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- 2Genetic Polymorphism
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- 1Broiler Chicken Production Continuum
- 1Cecum
- 2Inglis, G. Douglas
- 2Selinger, L. Brent
- 2Uwiera, Richard R. E.
- 1Abbott, D. Wade
- 1Carrigy, Nicholas B.
- 1Hu, Zhiqiu
- 4Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies (GPS), Faculty of
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Campylobacter jejuni colonization is associated with a dysbiosis in the cecal microbiota of mice in the absence of prominent inflammation
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Selinger, L. Brent, Inglis, G. Douglas, Uwiera, Richard R. E., Lone, Abdul, Xu, Yong
Background Campylobacter jejuni causes enterocolitis in humans, but does not incite disease in asymptomatic carrier animals. To survive in the intestine, C. jejuni must successfully compete with the microbiota and overcome the host immune defense. Campylobacter jejuni colonization success varies...
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Comparative variation within the genome of Campylobacter jejuni NCTC 11168 in human and murine hosts
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Selinger, L. Brent, Taboada, Eduardo N., Uwiera, Richard R. E., Abbott, D. Wade, Inglis, G. Douglas, Thomas, Dallas K., Lone, Abdul G.
Campylobacteriosis incited by C. jejuni is a significant enteric disease of human beings. A person working with two reference strains of C. jejuni National Collection of Type Cultures (NCTC) 11168 developed symptoms of severe enteritis including bloody diarrhea. The worker was determined to be...
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Engineering Stable Bacteriophage Dosage Forms Active Against Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria for Respiratory Delivery and Food Safety Applications
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The topic of this thesis is the engineering of stable bacteriophage dosage forms that are active against antibiotic-resistant bacteria for applications in respiratory delivery and food safety. Experimental methods and theoretical models are developed to test and understand the effects that...
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Longitudinal Transmission of Campylobacter jejuni Subtypes throughout the Broiler Chicken Production Continuum
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The broiler chicken production continuum (including three commercial broiler farms, abattoir and retail poultry stream) was sampled longitudinally over a 542-day period in Southwestern Alberta (SWA) as a model agroecosystem. Furthermore, fecal samples collected from beef cattle in a confined...
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Synthesis of Furanose Sugar Nucleotides from Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Campylobacter jejuni
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Five-membered ring furanose sugars, though absent in mammals, have been found in the cell walls of pathogenic bacteria such as Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Campylobacter jejuni. Because these sugars are only found in microorganisms, it has been proposed that inhibiting the enzymes these...