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- 1From: BMC Microbiology. (Vol. 14) Peer-ReviewedBackground Polyoxypeptin A was isolated from a culture broth of Streptomyces sp. MK498-98 F14, which has a potent apoptosis-inducing activity towards human pancreatic carcinoma AsPC-1 cells. Structurally, polyoxypeptin...
- 2From: BMC Microbiology. (Vol. 14) Peer-ReviewedBackground The emergence of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) and extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis (XDR-TB) makes the treatment and control of tuberculosis difficult. Rapid detection of drug-resistant...
- 3From: BMC Microbiology. (Vol. 14) Peer-ReviewedBackground Non-typeable H. influenzae (NTHi) is a nasopharyngeal commensal that can become an opportunistic pathogen causing infections such as otitis media, pneumonia, and bronchitis. NTHi is known to form biofilms....
- 4From: BMC Microbiology. (Vol. 14) Peer-ReviewedBackground Transketolase (TKT) is a key enzyme of the pentose phosphate pathway (PPP), the Calvin cycle and the ribulose monophosphate (RuMP) cycle. Bacillus methanolicus is a facultative RuMP pathway methylotroph. B....
- 5From: BMC Microbiology. (Vol. 14, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedAuthor(s): Therwa Hamza1,2 and Bingyun Li1,2,3 Background Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus ) is one of the primary causes of bone infections [[1]-[3]]. These infections are often chronic, difficult to eradicate,...
- 6From: BMC Microbiology. (Vol. 14, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedAuthor(s): Zonglin Hu1 , Isha R Patel1 and Amit Mukherjee1 After the publication of this work [1], it was brought to our attention that in Figure 1B it is erroneously shown that Gam is transported by EII Aga and Aga...
- 7From: BMC Microbiology. (Vol. 14, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedAuthor(s): Juan Liu1,2 , Qing-Gong Nian1 , Jing Li1 , Yi Hu1 , Xiao-Feng Li1 , Yu Zhang1 , Yong-Qiang Deng1 , Shun-Ya Zhu1 , Qing-Yu Zhu1 , E-De Qin1 , Tao Jiang1 and Cheng-Feng Qin1 Background Since February...
- 8From: BMC Microbiology. (Vol. 14, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedAuthor(s): Heloisa H Nascimento1 , Lucas EP Silva1 , Renata T Souza1 , Neusa P Silva2 and Isabel CA Scaletsky1 Background Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli (EPEC) is an important cause of infantile diarrhea,...
- 9From: BMC Microbiology. (Vol. 14, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedAuthor(s): Wan Koh1,4 , Andrew Thompson1 , Hanna Edwards1 , Paul Monis2 and Peta L Clode3 Background Cryptosporidium is one of the most common enteric protozoan parasites infecting both humans and animals [1]...
- 10From: BMC Microbiology. (Vol. 14, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedAuthor(s): Catherine Ragimbeau1 , Stephanie Colin2 , Anthony Devaux1 , Frdric Decruyenaere3 , Henry-Michel Cauchie4 , Serge Losch5 , Christian Penny4 and Jol Mossong1 Background According to the EU Summary Report...
- 11From: BMC Microbiology. (Vol. 14, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedAuthor(s): Xiurong Ding1 , Zhizhong Liu2 , Jianrong Su1 and Donghui Yan1 Background Candida spp. are the fourth most common cause of nosocomial bloodstream infections [1], and Candida albicans accounts for...
- 12From: BMC Microbiology. (Vol. 14, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedAuthor(s): Pornpan Pumirat1 , Usa Boonyuen2 , Muthita Vanaporn1 , Peechanika Pinweha3 , Sarunporn Tandhavanant1,4 , Sunee Korbsrisate3 and Narisara Chantratita1,4 Background Burkholderia pseudomallei is a...
- 13From: BMC Microbiology. (Vol. 14, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedAuthor(s): Qing-Lin Meng1,3 , Fei Liu2 , Xing-Yuan Yang4 , Xiao-Mei Liu1,3 , Xia Zhang2 , Chun Zhang1 and Zong-De Zhang2 Background In the latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) state, the patient harbors the...
- 14From: BMC Microbiology. (Vol. 14, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedAuthor(s): Yinyue Deng1,2 , Amy Lim1 , Jasmine Lee1 , Shaohua Chen2 , Shuwen An1 , Yi-Hu Dong1 and Lian-Hui Zhang1,2 Background Antibiotics, which act by either killing or stopping microbial growth, have been used...
- 15From: BMC Microbiology. (Vol. 14, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedAuthor(s): Marta Nowak1 , Marcin Olszewski1 , Marta Åpibida1 and Józef Kur1 Background Single-stranded DNA-binding proteins (SSBs) are indispensable elements in the cells of all living organisms. They interact...
- 16From: BMC Microbiology. (Vol. 14, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedAuthor(s): Kjersti Sturad1 , Ulf R Dahle1 , Einar Sverre Berg1 , Martin Steinbakk2 and Astrid L Wester1 Background Antimicrobial resistance is an increasing challenge of global proportions [1]. Special emphasis...
- 17From: BMC Microbiology. (Vol. 14, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedAuthor(s): Daria Szymanowska-PowaÅowska1 and Wojciech BiaÅas1 Background The current tendency to use alternative energy sources has resulted in a significant increase in the production of biofuels that are a wide...
- 18From: BMC Microbiology. (Vol. 14, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedBackground Gene gain and loss frequently occurs in the cyanobacterium Prochlorococcus, a phototroph that numerically dominates tropical and subtropical open oceans. However, little is known about the stabilization of...
- 19From: BMC Microbiology. (Vol. 14, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedBackground Tannase (tannin acyl hydrolase, EC 3.1.1.20) specifically catalyzes the hydrolysis of the galloyl ester bonds in hydrolyzable tannins to release gallic acid. The enzyme was found not only in fungal species...
- 20From: BMC Microbiology. (Vol. 14, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedBackground The antimetabolite mangotoxin is a key factor in virulence of Pseudomonas syringae pv. syringae strains which cause apical necrosis of mango trees. Previous studies showed that mangotoxin biosynthesis is...