• Role of DNA base excision repair in the mutability and virulence of Streptococcus mutans

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  • Metagenomic epidemiology: a public health need for the control of antimicrobial resistance

    Updated: 2012-05-31 04:00:00
    Clin Microbiol Infect 2012; 18 (Suppl. 4): 67–73AbstractThe intestine is an ‘invironment’, a shared space where the interior and the exterior of the organism merge. The complexity of the intestinal microbiome modulates such interaction, and reflects the coordinated evolution of animals and intestinal microbes. The intestinal microbiome is exposed to the environmental resistome, to intestinal organisms from other hosts and also to microbiome‐damaging agents, such as antibiotics. The result is a ‘genetic‐genomic‐metagenomic reactor’ where resistance genes flow among different biological units of different hierarchical levels, such as integrons, transposons, plasmids, clones, species or genetic exchange communities. Metagenomics provides the possibility to explore the presence...

  • Gut microbiota correlates with energy gain from dietary fibre and appears to be associated with acute and chronic intestinal diseases

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    Clin Microbiol Infect 2012; 18 (Suppl. 4): 62–66AbstractImprovements in high‐throughput sequencing technologies have spurred a large number of studies aimed at obtaining a better understanding of the composition and the dynamics in gut microbiota and its associations with various human diseases, especially those in the intestinal tract. Here we briefly summarize results from three different such studies from our group, all of which used 454 based high‐throughput 16S rRNA sequence analysis combined with other microbiota profiling methods to determine faecal microbiota composition. In the first study, a controlled feeding trial, we establish that energy gain from the consumption of up to 50 g/day of a resistant maltodextrin depends on the prevalent microbiota composition. Over time, ...

  • Tetracycline resistance genes and mobile genetic elements from the oral metagenome

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    Clin Microbiol Infect 2012; 18 (Suppl. 4): 58–61AbstractTetracycline resistance genes are common in the human oral cavity. However, a complete understanding of tetracycline resistance and the vectors responsible for spread of resistance requires that we understand the contribution of organisms that cannot be cultivated in the laboratory. To do this, metagenomic approaches have been applied and this has allowed the isolation of novel tetracycline resistance genes and mobile genetic elements. (Source: Clinical Microbiology and Infection)

  • Identifying a healthy oral microbiome through metagenomics

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  • Crosstalk between the gut microbiota and the endocannabinoid system: impact on the gut barrier function and the adipose tissue

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    Clin Microbiol Infect 2012; 18 (Suppl. 4): 50–53AbstractObesity is associated with type 2 diabetes, insulin resistance and low grade inflammation. The gut microbiota is now considered as one of the most important environmental factors impacting on host physiology and metabolism. We have recently pointed out the role of this ‘organ’ on the onset of insulin resistance and the low grade inflammatory tone characterizing obesity. Among the mechanisms, we have introduced the novel concept of metabolic endotoxaemia as factor triggering low grade inflammation and associated disorders. More recently, two novel mechanisms involved in the development of gut permeability and adipose tissue plasticity have been identified. Specific attention has been paid to the role of the glucagon‐like peptid...

  • Metagenomics of human microbiome: beyond 16s rDNA

    Updated: 2012-05-31 04:00:00
    Clin Microbiol Infect 2012; 18 (Suppl. 4): 47–49AbstractThe gut microbiota presents a symbiotic relationship with the human host playing a beneficial role in human health. Since its establishment, the bacterial community is subjected to the influence of many different factors that shape its composition within each individual. However, an important convergence is observed at functional level in the gut microbiota. A metatranscriptomic study of healthy individuals showed homogeneity in the composition of the active microbiota that increased further at functional level. (Source: Clinical Microbiology and Infection)

  • Changes in the intestinal microbiota from adulthood through to old age

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    Clin Microbiol Infect 2012; 18 (Suppl. 4): 44–46AbstractThe human intestinal microbiota comprises a complex community whose composition has been resolved in fine detail by recent culture‐independent methodologies. The adult intestinal microbiota is stable within individuals, and individual specific when examined at high resolution. Infants and older persons, however, represent stages of life in which the microbiota is in flux. Since changes in the intestinal microbiota are associated with certain diseases or health issues, we have examined the composition and function of the intestinal microbiota in 500 subjects over 65 years of age in Ireland. Medical, biochemical and immunological parameters were measured for all subjects. Faecal microbiota was measured by amplicon pyrosequencing. ...

