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BMC Microbiology, Volume 8

 
Research article
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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Research article
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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Research article
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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Methodology article
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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Research article
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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Research article
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, Tnis Karki, Tiiu Kullisaar, Mihkel Zilmer, Marika Mikelsaar
BMC Microbiology 2008, 8:132 (4August2008)
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Research article
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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Research article
Short tandem repeat sequences in the Mycoplasma genitalium genome and their use in a multilocus genotyping system
Liang Ma, Stephanie Taylor, Jrgen S Jensen, Leann Myers, Rebecca Lillis, David H Martin
BMC Microbiology 2008, 8:130 (29July2008)
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Research article
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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Research article
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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Research article
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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Research article
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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Research article
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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Research article
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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Research article
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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Research article
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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Research article
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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Research article
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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Research article
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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Research article
A dengue receptor as possible genetic marker of vector competence in Aedes aegypti
Ricardo F Mercado-Curiel, William C Black IV, Maria de L Muoz
BMC Microbiology 2008, 8:118 (15July2008)
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Research article
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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Research article
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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Research article
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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Research article
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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Research article
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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Research article
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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Research article
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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Research article
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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Research article
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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Research article
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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Research article
Cytokine responses in primary chicken embryo intestinal cells infected with Campylobacter jejuni strains of human and chicken origin and the expression of bacterial virulence-associated genes
Yi-Ping Li, Hanne Ingmer, Mogens Madsen, Dang D Bang
BMC Microbiology 2008, 8:107 (27June2008)
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Research article
Characterization of a restriction modification system from the commensal Escherichia coli strain A0 34/86 (O83:K24:H31)
Marie Weiserov, Junichi Ryu
BMC Microbiology 2008, 8:106 (27June2008)
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Research article
