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  1. Content type: Research article

    As an environmental pollutant, 4-hydroxyphenylacetate (4-HPA) was a product of softwood lignin decomposition and was found in industrial effluents from olive oil production. Sulfobacillus acidophilus TPY was a mo...

    Authors: Wenbin Guo, Wengen Zhou, Hongbo Zhou and Xinhua Chen

    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2019 19:40

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    Colon cancer is the third most commonly diagnosed cancer worldwide, with a commensurately high mortality rate. The search for novel antioxidants and specific anticancer agents which may inhibit, delay or rever...

    Authors: Loh Teng-Hern Tan, Kok-Gan Chan, Priyia Pusparajah, Wai-Fong Yin, Tahir Mehmood Khan, Learn-Han Lee and Bey-Hing Goh

    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2019 19:38

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    Lactobacillus spp. predominantly shows its presence as a normal mucosal flora of the mouth and intestine. Therefore, the objective of our research is to investigate the in-vitro conditions for the prospective of ...

    Authors: Surekha K. Satpute, Nishigandha S. Mone, Parijat Das, Ibrahim M. Banat and Arun G. Banpurkar

    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2019 19:39

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    The indolizidine alkaloid-swainsonine is produced by an endophytic fungus Alternaria oxytropis, which was isolated from locoweeds. Swainsonine has many biological activities such as anti-tumorigenic, anti-viral a...

    Authors: Runjie Song, Jinglong Wang, Lu Sun, Yajing Zhang, Zhenghui Ren, Baoyu Zhao and Hao Lu

    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2019 19:35

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  5. Content type: Methodology article

    A major facilitator superfamily transporter Dehp2 was recently shown to be playing an important role in transport and biodegradation of haloacids in Paraburkholderia caribensis MBA4, and Dehp2 is phylogenetically...

    Authors: Xianbin Su, Yi Shi, Ruihong Li, Zhao-Ning Lu, Xin Zou, Jiao-Xiang Wu and Ze-Guang Han

    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2019 19:36

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    This study provides biochemical and molecular genetic characteristics of P. multocida isolated from dead saigas in 1988, 2010–2015 on the territory of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

    Authors: Mukhit Orynbayev, Kulyaisan Sultankulova, Abylay Sansyzbay, Rashida Rystayeva, Kamshat Shorayeva, Aidar Namet, Sasan Fereidouni, Gulnaz Ilgekbayeva, Kainar Barakbayev, Syrym Kopeyev and Richard Kock

    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2019 19:37

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    Leishmania (L.) spp are intracellular eukaryotic parasites responsible for cutaneous or visceral leishmaniasis, replicating predominantly in macrophages (MF). In C57BL/6 mice virulence with L. amazonensis has bee...

    Authors: Emilie Giraud, Eline Rouault, Laurence Fiette, Jean-Hervé Colle, Despoina Smirlis and Evie Melanitou

    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2019 19:32

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    Lactobacillus mucosae DPC 6426 has previously demonstrated potentially cardio-protective properties, in the form of dyslipidaemia and hypercholesterolemia correction in an apolipoprotein-E deficient mouse model. ...

    Authors: Paul M. Ryan, Ellen H. Stolte, Lis E. E. London, Jerry M. Wells, Sarah L. Long, Susan A. Joyce, Cormac G. M. Gahan, Gerald F. Fitzgerald, R. Paul Ross, Noel M. Caplice and Catherine Stanton

    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2019 19:33

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    Single stranded ribonucleic acid (ssRNA) binds to toll-like receptor (TLR)7 leading to recruitment of immune cells and production of pro-inflammatory cytokines, which has been shown in mammals. In chickens, sy...

    Authors: Mohamed Sarjoon Abdul-Cader, Upasama De Silva Senapathi, Hanaa Ahmed-Hassan, Shayan Sharif and Mohamed Faizal Abdul-Careem

    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2019 19:34

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  10. Content type: Methodology article

    Ornithobacterium (O.) rhinotracheale is an emerging bacterial pathogen in poultry and not fully understood to date. Because of its importance particularly for the global turkey meat industry, reliable diagnostic ...

    Authors: Inês M. B. Veiga, Dörte Lüschow, Stefanie Gutzer, Hafez M. Hafez and Kristin Mühldorfer

    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2019 19:31

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    Essential Oils (EO) are complex mixtures of plant secondary metabolites that have been proposed as promising feed additives for mitigating methane and ammonia emissions. We have previously demonstrated that Es...

    Authors: Zhaomin Lei, Ke Zhang, Chao Li, Ting Jiao, Jianping Wu, Yubing Wei, Kechuan Tian, Chong Li, Defu Tang, Delmer I. Davis, David P. Casper, Hui Jiang, Xiaolong Wang and Jianfu Wang

    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2019 19:30

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    Acinetobacter baumannii is an opportunistic pathogen causing various nosocomial infections. The spread of multidrug-resistant A. baumannii is a major public health problem. The aim of this study was to investigat...

