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• The accessory genome of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli defines a persistent colonization type in cattle

  Authors:T. E. Besser, Lutz Geue, Lothar H. Wieler, Torsten Semmler, Inga Eichhorn, Christian Menge, et al.From:Applied and Environmental Microbiology (Vol. 82, Issue 17) Peer-Reviewed

  Sept. 1, 201649 words Report

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• No evidence of the Shiga toxin-producing E. coli O104:H4 outbreak strain or enteroaggregative E. coli (EAEC) found in cattle faeces in northern Germany, the hotspot of the 2011 HUS outbreak area

  Authors:Lothar H. Wieler, Torsten Semmler, Inga Eichhorn, Esther M. Antao, Bianca Kinnemann, Lutz Geue, et al.From:Gut Pathogens (Vol. 3) Peer-Reviewed

  Nov. 3, 20115,074 words Report 1510LBackground Ruminants, in particular bovines, are the primary reservoir of Shiga toxin-producing E. coli (STEC), but whole genome analyses of the current German ESBL-producing O104:H4 outbreak strain of sequence type...

• Shiga toxin producing Escherichia coli: identification of non-O157:H7-Super-Shedding cows and related risk factors

  Authors:Andrea Menrath, Lothar H. Wieler, Katrin Heidemanns, Torsten Semmler, Angelika Fruth, and Nicole KemperFrom:Gut Pathogens (Vol. 2) Peer-Reviewed

  July 9, 20106,263 words Report Background Shiga toxin producing Escherichia coli (STEC) are an important cause of human gastro-enteritis and extraintestinal sequelae, with ruminants, especially cattle, as the major source of infection and...

• Correlation between the genomic o454-nlpD region polymorphisms, virulence gene equipment and phylogenetic group of extraintestinal Escherichia coli (ExPEC) enables pathotyping irrespective of host, disease and source of isolation

  Authors:Christa Ewers, Flavia Dematheis, Haritha Devi Singamaneni, Nishant Nandanwar, Angelika Fruth, Ines Diehl, et al.From:Gut Pathogens (Vol. 6, Issue 1) Peer-Reviewed

  Sept. 16, 20149,535 words Article 1630LAuthor(s): Christa Ewers1 , Flavia Dematheis2 , Haritha Devi Singamaneni2 , Nishant Nandanwar2,3 , Angelika Fruth4 , Ines Diehl2 , Torsten Semmler2 and Lothar H Wieler2 Background Escherichia coli is a normal...

• Frequent Combination of Antimicrobial Multiresistance and Extraintestinal Pathogenicity in Escherichia coli Isolates from Urban Rats (Rattus norvegicus) in Berlin, Germany

  Authors:Sebastian Guenther, Astrid Bethe, Angelika Fruth, Torsten Semmler, Rainer G. Ulrich, Lothar H. Wieler, et al.From:PLoS ONE (Vol. 7, Issue 11) Peer-Reviewed

  Nov. 26, 20127,266 words Article 1740LUrban rats present a global public health concern as they are considered a reservoir and vector of zoonotic pathogens, including Escherichia coli. In view of the increasing emergence of antimicrobial resistant E. coli...

• ESBL-plasmids carrying toxin-antitoxin systems can be "cured" of wild-type Escherichia coli using a heat technique

  Authors:Katharina Schaufler, Lothar H Wieler, Torsten Semmler, Christa Ewers, and Sebastian GuentherFrom:Gut Pathogens (Vol. 5, Issue 1) Peer-Reviewed

  Nov. 19, 20132,619 words Report 1450LBackground Plasmid-encoded extended-spectrum beta-lactamase (ESBL)-enzymes are frequently produced by Escherichia coli. Several ESBL-plasmids contain genes for toxin-antitoxin (TA) systems, which assure the...

• ESBL-plasmid carriage in E. coli enhances in vitro bacterial competition fitness and serum resistance in some strains of pandemic sequence types without overall fitness cost

  Authors:Amit Ranjan, Julia Scholz, Torsten Semmler, Lothar H. Wieler, Christa Ewers, Stefanie Muller, et al.From:Gut Pathogens (Vol. 10, Issue 1) Peer-Reviewed

  June 15, 20183,950 words Report 1480LBackground Extended spectrum beta lactamase (ESBL)-producing extraintestinal pathogenic Escherichia coli infections are of global interest because of their clinical and economic impact. The ESBL resistance genes...

• Feeding the probiotic Enterococcus faecium strain NCIMB 10415 to piglets specifically reduces the number of Escherichia coli pathotypes that adhere to the gut mucosa

  Authors:Carmen Bednorz, Sebastian Guenther, Kathrin Oelgeschlager, Bianca Kinnemann, Robert Pieper, Susanne Hartmann, et al.From:Applied and Environmental Microbiology (Vol. 79, Issue 24) Peer-Reviewed

  Dec. 15, 201388 words Report

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• Highly virulent non-O157 enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli (EHEC) serotypes reflect similar phylogenetic lineages, providing new insights into the evolution of EHEC

  Authors:Inga Eichhorn, Katrin Heidemanns, Torsten Semmler, Bianca Kinnemann, Alexander Mellmann, Dag Harmsen, et al.From:Applied and Environmental Microbiology (Vol. 81, Issue 20) Peer-Reviewed

  Oct. 15, 201566 words Report

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• Comparable High Rates of Extended-Spectrum-Beta-Lactamase-Producing Escherichia coli in Birds of Prey from Germany and Mongolia

  Authors:Sebastian Guenther, Katja Aschenbrenner, Ivonne Stamm, Astrid Bethe, Torsten Semmler, Annegret Stubbe, et al.From:PLoS ONE (Vol. 7, Issue 12) Peer-Reviewed

  Dec. 31, 20125,191 words Article 1680LFrequent contact with human waste and liquid manure from intensive livestock breeding, and the increased loads of antibiotic-resistant bacteria that result, are believed to be responsible for the high carriage rates of...

