Editorial Board for section 'Bacterial Pathogens'
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Please note that the order in which the Editors appear on this page is alphabetical, and follows the structure of the editorial board presented on the MDPI website under information for editors: editorial board responsibilities.
Members
Institute of Veterinary Bacteriology, Department of Infectious Diseases and Pathobiology, University of Bern, 3001 Bern, Switzerland
Interests: infectious livestock diseases; host-pathogen interaction with focus on mycoplasma; synthetic genomics; development of vaccines; diagnostics; molecular epidemiology
Interests: infectious livestock diseases; host-pathogen interaction with focus on mycoplasma; synthetic genomics; development of vaccines; diagnostics; molecular epidemiology
Division of Clinical Nutrition, Department of Comprehensive Rehabilitatiion, Osaka Prefecture University, Habikino 583-8555, Japan
Interests: periodontitis; food ingredient; antimicrobial activity; anti-inflammatory activity; fatty acid; peptide; amino acid; carbohydrate; vitamin; minerals; phytochemical; polyphenol
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Interests: periodontitis; food ingredient; antimicrobial activity; anti-inflammatory activity; fatty acid; peptide; amino acid; carbohydrate; vitamin; minerals; phytochemical; polyphenol
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Department of Microbiology and Medical Science, College of Medicine, Chungnam National University, Daejeon 35015, Republic of Korea
Interests: mycobacterial pathogenesis; nontuberculous mycobacteria; tuberculosis vaccine; new diagnostic technique for mycobacterial infection
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Interests: mycobacterial pathogenesis; nontuberculous mycobacteria; tuberculosis vaccine; new diagnostic technique for mycobacterial infection
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Division of Molecular Biology and Human Genetics, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South Africa
Interests: host susceptibility to tuberculosis; inborn errors of immunity; host-pathogen interaction; autophagy; cell biology; human genetics
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Interests: host susceptibility to tuberculosis; inborn errors of immunity; host-pathogen interaction; autophagy; cell biology; human genetics
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Restorative Dentistry, School of Dentistry, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR, USA
Interests: oral microbiology; streptococcal genetics; biofilm formation; microbial ecology; bacterial antagonism
Interests: oral microbiology; streptococcal genetics; biofilm formation; microbial ecology; bacterial antagonism
Department of Biochemistry, University of Otago, Dunedin P.O. Box 56, New Zealand
Interests: Pseudomonas aeruginosa; cystic fibrosis; siderophores; antibiotic resistance; molecular microbiology; bacterial gene expression; genomics
Interests: Pseudomonas aeruginosa; cystic fibrosis; siderophores; antibiotic resistance; molecular microbiology; bacterial gene expression; genomics
The Stone Centre at VGH, Department of Urologic Sciences, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Interests: bacterial biofilms; antimicrobial coatings; urinary tract infection; device associated infections; antifouling coatings and materials
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Interests: bacterial biofilms; antimicrobial coatings; urinary tract infection; device associated infections; antifouling coatings and materials
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1. INSERM, University of Bordeaux, UMR 1053 Bordeaux Research in Translational Oncology, BaRITOn, F-33000 Bordeaux, France
2. French National Reference Center for Campylobacters & Helicobacters in Bordeaux (CNRCH), University Hospital of Bordeaux, F-33000 Bordeaux, France
Interests: Helicobacter pylori; enterohepatic Helicobacters infection; Campylobacter infection
2. French National Reference Center for Campylobacters & Helicobacters in Bordeaux (CNRCH), University Hospital of Bordeaux, F-33000 Bordeaux, France
Interests: Helicobacter pylori; enterohepatic Helicobacters infection; Campylobacter infection
Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, University of California San Diego, San Diego, CA 92093, USA
Interests: S. aureus pathogenesis
Interests: S. aureus pathogenesis
1. FP-BHS—Fernando Pessoa Biomedical and Health Sciences Research Unit, University Fernando Pessoa, 4249-004 Porto, Portugal
2. (Colaborator) UCIBIO-REQUIMTE—Applied Molecular Biosciences Research Unit, Laboratory of Microbiology, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Porto, 4099-002 Porto, Portugal
Interests: antimicrobial resistance and infectious diseases; enterobacterales; β-Lactamases; epidemiology of antimicrobial resistance (clones, mobile genetic elements, healthcare institutions, community); role of non-hospital ecological niches in the selection and dissemination of clinically relevant antibiotic resistance genes
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2. (Colaborator) UCIBIO-REQUIMTE—Applied Molecular Biosciences Research Unit, Laboratory of Microbiology, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Porto, 4099-002 Porto, Portugal
