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Full-Text Articles in Pathogenic Microbiology
Farnesol Restores Wild-Type Colony Morphology To 96% Of Candida Albicans Colony Morphology Variants Recovered Following Treatment With Mutagens, Ellen C. Jensen, Jacob M. Hornby, Nicole E. Pagliaccetti, Chuleeon M. Wolter, Kenneth Nickerson, Audrey L. Atkin
Farnesol Restores Wild-Type Colony Morphology To 96% Of Candida Albicans Colony Morphology Variants Recovered Following Treatment With Mutagens, Ellen C. Jensen, Jacob M. Hornby, Nicole E. Pagliaccetti, Chuleeon M. Wolter, Kenneth Nickerson, Audrey L. Atkin
Kenneth Nickerson Papers
Candida albicans is a diploid fungus that undergoes a morphological transition between budding yeast, hyphal, and pseudohyphal forms. The morphological transition is strongly correlated with virulence and is regulated in part by quorum sensing. Candida albicans produces and secretes farnesol that regulates the yeast to mycelia morphological transition. Mutants that fail to synthesize or respond to farnesol could be locked in the filamentous mode. To test this hypothesis, a collection of C. albicans mutants were isolated that have altered colony morphologies indicative of the presence of hyphal cells under environmental conditions where C. albicans normally grows only as yeasts. All …
Bacteriophage Migration Via Nematode Vectors: Host-Parasite-Consumer Interactions In Laboratory Microcosms, John J. Dennehy, Nicholas A. Friedenberg, Yul W. Yang, Paul E. Turner
Bacteriophage Migration Via Nematode Vectors: Host-Parasite-Consumer Interactions In Laboratory Microcosms, John J. Dennehy, Nicholas A. Friedenberg, Yul W. Yang, Paul E. Turner
Dartmouth Scholarship
Pathogens vectored by nematodes pose serious agricultural, economic, and health threats; however, little is known of the ecological and evolutionary aspects of pathogen transmission by nematodes. Here we describe a novel model system with two trophic levels, bacteriophages and nematodes, each of which competes for bacteria. We demonstrate for the first time that nematodes are capable of transmitting phages between spatially distinct patches of bacteria. This model system has considerable advantages, including the ease of maintenance and manipulation at the laboratory bench, the ability to observe many generations in short periods, and the capacity to freeze evolved strains for later …
Molecular Assays For Detecting Aphanomyces Invadans In Ulcerative Mycotic Fish Lesions, Mw Vandersea, Rw Litaker, B Yonnish,, Et Al, H Kator, Et Al
Molecular Assays For Detecting Aphanomyces Invadans In Ulcerative Mycotic Fish Lesions, Mw Vandersea, Rw Litaker, B Yonnish,, Et Al, H Kator, Et Al
VIMS Articles
The pathogenic oomycete Aphanomyces invadans is the primary etiological agent in ulcerative mycosis, an ulcerative skin disease caused by a fungus-like agent of wild and cultured fish. We developed sensitive PCR and fluorescent peptide nucleic acid in situ hybridization (FISH) assays to detect A. invadans. Laboratory-challenged killifish (Fundulus heteroclitus) were first tested to optimize and validate the assays. Skin ulcers of Atlantic menhaden (Brevoortia tyrannus) from populations found in the Pamlico and Neuse River estuaries in North Carolina were then surveyed. Results from both assays indicated that all of the lesioned menhaden (n = 50) collected in September 2004 were …
Determination Of Mrna Half-Lives In Candida Albicans Using Thiolutin As A Transcription Inhibitor, Bessie W. Kebaara, Lindsey E. Nielsen, Kenneth Nickerson, Audrey L. Atkin
Determination Of Mrna Half-Lives In Candida Albicans Using Thiolutin As A Transcription Inhibitor, Bessie W. Kebaara, Lindsey E. Nielsen, Kenneth Nickerson, Audrey L. Atkin
Kenneth Nickerson Papers
A method for determining mRNA half-lives in the polymorphic fungus Candida albicans is described. It employs growth in a defined medium, the inhibition of transcription with thiolutin (10–20 μg/mL), and quantitative Northern blotting. The method is effective for the A72, SC5314, and CAI-4 strains of C. albicans, and for mRNAs that have a wide variety of decay rates and steady-state abundances. The range of half-lives detected (from 4–168 min) shows that this method is effective for mRNAs with widely varying half-lives. The mRNA decay rates obtained are compared with those for orthologous mRNAs from Saccharomyces cerevisiae. This procedure …