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 Bibliography - Bacteriology

Publications are dated since 1995 and are written by (or in participation with) Central American Investigators. 

1995 - 1996 - 1997 - 1998 - 1999 - 2000 - 2001 - 2002

   

 

2002 * BIBLIOGRAPHY

Gorvel, J-P.,  and E. Moreno. 2002.

Brucella intracellular life: from invasion to intracellular replication. Vet. Microbiol 2002

Guzmán-Verri, C., Chaves-Olarte,E., Eichel-Streiber,Cv., López-Goni,I., Thelestam,M., Arvidson,S., Gorvel,J-P., Moreno,E. 2002. 

GTPases of the Rho subfamily are required for Brucella abortus internalization in non-professional phagocytes: direct activation of Cdc42. J. Biol. Chem.

Li, L., Sharipo, A., Chaves-Olarte, E., Masucci, M.G., Levitsky, V., Thelestam, M. and Frisan, T. (2002)

The Haemophilus ducreyi cytolethal distending toxin recruits the Mre11 repair complex in proliferating and non-proliferating cells. Cellular Microbiology, 4:87-99.

López-Goñi., C. Guzmán-Verri, L. Manterola, I. Moriyón, and E. Moreno. 2002.

Regulation of Brucella virulence by the two-component system BvrR/BvrS. Vet. Microbiol 2002

Moreno E., and J. Pizarro. 2002.

Life and death of Brucella within cells. In J-P Gorvel (ed.). Landes Bioscience, Texas 

Moreno, E., and  I. Moriyón 2002.

Brucella melitensis: A nasty bug with hidden credentials for virulence. Proc. Nat. Acd. Sci. 99:1-3. 

 

 

2001 * BIBLIOGRAPHY

Càceres M. (2001)

Resistencia bacteriana a los antibiòticos: Un problema para meditar sobre el futuro. Escenarios Mèdicos.  May. Vol.3: 7-8.

Guzmán-Verri, C., Chaves-Olarte, E., García, F., Arvidson, S. and Moreno, E. 2001.

In vivo Proteolytic Degradation of the Escherichia coli Acyltransferase HlyC. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 276:16660-16666.

Guzmán-Verri, C., E. Chaves-Olarte, M. Thelestam, S. Arvidson, J-P. Gorvel,  and E. Moreno, 2001

GTPases of the Rho subfamily are required for Brucella abortus internalization in non-profesional phagocytes: direct activation of CDC42. J. Biol. Chem. 276: 44435-44443. 

Guzmán-Verri,, C, Chaves-Olarte, E., Eichel-Streiber, Cv., López-Goñi, I., Thelestam, M., Arvidson, S., Gorvel, JP. and Moreno, E. (2001).

GTPases of the Rho subfamily are required for Brucella abortus internalization in non-professional phagocytes: direct activation of Cdc42. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 276:44435-44443.

Karlsson, A., Saravia-Otten, P., Tegmark, K., Morfeldt, E. and Staffan Arvidson. 2001. 

Decreased amounts of cellwall-associated protein A and fibronectin-binding proteins in Staphylococcus aureus sarA mutants due to up-regulation of extracellular proteases. Infection and Immunity. 69:4742-4748.

Moreno, E., and I. Moriyón. 2001. The genus Brucella In M. Dworkin, S. Falkow, E. Rosenberg, K-H. Schleifer, E. Stackebrandt (eds.).

The Prokaryotes. Springer-Verlag, New York, Inc. (electronic version. http://rizzo.springer-ny.com:6336/contents/ )  

 

 

2000 * BIBLIOGRAPHY

Angeby Kristian, Alvarado-Galvez Carlos, Pineda-Garcia Lelany, Hoffner Sven E.,

Improved sputum microscopy for a more sensitive diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis, International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, 2000, 4: 684-687

Cáceres. M., Zhang, G., Weintraub, A., Nord, C.E. (2000)

Prevalence and antimicrobial susceptibility  patter of Enterotoxigenic Bacteroides fragilis in children  with diarrhea in Nicaragua. Anaerobe, june .6:122-126.

Cortes Bratti, X., Chaves-Olarte, E., Lagergard, T. and Thelestam, M., 2000.

Cellular Internalization of Cytolethal Distending Toxin from Haemophilus ducreyi. Infection and Immunity, 68:6903-6911.

Cortes-Bratti, X., Chaves Olarte, E., Lagergard, T. and Thelestam, M. 2000

Cellular Intoxication by the Cytolethal Distending Toxin from Haemophilus ducreyi. International Journal of Medical Microbiology, 290(4-5):A30

Guzmán-Verri, C., E. Chaves-Olarte, F.García, S. Arvidson and E. Moreno. 2000.

In vivo proteolytic degradation of the Escherichia coli acyltransferase HlyC. J. Biol. Chem. 276:16660-16666. 

