This is a selection of articles from the May 2007 archive. Click here for this month's Microbiology headlines.
Capsule expression regulated by a two-component signal transduction system in Streptococcus iniae
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Source: FEMS Immunology and Medical Microbiology - May 31, 2007 Tags: Research Articles Source Type: journals
High isolation rate of adenovirus serotype 7 from South Korean military recruits with mild acute respiratory disease
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Source: European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases - May 31, 2007 Tags: European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases Source Type: journals
Impact of selected Lactobacillus and Bifidobacterium species on Listeria monocytogenes infection and the mucosal immune response
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Source: FEMS Immunology and Medical Microbiology - May 31, 2007 Tags: Research Articles Source Type: journals
A novel method to screen genomic libraries that combines genomic immunization with the prime-boost strategy
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Source: FEMS Immunology and Medical Microbiology - May 31, 2007 Tags: Short Communications Source Type: journals
Evaluation of biofilm production and prevalence of the icaD gene in methicillin-resistant and methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus strains isolated from patients with nosocomial infections and carriers
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Source: FEMS Immunology and Medical Microbiology - May 31, 2007 Tags: Research Articles Source Type: journals
A functionally divergent hydrogenosomal peptidase with protomitochondrial ancestry
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Source: Molecular Microbiology - May 31, 2007 Tags: Research Articles Source Type: journals
The critical role of the linear plasmid lp36 in the infectious cycle of Borrelia burgdorferi
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Source: Molecular Microbiology - May 31, 2007 Tags: Research Articles Source Type: journals
Identification of a new OmpA-like protein in Neisseria gonorrhoeae involved in the binding to human epithelial cells and in vivo colonization
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Source: Molecular Microbiology - May 31, 2007 Tags: Research Articles Source Type: journals
Thiol-disulphide oxidoreductase modules in the low-GC Gram-positive bacteria
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Source: Molecular Microbiology - May 31, 2007 Tags: Erratum Source Type: journals
Identification and type III-dependent secretion of the Yersinia pestis insecticidal-like proteins
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Source: Molecular Microbiology - May 31, 2007 Tags: Research Articles Source Type: journals
FliK regulates flagellar hook length as an internal ruler
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Source: Molecular Microbiology - May 31, 2007 Tags: Research Articles Source Type: journals
Molecular genetic analysis of purine nucleobase transport in Leishmania major
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Source: Molecular Microbiology - May 31, 2007 Tags: Research Articles Source Type: journals
Loss of the controlled localization of growth stage-specific cell-wall synthesis pleiotropically affects developmental gene expression in an ssgA mutant of Streptomyces coelicolor
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Source: Molecular Microbiology - May 31, 2007 Tags: Research Articles Source Type: journals
Oscillating focus of SopA associated with filamentous structure guides partitioning of F plasmid
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Source: Molecular Microbiology - May 31, 2007 Tags: Research Articles Source Type: journals
Scl1-dependent internalization of group A Streptococcus via direct interactions with the α2β1 integrin enhances pathogen survival and re-emergence
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Source: Molecular Microbiology - May 31, 2007 Tags: Research Articles Source Type: journals
Mycobacterium tuberculosis genotypic diversity and drug susceptibility pattern in HIV- infected and non-HIV-infected patients in northern Tanzania
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Source: BMC Microbiology - Latest articles - May 31, 2007 Authors: Gibson S. Kibiki, Bert Mulder, Wil M.V. Dolmans, Jessica L. de Beer, Martin Boeree, Noel Sam, Dick van Soolingen, Christophe Sola and Adri G.M. van der Zanden Source Type: journals
RamA, a Transcriptional Regulator, and AcrAB, an RND-Type Efflux Pump, are Associated with Decreased Susceptibility to Tigecycline in Enterobacter cloacae
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Source: Microbial Drug Resistance - May 30, 2007 Tags: Mechanisms Source Type: journals
Characterization of epitopes recognized by anti-Streptococcus mutans P1 monoclonal antibodies
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Source: FEMS Immunology and Medical Microbiology - May 30, 2007 Tags: Research Articles Source Type: journals
Rapid Spread in Norway of an Erythromycin-Resistant Pneumococcal Clone, Despite Low Usage of Macrolides