  • Evolution of genetic diversity using networks: the human gut microbiome as a case study

    Updated: 2012-05-31 04:00:00
    Clin Microbiol Infect 2012; 18 (Suppl. 4): 40–43AbstractIn order to study complex microbial communities and their associated mobile genetic elements, such as the human gut microbiome, evolutionists could explore their genetic diversity with shared sequence networks. In particular, the detection of remarkable structures in gene networks of the gut microbiome could serve to identify important functions within the community, and would ease comparison of data sets from microbiomes of various sources (human, ape, mouse etc.) in a single analysis. (Source: Clinical Microbiology and Infection)

  • Elucidating metabolic pathways and digging for genes of unknown function in microbial communities: the riboswitch approach

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  • Metagenomics and probiotics

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    Clin Microbiol Infect 2012; 18 (Suppl. 4): 32–34AbstractThe development of extensive sequencing methods has allowed metagenomic studies on the human gut microbiome to be carried out. This has tremendously increased our knowledge on gut microbiota composition and activity, allowing microbiota aberrations related to different diseases to be identified. These aberrations constitute targets for the development of probiotics directed to correct them. Probiotics are extensively used to modulate gut microbiota. Nevertheless, metagenomic studies on the effects of probiotics are still very scarce. In the near future, the use of metagenomics promises to expand our understanding of probiotic action. (Source: Clinical Microbiology and Infection)

  • Metagenomics and antibiotics

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  • Metagenomics and development of the gut microbiota in infants

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  • The adult intestinal core microbiota is determined by analysis depth and health status

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    Clin Microbiol Infect 2012; 18 (Suppl. 4): 16–20AbstractHigh‐throughput molecular methods are currently exploited to characterize the complex and highly individual intestinal microbiota in health and disease. Definition of the human intestinal core microbiota, i.e. the number and the identity of bacteria that are shared among different individuals, is currently one of the main research questions. Here we apply a high‐throughput phylogenetic microarray, for a comprehensive and high‐resolution microbiota analysis, and a novel computational approach in a quantitative study of the core microbiota in over 100 individuals. In the approach presented we study how the criteria for the phylotype abundance or prevalence influence the resulting core in parallel with biological variables, such ...

  • Human milk oligosaccharide consumption by intestinal microbiota

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  • Spatial and temporal variability of the human microbiota

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  • Metamobilomics — expanding our knowledge on the pool of plasmid encoded traits in natural environments using high‐throughput sequencing

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  • The microbiome as a human organ

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    Skip to Main Content Home Help PUBLICATIONS BROWSE BY SUBJECT RESOURCES ABOUT US LOGIN Enter e-mail address Enter password REMEMBER ME NOT REGISTERED FORGOTTEN PASSWORD INSTITUTIONAL LOGIN Home Microbiology Virology Infectious Disease Microbiology Journal Home Vol 18 Issue Abstract JOURNAL TOOLS Get New Content Alerts Get RSS feed Save to My Profile Get Sample Copy Recommend to Your Librarian JOURNAL MENU Journal Home FIND ISSUES Current Issue All Issues FIND ARTICLES Early View Accepted Articles Most Accessed GET ACCESS Subscribe Renew FOR CONTRIBUTORS OnlineOpen Author Guidelines Submit an Article ABOUT THIS JOURNAL Society Information News Overview Editorial Board Permissions Advertise Contact SPECIAL FEATURES Editor's Choice Wiley Job Network INTRODUCTION The microbiome as a human

  • Editorial

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  • Statin pleiotropy prevents rho kinase‐mediated intestinal epithelial barrier compromise induced by Blastocystis cysteine proteases

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  • The influence of nonconjugative Escherichia coli plasmids on biofilm formation and resistance

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    Conclusions:  Cell transformation with the tested plasmids has significant impacts on biofilm formation, cell viability, metabolic activity and resistance to biocide treatment. Our results show that in biofilm studies involving deletion/complementation experiments, a control with the strain carrying a plasmid devoid of the gene under investigation must be included so that the real effects of the genetic manipulation are not biased by the presence of the plasmid backbone.Significance and Impact of the Study:  This is the first report where the presence of nonconjugative plasmids is assessed in flow conditions analysing biofilm formation, removal and antimicrobial susceptibility of high cell‐density biofilms. (Source: Journal of Applied Microbiology)

