Comparative Analysis of Virulence and Toxin Expression of Vancomycin-Intermediate and Vancomycin-Sensitive Staphylococcus aureus Strains.

abstract：:Neisseria gonorrhoeae infections are a serious global health problem. This organism has developed disturbing levels of antibiotic resistance, resulting in the need for new approaches to prevent and treat gonorrhea. The genus Neisseria also includes several members of the human microbiome that live in close association...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Aho EL,Ogle JM,Finck AM

更新日期：2020-12-03 00:00:00

abstract：:The filament fungal pathogen, Aspergillus flavus, spreads worldwide and contaminates several important crops. Histone posttranslational modifications are deeply involved in fungal development and virulence, but the biological function of the histone methyltransferase AflSet1 in A. flavus is still unknown. In the study...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Liu Y,Zhang M,Xie R,Zhang F,Wang S,Pan X,Wang S,Zhuang Z

更新日期：2020-02-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Tuberculosis (TB) affects humans and other animals and is caused by bacteria from the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MTBC). Previous studies have shown that there are at least nine members of the MTBC infecting animals other than humans; these have also been referred to as ecotypes. However, the ecology and the e...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Brites D,Loiseau C,Menardo F,Borrell S,Boniotti MB,Warren R,Dippenaar A,Parsons SDC,Beisel C,Behr MA,Fyfe JA,Coscolla M,Gagneux S

更新日期：2018-11-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs) are a family of biopolyesters accumulated by a variety of microorganisms as carbon and energy storage under starvation conditions. We focused on marine purple non-sulfur photosynthetic bacteria as host microorganisms for PHA production and developed a method for their isolation from natura...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Higuchi-Takeuchi M,Morisaki K,Numata K

更新日期：2016-09-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Gliding motility facilitates the movement of bacteria along surfaces in many Bacteroidetes species and results in spreading colonies. The adhesins required for the gliding are secreted through a gliding motility-associated protein secretion system, known as the type IX secretion system (T9SS). The fish pathogen Flavob...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Penttinen R,Hoikkala V,Sundberg LR

更新日期：2018-03-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Tumor-targeting bacteria elicit anticancer effects by infiltrating hypoxic regions, releasing toxic agents and inducing immune responses. Although current research has largely focused on the influence of chemical and immunological aspects on the mechanisms of bacterial therapy, the impact of physical effects is still ...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Mascheroni P,Meyer-Hermann M,Hatzikirou H

更新日期：2020-06-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Biogenic transformation of Fe minerals, associated with extracellular electron transfer (EET), allows microorganisms to exploit high-potential refractory electron acceptors for energy generation. EET-capable thermophiles are dominated by hyperthermophilic archaea and Gram-positive bacteria. Information on their EET pa...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Gavrilov SN,Zavarzina DG,Elizarov IM,Tikhonova TV,Dergousova NI,Popov VO,Lloyd JR,Knight D,El-Naggar MY,Pirbadian S,Leung KM,Robb FT,Zakhartsev MV,Bretschger O,Bonch-Osmolovskaya EA

更新日期：2021-01-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Stenotrophomonas maltophilia SeITE02 and Ochrobactrum sp. MPV1 were isolated from the rhizosphere soil of the selenium-hyperaccumulator legume Astragalus bisulcatus and waste material from a dumping site for roasted pyrites, respectively. Here, these bacterial strains were studied as cell factories to generate seleniu...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Piacenza E,Presentato A,Ambrosi E,Speghini A,Turner RJ,Vallini G,Lampis S

更新日期：2018-12-19 00:00:00

abstract：:The proton pump rhodopsin is widely found in marine bacteria and archaea, where it functions to capture light energy and convert it to ATP. While found in several lineages of dinoflagellates, this gene has not been studied in Prorocentrales species and whether it functionally tunes to light spectra and intensities as ...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Shi X,Li L,Guo C,Lin X,Li M,Lin S

