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| Malka HalpernSummaryAffiliation: University of Haifa Country: Israel Publications
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Plant biological warfare: thorns inject pathogenic bacteria into herbivoresMalka Halpern
Department of Biology, Faculty of Science and Science Education, University of Haifa Oranim, Tivon 36006, Israel
Environ Microbiol 9:584-92. 2007..These thorn-inhabiting bacteria have a considerable potential role in antiherbivory, and may have uniquely contributed to the common evolution of aposematism (warning coloration) in thorny plants...- Brachymonas chironomi sp. nov., isolated from a chironomid egg mass, and emended description of the genus BrachymonasMalka Halpern
Department of Biology, Faculty of Science and Science Education, University of Haifa, Oranim, Tivon 36006, Israel
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 59:3025-9. 2009..nov. is proposed... - Dependent population dynamics between chironomids (nonbiting midges) and Vibrio choleraeMalka Halpern
Department of Biology, Faculty of Science and Science Education, University of Haifa, Oranim, Tivon, Israel
FEMS Microbiol Ecol 55:98-104. 2006..If such a connection is further substantiated for the pathogenic serogroups of V. cholerae in endemic areas of the disease, it may lead to a better understanding of the role of chironomids as a host for the cholera bacterium... - Culturable and VBNC Vibrio cholerae: interactions with chironomid egg masses and their bacterial populationMalka Halpern
Department of Molecular Microbiology and Biotechnology, Tel Aviv University, Ramat Aviv, 69978, Israel
Microb Ecol 53:285-93. 2007..Studying the interaction between chironomid egg masses, the bacteria inhabiting them, and V. cholerae could contribute to our understanding of the nature of the V. cholerae-egg mass interactions... - Leucobacter chironomi sp. nov., a chromate-resistant bacterium isolated from a chironomid egg massMalka Halpern
Department of Biology Education, Faculty of Science and Science Education, University of Haifa, Oranim, Tivon 36006, Israel
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 59:665-70. 2009..nov. is proposed. The type strain is MM2LB(T) (=LMG 24399(T)=DSM 19883(T))... - Rheinheimera chironomi sp. nov., isolated from a chironomid (Diptera; Chironomidae) egg massMalka Halpern
Department of Biology, Faculty of Science and Science Education, University of Haifa, Oranim, Tivon 36006, Israel
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 57:1872-5. 2007..nov. is proposed... - Chryseobacterium haifense sp. nov., a psychrotolerant bacterium isolated from raw milkElionora Hantsis Zacharov
Department of Evolutionary and Environmental Biology, Faculty of Science and Science Education, University of Haifa, Mount Carmel, Haifa 31905, Israel
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 57:2344-8. 2007..nov. is proposed... - Oceanobacillus chironomi sp. nov., a halotolerant and facultatively alkaliphilic species isolated from a chironomid egg massDina Raats
Department of Biology, Faculty of Science and Science Education, University of Haifa, Oranim, Tivon 36006, Israel
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 57:255-9. 2007..nov. is proposed. The type strain is T3944D(T) (=LMG 23627(T)=DSM 18262(T))... - Chryseobacterium oranimense sp. nov., a psychrotolerant, proteolytic and lipolytic bacterium isolated from raw cow's milkElionora Hantsis-Zacharov
Department of Evolutionary and Environmental Biology, Faculty of Science and Science Education, University of Haifa, Mount Carmel, Haifa 31905, Israel
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 58:2635-9. 2008..nov. (type strain H8(T) =LMG 24030(T) =DSM 19055(T)) is proposed... - Chryseobacterium bovis sp. nov., isolated from raw cow's milkElionora Hantsis-Zacharov
Department of Evolutionary and Environmental Biology, Faculty of Science and Science Education, University of Haifa, Mount Carmel, Haifa 31905, Israel
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 58:1024-8. 2008..nov. is proposed. The type strain is H9T (=LMG 24227T =DSM 19482T)... - Vibrio cholerae and Aeromonas: do they share a mutual host?Yigal Senderovich
Department of Evolutionary and Environmental Biology, Faculty of Science and Science Education, University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel
ISME J 2:276-83. 2008..cholerae and Aeromonas populations... - Epilithonimonas lactis sp. nov., isolated from raw cow's milkTamar Shakéd
Department of Evolutionary and Environmental Biology, Faculty of Science and Science Education, University of Haifa, Mount Carmel, Haifa 31905, Israel
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 60:675-9. 2010..nov. (type strain H1(T) =LMG 24401(T) =DSM 19921(T)) is proposed... - Adult non-biting midges: possible windborne carriers of Vibrio cholerae non-O1 non-O139Meir Broza
Department of Biology, Faculty of Science and Science Education, University of Haifa, Oranim, Tivon 36006, Israel
Environ Microbiol 7:576-85. 2005..Our findings show that aerial transfer by flying chironomids may play a role in the dissemination of V. cholerae in nature... - Culturable psychrotrophic bacterial communities in raw milk and their proteolytic and lipolytic traitsElionora Hantsis-Zacharov
Department of Evolutionary and Environmental Biology, Faculty of Science and Science Education, University of Haifa, Mount Carmel, Haifa 31905, Israel
Appl Environ Microbiol 73:7162-8. 2007..Monitoring the dominant psychrotrophic species responsible for the production of heat-stable proteolytic and lipolytic enzymes offers a sensitive and efficient tool for maintaining better milk quality in the milk industry... - Molecular analysis of bacterial communities in raw cow milk and the impact of refrigeration on its structure and dynamicsDina Raats
Department of Evolutionary and Environmental Biology, Faculty of Natural Sciences, University of Haifa, Mount Carmel, Haifa 31905, Israel
Food Microbiol 28:465-71. 2011..The present findings are an important step towards achieving this goal... - Fish as reservoirs and vectors of Vibrio choleraeYigal Senderovich
Department of Evolutionary and Environmental Biology, Faculty of Science and Science Education, University of Haifa, Mount Carmel, Haifa, Israel
PLoS ONE 5:e8607. 2010..cholerae and fish. Better understanding of V. cholerae ecology can help reduce the times that human beings come into contact with this pathogen and thus minimize the health risk this poses... - A molecular study on the prevalence and virulence potential of Aeromonas spp. recovered from patients suffering from diarrhea in IsraelYigal Senderovich
Department of Evolutionary and Environmental Biology, Faculty of Natural Sciences, University of Haifa, Mount Carmel, Haifa, Israel
PLoS ONE 7:e30070. 2012..Aeromonas-associated diarrhea is a phenomenon occurring worldwide; however, the exact prevalence of Aeromonas infections on a global scale is unknown... - Vibrio cholerae hemagglutinin/protease degrades chironomid egg massesMalka Halpern
Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences and Science Education, University of Haifa, Oranim, Tivon 36006, Israel
Appl Environ Microbiol 69:4200-4. 2003..cholerae. The substrate in the egg mass was characterized as a glycoprotein. These findings show that HA/P plays an important role in the interaction of V. cholerae and chironomid egg masses...