Growth comparison of several Escherichia coli strains exposed to various concentrations of lactoferrin using linear spline regressionCamilla Sekse
Norwegian School of Veterinary Science, EPI Centre, Department of Food Safety and Infection Biolog, P, O, Box 8146 Dep, N 0033, Oslo, Norway
Microb Inform Exp 2:5. 2012
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- Relative entropy differences in bacterial chromosomes, plasmids, phages and genomic islands
Jon Bohlin
Norwegian School of Veterinary Science, Epicentre, Department of Food Safety and Infection Biology, Ullevålsveien 72, Oslo, Norway
BMC Genomics 13:66. 2012
..We analyzed the differences in information capacity between prokaryotic chromosomes, genomic islands (GI), phages, and plasmids. Relative entropy was estimated using the Kullback-Leibler measure...
Genomic signatures in microbes -- properties and applicationsJon Bohlin
Department of Food Safety and Infection Biology, Norwegian School of Veterinary Science, Oslo, Norway
ScientificWorldJournal 11:715-25. 2011
..Most attempts so far have mainly focused on correlations from in silico data. This mini-review seeks to summarize possible influences shaping the genomic signature and to survey a set of applications...
- Genomic comparisons of Brucella spp. and closely related bacteria using base compositional and proteome based methods
Jon Bohlin
Norwegian School of Veterinary Science, Department of Food Safety and Infection Biology, EpiCenter, Ullevålsveien 72, PO Box 8146 Dep, NO 0033 Oslo, Norway
BMC Evol Biol 10:249. 2010
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- Analysis of intra-genomic GC content homogeneity within prokaryotes
Jon Bohlin
Norwegian School of Veterinary Science, Department of Food Safety and Infection Biology, Ullevålsveien 72, P, O, Box 8146 Dep, NO 0033 Oslo, Norway
BMC Genomics 11:464. 2010
..We utilize a new quantity GCVAR, the intra-genomic GC content variability with respect to the average GC content of the total genome. A low GCVAR indicates intra-genomic GC homogeneity and high GCVAR heterogeneity...
- Examination of genome homogeneity in prokaryotes using genomic signatures
Jon Bohlin
Department of Food Safety, Norwegian School of Veterinary Science, Oslo, Norway
PLoS ONE 4:e8113. 2009
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- Analysis of genomic signatures in prokaryotes using multinomial regression and hierarchical clustering
Jon Bohlin
Norwegian School of Veterinary Science, Oslo, Norway
BMC Genomics 10:487. 2009
..The regression model included the cluster groups as the response variable with AT content, phyla, growth temperature, selective pressure, habitat, sequence size, oxygen requirement and pathogenicity as predictors...
- Investigations of oligonucleotide usage variance within and between prokaryotes
Jon Bohlin
Norwegian School of Veterinary Science, Oslo, Norway
PLoS Comput Biol 4:e1000057. 2008
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- Reliability and applications of statistical methods based on oligonucleotide frequencies in bacterial and archaeal genomes
Jon Bohlin
Norwegian School of Veterinary Science, P O Box 8146 Dep, N 0033 Oslo, Norway
BMC Genomics 9:104. 2008
..Additionally, the reliability of the methods was tested by comparing both real and random genomic DNA...
- The highly virulent 2006 Norwegian EHEC O103:H25 outbreak strain is related to the 2011 German O104:H4 outbreak strain
Trine M L'abée-Lund
Department of Food Safety and Infection Biology, Norwegian School of Veterinary Science, Oslo, Norway
PLoS ONE 7:e31413. 2012
..The contaminated food most likely contained a mixture of E. coli O103:H25 cells with either one of the phages...
- Applying fractal analysis to heart rate time series of sheep experiencing pain
Solveig M Stubsjøen
Norwegian School of Veterinary Science, Department of Production Animal Clinical Sciences, P O Box 8146 Dep, NO 0033 Oslo, Norway
Physiol Behav 101:74-80. 2010
..DFA of heart rate time series may be a useful method to evaluate the progressive shift of cardiac regulation toward sympathetic activation and vagal withdrawal produced by pain or negative emotional responses such as fear...
- Molecular epidemiology of salmonid alphavirus (SAV) subtype 3 in Norway
Mona D Jansen
Center for Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Norwegian School of Veterinary Science, Oslo, Norway
Virol J 7:188. 2010
..The analyses were mainly based on partial sequences from the E2 gene. For some samples, additional partial 6 K and nsP3 gene sequences were available...
- Stretches of alternating pyrimidine/purines and purines are respectively linked with pathogenicity and growth temperature in prokaryotes
Jon Bohlin
Norwegian School of Veterinary Science, Oslo, Norway
BMC Genomics 10:346. 2009
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- Immune responses in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) following protective vaccination against infectious salmon anemia (ISA) and subsequent ISA virus infection
Astrid Lauscher
Department of Food Safety and Infection Biology, The Norwegian School of Veterinary Science, P O 8146 Dep, N 0033 Oslo, Norway
Vaccine 29:6392-401. 2011
..This study furthers the knowledge about vaccine efficacy and vaccine-induced immunity to ISAV challenge in Atlantic salmon...
- Using an insect model to assess correlation between temperature and virulence in Bacillus weihenstephanensis and Bacillus cereus
Lotte Stenfors Arnesen
Department of Food Safety and Infection Biology, Norwegian School of Veterinary Science, Section for Food Safety, Oslo, Norway
FEMS Microbiol Lett 317:196-202. 2011
..In addition, we found that G. mellonella is a useful model for studies of the psychrotolerant species of the B. cereus group, suggesting that insects might be an ecological growth niche for several members of this bacterial group...
- Peripheral temperature drop in response to anticipation and consumption of a signaled palatable reward in laying hens (Gallus domesticus)
Randi Oppermann Moe
Norwegian School of Veterinary Science, Box 8146 Dep, NO 0033 Oslo, Norway
Physiol Behav 106:527-33. 2012
..Substantial temperature responses due to diet-induced thermogenesis were found, further emphasizing a cautious interpretation of altered comb temperature in studies of animal welfare...
- Molecular characterization of Mycobacterium bovis isolates from Ethiopian cattle
Demelash Biffa
Center for Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Norwegian School of Veterinary Science, PO Box 8146, N 0033, Oslo, Norway
BMC Vet Res 6:28. 2010
..bovis population was also developed. The study was conducted from July 2006 to January 2007 in cattle slaughtered at five representative abattoirs in Ethiopia...