  • Bacterial spore structures and their protective role in biocide resistance

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  • Concentration‐dependent mechanisms of cell penetration and killing by the de novo designed antifungal hexapeptide PAF26

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    In this study, the mechanism of internalization of the de novo designed cationic hexapeptide PAF26 has been characterized in detail using Neurospora crassa. Live‐cell imaging of fluorescently labelled PAF26, organelle probes and mutants indicate that the peptide is endocytically internalized at low fungicidal concentrations (2.0–5 µM). At these concentrations, PAF26 initially accumulated in vacuoles that expanded, and then was actively transported into the cytoplasm, which coincided with cell death. Deletion mutants of the endocytic proteins RVS‐161, RVS‐167 and RAB‐5 exhibited reduced rates of PAF26 internalization and fungicidal activity. Pharmacological experiments with live‐cell probes showed that PAF26 internalization and antifungal action at low fungicidal concentratio...

  • Fitness‐compensatory mutations in rifampicin‐resistant RNA polymerase

    Updated: 2012-05-31 04:00:00
    SummaryMutations in rpoB (RNA polymerase β‐subunit) can cause high‐level resistance to rifampicin, an important first‐line drug against tuberculosis. Most rifampicin‐resistant (RifR) mutants selected in vitro have reduced fitness, and resistant clinical isolates of M. tuberculosis frequently carry multiple mutations in RNA polymerase genes. This supports a role for compensatory evolution in global epidemics of drug‐resistant tuberculosis but the significance of secondary mutations outside rpoB has not been demonstrated or quantified. Using Salmonella as a model organism, and a previously characterized RifR mutation (rpoB R529C) as a starting point, independent lineages were evolved with selection for improved growth in the presence and absence of rifampicin. Compensatory mutat...

  • Genetic relatedness of Mycobacterium avium‐intracellulare complex (MAC) isolates from patients with pulmonary MAC disease and their residential soils

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  • Chlamydial Infection Induces Host Cytokinesis Failure at Abscission.

    Updated: 2012-05-31 03:26:54
    This study demonstrates that multinucleation of the host cell by Chlamydia is entirely due to cytokinesis failure. Moreover, cytokinesis failure is due in part to the chlamydial effector CPAF acting as an anaphase promoting complex mimic causing cells to exit mitosis with unaligned and unattached chromosomes. These lagging and missegregated chromosomes inhibit cytokinesis by blocking abscission, the final stage of cytokinesis. (Source: Cellular Microbiology)MedWorm Sponsor Message: Please have a look at this new site driven by MedWorm: The Breast Cancer Daily

  • Inhibition of Porphyromonas gingivalis‐induced periodontal bone loss by CXCR4 antagonist treatment

    Updated: 2012-05-31 03:25:04
    SummaryMicrobial pathogens have evolved mechanisms to proactively manipulate innate immunity, thereby improving their fitness in mammalian hosts. We have previously shown that Porphyromonasgingivalisexploits CXC‐chemokine receptor‐4 (CXCR4) to instigate a subversive crosstalk with Toll‐like receptor 2 that inhibits leukocyte killing of this periodontal pathogen. However, whether CXCR4 plays a role in periodontal disease pathogenesis has not been previously addressed. Here, we hypothesized that CXCR4 is required for P. gingivalis virulence in the periodontium and that treatment with AMD3100, a potent CXCR4 antagonist, would inhibit P. gingivalis‐induced periodontitis. Indeed, mice administered AMD3100 via osmotic minipumps became resistant to induction of periodontal bone loss follo...

