Long Non-coding RNAs in Gammaherpesvirus Infections: Their Roles in Tumorigenic Mechanisms.

abstract：:We performed a study to (i) investigate efficacy of an Escherichia coli/Salmonella spp./Listeria monocytogenes-targeting bacteriophage cocktail (tentatively named F.O.P.) to reduce a human pathogenic E. coli strain O157:H7 in experimentally infected mice, and (ii) determine how bacteriophages impact the normal gut mic...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Dissanayake U,Ukhanova M,Moye ZD,Sulakvelidze A,Mai V

更新日期：2019-09-10 00:00:00

abstract：:From 2015 onwards, the number of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium (VREfm) isolates increased in Tasmania. Previously, we examined the transmission of VREfm at the Royal Hobart Hospital (RHH). In this study, we performed a state-wide analysis of VREfm from Tasmania's four public acute hospitals. Whole-genome a...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Leong KWC,Kalukottege R,Cooley LA,Anderson TL,Wells A,Langford E,O'Toole RF

更新日期：2020-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The respiratory diseases caused by rhinovirus, respiratory syncytial virus, and influenza virus represent a large social and financial burden on healthcare worldwide. Although all three viruses have distinctly unique properties in terms of infection and replication, they share the ability to exploit/manipulate the hos...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Caly L,Ghildyal R,Jans DA

更新日期：2015-08-14 00:00:00

abstract：:In the industry of fermented food and beverages, yeast cultures are often selected and standardized in order to ensure a better control of fermentation and a more stable product over time. Several studies have shown that the organoleptic characteristics of fermented products reflect geographic variations of the microb...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Di Paola M,Meriggi N,Cavalieri D

更新日期：2020-10-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Active volcanoes in Antarctica contrast with their predominantly cold surroundings, resulting in environmental conditions capable of selecting for versatile and extremely diverse microbial communities. This is especially true on Deception Island, where geothermal, marine, and polar environments combine to create an ex...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Bendia AG,Signori CN,Franco DC,Duarte RTD,Bohannan BJM,Pellizari VH

更新日期：2018-05-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Bacteria, like all cells, must precisely duplicate their genomes before they divide. Regulation of this critical process focuses on forming a pre-replicative nucleoprotein complex, termed the orisome. Orisomes perform two essential mechanical tasks that configure the unique chromosomal replication origin, oriC to star...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Leonard AC,Rao P,Kadam RP,Grimwade JE

更新日期：2019-08-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Autophagy plays an important role in cell growth and development. The autophagy-related gene atg4 encodes a cysteine protease, which can cleave the carboxyl terminus of Atg8, thus plays a role in autophagosome formation in yeast and filamentous fungi. Arthrobotrys oligospora is well known for producing special trappin...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Zhou D,Xie M,Bai N,Yang L,Zhang KQ,Yang J

更新日期：2020-11-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Colonizing germ-free (GF) zebrafish with specific bacterial species provides the possibility of understanding the influence on host biological processes including gene expression, development, immunity, and behavioral responses. It also enlightens our understanding on the host-microbe interactions within the physiolog...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Tan F,Limbu SM,Qian Y,Qiao F,Du ZY,Zhang M

更新日期：2019-09-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Salinispora (Micromonosporaceae) is an obligate marine bacterium genus consisting of three species that share over 99% 16S rRNA identity. The genome and biosynthetic pathways of the members of this genus have been widely investigated due to their production of species-specific metabolites. However, despite the species...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Bauermeister A,Velasco-Alzate K,Dias T,Macedo H,Ferreira EG,Jimenez PC,Lotufo TMC,Lopes NP,Gaudêncio SP,Costa-Lotufo LV

更新日期：2018-12-11 00:00:00

abstract：:The search for novel renewable products over synthetics hallmarked this decade and those of the recent past. Most economies that are prospecting on biodiversity for improved bio-economy favor renewable resources over synthetics for the potential opportunity they hold. However, this field is still nascent as the bulk o...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Nnolim NE,Udenigwe CC,Okoh AI,Nwodo UU

