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A new regulator of pathogenicity (bvlR) is required for full virulence and tight microcolony formation in Pseudomonas aeruginosa

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A non-classical LysR-type transcriptional regulator PA2206 is required for an effective oxidative stress response in Pseudomonas aeruginosa

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A novel erythromycin resistance plasmid from Bacillus sp. strain HS24, isolated from the marine sponge Haliclona simulans

scientific article published on 30 December 2014

A novel host-responsive sensor mediates virulence and type III secretion during Pseudomonas aeruginosa-host cell interactions.

scientific article published on 19 January 2012

A putative RNA-binding protein has a role in virulence in Ralstonia solanacearum GMI1000.

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Ammonia regulation of the Rhizobium meliloti nitrogenase structural and regulatory genes under free-living conditions: involvement of the fixL gene product?

scientific article published in September 1992

Analogues of Pseudomonas aeruginosa signalling molecules to tackle infections

scientific article published on 2 November 2017

Analysis of Pseudomonas quinolone signal and other bacterial signalling molecules using capillaries coated with highly charged polyelectrolyte monolayers and boron doped diamond electrode

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Antibiotic selection leads to inadvertent selection of nfxC-type phenotypic mutants in Pseudomonas aeruginosa

scientific article published in June 2010

Applications of autofluorescent proteins for in situ studies in microbial ecology.

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Aquimarina amphilecti sp. nov., isolated from the sponge Amphilectus fucorum

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Archaea appear to dominate the microbiome of Inflatella pellicula deep sea sponges.

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Aspirated bile: a major host trigger modulating respiratory pathogen colonisation in cystic fibrosis patients.

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Back to the Future of Soil Metagenomics

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Bile Acid Signal Molecules Associate Temporally with Respiratory Inflammation and Microbiome Signatures in Clinically Stable Cystic Fibrosis Patients

scientific article published on 06 November 2020

Bile acids destabilise HIF-1α and promote anti-tumour phenotypes in cancer cell models

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Bile acids repress hypoxia-inducible factor 1 signaling and modulate the airway immune response.

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Bile signalling promotes chronic respiratory infections and antibiotic tolerance

scientific article published on 19 July 2016

Biochemical and genomic comparison of inorganic phosphate solubilization in Pseudomonas species.

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Biotechnological Potential of Cold Adapted Pseudoalteromonas spp. Isolated from 'Deep Sea' Sponges.

scientific article published on 19 June 2017

CRP interacts with promoter-bound sigma54 RNA polymerase and blocks transcriptional activation of the dctA promoter

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Characterisation of non-autoinducing tropodithietic Acid (TDA) production from marine sponge Pseudovibrio species.

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Characterisation of the regulatory RNA RsmB from Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO1.

scientific article published in January 2005

Characterization of imipenem resistance mechanisms in Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolates from Turkey.

scientific article published on 16 May 2012

Characterization of interactions between the transcriptional repressor PhlF and its binding site at the phlA promoter in Pseudomonas fluorescens F113.

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Characterization of mineral phosphate solubilization traits from a barley rhizosphere soil functional metagenome

scientific article published on 25 July 2013

Characterization of the SPI-1 and Rsp type three secretion systems in Pseudomonas fluorescens F113.

scientific article published on 25 February 2013

Cloning and characterization of a novel beta-galactosidase-coding gene from Rhizobium meliloti.

scientific article published in November 1988

Cloning of chromosomal genes of Lactococcus by heterologous complementation: partial characterisation of a putative lactose transport gene.

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Cloning of the second adenylate cyclase gene (cya2) from Rhizobium meliloti F34: sequence similarity to eukaryotic cyclases

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Comparative Genomic Analysis Reveals a Diverse Repertoire of Genes Involved in Prokaryote-Eukaryote Interactions within the Pseudovibrio Genus

scientific article published on 30 March 2016

Complex regulation of AprA metalloprotease in Pseudomonas fluorescens M114: evidence for the involvement of iron, the ECF sigma factor, PbrA and pseudobactin M114 siderophore

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Construction of a modified mini-Tn5 lacZY non-antibiotic marker cassette: ecological evaluation of a lacZY marked Pseudomonas strain in the sugarbeet rhizosphere

scientific article published in January 1996

Construction of a rhizosphere pseudomonad with potential to degrade polychlorinated biphenyls and detection of bph gene expression in the rhizosphere.