A laminar flow model of aerosol survival of epidemic and non-epidemic strains of Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolated from people with cystic fibrosis
Ian J Clifton, Louise A Fletcher, Clive B Beggs, Miles Denton, Daniel G Peckham
BMC Microbiology 2008, 8:105 (26June2008)
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Research article
Automated discovery and phylogenetic analysis of new toxin-antitoxin systems
Julien Guglielmini, Cdric Szpirer, Michel C Milinkovitch
BMC Microbiology 2008, 8:104 (25June2008)
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Research article
High genetic diversity among Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex strains from Sierra Leone
Susanne Homolka, Erik Post, Barbara Oberhauser, Abu Garawani George, Lars Westman, Foday Dafae, Sabine Rsch-Gerdes, Stefan Niemann
BMC Microbiology 2008, 8:103 (25June2008)
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Research article
Genomic and proteomic analysis of the Alkali-Tolerance Response (AlTR) in Listeria monocytogenes 10403S
Efstathios S Giotis, Arunachalam Muthaiyan, Ian S Blair, Brian J Wilkinson, David A McDowell
BMC Microbiology 2008, 8:102 (24June2008)
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Research article
Predicting transcriptional regulatory interactions with artificial neural networks applied to E. coli multidrug resistance efflux pumps
Diogo FT Veiga, Fbio FR Vicente, Marisa F Nicols, Ana Tereza R Vasconcelos
BMC Microbiology 2008, 8:101 (19June2008)
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Research article
Transcriptional analysis of Mycobacterium fortuitum cultures upon hydrogen peroxide treatment using the novel standard rrnA-P1
Mara Carmen Nez, Mara Carmen Menndez, Mara Jos Rebollo, Mara J Garca
BMC Microbiology 2008, 8:100 (19June2008)
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Research article
A two-genome microarray for the rice pathogens Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae and X. oryzae pv. oryzicola and its use in the discovery of a difference in their regulation of hrp genes
Young-Su Seo, Malinee Sriariyanun, Li Wang, Janice Pfeiff, Jirapa Phetsom, Ye Lin, Ki-Hong Jung, Hui Hsien Chou, Adam Bogdanove, Pamela Ronald
BMC Microbiology 2008, 8:99 (18June2008)
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Research article
LuxS-independent formation of AI-2 from ribulose-5-phosphate
Timothy J Tavender, Nigel M Halliday, Kim R Hardie, Klaus Winzer
BMC Microbiology 2008, 8:98 (18June2008)
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Research article
Phagocytosis of Aspergillus fumigatus conidia by primary nasal epithelial cells in vitro
Franoise Botterel, Karine Gross, Oumama Ibrahim-Granet, Khaled Khoufache, Virginie Escabasse, Andr Coste, Catherine Cordonnier, Estelle Escudier, Stphane Bretagne
BMC Microbiology 2008, 8:97 (18June2008)
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Methodology article
Development of multiple strain competitive index assays for Listeria monocytogenes using pIMC; a new site-specific integrative vector
Ian R Monk, Pat G Casey, Michael Cronin, Cormac GM Gahan, Colin Hill
BMC Microbiology 2008, 8:96 (13June2008)
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Research article
Sequencing and expression of two arsenic resistance operons with different functions in the highly arsenic-resistant strain Ochrobactrum tritici SCII24T
Rita Branco, Ana-Paula Chung, Paula V Morais
BMC Microbiology 2008, 8:95 (13June2008)
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Methodology article
Sensitive and rapid detection of cholera toxin-producing Vibrio cholerae using a loop-mediated isothermal amplification
Wataru Yamazaki, Kazuko Seto, Masumi Taguchi, Masanori Ishibashi, Kiyoshi Inoue
BMC Microbiology 2008, 8:94 (12June2008)
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Research article
Polymerase chain reaction is superior to serology for the diagnosis of acute Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection and reveals a high rate of persistent infection
Anna C Nilsson, Per Bjrkman, Kenneth Persson
BMC Microbiology 2008, 8:93 (11June2008)
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Research article
The interplay of StyR and IHF regulates substrate-dependent induction and carbon catabolite repression of styrene catabolism genes in Pseudomonas fluorescens ST
Giordano Rampioni, Livia Leoni, Biancamaria Pietrangeli, Elisabetta Zennaro
BMC Microbiology 2008, 8:92 (11June2008)
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Research article
The mycobacterial DNA-binding protein 1 (MDP1) from Mycobacterium bovis BCG influences various growth characteristics
Astrid Lewin, Daniela Baus, Elisabeth Kamal, Fabienne Bon, Ralph Kunisch, Sven Maurischat, Michaela Adonopoulou, Katharina Eich
BMC Microbiology 2008, 8:91 (10June2008)
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Research article
Antibodies from women urogenitally infected with C. trachomatis predominantly recognized the plasmid protein pgp3 in a conformation-dependent manner
Zhongyu Li, Youmin Zhong, Lei Lei, Yimou Wu, Shiping Wang, Guangming Zhong
BMC Microbiology 2008, 8:90 (9June2008)
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Research article
Genetic characterization of clinical and agri-food isolates of multi drug resistant Salmonella enterica serovar Heidelberg from Canada
Ashleigh K Andrysiak, Adam B Olson, Dobryan M Tracz, Kathryn Dore, Rebecca Irwin, Lai-King Ng, Matthew W Gilmour, Canadian Integrated Program for Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance Collaborative
BMC Microbiology 2008, 8:89 (6June2008)
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Research article
Formate hydrogenlyase in the hyperthermophilic archaeon, Thermococcus litoralis
Mria Takcs, Andrs Tth, Balzs Bogos, Andrs Varga, Gbor Rkhely, Kornl L Kovcs
BMC Microbiology 2008, 8:88 (3June2008)
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Research article
Analysis of outer membrane vesicle associated proteins isolated from the plant pathogenic bacterium Xanthomonas campestris pv. campestris
Vishaldeep K Sidhu, Frank-Jrg Vorhlter, Karsten Niehaus, Steven A Watt
BMC Microbiology 2008, 8:87 (2June2008)
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Research article
Rapid identification of Brucella isolates to the species level by real time PCR based single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) analysis
Krishna K Gopaul, Mark S Koylass, Catherine J Smith, Adrian M Whatmore
BMC Microbiology 2008, 8:86 (2June2008)
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Research article
The GraRS regulatory system controls Staphylococcus aureus susceptibility to antimicrobial host defenses
Dirk Kraus, Silvia Herbert, Sascha A Kristian, Arya Khosravi, Victor Nizet, Friedrich Gtz, Andreas Peschel
BMC Microbiology 2008, 8:85 (2June2008)
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Methodology article
Multi-locus variable-number tandem repeat analysis for outbreak studies of Salmonella enterica serotype Enteritidis
Burkhard Malorny, Ernst Junker, Reiner Helmuth
BMC Microbiology 2008, 8:84 (30May2008)
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Research article
Variation in expression of HMW1 and HMW2 adhesins in invasive nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae isolates
Maria Giufr, Alessandra Carattoli, Rita Cardines, Paola Mastrantonio, Marina Cerquetti
BMC Microbiology 2008, 8:83 (29May2008)
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Research article
Assessment of decorin-binding protein A to the infectivity of Borrelia burgdorferi in the murine models of needle and tick infection
Jon S Blevins, Kayla E Hagman, Michael V Norgard
BMC Microbiology 2008, 8:82 (28May2008)
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Prevalence of A2143G mutation of H. pylori-23S rRNA in Chinese subjects with and without clarithromycin use history
Zhuoqi Liu, Jing Shen, Lian Zhang, Lin Shen, Qiang Li, Baozhen Zhang, Jing Zhou, Liankun Gu, Guoshuang Feng, Junling Ma, Wei-Cheng You, Dajun Deng
BMC Microbiology 2008, 8:81 (28May2008)
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Research article
Functional comparison of plasma-membrane Na+/H+ antiporters from two pathogenic Candida species
Yannick Krauke, Hana Sychrova
BMC Microbiology 2008, 8:80 (20May2008)
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Research article
Human methanogen diversity and incidence in healthy and diseased colonic groups using mcrA gene analysis
Pauline D Scanlan, Fergus Shanahan, Julian R Marchesi
BMC Microbiology 2008, 8:79 (20May2008)
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Research article
Dxr is essential in Mycobacterium tuberculosis and fosmidomycin resistance is due to a lack of uptake
Amanda C Brown, Tanya Parish
BMC Microbiology 2008, 8:78 (20May2008)
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Methodology article
High throughput detection of Coxiella burnetii by real-time PCR with internal control system and automated DNA preparation
Marcus Panning, Jochen Kilwinski, Susanne Greiner-Fischer, Martin Peters, Stefanie Kramme, Dimitrios Frangoulidis, Hermann Meyer, Klaus Henning, Christian Drosten
BMC Microbiology 2008, 8:77 (19May2008)
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Research article
Complete genome sequence of Treponema pallidum ssp. pallidum strain SS14 determined with oligonucleotide arrays
Petra Matjkov, Michal Strouhal, David majs, Steven J Norris, Timothy Palzkill, Joseph F Petrosino, Erica Sodergren, Jason E Norton, Jaz Singh, Todd A Richmond, Michael N Molla, Thomas J Albert, George M Weinstock
BMC Microbiology 2008, 8:76 (15May2008)