更新日期：2020-12-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Many Gram-negative bacteria use a type VI secretion system (T6SS) for microbial warfare and/or host manipulation. Acinetobacter baumannii is an important nosocomial pathogen and many A. baumannii strains utilize a T6SS to deliver toxic effector proteins to surrounding bacterial cells. These toxic effectors are usually...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Lewis JM,Deveson Lucas D,Harper M,Boyce JD

更新日期：2019-10-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Cathelicidins (CATHs) are host defense peptides (HDPs) that play an important role in the innate immune response against infections. Although multiple functions of cathelicidins have been described, including direct antimicrobial activity and several immunomodulatory effects on the host, relatively little is known abo...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Peng L,Du W,Balhuizen MD,Haagsman HP,de Haan CAM,Veldhuizen EJA

更新日期：2020-03-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Pasteurella multocida is an important pathogenic bacterium of domestic animals. However, the mechanisms of infection are still poorly understood. Here, we found that Pm0442 was dramatically up-regulated in infected mice among 67 predicted lipoproteins of P. multocida serotype A CQ2 strain (PmCQ2). To explore the role ...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： He F,Qin X,Xu N,Li P,Wu X,Duan L,Du Y,Fang R,Hardwidge PR,Li N,Peng Y

更新日期：2020-08-14 00:00:00

abstract：:A number of studies have shown that elevated atmospheric CO2 ([CO2]) affects rice yields and grain quality. However, the responses of root-associated bacteria to [CO2] elevation have not been characterized in a large-scale field study. We conducted a free-air CO2 enrichment (FACE) experiment (ambient + 200 μmol.mol(-1...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Okubo T,Liu D,Tsurumaru H,Ikeda S,Asakawa S,Tokida T,Tago K,Hayatsu M,Aoki N,Ishimaru K,Ujiie K,Usui Y,Nakamura H,Sakai H,Hayashi K,Hasegawa T,Minamisawa K

更新日期：2015-02-20 00:00:00

abstract：:The role of clonal complexity has gradually been accepted in infection by Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB), although analyses of this issue are limited. We performed an in-depth study of a case of recurrent MTB infection by integrating genotyping, whole genome sequencing, analysis of gene expression and infectivity in...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Navarro Y,Pérez-Lago L,Herranz M,Sierra O,Comas I,Sicilia J,Bouza E,García de Viedma D

更新日期：2017-04-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Bacteria often exist in polymicrobial communities where they compete for limited resources. Intrinsic to this competition is the ability of some species to inhibit or kill their competitors. This phenomenon is pervasive throughout the human body where commensal bacteria block the colonization of incoming microorganism...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Hardy BL,Bansal G,Hewlett KH,Arora A,Schaffer SD,Kamau E,Bennett JW,Merrell DS

更新日期：2020-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:We characterized the mechanism of fluoroquinolone-resistance in two isolates of Streptococcus pseudopneumoniae having fluoroquinolone-efflux as unique mechanism of resistance. Whole genome sequencing and genetic transformation experiments were performed together with phenotypic determinations of the efflux mechanism. ...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Alvarado M,Martín-Galiano AJ,Ferrándiz MJ,Zaballos Á,de la Campa AG

更新日期：2017-10-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Manipulation of cell cycle is a commonly employed strategy of viruses for achieving a favorable cellular environment during infection. Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus (KSHV), the primary etiological agent of several human malignancies including Kaposi's sarcoma, and primary effusion lymphoma, encodes several o...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Wei F,Gan J,Wang C,Zhu C,Cai Q

更新日期：2016-03-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Viruses and plasmids can introduce novel DNA into bacterial cells, thereby creating an opportunity for genome expansion; conversely, CRISPR, the prokaryotic adaptive immune system, which targets and eliminates foreign DNAs, may impair genome expansions. Recent studies presented conflicting results over the impact of C...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Gao NL,Chen J,Wang T,Lercher MJ,Chen WH

更新日期：2019-10-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Human campylobacteriosis is considered one of the most common foodborne diseases worldwide with poultry identified as the main source of infection accounting for 50-80% of human cases. Highly virulent Campylobacter spp., positive for the Type VI secretion system (T6SS), which have an increased ability to adhere to and...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Sima F,Stratakos AC,Ward P,Linton M,Kelly C,Pinkerton L,Stef L,Gundogdu O,Lazar V,Corcionivoschi N

