Identification and Characterization of Clinical Isolates of Members of the Staphylococcus sciuri Group. (2005)
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Stepanovic, S., Dakić, I., Morrison, D., Hauschild, T., Jezek, P., Petras, P., Martel, A., Vukovic, D., Shittu, A., & Devriese, L. A. (2005). Identification and Characterization of Clinical Isolates of Members of the Staphylococcus sciuri Group. Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 43, 956-958. https://doi.org/10.1128/JCM.43.2.956-958.2005

A total of 28 staphylococcal isolates from human clinical specimens belonging to the Staphylococcus sciuri group were identified and characterized. The API Staph and ID32 STAPH correctly identified S. sciuri and S. lentus but not S. vitulinus strains... Read More about Identification and Characterization of Clinical Isolates of Members of the Staphylococcus sciuri Group..

MRSA - from hospital superbug to community threat. (2005)
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Morrison, D. (2005). MRSA - from hospital superbug to community threat. RCPath Bulletin, 129, 14-16

Survey of Genes Encoding Staphylococcal Enterotoxins, Toxic Shock Syndrome Toxin 1, and Exfoliative Toxins in Members of the Staphylococcus sciuri Group. (2005)
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Dakić, I., Vukovic, D., Stepanović, S., Hauschild, T., Ježek, P., Petras, P., & Morrison, D. (2005). Survey of Genes Encoding Staphylococcal Enterotoxins, Toxic Shock Syndrome Toxin 1, and Exfoliative Toxins in Members of the Staphylococcus sciuri Group. Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 43, 4875-4876. https://doi.org/10.1128/JCM.43.9.4875-4876.2005

Genes encoding staphylococcal enterotoxins (sea to see, seg, and seh), toxic shock syndrome toxin 1 (tst), and exfoliative toxins (eta and etb) were not detected in a large panel of 48 Staphylococcus sciuri group isolates tested. This strongly sugges... Read More about Survey of Genes Encoding Staphylococcal Enterotoxins, Toxic Shock Syndrome Toxin 1, and Exfoliative Toxins in Members of the Staphylococcus sciuri Group..

Isolation and Molecular Characterization of Staphylococcus sciuri in the Hospital Environment. (2005)
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Dakić, I., Morrison, D., Vukovic, D., Savic, B., Shittu, A., Ježek, P., Hauschild, T., & Stepanović, S. (2005). Isolation and Molecular Characterization of Staphylococcus sciuri in the Hospital Environment. Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 43, 2782-2785. https://doi.org/10.1128/JCM.43.6.2782-2785.2005

Staphylococcus sciuri is a principally animal-associated bacterial species, but its clinical relevance for humans is increasing. Our study aimed to provide the first insight into the prevalence of this bacterium in a hospital environment. A 3-month s... Read More about Isolation and Molecular Characterization of Staphylococcus sciuri in the Hospital Environment..

Control of isocitrate dehydrogenase activity by protein phosphorylation in Escherichia coli. (2005)
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Cozzone, A. J., & El-Mansi, M. (2005). Control of isocitrate dehydrogenase activity by protein phosphorylation in Escherichia coli. Journal of Molecular Microbiology and Biotechnology, 9(3-4), 132-146. https://doi.org/10.1159/000089642

During aerobic growth of Escherichia coli on acetate as sole source of carbon and energy, the organism requires the operation of the glyoxylate bypass enzymes, namely isocitrate lyase (ICL) and the anaplerotic enzyme malate synthase (MS). Under these... Read More about Control of isocitrate dehydrogenase activity by protein phosphorylation in Escherichia coli..

Guidelines for the laboratory diagnosis and susceptibility testing of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). (2005)
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Brown, D. F. J., Edwards, D. I., Hawkey, P. M., Morrison, D., Ridgway, G. L., Towner, K. J., & Wren, M. W. D. (2005). Guidelines for the laboratory diagnosis and susceptibility testing of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, 56, 1000-1018. https://doi.org/10.1093/jac/dki372

These evidence-based guidelines have been produced after a literature review of the laboratory diagnosis
and susceptibility testing of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). We have considered
the detection of MRSA in screening samples... Read More about Guidelines for the laboratory diagnosis and susceptibility testing of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)..