更新日期：2015-06-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Soil microbial diversity is huge and a few grams of soil contain more bacterial taxa than there are bird species on Earth. This high diversity often makes predicting the responses of soil bacteria to environmental change intractable and restricts our capacity to predict the responses of soil functions to global change...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Le Roux X,Bouskill NJ,Niboyet A,Barthes L,Dijkstra P,Field CB,Hungate BA,Lerondelle C,Pommier T,Tang J,Terada A,Tourna M,Poly F

更新日期：2016-05-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Bacillus cereus is a Gram-positive endospore forming bacterium known for its wide spectrum of phenotypic traits, enabling it to occupy diverse ecological niches. Although the population structure of B. cereus is highly dynamic and rather panmictic, production of the emetic B. cereus toxin cereulide is restricted to st...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Ehling-Schulz M,Frenzel E,Gohar M

更新日期：2015-07-14 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：:With the increasing amount of evidence linking certain disorders of the human body to a disturbed gut microbiota, there is a growing interest for compounds that positively influence its composition and activity through diet. Besides the consumption of probiotics to stimulate favorable bacterial communities in the huma...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Rivière A,Selak M,Lantin D,Leroy F,De Vuyst L

更新日期：2016-06-28 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study was designed to clarify the taxonomic status of two species classified as Bacillus cereus sensu lato, namely B. cereus sensu stricto and Bacillus thuringiensis. To this end, nearly 900 whole genome sequences of strains assigned to these taxa were the subject of comparative genomic and phylogenomic an...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Baek I,Lee K,Goodfellow M,Chun J

更新日期：2019-08-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Glycerol is one of the most important by-products of alcohol fermentation, and depending on its concentration it can contribute to wine flavor intensity and aroma volatility. Here, we evaluated the potential of utilizing the natural genetic variation of non-coding regions in budding yeast to identify allelic variants ...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Tapia SM,Cuevas M,Abarca V,Delgado V,Rojas V,García V,Brice C,Martínez C,Salinas F,Larrondo LF,Cubillos FA

更新日期：2018-07-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Electron microscopy is a powerful tool in the field of microbiology. It has played a key role in the rapid diagnosis of viruses in patient samples and has contributed significantly to the clarification of virus structure and function, helping to guide the public health response to emerging viral infections. In the pre...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Brahim Belhaouari D,Fontanini A,Baudoin JP,Haddad G,Le Bideau M,Bou Khalil JY,Raoult D,La Scola B

更新日期：2020-08-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Human gut bacteria contribute significantly to human health and several studies have evaluated the effects of dietary fibers on human gut bacterial ecology. However, the relationship between different degrees of fiber polymerization and human gut bacteria is unknown. Here, we analyzed three fiber substrates with diffe...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Chen M,Fan B,Liu S,Imam KMSU,Xie Y,Wen B,Xin F

更新日期：2020-05-15 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：:We compared the bacterial microbiomes lodged in the bronchial tree, oropharynx and nose of patients with early stage cystic fibrosis (CF) not using chronic antibiotics, determining their relationships with lung function and exacerbation frequency. CF patients were enrolled in a cohort study during stability and were c...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Garcia-Nuñez M,Garcia-Gonzalez M,Pomares X,Montón C,Millares L,Quero S,Prina E,Asensio O,Bosque M,Capilla S,Cuevas O,Monsó E

更新日期：2020-06-30 00:00:00

abstract：:The gastrointestinal tract is an ideal habitat for diverse bacterial species that reside in a homeostatic balance with local tissue and significantly contribute to host health. Negative shifts in gut microbiota profiles, also known as dysbiosis, may be implicated in the development of chronic disorders such as inflamm...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Babbar A,Hitch TCA,Pabst O,Clavel T,Hübel J,Eswaran S,Wagner N,Schippers A

更新日期：2019-10-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Weaning is stressful for piglets involving nutritional, physiological, and psychological challenges, leading to an increase in the secretion of cortisol, changes in gut microbiome and metabolites, whereas the underlying relationships remain unclear. To elucidate this, 14 Meishan female piglets were divided into the we...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Jiang X,Lu N,Zhao H,Yuan H,Xia D,Lei H

