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Evaluation and selection of tandem repeat loci for Streptococcus pneumoniae MLVA strain typing
Jean-Louis Koeck, Berthe-Marie Njanpop-Lafourcade, Sonia Cade, Emmanuelle Varon, Lassana Sangare, Samina Valjevac, Gilles Vergnaud, Christine Pourcel
BMC Microbiology 2005, 5:66 (16November2005)
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Methodology article
Specific and sensitive detection of the conifer pathogen Gremmeniella abietina by nested PCR
Qing-Yin Zeng, Per Hansson, Xiao-Ru Wang
BMC Microbiology 2005, 5:65 (9November2005)
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The gene for a lectin-like protein is transcriptionally activated during sexual development, but is not essential for fruiting body formation in the filamentous fungus Sordaria macrospora
Minou Nowrousian, Patricia Cebula
BMC Microbiology 2005, 5:64 (3November2005)
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M protein typing of Thai group A streptococcal isolates by PCR-Restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis
Nonglak Yoonim, Colleen Olive, Chulabhorn Pruksachatkunakorn, Michael F Good, Sumalee Pruksakorn
BMC Microbiology 2005, 5:63 (16October2005)
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ABC transporter FtsABCD of Streptococcus pyogenes mediates uptake of ferric ferrichrome
Tracey S Hanks, Mengyao Liu, Michael J McClure, Benfang Lei
BMC Microbiology 2005, 5:62 (14October2005)
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Comparison between Gram stain and culture for the characterization of vaginal microflora: Definition of a distinct grade that resembles grade I microflora and revised categorization of grade I microflora
Rita Verhelst, Hans Verstraelen, Geert Claeys, Gerda Verschraegen, Leen Van Simaey, Catharine De Ganck, Ellen De Backer, Marleen Temmerman, Mario Vaneechoutte
BMC Microbiology 2005, 5:61 (14October2005)
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Genometrics as an essential tool for the assembly of whole genome sequences: the example of the chromosome of Bifidobacterium longum NCC2705
Lionel Guy, Dimitri Karamata, Philippe Moreillon, Claude-Alain H Roten
BMC Microbiology 2005, 5:60 (13October2005)
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Polyamine stress at high pH in Escherichia coli K-12
Elizabeth Yohannes, Amy E Thurber, Jessica C Wilks, Daniel P Tate, Joan L Slonczewski
BMC Microbiology 2005, 5:59 (13October2005)
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Non-classical protein secretion in bacteria
Jannick D Bendtsen, Lars Kiemer, Anders Fausb ll, Sren Brunak
BMC Microbiology 2005, 5:58 (7October2005)
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The two authentic methionine aminopeptidase genes are differentially expressed in Bacillus subtilis
CongHui You, HongYan Lu, Agnieszka Sekowska, Gang Fang, YiPing Wang, Anne-Marie Gilles, Antoine Danchin
BMC Microbiology 2005, 5:57 (5October2005)
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A gonococcal homologue of meningococcal  -glutamyl transpeptidase gene is a new type of bacterial pseudogene that is transcriptionally active but phenotypically silent
Hideyuki Takahashi, Haruo Watanabe
BMC Microbiology 2005, 5:56 (4October2005)
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In-house nucleic acid amplification tests for the detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in sputum specimens: meta-analysis and meta-regression
Laura L Flores, Madhukar Pai, John M Colford Jr, Lee W Riley
BMC Microbiology 2005, 5:55 (3October2005)
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Comparative analysis of RNA regulatory elements of amino acid metabolism genes in Actinobacteria
Alexander V Seliverstov, Harald Putzer, Mikhail S Gelfand, Vassily A Lyubetsky
BMC Microbiology 2005, 5:54 (3October2005)
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Methodology article
High-throughput metal susceptibility testing of microbial biofilms
Joe J Harrison, Raymond J Turner, Howard Ceri
BMC Microbiology 2005, 5:53 (3October2005)
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A Bacillus thuringiensis isolation method utilizing a novel stain, low selection and high throughput produced atypical results
Joanne Rampersad, David Ammons
BMC Microbiology 2005, 5:52 (24September2005)
