Guanosine enhances the bactericidal effect of ceftiofur sodium on Streptococcus suis by activating bacterial metabolism by Yue Dong, Xiaona Liu, Shanshan Xiong, Mingyu Cao, Haojie Wu, Long Chen, Mengmeng Zhao, Yadan Zheng, Zhiyun Zhang, Yanyan Liu, Yanhua Li, Qianwei Qu, Chunliu Dong

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Excessive activation of JAK-STAT signaling contributes to inflammation induced by acute Vibrio infection in shrimp by Hongliang Zuo, Xiya Yang, Youxi Wang, Bangping Hu, Zhiming Zhu, Zhixun Guo, Shaoping Weng, Jianguo He, Xiaopeng Xu

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Characterization and genomic insights into bacteriophages Kpph1 and Kpph9 against hypervirulent carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae by Ye Huang, Yuan Huang, Zhiping Wu, Ziyue Fan, Fanglin Zheng, Yang Liu, Xinping Xu

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Decarboxylase mediated oxalic acid metabolism is important to antioxidation and detoxification rather than pathogenicity in Magnaporthe oryzae by Chang Liu, Yi Wei, Yuejia Dang, Wajjiha Batool, Xiaoning Fan, Yan Hu, Zhengquan He, Shihong Zhang

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Evolution of infectious diseases induced by epidemic prevention publicity and interaction between heterogeneous strains by Yike Lv, Xinzhu Meng

“…Our results indicate that an excessive publicity scope and intensity can drive the epidemic evolution towards higher virulence. Both types of interactions suggest that continuously increasing the publicity scope under a low publicity intensity can effectively reduce virulence. …”
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Epidemiological and genomic analysis of Acinetobacter baumannii strains from retailed raw meat by Leila Hamze, Raquel Garcia-Fierro, Antoine Drapeau, Pauline François, Andrea Endimiani, Jean-Yves Madec, Marisa Haenni, Vincent Perreten, Agnese Lupo

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Interesting Cytokine Profile Caused by Clinical Strains of Pseudomonas aeruginosa MDR Carrying the exoU Gene by Nallely S. Badillo-Larios, Edgar Alejandro Turrubiartes-Martínez, Esther Layseca-Espinosa, Roberto González-Amaro, Luis Fernando Pérez-González, Perla Niño-Moreno

“…Pseudomonas aeruginosa is an opportunistic pathogen in HAIs with two facets: the most studied is the high rate of antimicrobial resistance, and the less explored is the long list of virulence factors it possesses. This study aimed to characterize the virulence genes carried by strains as well as the profile of cytokines related to inflammation, according to the resistance profile presented. …”
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A Phage‐Based Approach to Identify Antivirulence Inhibitors of Bacterial Type IV Pili by Tori M. Shimozono, Nancy J. Vogelaar, Megan T. O'Hara, Zhaomin Yang

“…Antivirulants are small molecules designed to target virulence factors, thereby attenuating the virulence of infectious microbes. …”
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Distinct roles for intra- and extracellular siderophores during Aspergillus fumigatus infection. by Markus Schrettl, Elaine Bignell, Claudia Kragl, Yasmin Sabiha, Omar Loss, Martin Eisendle, Anja Wallner, Herbert N Arst, Ken Haynes, Hubertus Haas

“…Siderophore biosynthesis by the highly lethal mould Aspergillus fumigatus is essential for virulence, but non-existent in humans, presenting a rare opportunity to strategize therapeutically against this pathogen. …”
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Characterization of a novel covS SNP identified in Australian group A Streptococcus isolates derived from the M1UK lineage by Johanna Richter, Amanda J. Cork, Yvette Ong, Nadia Keller, Andrew J. Hayes, Mark A. Schembri, Amy V. Jennison, Mark R. Davies, Kate Schroder, Mark J. Walker, Stephan Brouwer

“…Understanding how GAS can become more virulent is critical for infection control and identifying new treatment approaches. …”
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The anti-sigma factor TcdC modulates hypervirulence in an epidemic BI/NAP1/027 clinical isolate of Clostridium difficile. by Glen P Carter, Gillian R Douce, Revathi Govind, Pauline M Howarth, Kate E Mackin, Janice Spencer, Anthony M Buckley, Ana Antunes, Despina Kotsanas, Grant A Jenkin, Bruno Dupuy, Julian I Rood, Dena Lyras