K A K Ängeby, C Alvarado-Galvez, L Pineda-Garcia, S E Hoffner: 

Improved sputum microscopy for a more sensitive diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis, 2000, 4:684-687 

Pizarro-Cerdá, J., E. Moreno and J. P. Gorvel. 2000.

Invasion and intracellular trafficking of Brucella abortus in non-phagocytic cells. Microbes and Infection. 2:829-835.

Thelestam , M. and Chaves-Olarte, E. 2000.

Cytotoxic effects of the Clostridium difficile Toxins. in Clostridium difficile: Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology (Eds. K. Aktories and T. Wilkins), pp 85-96. Springer-Verlag, Heidelberg.

Velasco, J., J. A. Bengoechea, K. Brandenburg, B. Lindner, U. Seydel, D. González, U. Zähringer, E. Moreno and I. Moriyón. 2000.

Brucella and its closest phylogenetic relative Ochrobactrum differ in outer membrane permeability and cationic peptide resistance. Infect. Immun. 68:3210-3218. 

 

 

1999 * BIBLIOGRAPHY

Cáceres. M., Carera, E., Palma, A., Berrios, G., Wintraub, A.,and Nord C. E.(1999)

Antimicrobial susceptibility of anaerobic and aerobic bacteria isolated from mixed infections in Nicaragua. Spanish Journal of Chemotherapy 12:332-339.

Chaves-Olarte, E., Low, P., Norlin, T., Freer, E., Eichel-Streiber, Cv and Thelestam, M. 1999.

A novel cytotoxin from Clostridium difficile serogroup F is a functional hybrid between two other large clostridial cytotoxins. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 274:11046-11052.

Cortes-Bratti, X., Chaves-Olarte, E., Langergård, T. and Thelestam, M. 1999.

A cytotoxin from the chancroid bacterium Haemophilus ducreyi induces cell cycle arrest in the G2 phase. Journal of Clinical Investigation, 103:107-115.

Dolz, G., L.N. Araya, J. Suárez, C. Jiménez. (1999).

Prevalence of antibodies to bovine paratuberculosis detected by a LAM-ELISA in Costa Rica. Veterinary Record 144: 322-323.

Freer, E., J. Pizarro, A. Weintraub, J-A. Bengoechea, I. Moriyón, K. Hultemby, J. P. Gorvel and E. Moreno 1999.

The outer membrane of Brucella ovis shows increased permeability to hydrophobic probes and is more susceptible to cationic peptides than are the outer membranes of mutant rough Brucella abortus strains. Infect. Immun.67:6181-6186. 

Méresse, S., O. Steele-Mortimer, E. Moreno, M. Desjardins, B. Finlay and J.P. Gorvel. 1999.

Controlling the maturation of pathogen-containing vacuoles: matter of life and death,. Nature Cell Biology. 1: E183-E188. 

Pizarro-Cerdá, J., E. Moreno and J-P. Gorvel. 1999.

Brucella abortus invasion and survival within professional and nonprofessional phagocytes. Advances in cell and molecular biology of membranes and organelles. 6: 201-232. 

Thelestam, M., Chaves-Olarte, E., Moos, M., and Eichel-Streiber, Cv., 1999.

Clostridial Toxins Acting on the Cytoskeleton. In Bacterial Protein Toxins: A Comprehensive Sourcebook. (J. E. Alouf and J. H. Freer editors), pp 147-173. Academic Press, London. 

 

1998 * BIBLIOGRAPHY

Cáceres. M., Carera, E., Palmgren, A-C and Nord C. E. (1998)

Antimicrobial susceptibility of anaerobic bacteria from the intestinal microflora of healthy children and antimicrobial-treated children in Nicaragua. Spanish Journal of Chemotherapy 3:221-228.

Chaves-Olarte, E., Cortes-Bratti, X. and Thelestam, M. 1998

Effects of Bacterial Toxins on Small GTP-binding proteins. Toxicology in Vitro, 12 (5):527-531. 

Moreno E. 1998

Genome evolution within the alpha Proteobacteria: why do some bacteria not possess plasmids and others exhibit more than one different chromosome? FEMS Microbiol. Rev. 22:255-275. 

Páramo L., B. Lomonte, J. Pizarro-Cerdá, J. A. Bengoechea, J. P. Gorvel, and E. Moreno 1998

Bactericidal activity of Lys49 and Asp49 myotoxic phospholipases A2 from Bothrops asper snake venom. Synthetic Lys49 myotoxin II-(115-129)-peptide identifies its bactericidal region Eur. J. Biochem 253:452-461

Pizarro-Cerda, J., S. Meresse, R.G. Parton, G. van der Goot, A. Sola-Landa, I. Lopez-goni, E. Moreno, J.P. Gorvel, 1998,

Brucella abortus transits through the autophagic pathway and replicates in the endoplasmic reticulum of nonprofessional phagocytes Infect. Immun. 66:5711-5724 

Pizarro-Cerdá J. , Moreno V.E., Sanguedolce, J. L. Mege and J. P Gorvel. 1998.

