Volume 6, issue 1, December 2006
104 articles in this issue
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Effect of iron on the expression of sirR and sitABC in biofilm-associated Staphylococcus epidermidis
Authors (first, second and last of 6)
- Caroline Massonet
- Valerie Pintens
- Johan Van Eldere
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 19 December 2006
- Article: 103
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Mariner mutagenesis of Brucella melitensis reveals genes with previously uncharacterized roles in virulence and survival
Authors (first, second and last of 4)
- Qingmin Wu
- Jianwu Pei
- Thomas A Ficht
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 18 December 2006
- Article: 102
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Characterisation of community acquired non-typhoidal Salmonella from bacteraemia and diarrhoeal infections in children admitted to hospital in Nairobi, Kenya
Authors (first, second and last of 6)
- Samuel Kariuki
- Gunturu Revathi
- Charles A Hart
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 15 December 2006
- Article: 101
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A robotic DNA purification protocol and real-time PCR for the detection of Enterobacter sakazakii in powdered infant formulae
Authors
- Sylviane Derzelle
- Françoise Dilasser
- Content type: Methodology article
- Open Access
- Published: 13 December 2006
- Article: 100
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Herd-level risk factors associated with the presence of Phage type 21/28 E. coli O157 on Scottish cattle farms
Authors (first, second and last of 10)
- Jo EB Halliday
- Margo E Chase-Topping
- Mark EJ Woolhouse
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 02 December 2006
- Article: 99
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Dietary carbohydrate source influences molecular fingerprints of the rat faecal microbiota
Authors (first, second and last of 4)
- Tine R Licht
- Max Hansen
- Lars O Dragsted
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 30 November 2006
- Article: 98
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Variable coordination of cotranscribed genes in Escherichia coli following antisense repression
Authors (first, second and last of 5)
- Rikard Dryselius
- Abbas Nikravesh
- Liam Good
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 21 November 2006
- Article: 97
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Structure-based discovery of inhibitors of the YycG histidine kinase: New chemical leads to combat Staphylococcus epidermidis infections
Authors (first, second and last of 11)
- Zhiqiang Qin
- Jian Zhang
- Di Qu
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 10 November 2006
- Article: 96
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Identification of pathogenic Leptospira species by conventional or real-time PCR and sequencing of the DNA gyrase subunit B encoding gene
Authors (first, second and last of 4)
- Andrew T Slack
- Meegan L Symonds
- Lee D Smythe
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 27 October 2006
- Article: 95
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The biochemical differentiation of Enterobacter sakazakii genotypes
Authors (first, second and last of 4)
- Carol Iversen
- Mike Waddington
- Stephen J Forsythe
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 26 October 2006
- Article: 94
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Functional characterization of a three-component regulatory system involved in quorum sensing-based regulation of peptide antibiotic production in Carnobacterium maltaromaticum
Authors
- Bettina H Rohde
- Luis EN Quadri
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 20 October 2006
- Article: 93
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Use of CFSE staining of borreliae in studies on the interaction between borreliae and human neutrophils
Authors (first, second and last of 4)
- Helena Tuominen-Gustafsson
- Markus Penttinen
- Matti K Viljanen
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 18 October 2006
- Article: 92
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Cloning, expression and functional activity of deoxyhypusine synthase from Plasmodium vivax
Authors (first, second and last of 4)
- James T Njuguna
- Marwa Nassar
- Annette E Kaiser
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 16 October 2006
- Article: 91
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Molecular characterisation of Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates in the First National Survey of Anti-tuberculosis Drug Resistance from Venezuela
Authors (first, second and last of 15)
- Liselotte Aristimuño
- Raimond Armengol
- SofÃa Samper
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 10 October 2006
- Article: 90
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Oxygen limitation modulates pH regulation of catabolism and hydrogenases, multidrug transporters, and envelope composition in Escherichia coli K-12
Authors (first, second and last of 9)
- Everett T Hayes
- Jessica C Wilks
- Joan L Slonczewski
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 06 October 2006
- Article: 89
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Adaptive evolution of the spike gene of SARS coronavirus: changes in positively selected sites in different epidemic groups
Authors
- Chi-Yu Zhang
- Ji-Fu Wei
- Shao-Heng He
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 04 October 2006
- Article: 88
