• All laboratories participating in ELR must report antimicrobial resistance testing results for all Acinetobacter baumannii, Citrobater species, Enterococcus species, Enterobacter species, Escherichia coli , Klebsiella species, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Serratia species, and S. aureus isolates from normally sterile sites. (floridahealth.gov)
  • The analysis presented herein highlights the complexity of regulatory networks in S. aureus strains, identifies key conserved TFs among the Staphylococacceae , and offers unique insights into several as yet uncharacterized TFs. (biomedcentral.com)
  • S. aureus has obtained notoriety in recent years due to the appearance and worldwide spread of antibiotic resistant strains. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Even though diverse strains of S. aureus have been extensively studied, and subjected to genome sequencing, the function of a large proportion of their genes remains unidentified. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Finally, we examine the conservation of 135 USA300 TFs amongst 11 other S. aureus strains, identifying a key group of regulators that display a high degree of conservation, including many that have previously been demonstrated to play a role in virulence gene regulation. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Some animal S. aureus lineages have derived from human strains following profound genetic adaptation determining a change in host specificity. (frontiersin.org)
  • However, successful therapy requires understanding the genetic basis of host range-the subset of strains in a species that could be killed by a particular phage. (robertpetit.com)
  • However, all three S. aureus strains exhibited significant increases in membrane fluidity during the log phase of growth, but upon entering the stationary phase membrane fluidity again decreased. (microbiologyresearch.org)
  • The production of the enzyme coagulase by a majority of S. aureus strains can also be used to differentiate this species from other staphylococci. (taylorfrancis.com)
  • Methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA) emerged 50 years ago as a nosocomial pathogen but in the last decade it has also become a frequent cause of infections in the community. (frontiersin.org)
  • In this work, using diverse sequence analysis, we evaluated the repertoire of TFs and sigma factors in the community-associated methicillin resistant S. aureus (CA-MRSA) strain USA300-FPR3757. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Hospital associated (HA) and community associated (CA) infections caused by methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA) have become a major public health concern, particularly for CA-MRSA infections as they cause life threatening disease in otherwise healthy individuals with no pre-existing risk factors [ 1 ]. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Resistance to methicillin - that indicates resistance to all beta-lactam agents - was first reported in 1961, the date that marks the appearance of Methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA). (frontiersin.org)
  • The ethanolic extracts from nine Begonia plant species were evaluated for their antimicrobial activity against methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA) strain. (org.ua)
  • It is not clear whether antibiotics aimed at methicillin-resistant S. aureus are necessary for treatment of mastitis or breast abscess. (msdmanuals.com)
  • In the vitreous samples inoculated with S. aureus and cultured for 12 h, the number of S. aureus increased in a dose-dependent manner to the number of bacteria in the inoculate. (molvis.org)
  • However, bacteria could be detected in only two out of nine spots of pellets (22.2%) if the number of inoculated S. aureus was 1.0 × 10 3 CFU/μl. (molvis.org)
  • Several chemical compounds, synthetic or from natural sources, such as the phenothiazines, and natural products, have direct activity against many species of bacteria, enhancing the activity of a specific antibiotic, reversing the natural resistance of specific bacteria to given antibiotics, promoting the elimination of plasmids from bacteria and inhibiting transport functions of the plasma membrane in regard to given antibiotics. (springer.com)
  • In addition, S. aureus can grow at lower a w compared to most other bacteria (down to a w 0.85). (taylorfrancis.com)
  • Canis aureus Linnaeus, 1758 - Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). (wikimedia.org)
  • Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing. (gbif.org)
  • The "pig" MRSA was also found to colonize other species of farmed animals, including horses, cattle, and poultry and was therefore designated livestock-associated (LA)-MRSA. (frontiersin.org)
