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Procalcitonin neutralizes bacterial LPS and reduces LPS-induced cytokine release in human peripheral blood mononuclear cells
Giovanni Matera, Angela Quirino, Aida Giancotti, Maria Pulicari, Linda Rametti, Maria Rodríguez, Maria Liberto, Alfredo Focà BMC Microbiology 2012, 12:68 (8 May 2012)
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The nucleotide excision repair (NER) system of Helicobacter pylori: Role in mutation prevention and chromosomal import patterns after natural transformation
Claudia Moccia, Juliane Krebes, Stefan Kulick, Xavier Didelot, Christian Kraft, Christelle Bahlawane, Sebastian Suerbaum BMC Microbiology 2012, 12:67 (6 May 2012)
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Genetic diversification of Helicobacter pylori is controlled, in part, by the nucleotide excision repair system (NER) which contributes to both the bacteria?s high mutation rate and control of the incorporation of imported DNA fragments after natural transformation.
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Coverage evaluation of universal bacterial primers using the metagenomic datasets
Dan-Ping Mao, Quan Zhou, Chong-Yu Chen, Zhe-Xue Quan BMC Microbiology 2012, 12:66 (3 May 2012)
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Allelic sequence heterozygosity in single Giardia parasites
Johan Ankarklev, Staffan G Svärd, Marianne Lebbad BMC Microbiology 2012, 12:65 (3 May 2012)
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Different alleles are present in the nuclei of a single Giardia trophozoite, which explains the high abundance of sequence heterogeneity commonly found when performing sequence based genotyping.
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Clonal complexes and virulence factors of Staphylococcus aureus from several cities in India
Srikanth Shambat, Savitha Nadig, Sushma Prabhakara, Michele Bes, Jerome Etienne, Gayathri Arakere BMC Microbiology 2012, 12:64 (1 May 2012)
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Hypochlorous acid and hydrogen peroxide-induced negative regulation of Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium ompW by the response regulator ArcA
Eduardo H Morales, Iván L Calderón, Bernardo Collao, Fernando Gil, Steffen Porwollik, Michael McClelland, Claudia P Saavedra BMC Microbiology 2012, 12:63 (30 April 2012)
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Multilocus genetics to reconstruct aeromonad evolution
Frédéric Roger, Hélène Marchandin, Estelle Jumas-Bilak, Angeli Kodjo, the colBVH study group, Brigitte Lamy BMC Microbiology 2012, 12:62 (30 April 2012)
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Construction of Bordetella pertussis strains with enhanced production of genetically-inactivated Pertussis Toxin and Pertactin by unmarked allelic exchange
Wasin Buasri, Attawut Impoolsup, Chuenchit Boonchird, Anocha Luengchaichawange, Pannipa Prompiboon, Jean Petre, Watanalai Panbangred BMC Microbiology 2012, 12:61 (23 April 2012)
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BB0324 and BB0028 are constituents of the Borrelia burgdorferi β-barrel assembly machine (BAM) complex
Tiffany R Lenhart, Melisha R Kenedy, Xiuli Yang, Utpal Pal, Darrin R Akins BMC Microbiology 2012, 12:60 (20 April 2012)
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Characterization of a novel chaperone/usher fimbrial operon present on KpGI-5, a methionine tRNA gene-associated genomic island in Klebsiella pneumoniae
Jon J van Aartsen, Steen G Stahlhut, Ewan M Harrison, Marialuisa Crosatti, Hong-Yu Ou, Karen A Krogfelt, Carsten Struve, Kumar Rajakumar BMC Microbiology 2012, 12:59 (20 April 2012)
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Correction: Campylobacter jejuni dsb gene expression is regulated by iron in a Fur-dependent manner and by a translational coupling mechanism
Anna D Grabowska, Michał P Wandel, Anna M Łasica, Monika Nesteruk, Paula Roszczenko, Agnieszka Wyszyńska, Renata Godlewska, Elzbieta K Jagusztyn-Krynicka BMC Microbiology 2012, 12:58 (19 April 2012)
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Re-evaluation of the significance of penicillin binding protein 3 in the susceptibility of Listeria monocytogenes to β-lactam antibiotics
Agata Krawczyk-Balska, Magdalena Popowska, Zdzislaw Markiewicz BMC Microbiology 2012, 12:57 (18 April 2012)
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BactQuant: An enhanced broad-coverage bacterial quantitative real-time PCR assay