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Mycelium development in Streptomyces antibioticus ATCC11891 occurs in an orderly pattern which determines multiphase growth curves
Angel Manteca, Marisol Fernandez, Jesus Sanchez
BMC Microbiology 2005, 5:51 (15September2005)
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Methodology article
Expression capable library for studies of Neisseria gonorrhoeae, version 1.0
Thomas Brettin, Michael R Altherr, Ying Du, Roxie M Mason, Alexandra Friedrich, Laura Potter, Chris Langford, Thomas J Keller, Jason Jens, Heather Howie, Nathan J Weyand, Susan Clary, Kimberly Prichard, Susi Wachocki, Erica Sodergren, Joseph P Dillard, George Weinstock, Magdalene So, Cindy Grove Arvidson
BMC Microbiology 2005, 5:50 (1September2005)
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Identification of a new family of enzymes with potential O-acetylpeptidoglycan esterase activity in both Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria
Joel T Weadge, John M Pfeffer, Anthony J Clarke
BMC Microbiology 2005, 5:49 (19August2005)
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Herpes simplex virus interferes with amyloid precursor protein processing
Suzanne J Shipley, Edward T Parkin, Ruth F Itzhaki, Curtis B Dobson
BMC Microbiology 2005, 5:48 (18August2005)
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The influence of acetyl phosphate on DspA signalling in the Cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC6803
S Shawn Morrison, Conrad W Mullineaux, Mark K Ashby
BMC Microbiology 2005, 5:47 (2August2005)
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Expressed sequence tags from the oomycete fish pathogen Saprolegnia parasitica reveal putative virulence factors
Trudy Torto-Alalibo, Miaoying Tian, Kamal Gajendran, Mark E Waugh, Pieter van West, Sophien Kamoun
BMC Microbiology 2005, 5:46 (2August2005)
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Combined prime-boost vaccination against tick-borne encephalitis (TBE) using a recombinant vaccinia virus and a bacterial plasmid both expressing TBE virus non-structural NS1 protein
SE Aleshin, AV Timofeev, MV Khoretonenko, LG Zakharova, GV Pashvykina, JR Stephenson, AM Shneider, AD Altstein
BMC Microbiology 2005, 5:45 (2August2005)
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Genotyping of Mycobacterium tuberculosis clinical isolates in two cities of Turkey: Description of a new family of genotypes that is phylogeographically specific for Asia Minor
Thierry Zozio, Caroline Allix, Selami Gunal, Zeynep Saribas, Alpaslan Alp, Riza Durmaz, Maryse Fauville-Dufaux, Nalin Rastogi, Christophe Sola
BMC Microbiology 2005, 5:44 (26July2005)
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Characterization of Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolated from chronically infected children with cystic fibrosis in India
Gunjan Agarwal, Arti Kapil, Susheel Kumar Kabra, Bimal Kumar Das, Sada Nand Dwivedi
BMC Microbiology 2005, 5:43 (21July2005)
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Proteome analysis of serovars Typhimurium and Pullorum of Salmonella enterica subspecies I
Vesela Encheva, Robin Wait, Saheer E Gharbia, Shajna Begum, Haroun N Shah
BMC Microbiology 2005, 5:42 (18July2005)
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A novel Geobacteraceae-specific outer membrane protein J (OmpJ) is essential for electron transport to Fe (III) and Mn (IV) oxides in Geobacter sulfurreducens
Eman Afkar, Gemma Reguera, Marianne Schiffer, Derek R Lovley
BMC Microbiology 2005, 5:41 (6July2005)
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Methodology article
A new short-term toxicity assay using Aspergillus awamori with recombinant aequorin gene
Olga Kozlova, Mark Zwinderman, Nick Christofi
BMC Microbiology 2005, 5:40 (2July2005)
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Modeling Lactococcus lactis using a genome-scale flux model
Ana Paula Oliveira, Jens Nielsen, Jochen F rster
BMC Microbiology 2005, 5:39 (27June2005)
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Immunization of mice with YscF provides protection from Yersinia pestis infections
Jyl S Matson, Kelly A Durick, David S Bradley, Matthew L Nilles
BMC Microbiology 2005, 5:38 (24June2005)
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Evaluation of the HOOF-Print assay for typing Brucella abortus strains isolated from cattle in the United States: results with four performance criteria
Betsy J Bricker, Darla R Ewalt
