Saifi, M, Pourshafie, M R, Soltan Dallal, M M, Katouli, M
Aims: Clonality among high-level gentamicin-resistant Enterococcus faecium (HLGR-EF) isolates obtained from clinical and sewage treatment plants (STP) were investigated using PhePlate system (PhP),...
A consensus: microbial source tracking (MST) in water (2009)
Stratton, H, Ahmed, W, Katouli, M
Traditionally, water quality regulation and protection of public health has relied on culture-based mthods that quantify faecal indicators such as the coliforms. Since Escherichia coli represents...
Host species-specific translocation of Escherichia coli (2009)
Katouli, M, Ramos, N, Nettelbladt, C G, Ljungdahl, M, Robinson, W A, Ison, H M, ...
The purpose of this paper is to investigate the rate of translocation of Escherichia coli strains in different experimental/animal models. Four proficient translocating E. coli strains isolated from...
Long, Y B, Faoagali, J, Bodman, J, George, N, McKay, D B, Katouli, M
Forty-nine strains of multiresistant Aceinetobacter baumannii isolated from intensive care unit patients in Royal Brisbane and Women Hospital (RBWH) between 2001 and 2003 and four epidemiologically...
Ramos, N, Saayman, M L, Chapman, T A, Tucker, J, Smith, H V, Faoagali, J, ...
We investigated the relationship between clonality and virulence factors (VFs) of a collection of Escherichia coli strains isolated from septicaemic and uroseptic patients with respect to their...
No abstract available.
A Role for Probiotics in Health - A Debate Between Believers & Sceptics (2008)
Healey, K, Katouli, M, Chapman, T, Chin, J
No abstract available. Debate session.
Virulence characteristics of Escherichia coli strains causing cystitis in young adults (2008)
No abstract avaialble.
Molecular mechanisms of bacterial translocation and the impact of probiotics (2008)
No abstract avaialble.
Ahmed, W, Hargreaves, M, Goonetilleke, A, Katouli, M
Biochemical fingerprinting (BF) databases of 524 enterococci and 571 Escherichia coli isolates and an antibiotic resistance analysis (ARA) database comprising of 380 E. coli isolates from four...
Talebi, M, Pourshafie, M R, Katouli, M, Mollby, R
The molecular structure and transferability of Tn1546 in 143 vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium (VREF) isolates obtained from patients (n = 49), surface water (n = 28), and urban and hospital...
Aims: The aim of this study was to identify the prevalence of environmentally adapted enterococci strains by analysing biochemical fingerprinting (BF) data of 3952 enterococci isolates collected over...
Talebi, M, Rahimi, F, Katouli, M, Mollby, R, Pourshafie, M R
We investigated the prevalence of vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) isolated from wastewater (n = 593) and clinical (n = 450) samples, and the genetic linkage between the isolates was compared....
Littlefield-Wyer, J G, Brooks, P R, Katouli, M
We investigated changes in biomass, biochemical fingerprints, fatty acid methyl ester (FAME) profile and functional status of the natural aquatic microbial communities upon impact of an Atradex...
Assessing the microbiological quality of water for human consumption and/or recreational purposes has been a major concern for water authorities and public health officials for many years. To...
Pourshafie, M R, Talebi, M, Saifi, M, Katouli, M, Eshraghi, S, Kuhn, I, ...
Objective To examine the clonal diversity of vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE). Methods A total of 900 clinical isolates of enterococci were obtained, and VRE isolates were subjected to...
Identifying Human-Sourced Stormwater Contamination in Three South-East Queensland Catchments (2007)
Steward, J, Ahmed, W, Gardner, T, Brooks, P R, Katouli, M, Tindale, N W, ...
This paper reports on the results of a study aimed at identifying the presence or absence of humansourced faecal material in stormflows from three urbanised non-sewered catchments in South-East...
Wohlsen, T, Stewart, S, Aldridge, P, Bates, J, Gray, B, Katouli, M
We investigated the efficiency of residual ozone from an advanced water treatment plant with an applied dose of 2.5 mg l-1 to inactivate viable Cryptosporidium oocysts during summer (i.e. 24°C) and...
Shaghaghi, B, Talebi, M, Katouli, M, Mollby, R, Kuhn, I, Pourshafie, M R
The prevalence and diversity of antibiotic resistant enterococci populations in samples collected four times from urban sewage treatment plant in Tehran, Iran between June 2005 and July 2006 were...
Talebi, M, Rahimi, F, Katouli, M, Kuhn, I, Mollby, R, Eshraghi, S, ...
We investigated for the first time the occurrence, stability and antibiotic resistance of 593 enterococci in six samples collected from three urban sewage treatment plants (STPs) located in the...
Ahmed, W, Tucker, J, Bettelheim, K A, Neller, R J, Katouli, M
A collection of 366 Escherichia coli strains from 10 host groups and surface waters were tested for the presence of 15 virulence genes associated with strains causing intestinal and extra-intestinal...
Mill, A, Schlacher, T, Katouli, M
A two-part study conducted in Elimbah Creek, a shallow estuarine waterway in south-east Queensland, Australia, examined the variations in physico-chemical parameters of water quality, chlorophyll a,...