Cindy M Liu, Maliha Aziz, Sergey Kachur, Po-Ren Hsueh, Yu-Tsung Huang, Paul Keim, Lance B Price BMC Microbiology 2012, 12:56 (17 April 2012)
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The expression of one ankyrin pk2 allele of the WO prophage is correlated with the Wolbachia feminizing effect in isopods
Samuel Pichon, Didier Bouchon, Chao Liu, Lanming Chen, Roger A Garrett, Pierre Grève BMC Microbiology 2012, 12:55 (12 April 2012)
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EnzyBase: a novel database for enzybiotic studies
Hongyu Wu, Hairong Lu, Jinjiang Huang, Guodong Li, Qingshan Huang BMC Microbiology 2012, 12:54 (11 April 2012)
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Fitness of Escherichia coli strains carrying expressed and partially silent IncN and IncP1 plasmids
Bruce Humphrey, Nicholas R Thomson, Christopher M Thomas, Karen Brooks, Mandy Sanders, Anne A Delsol, John M Roe, Peter M Bennett, Virve I Enne BMC Microbiology 2012, 12:53 (4 April 2012)
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Identification and diversity of multiresistant Corynebacterium striatum clinical isolates by MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry and by a multigene sequencing approach
Margarita Gomila, Feliu Renom, Maria del Carmen Gallegos, Margarita Garau, Dolores Guerrero, Joan B Soriano, Jorge Lalucat BMC Microbiology 2012, 12:52 (4 April 2012)
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tkt1, located on a novel pathogenicity island, is prevalent in avian and human extraintestinal pathogenic Escherichia coli
Ganwu Li, Subhashinie Kariyawasam, Kelly A Tivendale, Yvonne Wannemuehler, Christa Ewers, Lothar H Wieler, Catherine M Logue, Lisa K Nolan BMC Microbiology 2012, 12:51 (3 April 2012)
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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 Φ24B
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
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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 σH 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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On the viability of Escherichia coli cells lacking DNA topoisomerase I
Anna Stockum, Robert G Lloyd, Christian J Rudolph BMC Microbiology 2012, 12:26 (28 February 2012)
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Influence of wet distillers grains diets on beef cattle fecal bacterial community structure
William C Rice, Michael L Galyean, Stephen B Cox, Scot E Dowd, N Andy Cole BMC Microbiology 2012, 12:25 (24 February 2012)
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Antiadhesive activity of the biosurfactant pseudofactin II secreted by the Arctic bacterium Pseudomonas fluorescens BD5
Tomasz Janek, Marcin Łukaszewicz, Anna Krasowska BMC Microbiology 2012, 12:24 (23 February 2012)
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The tyrosyl-tRNA synthetase like gene located in the tyramine biosynthesis cluster of Enterococcus durans is transcriptionally regulated by tyrosine concentration and extracellular pH
Daniel M Linares, Maria Fernández, Beatriz Del-Río, Victor Ladero, Maria Martin, Miguel A Alvarez BMC Microbiology 2012, 12:23 (14 February 2012)
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A comparison of two distinct murine macrophage gene expression profiles in response to Leishmania amazonensis infection
Christian M Probst, Rodrigo A Silva, Juliana P B Menezes, Tais F Almeida, Ivana N Gomes, Andréia C Dallabona, Luiz S Ozaki, Gregory A Buck, Daniela P Pavoni, Marco A Krieger, Patrícia S T Veras BMC Microbiology 2012, 12:22 (9 February 2012)
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Genome sequence of Desulfitobacterium hafniense DCB-2, a Gram-positive anaerobe capable of dehalogenation and metal reduction
Sang-Hoon Kim, Christina Harzman, John K Davis, Rachel Hutcheson, Joan B Broderick, Terence L Marsh, James M Tiedje BMC Microbiology 2012, 12:21 (8 February 2012)
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Defining the "core microbiome" of the microbial communities in the tonsils of healthy pigs
Beth A Lowe, Terence L Marsh, Natasha Isaacs-Cosgrove, Roy N Kirkwood, Matti Kiupel, Martha H Mulks BMC Microbiology 2012, 12:20 (7 February 2012)
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Chemotaxis of Burkholderia sp. Strain SJ98 towards chloronitroaromatic compounds that it can metabolise
Janmejay Pandey, Narinder K Sharma, Fazlurrahman Khan, Anuradha Ghosh, John G Oakeshott, Rakesh K Jain, Gunjan Pandey BMC Microbiology 2012, 12:19 (1 February 2012)
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