Virulent Brucella abortus prevents lysosome fusion and is distributed within autophagosome-like compartments. Infect. Immun. 66:2387-2392

Sola-Landa, A., J. Pizarro-Cerdá, M. Grilló, E. Moreno, I. Moriyón, J. Blasco, J.Gorvel, and I. López-Goñi 1998.

A Two-component regulatory system playing a critical role in plant pathogens and endosymbionts is present in Brucella abortus and controls cell invasion and virulence. Mol. Microbiol. 29:125-138.

Thelestam, M., Flores-Diaz, M., Alape-Giron, A., Titball, R., Pollesello, P., Persson, B., Moos, M., Chaves-Olarte, E., Lofrumento, D., Cortes-Bratti, X., Bergman, T., Eichel-Streiber, Cv., and Florin, I. 1998.

A UDP-glucose deficient cell mutant as a model to study the molecular mechanism of cytotoxicity induced by Clostridium perfringens phospholipase C in ischemic tissue. In: Bacterial Protein Toxins (Eds. J. Hacker et al), Gustav Fischer Verlag, Stuttgart, pp. 184-191.

 

1997 * BIBLIOGRAPHY

Chaves-Olarte, E., Weidmann, M., Eichel-Streiber, Cv., and Thelestam, M. 1997.

Toxins A and B from Clostridium difficile differ with respect to enzymatic potencies, cellular substrate specificities, and surface binding to cultured cells. Journal of Clinical Investigation, 100:1734-1741.

Guzmán-Verri, C., García, F. and Arvidson, S. 

Incomplete activation of Escherichia coli hemolysin (HlyA) due to mutations in the 3’ region of hlyC.  Journal of Bacteriology.  179: 5959-5962, 1997.

L Pineda, A Ferrera B., C Alvarado Galvez, S E Hoffner:

Drug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis and atypical mycobacteria isolated from patients with suspected pulmonary tuberculosis in Honduras. CHEST 1997; 111:148-153.

Moreno E., 1997. 

In search of bacterial species definition, Rev. Biol. Trop. 45: 753-771

Pizarro, J., E. Moreno & J-P. Gorvel. 1997. 

When intracellular pathogens invade the frontiers of cell biology and immunology. Histol. Histopathol. 12:1027-1038

Saravia-Otten, P. 1997. 

Regulation of the genes for fibronectin binding proteins in Staphylococcus aureus. M.Sc. Thesis. Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden. 

Saravia-Otten, P., Muller, H -P, and Staffan Arvidson. 1997.

Transcription of Sthapylococcus aureus fibronectin binding protein genes is negatively regulated by agr and an agr-independent mechanism. J Bact. 179:5259-5263.

Thelestam, M., Florin, I., and Chaves-Olarte, E. 1997.

Clostridium difficile toxins. In Bacterial Toxins: Tools in Cell Biology and Pharmacology. K. Aktories, editor. Chapman & Hall Inc., Weinheim. 141-158.

 

1996 * BIBLIOGRAPHY

Chaves-Olarte, E., Florin, I., Boquet, P., Popoff, M., Eichel-Streiber, Cv. and Thelestam, M. 1996.

UDP-Glucose deficiency in a mutant cell line protects against glucosyltransferase toxins from Clostridium difficile and Clostridium sordellii. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 271:6925-6932.

Freer E., E. Moreno, I. Moriyon, J. Pizarro-Cerda, A. Weintraub and J-P. Gorvel 1996.

Brucella-Salmonella-lipopolysaccharide chimeras are less permeable to hydrophobic probes and more sensitive to cationic peptides and EDTA than their native Brucella sp. counterparts. J. Bacteriol. 178:5867-5876

Popoff, M., Chaves-Olarte, E., Lemichez, E., Eichel-Streiber, Cv., Thelestam, M., Chardin, P., Cussac, D., Antony, B., Chavrier, P., Flatau, G., Giry, M., Gunzburg, J. and Boquet, P. 1996.

Ras, Rap, and Rac small GTP-binding proteins are targets for Clostridium sordellii Lethal Toxin glucosylation. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 271:10217-10224

 

1995 * BIBLIOGRAPHY

Aragón, V., R. Díaz, E. Moreno and I. Moriyón. 1995.

Characterization of Brucella abortus and Brucella melitensis native haptens as outer membrane O-type polysaccharides independent from the smooth lipopolysaccharide. J. Bacteriol. 178: 1070-1079

Freer, E., N. Rojas A. Weintraub, A. Lindberg and E. Moreno. 1995.

Heterogeneity of Brucella abortus lipopolysaccharides. Res. Microbiol. 146:569-578.

Martínez-de-Tejada, G., J. Pizarro-Cerdá, E. Moreno and I. Moriyón. 1995. 

The outer membranes of Brucella spp. are resistant to bacterial cationic peptides. Infect. Immun. 63:3054-3061

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