Bio-Decolorization of Synthetic Dyes by a Halophilic Bacterium Salinivibrio sp.

abstract：:IgaA is an integral inner membrane protein that was discovered as repressor of the RcsCDB phosphorelay system in the intracellular pathogen Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium. The RcsCDB system, conserved in many members of the family Enterobacteriaceae, regulates expression of varied processes including motility...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Pucciarelli MG,Rodríguez L,García-Del Portillo F

更新日期：2017-12-22 00:00:00

abstract：Objectives:Serological tests for COVID-19 have been instrumental in studying the epidemiology of the disease. However, the performance of the currently available tests is plagued by the problem of variability. We have developed a high-throughput serological test capable of simultaneously detecting total immunoglobulins...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Kubo S,Ohtake N,Miyakawa K,Jeremiah SS,Yamaoka Y,Murohashi K,Hagiwara E,Mihara T,Goto A,Yamazaki E,Ogura T,Kaneko T,Yamanaka T,Ryo A

更新日期：2021-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:RNA interference (RNAi) is a key regulatory pathway of gene expression in almost all eukaryotes. This mechanism relies on short non-coding RNA molecules (sRNAs) to recognize in a sequence-specific manner DNA or RNA targets leading to transcriptional or post-transcriptional gene silencing. To date, the fundamental role...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Silvestri A,Turina M,Fiorilli V,Miozzi L,Venice F,Bonfante P,Lanfranco L

更新日期：2020-03-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Dermatophytes are the most common cause of onychomycosis, counting for 90% fungal nail infection. Although dermatophyte pathogens are normally susceptible to antifungal agents, onychomycosis often results in refractory chronic disease, and the formation of biofilms frequently underlines the inadequate responses and re...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Chen B,Sun Y,Zhang J,Chen R,Zhong X,Wu X,Zheng L,Zhao J

更新日期：2019-06-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Although the mechanisms that precisely time initiation of chromosome replication in bacteria remain unclear, most clock models are based on accumulation of the active initiator protein, DnaA-ATP. During each cell division cycle, sufficient DnaA-ATP must become available to interact with a distinct set of low affinity ...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Rao P,Rozgaja TA,Alqahtani A,Grimwade JE,Leonard AC

更新日期：2018-07-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Reports in the literature suggest that bacteria exposed to lethal doses of ionizing radiation, i.e., electron beams, are unable to replicate yet they remain metabolically active. To investigate this phenomenon further, we electron beam irradiated Escherichia coli cells to a lethal dose and measured their membrane inte...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Hieke AC,Pillai SD

更新日期：2018-09-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Macrophomina phaseolina is the most devastating pathogen which causes charcoal rot and root rot diseases in various economically important crops. Three strains M. phaseolina 1156, M. phaseolina 1160, and M. phaseolina PCMC/F1 were tested for their virulence on sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.) and chickpea (Cicer ariet...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Khan AN,Shair F,Malik K,Hayat Z,Khan MA,Hafeez FY,Hassan MN

更新日期：2017-07-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Mechanisms of gastrointestinal protection by probiotic bacteria against infection involve amongst others, modulation of intestinal epithelial barrier function. Trans-epithelial electrical resistance (TEER) is widely used to evaluate cellular barrier functions. Here, we developed a two-stage interpretative model of the...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Yuan L,van der Mei HC,Busscher HJ,Peterson BW

更新日期：2020-11-19 00:00:00

abstract：:In this article, we present our three-class course sequence to educate students about microbiome analysis and metagenomics through experiential learning by taking them from inquiry to analysis of the microbiome: Molecular Ecology Lab, Bioinformatics, and Computational Microbiome Analysis. Students developed hypotheses...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Rosen GL,Hammrich P

更新日期：2020-10-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Ticks transmit a variety of human pathogens, including Borrelia burgdorferi, the etiological agent of Lyme disease. Multiple pathogens that are transmitted simultaneously, termed "coinfections," are of increasing importance and can affect disease outcome in a host. Arthropod immunity is central to pathogen acquisition...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Oliva Chávez AS,Shaw DK,Munderloh UG,Pedra JH

