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Characterization of novel envelope proteins and their relationship with the Cpx response and stress resistance in Escherichia coli
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Stress is a major factor every organism needs to mitigate to survive. Environmental factors such as oxygen content, temperature, and alkalinity can all induce stress and prevent life from progressing. For Escherichia coli and other members of the mammalian gastrointestinal tract they need to...
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Spring 2018
Shiga toxin producing Escherichia coli (STEC) strains are pathogens which frequently cause human intestinal diseases. The main virulence factor Shiga toxin (Stx) is encoded by the gene located on the Stx prophage and gene expression is affected by the diversity of Stx prophage genome. Nineteen...
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Effect of starter cultures on taste-active amino acids and survival of pathogenic Escherichia coli in dry fermented beef sausages
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Tang, Kai Xing, Shi, Tiange, Gänzle, Michael G.
The accumulation of taste-active compounds during ripening determines the taste of fermented meats; however, the contribution of defined starter cultures to glutamate during sausage ripening remains unknown. This study investigated the role of lactic acid bacteria and Staphylococcus carnosus on...
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Effects of high-pressure carbon dioxide on microbial quality and germination of cereal grains and beans
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Fang, Yuan, Franke, Claudia, Manthei, Alina, McMullen, Lynn, Temelli, Feral, Gänzle, Michael G.
Decontamination of low aw foods without impairing the food quality is challenging, particularly for sprouting seeds. This study aimed to explore the lethality of high pressure carbon dioxide (HPCD) to Salmonella enterica, E. coli AW1.7, A. niger, P. roquforti, and Fusarium on beans, cereal...
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Escherichia coli (ATCC 13706) is susceptible to retapamulin, an antimicrobial semisynthetic derivative of pleuromutilin
Download2021-04-16
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a top 10 global threat to human health, as well as a major global health threat to animals and the environment. AMR can reduce the efficacy of antibiotic therapeutics, making treatment of bacterial infections difficult, expensive, and sometimes impossible. The...
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Evaluating the Role of Bacterial Lipopolysaccharide on Etiology and Pathogenesis of Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies
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Transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSEs) or otherwise known as prion diseases are a class of fatal neurodegenerative diseases related to irreversible brain damage. Presently, there is no effective treatment or preventive strategy for this disease because the etiology and biological...
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From Nuisance to Resource: Understanding Microbial Sources of Contamination in Urban Stormwater-Impacted Bodies of Water Intended for Water Reuse Activities
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Harvesting stormwater provides the province of Alberta, Canada, with a strategy to address the growing demands on water resources due to climate change and projected population growth. However, stormwater reuse poses a variety of challenges due to the potential of this source to be of low water...
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Inactivation of Escherichia coli Using Electrochemical Disinfection with Potassium Periodate (KIO4)
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Electrochemical disinfection of water has drawn attention in recent years as an alternative for conventional chlorine-based water treatment, due to the generation of toxic disinfection by-products (DBP) during chlorination, and increased antibiotics resistant, chlorine resistant and virulent E....
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Fall 2022
Post-translational modifications (PTMs) regulate a variety of normal cellular processes, many of which are conserved across eukaryotes and prokaryotes. One PTM, protein glycosylation with the reversible modification of O-GlcNAc, is well studied in eukaryotes. However, evidence for its existence...
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Spring 2017
Salmonella survives in low moisture products over an extended time. Salmonella also resists dry heat, which questions the assumption that Salmonella outbreaks from intermediate moisture foods result mostly from post-processing contamination. Some Enterobacteriaceae possess a genomic island called...