Diversity of Pelagic and Benthic Bacterial Assemblages in the Western Pacific Ocean.

abstract：:Tea tree oil (TTO) is a volatile essential oil obtained from the leaves of the Australian tree Melaleuca alternifolia by vapor distillation. Previously, we demonstrated that TTO has a strong inhibitory effect on Botrytis cinerea. This study investigates the underlying antifungal mechanisms at the molecular level. A pr...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Xu J,Shao X,Wei Y,Xu F,Wang H

更新日期：2017-10-12 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：:Anti-retroviral therapy (ART) is crucial for controlling human immunodeficiency virus type-1 (HIV-1) infection. Recently, progress in identifying and characterizing highly potent broadly neutralizing antibodies has provided valuable templates for HIV-1 therapy and vaccine design. Nevertheless, HIV-1, like many RNA vir...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Harada S,Yoshimura K

更新日期：2017-03-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Crop protection anilinopyrimidine (AP) fungicides were introduced more than 20 years ago for the control of a range of diseases caused by ascomycete plant pathogens, and in particular for the control of gray mold caused by Botrytis cinerea. Although early mode of action studies suggested an inhibition of methionine bi...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Mosbach A,Edel D,Farmer AD,Widdison S,Barchietto T,Dietrich RA,Corran A,Scalliet G

更新日期：2017-11-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Similar to the increased number of studies on invasive plants and animals in terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems, many reports were recently published on the invasion of Nostocales (cyanobacteria) to freshwater environments worldwide. Invasion and proliferation of Nostocales in new habitats have the potential to signif...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Sukenik A,Hadas O,Kaplan A,Quesada A

更新日期：2012-03-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Zoonotic hepatitis E, mainly caused by hepatitis E virus (HEV) genotype (gt) 3, is a foodborne disease that has emerged in Europe in recent decades. The main animal reservoir for genotype 3 is domestic pigs. Pig liver and liver derivates are considered the major risk products, and studies focused on the presence of HE...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： García N,Hernández M,Gutierrez-Boada M,Valero A,Navarro A,Muñoz-Chimeno M,Fernández-Manzano A,Escobar FM,Martínez I,Bárcena C,González S,Avellón A,Eiros JM,Fongaro G,Domínguez L,Goyache J,Rodríguez-Lázaro D

更新日期：2020-01-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Plasmids are autonomous, self-replicating, extrachromosomal genetic elements that are typically not essential for growth of their host. They may encode metabolic capabilities, which promote the maintenance of these genetic elements, and may allow adaption to specific ecological niches and consequently enhance survival...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Kelleher P,Mahony J,Bottacini F,Lugli GA,Ventura M,van Sinderen D

更新日期：2019-04-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Sea star wasting (SSW) disease describes a condition affecting asteroids that resulted in significant Northeastern Pacific population decline following a mass mortality event in 2013. The etiology of SSW is unresolved. We hypothesized that SSW is a sequela of microbial organic matter remineralization near respiratory ...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Aquino CA,Besemer RM,DeRito CM,Kocian J,Porter IR,Raimondi PT,Rede JE,Schiebelhut LM,Sparks JP,Wares JP,Hewson I

更新日期：2021-01-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite recent recognition of the ATP-binding cassette protein OptrA as an important mediator of linezolid resistance in Enterococcus faecalis worldwide, the mechanisms of optrA gene acquisition and transfer remain poorly understood. In this study, we performed comprehensive molecular and phenotypic profiling of 44 op...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Zou J,Tang Z,Yan J,Liu H,Chen Y,Zhang D,Zhao J,Tang Y,Zhang J,Xia Y

更新日期：2020-06-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Anthrax is a zoonotic disease caused by Bacillus anthracis spore-forming bacterium. Since it is primarily a disease of animals, the control in animals, and humans depend on the prevention in livestock, principally cattle, sheep, and goats. Most veterinary vaccines utilize the toxigenic, uncapsulated (pXO1+/pXO2-) B. a...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Adone R,Sali M,Francia M,Iatarola M,Donatiello A,Fasanella A