Free-CoA mediated regulation of intermediary and central metabolism: An hypothesis, which accounts for the excretion of α-ketoglutarate during aerobic growth of E. coli on acetate (2005)
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El-Mansi, M. (2005). Free-CoA mediated regulation of intermediary and central metabolism: An hypothesis, which accounts for the excretion of α-ketoglutarate during aerobic growth of E. coli on acetate. Research in Microbiology, 156(8), 874-879. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resmic.2005.04.008

During growth of Escherichia coli on acetate, phosphotransacetylase and -ketoglutarate dehydrogenase are in direct competition for their common co-factor, HS-CoA. Such competition is resolved in favour of phosphotransacetylase, thus rendering -ketogl... Read More about Free-CoA mediated regulation of intermediary and central metabolism: An hypothesis, which accounts for the excretion of α-ketoglutarate during aerobic growth of E. coli on acetate.

Steroid signalling in the ovarian surface epithelium (2005)
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Rae, M. T., & Hillier, S. G. (2005). Steroid signalling in the ovarian surface epithelium. Trends in Endocrinology and Metabolism, 16(7), 327-333. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tem.2005.07.002

Human ovarian surface epithelium (HOSE) undergoes serial injury-repair with each ovulation, which is probably why most ovarian epithelial cancers arise there. Considering the proposed inflammatory aetiology of ovarian cancer, anti-inflammatory steroi... Read More about Steroid signalling in the ovarian surface epithelium.

A new short-term toxicity assay using Aspergillus awamori with recombinant aequorin gene (2005)
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Kozlova, O., Zwinderman, M., & Christofi, N. (2005). A new short-term toxicity assay using Aspergillus awamori with recombinant aequorin gene. BMC Microbiology, 5, Article 40. https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2180-5-40

Background
Most currently available short-term toxicity assays are based on bacterial cells. Therefore there is a need for novel eukaryotic microbial bioassays that will be relevant to higher eukaryotes such as animals and plants. Ca2+ is a universa... Read More about A new short-term toxicity assay using Aspergillus awamori with recombinant aequorin gene.

Evidence for the presence of an alternative glucose transport system in Clostridium beijerinckii NCIMB 8052 and the solvent hyper-producing mutant BA101. (2005)
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Lee, J., Mitchell, W. J., Tangney, M., & Blaschek, H. P. (2005). Evidence for the presence of an alternative glucose transport system in Clostridium beijerinckii NCIMB 8052 and the solvent hyper-producing mutant BA101. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 71, 3384-3387. https://doi.org/10.1128/AEM.71.6.3384-3387.2005

The effects of substrate analogs and energy inhibitors on glucose uptake and phosphorylation by Clostridium beijerinckii provide evidence for the operation of two uptake systems: a previously characterized phosphoenolpyruvate-dependent phosphotransfe... Read More about Evidence for the presence of an alternative glucose transport system in Clostridium beijerinckii NCIMB 8052 and the solvent hyper-producing mutant BA101..

Metal contamination of urban soils in the vicinity of a municipal waste incinerator: one source among many. (2005)
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Rimmer, D. L., Vizard, C. G., Pless-Mulloli, T., Singleton, I., Air, V. S., & Keatinge, Z. A. (2006). Metal contamination of urban soils in the vicinity of a municipal waste incinerator: one source among many. Science of the Total Environment, 356(1-3), 207-216. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2005.04.037

Concern from local residents about possible contamination with metals and PCDD/F (dioxins and furans) from fugitive and stack emissions from the Byker municipal solid waste incinerator in Newcastle upon Tyne led the City Council to initiate a study o... Read More about Metal contamination of urban soils in the vicinity of a municipal waste incinerator: one source among many..

Bacteraemia with tube-coagulase-negative methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (2005)
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Olver, W. J., Carmichael, I. C., Ziglam, H. M., & Morrison, D. (2005). Bacteraemia with tube-coagulase-negative methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. Journal of Hospital Infection, 60(1), 87-88. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhin.2004.10.006

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is among the most common hospital-acquired pathogens, and prevalence rates in the UK are amongst the highest in Europe.1 Routine identification of S. aureus in the medical microbiology laboratory is... Read More about Bacteraemia with tube-coagulase-negative methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.

