The incidence of Clostridium perfringens-associated necrotic enteritis in poultry has increased
in countries that stopped using antibiotic growth promoters. Necrotic enteritis and the …

Salmonella Enteritidis (SE) has been the major cause of the food-borne salmonellosis pandemic
in humans over the last 20 years, during which contaminated hen's eggs were the most …

… Dr F. Van Immerseel is funded by a postdoctoral research grant of the Ghent University (BOF…
Russell , JB and Diez-Gonzalez , F. 1998 . The effects of fermentation acids on bacterial …

Anthropogenic trade and development have broken down dispersal barriers, facilitating the
spread of diseases that threaten Earth’s biodiversity. We present a global, quantitative …

The current biodiversity crisis encompasses a sixth mass extinction event affecting the entire
class of amphibians. The infectious disease chytridiomycosis is considered one of the major …

Emerging infectious diseases are reducing biodiversity on a global scale. Recently, the
emergence of the chytrid fungus Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans resulted in rapid declines …

Globalized infectious diseases are causing species declines worldwide, but their source often
remains elusive. We used whole-genome sequencing to solve the spatiotemporal origins …

… Actively growing cells of F. psychrophilum in culture media … as being a general feature for F.
psychrophilum, although there … Although F. psychrophilum is not able to degrade most of the …

Invasion of intestinal epithelial cells by Salmonella enterica is decreased after exposure to
butyric acid. To understand the molecular mechanisms of this phenomenon, a comparative …

Contaminated pork is an important source of Salmonella infections in humans. The
increasing multiple antimicrobial resistance associated with pork-related serotypes such as …