更新日期：2016-01-28 00:00:00

abstract：:MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are a group of small non-coding endogenous RNAs. In plants, miRNAs play vital functions in regulating growth, development, and stress response. However, the role of miRNAs in Arabidopsis-Phytophthora capsici (P. capsici) model pathosystem is poorly understood. Here, we used a high-throughput sequenc...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Zhu X,He S,Fang D,Guo L,Zhou X,Guo Y,Gao L,Qiao Y

更新日期：2020-06-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Sterols are essential components of eukaryotic cells whose biosynthesis and function has been studied extensively. Sterols are also recognized as the diagenetic precursors of steranes preserved in sedimentary rocks where they can function as geological proxies for eukaryotic organisms and/or aerobic metabolisms and en...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Wei JH,Yin X,Welander PV

更新日期：2016-06-24 00:00:00

abstract：:The development of a safe and efficient multivalent vaccine has great prospects for application. Both rabies virus (RABV) and canine distemper virus (CDV) are highly infectious antigens, causing lethal diseases in domestic dogs and other carnivores worldwide. In this study, a replication-deficient human adenovirus 5 (...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Yan L,Zhao Z,Xue X,Zheng W,Xu T,Liu L,Tian L,Wang X,He H,Zheng X

更新日期：2020-06-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Human rhinovirus (HRV) is a positive sense RNA virus, which, despite replicating in the cytoplasm, has a significant impact on nuclear transport and nuclear localization of host proteins. A number of studies have identified differences between HRV serotypes, with respect to host response, protease activity and replica...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Walker EJ,Jensen LM,Croft S,Ghildyal R

更新日期：2015-08-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) virus, has emerged as a global pandemic worldwide. In this study, we used ARTIC primers-based amplicon sequencing to profile 225 SARS-CoV-2 genomes from India. Phylogenetic analysis of 202 high-quality assem...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Raghav S,Ghosh A,Turuk J,Kumar S,Jha A,Madhulika S,Priyadarshini M,Biswas VK,Shyamli PS,Singh B,Singh N,Singh D,Datey A,Avula K,Smita S,Sabat J,Bhattacharya D,Kshatri JS,Vasudevan D,Suryawanshi A,Dash R,Senapati

更新日期：2020-11-23 00:00:00

abstract：:The subcellular localization (SCL) of proteins provides important clues to their function in a cell. In our efforts to predict useful vaccine targets against Gram-negative bacteria, we noticed that misannotated start codons frequently lead to wrongly assigned SCLs. This and other problems in SCL prediction, such as th...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Paramasivam N,Linke D

更新日期：2011-11-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Mikania micrantha is a noxious invasive plant causing enormous economic losses and ecological damage. Soil microbiome plays an important role in the invasion process of M. micrantha, while little is known about its rhizosphere microbiome composition and function. In this study, we identified the distinct rhizosphere m...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Yin L,Liu B,Wang H,Zhang Y,Wang S,Jiang F,Ren Y,Liu H,Liu C,Wan F,Wang H,Qian W,Fan W

更新日期：2020-07-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Dynamic Light Scattering (DLS), Small Angle X-ray Scattering (SAXS) and Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM) are physical techniques widely employed to characterize the morphology and the structure of vesicles such as liposomes or human extracellular vesicles (exosomes). Bacterial extracellular vesicles are similar ...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Sarra A,Celluzzi A,Bruno SP,Ricci C,Sennato S,Ortore MG,Casciardi S,Del Chierico F,Postorino P,Bordi F,Masotti A

更新日期：2020-02-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Airborne bacterial communities are subject to conditions ill-suited to microbial activity and growth. In spite of this, air is an important transfer medium for bacteria, with the bacteria in indoor air having potentially major consequences for the health of a building's occupants. A major example is the decreased dive...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Vestergaard DV,Holst GJ,Basinas I,Elholm G,Schlünssen V,Linneberg A,Šantl-Temkiv T,Finster K,Sigsgaard T,Marshall IPG

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:EspF is a central effector protein of enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli (EHEC), enteropathogenic E. coli (EPEC), and Citrobacter rodentium (CR) that is secreted through the type III secretion system to host cells. The interaction between EspF and host proteins plays an important role in bacterial pathogenesis. EspF p...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Hua Y,Yan K,Wan C

