Zwiener, Theresa Mickoleit, Frank Dziuba, Marina Rückert, Christian Busche, Tobias Kalinowski, Jörn Faivre, Damien Uebe, René Schüler, Dirk
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BackgroundMagnetosome formation in the alphaproteobacterium Magnetospirillum gryphiswaldense is controlled by more than 30 known mam and mms genes clustered within a large genomic region, the ‘magnetosome island’ (MAI), which also harbors numerous mobile genetic elements, repeats, and genetic junk. Because of the inherent genetic instability of the...
Rajaei, Maryam Moosavy, Mir-Hassan Gharajalar, Sahar Nouri Khatibi, Seyed Amin
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Background In recent years, interest in the consumption of ready-to-eat (RTE) food products has been increased in many countries. However, RTE products particularly those prepared by meat may be potential vehicles of antibiotic-resistance foodborne pathogens. Considering kebab and hamburger are the most popular RTE meat products in Iran, this study...
Alforaidi, Sahal Bresin, Andrea Almosa, Naif Lehrkinder, Anna Lingström, Peter
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Background The purpose of the study was to investigate the effect of probiotics on biofilm acidogenicity and on the number of salivary Streptococcus mutans and lactobacilli in orthodontic patients. Methods This RCT was conducted on 28 young adults who were undergoing orthodontic treatment. The short-term prospective clinical trial lasted for three ...
Isenring, Julia Geirnaert, Annelies Lacroix, Christophe Stevens, Marc J. A.
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Background Auto-aggregation is a desired property for probiotic strains because it is suggested to promote colonization of the human intestine, to prevent pathogen infections and to modulate the colonic mucosa. We recently reported the generation of adapted mutants of Lactiplantibacillus plantarum NZ3400, a derivative of the model strain WCFS1, for...
Chen, Shayan Shi, Jiyu Chen, Minghui Ma, Jun Zeng, Zhaowei Wang, Rui Cui, Yunfeng Gao, Xue
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Background Infection in patients with acute pancreatitis, especially severe acute pancreatitis patients, is a common and important phenomenon, and the distributions and drug resistance profiles of bacteria causing biliary infection and related risk factors are dynamic. We conducted this study to explore the characteristics of and risk factors for b...
Song, Jiangqin Hu, Xiaorong Li, Xiaolong Chen, Youping Yan, Xiangyuan Zhu, Weifang Ding, Yan Zhou, Junyang
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Rickettsia is the pathogen of Q fever, Brucella ovis is the pathogen of brucellosis, and both of them are Gram-negative bacteria which are parasitic in cells. The mixed infection of rickettsia and Brucella ovis is rarely reported in clinic. Early diagnosis and treatment are of great significance to the treatment and prognosis of brucellosis and Q f...
Huang, Junfei Xiao, Ziyu Yang, Xinggui Chen, Xu Wang, Xiaojuan Chen, Yijiang Zheng, Wenlin Chen, Wei Chen, Huijuan Li, Shijun
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Background Tuberculosis (TB) is a serious chronic infectious disease caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MTBC). Hence, the development of a novel, simple, rapid and sensitive method to detect MTBC is of great significance for the prevention and treatment of TB. Results In this study, multiple cross displacement amplification (MCDA) combin...
Yan, Junxiang Li, Yuehua Guo, Xueqian Wang, Xiaochen Liu, Fenxia Li, Ang Cao, Boyang
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Background The anoxic redox control binary system plays an important role in the response to oxygen as a signal in the environment. In particular, phosphorylated ArcA, as a global transcription factor, binds to the promoter regions of its target genes to regulate the expression of aerobic and anaerobic metabolism genes. However, the function of Arc...
Huang, Lihui Cai, Min Li, Li Zhang, Xin Xu, Yang Xiao, Jianhua Huang, Qian Luo, Guijuan Zeng, Zhaoyang Jin, Cuiyuan
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Background Preeclampsia (PE) is a condition of high blood pressure that is usually concurrent with proteinuria in pregnancy. PE complicates the management of both maternal and fetal health and contributes to most adverse pregnancy outcomes, but the mechanism underlying the development of PE remains unclear. In this study, we performed a case-contro...
Liao, Feng Gu, Wenpeng Fu, Xiaoqing Yuan, Bin Zhang, Yunhui
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Background Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is an important pathogen for human infection. Hospital-acquired (HA) and community-acquired (CA) MRSA infections are serious clinical problems worldwide. In this study, we selected typical HA-MRSA strain and CA-MRSA isolates from our previous research and compared their phenotypic and pa...
