This is a selection of articles from the June 2007 archive. Click here for this month's Microbiology headlines.
Nosocomial outbreak of OXA-18-producing Pseudomonas aeruginosa in Tunisia
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Source: Clinical Microbiology and Infection - June 30, 2007 Tags: Original Articles Source Type: journals
The prevalence of Dientamoeba fragilis in patients with suspected enteroparasitic disease in a metropolitan area in Denmark
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Source: Clinical Microbiology and Infection - June 30, 2007 Tags: Research Notes Source Type: journals
In vivo transcript profiling of Candida albicans identifies a gene essential for interepithelial dissemination
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Source: Cellular Microbiology - June 30, 2007 Tags: Original Articles Source Type: journals
Validation of an ELISA for the diagnosis of recent Campylobacter infections in Guillain–Barré and reactive arthritis patients
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Source: Clinical Microbiology and Infection - June 30, 2007 Tags: Original Articles Source Type: journals
Transformation of taxol-producing endophytic fungi by restriction enzyme-mediated integration (REMI)
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Source: FEMS Microbiology Letters - June 30, 2007 Tags: Research Letters Source Type: journals
Construction and immunogencity of a ΔapxIC/ΔapxIIC double mutant of Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae serovar 1
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Source: FEMS Microbiology Letters - June 30, 2007 Tags: Research Letters Source Type: journals
Prevalence of hicAB, lav, traA, and hifBC among Haemophilus influenzae middle ear and throat strains
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Source: FEMS Microbiology Letters - June 30, 2007 Tags: Research Letters Source Type: journals
The Outer membrane protein OmpA of Mannheimia haemolytica A1 is involved in the binding of fibronectin
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Source: FEMS Microbiology Letters - June 30, 2007 Tags: Research Letters Source Type: journals
Bioactive endophytic streptomycetes from the Malay Peninsula
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Source: FEMS Microbiology Letters - June 30, 2007 Tags: Research Letters Source Type: journals
Aluminum impairs morphogenic transition and stimulates H+ transport mediated by the plasma membrane ATPase of Yarrowia lipolytica
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Source: FEMS Microbiology Letters - June 30, 2007 Tags: Research Letters Source Type: journals
Degradation of arylarsenic compounds by microorganisms
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Source: FEMS Microbiology Letters - June 30, 2007 Tags: Research Letters Source Type: journals
YopJ targets TRAF proteins to inhibit TLR-mediated NF-κB, MAPK and IRF3 signal transduction
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Source: Cellular Microbiology - June 30, 2007 Tags: Original Articles Source Type: journals
Differential diagnoses of suspected Lyme borreliosis or post-Lyme-disease syndrome
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Source: European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases - June 29, 2007 Tags: European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases Source Type: journals
Sensitivity and specificity of a commercial C6 peptide enzyme immuno assay in diagnosis of acute Lyme neuroborreliosis
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Source: European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases - June 29, 2007 Tags: European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases Source Type: journals
Stability of microbial communities in goat milk during a lactation year: Molecular approaches.
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Source: Systematic and Applied Microbiology - June 29, 2007 Authors: Callon C, Duthoit F, Delbès C, Ferrand M, Le Frileux Y, De Crémoux R, Montel MC Tags: Syst Appl Microbiol Source Type: journals
Association of a high-molecular weight arginine-binding protein of Fusobacterium nucleatum ATCC 10953 with adhesion to secretory immunoglobulin A and coaggregation with Streptococcus cristatus
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Source: Oral Microbiology and Immunology - June 28, 2007 Tags: Original articles Source Type: journals
The oligopeptide (opp) gene cluster of Streptococcus mutans: identification, prevalence, and characterization
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Source: Oral Microbiology and Immunology - June 28, 2007 Tags: Original articles Source Type: journals
Cultivable bacteria in infected root canals as identified by 16S rRNA gene sequencing
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Source: Oral Microbiology and Immunology - June 28, 2007 Tags: Original articles Source Type: journals
Rapid detection of Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans using a loop-mediated isothermal amplification method
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Source: Oral Microbiology and Immunology - June 28, 2007 Tags: Original articles Source Type: journals
Antimicrobial susceptibility of 800 anaerobic isolates from patients with dentoalveolar infection to 13 oral antibiotics
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Source: Oral Microbiology and Immunology - June 28, 2007 Tags: Short communication Source Type: journals
Antigenicity and recombination of VlsE, the antigenic variation protein of Borrelia burgdorferi, in rabbits, a host putatively resistant to long-term infection with this spirochete
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Source: FEMS Immunology and Medical Microbiology - June 27, 2007 Tags: Research Articles Source Type: journals
Serological detection and immunogold localization of cross-reactive antigens shared by Camellia sinensis and Exobasidium vexans
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Source: Journal of Applied Microbiology - June 27, 2007 Tags: Original Articles Source Type: journals
Activation of classical pathway of complement cascade by soluble oligomers of prion
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Source: Cellular Microbiology - June 25, 2007 Tags: Original Article Source Type: journals
The fine structure of the phoront of Gymnodinioides pacifica, a ciliated protozoan (Ciliophora, Apostomatida) from euphausiids of the Northeastern Pacific.
