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Open AccessProteome profiling of Campylobacter jejuni 81–176 at 37 °C and 42 °C by label-free mass spectrometry
The main natural reservoir for Campylobacter jejuni is the avian intestinal tract. There, C. jejuni multiplies optimally at 42 °C – the avian body temperature. After infecting humans through oral intake, the bact...
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Open AccessAntibiotic-Resistant Arcobacter spp. in commercial and smallholder farm animals in Asante Akim North Municipality, Ghana and Korogwe Town Council, Tanzania: a cross-sectional study
Arcobacter species are considered emerging foodborne pathogens that can potentially cause serious infections in animals and humans. This cross-sectional study determined the frequency of potentially pathogenic Ar...
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Open AccessGenomic analysis of the international high-risk clonal lineage Klebsiella pneumoniae sequence type 395
Klebsiella pneumoniae, which is frequently associated with hospital- and community-acquired infections, contains multidrug-resistant (MDR), hypervirulent (hv), non-MDR/non-hv as well as convergent representatives...
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Open AccessYSMR: a video tracking and analysis program for bacterial motility
Motility in bacteria forms the basis for taxis and is in some pathogenic bacteria important for virulence. Video tracking of motile bacteria allows the monitoring of bacterial swimming behaviour and taxis on t...
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Open AccessThe transducer-like protein Tlp12 of Campylobacter jejuni is involved in glutamate and pyruvate chemotaxis
Campylobacter jejuni is one of the most common bacterial causes of food-borne enteritis worldwide. Chemotaxis in C. jejuni is known to be critical for the successful colonization of the host and key for the adapt...
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Open AccessSMRT sequencing of the Campylobacter coli BfR-CA-9557 genome sequence reveals unique methylation motifs
Campylobacter species are the most prevalent bacterial pathogen causing acute enteritis worldwide. In contrast to Campylobacter jejuni, about 5 % of Campylobacter coli strains exhibit ...
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Open AccessArtificially designed pathogens – a diagnostic option for future military deployments
Diagnostic microbial isolates of bio-safety levels 3 and 4 are difficult to handle in medical field camps under military deployment settings. International transport of such isolates is challenging due to rest...
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Open AccessEpidemiological association of Campylobacter jejuni groups with pathogenicity-associated genetic markers
Campylobacter jejuni, the most leading cause for bacterial gastroenteritis worldwide, shows a high genetic diversity among its isolates. Recently, we demonstrated the existence of six C. jejuni-groups by combinin...
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Spondylodiscitis of the lumbar spine in a non-immunocompromised host caused by Yersinia enterocolitica O:9
Here presented is an extremely rare case of a spinal osteomyelitis (L5–S1) with epidural empyema in a non-immunocompromised 62-year-old man caused by Yersinia enterocolitica O:9. The infection occurred acutely an...