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Source: Microbial Drug Resistance - May 30, 2007 Tags: Epidemiology Source Type: journals
Streptomycin and Chloramphenicol Resistance Genes in Escherichia coli Isolates from Cattle, Pigs, and Chicken in Kenya
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Source: Microbial Drug Resistance - May 30, 2007 Tags: Veterinary Microbiology Source Type: journals
Characterization of a Variant of the SCCmec Element in a Bloodstream Isolate of Staphylococcus intermedius
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Source: Microbial Drug Resistance - May 30, 2007 Tags: Mechanism Source Type: journals
Microbiologic Workload and Clinical Significance of Streptococcus pneumoniae Isolated during One Week in Spain
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Source: Microbial Drug Resistance - May 30, 2007 Tags: Epidemiology Source Type: journals
Antimicrobial Resistance Patterns of Shiga Toxin-Producing Escherichia coli O157:H7 and O157:H7− from Different Origins
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Source: Microbial Drug Resistance - May 30, 2007 Tags: Epidemiology Source Type: journals
Risk Factors for Antimicrobial Resistance among Fecal Escherichia coli from Residents on Forty-Three Swine Farms
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Source: Microbial Drug Resistance - May 30, 2007 Tags: Veterinary Microbiology Source Type: journals
Monotherapy versus combination antibiotic therapy for patients with bacteremic
Streptococcus pneumoniae
community-acquired pneumonia
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Source: European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases - May 30, 2007 Tags: European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases Source Type: journals
Environmental regulation and colonization attributes of the long polar fimbriae (LPF) of Escherichia coli O157:H7.
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Source: International Journal of Medical Microbiology - May 27, 2007 Authors: Torres AG, Milflores-Flores L, Garcia-Gallegos JG, Patel SD, Best A, La Ragione RM, Martinez-Laguna Y, Woodward MJ Tags: Int J Med Microbiol Source Type: journals
Zentralblatt für Bakteriologie - 100 years ago: The detection of the causative agent of syphilis, Treponema pallidum - The year after.
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Source: International Journal of Medical Microbiology - May 27, 2007 Authors: Köhler W Tags: Int J Med Microbiol Source Type: journals
First case of human babesiosis in Germany - Clinical presentation and molecular characterisation of the pathogen.
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Source: International Journal of Medical Microbiology - May 27, 2007 Authors: Häselbarth K, Tenter AM, Brade V, Krieger G, Hunfeld KP Tags: Int J Med Microbiol Source Type: journals
Avian pathogenic, uropathogenic, and newborn meningitis-causing Escherichia coli: How closely related are they?
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Source: International Journal of Medical Microbiology - May 27, 2007 Authors: Ewers C, Li G, Wilking H, Kieβling S, Alt K, Antáo EM, Laturnus C, Diehl I, Glodde S, Homeier T, Böhnke U, Steinrück H, Philipp HC, Wieler LH Tags: Int J Med Microbiol Source Type: journals
Drug resistance in pulmonary tuberculosis in Turkey
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Source: European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases - May 26, 2007 Tags: European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases Source Type: journals
APPLICATION OF MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION TO THE DETECTION OF PATHOGENS IN FOOD
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Source: Journal of Rapid Methods and Automation in Microbiology - May 25, 2007 Tags: Original Articles Source Type: journals
Acrophialophora fusispora: an emerging agent of human mycoses. A report of 3 new clinical cases.
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Source: Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease - May 25, 2007 Authors: Guarro J, Kumar Mendiratta D, De Sequeira H, Rodríguez V, Thamke D, Gomes AM, Kumar Shukla A, Menezes F, Narang P, Roldão Vieira J, Gené J Tags: Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis Source Type: journals
Higher-level phylogeny of Foraminifera inferred from the RNA polymerase II (RPB1) gene.
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Source: European Journal of Protistology - May 25, 2007 Authors: Longet D, Pawlowski J Tags: Eur J Protistol Source Type: journals
Molecular epidemiology of group A streptococcus causing scarlet fever in northern Taiwan, 2001-2002.
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Source: Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease - May 25, 2007 Authors: Chen YY, Huang CT, Yao SM, Chang YC, Shen PW, Chou CY, Li SY Tags: Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis Source Type: journals
Comparison of an immunochromatographic rapid test with enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay and polymerase chain reaction for the detection of Shiga toxins from human stool samples.