    Authors: Tania Nawfal Dagher, Charbel Al-Bayssari, Selma Chabou, Nadine Antar, Seydina M. Diene, Eid Azar and Jean-Marc Rolain

    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2019 19:29

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    Diphtheria toxin (DT) is produced by toxigenic strains of the human pathogen Corynebacterium diphtheriae as well as zoonotic C. ulcerans and C. pseudotuberculosis. Toxigenic strains may cause severe respiratory d...

    Authors: Alexandra Dangel, Anja Berger, Regina Konrad and Andreas Sing

    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2019 19:28

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  14. Content type: Research

    Lawsonia intracellularis is an obligate intracellular bacterium which cannot be cultured by conventional bacteriological methods. Furthermore, L. intracellularis needs enriched medium and a unique atmosphere for ...

    Authors: Suphot Wattanaphansak, Carlos Eduardo Real Pereira, Wenika Kaenson, Pornchalit Assavacheep, Rachod Tantilertcharoen, Talita Pilar Resende, Javier Alberto Barrera-Zarate, Juliana Saes Vilaça de Oliveira-Lee, Ulrich Klein, Connie Jane Gebhart and Roberto Maurício Carvalho Guedes

    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2019 19:27

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    Previous reports showed that mutagenesis in nutrient-limiting conditions is dependent on Mfd in Bacillus subtilis. Mfd initiates one type of transcription-coupled repair (TCR); this type of repair is known to tar...

    Authors: Holly Anne Martin, Katelyn E. Porter, Carmen Vallin, Tatiana Ermi, Natalie Contreras, Mario Pedraza-Reyes and Eduardo A. Robleto

    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2019 19:26

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  16. Content type: Research article

    Group A Streptococcus (GAS) is a major human pathogen, which is associated with a wide spectrum of invasive diseases, such as pharyngitis, scarlet fever, rheumatic fever, and streptococcal toxic shock syndrome (S...

    Authors: Shunsuke Yamada, Masaki Shibasaki, Kazunori Murase, Takayasu Watanabe, Chihiro Aikawa, Takashi Nozawa and Ichiro Nakagawa

    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2019 19:24

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    Metarhizium robertsii, a widely distributed insect pathogen, is presently used as a natural alternative to chemical insecticides. Unfortunately, its worldwide commercial use has been restricted by a short shelf l...

    Authors: Tian Xie, Yulong Wang, Deshui Yu, Qilin Zhang, Tingting Zhang, Zhangxun Wang and Bo Huang

    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2019 19:25

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    Interaction of spermatozoa and Chlamydiae spp. might contribute to reduced fertility in cattle. To proof this hypothesis, bovine semen was incubated with viable or heat inactivated Chlamydia (C.) abortus or psitt...

    Authors: Thomas Eckert, Sandra Goericke-Pesch, Carsten Heydel, Martin Bergmann, Johannes Kauffold, Klaus Failing and Axel Wehrend

    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2019 19:23

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    The present study involves diversity and bioactivity of the endophytic fungal community from Catharanthus roseus inhabiting the coastal region. This study has been conducted hypothesizing that the microbial commu...

    Authors: Geethanjali Dhayanithy, Kamalraj Subban and Jayabaskaran Chelliah

    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2019 19:22

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    Francisella noatunensis subsp. orientalis (Fno) is an emergent fish pathogen and the etiologic agent of piscine francisellosis. Besides persisting in the environment in both biofilm and planktonic forms, Fno is k...

    Authors: Jainee Lewis and Esteban Soto

    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2019 19:21

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  23. Content type: Research article

    Response surface methodology (RSM) employing Box-Behnken design was used to optimize the environmental factors for the production of paromomycin, a 2 deoxystreptamine aminocyclitol aminoglycoside antibiotic, (...

    Authors: Asmaa A. Ibrahim, Ghadir S. El-Housseiny, Khaled M. Aboshanab, Mahmoud A. Yassien and Nadia A. Hassouna

    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2019 19:18

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  24. Content type: Research article

    Obesity is known to modulate human health in a number of ways including altering the microbiome of the gut. Very few studies have examined the how obesity may affect the microbiomes of sites distant to the gut...

    Authors: Rebecca Vongsa, Doug Hoffman, Kristin Shepard and David Koenig

    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2019 19:16

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  25. Content type: Research article

    To describe the temporal dynamics, molecular characterization, clinical and ex vivo virulence of emerging O1:K1 neonatal meningitis Escherichia coli (NMEC) strains of Sequence Type complex (STc) 95 in France.