更新日期：2017-02-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Schistosomiasis japonica is one of the most prevalent parasitic diseases in China. The scarcity of effective diagnostic tools is a major factor that contributes to the high prevalence of schistosomiasis japonica. SjSP-13 is a promising serological diagnostic biomarker of the disease. However, it is unclear whether pol...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Xu X,Cui X,Zhu L,Li Z,Zhang Y,Ma L,Pan W

更新日期：2018-07-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Microbial degradation of nicotine is an important process to control nicotine residues in the aqueous environment. In this study, a high active nicotine degradation strain named Pseudomonas sp. JY-Q was isolated from tobacco waste extract (TWE). This strain could completely degrade 5.0 g l-1 nicotine in 24 h under opt...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Li J,Qian S,Xiong L,Zhu C,Shu M,Wang J,Jiao Y,He H,Zhang F,Linhardt RJ,Zhong W

更新日期：2017-10-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Merkel cell polyomavirus (MCV) plays a causal role in ∼80% of Merkel cell carcinomas (MCC). MCV is clonally integrated into the MCC tumor genome, which results in persistent expression of large T (LT) and small T (sT) antigen oncoproteins encoded by the early locus. In MCV-positive MCC tumors, LT is truncated by prema...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Velásquez C,Amako Y,Harold A,Toptan T,Chang Y,Shuda M

更新日期：2018-04-11 00:00:00

abstract：:The amendment of crop residues produced under elevated CO2 (eCO2) may alter soil microbial community structure and their functions on residue decomposition and carbon (C) cycling in soil. The key to understanding this process is to elucidate the structure of prokaryotic communities that metabolize crop residues derive...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Wang Y,Yu Z,Li Y,Wang G,Tang C,Liu X,Liu J,Xie Z,Jin J

更新日期：2019-09-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Besides the major nutrients, phosphorus (P) is an essential mineral for both the host animal and the porcine gut microbiota. Different strategies including phytase supplementation and more recently lactic acid (LA) are used to enhance the P availability from cereals in pig diets; however, their impact on the gut micro...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Klinsoda J,Vötterl J,Zebeli Q,Metzler-Zebeli BU

更新日期：2019-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) relies heavily on the host cellular machinery for production of viral progeny. To exploit cellular proteins for replication and to overcome host factors with antiviral activity, HIV has evolved a set of regulatory and accessory proteins to shape an optimized environment for its repli...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Chen L,Keppler OT,Schölz C

更新日期：2018-09-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Many chronic inflammatory diseases are known to be caused by persistent bacterial or viral infections. A well-studied example is the tick-borne infection by the gram-negative spirochaetes of the genus Borrelia in humans and other mammals, causing severe symptoms of chronic inflammation and subsequent tissue damage (Ly...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Binder SC,Telschow A,Meyer-Hermann M

更新日期：2012-03-22 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was undertaken to assess the antibacterial potential of 3,8-dihydroxyquinoline (jineol) isolated from Scolopendra subspinipes mutilans against selected foodborne pathogens Escherichia coli O157:H7 and Staphylococcus aureus KCTC-1621. Jineol at the tested concentration (50 μL; corresponding to 250 μg/disk) e...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Bajpai VK,Shukla S,Paek WK,Lim J,Kumar P,Na M

更新日期：2017-03-28 00:00:00

abstract：:A viable but non-culturable (VBNC) state of bacteria induced by disinfection in water treatment poses serious health risks because of possible resuscitation of VBNC cells during transportation. In this study, a setup using continuous-flow ultraviolet (UVC) irradiation ranging from 0 to 172.2 mJ cm-2 was designed to si...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Zhang S,Guo L,Yang K,Zhang Y,Ye C,Chen S,Yu X,Huang WE,Cui L

更新日期：2018-09-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Colonization of the root surface, or rhizoplane, is one of the first steps for soil-borne bacteria to become established in the plant microbiome. However, the relative contributions of processes, such as bacterial attachment and proliferation is not well characterized, and this limits our ability to comprehend the com...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Carroll D,Holden N,Gifford ML,Dupuy LX