Interests: antimicrobial resistance and infectious diseases; enterobacterales; β-Lactamases; epidemiology of antimicrobial resistance (clones, mobile genetic elements, healthcare institutions, community); role of non-hospital ecological niches in the selection and dissemination of clinically relevant antibiotic resistance genes
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1. Medical Microbiology Section, Department of Medicine, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy
2. Unit of Microbiology, S. Maria della Misericordia Hospital, Perugia, Italy
Interests: microbiological diagnosis of bacterial infections; diagnosis of sepsis; new technologies for sepsis diagnosis
2. Unit of Microbiology, S. Maria della Misericordia Hospital, Perugia, Italy
Interests: microbiological diagnosis of bacterial infections; diagnosis of sepsis; new technologies for sepsis diagnosis
Laboratory of Bacteriology, Hellenic Pasteur Institute, Vas. Sofias 127, 11521 Athens, Greece
Interests: beta-lactamases; genetics of bla genes; molecular epidemiology of resistance genes and their genetic carriers; expression, mobilization and clustering of resistance determinants; integrons and transposable elements; multi-resistant plasmids in Gram-negative bacteria
Interests: beta-lactamases; genetics of bla genes; molecular epidemiology of resistance genes and their genetic carriers; expression, mobilization and clustering of resistance determinants; integrons and transposable elements; multi-resistant plasmids in Gram-negative bacteria
1. Department of Infectious Diseases, Institute for Biomedicine, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
2. Department of Clinical Microbiology, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Guldhedsgatan 10a, Gothenburg, Sweden
Interests: microbial evolution and phylogeny; bacterial systematics and taxonomy; bacterial identification; molecular bacterial diagnostics; diagnostics of infectious diseases; anti-microbial resistance
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2. Department of Clinical Microbiology, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Guldhedsgatan 10a, Gothenburg, Sweden
Interests: microbial evolution and phylogeny; bacterial systematics and taxonomy; bacterial identification; molecular bacterial diagnostics; diagnostics of infectious diseases; anti-microbial resistance
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CNR-IPSP-Institute for Sustainable Plant Protection, 70126 Bari, Italy
Interests: plant virology; plant-pathogen interaction; Xylella fastidiosa; biological control of bacterial pathogens; plant virus de novo discovery; high-throughput sequencing; plant virus genetic diversity
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Interests: plant virology; plant-pathogen interaction; Xylella fastidiosa; biological control of bacterial pathogens; plant virus de novo discovery; high-throughput sequencing; plant virus genetic diversity
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Medicine-Infectious Disease, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA
Interests: infectious diseases; pathogenesis of bacterial infections and host responses
Interests: infectious diseases; pathogenesis of bacterial infections and host responses
Veterinary Bacteriology and Pathology Unit, Laboratory and Research Division, Finnish Food Authority, Kuopio, Finland
Interests: bacterial diseases in animals; diagnostics of bacterial infections
Interests: bacterial diseases in animals; diagnostics of bacterial infections
School of Life and Science, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China
Interests: antibiotic resistance; elucidation of the metabolic features antibiotic-resistant bacteria
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Interests: antibiotic resistance; elucidation of the metabolic features antibiotic-resistant bacteria
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Department of Medicine, NYU Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY 10016, USA
Interests: Helicobacter pylori; gut microbiology
Interests: Helicobacter pylori; gut microbiology
Department of Pathology, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of São Paulo, Av. Prof. Orlando M. Paiva, 87, São Paulo 05508-270, Brazil
Interests: enterobacterial research in birds; broiler chickens; genome; avian diseases; avian pathology
Interests: enterobacterial research in birds; broiler chickens; genome; avian diseases; avian pathology
Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, University of Kansas School of Pharmacy, Lawrence, KS 66049, USA
Interests: type III secretion system; proteins; injectisome; structure-function relationships
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Interests: type III secretion system; proteins; injectisome; structure-function relationships
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Department of Biology, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, Brownsville, TX, USA
Interests: Vibrio cholerae; Type VI Secretion System (T6SS); intra- and interspecies competition; host-pathogen interactions; HGT (horizontal gene transfer)