  • Field emission scanning electron microscopy (FE-SEM) images verified that both E. coli and S. aureus cells were physically deformed and damaged the bacterial cell ultrastructure was observed. (nature.com)
  • Frondibacter aureus is a Gram-negative, facultatively anaerobic, rod-shaped and non-motile bacterium from the genus of Frondibacter which has been isolated from leaf litter from the Nakama River. (wikipedia.org)
  • However, this species generally is considered closer to the wolf (also a member of the Canis genus) and is not considered in this article. (newworldencyclopedia.org)
  • The genus to which jackals belong, Canis, contains about 7 to 10 extant species and many extinct species, including wolves, dogs , coyotes, and dingoes . (newworldencyclopedia.org)
  • A comparison of the TF repertoire of S. aureus against 1209 sequenced bacterial genomes was carried out allowing us to identify a core set of orthologous TFs for the Staphylococacceae , and also allowing us to assign potential functions to previously uncharacterized TFs. (biomedcentral.com)
  • There began also the sharing of bacterial species between animals and humans, and co-evolution of pathogens with their hosts. (frontiersin.org)
  • To assess the antimicrobial efficacy of five solvent extracts of two Piper species commonly used in diet and traditional medicine, P. cubeba and P. longum , against selected bacterial and oral fungal pathogens i.e. (bvsalud.org)
  • We report here that myricetin, but not its glycosylated form, can remarkably decrease the production of several S. aureus virulence factors, including adhesion, biofilm formation, hemolysis and staphyloxanthin production, without interfering with growth. (nature.com)
  • S. aureus has a vast array of virulence determinants whose expression is modulated by an intricate regulatory network, where transcriptional factors (TFs) are the primary elements. (biomedcentral.com)
  • As virulence determinant production is very tightly regulated in S. aureus , a thorough understanding of its regulatory network is necessary to fully comprehend the pathogenic processes of this bacterium. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Thus, we identified a new link between the stringent response and oxidative stress in S. aureus that is likely crucial for survival upon phagocytosis. (nih.gov)
  • 2015: Genome-wide Evidence Reveals that African and Eurasian Golden Jackals are Distinct Species. (gbif.org)
  • Cranial variability and differentiation among golden jackals ( Canis aureus ) in Europe, Asia Minor and Africa. (wikimedia.org)
  • The African golden jackal (left) is more closely related to wolves than jackals, and should be considered a separate species from the Eurasian golden jackal (right), scientists argue. (wolfpark.org)
  • Both Eurasia and Africa are home to populations of animals known as "golden jackals" ( Canis aureus ). (wolfpark.org)
  • After analyzing DNA collected from both populations of jackals (as well as wolves and other related canids), Klaus-Peter Koepfli of the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute in Washington, D.C. and his colleagues argue that the populations are two distinct species, with the African population more closely related to gray wolves and coyotes than to jackals. (wolfpark.org)
  • It is the largest of the jackals, and the only species to occur outside Africa, with 13 different subspecies being recognized (Wozencraft 2005). (newworldencyclopedia.org)
  • The most effective plants among species screened against S. aureus NCTC 12493 growth were B. peltata, B. thiemei, B. foliosa, Begonia × erythrophylla, and B. solimutata being highly active with the ethanolic extracts (diameters of inhibition zone ranged from 12.5 to 21 mm). (org.ua)
  • Mycobacterium arupense pulmonary infection: antibiotic evolving, and species in the Candida haemulonii complex resistance and restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis. (cdc.gov)
  • Shojaei H, Feizabadi MM. Mycobacterium arupense infection in tures were positive for the C. haemulonii complex species. (cdc.gov)
  • Results: Thirty episodes of IE due to Corynebacterium species were identified between 2008 and 2017. (lu.se)
  • Clinical Candida haemulonii trials and systematic reviews assessing the safety of IL-1 inhibitors, including anakinra, rilonacept, and canakinum- Complex Species, Brazil, ab, have not shown that these drugs lead to an increased January 2010-March 2015 risk of tuberculosis or other mycobacterial infections ( 10 ). (cdc.gov)
  • When S. aureus gains entry into the host, it is able to cause a variety of infections, from mild skin infection to life threatening invasive infections. (frontiersin.org)
  • S. aureus, S. epidermidis, S. saprophyticus and S. haemolyticus are the most important species as community and nosocomial human infection causing agents. (springer.com)
