Project description:The typical human diet differs substantially in a number of ways from that of other primates. For instance, although many humans consume meat on a regular basis, non-human primate diets are typically dominated by plant foods. In addition, most human populations cook the majority of their foods, whereas all other free-living primate species eat exclusively raw diets. Such differences in food substrates and food processing are hypothesized to exert a large influence on metabolism. If maintained over evolutionary timescales, dietary differences may have contributed to shaping important human-specific features. To index the effect of food substrate and food preparation on metabolism we measured liver gene expression in mice fed diets of meat or tubers served either raw or cooked.
Project description:Enteropathogenic Yersinia enterocolitica and Yersinia pseudotuberculosis share many traits in terms of infections they cause, but their epidemiology and ecology seem to differ in many ways. Pigs are the only known reservoir for Y. enterocolitica 4/O:3 strains while Y. pseudotuberculosis strains have been isolated from variety of sources including fresh vegetables and wild animals. A comparative genomic hybridization (CGH) analysis with a DNA microarray based on three Yersinia enterocolitica and four Yersinia pseudotuberculosis genomes was conducted to shed light on genomic differences between the enteropathogenic Yersinia. In total 99 strains isolated from various sources were hybridized and analyzed.
Project description:Campylobacter jejuni is a human pathogen which causes campylobacteriosis, one of the most widespread zoonotic enteric diseases worldwide. Most cases of sporadic C. jejuni infection occur through the handling or consumption of undercooked chicken meat, or cross-contamination of other foods with raw poultry fluid. A common practice to combat Campylobacter infection is to treat chickens with chlorine which kills the microbe. This analysis aimed to elucidate the transcriptomic response of Campylobacter jejuni treated with hypochlorite through Illumina sequencing. C. jejuni was grown and treated with hypochlorite. Samples were taken 5, 20 and 45 min after treatment for RNAseq analysis.The data generated were compared to the transcriptome pre-exposure to determine C. jejuni's response to hypochlorite.
Project description:The gene expression profiles of L. monocytogenes strain F2365 grown in BHI agar (reference) or on a turkey deli meat (query) was examined. Aminosilane-coated cDNA microarray slide was used. The data from the normalized ratio of query to reference signal for each spot were transformed using a log2 scale. The expression level of genes obtained from the mean of each gene on the twelve slides was considered significantly different over 1.5 fold changes. Thirty nine and forty five genes in L. monocytogenes grown on a turkey meat matrix were upregulated and downregulated, respectively. To examine the gene expression profiles of L. monocytogenes grown in BHI agar or on a turkey deli meat, L. monocytogenes strains 4b F2365 aminosilane-coated cDNA microarray slide was used. Cy3 and Cy5 dyes were used for cDNA labelling. Data were obtained from three biological and four technical replicates (n = 12). Each biological replicate included a flip dye assay. TM4 package developed by TIGR was used to analyze the data.
Project description:The gene expression profiles of L. monocytogenes strain F2365 grown in BHI agar (reference) or on a turkey deli meat (query) was examined. Aminosilane-coated cDNA microarray slide was used. The data from the normalized ratio of query to reference signal for each spot were transformed using a log2 scale. The expression level of genes obtained from the mean of each gene on the twelve slides was considered significantly different over 1.5 fold changes. Thirty nine and forty five genes in L. monocytogenes grown on a turkey meat matrix were upregulated and downregulated, respectively.