BMC Microbiology 2005, 5:37 (23June2005)
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Carvacrol and p-cymene inactivate Escherichia coli O157:H7 in apple juice
Gabriella Kisk , Sibel Roller
BMC Microbiology 2005, 5:36 (17June2005)
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A census of membrane-bound and intracellular signal transduction proteins in bacteria: Bacterial IQ, extroverts and introverts
Michael Y Galperin
BMC Microbiology 2005, 5:35 (14June2005)
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Methodology article
Optimization of culture conditions to obtain maximal growth of penicillin-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae
Andrea V Restrepo, Beatriz E Salazar, Mar a Agudelo, Carlos A Rodriguez, Andres F Zuluaga, Omar Vesga
BMC Microbiology 2005, 5:34 (2June2005)
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Variability and conservation in hepatitis B virus core protein
Benjamin M Chain, Richard Myers
BMC Microbiology 2005, 5:33 (27May2005)
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Comparative genomics of Helicobacter pylori isolates recovered from ulcer disease patients in England
Farhana Kauser, M Abid Hussain, Irshad Ahmed, Sriramula Srinivas, S Manjulata Devi, Ahmed A Majeed, K Rajender Rao, Aleem A Khan, Leonardo A Sechi, Niyaz Ahmed
BMC Microbiology 2005, 5:32 (25May2005)
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Genetic islands of Streptococcus agalactiae strains NEM316 and 2603VR and their presence in other Group B Streptococcal strains
Mark A Herbert, Catriona JE Beveridge, David McCormick, Emmelien Aten, Nicola Jones, Lori AS Snyder, Nigel J Saunders
BMC Microbiology 2005, 5:31 (24May2005)
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Methodology article
An improved method for rapid generation of unmarked Pseudomonas aeruginosa deletion mutants
Kyoung-Hee Choi, Herbert P Schweizer
BMC Microbiology 2005, 5:30 (23May2005)
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Detection of a highly prevalent and potentially virulent strain of Pseudomonas aeruginosa from nosocomial infections in a medical center
Ghassan M Matar, Mira H Chaar, George F Araj, Zaher Srour, Ghassan Jamaleddine, Usamah Hadi
BMC Microbiology 2005, 5:29 (20May2005)
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Methodology article
Fungal-specific PCR primers developed for analysis of the ITS region of environmental DNA extracts
Kendall J Martin, Paul T Rygiewicz
BMC Microbiology 2005, 5:28 (18May2005)
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HinT proteins and their putative interaction partners in Mollicutes and Chlamydiaceae
Miriam Hopfe, Johannes H Hegemann, Birgit Henrich
BMC Microbiology 2005, 5:27 (18May2005)
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Methodology article
Selecting representative model micro-organisms
BR Holland, J Schmid
BMC Microbiology 2005, 5:26 (17May2005)
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Role of core promoter sequences in the mechanism of swarmer cell-specific silencing of gyrB transcription in Caulobacter crescentus
Jennifer C England, James W Gober
BMC Microbiology 2005, 5:25 (17May2005)
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The antimicrobial susceptibility of Stenotrophomonas maltophilia isolates using three different methods and their genetic relatedness
M  erref Tatman-Otkun,  aban Grcan, Bur in  zer, Bayram Aydoslu, ebnem Bukavaz
BMC Microbiology 2005, 5:24 (9May2005)
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Serotypes, intimin variants and other virulence factors of eae positive Escherichia coli strains isolated from healthy cattle in Switzerland. Identification of a new intimin variant gene (eae- 2)
Miguel Blanco, Sandra Schumacher, Taurai Tasara, Claudio Zweifel, Jes s E Blanco, Ghizlane Dahbi, Jorge Blanco, Roger Stephan
BMC Microbiology 2005, 5:23 (9May2005)
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Interferon- promotes abortion due to Brucella infection in pregnant mice
Suk Kim, Dong Soo Lee, Kenta Watanabe, Hidefumi Furuoka, Hiroshi Suzuki, Masahisa Watarai
BMC Microbiology 2005, 5:22 (4May2005)
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Strain-specific differences in Neisseria gonorrhoeae associated with the phase variable gene repertoire
Philip W Jordan, Lori AS Snyder, Nigel J Saunders
BMC Microbiology 2005, 5:21 (27April2005)