  • It occasionally lives on domestic animals, although these are usually colonized by other species of staphylococci. (frontiersin.org)
  • The jackal generally is applied to members of any of three (sometimes four) small to medium-sized species of the family Canidae , found in Africa , Asia and southeastern Europe (Ivory 1999). (newworldencyclopedia.org)
  • Staph aureus colonizes skin, nasal passages, and many other mucous membranes. (powershow.com)
  • Golden jackal ( Canis aureus ) in the Czech Republic: the first record of a live animal and its long-term persistence in the colonized habitat. (wikimedia.org)
  • Canis aureus (golden jackal), Canis adustus (side-striped jackal), and Canis mesomelas (black-backed jackal). (newworldencyclopedia.org)
  • The golden jackal (Canis aureus) , also called the Asiatic, oriental, or common jackal, is native to north and east Africa , southeastern Europe, and South Asia to Burma . (newworldencyclopedia.org)
  • Our studies indicated that Begonia plants are worthy of further investigation as a potential phytotherapeutic agent for treating infections caused by S. aureus. (org.ua)
  • The minimum detectable levels of S. aureus in H 2 O and in the pellet of homogenized vitreous were 9.0 × 10 3 (positive rate, 22.2%) and 1.0 × 10 4 CFU/μl (positive rate, 11.1%), respectively. (molvis.org)
  • In addition, gut microbiota of VLBW neonates become populated with potentially pathogenic species of Enterobacteriaceae (e.g. (springer.com)
  • Taken together, these results suggested that, while phage adsorption genes are heavily conserved in the S. aureus species, HGT may play a significant role in strain-specific evolution of host range patterns. (robertpetit.com)
  • We searched diverse sets of S. aureus public genome sequences against a database of genes suggested from prior studies to influence host range to look for patterns of variation across the species. (robertpetit.com)
  • Patients at the highest risk for S. aureus infections include dialysis patients, patients undergoing certain types of invasive surgery, patients in intensive care or shock-trauma units, patients receiving cancer chemotherapy or other immune suppressive treatments, and patients in long-term care facilities. (infectioncontroltoday.com)
  • This guide includes known non-native aquatic species that the State of Hawaii Aquatic Invasive Species Team is interested in documenting. (inaturalist.org)
  • Not all of these species are invasive, but they have the potential to be. (inaturalist.org)
  • GSF calculates number of causes, when Latin names of selected species were connected with a GIS-name of a settlement plus a year (for a concrete territory): 'Ursus arctos 2007', Ursus arctos 1970' etc. (biomodel.info)
  • The phenotypic consequences resulting from (pp)pGpp accumulation vary among species and can be mediated by different underlying mechanisms. (nih.gov)
  • Background: Corynebacterium species are often dismissed as contaminants in blood cultures, but they can also cause infective endocarditis (IE), which is a severe condition. (lu.se)
  • Reports on IE caused by Corynebacterium species are scarce and more knowledge is needed. (lu.se)
  • Methods: Cases of IE caused by Corynebacterium species were identified through the Swedish Registry of Infective Endocarditis. (lu.se)
  • Conclusions: Corynebacterium species cause IE, where prosthetic valves are mainly affected and surgery is often performed. (lu.se)
  • A method for testing S. aureus directly from vitreous samples of endophthalmitis by the combination of easy extraction methods and a MALDI-TOF- MS assay was provided. (molvis.org)
  • We found that genes encoding biosynthesis of molecules that were targets of S. aureus phage adsorption to the outer surface of the cell were the most conserved in the pangenome. (robertpetit.com)
  • This protein is capable of binding to the Fc portion of immunoglobulins, especially IgGs, from a large number of species. (sigmaaldrich.com)
  • This pore-forming toxin has been reported as an important protein that mediates tissue damage promoted by S. aureus . (nature.com)
  • S. aureus is present on the skin and in the nasopharnyx area of humans and animals. (taylorfrancis.com)
  • To feed the growing human population, there is an increasing demand for intensive animal farming involving large numbers of animals, different species in the same area, and the use of growth promoters and antibiotics. (frontiersin.org)
  • Antibiotics aimed at S. aureus are often used. (msdmanuals.com)
  • and the data of Ukraine State Statistics Committee The integrated map shows probable changes of the species area (expansion to the North and to the South) during last 25 years may be bacause of serious forest area changes and infrasrtucture increasing. (biomodel.info)