Martin Wiedmann

TL;DR: The standardize a polyvinyl chloride microtiter plate assay can be used as a rapid, simple method to screen for differences in biofilm production between strains or growth conditions prior to performing labor-intensive microscopic analyses.

TL;DR: It is established that dysbiosis of the ileal mucosa-associated flora correlates with an ILEal Crohn's disease (ICD) phenotype, and the possibility that a selective increase in a novel group of invasive E. coli is involved in the etiopathogenesis to Crohn’s disease involving the ilesum is raised.

TL;DR: Overall evidence suggests that the 4 L. monocytogenes lineages identified so far represent distinct ecologic, genetic, and phenotypic characteristics, which appear to affect their ability to be transmitted through foods and to cause human disease.

TL;DR: It is shown that membrane insertion of two Sec-independent proteins requires YidC, which is essential for E. coli viability and homologues are present in mitochondria and chloroplasts.

TL;DR: This review includes a discussion of the current knowledge concerning some key issues associated with the persistence of L. monocytogenes, with special focus on persistence in food processing plants and other food-associated environments, persistence in the general environment, phenotypic and genetic characteristics of persistent strains, niches, and public health and economic implications of persistence.