Indole Propionic Acid, an Unusual Antibiotic Produced by the Gut Microbiota, With Anti-inflammatory and Antioxidant Properties.

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：:Legionella pneumophila is a natural intracellular bacterial parasite of free-living freshwater protozoa and an accidental human pathogen that causes Legionnaires' disease. L. pneumophila differentiates, and does it in style. Recent experimental data on L. pneumophila's differentiation point at the existence of a compl...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Robertson P,Abdelhady H,Garduño RA

更新日期：2014-12-22 00:00:00

abstract：:[This corrects the article DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2020.01824.]. ...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Zhang Z,Li Y,Luo L,Hao J,Li J

更新日期：2020-09-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Insect tea is a unique beverage that is native to Southwestern China and traditionally produced by local farmers in an elaborate process. It consists of insect larvae excrements that are commonly obtained from meal moths (Pyralis farinalis Linnaeus 1758) reared on a specific plant-based diet. We have reconstructed the...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Mao X,Kusstatscher P,Li H,Chen X,Berg G,Yang M,Cernava T

更新日期：2020-01-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Microbial processes such as nitrification and anaerobic ammonium oxidation (anammox) are important for nitrogen cycling in marine sediments. Seasonal variations of archaeal and bacterial ammonia oxidizers (AOA and AOB) and anammox bacteria, as well as the environmental factors affecting these groups, are not well stud...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Lipsewers YA,Bale NJ,Hopmans EC,Schouten S,Sinninghe Damsté JS,Villanueva L

更新日期：2014-09-05 00:00:00

abstract：:The selection of yeasts intended as starters for table olives is a complex process, including a characterization step at laboratory level and a validation at lab level and factory-scale. The characterization at lab level deals with the assessment of some technological traits (growth under different temperatures and at...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Bevilacqua A,Corbo MR,Sinigaglia M

更新日期：2012-05-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Lower and upper respiratory infections are the fourth highest cause of global mortality (Lozano et al., 2012). Epidemic and pandemic outbreaks of respiratory infection are a major medical concern, often causing considerable disease and a high death toll, typically over a relatively short period of time. Influenza is a...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Morris DE,Cleary DW,Clarke SC

更新日期：2017-06-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Colistin has long been a reserve drug used for the treatment of carbapenem resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae. Carbapenem resistance in K. pneumoniae has been increasing and is as high as 44% in India. Although a reserve agent, with rise in rates of resistance to carbapenems, the usage of colistin has increased over the ...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Pragasam AK,Shankar C,Veeraraghavan B,Biswas I,Nabarro LE,Inbanathan FY,George B,Verghese S

更新日期：2017-01-09 00:00:00

abstract：:The incidence of dengue virus (DENV) infections has been escalating in tropical and subtropical countries, but there are still no effective therapeutic options. In the present study, a DENV-1-specific human monoclonal antibody (HMAb), 1G5, isolated from single plasma cells obtained from the peripheral blood mononuclea...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Lu J,Wang R,Xia B,Yu Y,Zhou X,Yang Z,Huang P

更新日期：2018-06-06 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：:Multiple studies confirm laccase role in fungal pathogenicity and lignocellulose degradation. In spite of broad genomic research, laccases from plant wilt pathogen Fusarium oxysporum are still not characterized. The study aimed to identify F. oxysporum genes that may encode laccases sensu stricto and to characterize t...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Kwiatos N,Ryngajłło M,Bielecki S

更新日期：2015-09-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Aflatoxins are highly toxic carcinogens that detrimentally influence profitability of agriculture and the health of humans and domestic animals. Several phylogenetically distinct fungi within Aspergillus section Flavi have S-morphology (average sclerotial size < 400 μm), and consistently produce high concentrations of...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Singh P,Callicott KA,Orbach MJ,Cotty PJ

更新日期：2020-06-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Internal bacterial concentration of Mg2+, the most abundant divalent cation in living cells, is estimated to be in the single millimolar range. However, many bacteria will thrive in media with only micromolars of Mg2+, by using a range of intensely studied and highly efficient import mechanisms, as well as in media wi...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Armitano J,Redder P,Guimarães VA,Linder P

更新日期：2016-11-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Microbes are suitable candidates to recover and decontaminate different environments from soluble metal ions, either via reduction or precipitation to generate insoluble, non-toxic derivatives. In general, microorganisms reduce toxic metal ions generating nanostructures (NS), which display great applicability in biote...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Figueroa M,Fernandez V,Arenas-Salinas M,Ahumada D,Muñoz-Villagrán C,Cornejo F,Vargas E,Latorre M,Morales E,Vásquez C,Arenas F

更新日期：2018-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Background: Hantaviruses are zoonotic agents that cause hemorrhagic fevers and are thought to be transmitted to humans by exposure to aerosolized excreta of infected rodents. Puumala virus (PUUV) is the predominant endemic hantavirus in Europe. A large proportion of PUUV-infected patients suffer from gastrointestinal ...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Witkowski PT,Perley CC,Brocato RL,Hooper JW,Jürgensen C,Schulzke JD,Krüger DH,Bücker R

更新日期：2017-09-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Integrative conjugative elements (ICEs) are a class of bacterial mobile elements that have the ability to mediate their own integration, excision, and transfer from one host genome to another by a mechanism of site-specific recombination, self-circularisation, and conjugative transfer. Members of the SXT/R391 ICE fami...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Ryan MP,Armshaw P,Pembroke JT

