Microorganisms have a long track record as important sources of novel bioactive natural
products, particularly in the field of drug discovery. While microbes have been shown to …

In the past decade, various methods have been developed for the identification and typing of
prokaryotic and eukaryotic organisms at the DNA level. These methods differ in their …

An ad hoc committee for the re-evaluation of the species definition in bacteriology met in
Gent, Belgium, in February 2002. The committee made various recommendations regarding …

For bacterial typing to be useful, the development, validation and appropriate application of
typing methods must follow unified criteria. Over a decade ago, ESGEM, the ESCMID …

The main microbial diseases affecting marine cultured bivalves have been revised on the
basis of the etiologic agents, pathogenesis and pathogenicity. Several recent bivalve …

▪ Abstract The advent of molecular biology in general and the polymerase chain reaction in
particular have greatly facilitated genomic analyses of microorganisms, provide enhanced …

Culture-independent molecular techniques are now available to study microbial
ecosystems. They are opening interesting perspectives to problems related to composition …

One of the most topical areas of human nutrition is the role of the gut in health and disease.
Specifically, this involves interactions between the resident microbiota and dietary …

Using high resolution molecular fingerprinting techniques like random amplification of
polymorphic DNA, repetitive extragenic palindromic PCR and multilocus enzyme …

Seven laboratories in six European countries examined 40 isolates belonging to the
Acinetobacter calcoaceticus-Acinetobacter baumannii complex to investigate whether …