Exploiting Lactoferricin (17-30) as a Potential Antimicrobial and Antibiofilm Candidate Against Multi-Drug-Resistant Enteroaggregative Escherichia coli.

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：:We aimed at isolating lactic acid bacteria (LAB) from different plant materials to study their crossed-fermentation capacity in silos and to find strains able to confer enhanced aerobic stability to silage. A total of 129 LAB isolates were obtained from lucerne (alfalfa), maize, sorghum, ryegrass, rice, barley, canola...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Puntillo M,Gaggiotti M,Oteiza JM,Binetti A,Massera A,Vinderola G

更新日期：2020-12-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Swarming is a surface-associated motile behavior that plays an important role in the rapid spread, colonization, and subsequent establishment of bacterial communities. In Pseudomonas aeruginosa, swarming is dependent upon a functional flagella and aided by the production of biosurfactants. AmrZ, a conserved transcript...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Hou L,Debru A,Chen Q,Bao Q,Li K

更新日期：2019-08-14 00:00:00

abstract：:The FUT2 gene encodes an α-1,2-fucosyltransferase responsible for the expression of ABO histo-blood-group antigens on mucosal surfaces and bodily secretions. Individuals who carry at least one functional allele are known as "secretors," whereas those homozygous for loss-of-function mutations are known as "non-secretor...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Rausch P,Künzel S,Suwandi A,Grassl GA,Rosenstiel P,Baines JF

更新日期：2017-06-08 00:00:00

abstract：:New fungal SMs (SMs) have been successfully described to be produced by means of in vitro-simulated microbial community interactions. Co-culturing of fungi has proved to be an efficient way to induce cell-cell interactions that can promote the activation of cryptic pathways, frequently silent when the strains are grow...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Serrano R,González-Menéndez V,Rodríguez L,Martín J,Tormo JR,Genilloud O

更新日期：2017-04-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Paracoccidioidomycosis (PCM), a common chronic mycosis in Latin America, is a granulomatous systemic disease caused by the thermo-dimorphic fungus Paracoccidioides brasiliensis. The glycoprotein gp43 is the main antigen target of P. brasiliensis and a 15-mer internal peptide (QTLIAIHTLAIRYAN), known as P10, defines a ...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Mayorga O,Muñoz JE,Lincopan N,Teixeira AF,Ferreira LC,Travassos LR,Taborda CP

更新日期：2012-05-04 00:00:00

abstract：:To obtain full details of gut microbiota, including bacteria, fungi, bacteriophages, and helminths, in giant pandas (GPs), we created a comprehensive microbial genome database and used metagenomic sequences to align against the database. We delineated a detailed and different gut microbiota structures of GPs. A total ...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Yang S,Gao X,Meng J,Zhang A,Zhou Y,Long M,Li B,Deng W,Jin L,Zhao S,Wu D,He Y,Li C,Liu S,Huang Y,Zhang H,Zou L

更新日期：2018-07-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Spices have been used since ancient times. Although they have been employed mainly as flavoring and coloring agents, their role in food safety and preservation have also been studied in vitro and in vivo. Spices have exhibited numerous health benefits in preventing and treating a wide variety of diseases such as cance...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Gottardi D,Bukvicki D,Prasad S,Tyagi AK

更新日期：2016-09-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Chrysene is a high molecular weight (HMW), polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) known for its recalcitrance and carcinogenic properties and sparsely soluble (0.003 mg/L) in aqueous medium. Due to these refractory properties, bioavailability of chrysene is very low and therefore is persistence in the environment escap...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Vaidya S,Devpura N,Jain K,Madamwar D

更新日期：2018-06-26 00:00:00

abstract：:The wide spread of Klebsiella pneumoniae carbapenemase (KPC)-producing Enterobacteriaceae is great threat to public health in China. Plasmids are among the major factors mediating blaKPC gene dissemination. A total of 156 carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE) isolates were identified in a tertiary hospital in ...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Huang J,Ding H,Shi Y,Zhao Y,Hu X,Ren J,Huang G,Wu R,Zhao Z