    Authors: Guillaume Geslain, André Birgy, Sandrine Adiba, Mélanie Magnan, Céline Courroux, Corinne Levy, Robert Cohen, Philippe Bidet and Stéphane Bonacorsi

    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2019 19:17

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  26. Content type: Research article

    Cytokines play a vital role in the host immune response to infection by initiating the healing process and/or accelerating the progression of the disease in cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL). Very little evidence i...

    Authors: Lahiru Sandaruwan Galgamuwa, Buthsiri Sumanasena, Devika Iddawela, Susiji Wickramasinghe and Lalani Yatawara

    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2019 19:14

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  27. Content type: Research article

    Human adenovirus (Ad) infection leads to the changes of host cell gene expression and biosynthetic processes. Transcriptomics in adenovirus type 2 (Ad2)-infected lung fibroblasts (IMR-90) cells has previously ...

    Authors: Hongxing Zhao, Maoshan Chen, Alberto Valdés, Sara Bergström Lind and Ulf Pettersson

    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2019 19:15

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    Antimicrobial helper-compounds may reverse antimicrobial resistance. Sertraline, a antidepressant drug, has been suggested as a tetracycline helper-compound. Tetracycline is the preferred antimicrobial for tre...

    Authors: Sofie Kromann, Anna Hvidtfeldt, Mette Boye, Dorte Bratbo Sørensen, Steffen Jørgensen, Jens Peter Nielsen and Rikke Heidemann Olsen

    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2019 19:12

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    Arcobacter faecis and A. lanthieri are two newly classified species of genus Arcobacter. The prevalence and distribution of virulence, antibiotic resistance and toxin (VAT) genes in these species are required to ...

    Authors: Matthew Zambri, Michel Cloutier, Zaky Adam, David R. Lapen, Graham Wilkes, Mark Sunohara, Edward Topp, Guylaine Talbot and Izhar U. H. Khan

    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2019 19:11

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    The urinary tract is inhabited by a diversity of microorganisms, known as the genitourinary microbiota. Here, we investigated the association between the use of antimicrobial drugs and the composition of the g...

    Authors: M. Mulder, D. Radjabzadeh, R. J. Hassing, J. Heeringa, A. G. Uitterlinden, R. Kraaij, B. H. Stricker and A. Verbon

    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2019 19:9

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  33. Content type: Research article

    Vulvovaginal candidiasis (VVC) is a common vaginitis caused by Candida species,a frequently recurring condition. Fungal azole-resistant strains with azole-resistance have developed for long and wide explosion to ...

    Authors: Hong Liao, Shanling Liu, He Wang, Hang Su and Zhenjun Liu

    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2019 19:7

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    Bacillus velezensis is an endospore-forming, free-living soil bacterium with potential as a biopesticide against a broad spectrum of microbial pathogens of plants. Its potential for commercial development is enha...

    Authors: Elliot Nicholas Grady, Jacqueline MacDonald, Margaret T. Ho, Brian Weselowski, Tim McDowell, Ori Solomon, Justin Renaud and Ze-Chun Yuan

    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2019 19:5

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  35. Content type: Research article

    As an important component of the causative agent of respiratory tract infections, enteric and eye infections, Human mastadenoviruses (HAdVs) species B spread easily in the crowd. In this study, we developed a ...

    Authors: Tao Wu, Haizhen Wu, Kangchen Zhao, Chaoyou Hu, Yiyue Ge, Xiaojuan Zhu, Xingchen Zhang, Minghao Zhou, Fengcai Zhu and Lunbiao Cui

    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2019 19:8

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    There is an urgent need to develop potent antimicrobials for the treatment of infections caused by antibiotic-resistant bacterial pathogens. Paenipeptin C′ (C8-Pat) is a novel linear lipopeptide recently disco...

    Authors: Sun Hee Moon and En Huang

    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2019 19:6

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  37. Content type: Research article

    Little is known regarding the nasal microbiome in early childhood and the impact of respiratory infection on the infants’ nasal microbial composition. Here we investigated the temporal dynamics and diversity o...

    Authors: Mahrrouz Caputo, Beate Zoch-Lesniak, André Karch, Marius Vital, Frederic Meyer, Frank Klawonn, Armin Baillot, Dietmar H. Pieper and Rafael T. Mikolajczyk

    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2019 19:1

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  38. Content type: Research article

    To combat salinity, plants need easily accessible, safe and sustainable mechanisms for optimum growth. Recently, endophytes proved to be the promising candidates that helped the host plant to thrive under stre...

    Authors: Farzana Gul Jan, Muhammad Hamayun, Anwar Hussain, Gul Jan, Amjad Iqbal, Aman Khan and In-Jung Lee

    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2019 19:3

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  39. Content type: Research article

    Leptospirosis is a widespread zoonosis caused by pathogenic prokaryotic microbes of the genus Leptospira. Although there are several reports in the literature, host-pathogen interaction is still poorly understood...

