Do Bacterial “Virulence Factors” Always Increase Virulence? A Meta-analysis of Pyoverdine Production inPseudomonas aeruginosa as a Test Case [PDF]
Frontiers in Microbiology, 2016 Bacterial traits that contribute to disease are termed ‘virulence factors’ and there is much interest in therapeutic approaches that disrupt such traits.
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Does virulence assessment of Vibrio anguillarum using sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax) larvae correspond with genotypic and phenotypic characterization? [PDF]
, 2013 Background: Vibriosis is one of the most ubiquitous fish diseases caused by bacteria belonging to the genus Vibrio such as Vibrio (Listonella) anguillarum. Despite a lot of research efforts, the virulence factors and mechanism of V. anguillarum are still
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Conflicting interests in the pathogen-host tug of war : fungal micronutrient scavenging versus mammalian nutritional immunity [PDF]
, 2014 Funding: The authors are supported by the European Research Council (STRIFE project funded on grant number ERC-2009-AdG-249793, http://erc.europa.eu). AJPB is also supported by the Wellcome Trust (grant numbers 080088, 097377, www.wellcome.ac.uk) and the
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Structural and biochemical characterization of the exopolysaccharide deacetylase Agd3 required for Aspergillus fumigatus biofilm formation [PDF]
, 2020 The exopolysaccharide galactosaminogalactan (GAG) is an important virulence factor of the fungal pathogen Aspergillus fumigatus. Deletion of a gene encoding a putative deacetylase, Agd3, leads to defects in GAG deacetylation, biofilm formation, and ...
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Microfluidics-based liquid chromatography/mass spectrometry multiple reaction monitoring approach for the relative quantification of Burkholderia cenocepacia secreted virulence factors [PDF]
, 2018 Rationale: Burkholderia cenocepacia is an opportunistic pathogen that is commonly isolated from patients with cystic fibrosis (CF). Quorum sensing has been suggested to play a role in the activity of type II and type VI secretion systems and the release ...
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A Shift in Central Metabolism Accompanies Virulence Activation in Pseudomonas aeruginosa. [PDF]
, 2020 The availability of energy has significant impact on cell physiology. However, the role of cellular metabolism in bacterial pathogenesis is not understood.
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Identification of an essential virulence gene of cyprinid herpesvirus 3 [PDF]
, 2017 The genus Cyprinivirus consists of a growing list of phylogenetically related viruses, some of which cause severe economic losses to the aquaculture industry. The archetypal member, cyprinid herpesvirus 3 (CyHV-3) causes mass mortalities worldwide in koi
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Phytohormone-mediated interkingdom signaling shapes the outcome of rice-Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae interactions [PDF]
, 2015 Background: Small-molecule hormones are well known to play key roles in the plant immune signaling network that is activated upon pathogen perception. In contrast, little is known about whether phytohormones also directly influence microbial virulence ...
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Whole genome SNP analysis suggests unique virulence factor differences of the Beijing and Manila families of Mycobacterium tuberculosis found in Hawaii. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2018 While tuberculosis (TB) remains a global disease, the WHO estimates that 62% of the incident TB cases in 2016 occurred in the WHO South-East Asia and Western Pacific regions.
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Fundamental Research, 2022 Bacteria equipped with virulence systems based on highly bioactive small molecules can circumvent their host's defense mechanisms. Pathogens employing this strategy are currently threatening global rice production. In the present study, variations in the
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