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Source: European Journal of Protistology - June 25, 2007 Authors: Landers SC, Gómez-Gutiérrez J, Peterson WT Tags: Eur J Protistol Source Type: journals
Interaction of Salivary alpha-Amylase and Amylase-Binding-Protein A (AbpA) of Streptococcus gordonii with Glucosyltransferase of S. gordonii and Streptococcus mutans
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Source: BMC Microbiology - Latest articles - June 25, 2007 Authors: Biswendu Chaudhuri, Jennifer Rojek, M. Margaret Vickerman, Jason M. Tanzer and Frank A. Scannapieco Source Type: journals
Fibroblast apoptosis induced by Porphyromonas gingivalis is stimulated by a gingipain and caspase-independent pathway that involves apoptosis-inducing factor
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Source: Cellular Microbiology - June 24, 2007 Tags: Original Articles Source Type: journals
Applications of bioluminescence imaging to the study of infectious diseases
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Source: Cellular Microbiology - June 24, 2007 Tags: Technoreview Source Type: journals
Induction of acid resistance in Bifidobacterium: a mechanism for improving desirable traits of potentially probiotic strains
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Source: Journal of Applied Microbiology - June 22, 2007 Tags: Original Articles 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 - June 22, 2007 Tags: Original Articles Source Type: journals
Duration of antibiotic treatment in disseminated Lyme borreliosis: a double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled, multicenter clinical study
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Source: European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases - June 22, 2007 Tags: European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases Source Type: journals
First confirmed autochthonous case of human
Babesia microti
infection in Europe
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Source: European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases - June 22, 2007 Tags: European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases Source Type: journals
Novel approach using substrate-mediated radiolabelling of RNA to link metabolic function with the structure of microbial communities
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Source: FEMS Microbiology Letters - June 21, 2007 Tags: Research Letters Source Type: journals
Integrin-EGF-3 domain of bovine CD18 is critical for Mannheimia haemolytica leukotoxin species-specific susceptibility
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Source: FEMS Microbiology Letters - June 21, 2007 Tags: Research Letters Source Type: journals
The S subunit of d-ornithine aminomutase from Clostridium sticklandii is responsible for the allosteric regulation in d-α-lysine aminomutase
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Source: FEMS Microbiology Letters - June 21, 2007 Tags: Research Letters Source Type: journals
RibR, a possible regulator of the Bacillus subtilis riboflavin biosynthetic operon, in vivo interacts with the 5'-untranslated leader of rib mRNA
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Source: FEMS Microbiology Letters - June 21, 2007 Tags: Research Letters Source Type: journals
DegU co-ordinates multicellular behaviour exhibited by Bacillus subtilis
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Source: Molecular Microbiology - June 21, 2007 Tags: Original Articles Source Type: journals
Variable expression of the 235 kDa rhoptry protein of Plasmodium yoelii mediate host cell adaptation and immune evasion
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Source: Molecular Microbiology - June 21, 2007 Tags: Original Articles Source Type: journals
Modification of phospholipid composition in Pseudomonas putida A ATCC 12633 induced by contact with tetradecyltrimethylammonium
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Source: Journal of Applied Microbiology - June 21, 2007 Tags: Original Articles Source Type: journals
Image analysis for monitoring the barley tempeh fermentation process
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Source: Journal of Applied Microbiology - June 21, 2007 Tags: Original Articles Source Type: journals
Efficiency of pyrimidine dimer formation in Escherichia coli across UV wavelengths
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Source: Journal of Applied Microbiology - June 21, 2007 Tags: Original Articles Source Type: journals
Prevalence of Salmonella enterica serovars and genovars from chicken carcasses in slaughterhouses in Spain
