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  1. The emergence of carbapenem-resistant and extensively drug-resistant (XDR) Acinetobacter baumannii as well as inadequate effective antibiotics calls for an urgent effort to find new antibacterial agents. The ther...

    Authors: Eilnaz Basardeh, Somayeh Piri-Gavgani, Hamid Reza Moradi, Masoumeh Azizi, Parastoo Mirzabeigi, Farzaneh Nazari, Mostafa Ghanei, Fereidoun Mahboudi and Fatemeh Rahimi-Jamnani
    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2024 24:55
  2. Compared with aerial plant tissues (such as leaf, stem, and flower), root-associated microbiomes play an indisputable role in promoting plant health and productivity. We thus explored the similarities and diff...

    Authors: Hui Cao, Longxiao Xu, Jianfei Song, Mi Xun, Weiwei Zhang and Hongqiang Yang
    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2024 24:53
  3. Resistance mechanisms are a shelter for Acinetobacter baumannii to adapt to our environment which causes difficulty for the infections to be treated and WHO declares this organism on the top of pathogens priority...

    Authors: Neveen M. Saleh, Hadeer Ezzat, Gharieb S. El-Sayyad and Hamdallah Zedan
    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2024 24:52
  4. S. pyogenes, is a primary pathogen that leads to pharyngitis and can also trigger severe conditions like necrotizing fasciitis and streptococcal toxic shock syndrome (STSS), often resulting in high mortality rate...

    Authors: Zhiqian Dou, Ling Xie, Meiling Gao and Dexi Liu
    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2024 24:51
  5. Bacillus cereus is implicated in severe foodborne infection in humans. This study intended to assess the occurrence, groEL gene sequencing, biofilm production, and resistance profiles of emerged multidrug resista...

    Authors: Abdelazeem M. Algammal, Hamza M. Eid, Saad Alghamdi, Hanaa Ghabban, Roba Alatawy, Enas A. Almanzalawi, Tahani M. Alqahtani, Sabreen G. Elfouly, Gihan M. Mohammed, Helal F. Hetta and Reham M. El-Tarabili
    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2024 24:50
  6. As antibiotics cannot inhibit multidrug-resistant bacteria (MDR), continuous research is mandatory to find other antibacterials from natural resources. Native legume proteins and their modified forms exhibited...

    Authors: Mahmoud Sitohy, Gamal Enan, Seham Abdel-Shafi, Neveen Abou El-Wafa, Nashwa El-Gazzar, Ali Osman and Basel Sitohy
    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2024 24:49
  7. Pediatric chronic intestinal pseudo-obstruction (PIPO) is a rare disease characterized by symptoms and radiological signs suggestive of intestinal obstruction, in the absence of lumen-occluding lesions. It res...

    Authors: Giulia Radocchia, Massimiliano Marazzato, Karim Ben Harbi, Elena Capuzzo, Fabrizio Pantanella, Roberto De Giorgio, Matteo Guarino, Anna Costanzini, Letizia Zenzeri, Pasquale Parisi, Alessandro Ferretti, Enrico Felici, Anna Teresa Palamara, Giovanni Di Nardo and Serena Schippa
    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2024 24:48
  8. Candidatus Ornithobacterium hominis (O. hominis), which was identified in nasopharyngeal swabs from Egypt, has been associated with respiratory disorders in humans. O. hominis, a recently identified member of the...

    Authors: Nada Ahmed, Marwa Azab, Shymaa Enany and Amro Hanora
    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2024 24:47
  9. Campylobacter jejuni and Campylobacter coli are the major causative agents of bacterial gastroenteritis worldwide and are known obligate microaerophiles. Despite being sensitive to oxygen and its reduction produc...

    Authors: Emily Stoakes, Xuanlin Chen, Lajos Kalmar, Dave Baker, Rhiannon Evans, Steven Rudder and Andrew J. Grant
    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2024 24:46
  10. Sepsis can cause immune dysregulation and multiple organ failure in patients and eventually lead to death. The gut microbiota has demonstrated its precise therapeutic potential in the treatment of various dise...

