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BMC Microbiology is an open access journal publishing original peer-reviewed research articles in analytical and functional studies of prokaryotic and eukaryotic microorganisms, viruses and small parasites, as well as host and therapeutic responses to them, and their interaction with the environment.
BMC Microbiology (ISSN 1471-2180) is indexed/tracked/covered by PubMed, MEDLINE, BIOSIS, CAS, EMBASE, Scopus, FSTA, Thomson Reuters (ISI) and Google Scholar.
BMC Microbiology 2009, 9 :245
Prebiotics are believed to favor beneficial gut bacteria, but mice fed 10% fructo-oligosaccharide or xylo-saccharide prior to oral challenge with Salmonella acquired higher levels of this pathogen in their internal organs than mice fed only cornstarch.
BMC Microbiology 2009, 9 :243
Essential genes of the bacterium Wolbachia have been predicted using computational methods, identifying potential new targets for drugs to treat lymphatic filiariasis caused by the Wolbachia-harboring nematode Brugia malayi.
BMC Microbiology 2009, 9 :233
The haloacid permease Deh4p from the bacterium Burkholderia sp. MBA4 is confirmed as a member of the major facilitator superfamily of membrane transporters, though atypical in having an asymmetric organization and a long periplasmic loop.
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Transcriptional analysis of the jamaicamide gene cluster from the marine cyanobacterium Lyngbya majuscula and identification of possible regulatory proteins
Adam C. Jones, Lena Gerwick, David Gonzalez, Pieter C. Dorrestein, William H. Gerwick BMC Microbiology 2009, 9 :247 (1 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
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Global transcriptional response of pig brain and lung to natural infection by Pseudorabies virus Jf Yuan, Sj Zhang, O Jafer, Ra Furlong, Oe Chausiaux, Ca Sargent, Gh Zhang, Na Affara BMC Microbiology 2009, 9 :246 (1 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
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Some putative prebiotics increase the severity of Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium infection in mice Anne Petersen, Peter MH Heegaard, Anna L Pedersen, Jens B Andersen, Rikke B Sorensen, Hanne Frokiaer, Sampo J Lahtinen, Arthur C Ouwehand, Morten Poulsen, Tine R Licht BMC Microbiology 2009, 9 :245 (30 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
Methodology article
Comparison of the sensitivity of culture, PCR and quantitative real-time PCR for the detection of Pseudomonas aeruginosa in sputum of cystic fibrosis patients Pieter Deschaght, Thierry De Baere, Leen Van Simaey, Sabine Van daele, Frans De Baets, Daniel De Vos, Jean-Paul Pirnay, Mario Vaneechoutte BMC Microbiology 2009, 9 :244 (29 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Computational prediction of essential genes in an unculturable endosymbiotic bacterium, Wolbachia of Brugia malayi Alexander G Holman, Paul J Davis, Jeremy M Foster, Clotilde KS Carlow, Sanjay Kumar BMC Microbiology 2009, 9 :243 (28 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
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Novel Tn4371-ICE like element in Ralstonia pickettii and Genome mining for comparative elements Michael P Ryan, J TONY Pembroke, Catherine C Adley BMC Microbiology 2009, 9 :242 (26 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Development and validation of an oligonucleotide microarray to characterise ectomycorrhizal fungal communities Marlis Reich, Annegret Kohler, Francis Martin, Marc Buee BMC Microbiology 2009, 9 :241 (24 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Immunization protected well nourished mice but not undernourished ones from lung injury in Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infection Thais Graziela Donega Franca, Larissa Lumi Watanabe Ishikawa, Sofia Fernanda Goncalves Zorzella-Pezavento, Fernanda Chiuso-Minicucci, Clara Pires Fujiara Guerino, Maria de Lourdes Ribeiro de Souza da Cunha, Alexandrina Sartori BMC Microbiology 2009, 9 :240 (23 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Use of nfsB, encoding nitroreductase, as a reporter gene to determine the mutational spectrum of spontaneous mutations in Neisseria gonorrhoeae Daniel C Stein, Estaban Carrizosa, Stephen Dunham BMC Microbiology 2009, 9 :239 (23 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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RotaC: A web-based tool for the complete genome classification of group A rotaviruses Piet Maes, Jelle Matthijnssens, Mustafizur Rahman, Marc Van Ranst BMC Microbiology 2009, 9 :238 (23 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Endogenous Retroviruses: Thierry Heidmann wins the 2009 Retrovirology prize Ali Saib, Monsef Benkirane Retrovirology 2009, 6 :108 (1 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
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Transcriptomic response of the mycoparasitic fungus Trichoderma atroviride to the close presence of a fungal prey Verena Seidl, Lifu Song, Erika A Lindquist, Sabine Gruber, Alexeij Koptchinskiy, Susanne Zeilinger, Monika Schmoll, Pedro Martinez, Jibin Sun, Igor Grigoriev, Alfredo Herrera-Estrella, Scott E Baker, Christian P Kubicek BMC Genomics 2009, 10 :567 (30 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
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Isolation and characterization of a strain of Lichtheimia corymbifera (ex Absidia corymbifera) from a case of bovine abortion Chiara Piancastelli, Francesca Ghidini, Gaetano Donofrio, Stefano Jottini, Simone Taddei, Sandro Cavirani, Clotilde S Cabassi Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology 2009, 7 :138 (30 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
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Rotavirus and adenovirus frequency among patients with acute gastroenteritis and their relationship to clinical parameters: a retrospective study in Turkey Hulya Akan, Guldal Izbirak, Yesim Gurol, Sezgin Sarikaya, Tehlile S. Gunduz, Gulden Yilmaz, Osman Hayran, Ayca Vitrinel Asia Pacific Family Medicine 2009, 8 :8 (29 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
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JANE: efficient mapping of prokaryotic ESTs and variable length sequence reads on related template genomes Chunguang Liang, Alexander Schmid, Maria JOSE Lopez-Sanchez, Andres Moya, Roy Gross, Jorg Bernhardt, Thomas Dandekar BMC Bioinformatics 2009, 10 :391 (29 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
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Identification of an endogenous retroviral envelope gene with fusogenic activity and placenta-specific expression in the rabbit : a new "syncytin" in a third order of mammals
Odile Heidmann, Cecile Vernochet, Anne Dupressoir, Thierry Heidmann Retrovirology 2009, 6 :107 (27 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
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Desmozoon lepeophtherii n. gen., n. sp., (Microsporidia: Enterocytozoonidae) infecting the salmon louse Lepeophtheirus salmonis (Copepoda: Caligidae) Mark A Freeman, Christina Sommerville Parasites & Vectors 2009, 2 :58 (27 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
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Prevalence of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato and Anaplasma phagocytophilum in questing Ixodes ricinus ticks in relation to the density of wild cervids Olav Rosef, Algimantas Paulauskas, Jana Radzijevskaja Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2009, 51 :47 (27 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Blood profile holds clues to role of infection in a premonitory state for idiopathic parkinsonism and of gastrointestinal infection in established disease. Andre Charlett, R John Dobbs, Sylvia M Dobbs, Clive Weller, Mohammad A A Ibrahim, Tracy Dew, Roy Sherwood, Norman L Oxlade, J Malcolm Plant, James Bowthorpe, Andrew J Lawson, Alan Curry, Dale W Peterson, Ingvar T Bjarnason Gut Pathogens 2009, 1 :20 (26 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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High genotypic diversity and a novel variant of human cytomegalovirus revealed by combined UL33 / UL55 genotyping with broad-range PCR Merlin Deckers, Jorg Hofmann, Karl-Anton Kreuzer, Henrike Reinhard, Abigail Edubio, Hartmut Hengel, Sebastian Voigt, Bernhard Ehlers Virology Journal 2009, 6 :210 (26 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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