更新日期：2018-11-22 00:00:00

abstract：:In most bacteria, iron plays a vital role in pathogenesis processes. To support survival and infection, Streptococcus pneumoniae has evolved three ABC transporters, PiaABC, PiuABC, and PitABC. Moreover, indirect evidence supports that operon 804 may be a novel ABC transporter in S. pneumoniae. We have recently describ...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Yang XY,Li N,Xu JY,Sun X,He QY

更新日期：2019-07-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Lignocellulosic biomass is a renewable and sustainable energy source. Cellulases are the enzymes that cleave β-1, 4-glycosidic linkages in cellulose to liberate sugars that can be fermented to ethanol, butanol, and other products. Low enzyme activity and yield, and thermostability are, however, some of the limitations...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Dadwal A,Sharma S,Satyanarayana T

更新日期：2020-06-24 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study we addressed the question how a mevalonate (MVA)-auxotrophic Staphylococcus aureusΔmvaS mutant can revert to prototrophy. This mutant couldn't grow in the absence of MVA. However, after a long lag-phase of 4-6 days the mutant adapted from auxotrophic to prototrophic phenotype. During that time, it acquir...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Reichert S,Ebner P,Bonetti EJ,Luqman A,Nega M,Schrenzel J,Spröer C,Bunk B,Overmann J,Sass P,François P,Götz F

更新日期：2018-07-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Over thousands of years, modernization could be predicted for the use of microorganisms in the production of foods and beverages. However, the current accelerated pace of new food production is due to the rapid incorporation of biotechnological techniques that allow the rapid identification of new molecules and microo...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Vitorino LC,Bessa LA

更新日期：2017-05-10 00:00:00

abstract：:The human T-lymphotropic virus (HTLV) is part of the group of retroviruses that share similar routes of transmission to the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). Coinfection of these viruses can affect the clinical course of both infections, and reports have shown a quicker progression to AIDS and the development of HIV...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Alencar SP,Souza MC,Fonseca RRS,Menezes CR,Azevedo VN,Ribeiro ALR,Lima SS,Laurentino RV,Barbosa MDAAP,Freitas FB,Oliveira-Filho AB,Machado LFA

更新日期：2020-10-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Food contaminated with human pathogens, such as Salmonella spp. and Listeria monocytogenes, frequently causes outbreaks of foodborne illness. Consumer concern over the use of synthesized antimicrobials to enhance microbial food safety has led to a search of natural alternatives. The objectives of this study were to ev...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Zhang X,Ashby R,Solaiman DK,Uknalis J,Fan X

更新日期：2016-12-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Autoimmune diseases are increasingly linked to aberrant gut microbiome and relevant metabolites. However, the association between vitiligo and the gut microbiome remains to be elucidated. Thus, we conducted a case-control study through 16S rRNA sequencing and serum untargeted-metabolomic profiling based on 30 vitiligo...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Ni Q,Ye Z,Wang Y,Chen J,Zhang W,Ma C,Li K,Liu Y,Liu L,Han Z,Gao T,Jian Z,Li S,Li C

更新日期：2020-12-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Thiobacillus denitrificans is a chemolithoautotrophic bacterium capable of anaerobic, nitrate-dependent U(IV) and Fe(II) oxidation, both of which can strongly influence the long-term efficacy of in situ reductive immobilization of uranium in contaminated aquifers. We previously identified two c-type cytochromes involv...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Beller HR,Zhou P,Legler TC,Chakicherla A,Kane S,Letain TE,A O'Day P

更新日期：2013-08-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Plasmid mediated horizontal gene transfer (HGT) has been speculated to be one of the prime mechanisms for the adaptation of roseobacters (Rhodobacteraceae) to their ecological niches in the marine habitat. Their plasmids contain ecologically crucial functional modules of up to ∼40-kb in size, e.g., for aerobic anoxyge...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Petersen J,Wagner-Döbler I

更新日期：2017-07-18 00:00:00

abstract：:The shallow-sea hydrothermal vents at White Point (WP) in Palos Verdes on the southern California coast support microbial mats and provide easily accessed settings in which to study chemolithoautotrophic sulfur cycling. Previous studies have cultured sulfur-oxidizing bacteria from the WP mats; however, almost nothing ...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Miranda PJ,McLain NK,Hatzenpichler R,Orphan VJ,Dillon JG

更新日期：2016-07-27 00:00:00