Metformin as Host-Directed Therapy for TB Treatment: Scoping Review.

abstract：:Particle-associated bacteria (PAB) and free-living bacteria (FLB) from aquatic environments during phytoplankton blooms differ in their physical distance from algae. Both the interactions within PAB and FLB community fractions and their relationship with the surrounding environmental properties are largely unknown. He...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Yang C,Wang Q,Simon PN,Liu J,Liu L,Dai X,Zhang X,Kuang J,Igarashi Y,Pan X,Luo F

更新日期：2017-06-30 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：Background:Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) thwarts the curative power of drugs and is a present-time global problem. We present data on antimicrobial susceptibility and resistance determinants of bacteria the WHO has highlighted as being key antimicrobial resistance concerns in Africa, to strengthen knowledge of AMR pat...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Moirongo RM,Lorenz E,Ntinginya NE,Dekker D,Fernandes J,Held J,Lamshöft M,Schaumburg F,Mangu C,Sudi L,Sie A,Souares A,Heinrich N,Wieser A,Mordmüller B,Owusu-Dabo E,Adegnika AA,Coulibaly B,May J,Eibach D

更新日期：2020-09-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Campylobacteriosis is one of the most common causes of bacterial gastroenteritis. However, the clinical course of the illness varies in symptoms and severity. The aim of this study was to characterize Campylobacter jejuni (34 isolates) and C. coli (9 isolates) from persons with diarrheal and non-diarrheal stools at th...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Wysok B,Wojtacka J,Hänninen ML,Kivistö R

更新日期：2020-08-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Bacterial endophytes (BEs) are non-pathogenic residents of healthy plant tissues that can confer benefits to plants. Many Bacterial endophytes have been shown to contribute to plant growth and health, alleviation of plant stress and to in-planta contaminant-degradation. This study examined the endophytic bacterial com...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Lumactud R,Fulthorpe RR

更新日期：2018-08-23 00:00:00

abstract：:A core issue in microbial ecology is the need to elucidate the ecological processes and underlying mechanisms involved in microbial community assembly. However, the extent to which these mechanisms differ in importance based on traits of taxa with different niche breadth is poorly understood. Here, we used high-throug...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Luo Z,Liu J,Zhao P,Jia T,Li C,Chai B

更新日期：2019-02-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Extracellular cytochromes are hypothesized to facilitate the final steps of electron transfer between the outer membrane of the metal-reducing bacterium Geobacter sulfurreducens and solid-phase electron acceptors such as metal oxides and electrode surfaces during the course of respiration. The triheme c-type cytochrom...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Zacharoff LA,Morrone DJ,Bond DR

更新日期：2017-12-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Odoribacter splanchnicus, belonging to the order Bacteroidales, is a common, short-chain fatty acid producing member of the human intestinal microbiota. A decreased abundance of Odoribacter has been linked to different microbiota-associated diseases, such as non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, cystic fibrosis and infla...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Hiippala K,Barreto G,Burrello C,Diaz-Basabe A,Suutarinen M,Kainulainen V,Bowers JR,Lemmer D,Engelthaler DM,Eklund KK,Facciotti F,Satokari R

更新日期：2020-11-12 00:00:00

abstract：:The viral enzyme integrase (IN) is essential for the replication of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) and represents an important target for the development of new antiretroviral drugs. In this study, we focused on the N-terminal domain (NTD), which is mainly involved into protein oligomerization process, fo...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Sala M,Spensiero A,Esposito F,Scala MC,Vernieri E,Bertamino A,Manfra M,Carotenuto A,Grieco P,Novellino E,Cadeddu M,Tramontano E,Schols D,Campiglia P,Gomez-Monterrey IM

