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	1. 1715 Accesses	Review Protein secretion systems in bacterial-host associations, and their description in the Gene Ontology Tsai-Tien Tseng, Brett M Tyler, João C Setubal BMC Microbiology 2009, 9(Suppl 1):S2 (19 February 2009) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed \| Cited on BioMed Central
	2. 1009 Accesses	Research article Comprehensive annotation of secondary metabolite biosynthetic genes and gene clusters of Aspergillus nidulans, A. fumigatus, A. niger and A. oryzae Diane O Inglis, Jonathan Binkley, Marek S Skrzypek, Martha B Arnaud, Gustavo C Cerqueira, Prachi Shah, Farrell Wymore, Jennifer R Wortman, Gavin Sherlock BMC Microbiology 2013, 13:91 (26 April 2013) Abstract \| Provisional PDF \| PubMed
	3. 996 Accesses	Research article The Firmicutes/Bacteroidetes ratio of the human microbiota changes with age D Mariat, O Firmesse, F Levenez, VD Guimarăes, H Sokol, J Doré, G Corthier, J-P Furet BMC Microbiology 2009, 9:123 (9 June 2009) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed \| Cited on BioMed Central
	4. 970 Accesses	Methodology article Development of real-time PCR for detection of Mycoplasma hominis Agata Baczynska, Helle F Svenstrup, Jens Fedder, Svend Birkelund, Gunna Christiansen BMC Microbiology 2004, 4:35 (6 September 2004) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed
	5. 910 Accesses	Research article Brucella 'HOOF-Prints': strain typing by multi-locus analysis of variable number tandem repeats (VNTRs) Betsy J Bricker, Darla R Ewalt, Shirley M Halling BMC Microbiology 2003, 3:15 (11 July 2003) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed \| Cited on BioMed Central \| Editor’s summary A new technique enables different isolates of Brucella to be identified by their 'hypervariable octameric oligonucleotide finger-prints' and will aid epidemiological studies on the origin of Brucella outbreaks in livestock.
	6. 890 Accesses	Research article MLVA genotyping of Chinese human Brucella melitensis biovar 1, 2 and 3 isolates Hai Jiang, Mengguang Fan, Jingdiao Chen, Jingchuan Mi, Ruiping Yu, Hongyan Zhao, Dongri Piao, Changwen Ke, Xiaoling Deng, Guozhong Tian, Buyun Cui BMC Microbiology 2011, 11:256 (22 November 2011) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed \| Cited on BioMed Central
	7. 864 Accesses	Research article Analysis of a unique Clostridium botulinum strain from the Southern hemisphere producing a novel type E botulinum neurotoxin subtype Brian H Raphael, Matthew Lautenschlager, Suzanne R Kalb, Laura I T de Jong, Michael Frace, Carolina Lúquez, John R Barr, Rafael A Fernández, Susan E Maslanka BMC Microbiology 2012, 12:245 (31 October 2012) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed
	8. 855 Accesses	Research article Colonization strategies of Pseudomonas fluorescens Pf0-1: activation of soil-specific genes important for diverse and specific environments Katila Varivarn, Lindsey A Champa, Mark W Silby, Eduardo A Robleto BMC Microbiology 2013, 13:92 (27 April 2013) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| ePUB \| PubMed
	9. 837 Accesses	Research article A proteomic investigation of Fusobacterium nucleatum alkaline-induced biofilms Jactty Chew, Peter S Zilm, Janet M Fuss, Neville J Gully BMC Microbiology 2012, 12:189 (3 September 2012) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed
	10. 813 Accesses	Research article Diffusely adherent Escherichia coli strains isolated from children and adults constitute two different populations Rosane Mansan-Almeida, Alex Pereira, Loreny Giugliano BMC Microbiology 2013, 13:22 (1 February 2013) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed
	11. 801 Accesses	Research article Toxicity of unsaturated fatty acids to the biohydrogenating ruminal bacterium, Butyrivibrio fibrisolvens Margarida RG Maia, Lal C Chaudhary, Charles S Bestwick, Anthony J Richardson, Nest McKain, Tony R Larson, Ian A Graham, Robert J Wallace BMC Microbiology 2010, 10:52 (18 February 2010) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed
	12. 798 Accesses	Research article Shewanella oneidensis Hfq promotes exponential phase growth, stationary phase culture density, and cell survival Christopher M Brennan, Meghan L Keane, Taylor M Hunt, Matthew T Goulet, Nicholas Q Mazzucca, Zachary Sexton, Taylor Mezoian, Katherine E Douglas, Jessica M Osborn, Brett J Pellock BMC Microbiology 2013, 13:33 (8 February 2013) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed \| Editor’s summary Deletion of hfq, an RNA chaperone protein, in Shewanella oneidensis results in reduced growth rate and productivity of aerobic and anaerobic cultures, and compromises the bacterium’s metal-reduction capability potentially due to an increased sensitivity to oxidative stress.