• Metabolic phenotype of clinical and environmental Mycobacterium avium subsp. hominissuis isolates

  Authors:Andrea Sanchini, Flavia Dematheis, Torsten Semmler, and Astrid LewinFrom:PeerJ (Vol. 5) Peer-Reviewed

  Jan. 3, 20176,266 words Article 1350LBackground Mycobacterium avium subsp. hominissuis (MAH) is an emerging opportunistic human pathogen. It can cause pulmonary infections, lymphadenitis and disseminated infections in immuno-compromised patients. In...

• Genome dynamics and molecular infection epidemiology of multidrug-resistant Helicobacter pullorum isolates obtained from broiler and free-range chickens in India

  Authors:Niyaz Ahmed, Sabiha Shaik, Narender Kumar, Shamsul Qumar, Mohammad Majid, Sumeet K. Tiwari, et al.From:Applied and Environmental Microbiology (Vol. 83, Issue 1) Peer-Reviewed

  Jan. 1, 201785 words Report

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• Genome sequence of OXA-23 producing Acinetobacter baumannii IHIT7853, a carbapenem-resistant strain from a cat belonging to international clone IC1

  Authors:Christa Ewers, Peter Klotz, Sandra Scheufen, Ursula Leidner, Stephan Gottig, and Torsten SemmlerFrom:Gut Pathogens (Vol. 8, Issue 1) Peer-Reviewed

  July 28, 20163,375 words Report 1490LBackground Multidrug resistance in Acinetobacter baumannii has dramatically increased in recent years worldwide. Thus, last-line antibiotics like carbapenems are increasingly being used which in turn further augments...

• Phenotypic and Genotypic Characteristics of Members of the Genus Streptobacillus

  Authors:Tobias Eisenberg, Werner Nicklas, Norman Mauder, Jorg Rau, Matthias Contzen, Torsten Semmler, et al.From:PLoS ONE (Vol. 10, Issue 8) Peer-Reviewed

  Aug. 7, 20159,495 words Report 1580LThe genus Streptobacillus (S.) remained monotypic for almost 90 years until two new species were recently described. The type species, S. moniliformis, is one of the two etiological agents of rat bite fever, an...

• Phylogenetic and molecular analysis of food-borne shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli

  Authors:Elisabeth Hauser, Alexander Mellmann, Torsten Semmler, Helen Stoeber, Lothar H. Wieler, Helge Karch, et al.From:Applied and Environmental Microbiology (Vol. 79, Issue 8) Peer-Reviewed

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• Determination of virulence and fitness genes associated with the pheU, pheV and selC integration sites of LEE-negative food-borne Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli strains

  Authors:Nadja Saile, Elisabeth Schuh, Torsten Semmler, Inga Eichhorn, Lothar H. Wieler, Andreas Bauwens, et al.From:Gut Pathogens (Vol. 10, Issue 1) Peer-Reviewed

  Oct. 8, 20186,196 words Report 1440LBackground In the current study, nine foodborne "Locus of Enterocyte Effacement" (LEE)-negative Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) strains were selected for whole genome sequencing and analysis for yet...

• Sharing More than Friendship - Nasal Colonization with Coagulase-Positive Staphylococci (CPS) and Co-Habitation Aspects of Dogs and Their Owners

  Authors:Birgit Walther, Julia Hermes, Christiane Cuny, Lothar H. Wieler, Szilvia Vincze, Yassmin Abou Elnaga, et al.From:PLoS ONE (Vol. 7, Issue 4) Peer-Reviewed

  Apr. 18, 20125,487 words Article 1480LBackground Since the relationship between dogs and their owners has changed, and dogs moved from being working dogs to family members in post-industrial countries, we hypothesized that zoonotic transmission of...

• The GimA Locus of Extraintestinal Pathogenic E. coli: Does Reductive Evolution Correlate with Habitat and Pathotype?

  Authors:Timo Homeier, Torsten Semmler, Lothar H. Wieler, and Christa EwersFrom:PLoS ONE (Vol. 5, Issue 5) Peer-Reviewed

  May 28, 20106,713 words Article 1620LIbeA (invasion of brain endothelium), which is located on a genomic island termed GimA, is involved in the pathogenesis of several extraintestinal pathogenic E. coli (ExPEC) pathotypes, including newborn meningitic E....

• Comparison of different technologies for the decipherment of the whole genome sequence of Campylobacter jejuni BfR-CA-14430.

  Authors:Lennard Epping, Julia C. Golz, Marie-Theres Knüver, Charlotte Huber, Andrea Thürmer, Lothar H. Wieler, et al.From:Gut Pathogens (Vol. 11, Issue 1) Peer-Reviewed

  Dec. 16, 20193,661 words Article 1490LBackground Campylobacter jejuni is a zoonotic pathogen that infects the human gut through the food chain mainly by consumption of undercooked chicken meat, raw chicken cross-contaminated ready-to-eat food or by raw...

• SLIMM: species level identification of microorganisms from metagenomes

  Authors:Temesgen Hailemariam Dadi, Bernhard Y. Renard, Lothar H. Wieler, Torsten Semmler, and Knut ReinertFrom:PeerJ (Vol. 5) Peer-Reviewed

  Mar. 28, 20175,609 words Report 1390LIdentification and quantification of microorganisms is a significant step in studying the alpha and beta diversities within and between microbial communities respectively. Both identification and quantification of a...