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Source: Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease - May 25, 2007 Authors: Grif K, Orth D, Dierich MP, Würzner R Tags: Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis Source Type: journals
Antimicrobial resistance among invasive isolates of Streptococcus pneumoniae collected across Canada.
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Source: Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease - May 25, 2007 Authors: Davidson RJ, Melano R, , Forward KR Tags: Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis Source Type: journals
Hypervariable loci that enhance the discriminatory ability of newly proposed 15-loci and 24-loci variable-number tandem repeat typing method on Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains predominated by the Beijing family
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Source: FEMS Microbiology Letters - May 24, 2007 Tags: Corrigendum Source Type: journals
Biodegradation of phytane (2,6,10,14-tetramethylhexadecane) and accumulation of related isoprenoid wax esters by Mycobacterium ratisbonense strain SD4 under nitrogen-starved conditions
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Source: FEMS Microbiology Letters - May 24, 2007 Tags: Research Letters Source Type: journals
Glycolysis and the regulation of glucose transport in Lactococcus lactis spp. lactis in batch and fed-batch culture
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Source: Microbial Cell Factories - May 24, 2007 Authors: Maria Papagianni, Nicholaos Avramidis and George Filiousis Source Type: journals
A novel nested multiplex polymerase chain reaction (PCR) assay for differential detection of Entamoeba histolytica, E. moshkovskii and E. dispar DNA in stool samples
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Source: BMC Microbiology - Latest articles - May 24, 2007 Authors: Krishna Khairnar and Subhash C Parija Source Type: journals
RNA structure: experimental analysis.
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Source: Current Opinion in Microbiology - May 24, 2007 Authors: Felden B Tags: Curr Opin Microbiol Source Type: journals
Gastric inflammatory markers and interleukins in patients with functional dyspepsia treated with astaxanthin
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Source: FEMS Immunology and Medical Microbiology - May 23, 2007 Tags: Research Articles Source Type: journals
Helicobacter pylori flagella: antigenic profile and protective immunity
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Source: FEMS Immunology and Medical Microbiology - May 23, 2007 Tags: Research Articles Source Type: journals
A major role for intestinal epithelial nucleotide oligomerization domain 1 (NOD1) in eliciting host bactericidal immune responses to Campylobacter jejuni
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Source: Cellular Microbiology - May 23, 2007 Tags: Original Articles Source Type: journals
Comparative evaluation of automated reading versus visual interpretation with the BBL Crystal enteric/nonfermenter identification system in a clinical setting
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Source: European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases - May 23, 2007 Tags: European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases Source Type: journals
Aquatic tetrasporoblastic microsporidia from caddis flies (Insecta, Trichoptera): Characterisation, phylogeny and taxonomic reevaluation of the genera Episeptum Larsson, 1986, Pyrotheca Hesse, 1935 and Cougourdella Hesse, 1935.
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Source: European Journal of Protistology - May 23, 2007 Authors: Hyliš M, Oborník M, Nebesářová J, Vávra J Tags: Eur J Protistol Source Type: journals
Bacterial cell division protein FtsZ is stable against degradation by AAA family protease FtsH in Escherichia coli cells
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Source: Journal of Basic Microbiology - May 23, 2007 Authors: Ramanujam Srinivasan, Parthasarathi Ajitkumar Source Type: journals
Isolation of a FAD-GPDH gene encoding a mitochondrial FAD-dependent glycerol-3-phosphate dehydrogenase from Dunaliella salina
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Source: Journal of Basic Microbiology - May 23, 2007 Authors: Wanggui Yang, Yi Cao, Xiaofei Sun, Fei Huang, Qinghua He, Dairong Qiao, Linhan Bai Source Type: journals
Discaria trinervis - Frankia symbiosis promotion by saprophytic actinomycetes
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Source: Journal of Basic Microbiology - May 23, 2007 Authors: Mariana Solans Source Type: journals
Antimicrobial mechanisms of ortho -phthalaldehyde action
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Source: Journal of Basic Microbiology - May 23, 2007 Authors: Manuel Simões, Lúcia C. Simões, Sara Cleto, Idalina Machado, Maria O. Pereira, Maria J. Vieira Source Type: journals
Cell cycle dependent phosphatase activity in Bacillus subtilis
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Source: Journal of Basic Microbiology - May 23, 2007 Authors: Naomi Sandler, Alex Keynan Source Type: journals
