A novel real-time PCR assay for specific detection of Brucella melitensis

René Kaden, Sevinc Ferrari, Erik Alm, +1

BMC Infectious Diseases

Time to review the gold standard for genotyping vancomycin-resistant enterococci in epidemiology: Comparing whole-genome sequencing with PFGE and MLST in three suspected outbreaks in Sweden during 2013–2015

Birgitta Lytsy, Lars Engstrand, Å Gustafsson, +1

Infection Genetics and Evolution

Brucella abortus: determination of survival times and evaluation of methods for detection in several matrices

René Kaden, Sevinc Ferrari, Tomas Jinnerot, +3

BMC Infectious Diseases

Rhodoferax saidenbachensis sp. nov., a psychrotolerant, very slowly growing bacterium within the family Comamonadaceae, proposal of appropriate taxonomic position of Albidiferax ferrireducens strain T118T in the genus Rhodoferax and emended description of the genus Rhodoferax

René Kaden, Cathrin Spröer, Dániel Beyer, +1

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY

Brucellosis outbreak in a Swedish kennel in 2013: Determination of genetic markers for source tracing

René Kaden, Joakim Ågren, Viveca Båverud, +6

Veterinary Microbiology

Swedish KennelZoonotic DiseasePathogenesisGenetic EpidemiologyVeterinary Science +11

Massilia norwichensis sp. nov., isolated from an air sample

Ivana Orthová, Peter Kämpfer, Stefanie P. Glaeser, +2

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY

BiologyMicrobial SystematicsPhylogeneticsMolecular EcologyNatural Sciences +12

Cold case: The disappearance of Egypt bee virus, a fourth distinct master strain of deformed wing virus linked to honeybee mortality in 1970’s Egypt

Joachim R. de Miranda, Laura E. Brettell, Nor Chejanovsky, +27

Virology Journal

BiologyEgypt Bee VirusInsect VirusEntomologyPathogenesis +12

Which methods are appropriate for the detection of <em>Staphylococcus argenteus</em> and is it worthwhile to distinguish <em>S. argenteus</em> from <em>S. aureus</em>?

René Kaden, Lars Engstrand, Hilpi Rautelin, +1

Infection and Drug Resistance

Survival of <i>Campylobacter jejuni</i> and <i>Campylobacter coli</i> water isolates in lake and well water

Anna Nilsson, Cecilia Johansson, Astrid Skarp, +3

Apmis

Microbial HazardHydrobiologyMicrobial ContaminationMedicineFoodborne Pathogens +13

Character and Amount of I-S Mixed-Layer Minerals and Physical-Chemical Parameters of Two Ceramic Clays from Westerwald, Germany: Implications for Processing Properties

Kerstin Petrick, Ralf Diedel, Miriam Peuker, +6

Clays and Clay Minerals