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Construction of p16Slux, a novel vector for improved bioluminescent labeling of gram-negative bacteria.

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Control of symbiotic nitrogen fixation in Rhizobia regulation of NH4+ assimilation

scientific article published on December 21, 1976

CpxR Activates MexAB-OprM Efflux Pump Expression and Enhances Antibiotic Resistance in Both Laboratory and Clinical nalB-Type Isolates of Pseudomonas aeruginosa

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Deciphering the role of coumarin as a novel quorum sensing inhibitor suppressing virulence phenotypes in bacterial pathogens.

scientific article published on 12 February 2015

Detection of the Pseudomonas Quinolone Signal (PQS) by cyclic voltammetry and amperometry using a boron doped diamond electrode

scientific article published on 19 August 2011

Dicarboxylic acid transport and regulation of nitrogen fixation in Rhizobium meliloti

scientific article published on 01 April 1990

Dicarboxylic acid transport in Bradyrhizobium japonicum: use of Rhizobium meliloti dct gene(s) to enhance nitrogen fixation.

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Disruption of N-acyl-homoserine lactone-specific signalling and virulence in clinical pathogens by marine sponge bacteria.

scientific article published on 3 November 2017

Dissecting the regulation of bile-induced biofilm formation in Staphylococcus aureus

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Distribution and diversity of bacterial secretion systems across metagenomic datasets

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Diversity and antibacterial activity of bacteria isolated from the coastal marine sponges Amphilectus fucorum and Eurypon major.

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Diversity and antimicrobial activities of microbes from two Irish marine sponges, Suberites carnosus and Leucosolenia sp.

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Diversity and antimicrobial activity of Pseudovibrio spp. from Irish marine sponges

scientific article published on 20 April 2011

Diversity of Natural Product Biosynthetic Genes in the Microbiome of the Deep Sea Sponges Inflatella pellicula, Poecillastra compressa, and Stelletta normani

scientific article published on 29 June 2016

Dye-buoyant-density-gradient-analysis of Rhizobium deoxyribonucleic acid.

scientific article published on December 1971

Effect of divalent metal cations on Rhizobium meliloti beta-galactosidase.

scientific article published in February 1991

Emergence of extended-spectrum beta-lactamase and fluoroquinolone resistance genes among Irish multidrug-resistant isolates.

scientific article published in May 2010

Emerging concepts promising new horizons for marine biodiscovery and synthetic biology

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Emerging strategies and integrated systems microbiology technologies for biodiscovery of marine bioactive compounds.

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Endoglucanase activities and growth of marine-derived fungi isolated from the sponge Haliclona simulans.

scientific article published in October 2009

Epidemiology and clinical impact of Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection in cystic fibrosis using AP-PCR fingerprinting

scientific article published on 01 September 1998

Erratum to: Deciphering the role of coumarin as a novel quorum sensing inhibitor suppressing virulence phenotypes in bacterial pathogens

scientific article published on 19 February 2015

Escherichia coli ferric uptake regulator (Fur) can mediate regulation of a pseudomonad iron-regulated promoter.

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Establishment of DsRed.T3_S4T as an improved autofluorescent marker for microbial ecology applications

scientific article published in November 2005

Evidence for signaling between the phytopathogenic fungus Pythium ultimum and Pseudomonas fluorescens F113: P. ultimum represses the expression of genes in P. fluorescens F113, resulting in altered ecological fitness.

scientific article published on November 1997

Evidence of bacteriophage-mediated horizontal transfer of bacterial 16S rRNA genes in the viral metagenome of the marine sponge Hymeniacidon perlevis.

scientific article published on 17 August 2012

Evolutionary history of the phl gene cluster in the plant-associated bacterium Pseudomonas fluorescens.