Incidence of glycopeptide hetero-intermediate Staphylococcus aureus strains in Maltese hospitals (2005)
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Borg, M. A., Zerafa, R., Morrison, D., & Cuschieri, P. (2005). Incidence of glycopeptide hetero-intermediate Staphylococcus aureus strains in Maltese hospitals. Clinical Microbiology and Infection, 11(5), 405-407. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-0691.2005.01110.x

The incidence of hetero-intermediate glycopeptide
susceptibility among Staphylococcus aureus
isolates in Malta, a country with a high incidence
of methicillin resistance, was studied by screening
454 non-repetitive S. aureus isolates on teicoplan... Read More about Incidence of glycopeptide hetero-intermediate Staphylococcus aureus strains in Maltese hospitals.

Re-emergence of early pandemic Staphylococcus aureus as a community-acquired meticillin-resistant clone (2005)
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Robinson, D. A., Kearns, A. M., Holmes, A., Morrison, D., Grundmann, H., Edwards, G., O'Brien, F. G., Tenover, F. C., McDougal, L. K., Monk, A. B., & Enright, M. C. (2005). Re-emergence of early pandemic Staphylococcus aureus as a community-acquired meticillin-resistant clone. Lancet, 365(9466), 1256-1258. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736%2805%2974814-5

During the 1950s, the notorious penicillin-resistant clone of Staphylococcus aureus known as phage type 80/81 emerged and caused serious hospital-acquired and community-acquired infections worldwide. This clone was largely eliminated in the 1960s, co... Read More about Re-emergence of early pandemic Staphylococcus aureus as a community-acquired meticillin-resistant clone.

A real-time PCR assay to detect the Panton Valentine Leukocidin toxin in staphylococci: screening Staphylococcus schleiferi subspecies coagulans strains from companion animals (2005)
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Roberts, S., O'Shea, K., Morris, D., Robb, A., Morrison, D., & Rankin, S. (2005). A real-time PCR assay to detect the Panton Valentine Leukocidin toxin in staphylococci: screening Staphylococcus schleiferi subspecies coagulans strains from companion animals. Veterinary Microbiology, 107(1-2), 139-144. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vetmic.2005.01.002

Recent reports suggest that methicillin-resistant strains of Staphylococcus schleiferi subspecies coagulans are now commonly isolated from dogs. Given the association of a potentially mobile SCCmec type IV element with lysogenic phage-encoded Panton... Read More about A real-time PCR assay to detect the Panton Valentine Leukocidin toxin in staphylococci: screening Staphylococcus schleiferi subspecies coagulans strains from companion animals.

A comparative evaluation of phenotypic and molecular methods in the identification of members of the Staphylococcus sciuri group (2005)
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Stepanović, S., Dakić, I., Martel, A., Vaneechoutte, M., Morrison, D., Shittu, A., Ježek, P., Decostere, A., Devriese, L. A., & Haesebrouck, F. (2005). A comparative evaluation of phenotypic and molecular methods in the identification of members of the Staphylococcus sciuri group. Systematic and Applied Microbiology, 28(4), 353-357. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.syapm.2005.02.001

Members of the Staphylococcus sciuri group (S. sciuri, S. lentus, and S. vitulinus) are coagulase-negative, novobiocin-resistant staphylococci that could be distinguished from other staphylococci on the basis of positive oxidase activity. In the pres... Read More about A comparative evaluation of phenotypic and molecular methods in the identification of members of the Staphylococcus sciuri group.

Photosynthetic responses to Cu2+ exposure are independent of light acclimation and uncoupled from growth inhibition in Fucus serratus (Phaeophyceae). (2005)
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Nielsen, H. D., & Nielsen, S. L. (2005). Photosynthetic responses to Cu2+ exposure are independent of light acclimation and uncoupled from growth inhibition in Fucus serratus (Phaeophyceae). Marine Pollution Bulletin, 51(8-12), 715-721. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2005.02.016

We have studied the effect of light acclimation on photosynthetic responses and growth during Cu2+ exposure (0–0.84 μM) in the brown seaweed Fucus serratus. Measurements of chlorophyll fluorescence parameters showed that Cu2+ exposure amplified ETR,... Read More about Photosynthetic responses to Cu2+ exposure are independent of light acclimation and uncoupled from growth inhibition in Fucus serratus (Phaeophyceae)..