Conveners
Bacterial Pathogenicity
- Roberto La Ragione (University of Surrey)
- Fereshteh Ghazisaeedi (Freie Universität Berlin)
Bacteriophages, particularly those targeting E. coli, are known for their specificity. The narrow host ranges of four isolated Tevenvirinae phages targeting E. coli prompted us to investigate their Receptor Binding Proteins (RBP), which binds to bacterial receptors during adsorption. A better understanding of the factors determining the host range is crucial to select phages for...
Mollicutes are minute cell wall less bacteria encompassing important pathogens. We show that pathogenic Mycoplasma mycoides can switch expression of capsular polysaccharide (CPS) which creates phenotypic diversity and had dramatic repercussions on immune responses. For characterizing the immune responses, we employed the highly virulent wild-type GM12 as well as its engineered...
Streptococcus canis can cause severe infections mainly in dogs, cats, and cattle with symptoms such as keratitis, dermatitis, endocarditis, sepsis, or mastitis, but also occasionally causes zoonotic disease in humans. Infections of companion animals have dramatically increased in Europe over the last decades leading to increased antibiotic usage due to the lack of alternative treatment...
Human campylobacteriosis is a major foodborne disease, with ~11% due to Campylobacter coli (C. coli) infections. Most C. coli strains isolated from human cases belong to clade 1A. In contrast, clade 2 and 3 strains are less frequently identified in human cases, but are widespread in the environment. This study aims to investigate whether C. coli strains of clades 2 and 3 exhibit lower...
Background: Mycoplasma (M.) hyorhinis causes significant economic losses in swine. Prevention and treatment rely on antibiotics, as no vaccines are available in Europe. However, antibiotics cannot eliminate the bacteria. Applying an efficient vaccine would provide a long-term control method, reducing the economic losses.
Materials and methods: A temperature-sensitive M. hyorhinis strain was...