	13. 744 Accesses	Methodology article Fast immunosensing technique to detect Legionella pneumophila in different natural and anthropogenic environments: comparative and collaborative trials Begoña Bedrina, Sonia Macián, Inmaculada Solís, Roberto Fernández-Lafuente, Eva Baldrich, Guillermo Rodríguez BMC Microbiology 2013, 13:88 (22 April 2013) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| ePUB \| PubMed \| Cited on BioMed Central
	14. 738 Accesses	Methodology article Fungal-specific PCR primers developed for analysis of the ITS region of environmental DNA extracts Kendall J Martin, Paul T Rygiewicz BMC Microbiology 2005, 5:28 (18 May 2005) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed \| Cited on BioMed Central \| 1 comment
	15. 725 Accesses	Research article Characterization of a salt-induced DhAHP, a gene coding for alkyl hydroperoxide reductase, from the extremely halophilic yeast Debaryomyces hansenii Hsiu-fung Chao, Yung-fu Yen, Maurice SB Ku BMC Microbiology 2009, 9:182 (28 August 2009) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed
	16. 724 Accesses	Research article Antibacterial activities of almond skins on cagA-positive and-negative clinical isolates of Helicobacter pylori Carlo Bisignano, Angela Filocamo, Erminia La Camera, Sebastiana Zummo, Maria Fera, Giuseppina Mandalari BMC Microbiology 2013, 13:103 (9 May 2013) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| ePUB \| PubMed
	17. 718 Accesses	Research article Characterization of a variant vlhA gene of Mycoplasma synoviae, strain WVU 1853, with a highly divergent haemagglutinin region Awatef Béjaoui Khiari, Ibtissem Guériri, Radhia Ben Mohammed, Boutheina Ben Abdelmoumen Mardassi BMC Microbiology 2010, 10:6 (12 January 2010) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed
	18. 716 Accesses	Research article Assessment of bacterial diversity during composting of agricultural byproducts Piyush Chandna, Lata Nain, Surender Singh, Ramesh Chander Kuhad BMC Microbiology 2013, 13:99 (7 May 2013) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| ePUB \| PubMed
	19. 704 Accesses	Methodology article Rapid plasmid replicon typing by real time PCR melting curve analysis Maikel Boot, Susanne Raadsen, Paul HM Savelkoul, Christina Vandenbroucke-Grauls BMC Microbiology 2013, 13:83 (15 April 2013) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| ePUB \| PubMed
	20. 693 Accesses	Research article Factors associated with the isolation of Nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) from a large municipal water system in Brisbane, Australia Rachel M Thomson, Robyn Carter, Carla Tolson, Chris Coulter, Flavia Huygens, Megan Hargreaves BMC Microbiology 2013, 13:89 (22 April 2013) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| ePUB \| PubMed
	21. 675 Accesses	Research article Microarray analysis reveals marked intestinal microbiota aberrancy in infants having eczema compared to healthy children in at-risk for atopic disease Lotta Nylund, Reetta Satokari, Janne Nikkilä, Mirjana Rajilić-Stojanović, Marko Kalliomäki, Erika Isolauri, Seppo Salminen, Willem M de Vos BMC Microbiology 2013, 13:12 (23 January 2013) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed \| Cited on BioMed Central \| Editor’s summary Children with eczema harbour a greater diversity of microbes in the gut than those without, including an increased abundance of bacteria that are typically more common in adults, which may contribute to the perpetuation of the condition.