更新日期：2020-09-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Ripening cultures containing fungi and bacteria are widely used in smear-ripened cheese production processes, but little is known about the biotic interactions of typical ripening microorganisms at the surface of cheese. We developed a lab-scale mini-cheese model to investigate the biotic interactions of a synthetic c...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Pham NP,Landaud S,Lieben P,Bonnarme P,Monnet C

更新日期：2019-08-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Paracoccidioidomycosis (PCM) is the most prevalent endemic mycosis in Latin America. The disease is caused by fungi of the genus Paracoccidioides and mainly affects low-income rural workers after inhalation of fungal conidia suspended in the air. The current arsenal of chemotherapeutic agents requires long-term admini...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： de Oliveira AA,Neves BJ,Silva LDC,Soares CMA,Andrade CH,Pereira M

更新日期：2019-06-12 00:00:00

abstract：:This work aimed to gain insight into the transition from milk to solid feeding at weaning combining genomics and metabolomics on rumen contents from goat kids treated with a methanogenic inhibitor (bromochloromethane, BCM). Sixteen goats giving birth to two kids were used. Eight does were treated (D+) with BCM after g...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Abecia L,Martínez-Fernandez G,Waddams K,Martín-García AI,Pinloche E,Creevey CJ,Denman SE,Newbold CJ,Yáñez-Ruiz DR

更新日期：2018-10-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Prions are molecules characterized by self-propagation, which can undergo a conformational switch leading to the creation of new prions. Prion proteins have originally been associated with the development of mammalian pathologies; however, recently they have been shown to contribute to the environmental adaptation in ...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Tetz G,Tetz V

更新日期：2017-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Composed of trillions of individual microbes, the human gut microbiota has adapted to the uniquely diverse environments found in the human intestine. Quickly responding to the variances in the ingested food, the microbiota interacts with the host via reciprocal biochemical signaling to coordinate the exchange of nutri...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Selber-Hnatiw S,Rukundo B,Ahmadi M,Akoubi H,Al-Bizri H,Aliu AF,Ambeaghen TU,Avetisyan L,Bahar I,Baird A,Begum F,Ben Soussan H,Blondeau-Éthier V,Bordaries R,Bramwell H,Briggs A,Bui R,Carnevale M,Chancharoen M,Chevass

更新日期：2017-07-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Panax ginseng rusty root rot caused by the Ilyonectria species complex is a devastating disease, and it is one of the main factors contributing to the difficulty in continual cropping. Rusty root rot occurs in all ginseng fields, but little is known about the taxonomy of the fungal pathogen complex, especially Ilyonec...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Guan YM,Ma YY,Jin Q,Wang QX,Liu N,Fu YP,Zhang YY,Li Y

更新日期：2020-12-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Lactobacillus species, which dominate vaginal microbiota of healthy reproductive-age women, lower the risks of sexually transmitted infections, including the risk of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) acquisition. The exact mechanisms of this protection remain to be understood. Here, we investigated these mechanisms i...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Ñahui Palomino RA,Zicari S,Vanpouille C,Vitali B,Margolis L

更新日期：2017-05-19 00:00:00

abstract：:There is considerable interest in studying the function of Bacteroides species resident in the human gastrointestinal (GI)-tract and the contribution they make to host health. Reverse genetics and protein expression techniques, such as those developed for well-characterized Escherichia coli cannot be applied to Bacter...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Horn N,Carvalho AL,Overweg K,Wegmann U,Carding SR,Stentz R

更新日期：2016-07-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Coastal eutrophication is a key driver of shifts in bacterial communities on coral reefs. With fringing and patch reefs at varying distances from the coast the Spermonde Archipelago in southern Sulawesi, Indonesia offers ideal conditions to study the effects of coastal eutrophication along a spatially defined gradient...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Kegler HF,Lukman M,Teichberg M,Plass-Johnson J,Hassenrück C,Wild C,Gärdes A

更新日期：2017-04-20 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