  • Honoring the fundamental role of microbes in the natural history of our planet

    Updated: 2012-05-30 18:29:00
    WASHINGTON, DC – May 30, 2012 – Inspired by a 2009 colloquium on microbial evolution convened at the Galapagos Islands, a new book from ASM Press, Microbes and Evolution: The World That Darwin Never Saw celebrates Charles Darwin and his landmark publication On the Origin of Species. The editors compiled 40 first-person essays, written by microbiologists with a passion for evolutionary biology, to illuminate how each scientist’s thinking and career paths in science were influenced by Darwin’s seminal work. Read more... (Source: American Society for Microbiology)

  • Multidrug resistance‐encoding plasmid from Aeromonas sp. strain P2G1

    Updated: 2012-05-30 15:07:45
    AbstractA plasmid (pP2G1), which confers multidrug resistance in an environmental Aeromonas species, was completely sequenced using a shotgun approach. Plasmid pP2G1‐encoded resistance to aminoglycosides and quinolones [aac(6’)‐Ib‐cr], β‐lactams (blaOXA‐1), chloramphenicol (catB3), macrolides [mphA‐mrx‐mphR], quaternary ammonium compounds (qacEΔ1), quinolones (qnrS2), rifampicin (arr‐3) and sulphonamides (sul1). These findings suggest that Aeromonas species may potentially act as reservoirs of antibiotic resistance genes.© 2012 The Authors Clinical Microbiology and Infection © 2012 European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (Source: Clinical Microbiology and Infection)

  • In vitro and in vivo characterization and strain safety of Lactobacillus reuteri NCIMB 30253 for probiotic applications

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    Canadian Journal of Microbiology, Volume 0, Issue 0, Page 776-787, e-First articles. (Source: Canadian Journal of Microbiology)MedWorm Sponsor Message: Please support the Doctors In Chains campaign for the medics tortured and sentenced for up to 15 years in Bahrain</a. #FreeDoctors

  • Parasite-mediated interactions within the insect vector: Trypanosoma rangeli strategies

    Updated: 2012-05-30 04:00:00
    We discuss findings on the interaction Rhodnius prolixus-Trypanosoma rangeli. The focus is the parasite effects on the insect's immune and physiological systems: gut, salivary gland, hemolymph reactions and behavior alteration. Image: Adult R. prolixus after blood feeding (photo: Gutemberg Brito). (Source: Parasites and Vectors)

  • Evolution of French Bordetella pertussis and Bordetella parapertussis isolates: increase of Bordetellae not expressing pertactin.

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  • Membrane Traffic and Synaptic Crosstalk During Host Cell Entry by Trypanosoma cruzi

    Updated: 2012-05-30 04:00:00
    SummaryIt is widely accepted that Trypanosoma cruzi can exploit the natural exocytic response of the host to cell damage, utilising host cell lysosomes as important effectors. It is though, increasingly clear that the parasite also exploits endocytic mechanisms which allow for incorporation of plasma membrane into the parasitophorous vacuole. Further, that these endocytic mechanisms are involved in cross‐talk with the exocytic machinery, in the recycling of vesicles and in the manipulation of the cytoskeleton. Here we review the mechanisms by which T. cruzi exploits features of the exocytic and endocytic pathways in epithelial and endothelial cells and the evidence for cross‐talk between these pathways. (Source: Cellular Microbiology)

  • Cryptococcus neoformans phospholipase B1 activates host cell Rac1 for traversal across the blood‐brain barrier

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  • The ‘porin–cytochrome’ model for microbe‐to‐mineral electron transfer

    Updated: 2012-05-30 04:00:00
    SummaryMany species of bacteria can couple anaerobic growth to the respiratory reduction of insoluble minerals containing Fe(III) or Mn(III/IV). It has been suggested that in Shewanella species electrons cross the outer membrane to extracellular substrates via ‘porin–cytochrome’ electron transport modules. The molecular structure of an outer‐membrane extracellular‐facing deca‐haem terminus for such a module has recently been resolved. It is debated how, once outside the cells, electrons are transferred from outer‐membrane cytochromes to insoluble electron sinks. This may occur directly or by assemblies of cytochromes, perhaps functioning as ‘nanowires’, or via electron shuttles. Here we review recent work in this field and explore whether it allows for unification of the ...