Drug susceptibility resting of clinical isolates of streptococci and enterococci by the Phoenix automated microbiology system
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Source: BMC Microbiology - Latest articles - May 23, 2007 Authors: Gioconda R Brigante, Francesco A Luzzaro, Beatrice Pini, Gianluigi Lombardi, Gertrude Sokeng and Antonio Q Toniolo Source Type: journals
Attachment of bacteria to the roots of higher plants
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Source: FEMS Microbiology Letters - May 22, 2007 Tags: MiniReviews Source Type: journals
Infection-induced antibodies against the major outer membrane protein of Campylobacter jejuni mainly recognize conformational epitopes
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Source: FEMS Microbiology Letters - May 22, 2007 Tags: Research Letters Source Type: journals
Evaluation of major membrane protein-II as a tool for serodiagnosis of leprosy
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Source: FEMS Microbiology Letters - May 22, 2007 Tags: Research Letters Source Type: journals
Intimin subtyping of Escherichia coli: concomitant carriage of multiple intimin subtypes from forage-fed cattle and sheep
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Source: FEMS Microbiology Letters - May 22, 2007 Tags: Research Letters Source Type: journals
Development of species-specific primers for detection of Streptococcus mutans in mixed bacterial samples
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Source: FEMS Microbiology Letters - May 22, 2007 Tags: Research Letters Source Type: journals
Genetic characterization of Vibrio cholerae strains by inter simple sequence repeat-PCR
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Source: FEMS Microbiology Letters - May 22, 2007 Tags: Research Letters Source Type: journals
Two distinct manganese-containing superoxide dismutase genes in Bacillus cereus: their physiological characterizations and roles in surviving in wheat rhizosphere
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Source: FEMS Microbiology Letters - May 22, 2007 Tags: Research Letters Source Type: journals
Xanthomonas caspase displays an inherent PARP-like activity
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Source: FEMS Microbiology Letters - May 22, 2007 Tags: Research Letters Source Type: journals
Epithelial cell kinetics of the gastric mucosa during Helicobacter pylori infection
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Source: FEMS Immunology and Medical Microbiology - May 22, 2007 Tags: Research Articles Source Type: journals
The neutrophil-activating protein of Helicobacter pylori (HP-NAP) as an immune modulating agent
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Source: FEMS Immunology and Medical Microbiology - May 22, 2007 Tags: MiniReviews Source Type: journals
Potential role of thiol:disulfide oxidoreductases in the pathogenesis of Helicobacter pylori
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Source: FEMS Immunology and Medical Microbiology - May 22, 2007 Tags: MiniReviews Source Type: journals
Outbreak of
Achromobacter xylosoxidans
pseudobacteremia in a neonatal care unit related to contaminated chlorhexidine solution
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Source: European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases - May 22, 2007 Tags: European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases Source Type: journals
Clinical and molecular epidemiology of multidrug-resistant
Citrobacter
spp. infections in a French university hospital
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Source: European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases - May 22, 2007 Tags: European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases Source Type: journals
Planktonic dinoflagellates of the northern Levantine Basin, northeastern Mediterranean Sea.
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Source: European Journal of Protistology - May 22, 2007 Authors: Polat S, Koray T Tags: Eur J Protistol Source Type: journals
Description of a mirror-image doublet from a Brazilian strain of Gastrostyla setifera (Engelmann, 1862) Kent, 1882 (Ciliophora: Stichotrichia).
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Source: European Journal of Protistology - May 22, 2007 Authors: Dias RJ, da Silva Paiva T, da Silva-Neto ID, D'Agosto M Tags: Eur J Protistol Source Type: journals
The Proteins Secreted by Trichomonas vaginalis and Vaginal Epithelial Cell Response to Secreted and Episomally-Expressed AP65
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Source: Cellular Microbiology - May 21, 2007 Tags: Original Articles Source Type: journals
Rac1, RhoA, and Cdc42 participate in HeLa cell invasion by group B streptococcus
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Source: FEMS Microbiology Letters - May 21, 2007 Tags: Research Letters Source Type: journals
Staphylococcal enterotoxin induces emesis through increasing serotonin release in intestine and it is downregulated by cannabinoid receptor 1