更新日期：2018-08-21 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of environmental and dispersal processes on macrofungi community assembly remain unclear. Further, it is not well understood if community assembly differs for different functional guilds of macrofungi, e.g., soil and rotten-wood macrofungi. In this study, using 2433 macrofungi sporocarps belonging to 217 s...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Chen Y,Svenning JC,Wang X,Cao R,Yuan Z,Ye Y

更新日期：2018-01-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Bacillus cereus is a Gram-positive spore-forming bacterium causing food poisoning and serious opportunistic infections. These infections are characterized by bacterial accumulation in the host despite the induction of inflammation. To circumvent inflammation, bacteria must resist the bactericidal activity of professio...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Haydar A,Tran SL,Guillemet E,Darrigo C,Perchat S,Lereclus D,Coquet L,Jouenne T,Ramarao N

更新日期：2018-05-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Iron is an essential but, in excess, toxic nutrient. Therefore, fungi evolved fine-tuned mechanisms for uptake and storage of iron, such as the production of siderophores (low-molecular mass iron-specific chelators). In Aspergillus fumigatus, iron starvation causes extensive transcriptional remodeling involving two ce...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Haas H

更新日期：2012-02-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Formate dehydrogenase H (FDH-H) and [NiFe]-hydrogenase 3 (Hyd-3) form the catalytic components of the hydrogen-producing formate hydrogenlyase (FHL) complex, which disproportionates formate to H2 and CO2 during mixed acid fermentation in enterobacteria. FHL comprises minimally seven proteins and little is understood a...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Pinske C

更新日期：2018-06-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Biofilms are surface-attached communities of bacterial cells embedded in a self-produced matrix that are found ubiquitously in nature. The biofilm matrix is composed of various extracellular polymeric substances, which confer advantages to the encapsulated bacteria by protecting them from eradication. The matrix compo...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Whitfield GB,Marmont LS,Howell PL

更新日期：2015-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are widespread across the globe mainly due to long-term anthropogenic sources of pollution. The inherent properties of PAHs such as heterocyclic aromatic ring structures, hydrophobicity, and thermostability have made them recalcitrant and highly persistent in the environment. PA...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Patel AB,Shaikh S,Jain KR,Desai C,Madamwar D

更新日期：2020-11-05 00:00:00

abstract：:The archaeon Thermococcus barophilus, one of the most extreme members of hyperthermophilic piezophiles known thus far, is able to grow at temperatures up to 103°C and pressures up to 80 MPa. We analyzed the membrane lipids of T. barophilus by high performance liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry as a function of pr...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Cario A,Grossi V,Schaeffer P,Oger PM

更新日期：2015-10-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Extracellular DNA is found in all environments and is a dynamic component of the microbial ecosystem. Microbial cells produce and interact with extracellular DNA through many endogenous mechanisms. Extracellular DNA is processed and internalized for use as genetic information and as a major source of macronutrients, a...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Chimileski S,Dolas K,Naor A,Gophna U,Papke RT

更新日期：2014-02-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Prosthetic joint replacement failure has a huge impact on quality of life and hospitalization costs. A leading cause of prosthetic joint infection is bacteria-forming biofilm on the surface of orthopedic devices. Staphylococcus epidermidis is an emergent, low-virulence pathogen implicated in chronic infections, barely...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Bottagisio M,Soggiu A,Piras C,Bidossi A,Greco V,Pieroni L,Bonizzi L,Roncada P,Lovati AB

更新日期：2019-09-06 00:00:00

abstract：:The Gram-negative opportunistic bacterium Acinetobacter baumannii is a significant cause of hospital-borne infections worldwide. Alarmingly, the rapid development of antimicrobial resistance coupled with the remarkable ability of isolates to persist on surfaces for extended periods of time has led to infiltration of A...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Singh JK,Adams FG,Brown MH

更新日期：2019-01-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic inflammatory rheumatic diseases (CIRDs) are immune-mediated pathologies involving joints. To date, TNFα-blocking agents administration is the most promising therapy, although these treatments are associated with an increased Polyomavirus JC (JCPyV) reactivation, the etiological agent of the Progressive Multifo...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Rodio DM,Anzivino E,Mischitelli M,Bellizzi A,Scrivo R,Scribano D,Conte G,Prezioso C,Trancassini M,Valesini G,Palamara AT,Pietropaolo V

更新日期：2016-05-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Acinetobacter baumannii often causes serious nosocomial infections. Because of its serious drug resistance problems, complex drug resistance mechanism, and rapid adaptation to antibiotics, it often shows pan-drug resistance and high fatality rates, which represent great challenges for clinical treatment. Therefore, id...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Huang W,Zhang Q,Li W,Chen Y,Shu C,Li Q,Zhou J,Ye C,Bai H,Sun W,Yang X,Ma Y

更新日期：2019-06-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Enterovirus A71 (EV-A71) is one of the major etiologic agents causing hand, foot, and mouth disease (HFMD) in children and occasionally causes severe neurological diseases or even death. EV-A71 replicates rapidly in host cells. For a successful infection, viruses produce large quantities of viral proteins in a short p...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Su YS,Hsieh PY,Li JS,Pao YH,Chen CJ,Hwang LH

更新日期：2020-07-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a ubiquitous member of marine biofilm, and reduces thiosulfate to produce toxic hydrogen sulfide gas. In this study, lytic bacteriophages were isolated and applied to inhibit the growth of P. aeruginosa in planktonic mode at different temperature, pH, and salinity. Bacteriophages showed optim...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Scarascia G,Yap SA,Kaksonen AH,Hong PY

更新日期：2018-05-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Food grade micro- or nano-carrier systems (NCS) are being developed to improve the controlled release of antimicrobial agents. To augment the stability of liposomal NCS and to overcome the limitations associated with the use of free bacteriocin (nisin) in the food system, multi-component colloidosomes (MCCS) were deve...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Niaz T,Shabbir S,Noor T,Abbasi R,Raza ZA,Imran M

更新日期：2018-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:In filamentous fungi such as Fusarium graminearum, disruption of multiple genes of interest in the same strain (e.g., to test for redundant gene function) is a difficult task due to the limited availability of reliable selection markers. We have created a series of transformation vectors that allow antibiotic-based se...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Twaruschek K,Spörhase P,Michlmayr H,Wiesenberger G,Adam G

更新日期：2018-09-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Avian leukosis virus subgroup J (ALV-J) is an oncogenic retrovirus that causes immunosuppression and enhances susceptibility to secondary infection, resulting in great economic losses. Although ALV-J-induced immunosuppression has been well established, the underlying molecular mechanism for such induction is still unc...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Lin W,Xu Z,Yan Y,Zhang H,Li H,Chen W,Chen F,Xie Q

更新日期：2018-05-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Cronobacter sakazakii is an opportunistic pathogen that causes severe infections in neonates and infants through contaminated powdered infant formula (PIF). Therefore, the aim of this study was a large-scale study on determine the prevalence, molecular characterization and antibiotic susceptibility of C. sakazakii iso...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Fei P,Jiang Y,Jiang Y,Yuan X,Yang T,Chen J,Wang Z,Kang H,Forsythe SJ

更新日期：2017-10-17 00:00:00

abstract：:The first documented nosocomial outbreak caused by Serratia marcescens in Spain occurred in 1969 at the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) of the tertiary La Paz Children's Hospital in Madrid, Spain, and based on the available phenotyping techniques at this time, it was considered as a monoclonal outbreak. Only 47 ye...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Saralegui C,Ponce-Alonso M,Pérez-Viso B,Moles Alegre L,Escribano E,Lázaro-Perona F,Lanza VF,de Pipaón MS,Rodríguez JM,Baquero F,Del Campo R

更新日期：2020-03-31 00:00:00

abstract：:The oral cavity is a complex environment harboring diverse microbial species that often co-exist within biofilms formed on oral surfaces. Within a biofilm, inter-species interactions can be synergistic in that the presence of one organism generates a niche for another enhancing colonization. Among these species are th...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Khoury ZH,Vila T,Puthran TR,Sultan AS,Montelongo-Jauregui D,Melo MAS,Jabra-Rizk MA

更新日期：2020-02-28 00:00:00