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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, Scopus, EMBASE, Thomson Reuters (ISI) and Google Scholar.
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BMC Microbiology 2009, 9 :117
Atypical enteropathogenic E. coli (aEPEC) are taxonomically distant from either Shiga toxin-producing E. coli or EPEC strains typified by virulence-determining bundle-forming pili, and are heterogeneous, although all express type I fimbriae that may contribute to their pathogenicity.
BMC Microbiology 2009, 9 :107
Porphyromonas gingivalis induces apoptosis in human gingival epithelial cells through a gingipain-dependent pathway, shedding light on the mechanism responsible for the extensive tissue destruction in chronic periodontitis lesions.
BMC Microbiology 2009, 9 :101
Plant MinD restores correct positioning of the cell division septum in E.coli mutants lacking MinD and MinE, localizing with E. coli MinC at cell poles rather than oscillating as the MinC, D and E proteins do in normal E. coli
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Association of virulence plasmid and antibiotic resistance determinants with chromosomal multilocus genotypes in Mexican Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium strains Magdalena Wiesner, Mussaret B. Zaidi, Edmundo Calva, Marcos Fernandez-Mora, Juan J. Calva, Claudia Silva BMC Microbiology 2009, 9 :131 (3 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
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Simultaneous differential detection of Chlamydophila abortus, Chlamydophila pecorum and Coxiella burnetii from aborted ruminant's clinical samples using multiplex PCR Mustapha Berri, Abdessalem Rekiki, Karim Sidi Boumedine, Annie Rodolakis BMC Microbiology 2009, 9 :130 (1 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
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Discovery of novel inhibitors of Streptococcus pneumoniae based on the virtual screening with the homology-modeled structure of histidine kinase (VicK) Nan Li, Fei Wang, Siqiang Niu, Ju Cao, Kaifeng Wu, Youqiang Li, Nanlin Yin, Weiliang Zhu, Xuemei Zhang, Yibing Yin BMC Microbiology 2009, 9 :129 (27 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Characterization of the Zur regulon and direct Zur targets
in Yersinia pestis
Yingli Li, Yefeng Qiu, He Gao, Zhaobiao Guo, Yanping Han, Yajun Song, Zongmin Du, Xiaoyi Wang, Dongsheng Zhou, Ruifu Yang BMC Microbiology 2009, 9 :128 (25 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Carbon and arsenic metabolism in Thiomonas strains: differences revealed diverse adaptation processes Christopher G. Bryan, Marie Marchal, Fabienne Battaglia-Brunet, Valerie Kugler, Christelle Lemaitre-Guillier, Didier Lievremont, Philippe N. Bertin, Florence Arsene-Ploetze BMC Microbiology 2009, 9 :127 (23 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Population structure of Helicobacter pylori among ethnic groups in Malaysia: recent acquisition of the bacterium by the Malay population Chin Yen Tay, Hazel Mitchell, Quanjiang Dong, Khean-Lee Goh, Ian W Dawes, Ruiting Lan BMC Microbiology 2009, 9 :126 (19 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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PpoR is a conserved unpaired LuxR solo of Pseudomonas putida which binds N -acyl homoserine lactones Sujatha Subramoni, Vittorio Venturi BMC Microbiology 2009, 9 :125 (17 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Coordinated surface activities in Variovorax paradoxus EPS W David Jamieson, Michael J Pehl, Glenn A Gregory, Paul M Orwin BMC Microbiology 2009, 9 :124 (12 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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The Firmicutes/Bacteroidetes ratio of the human microbiota changes with age D Mariat, O Firmesse, F Levenez, VD Guimar BMC Microbiology 2009, 9 :123 (9 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Characterization of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Wandee Yindeeyoungyeon, Supaporn Likitvivatanavong, Prasit Palittapongarnpim BMC Microbiology 2009, 9 :122 (9 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Genomic diversity of pathogenic Escherichia coli of the EHEC 2 clonal complex Galeb S Abu-Ali, David W Lacher, Lukas M Wick, Weihong Qi, Thomas S Whittam BMC Genomics 2009, 10 :296 (3 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
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Evolution of SIV toward RANTES resistance in macaques rapidly progressing to AIDS upon coinfection with HHV-6A Angelique Biancotto, Jean-Charles Grivel, Andrea Lisco, Christophe Vanpouille, Phillip D. Markham, Robert C. Gallo, Leonid B. Margolis, Paolo Lusso Retrovirology 2009, 6 :61 (2 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
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Developing a scalable model of recombinant protein yield from Pichia pastoris: the influence of culture conditions, biomass and induction regime William J Holmes, Richard AJ Darby, Martin DB Wilks, Rodney Smith, Roslyn M Bill Microbial Cell Factories 2009, 8 :35 (1 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
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Comprehensive identification of essential Staphylococcus aureus genes using Transposon-Mediated Differential Hybridisation (TMDH) Roy R Chaudhuri, Andrew G Allen, Paul J Owen, Gil Shalom, Karl Stone, Marcus Harrison, Timothy A Burgis, Michael Lockyer, Jorge Garcia-Lara, Simon J Foster, Stephen J Pleasance, Sarah E Peters, Duncan J Maskell, Ian G Charles BMC Genomics 2009, 10 :291 (1 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
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Analysis of host- and strain-dependent cell death responses during infectious salmon anemia virus infection in vitro Berit L Schiotz, Espen S Baekkevold, Lene C Poulsen, Siri Mjaaland, Tor Gjoen Virology Journal 2009, 6 :91 (1 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Morphogenesis signaling components influence cell cycle regulation by cyclin dependent kinase Brian TD Tobe, Ana A Kitazono, Jacqueline Suen Garcia, Renee A Gerber, Brooke J Bevis, John S Choy, Daniel Chasman, Stephen J Kron Cell Division 2009, 4 :12 (1 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Mitogen-activated protein kinases and NFkappaB are involved in SP-A-enhanced responses of macrophages to mycobacteria Joseph P Lopez, David J Vigerust, Virginia L Shepherd Respiratory Research 2009, 10 :60 (1 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Differences in resistance mutations among HIV-1 non-subtype B infections : a systematic review of evidence (1996-2008) Jorge L Martinez-Cajas, Nitika P Pai, Marina B Klein, Mark A Wainberg Journal of the International AIDS Society 2009, 12 :11 (30 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Friend or foe? Evolutionary history of glycoside hydrolase family 32 genes encoding for sucrolytic activity in fungi and its implications for plant-fungal symbioses Jeri LYNN Parrent, Timothy Y. James, Rimvydas Vasaitis, Andrew F.S. Taylor BMC Evolutionary Biology 2009, 9 :148 (30 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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DNA fingerprinting differentiation between B-carotene
hyperproducer strains of Dunaliella from around the world Jorge Olmos, Leonel Ochoa, Jesus Paniagua, Rosalia Contreras Saline Systems 2009, 5 :5 (30 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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