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Exploitation of gene(s) involved in 2,4-diacetylphloroglucinol biosynthesis to confer a new biocontrol capability to a Pseudomonas strain.

scientific article published on December 1992

Exploitation of genetically modified inoculants for industrial ecology applications.

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Exploiting Interkingdom Interactions for Development of Small-Molecule Inhibitors of Candida albicans Biofilm Formation

scientific article published on 25 July 2016

Exploiting new systems-based strategies to elucidate plant-bacterial interactions in the rhizosphere.

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Exposure to Bile Leads to the Emergence of Adaptive Signaling Variants in the Opportunistic Pathogen Pseudomonas aeruginosa

scientific article published on 29 August 2019

Expression and regulation of the Escherichia coli glutamate dehydrogenase gene (gdh) in Rhizobium japonicum

scientific article published on 01 February 1986

Expression of the adenyl cyclase-encoding gene (cya) of Rhizobium meliloti F34: existence of two cya genes?

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Fingerprinting bacterial chromosomal DNA with restriction endonuclease EcoRI: comparison of Rhizobium spp. and identification of mutants

scientific article published on July 1, 1979

Functional metagenomic strategies for the discovery of novel enzymes and biosurfactants with biotechnological applications from marine ecosystems.

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Genetic analysis and regulation of the Rhizobium meliloti genes controlling C4-dicarboxylic acid transport.

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Genetic analysis of genes involved in dipeptide metabolism and cytotoxicity in Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO1

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Genetic analysis of the 3' untranslated region of the tumour necrosis factor shows a highly conserved region in rheumatoid arthritis affected and unaffected subjects.

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Genetic engineering of symbiotic nitrogen fixation

scientific article published on January 1979

Genetic variability in the tumor necrosis factor-lymphotoxin region influences susceptibility to rheumatoid arthritis.

scientific article published in September 1996

Genome Sequence of sp. JM45, a Bacterial Strain Isolated from a Marine Sponge with a Dual Quorum Sensing Inhibition Activity

scientific article published on 10 January 2019

Genome analysis and phenotypic characterization of Halomonas hibernica isolated from a traditional food process with novel quorum quenching and catalase activities

scientific article published in 2022

Genome sequence of the biocontrol strain Pseudomonas fluorescens F113.

scientific article published on March 2012

Genome-wide investigation of cellular targets and mode of action of the antifungal bacterial metabolite 2,4-diacetylphloroglucinol in Saccharomyces cerevisiae.

scientific article published on 5 March 2013

Genomic analysis of the type VI secretion systems in Pseudomonas spp.: novel clusters and putative effectors uncovered

scientific article published on 07 April 2011

Harnessing Bacterial Signals for Suppression of Biofilm Formation in the Nosocomial Fungal Pathogen Aspergillus fumigatus

scientific article (publication date: 2016)

Harnessing Marine Biocatalytic Reservoirs for Green Chemistry Applications through Metagenomic Technologies

scientific article published on 04 July 2018

High levels of Lymphotoxin-Beta (LT-Beta) gene expression in rheumatoid arthritis synovium: clinical and cytokine correlations

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Identification of Secondary Metabolite Gene Clusters in the Pseudovibrio Genus Reveals Encouraging Biosynthetic Potential toward the Production of Novel Bioactive Compounds

scientific article published on 18 August 2017

Identification of novel phytase genes from an agricultural soil-derived metagenome

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Identification of two lysophosphatidic acid acyltransferase genes with overlapping function in Pseudomonas fluorescens.

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Impact of 2,4-diacetylphloroglucinol-producing biocontrol strain Pseudomonas fluorescens F113 on intraspecific diversity of resident culturable fluorescent pseudomonads associated with the roots of field-grown sugar beet seedlings.