Ahmed, W, Neller, R J, Katouli, M
A biochemical fingerprinting method (the PhPlate system) was used to compare similarities between Escherichia coli and enterococci populations from surface water samples with those found in different...
Wohlsen, T D, Bayliss, J, Gray, B, Bates, J, Katouli, M
Aims: Clostridium perfringens is recommended as a suitable indicator bacterium for human enteric viruses, Giardia cysts and Cryptosporidium oocysts in finished water and in the assessment and...
Wohlsen, T D, Bates, J, Vesey, G, Robinson, W A, Katouli, M
To use BioBallTM cultures as a precise reference standard to evaluate methods for enumeration of Escherichia coli and other coliform bacteria in water samples. Methods and Results: Eight methods were...
Wohlsen, T D, Bates, J, Gray, B, Aldridge, P, Stewart, J, Williams, M, ...
We evaluated the occurrence of Cryptosporidium and Giardia in the Lake Baroon catchment, Queensland, Australia. A total of 132 water samples were collected from 6 sites as well as from raw influent...
Snowden, L A, Wernbacher, L, Stenzel, D, Tucker, J, McKay, D B, O'Brien, M, ...
Aims: To investigate the prevalence of Aeromonas in a major waterway in South East Queensland, Australia, and their interactions with a gut epithelial model using Caco-2 cells. Methods and Results: A...
Ahmed, W, Tucker, J, Harper, J, Neller, R J, Katouli, M
A comparison of the efficacy of an existing large metabolic fingerprint database of enterococci and Escherichia coli with a locally developed database was undertaken to identify the sources of faecal...
Snowden, L A, Wernbacher, L, Stenzel, D, Tucker, J, McKay, D B, O'Brien, M, ...
No abstract available.
Metabolism and population dynamics of the intestinal microflora in the growing pig. (2005)
The complexity of the microbial population of the animal gastro-intestinal trac has been recognised long ago. However, thus far, investigations have been limited to a few major groups, considered to...
Ahmed, W, Neller, R J, Katouli, M
To provide evidence of septic system failure by comparing two faecal indicator bacteria, enterococci and Escherichia coli, from defective septic tanks and adjacent creeks. A biochemical...
Katouli, M, Brauner, A, Haghigbi, L K, Kaijser, B, Muratov, V, Mollby, R
Escherichia coli strains that cause cystitis posses virulence properties that facilitate their colonisation and persistence in the bladder. In Iran, despite the high number of the urinary tract...
Ahmed, W, Neller, R J, Katouli, M
A metabolic fingerprint database of enterococci and Escherichia coli from 10 host groups of animals was developed to trace the sources of fecal contamination in surface waters. In all, 526...
Ahmed, W, Neller, R J, Katouli, M
Faecal indicator microorganisms have long been used by water quality industries to assess the quality of surface, ground and shellfish-harvesting waters. However, none of these indicators are...
Snowden, L A, Wernbacher, L, Stenzel, D, Tucker, J, McKay, D B, O'Brien, M, ...
No abstract available.
Melin, L, Mattson, S, Katouli, M, Wallgren, P
Weaning of piglets complicated with an exposure to pathogenic strains of Escherichia coli was scrutinized in two sets. The first set comprised 20 animals representing two litters and the second set...
Studies on Calf Diarrhoea in Mozambique: Prevalence of Bacterial Pathogens (2004)
Acha, S J, Kuhn, I, Jonsson, P, Mbazima, G, Katouli, M, Mollby, R
The prevalence of diarrhoea in calves was investigated in 8 dairy farms in Mozambique at 4 occasions during 2 consecutive years. A total of 1241 calves up to 6 months of age were reared in the farms,...
Wohlsen, T D, Bates, J, Gray, B, Katouli, M
We evaluated the efficiency of five membrane filters for recovery of Cryptosporidium parvum oocysts and Giardia lamblia cysts. These filters included the Pall Life Sciences Envirochek (EC) standard...
Nettelbaldt, C, Katouli, M, Bark, T, Svenberg, T, Mollby, R, Ljungqvist, O
Coliforms are the members of the indigenous gut flora that most often translocate to mesenteric lymph nodes. Very few strains of Escherichia coli found in cecal contents of rats are able to...
Ansaruzzaman, M., Albert, M.J., Nahar, S., Byun, R., Katouli, M., Kühn, I., ...
Recent case-control studies in Bangladesh showed a high prevalence of enteropathogenic Escherichia coli (EPEC) strains (identified by DNA probes for virulence genes) associated with childhood...
Barbieri, E, Falzano, L, Fiorentini, C, Pianetti, A, Baffone, W, Fabbri, A, ...
The occurrence, diversity, and pathogenicity of Vibrio spp. were investigated in two estuaries along the Italian Adriatic coast. Vibrio alginolyticus was the predominant species, followed by Vibrio...
Katouli, M, Melin, L, Jensen-Waern, M, Wallgren, P, Mollby, R
The effect of a dietary supplementation of zinc oxide (ZnO) on the stability of the intestinal flora and on the composition of coliforms in weaned pigs was investigated. Faecal floras were...