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Research article
Characterization of two heparan sulphate-binding sites in the mycobacterial adhesin Hlp
Michelle I Portugal, Adriane R Todeschini, Cristiana S de Lima, Carlos AM Silva, Ronaldo Mohana-Borges, Tom HM Ottenhoff, Lucia Mendona-Previato, Jose O Previato, Maria CV Pessolani
BMC Microbiology 2008, 8:75 (15May2008)
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Research article
Sequence diversity in the A domain of Staphylococcus aureus fibronectin-binding protein A
Anthony Loughman, Tara Sweeney, Fiona M Keane, Giampiero Pietrocola, Pietro Speziale, Timothy J Foster
BMC Microbiology 2008, 8:74 (8May2008)
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Research article
Performance of a 70-mer oligonucleotide microarray for genotyping of Campylobacter jejuni
Sandra Rodin, Anders F Andersson, Valtteri Wirta, Lena Eriksson, Marianne Ljungstrm, Britta Bjrkholm, Hans Lindmark, Lars Engstrand
BMC Microbiology 2008, 8:73 (8May2008)
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Research article
Identification of new genes in Sinorhizobium meliloti using the Genome Sequencer FLX system
Chunhong Mao, Clive Evans, Roderick V Jensen, Bruno WS Sobral
BMC Microbiology 2008, 8:72 (2May2008)
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Methodology article
Stable transformation of an episomal protein-tagging shuttle vector in the piscine diplomonad Spironucleus vortens
Scott C Dawson, Jonathan K Pham, Susan A House, Elizabeth E Slawson, Daniela Cronembold, W Zacheus Cande
BMC Microbiology 2008, 8:71 (29April2008)
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Research article
Lsa21, a novel leptospiral protein binding adhesive matrix molecules and present during human infection
Marina V Atzingen, Angela S Barbosa, Thales De Brito, Silvio A Vasconcellos, Zenide M de Morais, Dirce MC Lima, Patricia AE Abreu, Ana LTO Nascimento
BMC Microbiology 2008, 8:70 (29April2008)
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Research article
Transcription of the extended hyp-operon in Nostoc sp. strain PCC 7120
sa Agervald, Karin Stensj, Marie Holmqvist, Peter Lindblad
BMC Microbiology 2008, 8:69 (28April2008)
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Research article
Cell division in Escherichia coli cultures monitored at single cell resolution
Johanna Roostalu, Arvi Jers, Hannes Luidalepp, Niilo Kaldalu, Tanel Tenson
BMC Microbiology 2008, 8:68 (23April2008)
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Research article
Identification and molecular characterisation of a fibrinogen binding protein from Streptococcus iniae.
Justice CF Baiano, Reiny A Tumbol, Aarti Umapathy, Andrew C Barnes
BMC Microbiology 2008, 8:67 (23April2008)
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Distribution of transferrin binding protein B gene (tbpB) variants among Neisseria species
Odile B Harrison, Martin CJ Maiden, Bachra Rokbi
BMC Microbiology 2008, 8:66 (22April2008)
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The influence of in vitro fitness defects on pneumococcal ability to colonize and to cause invasive disease
Jenny Fernebro, Christel Blomberg, Eva Morfeldt, Hans Wolf-Watz, Staffan Normark, Birgitta Henriques Normark
BMC Microbiology 2008, 8:65 (18April2008)
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Research article
Virulence studies of Enterobacter sakazakii isolates associated with a neonatal intensive care unit outbreak
Stacy Townsend, Edward Hurrell, Stephen Forsythe
BMC Microbiology 2008, 8:64 (18April2008)
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Genotyping of Chlamydophila psittaci using a new DNA microarray assay based on sequence analysis of ompA genes
Konrad Sachse, Karine Laroucau, Helmut Hotzel, Evelyn Schubert, Ralf Ehricht, Peter Slickers
BMC Microbiology 2008, 8:63 (17April2008)
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Assessment of CcpA-mediated catabolite control of gene expression in Bacillus cereus ATCC 14579
Menno van der Voort, Oscar P Kuipers, Girbe Buist, Willem M de Vos, Tjakko Abee
BMC Microbiology 2008, 8:62 (16April2008)
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Research article
Genome-wide screen for temperature-regulated genes of the obligate intracellular bacterium, Rickettsia typhi
Sheila M Dreher-Lesnick, Shane M Ceraul, M Sayeedur Rahman, Abdu F Azad
BMC Microbiology 2008, 8:61 (15April2008)
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Limited functional conservation of a global regulator among related bacterial genera: Lrp in Escherichia, Proteus and Vibrio
Robert E Lintner, Pankaj K Mishra, Poonam Srivastava, Betsy M Martinez-Vaz, Arkady B Khodursky, Robert M Blumenthal
BMC Microbiology 2008, 8:60 (11April2008)
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