Interests: Vibrio cholerae; Type VI Secretion System (T6SS); intra- and interspecies competition; host-pathogen interactions; HGT (horizontal gene transfer)
Institute of Biomedicine, Research Unit for Infection and Immunity, University of Turku, FI-20520 Turku, Finland
Interests: bacteriology; bacterial exotoxins; cell signaling; ADP-ribosylation; protein chemistry
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Interests: bacteriology; bacterial exotoxins; cell signaling; ADP-ribosylation; protein chemistry
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1. Professor of Surgery, Microbiology and Immunobiology, Harvard Medical School, 340 Thier Research Building, 50 Blossom Street, Boston, MA 02114, USA
2. Director of the MGH Molecular Surgical Laboratory, Center for Surgery, Innovation and Bioengineering, Massachusetts General Hospital, 340 Thier Research Building, 50 Blossom Street, Boston, MA 02114, USA
Interests: bacterial pathogenesis; multi-host pathogenesis; host-pathogen interactions; Pseudomonas aeruginosa; Acinetobacter; quorum sensing; small excreted molecules; virulence factors; anti-infectives, anti-virulence drugs; antibiotic tolerance; models of infections; Drosophila; intestinal infections; burn injury; wound infections; muscle response to infection; bacterial transcriptional regulation
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2. Director of the MGH Molecular Surgical Laboratory, Center for Surgery, Innovation and Bioengineering, Massachusetts General Hospital, 340 Thier Research Building, 50 Blossom Street, Boston, MA 02114, USA
Interests: bacterial pathogenesis; multi-host pathogenesis; host-pathogen interactions; Pseudomonas aeruginosa; Acinetobacter; quorum sensing; small excreted molecules; virulence factors; anti-infectives, anti-virulence drugs; antibiotic tolerance; models of infections; Drosophila; intestinal infections; burn injury; wound infections; muscle response to infection; bacterial transcriptional regulation
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Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA
Interests: virulence mechanisms; transcripional regulation; antimicrobial resistance
Interests: virulence mechanisms; transcripional regulation; antimicrobial resistance
Department of Infectious Diseases, National Reference Laboratory for Legionella, Rome, Italy
Interests: bacteriology; Legionella; diagnosis; typing; outbreak investigation; disinfection
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Interests: bacteriology; Legionella; diagnosis; typing; outbreak investigation; disinfection
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1. Microbiology Division, Faculty of Sciences, University of Burgos, Burgos, Spain
2. Centre for Emerging Pathogens and Global Health, University of Burgos, Burgos, Spain
Interests: food safety; food microbiology; one health; veterinary microbiology; antimicrobial resistance
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2. Centre for Emerging Pathogens and Global Health, University of Burgos, Burgos, Spain
Interests: food safety; food microbiology; one health; veterinary microbiology; antimicrobial resistance
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Department of Pathology and Microbiology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, DRCII 7067, 985900 Nebraska Medical Center Omaha, Omaha, NE 68198-5900, USA
Interests: bacterial biofilm development; bacterial metabolism and physiology; bacterial genetics; restriction-modification (RM) systems; mobile genetic elements
Interests: bacterial biofilm development; bacterial metabolism and physiology; bacterial genetics; restriction-modification (RM) systems; mobile genetic elements
Texas A and M Health Science Center, College Station, TX, USA
Interests: rickettsia; intracellular pathogens; vaccines against bacterial pathogens
Interests: rickettsia; intracellular pathogens; vaccines against bacterial pathogens
School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, College of Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Singapore
Interests: bacteriological and epidemiological aspects of Salmonella infection and survival of zoonotic pathogens in the environment; risk assessment of genetically modified microorganisms; farm-to-fork surveillance; microbiological risk assessment based on stochastic modelling; antimicrobial resistance surveillance; the use of whole genome sequencing for microbiological surveillance and research
Interests: bacteriological and epidemiological aspects of Salmonella infection and survival of zoonotic pathogens in the environment; risk assessment of genetically modified microorganisms; farm-to-fork surveillance; microbiological risk assessment based on stochastic modelling; antimicrobial resistance surveillance; the use of whole genome sequencing for microbiological surveillance and research
Department of Biological Sciences, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN 46556, USA
Interests: mycobacterial pathogenesis; infectious diseases; immunity; mouse models; TB diagnostics; TB drug development; TB vaccine development; extracellular vesicles and infectious diseases
Interests: mycobacterial pathogenesis; infectious diseases; immunity; mouse models; TB diagnostics; TB drug development; TB vaccine development; extracellular vesicles and infectious diseases
