Role of environmental survival in transmission of Campylobacter jejuni

C Bronowski, CE James… - FEMS microbiology …, 2014 - academic.oup.com
Campylobacter species are the most common cause of bacterial gastroenteritis, with C.
jejuni responsible for the majority of these cases. Although it is clear that livestock, and …

Protein glycosylation in bacterial mucosal pathogens

CM Szymanski, BW Wren - Nature Reviews Microbiology, 2005 - nature.com
In eukaryotes, glycosylated proteins are ubiquitous components of extracellular matrices
and cellular surfaces. Their oligosaccharide moieties are implicated in a wide range of cell …

Guidelines for the validation and application of typing methods for use in bacterial epidemiology

A Van Belkum, PT Tassios, L Dijkshoorn… - Clinical Microbiology …, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
For bacterial typing to be useful, the development, validation and appropriate application of
typing methods must follow unified criteria. Over a decade ago, ESGEM, the ESCMID …

A Gene-By-Gene Approach to Bacterial Population Genomics: Whole Genome MLST of Campylobacter

SK Sheppard, KA Jolley, MCJ Maiden - Genes, 2012 - mdpi.com
Campylobacteriosis remains a major human public health problem world-wide. Genetic
analyses of Campylobacter isolates, and particularly molecular epidemiology, have been …

Metabolic diversity in Campylobacter jejuni enhances specific tissue colonization

D Hofreuter, V Novik, JE Galán - Cell host & microbe, 2008 - cell.com
Campylobacter jejuni is a leading cause of foodborne illness in industrialized countries. This
pathogen exhibits significant strain-to-strain variability, which results in differences in …

Pathogenesis of campylobacter

F Poly, P Guerry - Current opinion in gastroenterology, 2008 - journals.lww.com
Pathogenesis of Campylobacter : Current Opinion in Gastroenterology Pathogenesis of
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Comparative phylogenomics of the food-borne pathogen Campylobacter jejuni reveals genetic markers predictive of infection source

OL Champion, MW Gaunt… - Proceedings of the …, 2005 - National Acad Sciences
Campylobacter jejuni is the predominant cause of bacterial gastroenteritis worldwide, but
traditional typing methods are unable to discriminate strains from different sources that …

In vivo virulence properties of bacterial cytolethal‐distending toxin

Z Ge, DB Schauer, JG Fox - Cellular microbiology, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
Multiple pathogenic Gram‐negative bacteria produce cytolethal‐distending toxins (CDTs).
CDT is typically composed of three subunits: the catalytic subunit CdtB has DNase I‐like …

Application of molecular genetic methods in diagnostics and epidemiology of food‐borne bacterial pathogens

S Lukinmaa, UM NAKARI, M Eklund, A Siitonen - Apmis, 2004 - Wiley Online Library
Salmonella enterica, Campylobacter and Yersinia species, Shiga toxin‐producing
Escherichia coli (STEC), Listeria monocytogenes and Clostridium perfringens are the …

Functional Characterization of Flagellin Glycosylation in Campylobacter jejuni 81-176

CP Ewing, E Andreishcheva, P Guerry - Journal of bacteriology, 2009 - Am Soc Microbiol
The major flagellin of Campylobacter jejuni strain 81-176, FlaA, has been shown to be
glycosylated at 19 serine or threonine sites, and this glycosylation is required for flagellar …