更新日期：2016-05-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Sphingolipids form of a unique and complex group of bioactive lipids in fungi. Structurally, sphingolipids of fungi are quite diverse with unique differences in the sphingoid backbone, amide linked fatty acyl chain and the polar head group. Two of the most studied and conserved sphingolipid classes in fungi are the gl...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Singh A,Del Poeta M

更新日期：2016-04-14 00:00:00

abstract：:The problem of food spoilage due to Aspergillus flavus (A. flavus) needs to be resolved. In this study, we found that the minimum inhibitory concentration of cinnamaldehyde (CA) that inhibited A. flavus was 0.065 mg/ml and that corn can be prevented from spoiling at a concentration of 0.13 mg/cm3. In addition to inhib...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Qu S,Yang K,Chen L,Liu M,Geng Q,He X,Li Y,Liu Y,Tian J

更新日期：2019-12-18 00:00:00

abstract：:The regulator of citrate metabolism, CitO, from Enterococcus faecalis belongs to the FCD family within the GntR superfamily. In the presence of citrate, CitO binds to cis-acting sequences located upstream of the cit promoters inducing the expression of genes involved in citrate utilization. The quantification of the m...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Blancato VS,Pagliai FA,Magni C,Gonzalez CF,Lorca GL

更新日期：2016-02-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Cyclic lipodepsipeptides produced by Pseudomonas spp. (Ps-CLPs) are biosurfactants that constitute a diverse class of versatile bioactive natural compounds with promising application potential. While chemically diverse, they obey a common structural blue-print, allowing the definition of 14 distinct groups with multip...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Geudens N,Martins JC

更新日期：2018-08-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Kaposi sarcoma herpesvirus (KSHV) is the etiologic agent of Kaposi sarcoma (KS) and certain rare B cell lymphoproliferative disorders. KSHV infection of endothelial cells (EC) in vitro increases expression of the inducible host-encoded enzyme heme oxygenase-1 (HO-1), which is also strongly expressed in KS tumors. HO-1...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Botto S,Gustin JK,Moses AV

更新日期：2017-04-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Oral exposure to the heavy metal lead (Pb) causes various dysfunctions in animals. However, the influence of gut bacteria on Pb absorption, bioaccumulation, and excretion is largely unknown. In this study, we use a mouse model to investigate the relationship between gut microbiota, Pb-intolerant intestinal microbes an...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Zhai Q,Qu D,Feng S,Yu Y,Yu L,Tian F,Zhao J,Zhang H,Chen W

更新日期：2020-01-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Successful inter-kingdom relationships are based upon a dynamic balance between defense and cooperation. A certain degree of competition is necessary to guarantee life spread and development. On the other hand, cooperation is a powerful tool to ensure a long lasting adaptation to changing environmental conditions and ...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Pessione E

更新日期：2020-10-20 00:00:00

abstract：:This mini-review describes three biological systems. All three include competing molecules and a limiting molecule that binds the competing molecules. Such systems are extensively researched by economists. In fact, the issue of limited resources is the defining feature of economic systems. Therefore, we call these sys...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Polansky H,Javaherian A

更新日期：2016-03-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Herpes simplex virus 1 (HSV1) is an important pathogen with a worldwide epidemic trend that affects populations of various ages. It has a high morbidity, particularly in juveniles, but a successful HSV1 vaccine is not currently available. Thus, our study systematically observed the immune responses induced in mice imm...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Xu X,Fan S,Wang X,Hu Y,Feng M,Wang L,Zhang Y,Liao Y,Zhang X,Li Q

更新日期：2017-10-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Two large-scale outbreaks of streptococcal toxic shock-like syndrome (STSLS) have revealed Streptococcus suis 2 to be a severe and evolving human pathogen. We investigated the mechanism by which S. suis 2 causes STSLS. The transcript abundance of the transcriptional regulator gene tstS was found to be upregulated duri...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Xu Z,Chen B,Zhang Q,Liu L,Zhang A,Yang Y,Huang K,Yan S,Yu J,Sun X,Jin M

更新日期：2018-06-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Although currently available model organisms such as Mycobacterium smegmatis and Mycobacterium bovis Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) have significantly contributed to our understanding of tuberculosis (TB) biology, these models have limitations such as differences in genome size, growth rates and virulence. However, at...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Mouton JM,Heunis T,Dippenaar A,Gallant JL,Kleynhans L,Sampson SL

更新日期：2019-08-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Human campylobacteriosis is the leading food-borne zoonosis in industrialized countries. This study characterized the clonal population structure, antimicrobial resistance profiles and occurrence of antimicrobial resistance determinants of a set of Campylobacter jejuni strains isolated from broiler carcasses in Belgiu...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Elhadidy M,Miller WG,Arguello H,Álvarez-Ordóñez A,Duarte A,Dierick K,Botteldoorn N

更新日期：2018-05-17 00:00:00

abstract：:The Deepwater Horizon (DWH) blowout resulted in oil transport, including polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) to the Gulf of Mexico shoreline. The microbial communities of these shorelines are thought to be responsible for the intrinsic degradation of PAHs. To investigate the Gulf Coast beach microbial community re...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Kappell AD,Wei Y,Newton RJ,Van Nostrand JD,Zhou J,McLellan SL,Hristova KR

更新日期：2014-05-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Isolated elongate spore-like cells present in the >1600 Ma-old Salkhan Limestone of the Semri Group, Vindhayan Supergroup, India are considered akinetes of the heterocystous cyanobacteria. Small to large size, and young (single walled) to mature (double walled) akinetes - namely, Archaeoellipsoides bactroformis, A. co...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Sharma M,Shukla B

更新日期：2019-03-12 00:00:00