Journal of Bacteriology & Parasitology

2^nd International Congress on Bacteriology & Infectious Diseases

November 17-19, 2014 DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Chicago-North Shore, USA

Scientific Tracks Abstracts

• Spectroscopic analyses of Gram-negative bacterial iron transport reactions

  Phillip E Klebba

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• Diagnostic potentials of M. tuberculosis-specific proteins and peptides

  Abu Salim Mustafa

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• A soluble auto-assembling heptameric Staphylococcus aureus alpha-hemolysin as a vaccine candidate

  Ilaria Ferlenghi

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• The evolution of virulence in Streptococcus pyogenes

  Francis J Castellino, Garima Agrahari, Zhong Liang, Shaun W Lee and Victoria A Ploplis

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• Transcriptome analysis identifies Bacillus anthracis AtxA as a global transcriptional regulator of genes that respond to carbon dioxide

  Andrei P Pomerantsev

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• Detection of Legionella spp., L.pneumophila and L. pneumophila serogroup 1 in drinking water system

  Jingrang Lu, Ian Struewing and Nicholas Ashbolt

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• Crosstalk between acidic phospholipids present in bacterial membranes and the initiation of replication at Escherichia coli chromosomal origin (oriC) is beyond nucleotide exchange on DnaA, the initiator protein

  Rahul Saxena

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• Pseudomonas aeruginosa: A bacterial opportunist pathogen with an extremely well conserved genome that shows a variety of pathogenic interactions

  Gloria Sober?n-Ch?vez

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• Function of the phased A-tracts upstream of the phospholipase C gene promoter in Clostridium perfringens

  Seiichi Katayama

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• Virulence and transmission of bacteria inducing tooth decay

  Ling Zhan

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• Mycobacterial manipulation of the host innate immune response

  Cory M Robinson

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• Biological and pathogenic regulatory role of Salmonellagidab operon

  Amin A Fadl

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• From vertical to horizontal transmission, when the Wolbachia endosymbiont turns to a deadly pathogen for its hosts

  Winka Le Clec'h

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• The molecular basis of protective immunity against experimental intracellular infection caused by Francisella tularensis

  Klara Kubelkova, Alena Orlikova, Zuzana Krocova, Jaroslav Pejchal and Ales Macela

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• Production and regulation of functional amyloid curli fimbriae by Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli

  Gaylen Uhlich

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• Investigating the survival and persistence of the multiple-drug-resistant global opportunistic pathogen, Stenotrophomonas maltophilia

  Joanna S Brooke

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• Metabolic control of virulence potential of the agent of Lyme disease

  Janakiram Seshu

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• Bactofection of mammalian cells by an attenuated derivatives of Pasteurella multocida B:2

  Sarah Othman, Roger Parton and John Coote

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• Leprosy scenario in India

  Abha Aggarwal and Arvind Pandey

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• Phytochemical screening of the exudete of Aloe otallensis and its effect on Leishmania aethiopica and Leishmania donovani

  Tesfaye Z Nigusse, kalaeb A and Mannaye T

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• Methodology of collection of spontaneous sputum for microbiological confirmation of the diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis, pulmonary disease by non-tuberculous mycobacteria or for follow-up of out- and in-patients unde

  David Jamil Hadad, Deborah Lacerda Brum, Lorena Rossoni Nogueira, Carolina Maia Martins Sales, Geisa Fregona, Ethel Leonor Noia Maciel, Vald?rio do Valle Dettoni, Rita Lecco, Renata Lyrio Peres, Tatiana de Rezende C? Pelic?o, Sthar-Mar de Vasconcelos Silva, Melissa Fonseca Andrade, Lucilia Pereira

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• Melioidosis and Glanders: Diseases in search of animal models, vaccines, and therapeutics

  Kei Amemiya

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• Eravacycline, a novel fluorocycline, is highly efficacious in treating tularemia and anthrax in animal models

  Joyce A Sutcliffe

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• Carbon monoxide: A poison to microbes

  B Y Chin

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• The role of plant metabolites in sensitive analytical detection of food borne illness pathogens

  Alan Olstein

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• Isolation and molecular characterization of Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis from ruminants and non-domestic non-ruminant animals

  Salem M, Abdel-Moein K and Housawi F

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• Paratuberculosis in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia: A review of current situation

  Housawi F and Salem M

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• Bioassays for evaluation of medical products derived from bacterial toxins

  Thea Sesardic

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• Photodynamic vaccination: Novel strategies of vaccine delivery by intraphagolysosomal parasites and their oxidative inactivation for safe and effective applications

