Evaluation of two xenobiotic reductases from Pseudomonas putida for their suitability for magnetic nanoparticle-directed enzyme prodrug therapy as a novel approach to cancer treatment.

abstract：:Interactions between corals and their associated microbial communities (Symbiodiniaceae and prokaryotes) are key to understanding corals' potential for and rate of acclimatory and adaptive responses. However, the establishment of microalgal and bacterial communities is poorly understood during coral ontogeny in the wi...

journal_title：MicrobiologyOpen

authors： Quigley KM,Alvarez Roa C,Torda G,Bourne DG,Willis BL

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vibrio coralliilyticus is an important coral pathogen demonstrated to cause disease outbreaks worldwide. This study investigated the feasibility of applying bacteriophage therapy to treat the coral pathogen V. coralliilyticus. A specific bacteriophage for V. coralliilyticus strain P1 (LMG23696), referred to here as ba...

journal_title：MicrobiologyOpen

authors： Cohen Y,Joseph Pollock F,Rosenberg E,Bourne DG

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Copper resistance system in the cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 comprises two operons, copMRS and copBAC, which are expressed in response to copper in the media. copBAC codes for a heavy-metal efflux-resistance nodulation and division (HME-RND) system, while copMRS codes for a protein of unknown function, Co...

journal_title：MicrobiologyOpen

authors： Giner-Lamia J,López-Maury L,Florencio FJ

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The OMPs A (OmpA)-of Edwardsiella anguillarum and OmpU of V. vulnificus have been proven to be good antigens. In this study, after construction of a vector, a new recombinant Omp (rOMP) containing both OmpA and OmpU was expressed and purified. Then, the Japanese eels (Anguilla japonica) were intraperitoneally (i.p.) i...

journal_title：MicrobiologyOpen

authors： Guo S,Hu L,Feng J,Lin P,He L,Yan Q

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A yeast expression plasmid was constructed containing a cardenolide biosynthetic module, referred to as CARD II, using the AssemblX toolkit, which enables the assembly of large DNA constructs. The genes cloned into the vector were (a) a Δ5 -3β-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase gene from Digitalis lanata, (b) a steroid Δ5 -...

journal_title：MicrobiologyOpen

authors： Rieck C,Geiger D,Munkert J,Messerschmidt K,Petersen J,Strasser J,Meitinger N,Kreis W

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Phellinus noxius is a pathogenic fungus that causes brown root rot disease, resulting in a widespread tree and crop mortality in the tropics and subtropics. Early stages of this disease are largely asymptomatic, hindering early diagnosis and effective treatment. We hypothesized that P. noxius infection would alter the...

journal_title：MicrobiologyOpen

authors： Tsang KSW,Cheung MK,Lam RYC,Kwan HS

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As part of the culturomics project aiming at describing the human microbiota, we report in this study the description of the new bacterial genus Raoultibacter gen. nov. that includes two new species, that is, R. massiliensis sp. nov. and R. timonensis sp. nov. The R. massiliensis type strain Marseille-P2849T was isola...

journal_title：MicrobiologyOpen

authors： Traore SI,Bilen M,Beye M,Diop A,Mbogning Fonkou MD,Tall ML,Michelle C,Yasir M,Ibraheem Azhar E,Bibi F,Bittar F,Jiman-Fatani AA,Daoud Z,Cadoret F,Fournier PE,Edouard S

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Avian pathogenic Escherichia coli (APEC) causes airsacculitis, polyserositis, septicemia, and other mainly extraintestinal diseases in chickens, ducks, geese, pigeons, and other avian species, and is responsible for great economic losses in the avian industry. The autoinducer 2 (AI-2) quorum sensing system is widely p...

journal_title：MicrobiologyOpen

authors： Yu L,Li W,Zhang M,Cui Y,Chen X,Ni J,Yu L,Shang F,Xue T

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Diatoms frequently dominate marine and freshwater biofilms as major primary producers. Nutrient resources in these biofilms are patchily distributed and fluctuate dynamically over time. We recently reported that this spatially and temporally structured environment can be exploited by motile diatoms that use chemoattra...

journal_title：MicrobiologyOpen

authors： V Bondoc KG,Lembke C,Vyverman W,Pohnert G

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Xylella fastidiosa Temecula1 is the causative agent of Pierce's disease of grapevine, which is spread by xylem-feeding insects. An important feature of the infection cycle is the ability of X. fastidiosa to colonize and interact with two distinct environments, the xylem of susceptible plants and the insect foregut. He...

