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Determination of the mimic epitope of the M-like protein adhesin in swine Streptococcus equi subsp. zooepidemicus
Hongjie Fan, Yongshan Wang, Fuyu Tang, Chengping Lu
BMC Microbiology 2008, 8:170 (7October2008)
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Cloning of the cytochrome p450 reductase (crtR) gene and its involvement in the astaxanthin biosynthesis of Xanthophyllomyces dendrorhous.
Jennifer Alcaino, Salvador Barahona, Marisela Carmona, Carla Lozano, Andres Marcoleta, Mauricio Niklitschek, Dionisia Sepulveda, Marcelo Baeza, Victor Cifuentes
BMC Microbiology 2008, 8:169 (6October2008)
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Motility is required for the competitive fitness of entomopathogenic Photorhabdus luminescens during insect infection.
Catherine A Easom, David J Clarke
BMC Microbiology 2008, 8:168 (3October2008)
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The Mycoplasma pneumoniae MPN229 gene encodes a protein that selectively binds single-stranded DNA and stimulates Recombinase A-mediated DNA strand exchange
Marcel Sluijter, Theo Hoogenboezem, Nico G Hartwig, Cornelis Vink
BMC Microbiology 2008, 8:167 (2October2008)
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Regulatory and Structural Properties Differentiating the Chromosomal and the Bacteriophage-Associated Escherichia coli O157:H7 Cu,Zn Superoxide Dismutases
Melania D'Orazio, Raffaella Scotti, Laura Nicolini, Laura Cervoni, Giuseppe Rotilio, Andrea Battistoni, Roberta Gabbianelli
BMC Microbiology 2008, 8:166 (1October2008)
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Identification and characterization of domains responsible for self-assembly and cell wall binding of the surface layer protein of Lactobacillus brevis ATCC 8287
Silja Avall-Jaaskelainen, Ulla Hynonen, Nicola Ilk, Dietmar Pum, Uwe B Sleytr, Airi Palva
BMC Microbiology 2008, 8:165 (1October2008)
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An efficient method for visualization and growth of fluorescent Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae in planta
Sang-Wook Han, Chang-Jin Park, Sang-Won Lee, Pamela C Ronald
BMC Microbiology 2008, 8:164 (30September2008)
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Development of a loop-mediated isothermal amplification assay for sensitive and rapid detection of Vibrio parahaemolyticus
Wataru Yamazaki, Masanori Ishibashi, Ryuji Kawahara, Kiyoshi Inoue
BMC Microbiology 2008, 8:163 (30September2008)
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Bordetella pertussis isolates in Finland: Serotype and fimbrial expression
Eriikka Heikkinen, Dorothy K Xing, Rose-Marie  lander, Jukka Hyt nen, Matti K Viljanen, Jussi Mertsola, Qiushui He
BMC Microbiology 2008, 8:162 (25September2008)
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Development of a luciferase-based reporter system to monitor Bifidobacterium breve UCC2003 persistence in mice.
Michelle Cronin, Roy D Sleator, Colin Hill, Gerald F Fitzgerald, Douwe van Sinderen
BMC Microbiology 2008, 8:161 (24September2008)
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Structural analysis of FAD synthetase from Corynebacterium ammoniagenes
Susana Frago, Marta Martinez-Julvez, Ana Serrano, Milagros Medina
BMC Microbiology 2008, 8:160 (23September2008)
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Passive administration of monoclonal antibodies to Anthrolysin O prolong survival in mice lethally infected with Bacillus anthracis
Antonio Nakouzi, Johanna Rivera, Richard F Rest, Arturo Casadevall
BMC Microbiology 2008, 8:159 (23September2008)
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The stress responsive and morphologically regulated hsp90 gene from Paracoccidioides brasiliensis is essential to cell viability
Andr M Nicola, Ros ngela V Andrade, Alessandra S Dantas, Patr cia A Andrade, Fabrcio BM Arraes, Larissa Fernandes, Ildinete Silva-Pereira, Maria Sueli S Felipe
BMC Microbiology 2008, 8:158 (22September2008)
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Evaluation of an immunomagnetic separation method to capture Candida yeasts cells in blood
Vronique Apaire-Marchais, Marie Kempf, Corinne Lefran ois, Agn s Marot, Patricia Licznar, Jane Cottin, Daniel Poulain, Raymond Robert
BMC Microbiology 2008, 8:157 (22September2008)
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Development of a real-time multiplex PCR assay for the detection of multiple Salmonella serotypes in chicken samples.