更新日期：2018-09-07 00:00:00

abstract：:[This corrects the article DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2019.00780.]. ...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Merino N,Aronson HS,Bojanova DP,Feyhl-Buska J,Wong ML,Zhang S,Giovannelli D

更新日期：2019-08-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Modified cyclic dipeptides represent a diverse family of microbial secondary metabolites. They display a broad variety of biological and pharmacological activities and have long been recognized as privileged structures with the ability to bind to a wide range of receptors. This is due to their conformationally constra...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Giessen TW,Marahiel MA

更新日期：2015-07-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Estuarine sediments are significant repositories of anthropogenic contaminants, and thus knowledge of the impacts of pollution upon microbial communities in these environments is important to understand potential effects on estuaries as a whole. The Lagos lagoon (Nigeria) is one of Africa's largest estuarine ecosystem...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Obi CC,Adebusoye SA,Ugoji EO,Ilori MO,Amund OO,Hickey WJ

更新日期：2016-08-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Temperature is the main factor to control the microbial growth in perishable foods. The psychrotrophic pathogen bacteria are microorganisms of concern for food products with extended shelf life in chilling conditions. The aims of this work were two. Firstly, to evaluate growth behavior of Aeromonas hydrophila DSM-3018...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： De Silvestri A,Ferrari E,Gozzi S,Marchi F,Foschino R

更新日期：2018-12-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Microorganisms play a crucial role in biogeochemical cycles and ecosystem processes, but the key factors driving microbial community structure are poorly understood, particularly in alpine environments. In this study, we aim to disentangle the relative contribution of abiotic and biotic factors shaping bacterial and f...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Wang C,Michalet R,Liu Z,Jiang X,Wang X,Zhang G,An L,Chen S,Xiao S

更新日期：2020-05-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Background: In Australia, community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) lineage sequence type (ST) 93 has rapidly risen to dominance since being described in the early 1990s. We examined 459 ST93 genome sequences from Australia, New Zealand, Samoa, and Europe to investigate the evolutionary h...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： van Hal SJ,Steinig EJ,Andersson P,Holden MTG,Harris SR,Nimmo GR,Williamson DA,Heffernan H,Ritchie SR,Kearns AM,Ellington MJ,Dickson E,de Lencastre H,Coombs GW,Bentley SD,Parkhill J,Holt DC,Giffard PM,Tong SYC

更新日期：2018-07-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Bacteriocins are proteinaceous antibacterial compounds, produced by diverse bacteria, which have been successfully used as: (i) food biopreservative; (ii) anti-biofilm agents; and (iii) additives or alternatives to the currently existing antibiotics, to minimize the risk of emergence of resistant strains. However, the...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Fahim HA,Khairalla AS,El-Gendy AO

更新日期：2016-09-16 00:00:00

abstract：:The mosquito-borne West Nile virus (WNV) is a highly neurovirulent Flavivirus currently representing an emergent zoonotic concern. WNV cycles in nature between mosquito vectors and birds that act as amplifier hosts and play an essential role in virus ecology, being, thus, WNV a threat to many species. Availability of ...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Jiménez de Oya N,Escribano-Romero E,Camacho MC,Blazquez AB,Martín-Acebes MA,Höfle U,Saiz JC

更新日期：2019-06-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Although signal exchange between legumes and their rhizobia is among the best-known examples of this biological process, most of the more characterized data comes from just a few legume species and environmental stresses. Although a relative wealth of information is available for some model legumes and some of the maj...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Lira MA Jr,Nascimento LR,Fracetto GG

更新日期：2015-09-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Over the last few years, an increasing number of studies have reported the existence of an association between the budding yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae and insects. The discovery of this relationship has called into question the hypothesis that S. cerevisiae is unable to survive in nature and that the presence of S....

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Meriggi N,Di Paola M,Cavalieri D,Stefanini I

更新日期：2020-07-14 00:00:00