Caroline L. Monteil

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How can I scan bacterial genomes to find known and unknown mobile elements?

Recombination is a driver of bacterial evolution. In some species, it is known that mobile elements are associated to recombination hotspots. To find these elements in our genomes may help us to...

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Reliable protocol to isolate efficiently Staphylococcus aureus and S. epidermis from complex samples?

I'm planning to sample several environments looking for Staphylococci species specifically. Is there any protocol permitting to select them efficiently? For example, which medium is the most...

09 October 2013 8,176 20 View

Diversity of plant pathogens in rain?

In the framework of one of our projects at Virginia Tech, we isolated strains from rain belonging to different plant pathogen species (Xanthomonas campestris, Xanthomonas arboricola). We also...

20 June 2013 4,498 8 View

State of the Art on Bacterial Chemotaxis?

Any good recent reviews/articles to advise for understanding the basics from A to Z, on bacterial chemotaxis, please? --> Molecular basis, genes involved, proteins and ligands...

01 January 1970 5,951 5 View