journal_title：MicrobiologyOpen

authors： Matsumoto A,Huston SL,Killiny N,Igo MM

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Marine picocyanobacteria belonging to genera Synechococcus and Prochlorococcus are genetically diverged and distributed into distinct biogeographical patterns, and both are infected by genetically closely related cyanopodoviruses. Previous studies have not fully explored whether the two virus-host systems share simila...

journal_title：MicrobiologyOpen

authors： Huang S,Sun Y,Zhang S,Long L

更新日期：2020-12-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Brazil is the biggest producer of sweet oranges and the main exporter of concentrated orange juice in the world. Among the diseases that affect citriculture, Asiatic citrus canker, caused by the bacterial pathogen Xanthomonas citri, represents one of the most significant threats. The current Brazilian legislation regu...

journal_title：MicrobiologyOpen

authors： Cavalca LB,Zamuner CFC,Saldanha LL,Polaquini CR,Regasini LO,Behlau F,Ferreira H

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although microorganisms play crucial roles in ecosystems, metagenomic analyses of soil samples are quite scarce, especially in the Southern Hemisphere. In this work, the microbial diversity of soil samples from an Atlantic Forest and Caatinga was analyzed using a metagenomic approach. Proteobacteria and Actinobacteria...

journal_title：MicrobiologyOpen

authors： Pacchioni RG,Carvalho FM,Thompson CE,Faustino AL,Nicolini F,Pereira TS,Silva RC,Cantão ME,Gerber A,Vasconcelos AT,Agnez-Lima LF

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In rod-shaped bacteria, the proper placement of the division septum at the midcell relies, at least partially, on the proteins of the Min system as an inhibitor of cell division. The main principle of Min system function involves the formation of an inhibitor gradient along the cell axis; however, the establishment of...

journal_title：MicrobiologyOpen

authors： Makroczyová J,Jamroškovič J,Krascsenitsová E,Labajová N,Barák I

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The intraspecies genomic diversity of the single-strand RNA (+) virus species hepatitis A virus (Hepatovirus), hepatitis C virus (Hepacivirus), and hepatitis E virus (Orthohepevirus) was compared. These viral species all can cause liver inflammation (hepatitis), but share no gene similarity. The codon usage of human h...

journal_title：MicrobiologyOpen

authors： Wassenaar TM,Jun SR,Robeson M,Ussery DW

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The composition and function of the microbial community in the gastrointestinal tract (GIT) have increasingly captured the attention of nutritionists because these traits affect the nutrient utilization efficiency and health of host animals. Little information has been reported on these aspects of the goat GIT. This s...

journal_title：MicrobiologyOpen

authors： Wang L,Jin L,Xue B,Wang Z,Peng Q

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Biofilms play a central role in the pathobiology of otitis media (OM), bronchitis, sinusitis, conjunctivitis, and pneumonia caused by nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae (NTHI). Our previous studies show that extracellular DNA (eDNA) and DNABII proteins are essential components of biofilms formed by NTHI. The DNABII pr...

journal_title：MicrobiologyOpen

authors： Devaraj A,Buzzo J,Rocco CJ,Bakaletz LO,Goodman SD

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new type of structural extracellular polymers (EPS) was extracted from aerobic granular sludge dominated by ammonium-oxidizing bacteria. It was analyzed by Raman and FTIR spectroscopy to characterize specific amino acids and protein secondary structure, and by SDS-PAGE with different stains to identify different gly...

journal_title：MicrobiologyOpen

authors： Lin Y,Reino C,Carrera J,Pérez J,van Loosdrecht MCM

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To investigate the possible effects of sulfamonomethoxine (SMM) on Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus), we quantitatively evaluated the microbial shifts in the intestines of Nile tilapia in response to different doses of SMM (200 and 300 mg/kg) using 16S rRNA gene sequencing. At the phylum level, the control group (0...

journal_title：MicrobiologyOpen

authors： Ming J,Fu Z,Ma Z,Zhou L,Zhang Z,Song C,Yuan X,Wu Q

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite the relevance of landscape, regarding the spatial patterning of microbial communities and the relative influence of environmental parameters versus human activities, few investigations have been conducted at this scale. Here, we used a systematic grid to characterize the distribution of soil microbial communit...

