Importance of prophages to evolution and virulence of bacterial pathogens

Bacteriophage therapy of venous leg ulcers in humans: results of a phase I safety trial

(2014) D.D. Rhoads et al.   Journal of Wound Care

Evidence ofIn VivoProphage Induction during Clostridium difficile Infection

(2012) Mathieu Meessen-Pinard et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Prophage and antibiotic resistance profiles of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus strains in Iran

(2012) Fateh Rahimi et al.   ARCHIVES OF VIROLOGY

Prokaryote viruses studied by electron microscopy

(2012) H.-W. Ackermann et al.   ARCHIVES OF VIROLOGY

Salmonella Gut Invasion Involves TTSS-2-Dependent Epithelial Traversal, Basolateral Exit, and Uptake by Epithelium-Sampling Lamina Propria Phagocytes

(2012) Andreas J. Müller et al.   Cell Host & Microbe

Salmonella Virulence Effector SopE and Host GEF ARNO Cooperate to Recruit and Activate WAVE to Trigger Bacterial Invasion

(2012) Daniel Humphreys et al.   Cell Host & Microbe

A Salmonella Typhi homologue of bacteriophage muramidases controls typhoid toxin secretion

(2012) Hélène Hodak et al.   EMBO REPORTS

Tracking spore-forming bacteria in food: From natural biodiversity to selection by processes

(2012) Florence Postollec et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF FOOD MICROBIOLOGY

The gut microbiota in IBD

(2012) Chaysavanh Manichanh et al.   Nature Reviews Gastroenterology & Hepatology

Adaptation of Pseudomonas aeruginosa to the cystic fibrosis airway: an evolutionary perspective

(2012) Anders Folkesson et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY

A composite bacteriophage alters colonization by an intestinal commensal bacterium

(2012) B. A. Duerkop et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Secretion of Clostridium difficile Toxins A and B Requires the Holin-like Protein TcdE

(2012) Revathi Govind et al.   PLoS Pathogens

Enteric pathogen exploitation of the microbiota-generated nutrient environment of the gut

(2011) Kristie M Keeney et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN MICROBIOLOGY

Prophage-Stimulated Toxin Production in Clostridium difficile NAP1/027 Lysogens

(2011) O. Sekulovic et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Extracellular nucleases and extracellular DNA play important roles in Vibrio cholerae biofilm formation

(2011) Andrea Seper et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Should we stay or should we go: mechanisms and ecological consequences for biofilm dispersal

(2011) Diane McDougald et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY

Extracellular DNA Is Essential for Maintaining Bordetella Biofilm Integrity on Abiotic Surfaces and in the Upper Respiratory Tract of Mice

(2011) Matt S. Conover et al.   PLoS One

The Anti-Sigma Factor TcdC Modulates Hypervirulence in an Epidemic BI/NAP1/027 Clinical Isolate of Clostridium difficile

(2011) Glen P. Carter et al.   PLoS Pathogens

Spore-forming Bacilli and Clostridia in human disease

(2010) Michael Mallozzi et al.   Future Microbiology

The impact of bacteriophages on probiotic bacteria and gut microbiota diversity

(2010) Marco Ventura et al.   Genes and Nutrition

Bacteriophages Can Treat and PreventPseudomonas aeruginosaLung Infections

(2010) Laurent Debarbieux et al.   JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Prophage Spontaneous Activation Promotes DNA Release Enhancing Biofilm Formation in Streptococcus pneumoniae

(2010) Margarida Carrolo et al.   PLoS One

Cryptic prophages help bacteria cope with adverse environments

(2010) Xiaoxue Wang et al.   Nature Communications

The S. Typhimurium Effector SopE Induces Caspase-1 Activation in Stromal Cells to Initiate Gut Inflammation

(2009) Andreas J. Müller et al.   Cell Host & Microbe

Diversity of Prophages in Dominant Staphylococcus aureus Clonal Lineages

(2009) C. Goerke et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Bacteriophage-Mediated Toxin Gene Regulation in Clostridium difficile

(2009) R. Govind et al.   JOURNAL OF VIROLOGY

Clostridium difficile infection: new developments in epidemiology and pathogenesis

(2009) Maja Rupnik et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY

The type III secretion system of Pseudomonas aeruginosa: infection by injection

(2009) Alan R. Hauser   NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY

The Secret Life of the Anthrax Agent Bacillus anthracis: Bacteriophage-Mediated Ecological Adaptations

(2009) Raymond Schuch et al.   PLoS One

Phage-Mediated Intergeneric Transfer of Toxin Genes

(2009) J. Chen et al.   SCIENCE

The biofilm life cycle and virulence of Pseudomonas aeruginosa are dependent on a filamentous prophage

(2008) Scott A Rice et al.   ISME Journal

Induction of toxins in Clostridium difficile is associated with dramatic changes of its metabolism

(2008) S. Karlsson et al.   MICROBIOLOGY-SGM

Viral diversity and dynamics in an infant gut

(2008) Mya Breitbart et al.   RESEARCH IN MICROBIOLOGY

Transduction of blaCMY-2, tet(A), and tet(B) from Salmonella enterica subspecies enterica serovar Heidelberg to S. Typhimurium

(2007) Yifan Zhang et al.   VETERINARY MICROBIOLOGY