“…Since 2000, there has been a striking increase in C. difficile nosocomial infections worldwide, predominantly due to the emergence of epidemic or hypervirulent isolates that appear to possess extended antibiotic resistance and virulence properties. Various hypotheses have been proposed for the emergence of these strains, and for their persistence and increased virulence, but supportive experimental data are lacking. …”
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A novel small RNA regulates Locus of Enterocyte Effacement and site-specific colonization of enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli O157:H7 in gut by Runhua Han, Runhua Han, Ye Qian, Chenguang Zheng

“…Here we present a virulence-regulating pathway in EHEC O157:H7, in which the sRNA EvrS binds to and destabilizes the mRNA of Z2269, a novel transcriptional regulator. …”
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Impacts of Pta-AckA pathway on CPS biosynthesis and type 3 fimbriae expression in Klebsiella pneumoniae by Tien-Huang Lin, Chen-Yu Wang, Chien-Chen Wu, Ching-Ting Lin

“…Understanding how K. pneumoniae regulates its virulence factors is crucial. Acetyl-phosphate (AcP) is essential for bacterial metabolism and can affect virulence factor expression. …”
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Comparative Genomics Reveals Pathogenicity-Related Loci in Shewanella algae by Jui-Hsing Wang, Guo-Cheng He, Yao-Ting Huang, Po-Yu Liu

“…However, there is scarce literature related to the understanding of the genetic background of virulence determinants in S. algae. In this study, we aim to determine the occurrence of common virulence genes in S. algae using whole-genome sequence and comparative genomic analysis. …”
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Antibacterial efficacy and antibiotic sensitivity augmentation potential of selected traditional medicinal plant extracts against Vibrio cholerae O1 E1 Tor Ogawa by Pruthviraj Chavan, Kamakshi Naik, Soumika Ghosal, Rajitha Charla, Rajalakshmi Patil, Jyoti N. Guruputranavar, Vishal S. Patil, Darasaguppe R. Harish, Subarna Roy

“…Further, the computational studies predicted that phytocompounds of these plants pose stable interaction with AphA, AphB, and ToxT playing the key role in inhibiting the expression of virulence factors. Conclusion The results emphasize that these plant extracts potentially inhibit the growth of Vibrio cholerae, decrease the expression of virulence gene, and enhance the sensitivity of certain conventional antibiotics.…”
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Leaf spot resistance in sweet and sour cherries by M. S. Lenivtseva, A. P. Kuznetsova, E. E. Radchenko

“…Five phenotypes of the fungus, differing in virulence to six cherry genotypes, were identified. …”
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Complex System Analysis of Blumeria graminis f.sp. tritici Isolates Collected in Central Hebei Province, China by Qingping Zhou, Lingli Li, Long Wang

“…Race 077 is the second dominant race. (2) The frequency of virulence genes VEra, V8, V1, V3c, and V3f in population toxicity frequency analysis was more than 70%, while the frequency of virulence genes V2, MID, V20, V21, V4b, and V4 was less than 16.7%, and 46% of virulence genes of powdery mildew were higher than 40%. …”
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Microevolution during Chronic Infection May Lead T. asahii to Coexist with the Host by Gen Ba, Xuelian Lv, Xin Yang, Wenling Wang, Junhong Ao, Rongya Yang

“…These results demonstrated that the microevolution during chronic infection could induce changes in immunogenicity, virulence, and transcriptome, which might lead T. asahii to coexist with the host.…”
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Pathogenesis of Helicobacter pylori-Related Gastroduodenal Diseases from Molecular Epidemiological Studies by Yoshio Yamaoka

“…H. pylori has a genome of approximately 1,600 genes; therefore, there might be other novel virulence factors. Because genome wide analyses using whole-genome sequencing technology give a broad view of the genome of H. pylori, we hope that next-generation sequencers will enable us to efficiently investigate novel virulence factors.…”
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Molecular Characterization and Phylogenetic Analysis of Listeria monocytogenes Isolated from Milk and Milk Products in Kaduna, Nigeria by U. B. Usman, J. K. P. Kwaga, J. Kabir, O. S. Olonitola, S. Radu, F. Bande

“…Of the 36 isolates, 9 (25%) were positive for one or two virulence-associated genes. Based on the sample type, 6 (16.9%) of the isolates that possessed virulence-associated genes were obtained from raw milk, 2 (3.2%) from “Manshanu,” and 1 (2.8%) from “Kindrimo.” …”
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