Brevundimonas spp: Emerging global opportunistic pathogens

MP Ryan, JT Pembroke - Virulence, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Non-fermenting Gram-negative bacteria are problematic in clinical locations, being one of
the most prevalent causes of nosocomial infections. Many of these non-fermenting Gram …

Stenotrophomonas maltophilia: an emerging global opportunistic pathogen

JS Brooke - Clinical microbiology reviews, 2012 - Am Soc Microbiol
Stenotrophomonas maltophilia is an emerging multidrug-resistant global opportunistic
pathogen. The increasing incidence of nosocomial and community-acquired S. maltophilia …

The not-so-sterile womb: evidence that the human fetus is exposed to bacteria prior to birth

LF Stinson, MC Boyce, MS Payne… - Frontiers in microbiology, 2019 - frontiersin.org
The human microbiome includes trillions of bacteria, many of which play a vital role in host
physiology. Numerous studies have now detected bacterial DNA in first-pass meconium and …

Reagent and laboratory contamination can critically impact sequence-based microbiome analyses

SJ Salter, MJ Cox, EM Turek, ST Calus, WO Cookson… - BMC biology, 2014 - Springer
Background The study of microbial communities has been revolutionised in recent years by
the widespread adoption of culture independent analytical techniques such as 16S rRNA …

microDecon: A highly accurate read‐subtraction tool for the post‐sequencing removal of contamination in metabarcoding studies

DT McKnight, R Huerlimann, DS Bower… - Environmental …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Contamination is a ubiquitous problem in microbiome research and can skew results,
especially when small amounts of target DNA are available. Nevertheless, no clear solution …

Temporal stability and composition of the ocular surface microbiome

J Ozkan, S Nielsen, C Diez-Vives, M Coroneo… - Scientific reports, 2017 - nature.com
To determine if there is a core ocular surface microbiome and whether there are microbial
community changes over time, the conjunctiva of 45 healthy subjects were sampled at three …

Common contaminants in next-generation sequencing that hinder discovery of low-abundance microbes

M Laurence, C Hatzis, DE Brash - PloS one, 2014 - journals.plos.org
Unbiased high-throughput sequencing of whole metagenome shotgun DNA libraries is a
promising new approach to identifying microbes in clinical specimens, which, unlike other …

Advances in electronic-nose technologies developed for biomedical applications

AD Wilson, M Baietto - Sensors, 2011 - mdpi.com
The research and development of new electronic-nose applications in the biomedical field
has accelerated at a phenomenal rate over the past 25 years. Many innovative e-nose …

Ralstonia spp.: emerging global opportunistic pathogens

MP Ryan, CC Adley - European journal of clinical microbiology & …, 2014 - Springer
Abstract The bacterial genus Ralstonia (Gram-negative non-fermenters) is becoming more
prevalent in cases of infection with three bacterial species, Ralstonia pickettii, Ralstonia …

Vaginal and neonatal microbiota in pregnant women with preterm premature rupture of membranes and consecutive early onset neonatal sepsis

LG dos Anjos Borges, J Pastuschek, Y Heimann… - BMC medicine, 2023 - Springer
Background Preterm premature rupture of membranes (PPROM), which is associated with
vaginal dysbiosis, is responsible for up to one-third of all preterm births. Consecutive …