Bacteria of the family Vibrionaceae naturally occur in marine and estuarine environments.
Only few species of Vibrionaceae are associated with human cases of gastroenteritis, ear and …

… B. Jastorff was born in 1942. He studied chemistry at the University of Kiel starting in 1962 …
is evaluated on a scale from very low (A), rather low (B), rather high (C) and very high (D). The …

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) causes colonization and infection both
in animals and humans. In Germany, cases of MRSA colonization among humans, w+ hich …

Carcinogenesis is a multi-stage and prolonged process. At the present time, our knowledge
of biological activities along the process is incomplete, therefore, a variety of experimental …

The genus Myroides comprises several species of Gram-negative, non-motile, and non-fermenting
bacteria, which have been regarded as non-pathogenic for decades. Multiple recent …

… As the mitochondrial gene cyt b is present in mucosal cells, which are concomitantly obtained
when nasal or throat swab samples from patients are taken, the cyt b gene served as an …

Exceptional elevation of children's leukemia appearing 5 years after the 1983 startup of the
Krümmel nuclear power plant, accompanied by a significant increase of adult leukemia cases…

Decreasing malaria transmission warrants the search for highly sensitive point-of-care
diagnostics, especially in resource-limited settings. The direct-on-blood PCR nucleic acid lateral …

Colistin is a last resort drug for the treatment of multiple drug-resistant (MDR) Gram-negative
bacterial infections. Rapid methods to detect resistance are highly desirable. Here, we …

… (b) The factors for the real time PCR were calculated from the C T values. The numbers
show the factor of the different amounts of DNA extracted; the bars indicate the 95% confidence …