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Biodiversity of Vibrios
- F. Thompson, T. Iida, J. Swings
- Biology, Medicine
- Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews
- 1 September 2004
SUMMARY Vibrios are ubiquitous and abundant in the aquatic environment. A high abundance of vibrios is also detected in tissues and/or organs of various marine algae and animals, e.g., abalones,… Expand
Phylogeny and Molecular Identification of Vibrios on the Basis of Multilocus Sequence Analysis
- F. Thompson, D. Gevers, +5 authors J. Swings
- Biology, Medicine
- Applied and Environmental Microbiology
- 1 September 2005
ABSTRACT We analyzed the usefulness of rpoA, recA, and pyrH gene sequences for the identification of vibrios. We sequenced fragments of these loci from a collection of 208 representative strains,… Expand
Ecological diversification in the Bacillus cereus Group.
- Marie-Hélène Guinebretière, F. Thompson, +8 authors P. de Vos
- Biology, Medicine
- Environmental microbiology
- 1 April 2008
The Bacillus cereus Group comprises organisms that are widely distributed in the environment and are of health and economic interest. We demonstrate an 'ecotypic' structure of populations in the B.… Expand
Re-evaluating prokaryotic species
There is no widely accepted concept of species for prokaryotes, and assignment of isolates to species is based on measures of phenotypic or genome similarity. The current methods for defining… Expand
Inferring the evolutionary history of vibrios by means of multilocus sequence analysis.
- T. Sawabe, K. Kita-Tsukamoto, F. Thompson
- Biology, Medicine
- Journal of bacteriology
- 1 November 2007
We performed the first broad study aiming at the reconstruction of the evolutionary history of vibrios by means of multilocus sequence analysis of nine genes. Overall, 14 distinct clades were… Expand
Detection and sequencing of Zika virus from amniotic fluid of fetuses with microcephaly in Brazil: a case study.
- G. Calvet, R. Aguiar, +15 authors A. D. de Filippis
- Biology, Medicine
- The Lancet. Infectious diseases
- 1 June 2016
BACKGROUND
The incidence of microcephaly in Brazil in 2015 was 20 times higher than in previous years. Congenital microcephaly is associated with genetic factors and several causative agents.… Expand
Vibrio coralliilyticus sp. nov., a temperature-dependent pathogen of the coral Pocillopora damicornis.
- Y. Ben-Haim, F. Thompson, +4 authors E. Rosenberg
- Biology, Medicine
- International journal of systematic and…
- 2003
Vibrio sp. YB1T (=ATCC BAA-450T =LMG 20984T), the aetiological agent of tissue lysis of the coral Pocillopora damicornis, was characterized as a novel Vibrio species on the basis of 16S rDNA… Expand
Application of multilocus sequence analysis (MLSA) for rapid identification of Enterococcus species based on rpoA and pheS genes.
- S. Naser, F. Thompson, +4 authors J. Swings
- Biology, Medicine
- Microbiology
- 1 July 2005
The aim of this study was to evaluate the use of RNA polymerase alpha subunit (rpoA) and phenylalanyl-tRNA synthase (pheS) gene sequences as species identification tools for enterococci. Ninety-six… Expand
Opinion: Re-evaluating prokaryotic species.
There is no widely accepted concept of species for prokaryotes, and assignment of isolates to species is based on measures of phenotypic or genome similarity. The current methods for defining… Expand
Diversity of lactic acid bacteria of the bioethanol process
- Brigida TL Lucena, Billy M dos Santos, +6 authors M. A. de Morais
- Biology, Medicine
- BMC Microbiology
- 23 November 2010
BackgroundBacteria may compete with yeast for nutrients during bioethanol production process, potentially causing economic losses. This is the first study aiming at the quantification and… Expand