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Impact on Arbuscular Mycorrhiza Formation of Pseudomonas Strains Used as Inoculants for Biocontrol of Soil-Borne Fungal Plant Pathogens

scientific article published on June 1, 1998

Impaired expression of hypoxia-inducible factor-1α in cystic fibrosis airway epithelial cells - a role for HIF-1 in the pathophysiology of CF?

scientific article published on 21 March 2011

Implications of interspecies signaling for virulence of bacterial and fungal pathogens.

scientific article published on July 2011

Improved delivery of biocontrol Pseudomonas and their antifungal metabolites using alginate polymers

scientific article published on 01 February 1996

In vitro analyses are not reliable predictors of the plant growth promotion capability of bacteria; a Pseudomonas fluorescens strain that promotes the growth and yield of wheat

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Influence of the regulatory protein RsmA on cellular functions in Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO1, as revealed by transcriptome analysis.

scientific article published in February 2006

Inhibition of co-colonizing cystic fibrosis-associated pathogens by Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Burkholderia multivorans.

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Integrated (Meta) Genomic and Synthetic Biology Approaches to Develop New Biocatalysts

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Involvement of glutamate as a carbon source in nitrogen-fixing Rhizobium meliloti

scientific article published in April 1990

Iron-responsive gene expression in Pseudomonas fluorescens M114: cloning and characterization of a transcription-activating factor, PbrA.

scientific article published on January 1995

Is There Potential for Repurposing Statins as Novel Antimicrobials?

scientific article published on 20 June 2016

Isolation and analysis of bacteria with antimicrobial activities from the marine sponge Haliclona simulans collected from Irish waters.

scientific article published on 25 October 2008

Isolation of 2,4-diacetylphloroglucinol from a fluorescent pseudomonad and investigation of physiological parameters influencing its production.

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Isoquercetin and inulin synergistically modulate the gut microbiome to prevent development of the metabolic syndrome in mice fed a high fat diet.

scientific article published on 4 July 2018

Low oxygen induces the type III secretion system in Pseudomonas aeruginosa via modulation of the small RNAs rsmZ and rsmY

scientific article published on 26 August 2011

Manipulation of host Kruppel-like factor (KLF) function by exotoxins from diverse bacterial pathogens

scientific article published in May 2007

Maribacter spongiicola sp. nov. and Maribacter vaceletii sp. nov., isolated from marine sponges, and emended description of the genus Maribacter

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Marine Pseudovibrio sp. as a novel source of antimicrobials

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Marine metagenomics: new tools for the study and exploitation of marine microbial metabolism.

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Meeting report: 1st international functional metagenomics workshop may 7-8, 2012, st. Jacobs, ontario, Canada

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Metabolomic profiling and genomic study of a marine sponge-associated Streptomyces sp.

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Metagenomics for the discovery of novel biosurfactants of environmental interest from marine ecosystems.

scientific article published on 24 March 2015

MexT functions as a redox-responsive regulator modulating disulfide stress resistance in Pseudomonas aeruginosa.

scientific article published on 27 April 2012

MexT modulates virulence determinants in Pseudomonas aeruginosa independent of the MexEF-OprN efflux pump

scientific article published in October 2009

Minimum Information about a Biosynthetic Gene cluster.

scientific article published on August 2015

Mining Microbial Signals for Enhanced Biodiscovery of Secondary Metabolites

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Modular structure of the Rhizobium meliloti DctB protein

scientific article published on 01 May 1996

Molecular Signature of Pseudomonas aeruginosa with Simultaneous Nanomolar Detection of Quorum Sensing Signaling Molecules at a Boron-Doped Diamond Electrode

scientific article published on 18 July 2016

Molecular evolution of LysR-type transcriptional regulation in Pseudomonas aeruginosa.

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Molecular-based strategies to exploit Pseudomonas biocontrol strains for environmental biotechnology applications

scientific article published in May 2006

Mutant strains of clover rhizobium (Rhizobium trifolii) that form nodules on soybean (Glycine max).

scientific article published on May 1978

Mutational Disruption of the Biosynthesis Genes Coding for the Antifungal Metabolite 2,4-Diacetylphloroglucinol Does Not Influence the Ecological Fitness of Pseudomonas fluorescens F113 in the Rhizosphere of Sugarbeets.

scientific article published on August 1995

Nitrogen Fixation and Carbon Dioxide Assimilation in Rhizobium japonicum.

scientific article published on August 1984

Non-linkage of a T-Cell Receptor γ Chain Microsatellite ( D7S485 ) to Rheumatoid Arthritis in Multiplex Families

scientific article published on 01 February 1995

NtrBC-dependent expression from the Rhizobium meliloti dctA promoter in Escherichia coli.

