Beyond a Ribosomal RNA Methyltransferase, the Wider Role of MraW in DNA Methylation, Motility and Colonization in Escherichia coli O157:H7.

abstract：:Preservation of cultural heritage is of paramount importance worldwide. Microbial colonization of construction materials, such as wood, brick, mortar, and stone in historic buildings can lead to severe deterioration. The aim of the present study was to give modern insight into the phylogenetic diversity and activated ...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Gutarowska B,Celikkol-Aydin S,Bonifay V,Otlewska A,Aydin E,Oldham AL,Brauer JI,Duncan KE,Adamiak J,Sunner JA,Beech IB

更新日期：2015-09-29 00:00:00

abstract：:The facultative intracellular pathogen Legionella pneumophila replicates in free-living amoebae and macrophages within a distinct compartment, the "Legionella-containing vacuole" (LCV). LCV formation involves phosphoinositide (PI) glycerolipids, which are key factors controlling vesicle trafficking pathways and membra...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Hilbi H,Weber S,Finsel I

更新日期：2011-04-27 00:00:00

abstract：:The standardization of collection and processing methods for rumen samples is crucial to reduce the level of errors that may affect the analysis and interpretation of the data. The aim of this study was to compare two processing methods and their impacts on the microbial community composition analysis, from material t...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Martinez-Fernandez G,Denman SE,McSweeney CS

更新日期：2019-04-30 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：:Fifteen years after transfer to hops, hop stunt viroid-grapevine (HSVd-g) was replaced by HSVd-hop (HSVd-h), a sequence variant that contains changes at five different positions. HSVd-g54 is a laboratory mutant derived from HSVd-g that differs from its progenitor by a single G to A substitution at position 54. While i...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Xia C,Li S,Hou W,Fan Z,Xiao H,Lu M,Sano T,Zhang Z

更新日期：2017-12-12 00:00:00

abstract：:More than 10 million people worldwide are infected with the retrovirus human T-cell lymphotropic virus type 1 (HTLV-1). Infection phenotypes can range from asymptomatic to severe adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma (ATLL) and HTLV-1-associated myelopathy. HTLV-1, like human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1), is a blood...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Barski MS,Minnell JJ,Maertens GN

更新日期：2019-08-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepatitis E virus (HEV) is associated with acute hepatitis disease, which may lead to chronic disease in immunocompromised individuals. The disease is particularly severe among pregnant women (20-30% mortality). The only licensed vaccine against HEV, which is available in China, is the Escherichia coli purified recomb...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Gupta J,Kaul S,Srivastava A,Kaushik N,Ghosh S,Sharma C,Batra G,Banerjee M,Shalimar,Nayak B,Ranjith-Kumar CT,Surjit M

更新日期：2020-02-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Microbial biofilms in gravity-driven membrane (GDM) filtration systems can efficiently degrade the cyanotoxin microcystin (MC), but it is unclear if this function depends on the presence of MC-producing cyanobacteria in the source water habitat. We assessed the removal of MC from added Microcystis aeruginosa biomass i...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Silva MOD,Desmond P,Derlon N,Morgenroth E,Pernthaler J

更新日期：2019-04-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Developments in industrial applications inevitably accelerate the discharge of enormous substances into the environment, whereas multi-component mixtures commonly cause joint toxicity which is distinct from the simple sum of independent effect. Thus, ecotoxicological assessment, by luminescent bioassays has recently b...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Wang D,Wang S,Bai L,Nasir MS,Li S,Yan W

更新日期：2020-07-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Approximately four billion years ago, the first microorganisms to thrive on earth were anaerobic chemoautotrophic thermophiles, a specific group of extremophiles that survive and operate at temperatures ∼50 - 125°C and do not use molecular oxygen (O2) for respiration. Instead, these microorganisms performed respiratio...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Lusk BG

更新日期：2019-04-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli O157:H7 (EHEC O157:H7) causes hemorrhagic colitis and the formation of characteristic attaching and effacing (A/E) lesions in humans. Given the severe sequelae of EHEC O157:H7 infection, it is critical to develop effective vaccines for human use. However, for achieving this goal many...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Lin R,Zhang Y,Long B,Li Y,Wu Y,Duan S,Zhu B,Wu X,Fan H

更新日期：2017-03-15 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：:Viruses and plasmids can introduce novel DNA into bacterial cells, thereby creating an opportunity for genome expansion; conversely, CRISPR, the prokaryotic adaptive immune system, which targets and eliminates foreign DNAs, may impair genome expansions. Recent studies presented conflicting results over the impact of C...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Gao NL,Chen J,Wang T,Lercher MJ,Chen WH

更新日期：2019-10-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Dermatophytes are the most common cause of onychomycosis, counting for 90% fungal nail infection. Although dermatophyte pathogens are normally susceptible to antifungal agents, onychomycosis often results in refractory chronic disease, and the formation of biofilms frequently underlines the inadequate responses and re...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Chen B,Sun Y,Zhang J,Chen R,Zhong X,Wu X,Zheng L,Zhao J

更新日期：2019-06-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Soft rot caused by numerous species of Pectobacterium and Dickeya is a serious threat to the world production of potatoes. The application of bacteriophages to combat bacterial infections in medicine, agriculture, and the food industry requires the selection of comprehensively studied lytic phages and the knowledge of...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Lukianova AA,Shneider MM,Evseev PV,Shpirt AM,Bugaeva EN,Kabanova AP,Obraztsova EA,Miroshnikov KK,Senchenkova SN,Shashkov AS,Toschakov SV,Knirel YA,Ignatov AN,Miroshnikov KA