  • Honoring the fundamental role of microbes in the natural history of our planet

    Updated: 2012-05-30 04:00:00
    (American Society for Microbiology) Inspired by a 2009 colloquium on microbial evolution convened at the Galapagos Islands, a new book from ASM Press, Microbes and Evolution: The World That Darwin Never Saw celebrates Charles Darwin and his landmark publication On the Origin of Species. The editors compiled 40 first-person essays, written by microbiologists with a passion for evolutionary biology, to illuminate how each scientist's thinking and career paths in science were influenced by Darwin's seminal work. (Source: EurekAlert! - Biology)

  • Molecular Ecological Network Analyses

    Updated: 2012-05-30 04:00:00
    Conclusions: The RMT-based molecular ecological network analysis provides powerful tools to elucidate network interactions in microbial communities and their responses to environmental changes, which are fundamentally important for research in microbial ecology and environmental microbiology. (Source: BMC Bioinformatics - Latest articles)

  • A new stoichiometric miniaturization strategy for screening of industrial microbial strains: application to cellulase hyper-producing Trichoderma reesei strains

    Updated: 2012-05-30 04:00:00
    Conclusions: The understanding of a bioprocess stoichiometry contributed to define a simpler and more effective miniaturization. The suggested strategy can potentially be applied to other fed-batch processes, for the screening of either strain collections or experimental conditions. (Source: Microbial Cell Factories)

  • Single cell oil of oleaginous fungi from the tropical mangrove wetlands as a potential feedstock for biodiesel

    Updated: 2012-05-30 04:00:00
    Conclusion: Our study suggests that SCOs of oleaginous fungi from the mangrove wetlands of the Indian west coast could be used as a potential feedstock for biodiesel production with Aspergillus terreus IBB M1 as a promising candidate. (Source: Microbial Cell Factories)

  • Quantification of bacterial species of the vaginal microbiome in different groups of women, using nucleic acid amplification tests

    Updated: 2012-05-30 04:00:00
    Conclusions: We have shown that the quantification of specific bacteria by qPCR contributes to a better description of the non-BV vaginal microbiome, but we also demonstrated that differences in populations such as risk and ethnicity also have to be taken into account. We believe that our selection of indicator organisms represents a feasible strategy for the assessment of the vaginal microbiome and could be useful for monitoring the microbiome in safety trials of vaginal products. (Source: BMC Microbiology - Latest articles)

  • Sequence analysis for detection of first-line drug resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains from a high-incidence setting

    Updated: 2012-05-30 04:00:00
    Conclusions: Our study reveals a good correlation between data from molecular and phenotypic resistance testing in this high-incidence setting. However, the fact that particular mutations in rpoB are not linked to high-level resistance is challenging and demonstrates that careful interpretation of molecular resistance assays is mandatory. In addition, certain variations, especially in gidB, appear to be phylogenetically informative polymorphisms rather than markers for drug resistance. (Source: BMC Microbiology - Latest articles)MedWorm Sponsor Message: Please have a look at this new site driven by MedWorm: The Breast Cancer Daily

  • Paracoccidioides brasiliensis lipids modulate macrophage activity via Toll‐dependent or independent mechanisms

    Updated: 2012-05-30 04:00:00
    In conclusion, our work suggests that lipid components may play a role in the innate immunity against P. brasiliensis infection using Toll‐dependent and independent mechanisms to control macrophage activation. (Source: FEMS Immunology and Medical Microbiology)

  • Multiple lessons from the multiple functions of a regulator of type III secretion system assembly in the plant pathogen Pseudomonas syringae

    Updated: 2012-05-30 04:00:00
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  • Cell division and DNA segregation in Streptomyces: how to build a septum in the middle of nowhere?

    Updated: 2012-05-30 04:00:00
    ABSTRACTStreptomycetes are antibiotic‐producing filamentous microorganisms that have a mycelial life style. In many ways streptomycetes are the odd ones out in terms of cell division. While the basic components of the cell division machinery are similar to those found in rod‐shaped bacteria such as Escherichia coli and Bacillus subtilis, many aspects of the control of cell division and its coordination with chromosome segregation are remarkably different. The rather astonishing fact that cell division is not essential for growth, make these bacteria unique. The fundamental difference between the cross‐walls produced during normal growth and sporulation septa formed in aerial hyphae, and the role of the divisome in their formation, are discussed. We then take a closer look at the way ...