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Proliferative activity of extracellular HIV-1 Tat protein in human epithelial cells: expression profile of pathogenetically relevant genes
Alessia A Bettaccini, Andreina Baj, Roberto S Accolla, Fulvio Basolo, Antonio Q Toniolo
BMC Microbiology 2005, 5:20 (27April2005)
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The Microbial Rosetta Stone Database: A compilation of global and emerging infectious microorganisms and bioterrorist threat agents
David J Ecker, Rangarajan Sampath, Paul Willett, Jacqueline R Wyatt, Vivek Samant, Christian Massire, Thomas A Hall, Kumar Hari, John A McNeil, Cornelia Bchen-Osmond, Bruce Budowle
BMC Microbiology 2005, 5:19 (25April2005)
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Crosstalk regulation among group 2- Sigma factors in Synechocystis PCC6803
Sylvain Lemeille, Johannes Geiselmann, Amel Latifi
BMC Microbiology 2005, 5:18 (22April2005)
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A ring-like nucleoid is not necessary for radioresistance in the Deinococcaceae
Julie M Zimmerman, John R Battista
BMC Microbiology 2005, 5:17 (31March2005)
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Alkane-induced expression, substrate binding profile, and immunolocalization of a cytochrome P450 encoded on the nifD excision element of Anabaena 7120
Sergio Torres, Conrad R Fjetland, Peter J Lammers
BMC Microbiology 2005, 5:16 (24March2005)
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Methodology article
Identification to the species level of Lactobacillus isolated in probiotic prospecting studies of human, animal or food origin by 16S-23S rRNA restriction profiling
Jo o Luiz S Moreira, Rodrigo M Mota, Maria F Horta, Santuza MR Teixeira, Elisabeth Neumann, Jacques R Nicoli,  lvaro C Nunes
BMC Microbiology 2005, 5:15 (23March2005)
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Methodology article
An interlaboratory comparison of ITS2-PCR for the identification of yeasts, using the ABI Prism 310 and CEQ8000 capillary electrophoresis systems
Thierry De Baere, Anne Van Keerberghen, Peter Van Hauwe, Hans De Beenhouwer, An Boel, Gerda Verschraegen, Geert Claeys, Mario Vaneechoutte
BMC Microbiology 2005, 5:14 (18March2005)
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Cloning of the koi herpesvirus (KHV) gene encoding thymidine kinase and its use for a highly sensitive PCR based diagnosis
Herve Bercovier, Yolanta Fishman, Ronen Nahary, Sharon Sinai, Amir Zlotkin, Marina Eyngor, Oren Gilad, Avi Eldar, Ronald P Hedrick
BMC Microbiology 2005, 5:13 (17March2005)
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Site-specific and synergistic stimulation of methylation on the bacterial chemotaxis receptor Tsr by serine and CheW
Anas Chalah, Robert M Weis
BMC Microbiology 2005, 5:12 (14March2005)
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Proposal to create subspecies of Rickettsia conorii based on multi-locus sequence typing and an emended description of Rickettsia conorii
Yong Zhu, Pierre-Edouard Fournier, Marina Eremeeva, Didier Raoult
BMC Microbiology 2005, 5:11 (14March2005)
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In vivo studies of genomic packaging in the dsRNA bacteriophage  8
Jian Qiao, Xueying Qiao, Leonard Mindich
BMC Microbiology 2005, 5:10 (11March2005)
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Bioinformatics analysis of the locus for enterocyte effacement provides novel insights into type-III secretion
Mark J Pallen, Scott A Beatson, Christopher M Bailey
BMC Microbiology 2005, 5:9 (9March2005)
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Genome-scale reconstruction of the metabolic network in Staphylococcus aureus N315: an initial draft to the two-dimensional annotation
Scott A Becker, Bernhard  Palsson
BMC Microbiology 2005, 5:8 (7March2005)
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Proteolytic cleavage of pertussis toxin S1 subunit is not essential for its activity in mammalian cells
Nicholas H Carbonetti, R Michael Mays, Galina V Artamonova, Roger D Plaut, Zo EV Worthington
BMC Microbiology 2005, 5:7 (3February2005)
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Herpesvirus pan encodes a functional homologue of BHRF1, the Epstein-Barr virus v-Bcl-2
Melanie Howell, Tracey Williams, Sheila A Hazlewood
BMC Microbiology 2005, 5:6 (3February2005)
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