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Chlamydiaphage φCPG1 Capsid Protein Vp1 Inhibits Chlamydia trachomatis Growth via the Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase Pathway

Viruses, 2016
Chlamydia trachomatis is the most common cause of curable bacterial sexually transmitted infections worldwide. Although the pathogen is well established, the pathogenic mechanisms remain unclear.
Yuanli Guo, Rui Guo, Quan Zhou, Changgui Sun, Xinmei Zhang, Yuanjun Liu, Quanzhong Liu   +6 more
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A stealth adhesion factor contributes to Vibrio vulnificus pathogenicity: Flp pili play roles in host invasion, survival in the blood stream and resistance to complement activation.

PLoS Pathogens, 2019
The tad operons encode the machinery required for adhesive Flp (fimbrial low-molecular-weight protein) pili biogenesis. Vibrio vulnificus, an opportunistic pathogen, harbors three distinct tad loci.
Tra-My Duong-Nu, Kwangjoon Jeong, Seol Hee Hong, Sao Puth, Soo Young Kim, Wenzhi Tan, Kwang Ho Lee, Shee Eun Lee, Joon Haeng Rhee   +8 more
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Columnaris disease in fish: a review with emphasis on bacterium-host interactions [PDF]

, 2013
Flavobacterium columnare (F. columnare) is the causative agent of columnaris disease. This bacterium affects both cultured and wild freshwater fish including many susceptible commercially important fish species. F. columnare infections may result in skin
Bossier, Peter, Declercq, Annelies, Decostere, Annemie, Haesebrouck, Freddy, Van Den Broeck, Wim   +4 more
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Serogroup conversion of Vibrio cholerae in aquatic reservoirs.

PLoS Pathogens, 2007
The environmental reservoirs for Vibrio cholerae are natural aquatic habitats, where it colonizes the chitinous exoskeletons of copepod molts. Growth of V.
Melanie Blokesch, Gary K Schoolnik
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Constitutive Interferon Maintains GBP Expression Required for Release of Bacterial Components Upstream of Pyroptosis and Anti-DNA Responses

Cell Reports, 2018
Summary: Legionella pneumophila elicits caspase-11-driven macrophage pyroptosis through guanylate-binding proteins (GBPs) encoded on chromosome 3. It has been proposed that microbe-driven IFN upregulates GBPs to facilitate pathogen vacuole rupture and ...
Beiyun C. Liu, Joseph Sarhan, Alexander Panda, Hayley I. Muendlein, Vladimir Ilyukha, Jörn Coers, Masahiro Yamamoto, Ralph R. Isberg, Alexander Poltorak   +8 more
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Nonsteroidal Anti-Inflammatory Agents in the Therapy for Experimental Pneumococcal Meningitis [PDF]

, 2017
An increased inflammatory mass in the subarachnoid space during bacterial meningitis may correlate with a poor outcome of disease. Using a rabbit model of pneumococcal meningitis, we sought to reduce this inflammatory process.
Bray, Michael A., Hengstler, Bruno, Rich, Roland, Tomasz, Alexander, Tuomanen, Elaine, Zak, Oto   +5 more
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Extragenic suppressor mutations in ΔripA disrupt stability and function of LpxA [PDF]

, 2014
Background Francisella tularensis is a Gram-negative bacterium that infects hundreds of species including humans, and has evolved to grow efficiently within a plethora of cell types. RipA is a conserved membrane protein
Brunton, Jason C, Collins, Edward J, Dotson, Garry D, Jenkins, Ronald J, Jones, Corbin D, Kawula, Thomas H, LoVullo, Eric D, Miller, Cheryl N, Romanchuk, Artur, Steele, Shaun P, Taft-Benz, Sharon A   +10 more
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Mode of action of the antimicrobial peptide Mel4 is independent of Staphylococcus aureus cell membrane permeability.

PLoS ONE, 2019
Mel4 is a novel cationic peptide with potent activity against Gram-positive bacteria. The current study examined the anti-staphylococcal mechanism of action of Mel4 and its precursor peptide melimine.
Muhammad Yasir, Debarun Dutta, Mark D P Willcox   +2 more
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Evaluation of the effect of tyrothricin on beta-hemolytic streptococci in salva. Part I: The effect of salvia upon bacteria. Part II: Effect of tyrothricin on the New York 5 strain of Streptococcus pyogenes in saliva [PDF]

, 1949
Part II of thesis by Brancato, Noyes, and Swift. Part I of thesis by Swift. Thesis (M.A.)--Boston UniversityThe antibacterial effect of saliva has been known for many years.
Brancato, Frank P., Noyes, Wilbur F., III, Swift, Andrew Howard Potter   +2 more
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Caco3 precipitation in multilayered cyanobacterial mats: Clues to explain the alternation of micrite and sparite layers in calcareous stromatolites [PDF]

, 2015
© 2015 by the authors; licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. Marine cyanobacterial mats were cultured on coastal sediments (Nivå Bay, Øresund, Denmark) for over three years in a closed system. Carbonate particles formed in two different modes in the mat: (i)
Fenchel, T, Kaźmierczak, J, Kempe, S, Kremer, B, Kühl, M, Małkowski, K, Łącka, B   +6 more
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