    Authors: Feiyu Luan, Yang Zhou, Xiaohui Ma, Yue Li, Yahui Peng, Xiaonan Jia, Nana Li, Xibo Wang, Yinghao Luo, Mingyin Man, Qianqian Zhang, Chunying Wang, Kaijiang Yu, Mingyan Zhao and Changsong Wang
    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2024 24:45
  11. L-arginine deiminase (ADI, EC 3.5.3.6) hydrolyzes arginine to ammonia and citrulline which is a natural supplement in health care. ADI was purified from Penicillium chrysogenum using 85% ammonium sulfate, DEAE-ce...

    Authors: Hamed M. El-Shora, Nessma A. El-Zawawy, Mohamed A. Abd El-Rheem and Metwally A. Metwally
    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2024 24:44
  12. Epothilone derivatives have been recognized as one of the most powerful anticancer drugs towards solid tumors, for their unique affinity to bind with β-tubulin microtubule arrays, stabilizing their disassembly...

    Authors: Ashraf S. A. El-Sayed, Ahmed Shindia, Hala Ammar, Mohamed G. Seadawy and Samar A. Khashana
    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2024 24:43
  13. Atopic dermatitis (AD) patients have high rates of colonization by Staphylococcus aureus, which has been associated with worsening of the disease. This study characterized Staphylococcus spp isolates recovered fr...

    Authors: Mariana Fernandes Augusto de Oliveira, Daiane Bitencourt Agne, Ludmila Sento Sé Bastos, Laura Maria Andrade de Oliveira, Simone Saintive, Ekaterini Simoes Goudouris, Evandro Alves do Prado, Henrique Fragoso dos Santos, Raphael da Silva Pereira, Fernanda Sampaio Cavalcante, Dennis de Carvalho Ferreira and Kátia Regina Netto dos Santos
    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2024 24:42
  14. Listeria monocytogenes is an important foodborne pathogen that incorporated into many serious infections in human especially immunocompromised individuals, pregnant women, the elderly, and newborns. The consumpt...

    Authors: Amira Ibrahim Zakaria and Rana Fahmi Sabala
    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2024 24:41
  15. Anelloviruses (AVs) that infect the human population are members of the Anelloviridae family. They are widely distributed in human populations worldwide. Torque teno virus (TTV) was the first virus of this fam...

    Authors: Mohammad Sabbaghian, Hamidreza Gheitasi, Ali Akbar Shekarchi, Ahmad Tavakoli and Vahdat Poortahmasebi
    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2024 24:40
  16. Tea is one of the most widely consumed beverages in the world, with significant economic and cultural value. However, tea production faces many challenges due to various biotic and abiotic stresses, among whic...

    Authors: Zhaoyang Tang, Jing Zhu, Qiujin Song, Paul Daly, Liya Kong, Luqian He, Agen Li, Jun Lou, Zhanqi Wang, Liqin Zhang and Lijing Min
    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2024 24:38
  17. Vibrio vulnificus exists as one of the most serious foodborne pathogens for humans, and rapid and sensitive detection methods are needed to control its infections. As an emerging method, The Loop-Mediated Isother...

    Authors: Lei Zhang, Jianfei Liu, Kewei Qin, Chenglin Wu, Hui Ma and Lijun Zhou
    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2024 24:37
  18. Patients with diabetic feet are prone to be infected due to the impaired immune system. However, the prognostic outcome of different microbial infections remains controversial. Identification and rapid screeni...

    Authors: Chunxia Qi, Xiangrong Luo, Jiali Huang, Danli Kong, Yali Zhang, Mengchen Zou and Hao Zhou
    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2024 24:36
  19. Diarrhoea is a public health problem, especially in developing countries where it is the second leading cause of child mortality. In Low Income Countries like in Mali, self-medication and inappropriate use of ...