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New PCR systems to confirm real-time PCR detection of Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis
Authors
- David Herthnek
- Göran Bölske
- Content type: Methodology article
- Open Access
- Published: 04 October 2006
- Article: 87
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Construction of a multiple fluorescence labelling system for use in co-invasion studies of Listeria monocytogenes
Authors (first, second and last of 5)
- Jens B Andersen
- Bent B Roldgaard
- Tine R Licht
- Content type: Methodology article
- Open Access
- Published: 03 October 2006
- Article: 86
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The four serotypes of dengue recognize the same putative receptors in Aedes aegypti midgut and Ae. albopictus cells
Authors (first, second and last of 6)
- Ricardo F Mercado-Curiel
- Héctor Armando Esquinca-Avilés
- MarÃa de Lourdes Muñoz
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 02 October 2006
- Article: 85
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Intrinsic and selected resistance to antibiotics binding the ribosome: analyses of Brucella 23S rrn, L4, L22, EF-Tu1, EF-Tu2, efflux and phylogenetic implications
Authors
- Shirley M Halling
- Allen E Jensen
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 02 October 2006
- Article: 84
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Evaluation of BacLite Rapid MRSA, a rapid culture based screening test for the detection of ciprofloxacin and methicillin resistant S. aureus (MRSA) from screening swabs
Authors (first, second and last of 8)
- Gemma Johnson
- Michael R Millar
- Mark Wilks
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 29 September 2006
- Article: 83
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Identification and characterization of the heme-binding proteins SeShp and SeHtsA of Streptococcus equi subspecies equi
Authors (first, second and last of 4)
- Tyler K Nygaard
- Mengyao Liu
- Benfang Lei
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 28 September 2006
- Article: 82
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Human inflammatory bowel disease does not associate with Lawsonia intracellularis infection
Authors (first, second and last of 8)
- Christoph W Michalski
- Fabio Francesco Di Mola
- Helmut Friess
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 19 September 2006
- Article: 81
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Gene expression analysis indicates extensive genotype-specific crosstalk between the conjugative F-plasmid and the E. coli chromosome
Authors
- Bettina Harr
- Christian Schlötterer
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 18 September 2006
- Article: 80
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Population-associated differences between the phase variable LPS biosynthetic genes of Helicobacter pylori
Authors
- Laurence Salaün
- Nigel J Saunders
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 18 September 2006
- Article: 79
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M. leprae inhibits apoptosis in THP-1 cells by downregulation of Bad and Bak and upregulation of Mcl-1 gene expression
Authors (first, second and last of 4)
- Zahra Hasan
- Mussarat Ashraf
- Rabia Hussain
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 18 September 2006
- Article: 78
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Detection of potentially valuable polymorphisms in four group I intron insertion sites at the 3'-end of the LSU rDNA genes in biocontrol isolates of Metarhizium anisopliae
Authors (first, second and last of 6)
- Marcela Márquez
- Enrique A Iturriaga
- Rosa Hermosa
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 15 September 2006
- Article: 77
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A first insight into the genetic diversity of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, assessed by spoligotyping
Authors (first, second and last of 5)
- Vegard Eldholm
- Mecky Matee
- Ulf R Dahle
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 13 September 2006
- Article: 76
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Optimization of a large-scale gene disruption protocol in Dictyostelium and analysis of conserved genes of unknown function
Authors
- Patricia Torija
- Alicia Robles
- Ricardo Escalante
- Content type: Methodology article
- Open Access
- Published: 31 August 2006
- Article: 75
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Phylogenetic evidence for inter-typic recombination in the emergence of human enterovirus 71 subgenotypes
Authors
- Chan Yoke-Fun
- Sazaly AbuBakar
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 30 August 2006
- Article: 74
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Infection by and protective immune responses against Plasmodium berghei ANKA are not affected in macrophage scavenger receptors A deficient mice
Authors (first, second and last of 4)
- Margarida Cunha-Rodrigues
- SÃlvia Portugal
- Maria M Mota
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 16 August 2006
- Article: 73
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H-NS controls metabolism and stress tolerance in Escherichia coli O157:H7 that influence mouse passage
Authors (first, second and last of 6)
- Irfan Erol
- Kwang-Cheol Jeong
- Charles W Kaspar
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 15 August 2006
- Article: 72
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Bactericidal activity of M protein conserved region antibodies against group A streptococcal isolates from the Northern Thai population
