M Achtman, M Wagner - Nature reviews microbiology, 2008 - nature.com
The earth contains a huge number of largely uncharacterized Bacteria and Archaea. Microbiologists are struggling to summarize their genetic diversity and classify them, which …
Practical Handbook of Microbiology, 4th edition provides basic, clear and concise knowledge and practical information about working with microorganisms. Useful to anyone …
JW Jones, N Kayagaki, P Broz… - Proceedings of the …, 2010 - National Acad Sciences
Macrophages respond to cytosolic nucleic acids by activating cysteine protease caspase-1 within a complex called the inflammasome. Subsequent cleavage and secretion of …
Tularemia is a bacterial disease of humans, wild, and domestic animals. Francisella tularensis, which is a Gram-negative coccobacillus-shaped bacterium, is the causative agent …
R Pierini, C Juruj, M Perret, CL Jones… - Cell Death & …, 2012 - nature.com
The inflammasome is a signalling platform leading to caspase-1 activation. Caspase-1 causes pyroptosis, a necrotic-like cell death. AIM2 is an inflammasome sensor for cytosolic …
G Hestvik, E Warns-Petit, LA Smith, NJ Fox… - Epidemiology & …, 2015 - cambridge.org
The bacterium Francisella tularensis causes the vector-borne zoonotic disease tularemia, and may infect a wide range of hosts including invertebrates, mammals and birds …
Among blood-sucking arthropods, ticks are recognized as being of prime global importance because of their role as vectors of pathogens affecting human and animal health. Ticks carry …
Ş Gürcan - Balkan medical journal, 2014 - dergipark.org.tr
Tularemia is considered to have existed in Anatolia for several thousand years. There are suspicions regarding its use in biological warfare in the Neshite-Arzawan conflict. The …
Y Li, DA Powell, SA Shaffer… - Proceedings of the …, 2012 - National Acad Sciences
Maintenance of membrane function is essential and regulated at the genomic, transcriptional, and translational levels. Bacterial pathogens have a variety of mechanisms …