更新日期：2016-06-10 00:00:00

abstract：:The existence of an antisense Open Reading Frame (ORF) that encodes a putative AntiSense Protein (ASP) on the proviral genome of Human Immunodeficiency Virus type 1 (HIV-1) was a source of debate for 30 years. During the last years, some progresses have been made to characterize the cellular immune response against AS...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Savoret J,Chazal N,Moles JP,Tuaillon E,Boufassa F,Meyer L,Lecuroux C,Lambotte O,Van De Perre P,Mesnard JM,Gross A

更新日期：2020-01-24 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：:RNA silencing mediated by microRNAs (miRNAs) is a recently discovered gene regulatory mechanism involved in various aspects of biology, such as development, cell differentiation and proliferation, and innate immunity against viral infections. miRNAs, which are a class of small (21-25 nucleotides) RNAs, target messenge...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Tsunetsugu-Yokota Y,Yamamoto T

更新日期：2010-10-13 00:00:00

abstract：:In light of public concerns over the use of pesticides and antibiotics in plant protection and the subsequent selection for spread of resistant bacteria in the environment, it is inevitable to broaden our knowledge about viable alternatives, such as natural antagonists and their mode of action. The genus Pseudomonas i...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Zengerer V,Schmid M,Bieri M,Müller DC,Remus-Emsermann MNP,Ahrens CH,Pelludat C

更新日期：2018-02-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE) cause health care-associated infections worldwide, and they are of severe concern due to limited treatment options. We report an outbreak of KPC-2-producing CRE that was caused by horizontal transmission of a promiscuous plasmid across different genera of bacteria and hosp...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Schweizer C,Bischoff P,Bender J,Kola A,Gastmeier P,Hummel M,Klefisch FR,Schoenrath F,Frühauf A,Pfeifer Y

更新日期：2019-02-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Corynebacterium glutamicum is a commonly applied host for the industrial production of amino acids. While valued for its robustness, it is somewhat inferior to competing strains such as Escherichia coli because of the relatively low growth rate of 0.40 h-1 in synthetic, industrial media. Accordingly, adaptive laborato...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Graf M,Haas T,Müller F,Buchmann A,Harm-Bekbenbetova J,Freund A,Nieß A,Persicke M,Kalinowski J,Blombach B,Takors R

更新日期：2019-08-06 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：:Carbapenems are major antibiotics reserved to human medicine. This study aimed to investigate the mechanisms of carbapenem resistance of a selection of Pseudomonas aeruginosa veterinary strains from the French network Resapath. Thirty (5.7%) imipenem and/or meropenem non-susceptible P. aeruginosa of canine (n = 24), f...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Haenni M,Bour M,Châtre P,Madec JY,Plésiat P,Jeannot K

更新日期：2017-09-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Cefquinome is a fourth generation cephalosporin with antimicrobial activity against gram negative and gram positive bacterial species, including Staphylococcus aureus. The aim of our study was to observe the ex-vivo activity of cefquinome against Staphylococcus aureus strains by using bovine serum from intravenously t...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Ahmad I,Hao H,Huang L,Sanders P,Wang X,Chen D,Tao Y,Xie S,Xiuhua K,Li J,Dan W,Yuan Z

更新日期：2015-06-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Benzo[a]pyrene (B[a]P) is a ubiquitous, persistent, and carcinogenic pollutant that belongs to the large family of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons. Population exposure primarily occurs via contaminated food products, which introduces the pollutant to the digestive tract. Although the metabolism of B[a]P by host cells...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Defois C,Ratel J,Denis S,Batut B,Beugnot R,Peyretaillade E,Engel E,Peyret P

更新日期：2017-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Vachellia karroo (formerly Acacia karroo) is a wide-spread legume species indigenous to southern Africa. Little is known regarding the identity or diversity of rhizobia that associate with this plant in its native range in South Africa. The aims of this study were therefore: (i) to gather a collection of rhizobia asso...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Beukes CW,Boshoff FS,Phalane FL,Hassen AI,le Roux MM,Stȩpkowski T,Venter SN,Steenkamp ET