Authors (first, second and last of 4)
- Nonglak Yoonim
- Colleen Olive
- Sumalee Pruksakorn
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 09 August 2006
- Article: 71
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Characterization of the mrgRS locus of the opportunistic pathogen Burkholderia pseudomallei: temperature regulates the expression of a two-component signal transduction system
Authors (first, second and last of 4)
- Magdy E Mahfouz
- T Hilton Grayson
- Martyn L Gilpin
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 07 August 2006
- Article: 70
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Identification of transposon insertion mutants of Francisella tularensis tularensis strain Schu S4 deficient in intracellular replication in the hepatic cell line HepG2
Authors
- Aiping Qin
- Barbara J Mann
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 31 July 2006
- Article: 69
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Influence of plant diversity and elevated atmospheric carbon dioxide levels on belowground bacterial diversity
Authors
- Dominique Grüter
- Bernhard Schmid
- Helmut Brandl
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 27 July 2006
- Article: 68
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Heterogeneity of pneumococcal phase variants in invasive human infections
Authors
- I Serrano
- J Melo-Cristino
- M Ramirez
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 26 July 2006
- Article: 67
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Efflux pump genes of the resistance-nodulation-division family in Burkholderia cenocepacia genome
Authors (first, second and last of 7)
- Paola Guglierame
- Maria Rosalia Pasca
- Giovanna Riccardi
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 20 July 2006
- Article: 66
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Identification of biofilm proteins in non-typeable Haemophilus Influenzae
Authors (first, second and last of 4)
- Timothy K Gallaher
- Siva Wu
- Rodrigo Aguilera
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 19 July 2006
- Article: 65
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Formation of functional Tat translocases from heterologous components
Authors (first, second and last of 7)
- Matthew G Hicks
- David Guymer
- Tracy Palmer
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 19 July 2006
- Article: 64
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Interaction between Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis and environmental protozoa
Authors
- Lynne Whan
- Irene R Grant
- Michael T Rowe
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 13 July 2006
- Article: 63
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Immunochemical characterization of polysaccharide antigens from six clinical strains of Enterococci
Authors (first, second and last of 6)
- Carolyn T Hsu
- Amanda L Ganong
- Julia Y Wang
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 12 July 2006
- Article: 62
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A novel flow cytometric assay for measurement of In Vivo pulmonary neutrophil phagocytosis
Authors
- Elizabeth A Vander Top
- Greg A Perry
- Martha J Gentry-Nielsen
- Content type: Methodology article
- Open Access
- Published: 12 July 2006
- Article: 61
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Enterococcal colonization of the gastro-intestinal tract: role of biofilm and environmental oligosaccharides
Authors (first, second and last of 5)
- Roberta Creti
- Stefanie Koch
- Johannes Huebner
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 11 July 2006
- Article: 60
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Cationic hydrous thorium dioxide colloids – a useful tool for staining negatively charged surface matrices of bacteria for use in energy-filtered transmission electron microscopy
Authors
- Heinrich Lünsdorf
- Ingeborg Kristen
- Elke Barth
- Content type: Methodology article
- Open Access
- Published: 27 June 2006
- Article: 59
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Adhesive properties of Enterobacter sakazakii to human epithelial and brain microvascular endothelial cells
Authors (first, second and last of 7)
- Jean-Philippe Mange
- Roger Stephan
- Angelika Lehner
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 26 June 2006
- Article: 58
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Does a preceding hand wash and drying time after surgical hand disinfection influence the efficacy of a propanol-based hand rub?
Authors (first, second and last of 5)
- Nils-Olaf Hübner
- Günter Kampf
- Axel Kramer
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 22 June 2006
- Article: 57
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The Bacillus anthracis cholesterol-dependent cytolysin, Anthrolysin O, kills human neutrophils, monocytes and macrophages
Authors
- Elise M Mosser
- Richard F Rest
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 21 June 2006
- Article: 56
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Effects of disrupting the polyketide synthase gene WdPKS1 in Wangiella [Exophiala] dermatitidis on melanin production and resistance to killing by antifungal compounds, enzymatic degradation, and extremes in temperature
Authors (first, second and last of 6)
- William F Paolo Jr
- Ekaterina Dadachova
- Joshua D Nosanchuk
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 19 June 2006
- Article: 55