  Kwang Poo Chang, Bala Kolli, Pankaj Tripathi, Dennis K P Ng, Chin Shen Chang, Saad Alkahtani4, Ahmed Al-Qahtani, Camila I de Oliveira, Sayonara Mello, Laura Manna, Angelo Elio Gravino, Jonathan F Head, Robert L Elliott and Ramesh Babu Batchu

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• Structural insights into antibiotic action on the ribosome

  Andrei A Korostelev

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• Mechanisms of antigen uptake at mucosal surfaces and the relevance for vaccine design

  Vjollca H Konjufca

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• Antimicrobial activities of natural compounds against susceptible and antibiotic-resistant pathogens in the absence and presence of food

  Mendel Friedman and Carol E Levin

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• Type I toxin-antitoxin systems in Escherichia coli

  Mitsuoki Kawano

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• Techniques for the identification and exploitation of novel antimicrobial targets

  Ali Ryan

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• Bacillus as a source of novel antibiotics

  Patrick Fickers

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• The effect of antimicrobial agents on Shiga-toxin 2 release in Escherichia coli O104:H4 and role of the SOS response

  Ghassan M Matar

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• Qnr proteins: Structure and properties against quinolone inhibition of DNA gyrase

  Mar?a M Tav

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• Angels and demons: Microbes or man?

  Yogandree Ramsamy

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• High prevalence of faecal carriage of bla-SHV type extended spectrum-β lactamases producing Escherichia coli among healthcare workers

  Rasha H Bassyouni, Sylvana Nady Gaber and Ahmed Ashraf Wegdan

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• Towards anti-virulence drugs targeting disulfide bond-forming enzyme DsbA

  Prem Lakshmanane

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• A chimeric protein (mTcd138) comprising the glucosyltransferase and domains of toxin B and the receptor binding domain of toxin A provides full protection against Clostridium difficile infection in mice

  X Sun, Wang Y, Y Yan, H Kim, D Schmidt, W Nie and S Tzipori

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• CNS complications from acute sinusitis in children

  Pisespong Patamasucon and Dianne Joyce Yusi

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• How to handle a superbug: Insights on diagnosis and treatment of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus

  Wanda C Reygaert

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• Molecular typing of community acquired MRSA isolated from retail meats by spa typing, PFGE, and MLST

  Mohamed K Fakhr, Lubna Abdalrahman and Adriana Stanley

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• Genome analysis of a salmon pathogen Piscirickettsia salmonis reveals insight into metabolism and pathogenesis

  Alejandro Ya?ez

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• Single cell RNA-seq reveals heterogeneity of salmonella and macrophage factors that control infection outcome

  Roi Avraham

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• Studies of evolution and genetics of metabolic functions by high-throughput methods in bacteria and their hosts

  J M P Alves

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• Is it cost effective to pool donations for nucleic acid testing for HCV screening in blood banks from high prevalence communities?

  Manal M Baddour

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• In vivo monitoring the intracellular pH variation upon Aspergillus fumigatus infection in single apoptotic human monocytes

  Sara Mohebbi

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• Can Brevibacillus a soil microbe transmuted into a possible uropathogen?

  Suneeva Sharon Christa A and Pragasam Viswanathan

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• Bacteriology and antibiotic sensitivity patterns of urine and biofilm in patients with indwelling urinary catheter in a tertiary hospital in Bangladesh

  Majumder M I, Ahmed T, Hossain D, Ali M, Islam B and Chowdhury N H

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• Epidemiology of tinea capitis in primary school children in Fayoum City, Egypt

  Naglaa A El Sherbiny, Talal A Abd El Raheem, Rasha H Bassyouni and Basma H Mohammed

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• Competition between invading pathogens and resident respiratory tract microbiota

  Eric T Harvill

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• ?-Phenylethylamine as a novel inhibitor of E. coli biofilm

  Birgit M Pruss, Meredith Irsfeld and Shane J Stafslien

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• Lantibiotics from Streptococcus salivarius as potential antimicrobials

  Koshy Philip

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• Nanotechnology incorporated to the development of tests aiming to the detection of bacterial pathogens

  Ikonomopoulos J

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• 3-Nitrotoluene biomineralization by diaphorobacter species

  Gurunath Ramanathan

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• Genetic diversity, host range and molecular analysis of the virulence determinants of Escherichia coli O157:H7 isolated from different sources

  Collins Njie Ateba

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