    Authors: Bintou Diarra, Ibréhima Guindo, Boī Koné, Maīmouna Dembélé, Ibrahim Cissé, Souleymane Thiam, Kadidia Konaté, Mamadou Tékété, Almoustapha Maīga, Oumou Maīga, Lassina Timbiné and Abdoulaye Djimde
    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2024 24:35
  20. Frogs are critical economic animals essential to agricultural ecosystem equilibrium. However, Meningitis-like Infectious Disease (MID) often affects them in agricultural settings. While frog-associated microbi...

    Authors: Senlin Liu, Sewar Imad, Sarfraz Hussain, Shuiqing Xiao, Xiaowei Yu and Hui Cao
    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2024 24:34
  21. Vibrio cholerae, as a natural inhabitant of the marine environment is among the world-leading causes of diarrheal diseases. The present study aimed to investigate the genetic relatedness of Iran 2012–2016 V. chol...

    Authors: Fatemeh Jalalizadeh, Elisabeth Njamkepo, François-Xavier Weill, Forough Goodarzi, Marjan Rahnamaye-Farzami, Roghieh Sabourian and Bita Bakhshi
    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2024 24:33
  22. COVID-19 emerged in late 2019 and has occasioned more than 765 millions cumulative cases and 6.9 millions of deaths globally. Notably, around 70% of patients with severe COVID-19 are men. Therefore, it is to b...

    Authors: Rubén Alberto Bayardo-González, Marcela Peña-Rodríguez, Ana Laura Pereira-Suárez, Alina Xcaret Rubio-Sánchez, Mariel García-Chagollán, Daniel Natividad Valenzuela-Orozco, Melida del Rosario Lizarazo-Taborda, Jesús Mora-Mora and Natali Vega-Magaña
    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2024 24:32
  23. Although the spread of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) through food and its production poses a significant concern, there is limited research on the prevalence of AMR bacteria in various agri-food products. Seq...

    Authors: Ashley L. Cooper, Andrew Low, Alex Wong, Sandeep Tamber, Burton W. Blais and Catherine D. Carrillo
    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2024 24:31
  24. Macrolide antibiotics have been extensively used for the treatment of Staphylococcus aureus infections. However, the emergence of macrolide-resistant strains of S. aureus has become a major concern for public hea...

    Authors: Tarek El-Said El-Banna, Fatma Ibrahim Sonbol, Amal M. Abo Kamer and Sara Ahmed Mohammed Mahmoud Badr
    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2024 24:30
  25. The ATP-dependent DNA ligase Lig E is present as an accessory DNA ligase in numerous proteobacterial genomes, including many disease-causing species. Here we have constructed a genomic Lig E knock-out in the o...

    Authors: Jolyn Pan, Avi Singh, Kyrin Hanning, Joanna Hicks and Adele Williamson
    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2024 24:29
  26. Filarial worms are important vector-borne pathogens of a large range of animal hosts, including humans, and are responsible for numerous debilitating neglected tropical diseases such as, lymphatic filariasis c...

    Authors: Lucas G. Huggins, Ushani Atapattu, Neil D. Young, Rebecca J. Traub and Vito Colella
    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2024 24:28
  27. As unicellular eukaryotes, ciliates are an indispensable component of micro-ecosystems that play the role of intermediate nutrition link between bacteria or algae and meiofauna. Recent faunistic studies have r...

    Authors: Lijian Liao, Limin Jiang and Xiaozhong Hu
    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2024 24:27
  28. The human-pathogenic Enterobacter species are widely distributed in diverse environmental conditions, however, the understanding of the virulence factors and genetic variations within the genus is very limited. I...