Edel O' Regan, Evonne McCabe, Catherine Burgess, Sheila Mc Guinness, Thomas Barry, Geraldine Duffy, Paul Whyte, Seamus Fanning
BMC Microbiology 2008, 8:156 (21September2008)
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Hfq regulates the expression of the thermostable direct hemolysin gene in Vibrio parahaemolyticus
Masayuki Nakano, Akira Takahashi, Zehong Su, Nagakatsu Harada, Kazuaki Mawatari, Yutaka Nakaya
BMC Microbiology 2008, 8:155 (21September2008)
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Lack of genomic evidence of AI-2 receptors suggests a non-quorum sensing role for luxS in most bacteria
Fabio Rezzonico, Brion Duffy
BMC Microbiology 2008, 8:154 (20September2008)
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Role of IFN-gamma and IL-6 in a protective immune response to Yersinia enterocolitica in mice
Gianluca Matteoli, Edda Fahl, Philipp Warnke, Steffen M ller, Michael Bonin, Ingo B Autenrieth, Erwin Bohn
BMC Microbiology 2008, 8:153 (19September2008)
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Detection of Francisella tularensis in ticks and identification their genotypes using multiple-locus variable-number tandem repeat analysis
Fang Zhang, Wei Liu, Xiao-Ming Wu, Zhong-Tao Xin, Qiu-Ming Zhao, Hong Yang, Wu-Chun Cao
BMC Microbiology 2008, 8:152 (17September2008)
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Altered cellular infiltration and cytokine levels during early Mycobacterium tuberculosis delta sigC mutant infection are associated with late-stage disease attenuation and milder immunopathology in mice.
Khairul-Bariah Abdul-Majid, Lan H Ly, Paul J Converse, Deborah E Geiman, David N McMurray, William R Bishai
BMC Microbiology 2008, 8:151 (17September2008)
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Comparative analysis of emm type pattern of Group A Streptococcus throat and skin isolates from India and their association with closely related SIC, a streptococcal virulence factor
Vivek Sagar, Rajesh Kumar, Nirmal K Ganguly, Anuradha Chakraborti
BMC Microbiology 2008, 8:150 (16September2008)
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Cinnamaldehyde and cinnamaldehyde derivatives reduce virulence in Vibrio spp. by decreasing the DNA-binding activity of the quorum sensing response regulator LuxR
Gilles Brackman, Tom Defoirdt, Carol Miyamoto, Peter Bossier, Serge Van Calenbergh, Hans Nelis, Tom Coenye
BMC Microbiology 2008, 8:149 (16September2008)
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Predictive analysis of transmissible quinolone resistance indicates Stenotrophomonas maltophilia as a potential source of a novel family of Qnr determinants
Mara B S nchez, Alvaro Hernndez, Jos M Rodrguez-Martnez, Luis Martnez-Martnez, Jos L Martnez
BMC Microbiology 2008, 8:148 (16September2008)
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Functional analyses reveal an important role for tyrosine residues in the staphylococcal multidrug efflux protein QacA
Jingqin Wu, Karl A Hassan, Ronald A Skurray, Melissa H Brown
BMC Microbiology 2008, 8:147 (16September2008)
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Allele distribution and genetic diversity of VNTR loci in Salmonella enterica serotype Enteritidis isolates from different sources
Seongbeom Cho, Thomas S Whittam, David J Boxrud, Joanne M Bartkus, A Mahdi Saeed
BMC Microbiology 2008, 8:146 (15September2008)
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A novel receptor  ligand pathway for entry of Francisella tularensis in monocyte-like THP-1 cells: interaction between surface nucleolin and bacterial elongation factor Tu
Monique Barel, Ara G Hovanessian, Karin Meibom, Jean-Paul Briand, Marion Dupuis, Alain Charbit
BMC Microbiology 2008, 8:145 (12September2008)