更新日期：2019-06-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Downy mildew is one of the most serious diseases of grapevine (Vitis spp). The causal agent of grapevine downy mildew, Plasmopara viticola, is an obligate biotrophic oomycete. Although oomycete pathogens such as P. viticola are known to secrete RxLR effectors to manipulate host immunity, there have been few studies of...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Yin X,Shang B,Dou M,Liu R,Chen T,Xiang G,Li Y,Liu G,Xu Y

更新日期：2019-07-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Nitrous oxide (N(2)O) is an environmentally important atmospheric trace gas because it is an effective greenhouse gas and it leads to ozone depletion through photo-chemical nitric oxide (NO) production in the stratosphere. Mitigating its steady increase in atmospheric concentration requires an understanding of the mec...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Schreiber F,Wunderlin P,Udert KM,Wells GF

更新日期：2012-10-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Nanotechnology monitors a leading agricultural controlling process, especially by its miniature dimension. Additionally, many potential benefits such as enhancement of food quality and safety, reduction of agricultural inputs, enrichment of absorbing nanoscale nutrients from the soil, etc. allow the application of nan...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Prasad R,Bhattacharyya A,Nguyen QD

更新日期：2017-06-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Interleukin-10 (IL-10) is one of the most important anti-inflammatory cytokine produced during bacterial infection. Two related phenomena explain the importance of IL-10 production in this context: first, the wide range of cells able to produce this cytokine and second, the wide effects that it causes on target cells....

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Peñaloza HF,Noguera LP,Riedel CA,Bueno SM

更新日期：2018-09-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Sphingomonas wittichii RW1 is a bacterium isolated for its ability to degrade the xenobiotic compounds dibenzodioxin and dibenzofuran (DBF). A number of genes involved in DBF degradation have been previously characterized, such as the dxn cluster, dbfB, and the electron transfer components fdx1, fdx3, and redA2. Here ...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Coronado E,Roggo C,Johnson DR,van der Meer JR

更新日期：2012-08-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Type IV pili (T4P) are surface-exposed protein fibers that play key roles in the bacterial life cycle via surface attachment/adhesion, biofilm formation, motility, and development. The order Myxococcales (myxobacteria) are members of the class Deltaproteobacteria and known for their large genome size and complex socia...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Sharma G,Burrows LL,Singer M

更新日期：2018-07-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Multi-drug resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MDRSA) remains a great challenge despite a decade of research on antimicrobial compounds against their infections. In the present study, various acyclic amines and diamines were chemically synthesized and tested for their antimicrobial as well as antibiofilm activity against...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Kaur G,Balamurugan P,Vasudevan S,Jadav S,Princy SA

更新日期：2017-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Staphylococcus aureus is one of the most important contagious mastitis pathogens in dairy cattle. Due to its zoonotic potential, control of S. aureus is not only of great economic importance in the dairy industry but also a significant public health concern. The aim of this study was to decipher the potential of bovin...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Kümmel J,Stessl B,Gonano M,Walcher G,Bereuter O,Fricker M,Grunert T,Wagner M,Ehling-Schulz M

更新日期：2016-10-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Capsular polysaccharides (CPS), a major virulence factor in Streptococcus pneumoniae, become thicker during blood invasion while not during asymptomatic nasopharyngeal colonization. However, the underlying mechanism controlling this differential pneumococcal CPS regulation remain unclear. Here, we show how VncR, the r...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Ghosh P,Shah M,Ravichandran S,Park SS,Iqbal H,Choi S,Kim KK,Rhee DK

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Currently microorganisms are best identified using 16S rRNA and 18S rRNA gene sequencing. However, in recent years matrix assisted laser desorption ionization-time of flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF MS) has emerged as a potential tool for microbial identification and diagnosis. During the MALDI-TOF MS process, mic...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Singhal N,Kumar M,Kanaujia PK,Virdi JS

更新日期：2015-08-05 00:00:00