	22. 640 Accesses	Methodology article Sampling and pyrosequencing methods for characterizing bacterial communities in the human gut using 16S sequence tags Gary D Wu, James D Lewis, Christian Hoffmann, Ying-Yu Chen, Rob Knight, Kyle Bittinger, Jennifer Hwang, Jun Chen, Ronald Berkowsky, Lisa Nessel, Hongzhe Li, Frederic D Bushman BMC Microbiology 2010, 10:206 (30 July 2010) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed \| Cited on BioMed Central
	23. 626 Accesses	Research article Phylogeography of Francisella tularensis subspecies holarctica from the country of Georgia Gvantsa Chanturia, Dawn N Birdsell, Merab Kekelidze, Ekaterine Zhgenti, George Babuadze, Nikoloz Tsertsvadze, Shota Tsanava, Paata Imnadze, Stephen M Beckstrom-Sternberg, James S Beckstrom-Sternberg, Mia D Champion, Shripad Sinari, Miklos Gyuranecz, Jason Farlow, Amanda H Pettus, Emily L Kaufman, Joseph D Busch, Talima Pearson, Jeffrey T Foster, Amy J Vogler, David M Wagner, Paul Keim BMC Microbiology 2011, 11:139 (17 June 2011) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed \| Cited on BioMed Central
	24. 608 Accesses	Research article Influence of arthritis-related protein (BBF01) on infectivity of Borrelia burgdorferi B31 Denise Imai, Kevin Holden, Eric M Velazquez, Sunlian Feng, Emir Hodzic, Stephen W Barthold BMC Microbiology 2013, 13:100 (7 May 2013) Abstract \| Provisional PDF \| PubMed
	25. 607 Accesses	Research article Effect of avian influenza A H5N1 infection on the expression of microRNA-141 in human respiratory epithelial cells Wai-Yip Lam, Apple Chung-Man Yeung, Karry Lei-Ka Ngai, Man-Shan Li, Ka-Fai To, Stephen Kwok-Wing Tsui, Paul Kay-Sheung Chan BMC Microbiology 2013, 13:104 (10 May 2013) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed
	26. 605 Accesses	Research article Impact of agr dysfunction on virulence profiles and infections associated with a novel methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) variant of the lineage ST1-SCCmec IV Fabienne Antunes Ferreira, Raquel Rodrigues Souza, Bruno de Sousa Moraes, Ana Maria de Amorim Ferreira, Marco Antônio Américo, Sérgio Eduardo Longo Fracalanzza, José Nelson dos Santos Silva Couceiro, Agnes Marie Sá Figueiredo BMC Microbiology 2013, 13:93 (27 April 2013) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| ePUB \| PubMed
	27. 604 Accesses	Research article The effect of environmental conditions on expression of Bacteroides fragilis and Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron C10 protease genes Roibeard F Thornton, Elizabeth C Murphy, Todd F Kagawa, Paul W O’Toole, Jakki C Cooney BMC Microbiology 2012, 12:190 (3 September 2012) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed
	28. 595 Accesses	Research article Adaptive response to starvation in the fish pathogen Flavobacterium columnare: cell viability and ultrastructural changes Covadonga R Arias, Stacey LaFrentz, Wenlong Cai, Oscar Olivares-Fuster BMC Microbiology 2012, 12:266 (19 November 2012) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed \| Cited on BioMed Central
	29. 594 Accesses	Research article A functional VipA-VipB interaction is required for the type VI secretion system activity of Vibrio cholerae O1 strain A1552 Jeanette E Bröms, Takahiko Ishikawa, Sun N Wai, Anders Sjöstedt BMC Microbiology 2013, 13:96 (3 May 2013) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| ePUB \| PubMed
	30. 588 Accesses	Research article Tyrosine-containing peptides are precursors of tyramine produced by Lactobacillus plantarum strain IR BL0076 isolated from wine Maryse Bonnin-Jusserand, Cosette Grandvalet, Aurélie Rieu, Stéphanie Weidmann, Hervé Alexandre BMC Microbiology 2012, 12:199 (11 September 2012) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed
	31. 573 Accesses	Research article TypA is involved in virulence, antimicrobial resistance and biofilm formation in Pseudomonas aeruginosa Anke Neidig, Amy TY Yeung, Thibaut Rosay, Beatrix Tettmann, Nikola Strempel, Martina Rueger, Olivier Lesouhaitier, Joerg Overhage BMC Microbiology 2013, 13:77 (9 April 2013) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| ePUB \| PubMed
	32. 568 Accesses	Research article 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) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed
	33. 562 Accesses	Research article Molecular analysis of non-O1/non-O139 Vibrio cholerae isolated from hospitalised patients in China Yun Luo, Julian Ye, Dazhi Jin, Gangqiang Ding, Zheng Zhang, Lingling Mei, Sophie Octavia, Ruiting Lan BMC Microbiology 2013, 13:52 (4 March 2013) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| ePUB \| PubMed
	34. 524 Accesses	Research article 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) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed
	35. 522 Accesses	Research article 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) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed
	36. 512 Accesses	Research article Comparative genome analysis of an avirulent and two virulent strains of avian Pasteurella multocida reveals candidate genes involved in fitness and pathogenicity Timothy J Johnson, Juan E Abrahante, Samuel S Hunter, Melissa Hauglund, Fred M Tatum, Samuel K Maheswaran, Robert E Briggs BMC Microbiology 2013, 13:106 (14 May 2013) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed
	37. 501 Accesses	Research article Influence of internalin a murinisation on host resistance to orally acquired listeriosis in mice Silke Bergmann, Philippa M Beard, Bastian Pasche, Stefan Lienenklaus, Siegfried Weiss, Cormac G M Gahan, Klaus Schughart, Andreas Lengeling BMC Microbiology 2013, 13:90 (23 April 2013) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| ePUB \| PubMed \| Editor’s summary Listeria monocytogenes modified to express a mutant internalin A, that interacts with murine E-cadherin, are able to efficiently cross the intestinal- but not the blood-brain barrier in mice suggesting different molecular mechanisms for these processes.
	38. 502 Accesses	Research article Putative SF2 helicases of the early-branching eukaryote Giardia lamblia are involved in antigenic variation and parasite differentiation into cysts Pablo R Gargantini, Marianela C Serradell, Alessandro Torri, Hugo D Lujan BMC Microbiology 2012, 12:284 (28 November 2012) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed \| Editor’s summary The Giardia lamblia genome contains many RNA helicases that appear to have a role during both antigenic variation and encystation of the parasite although none have significant homology with the RNA helicase domain of Dicer enzymes.
	39. 488 Accesses	Correspondence Cultivation conditions and the diffusion of oxygen into culture media: The rationale for the flask-to-medium ratio in microbiology Greg A Somerville, Richard A Proctor BMC Microbiology 2013, 13:9 (16 January 2013) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed \| Editor’s summary As laboratory technology increases in sophistication Greg Somerville and Richard Proctor highlight the importance of considering all bacterial culture conditions, such as the flask-to-medium ratio, when designing experiments, to ensure accuracy in the reporting of results.