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Characterization of attaching and effacing Escherichia coli (AEEC) isolated from pigs and sheep
Erik Frohlicher, Gladys Krause, Claudio Zweifel, Lothar Beutin, Roger Stephan
BMC Microbiology 2008, 8:144 (11September2008)
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Staphylococcus epidermidis: A differential trait of the fecal microbiota of breast-fed infants
Esther Jimnez, Susana Delgado, Antonio Maldonado, Rebeca Arroyo, Mar Alb jar, Natalia Garca, Manel Jariod, Leonides Fernndez, Adolfo G mez, Juan M Rodrguez
BMC Microbiology 2008, 8:143 (10September2008)
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The PagN protein of Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium is an adhesin and invasin
Matthew A Lambert, Stephen GJ Smith
BMC Microbiology 2008, 8:142 (8September2008)
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Recombination and selectional forces in cyanopeptolin NRPS operons from highly similar, but geographically remote Planktothrix strains
Trine B Rounge, Thomas Rohrlack, Tom Kristensen, Kjetill S Jakobsen
BMC Microbiology 2008, 8:141 (26August2008)
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Methodology article
Assignment of Streptococcus agalactiae isolates to clonal complexes using a small set of single nucleotide polymorphisms
Erin Honsa, Thomas Fricke, Alex J Stephens, Danny Ko, Fanrong Kong, Gwendolyn L Gilbert, Flavia Huygens, Philip M Giffard
BMC Microbiology 2008, 8:140 (19August2008)
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Inducible Siphoviruses in superficial and deep tissue isolates of Propionibacterium acnes
Rolf Lood, Matthias Mrgelin, Anna Holmberg, Magnus Rasmussen, Mattias Collin
BMC Microbiology 2008, 8:139 (15August2008)
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Detection of quorum-sensing-related molecules in Vibrio scophthalmi
Cristina Garca-Aljaro, Leo Eberl, Kathrin Riedel, Anicet R Blanch
BMC Microbiology 2008, 8:138 (13August2008)
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Methodology article
Evolutional selection of a combinatorial phage library displaying randomly-rearranged various single domains of immunoglobulin (Ig)-binding proteins (IBPs) with four kinds of Ig molecules
Hua Yang, Jie Cao, Lian-Qing Li, Xia Zhou, Qiu-Li Chen, Wen-Ting Liao, Zong-Mei Wen, Shao-Hua Jiang, Rong Xu, Jian-An Jia, Xin Pan, Zhong-Tian Qi, Wei Pan
BMC Microbiology 2008, 8:137 (13August2008)
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CCL5 regulation of mucosal chlamydial immunity and infection
Senthilkumar K Sakthivel, Udai P Singh, Shailesh Singh, Dennis D Taub, Joseph U Igietseme, James W Lillard Jr
BMC Microbiology 2008, 8:136 (13August2008)
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Species distribution and in vitro antifungal susceptibility of oral yeast isolates from Tanzanian HIV-infected patients with primary and recurrent oropharyngeal candidiasis
Omar JM Hamza, Mecky IN Matee, Mainen J Moshi, Elison NM Simon, Ferdinand Mugusi, Frans HM Mikx, Wim H van Palenstein Helderman, Antonius JMM Rijs, Andr JAM van der Ven, Paul E Verweij
BMC Microbiology 2008, 8:135 (12August2008)
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Generation of a restriction minus enteropathogenic Escherichia coli E2348/69 strain that is efficiently transformed with large, low copy plasmids
Neil Hobson, Nancy L Price, Jordan D Ward, Tracy L Raivio
BMC Microbiology 2008, 8:134 (5August2008)
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Altered expression of cell cycle and apoptotic proteins in chronic hepatitis C virus infection
Saira Sarfraz, Saeed Hamid, Anwar Siddiqui, Snawar Hussain, Shahid Pervez, Graeme Alexander
BMC Microbiology 2008, 8:133 (5August2008)
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Eradication of Salmonella Typhimurium infection in a murine model of typhoid fever with the combination of probiotic Lactobacillus fermentum ME-3 and ofloxacin
Kai Truusalu, Raik-Hiio Mikelsaar, Paul Naaber, T nis Karki, Tiiu Kullisaar, Mihkel Zilmer, Marika Mikelsaar
BMC Microbiology 2008, 8:132 (4August2008)
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Reverse transcriptase-PCR differential display analysis of meningococcal transcripts during infection of human cells: Up-regulation of priA and its role in intracellular replication
Adelfia Tal , Mario De Stefano, Cecilia Bucci, Pietro Alifano
BMC Microbiology 2008, 8:131 (29July2008)
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Short tandem repeat sequences in the Mycoplasma genitalium genome and their use in a multilocus genotyping system
Liang Ma, Stephanie Taylor, J rgen S Jensen, Leann Myers, Rebecca Lillis, David H Martin
BMC Microbiology 2008, 8:130 (29July2008)
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Polymorphism, genetic exchange and intragenic recombination of the aureolysin gene among Staphylococcus aureus strains
Artur J Sabat, Benedykt Wladyka, Klaudia Kosowska-Shick, Hajo Grundmann, Jan Maarten van Dijl, Julia Kowal, Peter C Appelbaum, Adam Dubin, Waleria Hryniewicz
BMC Microbiology 2008, 8:129 (29July2008)
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Spx mediates oxidative stress regulation of the methionine sulfoxide reductases operon in Bacillus subtilis
CongHui You, Agnieszka Sekowska, Olivera Francetic, Isabelle Martin-Verstraete, YiPing Wang, Antoine Danchin
BMC Microbiology 2008, 8:128 (28July2008)
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Characterization of new IS elements and studies of their dispersion in two subspecies of Leifsonia xyli
Marcelo M Zerillo, Marie-Anne Van Sluys, Luis Eduardo A Camargo, Claudia B Monteiro-Vitorello
BMC Microbiology 2008, 8:127 (25July2008)
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Identification of the genetic determinants of Salmonella enterica serotype Typhimurium that may regulate the expression of the type 1 fimbriae in response to solid agar and static broth culture conditions
Yin-Ching Chuang, Ke-Chuan Wang, Yi-Tseng Chen, Chia-Huei Yang, Shang-Chin Men, Chia-Chun Fan, Li-Huan Chang, Kuang-Sheng Yeh
BMC Microbiology 2008, 8:126 (25July2008)
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Evaluation of the bacterial diversity in the feces of cattle using 16S rDNA bacterial tag-encoded FLX amplicon pyrosequencing (bTEFAP)
Scot E Dowd, Todd R Callaway, Randall D Wolcott, Yan Sun, Trevor McKeehan, Robert G Hagevoort, Thomas S Edrington
BMC Microbiology 2008, 8:125 (24July2008)
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Differential expression of lipoprotein genes in Mycoplasma pneumoniae after contact with human lung epithelial cells, and under oxidative and acidic stress
Katri M Hallamaa, Sen-Lin Tang, Nino Ficorilli, Glenn F Browning
BMC Microbiology 2008, 8:124 (23July2008)
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Morphology and molecular phylogeny of a marine interstitial tetraflagellate with putative endosymbionts: Auranticordis quadriverberis n. gen. et sp. (Cercozoa)
Chitchai Chantangsi, Heather J Esson, Brian S Leander
BMC Microbiology 2008, 8:123 (22July2008)
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A multicopy suppressor screening approach as a means to identify antibiotic resistance determinant candidates in Yersinia pestis
Karen L Stirrett, Julian A Ferreras, Sebastian M Rossi, Richard L Moy, Fabio V Fonseca, Luis EN Quadri
BMC Microbiology 2008, 8:122 (21July2008)
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Enzymatic, immunological and phylogenetic characterization of Brucella suis urease
Araceli Contreras-Rodriguez, Jose Quiroz-Limon, Ana M Martins, Humberto Peralta, Eric Avila-Calderon, Nammalwar Sriranganathan, Stephen M Boyle, Ahide Lopez-Merino
