Background: Evolution equipped Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus predatory bacteria to invade other bacteria, digesting and replicating, sealed within them thus preventing nutrient-sharing with organisms in the surrounding environment. Bdellovibrio were... Read More about Genome analysis of a simultaneously predatory and prey-independent, novel Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus from the River Tiber, supports in silico predictions of both ancient and recent lateral gene transfer from diverse bacteria.
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Effects of orally administered Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus on the well-being and Salmonella colonization of young chicks (2011)
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Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus is a bacterium which preys upon and kills Gram-negative bacteria, including the zoonotic pathogens Escherichia coli and Salmonella. Bdellovibrio has potential as a biocontrol agent, but no reports of it being tested in livi... Read More about Effects of orally administered Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus on the well-being and Salmonella colonization of young chicks.
Effect of delivery method on the efficacy of Salmonella vaccination in chickens (2010)
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To investigate whether the efficacy of live vaccines is influenced by the mode of vaccine delivery, a widely-used UK live commercial Salmonella Enteritidis vaccine was delivered to pullet chicks either by spray, in drinking water, or in combination w... Read More about Effect of delivery method on the efficacy of Salmonella vaccination in chickens.
An inside job: Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus (2008)
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Bacteriophage therapy to reduce Salmonella colonization of broiler chickens (2007)
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Acute enteric infections caused by salmonellas remain a major public health burden worldwide. Poultry, particularly chickens, are known to be the main reservoir for this zoonotic pathogen. Although some progress has been made in reducing Salmonella c... Read More about Bacteriophage therapy to reduce Salmonella colonization of broiler chickens.
Bacteriophage therapy to reduce Campylobacter jejuni colonization of broiler chickens (2005)
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Colonization of broiler chickens by the enteric pathogen Campylobacter jejuni is widespread and difficult to prevent. Bacteriophage therapy is one possible means by which this colonization could be controlled, thus limiting the entry of campylobacter... Read More about Bacteriophage therapy to reduce Campylobacter jejuni colonization of broiler chickens.
Correlation of Campylobacter bacteriophage with reduced presence of hosts in broiler chicken ceca (2005)
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Campylobacter jejuni and Campylobacter-specific bacteriophage were enumerated from broiler chicken ceca selected from 90 United Kingdom flocks (n = 205). C. jejuni counts in the presence of bacteriophage (mean log10 5.1 CFU/g) were associated with a... Read More about Correlation of Campylobacter bacteriophage with reduced presence of hosts in broiler chicken ceca.
Application of host-specific bacteriophages to the surface of chicken skin leads to a reduction in recovery of Campylobacter jejuni (2003)
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Retail poultry products are widely purported as the major infection vehicle for human campylobacteriosis. Numerous intervention strategies have sought to reduce Campylobacter contamination on broiler carcasses in the abattoir. This study reports the... Read More about Application of host-specific bacteriophages to the surface of chicken skin leads to a reduction in recovery of Campylobacter jejuni.
Isolation and characterization of Campylobacter bacteriophages from retail poultry (2003)
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The ability of phages to survive processing is an important aspect of their potential use in the biocontrol of Campylobacter in poultry production. To this end, we have developed a procedure to recover Campylobacter bacteriophages from chilled and fr... Read More about Isolation and characterization of Campylobacter bacteriophages from retail poultry.
The effect of pH on glucoamylase production, glycosylation and chemostat evolution of Aspergillus niger (2001)
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The effect of ambient pH on production and glycosylation of glucoamylase (GAM) and on the generation of a morphological mutant produced by Aspergillus niger strain B1 (a transformant containing an additional 20 copies of the homologous GAM glaA gene)... Read More about The effect of pH on glucoamylase production, glycosylation and chemostat evolution of Aspergillus niger.