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Source: Journal of Applied Microbiology - June 21, 2007 Tags: Original Articles Source Type: journals
Isolation and characterization of antagonistic Bacillus subtilis strains from the avocado rhizoplane displaying biocontrol activity
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Source: Journal of Applied Microbiology - June 21, 2007 Tags: Original Articles Source Type: journals
Effect of antibiotic-induced morphological changes on surface properties, motility and adhesion of nosocomial Pseudomonas aeruginosa strains under different physiological states
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Source: Journal of Applied Microbiology - June 21, 2007 Tags: Original Articles Source Type: journals
Advanced high-power pulsed light device to decontaminate food from pathogens: effects on Salmonella typhimurium viability in vitro
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Source: Journal of Applied Microbiology - June 21, 2007 Tags: Original Articles Source Type: journals
Analysis of Chromobacterium sp. natural isolates from different Brazilian ecosystems
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Source: BMC Microbiology - Latest articles - June 21, 2007 Authors: Claudia I Lima-Bittencourt, Spartaco Astolfi, Edmar Chartone-Souza, Fabricio R Santos and Andrea M A Nascimento Source Type: journals
Characterization of dehydromonacolin-MV2 from Monascus purpureus mutant
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Source: Journal of Applied Microbiology - June 20, 2007 Tags: Original Articles Source Type: journals
The Differential Response of Human Dendritic Cells to Live and Killed Neisseria meningitidis
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Source: Cellular Microbiology - June 20, 2007 Tags: Original Article Source Type: journals
Calcineurin-independent inhibition of 3T3-L1 adipogenesis by Pasteurella multocida toxin: suppression of Notch1, stabilization of β-catenin and pre-adipocyte factor 1
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Source: Cellular Microbiology - June 20, 2007 Tags: Original Articles Source Type: journals
Purification and characterization of a milk-clotting protease from Bacillus licheniformis strain USC13
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Source: Journal of Applied Microbiology - June 19, 2007 Tags: Original Articles Source Type: journals
Production of cellulases and hemicellulases by Penicillium echinulatum grown on pretreated sugar cane bagasse and wheat bran in solid-state fermentation
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Source: Journal of Applied Microbiology - June 19, 2007 Tags: Original Articles Source Type: journals
Conditioning film and initial biofilm formation on ceramics tiles in the marine environment
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Source: FEMS Microbiology Letters - June 19, 2007 Tags: Research Letters Source Type: journals
Brucella suis urease encoded by ure1 but not ure2 is necessary for intestinal infection of BALB/c mice
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Source: BMC Microbiology - Latest articles - June 19, 2007 Authors: Aloka B Bandara, Andrea Contreras, Araceli Contreras-Rodriguez, Ana M Martins, Victor Dobrean, Sherry Poff-Reichow, Parthiban Rajasekaran, Nammalwar Sriranganathan, Gerhardt G Schurig and Stephen M Boyle Source Type: journals
Antimicrobial activities of YycG histidine kinase inhibitors against Staphylococcus epidermidis biofilms
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Source: FEMS Microbiology Letters - June 18, 2007 Tags: Research Letters Source Type: journals
Capsule genes of Streptococcus pneumoniae influence growth in vitro
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Source: FEMS Immunology and Medical Microbiology - June 18, 2007 Tags: Research Articles Source Type: journals
Biocontrol of almond bark beetle (Scolytus amygdali Geurin-Meneville, Coleoptera: Scolytidae) using Beauveria bassiana (Bals.) Vuill. (Deuteromycotina: Hyphomycetes)
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Source: Journal of Applied Microbiology - June 18, 2007 Tags: Original Articles Source Type: journals
Antimicrobial activity and the major components of the essential oil of Plectranthus cylindraceus
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Source: Journal of Applied Microbiology - June 18, 2007 Tags: Original Articles Source Type: journals
Molecular phylogenetic diversity of bacteria and its spatial distribution in composts
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Source: Journal of Applied Microbiology - June 18, 2007 Tags: Original Articles Source Type: journals
Amphotericin B deoxycholate: no significant advantage of a 24 h over a 6 h infusion schedule