    Authors: Mu Peng, Weiyuan Lin, Aifen Zhou, Zhihui Jiang, Fangzhen Zhou and Zhiyong Wang
    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2024 24:26
  29. Oligoribonuclease (orn) of P. aeruginosa is a highly conserved exonuclease, which can regulate the global gene expression levels of bacteria through regulation of both the nanoRNA and c-di-GMP. NanoRNA can regula...

    Authors: Lulu Yang, Lili Wang, Mengyu Wang, Ousman Bajinka, Guojun Wu, Ling Qin and Yurong Tan
    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2024 24:25
  30. Although stag beetles are a popular saprophytic insect, their gut microbiome has been poorly studied. Here, 16 S rRNA gene sequencing was employed to reveal the gut microbiota composition and functional variat...

    Authors: Yikai Lu, Siyuan Chu, Zhiyuan Shi, Ruobing You and Haimin Chen
    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2024 24:24
  31. Mycoplasma pneumoniae (M. pneumoniae) is an important pathogen of community-acquired pneumonia in children. The factors contributing to the severity of illness caused by M. pneumoniae infection are still under in...

    Authors: Meng Xu, Ying Li, Yue Shi, Haizhou Liu, Xi Tong, Li Ma, Jie Gao, Qing Du, Hui Du, Di Liu, Xiaoxia Lu and Yi Yan
    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2024 24:23
  32. As antibiotics and chemotherapeutics are no longer as efficient as they once were, multidrug resistant (MDR) pathogens and cancer are presently considered as two of the most dangerous threats to human life. In...

    Authors: Mervat G. Hassan, Mariam T. Hawwa, Dina M. Baraka, Hamed M. El-Shora and Ahmed A. Hamed
    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2024 24:21
  33. Pseudomonas species are common on food, but their contribution to the antimicrobial resistance gene (ARG) burden within food or as a source of clinical infection is unknown. Pseudomonas aeruginosa is an opportuni...

    Authors: Samuel J. Bloomfield, Raphaёlle Palau, Emma R. Holden, Mark A. Webber and Alison E. Mather
    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2024 24:20
  34. This study investigates the variations in microbiome abundance and diversity on the ocular surfaces of diabetic patients suffering from dry eye within a community setting. The goal is to offer theoretical insi...

    Authors: Zhangling Chen, Senlin Lin, Yi Xu, Lina Lu and Haidong Zou
    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2024 24:19
  35. Cinnamomum camphora (L.) Presl (C. camphora) is an evergreen broad-leaved tree cultivated in subtropical China. The use of C. camphora as clonal cuttings for coppice management has become popular recently. Howeve...

    Authors: Luyuan Sun, Guilong Li, Jiao Zhao, Ting Zhang, Jia Liu and Jie Zhang
    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2024 24:18
  36. Water is considered a source for the transmission of Arcobacter species to both humans and animals. This study was conducted to assess the prevalence, distribution, and pathogenicity of A. butzleri strains, which...

    Authors: Izhar U. H. Khan, Wen Chen, Michel Cloutier, David R. Lapen, Emilia Craiovan and Graham Wilkes
    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2024 24:17
  37. Studying the effects of the microbiome on the development of different types of cancer has recently received increasing research attention. In this context, the microbial content of organs of the gastrointesti...

    Authors: Ghazaleh Pourali, Danial Kazemi, Amir Shayan Chadeganipour, Mahshid Arastonejad, Sara Naghizadeh Kashani, Roozbeh Pourali, Mina Maftooh, Hamed Akbarzade, Hamid Fiuji, Seyed Mahdi Hassanian, Majid Ghayour-Mobarhan, Gordon A. Ferns, Majid Khazaei and Amir Avan
    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2024 24:16
  38. This study aimed to isolate the rumen-derived bacteria with the ability to degrade free gossypol (FG), and to evaluate the probiotic potential in vitro for ensuring safe utilization.