  • Phage shock proteins B and C prevent lethal cytoplasmic membrane permeability in Yersinia enterocolitica

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  • Medium chain length polyhydroxyalkanoate production by newly isolated Pseudomonas sp. TN301 from a wide range of poly‐ and monoaromatic hydrocarbons

    Updated: 2012-05-30 02:46:11
    ConclusionsA new Pseudomonas strain was isolated and identified with the ability to accumulate mcl‐PHA from a variety of aromatic hydrocarbons.Significance and Impact of the StudyThis study is the first report on the ability of a bacterial strain to convert a range of polyaromatic hydrocarbon compounds to the biodegradable polymer (mcl‐PHA). Mcl‐PHA is gaining importance as a promising biodegradable thermoelastomer and therefore isolation of new producing strains is highly significant. Furthermore, this strain has the ability to utilize a range of hydrocarbons which often occur as mixtures and could potentially be employed in the recently described efforts to convert waste materials to PHA© 2012The Authors Journal of Applied Microbiology © 2012 The Society for Applied Microbiology ...

  • Selective production of acetone during continuous synthesis gas fermentation by engineered biocatalyst Clostridium sp. MAceT113

    Updated: 2012-05-30 02:45:58
    Conclusions:  The acetone concentration in culture broth is economical for bulk manufacture since is about twenty times of that achieved with known acetone‐butanol‐ethanol fermentation of sugars.Significance and Impact of the Study:  The process shows the opportunity to produce acetone from synthesis gas at concentrations comparable with production of acetone from products of petroleum cracking. This is the first report on elimination of acetate and acetaldehyde production and directing carbon flux from Acetyl‐CoA to acetone via a non‐naturally occurring in acetogen acetone biosynthesis pathway identified in eukaryotic organisms.© 2012 The Authors Letters in Applied Microbiology © 2012 The Society for Applied Microbiology (Source: Letters in Applied Microbiology)

  • Genetic diversity among Curtobacterium flaccumfaciens pv. flaccumfaciens populations in the American High Plains

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    Canadian Journal of Microbiology, Volume 0, Issue 0, Page 788-801, e-First articles. (Source: Canadian Journal of Microbiology)MedWorm Sponsor Message: Please support the Doctors In Chains campaign for the medics tortured and sentenced for up to 15 years in Bahrain. #FreeDoctors

  • Host‐microbe interactions that shape the pathogenesis of Acinetobacter baumannii infection

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  • Helicobacter pylori biofilm: a protective environment for bacterial recombination

    Updated: 2012-05-29 14:41:51
    ConclusionsBiofilms developed by multiple H.pylori strains are more complex than those associated to single strains. Such condition might promote the genetic exchange favouring the generation of more virulent strains.Significance and Impact of StudyThe ‘biofilm niche’ represent a successful strategy and a suitable environment for promoting bacterial population persistence by recombination events.© 2012The Authors Journal of Applied Microbiology © 2012 The Society for Applied Microbiology (Source: Journal of Applied Microbiology)

  • Isolation of bacterial strains able to metabolise lignin from screening of environmental samples

    Updated: 2012-05-29 04:00:00
    ConclusionsA new method for isolation of bacteria able to metabolise lignin has been developed, which has been used to identify twelve bacterial isolates from environmental sources. The majority of isolates cluster into the Actinobacteria and the Alphaproteobacteria.Significance and Impact of StudyLignin‐degrading bacterial strains could be used to convert lignin‐containing feedstocks into renewable chemicals, and to identify new bacterial lignin‐degrading enzymes.© 2012The Authors Journal of Applied Microbiology © 2012 The Society for Applied Microbiology (Source: Journal of Applied Microbiology)

  • Oral administration of milk fermented with Lactococcus lactis subsp. cremoris FC protects mice against influenza virus infection

    Updated: 2012-05-29 04:00:00
    Conclusions:  These results suggest that oral administration of milk fermented with Lc. cremoris FC protects mice against IFV infection.Significance and Impact of the Study:  These results demonstrate that oral administration of milk fermented with exopolysaccharide‐producing Lactococcus strains might protect host animals against IFV infection.© 2012 The Authors Letters in Applied Microbiology © 2012 The Society for Applied Microbiology (Source: Letters in Applied Microbiology)

  • Production of the antimicrobial peptides Caseicin A and B by Bacillus isolates growing on sodium caseinate

    Updated: 2012-05-29 04:00:00
    Conclusions:  We report a new method using Bacillus sp. to generate two previously characterised antimicrobial peptides from casein.Significance and impact of the study:  This study highlights the potential to exploit Bacillus sp. or the enzymes they produce for the generation of bioactive antimicrobial peptides from bovine casein.© 2012 Teagasc Letters in Applied Microbiology © 2012 The Society for AppliedMicrobiology (Source: Letters in Applied Microbiology)

