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Genesis of a novel Shigella flexneri serotype by sequential infection of serotype-converting bacteriophages SfX and SfI

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The promoter of filamentation (POF1) protein from Saccharomyces cerevisiae is an ATPase involved in the protein quality control process

Iris M Costa, Tallybia HT Nasser, Marilene Demasi, Rafaella MP Nascimento, Luis ES Netto, Sayuri Miyamoto, Fernanda M Prado, Gisele Monteiro BMC Microbiology 2011, 11:268 (28 December 2011)

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Reliable identification at the species level of Brucella isolates with MALDI-TOF-MS

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Transformation of Botrytis cinerea by direct hyphal blasting or by wound-mediated transformation of sclerotia

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Cloning and expression of a novel lactococcal aggregation factor from Lactococcus lactis subsp. lactis BGKP1

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Protective effect of probiotics on Salmonella infectivity assessed with combined in vitro gut fermentation-cellular models

Annina Zihler, Mélanie Gagnon, Christophe Chassard, Christophe Lacroix BMC Microbiology 2011, 11:264 (15 December 2011)

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Impact of sub-inhibitory antibiotics on fibronectin-mediated host cell adhesion and invasion by Staphylococcus aureus

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The streptococcal collagen-like protein-1 (Scl1) is a significant determinant for biofilm formation by group a Streptococcus

Heaven A Oliver-Kozup, Meenal Elliott, Beth A Bachert, Karen H Martin, Sean D Reid, Diane E Schwegler-Berry, Brett J Green, Slawomir Lukomski BMC Microbiology 2011, 11:262 (14 December 2011)

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Resistance to topoisomerase cleavage complex induced lethality in Escherichia coli via titration of transcription regulators PurR and FNR

I-Fen Liu, Sandra Aedo, Yuk-Ching Tse-Dinh BMC Microbiology 2011, 11:261 (12 December 2011)

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Cloning and characterization of a pectin lyase gene from Colletotrichum lindemuthianum and comparative phylogenetic/structural analyses with genes from phytopathogenic and saprophytic/opportunistic microorganisms

Alicia Lara-Márquez, María G Zavala-Páramo, Everardo López-Romero, Nancy Calderón-Cortés, Rodolfo López-Gómez, Ulises Conejo-Saucedo, Horacio Cano-Camacho BMC Microbiology 2011, 11:260 (9 December 2011)

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The small heat shock proteins from Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans: gene expression, phylogenetic analysis, and structural modeling

Daniela A Ribeiro, Luiz EV Del Bem, Renato Vicentini, Lúcio FC Ferraz, Mario T Murakami, Laura MM Ottoboni BMC Microbiology 2011, 11:259 (7 December 2011)

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Contribution of bacterial outer membrane vesicles to innate bacterial defense

Andrew J Manning, Meta J Kuehn BMC Microbiology 2011, 11:258 (1 December 2011)

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