    Authors: Paloma L. da Silva, Fabiana Lauretti-Ferreira, Maiara Caldas de Lima, Swiany Silveira Lima, Ambart E. Covarrubias, Marcelo De Franco, Eneas Carvalho, Paulo Lee Ho, Renata M. A. da Costa, Elizabeth A. L. Martins and Josefa B. Da Silva

    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2019 19:4

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  40. Content type: Research article

    Sugarcane is an important sugar and economic crop in the world. Ratoon stunting Disease (RSD) of sugarcane, caused by Leifsonia xyli subsp. xyli, is widespread in countries and regions where sugarcane is grown an...

    Authors: Kai Zhu, Min Shao, Dan Zhou, Yong-Xiu Xing, Li-Tao Yang and Yang-Rui Li

    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2019 19:2

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  42. Content type: Research article

    Avian pathogenic Escherichia coli (APEC) is the infectious agent of a wide variety of avian diseases, which causes substantial economic losses to the poultry industry worldwide. Polyamines contribute to the optim...

    Authors: Priscila R. Guerra, Ana Herrero-Fresno, Victor Ladero, Begoña Redruello, Teresa Pires dos Santos, Malene R. Spiegelhauer, Lotte Jelsbak and John Elmerdahl Olsen

    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2018 18:226

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  43. Content type: Research article

    Bovine ephemeral fever virus (BEFV), the causative agent of bovine ephemeral fever, is an economically important pathogen of cattle and water buffalo. MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are endogenous 21-23 nt small non-codin...

    Authors: Peili Hou, Hongmei Wang, Guimin Zhao, Guixue Hu, Xianzhu Xia and Hongbin He

    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2018 18:224

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  44. Content type: Research article

    Pullorum disease, caused by Salmonella enterica serovar Pullorum (S. Pullorum), is one of the most important bacterial infections in the poultry industry in developing countries, including China. To examine the p...

    Authors: Xiaodong Guo, Honglin Wang, Yiluo Cheng, Wenting Zhang, Qingping Luo, Guoyuan Wen, Guijun Wang, Huabin Shao and Tengfei Zhang

    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2018 18:225

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  45. Content type: Research article

    Here we investigated the influence of different stabilization and storage strategies on the quality and composition of the fecal microbial community. Namely, same-day isolated murine DNA was compared to sample...

    Authors: Samir V. Jenkins, Kieng B. Vang, Allen Gies, Robert J. Griffin, Se-Ran Jun, Intawat Nookaew and Ruud P. M. Dings

    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2018 18:227

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  46. Content type: Research article

    We performed a 12-month cohort study of the stability and resilience of the intestinal microbiota of healthy children in daycare in Denmark in relation to diarrheal events and exposure to known risk factors fo...

    Authors: Martin Steen Mortensen, Betina Hebbelstrup Jensen, Jeanne Williams, Asker Daniel Brejnrod, Lee O’Brien Andersen, Dennis Röser, Bente Utoft Andreassen, Andreas Munk Petersen, Christen Rune Stensvold, Søren Johannes Sørensen and Karen Angeliki Krogfelt

    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2018 18:223

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  47. Content type: Research article

    The microflora composition of the oral cavity affects oral health. Some strains of commensal bacteria confer probiotic benefits to the host. Lactobacillus is one of the main probiotic genera that has been used to...

    Authors: Fang Fang, Jie Xu, Qiaoyu Li, Xiaoxuan Xia and Guocheng Du

    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2018 18:221

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  48. Content type: Research article

    Appreciable evidence suggest that dysbiosis in microbiota, reflected in gut microbial imbalance plays a key role in the pathogenesis of neuropsychiatric disorders including depression and inflammatory diseases...

    Authors: Bruk Getachew, Joseph I. Aubee, Richard S. Schottenfeld, Antonei B. Csoka, Karl M. Thompson and Yousef Tizabi

    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2018 18:222

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  49. Content type: Research article

    The aim of this study was to characterize the genomes of 30 Listeria monocytogenes isolates collected at a pig slaughterhouse to determine the molecular basis for their persistence.

    Authors: Tamazight Cherifi, Catherine Carrillo, Dominic Lambert, Ilhem Miniaï, Sylvain Quessy, Guillaume Larivière-Gauthier, Burton Blais and Philippe Fravalo

    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2018 18:220

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  50. Content type: Research article

    Consumers are increasingly demanding for natural and beneficial foods, in order to improve their health and well-being. Probiotics play an important role in such demand, and dairy foods are commonly used as ve...

    Authors: Monique Colombo, Nathália P. A. Castilho, Svetoslav D. Todorov and Luís Augusto Nero

    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2018 18:219

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