  • Polymyxin resistance in Vibrio cholera [Microbiology]

    Updated: 2012-05-29 04:00:00
    PNAS Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America Skip to main page content Info for Authors Editorial Board About Subscribe Advertise Contact Feedback Site Map Amino acid addition to Vibrio cholerae LPS establishes a link between surface remodeling in Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria Jessica V . Hankins a James A . Madsen b David K . Giles a Jennifer S . Brodbelt b and M . Stephen Trent a c 1 a Section of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology , b Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry , and c Institute of Cellular and Molecular Biology , University of Texas , Austin , TX 78712 Edited by Hiroshi Nikaido , University of California , Berkeley , CA , and approved April 20, 2012 received for review January 23, 2012 Abstract Historically , the O1 El

  • Bacterial succession during curing process of a skate (Dipturus batis) and isolation of novel strains

    Updated: 2012-05-29 04:00:00
    ConclusionsThe curing process of skate is controlled and achieved by a dynamic bacterial community where the key players belong to Oceanisphaera, Pseudoalteromonas, Photobacterium, Aliivibrio and Pseudomonas.Signifance and Impact of the StudyFor the first time the bacterial population developments in the curing process of skate is presented and demonstrates a reservoir of many yet undiscovered bacterial species.© No claim to Norwegian Government works. Journal of Applied Microbiology © 2012 The Society for Applied Microbiology (Source: Journal of Applied Microbiology)

  • Real‐Time PCR optimization to identify environmental Vibrio spp. Strains

    Updated: 2012-05-29 04:00:00
    ConclusionsReproducible and specific real‐time PCR assays combined to a DNA extraction method on microplates were used to constitute a large environmental Vibrio strains collection and to identify and detect potential human pathogenic Vibrio isolated at 37°C. For environmental strains isolated at 22°C, because of the higher species diversity other approaches, like sequencing, should be chosen for identification.Significance and Impact of the StudyThe protocol developed in this study provides an appropriate and rapid screening tool to identify a large number of bacterial strains routinely isolated from the environment in long‐term studies.© 2012 © Hervio‐Heath Dominique Journal of Applied Microbiology © 2012 The Society for Applied Microbiology (Source: Journal of Applied Microbi...

  • Bacterial Identification and Subtyping Using DNA Microarray and DNA Sequencing

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  • Targeted Isolation of Proteins from Natural Microbial Communities Living in an Extreme Environment

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  • Pressure Cycling Technology in Systems Biology

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  • Flow Cytometry in Environmental Microbiology: A Rapid Approach for the Isolation of Single Cells for Advanced Molecular Biology Analysis

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  • Genotyping of clinically relevant human adenoviruses by array‐in‐well hybridization assay

    Updated: 2012-05-28 14:37:20
    Abstract:A robust oligonucleotide array‐in‐well hybridization assay utilizing novel upconverting phosphor reporter technology was applied for genotyping clinically relevant human adenovirus types. A total of 231 adenovirus positive respiratory, ocular swab, stool, and other types of specimens from 219 patients collected between April 2010 and April 2011 were included in the study. After a real‐time PCR amplification targeting adenovirus hexon gene, the array‐in‐well assay identified the presence of B03 (n = 122; 57.5% of patients), E04 (29; 13.7%), C02 (21; 9.9%), D37 (14; 6.6%), C01 (12; 5.7%), C05 (5; 2.4%), D19 (4; 1.9%), C06 (2; 0.9%), D08 (1; 0.5%), A31 (1; 0.5%) and F41 (1; 0.5%) genotypes among the clinical sample panel. The typing result was obtained for all specimens tha...

