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Synergistic Interactions in Microbial Biofilms Facilitate the Establishment of Opportunistic Pathogenic Fungi in Household Dishwashers

(2018) Jerneja Zupančič et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Microbial Diversity and Putative Opportunistic Pathogens in Dishwasher Biofilm Communities

(2018) Prem Krishnan Raghupathi et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Prevalence of β -lactamase genes in domestic washing machines and dishwashers and the impact of laundering processes on antibiotic-resistant bacteria

(2017) L. Rehberg et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY

The Black Yeast Exophiala dermatitidis and Other Selected Opportunistic Human Fungal Pathogens Spread from Dishwashers to Kitchens

(2016) Jerneja Zupančič et al.   PLoS One

Candida and Fusarium species known as opportunistic human pathogens from customer-accessible parts of residential washing machines

(2015) Monika Novak Babič et al.   Fungal Biology

Dishwashers provide a selective extreme environment for human-opportunistic yeast-like fungi

(2015) Ramazan Gümral et al.   FUNGAL DIVERSITY

Life on the outside: role of biofilms in environmental persistence of Shiga-toxin producing Escherichia coli

(2014) Philippe Vogeleer et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Pseudomonas aeruginosa Biofilms in Disease

(2013) Lawrence R. Mulcahy et al.   MICROBIAL ECOLOGY

Towards a unified paradigm for sequence-based identification of fungi

(2013) Urmas Kõljalg et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Home Life: Factors Structuring the Bacterial Diversity Found within and between Homes

(2013) Robert R. Dunn et al.   PLoS One

Food Safety in Home Kitchens: A Synthesis of the Literature

(2013) Carol Byrd-Bredbenner et al.   International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

The Frequency of Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria in Homes Differing in Their Use of Surface Antibacterial Agents

(2012) Bonnie M. Marshall et al.   CURRENT MICROBIOLOGY

Diversity, distribution and sources of bacteria in residential kitchens

(2012) Gilberto E. Flores et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Fungal/bacterial interactions during the biodegradation of TEX hydrocarbons (toluene, ethylbenzene and p-xylene) in gas biofilters operated under xerophilic conditions

(2012) Francesc X. Prenafeta-Boldú et al.   FEMS MICROBIOLOGY ECOLOGY

Gordonia bronchialis Sternal Wound Infection in 3 Patients following Open Heart Surgery: Intraoperative Transmission from a Healthcare Worker

(2012) Shaneka N. Wright et al.   INFECTION CONTROL AND HOSPITAL EPIDEMIOLOGY

Multidrug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa outbreaks in two hospitals: association with contaminated hospital waste-water systems

(2012) A.S. Breathnach et al.   JOURNAL OF HOSPITAL INFECTION

Dishwashers are a major source of human opportunistic yeast-like fungi in indoor environments in Mersin, Turkey

(2012) Aylin Döğen et al.   MEDICAL MYCOLOGY

Environmental biodiversity, human microbiota, and allergy are interrelated

(2012) I. Hanski et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Intrinsic and acquired resistance mechanisms in enterococcus

(2012) Brian L. Hollenbeck et al.   Virulence

UCHIME improves sensitivity and speed of chimera detection

(2011) Robert C. Edgar et al.   BIOINFORMATICS

Evolution of Fungal Pathogens in Domestic Environments?

(2011) Cene Gostinčar et al.   Fungal Biology

Dishwashers – A man-made ecological niche accommodating human opportunistic fungal pathogens

(2011) P. Zalar et al.   Fungal Biology

An improved Greengenes taxonomy with explicit ranks for ecological and evolutionary analyses of bacteria and archaea

(2011) Daniel McDonald et al.   ISME Journal

Microbial Biogeography of Public Restroom Surfaces

(2011) Gilberto E. Flores et al.   PLoS One

Comparison of Fungi Found in Bathrooms and Sinks

(2010) NOBUO HAMADA et al.   BIOCONTROL SCIENCE

Search and clustering orders of magnitude faster than BLAST

(2010) Robert C. Edgar   BIOINFORMATICS

Fresh fruit and vegetables as vehicles for the transmission of human pathogens

(2010) Cedric N. Berger et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Bacillus cereus bacteremia outbreak due to contaminated hospital linens

(2010) T. Sasahara et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY & INFECTIOUS DISEASES

THERMAL SANITIZING IN A COMMERCIAL DISHWASHING MACHINE

(2010) CRISTIANO NICOLELLA et al.   JOURNAL OF FOOD SAFETY

Microbial contamination in kitchens and bathrooms of rural Cambodian village households

(2010) R.G. Sinclair et al.   LETTERS IN APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY

QIIME allows analysis of high-throughput community sequencing data

(2010) J Gregory Caporaso et al.   NATURE METHODS

The population genetics of commensal Escherichia coli

(2010) Olivier Tenaillon et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY

Hospital-Acquired Infections Due to Gram-Negative Bacteria

(2010) Anton Y. Peleg et al.   NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE

New Algorithms and Methods to Estimate Maximum-Likelihood Phylogenies: Assessing the Performance of PhyML 3.0

(2010) Stéphane Guindon et al.   SYSTEMATIC BIOLOGY

Cross-contamination versus undercooking of poultry meat or eggs — which risks need to be managed first?

(2009) Petra Luber   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF FOOD MICROBIOLOGY

Opportunistic pathogens enriched in showerhead biofilms

(2009) L. M. Feazel et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus saprophyticus Isolates Carrying Staphylococcal Cassette Chromosome mec Have Emerged in Urogenital Tract Infections

(2008) M. Higashide et al.   ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY

Escherichia coli in the Environment: Implications for Water Quality and Human Health

(2008) Satoshi Ishii et al.   MICROBES AND ENVIRONMENTS

Microbial contamination of fruit and vegetables and the behaviour of enteropathogens in the phyllosphere: a review

(2007) J.C. Heaton et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY