Publications by authors named "Michelle McCulley"

Here, we report draft genomic sequences from three isolates, the causative agent of American Foulbrood (AFB), obtained from honeybee colonies of in Fiji, which allow both enterobacterial repetitive intergenic consensus and multilocus sequence typing genotypes to be elucidated for Fijian AFB.

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Here, we present complete genome assemblies of strains isolated from porcine, bovine, and cervine farms as part of bacteriology incursion investigations to identify pathogens that might present a sanitary risk to New Zealand.

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Depressive symptoms have been associated with raised interleukin 1-beta (IL-1beta) plasma levels. The presence of behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia (BPSD) in Alzheimer's disease, including depressive symptoms, have been shown to be influenced by common genetic polymorphisms. A common polymorphism in the promoter region of IL-1beta has been linked to altered synthesis of IL-1beta.

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