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Nucleotide sequence analysis and potential environmental distribution of a ferric pseudobactin receptor gene of Pseudomonas sp. strain M114.

scientific article published on January 1994

One step preparation and electrochemical analysis of IQS, a cell-cell communication signal in the nosocomial pathogen Pseudomonas aeruginosa

scientific article published on 14 August 2014

Organization of the adenyl cyclase (cya) locus of Rhizobium meliloti

scientific article published in January 1986

Overproduction of an inducible extracellular serine protease improves biological control of Pythium ultimum by Stenotrophomonas maltophilia strain W81

scientific article published on 01 August 2000

Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection of airway epithelial cells modulates expression of Kruppel-like factors 2 and 6 via RsmA-mediated regulation of type III exoenzymes S and Y.

scientific article published on October 2006

Pseudomonas aeruginosa secreted factors impair biofilm development in Candida albicans

scientific article published on 11 February 2010

Pseudomonas for biocontrol of phytopathogens: from functional genomics to commercial exploitation.

scientific article published in June 2001

Pyrosequencing reveals diverse and distinct sponge-specific microbial communities in sponges from a single geographical location in Irish waters.

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Quorum Sensing Signaling Alters Virulence Potential and Population Dynamics in Complex Microbiome-Host Interactomes

scientific article published on 11 September 2019

Rapid Electrochemical Detection of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Signaling Molecules by Boron-Doped Diamond Electrode

scientific article published in January 2018

Rapid analysis of antimicrobial metabolites monoacetylphloroglucinol and 2,4-diacetylphloroglucinol using capillary zone electrophoresis

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Regulation of dct genes in the Rhizobium meliloti-alfalfa interaction

scientific article published in March 1996

Regulation of iron assimilation: nucleotide sequence analysis of an iron-regulated promoter from a fluorescent pseudomonad

scientific article published in August 1991

Regulation of nitrogen fixation by Rhizobia export of fixed N2 as NH4+

scientific article published on July 21, 1976

Regulation of nitrogen fixation in Rhizobium spp. Isolation of mutants of Rhizobium trifolii which induce nitrogenase activity

scientific article published in December 1977

Regulation of production of the antifungal metabolite 2,4-diacetylphloroglucinol in Pseudomonas fluorescens F113: genetic analysis of phlF as a transcriptional repressor

scientific article published in February 2000

Regulation of the iron uptake genes in Pseudomonas fluorescens M114 by pseudobactin M114: the pbrA sigma factor gene does not mediate the siderophore regulatory response

scientific article published on 01 October 1996

Residual impact of the biocontrol inoculant Pseudomonas fluorescens F113 on the resident population of rhizobia nodulating a red clover rotation crop

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Respiratory pathogens adopt a chronic lifestyle in response to bile.

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Rethinking the bile acid/gut microbiome axis in cancer

scientific article published in December 2017

Rhizobium meliloti adenylate cyclase is related to eucaryotic adenylate and guanylate cyclases.

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Role of 2,4-Diacetylphloroglucinol in the Interactions of the Biocontrol Pseudomonad Strain F113 with the Potato Cyst Nematode Globodera rostochiensis

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Sequences downstream from the transcriptional start site are essential for microaerobic, but not symbiotic, expression of the Rhizobium meliloti nifHDK promoter

scientific article published in January 1991

Signal transduction in the Rhizobium meliloti dicarboxylic acid transport system.