	40. 469 Accesses	Research article ITS as an environmental DNA barcode for fungi: an in silico approach reveals potential PCR biases Eva Bellemain, Tor Carlsen, Christian Brochmann, Eric Coissac, Pierre Taberlet, Håvard Kauserud BMC Microbiology 2010, 10:189 (9 July 2010) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed \| Cited on BioMed Central \| F1000
	41. 470 Accesses	Research article Molecular analysis of volatile metabolites released specifically by staphylococcus aureus and pseudomonas aeruginosa Wojciech Filipiak, Andreas Sponring, Maria Baur, Anna Filipiak, Clemens Ager, Helmut Wiesenhofer, Markus Nagl, Jakob Troppmair, Anton Amann BMC Microbiology 2012, 12:113 (20 June 2012) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed
	42. 468 Accesses	Research article Identification of Burkholderia mallei and Burkholderia pseudomallei adhesins for human respiratory epithelial cells Rachel Balder, Serena Lipski, John J Lazarus, William Grose, Ronald M Wooten, Robert J Hogan, Donald E Woods, Eric R Lafontaine BMC Microbiology 2010, 10:250 (28 September 2010) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed
	43. 468 Accesses	Research article Development of Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification (LAMP) Assays for Rapid Detection of Ehrlichia ruminantium Ryo Nakao, Ellen Y Stromdahl, Joseph W Magona, Bonto Faburay, Boniface Namangala, Imna Malele, Noboru Inoue, Dirk Geysen, Kiichi Kajino, Frans Jongejan, Chihiro Sugimoto BMC Microbiology 2010, 10:296 (19 November 2010) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed \| Cited on BioMed Central
	44. 466 Accesses	Research article Comparative genotypic and pathogenic examination of Campylobacter concisus isolates from diarrheic and non-diarrheic humans Lisa D Kalischuk, G Douglas Inglis BMC Microbiology 2011, 11:53 (15 March 2011) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed
	45. 463 Accesses	Research article Acid stress response and protein induction in Campylobacter jejuni isolates with different acid tolerance Tina Birk, Monica Wik, René Lametsch, Susanne Knøchel BMC Microbiology 2012, 12:174 (13 August 2012) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed
	46. 461 Accesses	Research article Human Streptococcus agalactiae strains in aquatic mammals and fish Christian MJ Delannoy, Margaret Crumlish, Michael C Fontaine, Jolinda Pollock, Geoff Foster, Mark P Dagleish, James F Turnbull, Ruth N Zadoks BMC Microbiology 2013, 13:41 (18 February 2013) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed \| Cited on BioMed Central
	47. 459 Accesses	Research article Evaluation of five DNA extraction methods for purification of DNA from atherosclerotic tissue and estimation of prevalence of Chlamydia pneumoniae in tissue from a Danish population undergoing vascular repair Tina Mygind, Lars Østergaard, Svend Birkelund, Jes S Lindholt, Gunna Christiansen BMC Microbiology 2003, 3:19 (2 September 2003) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed
	48. 457 Accesses	Research article Lactobacillus plantarum (VR1) isolated from an Ayurvedic medicine (Kutajarista) ameliorates in vitro cellular damage caused by Aeromonas veronii Himanshu Kumar, Ashraf Y Rangrez, Kannayakanahalli M Dayananda, Ashwini N Atre, Milind S Patole, Yogesh S Shouche BMC Microbiology 2011, 11:152 (27 June 2011) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed
	49. 452 Accesses	Research article Diversity of endophytic fungi and screening of fungal paclitaxel producer from Anglojap yew, Taxus x media Zhi-Qiang Xiong, Ying-Ying Yang, Na Zhao, Yong Wang BMC Microbiology 2013, 13:71 (28 March 2013) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| ePUB \| PubMed
	50. 453 Accesses	Research article The liposoluble proteome of Mycoplasma agalactiae: an insight into the minimal protein complement of a bacterial membrane Carla Cacciotto, Maria Addis, Daniela Pagnozzi, Bernardo Chessa, Elisabetta Coradduzza, Laura Carcangiu, Sergio Uzzau, Alberto Alberti, Marco Pittau BMC Microbiology 2010, 10:225 (25 August 2010) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed