal

BMC Microbiology

ISSN: 1471-2180

Contact us