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Signal-mediated interactions between Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Candida albicans

scientific article published in May 2008

Signalling by the fungus Pythium ultimum represses expression of two ribosomal RNA operons with key roles in the rhizosphere ecology of Pseudomonas fluorescens F113.

scientific article published in December 1999

Small, stable shuttle vectors based on the minimal pVS1 replicon for use in gram-negative, plant-associated bacteria.

scientific article published in February 2000

Statin therapy causes gut dysbiosis in mice through a PXR-dependent mechanism.

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Statins inhibit in vitro virulence phenotypes of Pseudomonas aeruginosa

scientific article published on 14 November 2012

Structure-function analysis of the C-3 position in analogues of microbial behavioural modulators HHQ and PQS.

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Subinhibitory concentrations of the cationic antimicrobial peptide colistin induce the pseudomonas quinolone signal in Pseudomonas aeruginosa.

scientific article published on 28 May 2009

Subtilomycin: a new lantibiotic from Bacillus subtilis strain MMA7 isolated from the marine sponge Haliclona simulans.

scientific article published on 3 June 2013

Synthesis and electrochemical detection of a thiazolyl-indole natural product isolated from the nosocomial pathogen Pseudomonas aeruginosa.

scientific article published on 29 July 2016

Tetracycline resistance-encoding plasmid from Bacillus sp. strain #24, isolated from the marine sponge Haliclona simulans.

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The Detection of Bile Acids in the Lungs of Paediatric Cystic Fibrosis Patients Is Associated with Altered Inflammatory Patterns

scientific article published on 06 May 2020

The Escherichia coli cAMP receptor protein (CRP) represses the Rhizobium meliloti dctA promoter in a cAMP-dependent fashion

scientific article published in April 1993

The Microbiome of an Active Meat Curing Brine

scientific article published on 01 January 2018

The Pseudomonas fluorescens secondary metabolite 2,4 diacetylphloroglucinol impairs mitochondrial function in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

scientific article published on 20 December 2009

The SPI-1-like Type III secretion system: more roles than you think

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The Sound of Silence: Activating Silent Biosynthetic Gene Clusters in Marine Microorganisms

scientific article (publication date: August 2015)

The Vibrio seventh pandemic island-II is a 26.9 kb genomic island present in Vibrio cholerae El Tor and O139 serogroup isolates that shows homology to a 43.4 kb genomic island in V. vulnificus.

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The aliphatic amidase AmiE is involved in regulation of Pseudomonas aeruginosa virulence.

scientific article published on 24 January 2017

The bacterial secondary metabolite 2,4-diacetylphloroglucinol impairs mitochondrial function and affects calcium homeostasis in Neurospora crassa.

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The biocontrol strain Pseudomonas fluorescens F113 produces the Rhizobium small bacteriocin, N-(3-hydroxy-7-cis-tetradecenoyl)homoserine lactone, via HdtS, a putative novel N-acylhomoserine lactone synthase.

scientific article published in October 2000

The expanding horizon of alkyl quinolone signalling and communication in polycellular interactomes

scientific article published on 26 March 2018

The gut microbiome and cardiovascular disease: current knowledge and clinical potential

scientific article published on 30 August 2019

The impact of simvastatin on pulmonary effectors of Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection.

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The ocean sampling day consortium

scientific article published in 2015

The posttranscriptional regulator RsmA plays a role in the interaction between Pseudomonas aeruginosa and human airway epithelial cells by positively regulating the type III secretion system

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The putative permease PhlE of Pseudomonas fluorescens F113 has a role in 2,4-diacetylphloroglucinol resistance and in general stress tolerance.

scientific article published in July 2004

The requirements at the C-3 position of alkylquinolones for signalling in Pseudomonas aeruginosa

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Tle distribution and diversity in metagenomic datasets reveal niche specialization

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Traits of fluorescent Pseudomonas spp. involved in suppression of plant root pathogens

scientific article published on December 1, 1992

Transcriptional regulation of the iron-responsive sigma factor gene pbrA

scientific article published on 01 January 1996

Transcriptome profiling of bacterial responses to root exudates identifies genes involved in microbe-plant interactions

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Transformation and Physical Properties of R-Factor RP4 Transferred from Escherichia coli to Rhizobium trifolii

scientific article published on December 1, 1973