  • DNA packaging bias and differential expression of gene transfer agent genes within a population during production and release of the Rhodobacter capsulatus gene transfer agent, RcGTA

    Updated: 2012-05-28 14:36:07
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  • Expression of Alt a 1 allergen from Alternaria alternata in the yeast Yarrowia lipolytica

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  • Clinical Characteristics and Prognostic Factors of Acinetobacter nosocomialis Bacteraemia in Patients with Solid Tumors

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  • Development of a simple and high‐throughput method for detecting aflatoxins production in culture media

    Updated: 2012-05-28 04:00:00
    Conclusions:  We give evidence that our improved procedure is reliable and suitable to analyse aflatoxin accumulation time course in coconut‐derived culture medium.Significance and Impact of the Study:  This study shows that our procedure may profitably be used to give insights into the mechanisms of regulation of mycotoxin production and, consequently, to implement different strategies for the containment of aflatoxin contamination of food and feed commodities. (Source: Letters in Applied Microbiology)

  • Francisella tularensis tmRNA system mutants are vulnerable to stress, avirulent in mice, and provide effective immune protection

    Updated: 2012-05-28 04:00:00
    SummaryThrough targeted inactivation of the ssrA and smpB genes, we establish that the trans‐translation process is necessary for normal growth, adaptation to cellular stress and virulence by the bacterial pathogen Francisella tularensis. The mutant bacteria grow slower, have reduced resistance to heat and cold shocks, and are more sensitive to oxidative stress and sublethal concentrations of antibiotics. Modifications of the tmRNA tag and use of higher‐resolution mass spectrometry approaches enabled the identification of a large number of native tmRNA substrates. Of particular significance to understanding the mechanism of trans‐translation, we report the discovery of an extended tmRNA tag and extensive ladder‐like pattern of endogenous protein‐tagging events in F. tularensis ...

  • Assessment of the specificity of Burkholderia and Pseudomonas qPCR assays for detection of these genera in soil using 454 pyrosequencing

    Updated: 2012-05-28 04:00:00
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  • Transposon mutagenesis of the anaerobic commensal, Bacteroides fragilis, using the EZ::TN5 transposome

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  • Deletion of hypothetical wall teichoic acid ligases in Staphylococcus aureus activates the cell wall stress response

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  • Carotenogenesis gene cluster and phytoene desaturase catalyzing both three‐ and four‐step desaturations from Rhodobacter azotoformans

    Updated: 2012-05-28 04:00:00
    AbstractA carotenogenesis gene cluster from the purple nonsulfur photosynthetic bacterium Rhodobacter azotoformans CGMCC 6086 was cloned. Eight carotenogenesis genes (crtA, crtI, crtB, tspO, crtC, crtD, crtE, and crtF) were located in two separate regions within the genome, a 4.9 kb region containing four clustered genes of crtAIB‐tspO and a 5.3 kb region containing four clustered genes of crtCDEF. The organization was unusual for a carotenogenesis gene cluster in purple photosynthetic bacteria. A gene encoding phytoene desaturase (CrtI) from Rba. azotoformans was expressed in Escherichia coli. The recombinant CrtI could catalyze both three‐ and four‐step desaturations of phytoene to produce neurosporene and lycopene, and the relative contents of neurosporene and lycopene formed by C...

  • An efficient and reproducible method for transformation of genetically recalcitrant bifidobacteria

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  • U of M study finds titan cells protect Cryptococcus

    Updated: 2012-05-28 04:00:00
    (University of Minnesota Academic Health Center) Giant cells called "titan cells" protect the fungus Cryptococcus neoformans during infection, according to two University of Minnesota researchers. Kirsten Nielsen, Ph.D., an assistant professor in the department of microbiology, and recent Ph.D. recipient Laura Okagaki believe their discovery could help develop new ways to fight infections caused by Cryptococcus. (Source: EurekAlert! - Biology)

  • Require free access over the Internet to scientific journal articles arising from taxpayer-funded research

    Updated: 2012-05-22 08:19:22
    WE PETITION THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION TO: Require free access over the Internet to scientific journal articles arising from taxpayer-funded research. We believe in the power of the Internet to foster innovation, research, and education. Requiring the published results of taxpayer-funded research to be posted on the Internet in human and machine readable form would provide access to patients and caregivers, students and their teachers, researchers, entrepreneurs, and other taxpayers who pai...

  • UTMOST IMPORTANT “REPORT CEENOM”

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    An utmost important Report concerning science and humanity known as the Report Ceenom has been published at cdotc.org, cdotcee.org and as blog. Such a report has no parallel in history and gives glad tidings of a forthcoming wisdom related to the primal truth that has been eagerly awaited from time immemorial. It sheds light on the hidden mysteries behind everything of the physical world that we perceive with our five senses and comes with clear and irrefutable evidence. It takes us to el...

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