    Authors: Liangkang Lv, Fengliang Xiong, Yingyi Liu, Shiteng Pei, Shanshan He, Shengli Li and Hongjian Yang
    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2024 24:15
  39. Reliable species identification of cultured isolates is essential in clinical bacteriology. We established a new study algorithm named NOVA – Novel Organism Verification and Analysis to systematically analyze bac...

    Authors: Veronika Muigg, Helena M.B. Seth-Smith, Kai-Manuel Adam, Maja Weisser, Vladimira Hinić, Annette Blaich, Tim Roloff, Ulrich Heininger, Hanna Schmid, Maurus Kohler, Lukas Graf, Dylan M. Winterflood, Pascal Schlaepfer and Daniel Goldenberger
    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2024 24:14
  40. The utilization of fructose as a carbon source and energy provider plays a crucial role in bacterial metabolism. Additionally, fructose metabolism directly impacts the pathogenicity and virulence of certain pa...

    Authors: Yan Ge, Daiyu Li, Ning Wang, Yun Shi, Gang Guo, Liyuan Fang, Quanming Zou and Qiang Liu
    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2024 24:13
  41. Spotting disease infects a variety of sea urchin species across many different marine locations. The disease is characterized by discrete lesions on the body surface composed of discolored necrotic tissue that...

    Authors: Chloe G. Shaw, Christina Pavloudi, Ryley S. Crow, Jimmy H. Saw and L. Courtney Smith
    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2024 24:11
  42. Authors: Morgane Mailhe, Davide Ricaboni, Véronique Vitton, Jean-Michel Gonzalez, Dipankar Bachar, Grégory Dubourg, Frédéric Cadoret, Catherine Rober, Jérémy Delerce, Anthony Levasseur, Pierre-Edouard Fournier, Emmanouil Angelakis, Jean-Christophe Lagier and Didier Raoult
    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2024 24:10
  43. Enterococcus faecium is a Gram-positive bacterium, naturally present in the human intestinal microbiota, but is also an opportunistic pathogen responsible for healthcare-associated infections. Persisters are indi...

    Authors: Charlotte Le Pont, Benoît Bernay, Mattéo Gérard, Anne Dhalluin, François Gravey and Jean-Christophe Giard
    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2024 24:9
  44. Colorectal cancer (CRC) is a prevalent malignant malignancy affecting the gastrointestinal tract that is usually treated clinically with chemotherapeutic agents, whereas chemotherapeutic agents can cause sever...

    Authors: Fenfang Yue, Xiangdi Zeng, Yufan Wang, Yilin Fang, Mengyun Yue, Xuanqi Zhao, Ruizhe Zhu, Qingwei Zeng, Jing Wei and Tingtao Chen
    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2024 24:8
  45. People living with HIV (PLWH) with chronic inflammation may have an increasing risk for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) severity; however, the impact of their gut microbiota on COVID-19 is not fully elucid...

    Authors: Aya Ishizaka, Michiko Koga, Taketoshi Mizutani, Seiya Yamayoshi, Kiyoko Iwatsuki-Horimoto, Eisuke Adachi, Yutaka Suzuki, Yoshihiro Kawaoka and Hiroshi Yotsuyanagi
    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2024 24:6
  46. Harmonia axyridis is an effective natural enemy insect to a variety of phloem-sucking pests and Lepidopteran larvae, such as aphids, scabies, and phylloxera, while its industrial production is limited due to unma...

    Authors: Bing-Hua Xie, Lei Chao, Si-Jing Wan, Hui-Ru Si, Wei-Dong Yu, Zhen Huang, Shi-Gui Wang, Nicolas Desneux, Bin Tang and Si-Si Sun
    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2024 24:5
  47. Authors: Yameng Li, Xianglong Kong, Yifan Li, Ningning Tao, Tingting Wang, Yingying Li, Yawei Hou, Xuehan Zhu, Qilin Han, Yuzhen Zhang, Qiqi An, Yao Liu and Huaichen Li
    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2024 24:2

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