journal_title：MicrobiologyOpen

authors： Constancias F,Terrat S,Saby NP,Horrigue W,Villerd J,Guillemin JP,Biju-Duval L,Nowak V,Dequiedt S,Ranjard L,Chemidlin Prévost-Bouré N

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nuclease colicins bind their target receptor BtuB in the outer membrane of sensitive Escherichia coli cells in the form of a high-affinity complex with their cognate immunity proteins. The release of the immunity protein from the colicin complex is a prerequisite for cell entry of the colicin and occurs via a process ...

journal_title：MicrobiologyOpen

authors： Vankemmelbeke M,Housden NG,James R,Kleanthous C,Penfold CN

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The small hive beetle (SHB) is an opportunistic parasite that feeds on bee larvae, honey, and pollen. While SHBs can also feed on fruit and other plant products, like its plant-feeding relatives, SHBs prefer to feed on hive resources and only reproduce inside bee colonies. As parasites, SHBs are inevitably exposed to ...

journal_title：MicrobiologyOpen

authors： Huang Q,Lopez D,Evans JD

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aflatoxin M1 (AFM1 ) is a potent mycotoxin which causes serious health concerns in developing countries, where it is mainly found in milk, meat, and other foods. Biological detoxification is a promising method for eliminating AFM1 . The aim of this work was to search for AFM1 -degrading bacterial strains from animal w...

journal_title：MicrobiologyOpen

authors： Gu X,Sun J,Cui Y,Wang X,Sang Y

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Soil water content (SWC) is an important determinant for nutrient cycling and microorganism activity in the grassland ecosystem. Lakes have a positive effect on the water supply of the neighboring ecosystem. However, information evaluating whether newly built lakes improve the physiochemical properties and microorgani...

journal_title：MicrobiologyOpen

authors： Li J,An C,Shang J,Zhao T,Zhang Q,Yang X,Ren C,Huang D,Liu K,Shao X

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Staphylococcus aureus mixed-species biofilm infections are more resilient to biocide attacks compared to their single-species counterparts. Therefore, this study used an in vitro model recapitulating bacterial burdens seen in in vivo infections to investigate the interactions of P. aeruginos...

journal_title：MicrobiologyOpen

authors： Miller CL,Van Laar TA,Chen T,Karna SLR,Chen P,You T,Leung KP

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Resistance to colistin, mediated by chromosomal mutations and more recently, by plasmid-borne mcr genes, is increasingly being reported in bacterial isolates taken from humans, animals, farms, foods, and the environment. To easily identify and contain this quickly spreading menace, efficient diagnostics that are cheap...

journal_title：MicrobiologyOpen

authors： Osei Sekyere J

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Hatton-Rockall Basin (North-East Atlantic) is an area with potential for deep-sea (2,900 m) hydrocarbon exploration. Following the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, many investigations into the responses of sediment microbial communities to oil pollution have been undertaken. However, hydrostatic pressure is a paramete...

journal_title：MicrobiologyOpen

authors： Perez Calderon LJ,Gontikaki E,Potts LD,Shaw S,Gallego A,Anderson JA,Witte U

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:UV resistance of bacteria isolated from the marine cyanobacterium Moorea producens has not been observed previously, findings which highlight how unsafe germicidal UV irradiation for sterilization of air, food, and water could be. Further, UV resistance of Bacillus licheniformis is being observed for the first time. T...

journal_title：MicrobiologyOpen

authors： Dzeha T,Nyiro C,Kardasopoulos D,Mburu D,Mwafaida J,Hall MJ,Burgess JG

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Considering the ever-growing usage of trivalent salts in water treatment, for example, lanthanum salts in rare earth, AlCl3 and FeCl3 , the effects of different trivalent cations on the bacterium Escherichia coli (E. coli) ATCC 11775 strain have been studied in aqueous solutions. From colony incubation studies, the co...

journal_title：MicrobiologyOpen

authors： Deng C,Li X,Xue X,Pashley RM

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To assess a cost-effective in-house selective plate formula for actively screening carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE). METHODOLOGY AND RESULTS:The in-house formula included CHROMagarTM Orientation, meropenem, and ingredients present in the Mac-Conkey formula, such as bile salts and crystal violet (pH 6...

journal_title：MicrobiologyOpen

authors： Tran TC,Pham BT,Pham VH,Ngo TA,Hanberger H,Larsson M,Olson L

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00