BMC Microbiology 2008, 8:121 (19July2008)
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Tuberculosis vaccine strain Mycobacterium bovis BCG Russia is a natural recA mutant
Peter M Keller, Erik C Bttger, Peter Sander
BMC Microbiology 2008, 8:120 (17July2008)
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Presence of Helicobacter pylori in a Mexican Pre-Columbian Mummy
Gonzalo Castillo-Rojas, Marco A Cerbn, Yolanda Lpez-Vidal
BMC Microbiology 2008, 8:119 (15July2008)
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A dengue receptor as possible genetic marker of vector competence in Aedes aegypti
Ricardo F Mercado-Curiel, William C Black IV, Maria de L Mu oz
BMC Microbiology 2008, 8:118 (15July2008)
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Specific genetic markers for detecting subtypes of dengue virus serotype-2 in isolates from the states of Oaxaca and Veracruz, Mexico
Catalina E Gardella-Garcia, Gerardo Perez-Ramirez, Joel Navarrete-Espinosa, Alejandro Cisneros, Fabiola Jimenez-Rojas, Luis R Ramrez-Palacios, Rocio Rosado-Leon, Minerva Camacho-Nuez, Maria de L Munoz
BMC Microbiology 2008, 8:117 (15July2008)
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Processing of predicted substrates of fungal Kex2 proteinases from Candida albicans, C. glabrata, Saccharomyces cerevisiae and Pichia pastoris
Oliver Bader, Yannick Krauke, Bernhard Hube
BMC Microbiology 2008, 8:116 (14July2008)
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Development of methods for the genetic manipulation of Flavobacterium columnare
Andrew M Staroscik, David W Hunnicutt, Kate E Archibald, David R Nelson
BMC Microbiology 2008, 8:115 (11July2008)
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Natriuretic peptides modify Pseudomonas fluorescens cytotoxicity by regulating cyclic nucleotides and modifying LPS structure
Wilfried Veron, Nicole Orange, Marc GJ Feuilloley, Olivier Lesouhaitier
BMC Microbiology 2008, 8:114 (9July2008)
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Gene disruption of the DNA topoisomerase IB small subunit induces a non-viable phenotype in the hemoflagellate Leishmania major
Rafael Balaa-Fouce, Carlos Garca-Estrada, Yolanda Prez-Pertejo, Rosa M Reguera
BMC Microbiology 2008, 8:113 (8July2008)
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Molecular epidemiology and pathogenic potential of underdiagnosed human papillomavirus types
Stefano Menzo, Andrea Ciavattini, Patrizia Bagnarelli, Katia Marinelli, Stefano Sisti, Massimo Clementi
BMC Microbiology 2008, 8:112 (4July2008)
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Lethal photosensitization of wound-associated microbes using indocyanine green and near-infrared light
Ghada S Omar, Michael Wilson, Sean P Nair
BMC Microbiology 2008, 8:111 (1July2008)
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Molecular analysis of the emergence of pandemic Vibrio parahaemolyticus
E Fidelma Boyd, Ana Luisa V Cohen, Lynn M Naughton, David W Ussery, Tim T Binnewies, O Colin Stine, Michelle A Parent
BMC Microbiology 2008, 8:110 (30June2008)
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Dictyostelium transcriptional responses to Pseudomonas aeruginosa: common and specific effects from PAO1 and PA14 strains
Sergio Carilla-Latorre, Javier Calvo-Garrido, Gareth Bloomfield, Jason Skelton, Robert R Kay, Alasdair Ivens, Jos L Martinez, Ricardo Escalante
BMC Microbiology 2008, 8:109 (30June2008)
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Bacteria of the Burkholderia cepacia complex are cyanogenic under biofilm and colonial growth conditions
Ben Ryall, Xiaoyun Lee, James EA Zlosnik, Saiko Hoshino, Huw D Williams
BMC Microbiology 2008, 8:108 (27June2008)
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