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Source: Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy - June 18, 2007 Authors: Altmannsberger, P., Holler, E., Andreesen, R., Krause, S. W. Tags: Correspondence Source Type: journals
A highly carbapenem-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolate with a novel blaVIM-4/blaP1b integron overexpresses two efflux pumps and lacks OprD
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Source: Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy - June 18, 2007 Authors: Maniati, M., Ikonomidis, A., Mantzana, P., Daponte, A., Maniatis, A. N., Pournaras, S. Tags: Brief reports Source Type: journals
New Tn916-related elements causing erm(B)-mediated erythromycin resistance in tetracycline-susceptible pneumococci
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Source: Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy - June 18, 2007 Authors: Cochetti, I., Tili, E., Vecchi, M., Manzin, A., Mingoia, M., Varaldo, P. E., Montanari, M. P. Tags: Brief reports Source Type: journals
Aminopenicillin-induced exanthema allows treatment with certain cephalosporins or phenoxymethyl penicillin
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Source: Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy - June 18, 2007 Authors: Trcka, J., Seitz, C. S., Brocker, E.-B., Gross, G. E., Trautmann, A. Tags: Original articles Source Type: journals
In vitro efficacy of ceftriaxone/sulbactam against Escherichia coli isolates producing CTX-M-15 extended-spectrum {beta}-lactamase
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Source: Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy - June 18, 2007 Authors: Shahid, M., Singhai, M., Malik, A., Shukla, I., Khan, H. M., Shujatullah, F., Tahira, F. Tags: Correspondence Source Type: journals
Transmission in the community of clonal Proteus mirabilis carrying VIM-1 metallo-{beta}-lactamase
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Source: Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy - June 18, 2007 Authors: Tsakris, A., Ikonomidis, A., Poulou, A., Spanakis, N., Pournaras, S., Markou, F. Tags: Brief reports Source Type: journals
Determination of ethambutol MICs for Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Mycobacterium avium isolates by resazurin microtitre assay
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Source: Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy - June 18, 2007 Authors: Jadaun, G. P. S., Agarwal, C., Sharma, H., Ahmed, Z., Upadhyay, P., Faujdar, J., Gupta, A. K., Das, R., Gupta, P., Chauhan, D. S., Sharma, V. D., Katoch, V. M. Tags: Brief reports Source Type: journals
Comment on: High tigecycline resistance in multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii
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Source: Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy - June 18, 2007 Authors: Thamlikitkul, V., Tiengrim, S., Tribuddharat, C. Tags: Correspondence Source Type: journals
Acinetobacter baumannii meningitis in post-neurosurgical patients: clinical outcome and impact of carbapenem resistance
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Source: Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy - June 18, 2007 Authors: Metan, G., Alp, E., Aygen, B., Sumerkan, B. Tags: Correspondence Source Type: journals
Decreased affinity of mosaic-structure recombinant penicillin-binding protein 2 for oral cephalosporins in Neisseria gonorrhoeae
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Source: Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy - June 18, 2007 Authors: Ochiai, S., Sekiguchi, S., Hayashi, A., Shimadzu, M., Ishiko, H., Matsushima-Nishiwaki, R., Kozawa, O., Yasuda, M., Deguchi, T. Tags: Original articles Source Type: journals
Reversibility of antimicrobial resistance in respiratory isolates in HIV-positive Cambodian children after 36 months of HAART
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Source: Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy - June 18, 2007 Authors: Shahum, A., Benca, G., Duong, L. S., Augustin, A., Havlik, S., Liska, A., Kalavsky, E., Beno, P., Krcmery, V. Tags: Correspondence Source Type: journals
Substrate specificity of the OqxAB multidrug resistance pump in Escherichia coli and selected enteric bacteria
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Source: Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy - June 18, 2007 Authors: Hansen, L. H., Jensen, L. B., Sorensen, H. I., Sorensen, S. J. Tags: Brief reports Source Type: journals
High tigecycline resistance in multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii--authors' response
