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“Features of two proteins of Leptospira interrogans with potential role in host-pathogen interactions”

Renan F Domingos, Monica L Vieira, Eliete C Romero, Amane Gonçales, Zenaide M de Morais, Silvio A Vasconcellos, Ana L T O Nascimento BMC Microbiology 2012, 12:50 (30 March 2012)

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Control of intestinal bacterial proliferation in regulation of lifespan in Caenorhabditis elegans

Cynthia Portal-Celhay, Ellen R Bradley, Martin J Blaser BMC Microbiology 2012, 12:49 (27 March 2012)

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Clostridium difficile genotypes other than ribotype 078 that are prevalent among human, animal and environmental isolates

Sandra Janezic, Matjaz Ocepek, Valerija Zidaric, Maja Rupnik BMC Microbiology 2012, 12:48 (27 March 2012)

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Effects of probiotics and antibiotics on the intestinal homeostasis in a computer controlled model of the large intestine

Ateequr Rehman, Femke-Anouska Heinsen, Marjorie E Koenen, Koen Venema, Henrik Knecht, Stephan Hellmig, Stefan Schreiber, Stephan J Ott BMC Microbiology 2012, 12:47 (27 March 2012)

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Genetic basis of rifampicin resistance in methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus suggests clonal expansion in hospitals in Cape Town, South Africa

Melissa J Jansen van Rensburg, Andrew C Whitelaw, Brenda G Elisha BMC Microbiology 2012, 12:46 (26 March 2012)

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Gene cluster analysis for the biosynthesis of elgicins, novel lantibiotics produced by paenibacillus elgii B69

Yi Teng, Wenpeng Zhao, Chaodong Qian, Ou Li, Liang Zhu, Xuechang Wu BMC Microbiology 2012, 12:45 (26 March 2012)

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Activation of the RpoN-RpoS regulatory pathway during the enzootic life cycle of Borrelia burgdorferi

Zhiming Ouyang, Sukanya Narasimhan, Girish Neelakanta, Manish Kumar, Utpal Pal, Erol Fikrig, Michael V Norgard BMC Microbiology 2012, 12:44 (23 March 2012)

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Genomes-based phylogeny of the genus Xanthomonas

Luis M Rodriguez-R, Alejandro Grajales, Mario L Arrieta-Ortiz, Camilo Salazar, Silvia Restrepo, Adriana Bernal BMC Microbiology 2012, 12:43 (23 March 2012)

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Identification of genes expressed in cultures of E. coli lysogens carrying the Shiga toxin-encoding prophage Φ24_B

Laura M Riley, Marta Veses-Garcia, Jeffrey D Hillman, Martin Handfield, Alan J McCarthy, Heather E Allison BMC Microbiology 2012, 12:42 (22 March 2012)

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Antistaphylococcal activity of bacteriophage derived chimeric protein P128

Aradhana A Vipra, Srividya Desai, Panchali Roy, Raghu Patil, Juliet Raj, Nagalakshmi Narasimhaswamy, Vivek Daniel Paul, Ravisha Chikkamadaiah, Bharathi Sriram BMC Microbiology 2012, 12:41 (22 March 2012)

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Antagonistic interactions peak at intermediate genetic distance in clinical and laboratory strains of Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Sijmen E Schoustra, Jonathan Dench, Rola Dali, Shawn D Aaron, Rees Kassen BMC Microbiology 2012, 12:40 (22 March 2012)

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Multilocus microsatellite analysis of 'Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus' associated with citrus Huanglongbing worldwide

Md-Sajedul Islam, Jonathan M Glynn, Yang Bai, Yong-Ping Duan, Helvecio D Coletta-Filho, Gopal Kuruba, Edwin L Civerolo, Hong Lin BMC Microbiology 2012, 12:39 (20 March 2012)

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Lactobacillus acidophilus ameliorates H. pylori-induced gastric inflammation by inactivating the Smad7 and NFκB pathways

Yao-Jong Yang, Ching-Chun Chuang, Hsiao-Bai Yang, Cheng-Chan Lu, Bor-Shyang Sheu BMC Microbiology 2012, 12:38 (19 March 2012)

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Impact of antibiotic treatments on the expression of the R plasmid tra genes and on the host innate immune activity during pRAS1 bearing Aeromonas hydrophila infection in zebrafish (Danio rerio)

Leon Cantas, Paul J Midtlyng, Henning Sørum BMC Microbiology 2012, 12:37 (19 March 2012)

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Shigella flexneri utilize the spectrin cytoskeleton during invasion and comet tail generation

Tyson J Ruetz, Ann E Lin, Julian A Guttman BMC Microbiology 2012, 12:36 (16 March 2012)

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Potential serodiagnostic markers for Q fever identified in Coxiella burnetii by immunoproteomic and protein microarray approaches

Xiaolu Xiong, Xile Wang, Bohai Wen, Stephen Graves, John Stenos BMC Microbiology 2012, 12:35 (16 March 2012)

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Role of the gerA operon in L-alanine germination of Bacillus licheniformis spores

Irene S Løvdal, Cecilie From, Elisabeth H Madslien, Kristin Romundset, Elin Klufterud, Jan Rosnes, Per Granum BMC Microbiology 2012, 12:34 (15 March 2012)

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Characterization of LysB4, an endolysin from the Bacillus cereus-infecting bacteriophage B4

Bokyung Son, Jiae Yun, Jeong-A Lim, Hakdong Shin, Sunggi Heu, Sangryeol Ryu BMC Microbiology 2012, 12:33 (15 March 2012)

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Alternative sigma factor σ^H activates competence gene expression in Lactobacillus sakei

Solveig Schmid, Claudia Bevilacqua, Anne-Marie Crutz-Le Coq BMC Microbiology 2012, 12:32 (12 March 2012)

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The gpsX gene encoding a glycosyltransferase is important for polysaccharide production and required for full virulence in Xanthomonas citri subsp. citri

Jinyun Li, Nian Wang BMC Microbiology 2012, 12:31 (9 March 2012)

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Quorum sensing modulates colony morphology through alkyl quinolones in Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Rashmi Gupta, Martin Schuster BMC Microbiology 2012, 12:30 (9 March 2012)

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Molecular probe technology detects bacteria without culture

Richard W Hyman, Robert P St Onge, Hyunsung Kim, John S Tamaresis, Molly Miranda, Ana Aparicio, Marilyn Fukushima, Nader Pourmand, Linda C Giudice, Ronald W Davis BMC Microbiology 2012, 12:29 (9 March 2012)

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Therapeutic use of a cationic antimicrobial peptide from the spider Acanthoscurria gomesiana in the control of experimental candidiasis

Diego C Rossi, Julian E Muñoz, Danielle D Carvalho, Rodrigo Belmonte, Bluma Faintuch, Primavera Borelli, Antonio Miranda, Carlos P Taborda, Sirlei Daffre BMC Microbiology 2012, 12:28 (6 March 2012)

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Identification of the para-nitrophenol catabolic pathway, and characterization of three enzymes involved in the hydroquinone pathway, in pseudomonas sp. 1-7

Shuangyu Zhang, Wen Sun, Li Xu, Xiaomei Zheng, Xiaoyu Chu, Jian Tian, Ningfeng Wu, Yunliu Fan BMC Microbiology 2012, 12:27 (2 March 2012)

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