更新日期：2020-08-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Epibacterium mobile BBCC367 is a marine bacterium that is common in coastal areas. It belongs to the Roseobacter clade, a widespread group in pelagic marine ecosystems. Species of the Roseobacter clade are regularly used as models to understand the evolution and physiological adaptability of generalist bacteria. E. mo...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Matallana-Surget S,Werner J,Wattiez R,Lebaron K,Intertaglia L,Regan C,Morris J,Teeling H,Ferrer M,Golyshin PN,Gerogiorgis D,Reilly SI,Lebaron P

更新日期：2018-12-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Given that the degradation of aromatic pollutants in anaerobic environments such as sediment is generally very slow, aeration could be an efficient bioremediation option. Using stable isotope probing (SIP) coupled with pyrosequencing analysis of 16S rRNA genes, we identified naphthalene-utilizing populations in aerate...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Wald J,Hroudova M,Jansa J,Vrchotova B,Macek T,Uhlik O

更新日期：2015-11-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Vibrio vulnificus (Vv) is a multi-host pathogenic species currently subdivided into three biotypes (Bts). The three Bts are human-pathogens, but only Bt2 is also a fish-pathogen, an ability that is conferred by a transferable virulence-plasmid (pVvbt2). Here we present a phylogenomic analysis from the core genome of 8...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Roig FJ,González-Candelas F,Sanjuán E,Fouz B,Feil EJ,Llorens C,Baker-Austin C,Oliver JD,Danin-Poleg Y,Gibas CJ,Kashi Y,Gulig PA,Morrison SS,Amaro C

更新日期：2018-01-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Twenty-three Saccharomyces cerevisiae strains isolated from different fermented foods of Western Himalayas have been studied for strain level and functional diversity in our department. Among these 23 strains, 10 S. cerevisiae strains on the basis of variation in their brewing traits were selected to study their organ...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Kanwar SS,Keshani

更新日期：2016-06-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Calcium carbonate (CaCO3) biomineralization has been investigated due to its wide range of scientific and technological implications, however, the molecular mechanisms of this important geomicrobiological process are largely unknown. Here, a urease-positive marine actinobacterium Brevibacterium linens BS258 was demons...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Zhu Y,Ma N,Jin W,Wu S,Sun C

更新日期：2017-04-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Endophytes are considered to be excellent biocontrol agents and biofertilizers, and are associated with plant growth promotion and health. In particular, seed-endophytic bacteria benefit the host plant's progeny via vertical transmission, and can play a role in plant growth and defense. However, seed-associated endoph...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Li L,Zhang Z,Pan S,Li L,Li X

更新日期：2019-11-13 00:00:00

abstract：:A library of 14 minimally cytotoxic diterpenoid-like compounds (CC50 > 70 μM on HepG2 human liver cells) was screened against Mycobacterium smegmatis, Staphylococcus aureus, and Escherichia coli to determine antimicrobial activity. Some compounds with a phenethyl alcohol (PE) core substituted with a β-cyclocitral deri...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Crusco A,Baptista R,Bhowmick S,Beckmann M,Mur LAJ,Westwell AD,Hoffmann KF

更新日期：2019-06-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Extracellular agents produced by newly isolated bacterial strains were able to catalyze the synthesis of silver nanoparticles (AgNPs). The most effective isolates were identified as Bacillus pumilus, B. persicus, and Bacillus licheniformis using molecular identification. DLS analysis revealed that the AgNPs synthesize...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Elbeshehy EK,Elazzazy AM,Aggelis G

更新日期：2015-05-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Newborns and unvaccinated infants, compared to other age groups, are more susceptible to pertussis infection, manifesting severe symptoms leading to a higher mortality. The recent increase in pertussis cases demands more effective strategies to overcome this major health problem. In parallel with maternal-immunization...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Martin Aispuro P,Ambrosis N,Zurita ME,Gaillard ME,Bottero D,Hozbor DF

更新日期：2020-04-17 00:00:00