更新日期：2020-01-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Phagosome- and xenophagosome-lysosome systems play a critical role in the defense of pathogenic bacteria, such as Salmonella and S. aureus, in macrophages. A great part of the bacteria escapes from the digestion and can survive through some mechanisms that are still poorly understood and which require further explorat...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Rao S,Xu T,Xia Y,Zhang H

更新日期：2020-11-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Wine originally emerged as a serendipitous mix of chemistry and biology, where microorganisms played a decisive role. From these ancient fermentations to the current monitored industrial processes, winegrowers and winemakers have been continuously changing their practices according to scientific knowledge and advances...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Belda I,Zarraonaindia I,Perisin M,Palacios A,Acedo A

更新日期：2017-05-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous studies have revealed inconsistent correlations between fungal diversity and plant/soil properties from local to global scales. Here, we investigated the internal relationships between soil fungal diversity and plant/soil properties on the Loess Plateau following vegetation restoration, using Illumina sequenc...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Yang Y,Dou Y,Huang Y,An S

更新日期：2017-11-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Giardia duodenalis is an intestinal parasite that causes 200-300 million episodes of diarrhoea annually. Metronidazole (Mtz) is a front-line anti-giardial, but treatment failure is common and clinical resistance has been demonstrated. Mtz is thought to be activated within the parasite by oxidoreductase enzymes, and to...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Ansell BR,Baker L,Emery SJ,McConville MJ,Svärd SG,Gasser RB,Jex AR

更新日期：2017-03-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Due to ocean acidification and global warming, surface seawater of the western Baltic Sea is expected to reach an average of ∼1100 μatm pCO2 and an increase of ∼5°C by the year 2100. In four consecutive experiments (spanning 10-11 weeks each) in all seasons within 1 year, the abiotic factors temperature (+5°C above in...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Mensch B,Neulinger SC,Künzel S,Wahl M,Schmitz RA

更新日期：2020-06-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Understanding microbe-microbe interactions is critical to predict microbiome function and to construct communities for desired outcomes. Investigation of these interactions poses a significant challenge due to the lack of suitable experimental tools available. Here we present the microwell recovery array (MRA), a new ...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Barua N,Herken AM,Stern KR,Reese S,Powers RL,Morrell-Falvey JL,Platt TG,Hansen RR

更新日期：2021-01-05 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：:Toxin/antitoxin (TA) systems are present in most prokaryote genomes. Toxins are almost exclusively proteins that reduce metabolism (but do not cause cell death), and antitoxins are either RNA or proteins that counteract the toxin or the RNA that encodes it. Although TA systems clearly stabilize mobile genetic elements...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Song S,Wood TK

更新日期：2020-08-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Historically, vaccines have been designed to mimic the immunity induced by natural exposure to the target pathogen, but this approach has not been effective for any parasitic pathogen of humans or complex pathogens that cause chronic disease in humans, such as Plasmodium. Despite intense efforts by many laboratories a...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Proietti C,Doolan DL

更新日期：2015-01-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Plant defensins are active against plant and human pathogenic fungi (such as Candida albicans) and baker's yeast. However, they are non-toxic to human cells, providing a possible source for treatment of fungal infections. In this study, we characterized the mode of action of the antifungal plant defensin HsAFP1 from c...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Aerts AM,Bammens L,Govaert G,Carmona-Gutierrez D,Madeo F,Cammue BP,Thevissen K

更新日期：2011-03-16 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, we investigated the transcriptional response to 50 Hz extremely low frequency electromagnetic field (ELF-EMF) and 2.0 GHz radio frequency electromagnetic field (RF-EMF) exposure by Illumina sequencing technology using budding yeast as the model organism. The transcription levels of 28 genes were upregul...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Lin KW,Yang CJ,Lian HY,Cai P

更新日期：2016-08-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite numerous studies on marine prokaryotes, the vertical distribution patterns of bacterial community, either on the taxonomic composition or the functional structure, remains relatively unexplored. Using HiSeq-derived 16S rRNA data, the depth-related distribution patterns of taxonomic diversity and functional str...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Wang M,Ma Y,Feng C,Cai L,Li W

更新日期：2020-09-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Staphylococcus lugdunensis is increasingly recognized as a potent pathogen, responsible for severe infections with an outcome resembling that of Staphylococcus aureus. Here, we developed and evaluated a tool for S. lugdunensis typing, using DNA sequence analysis of the repeat-encoding region (R-domain) in the gene enc...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Dahyot S,Lebeurre J,Laumay F,Argemi X,Dubos C,Lemée L,Prévost G,François P,Pestel-Caron M

更新日期：2019-05-17 00:00:00

abstract：Objectives:To explore the microbiome of the prostatic fluid in high prostate-specific antigen (PSA) patients. Patients and Methods:The microbiome profiles of prostatic fluid samples from 32 prostate cancer (PCa) patients and 27 non-PCa people were assessed. Microbiome analysis was assessed by massive 16S ribosomal RNA...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Ma X,Chi C,Fan L,Dong B,Shao X,Xie S,Li M,Xue W

更新日期：2019-07-19 00:00:00

abstract：:The undesired sulfur cycle derived by microbial population can ultimately causes the serious problems of sewerage systems. However, the microbial community characters under dynamic environment factors in actual sewerage system is still not enough. This current study aimed to character the distributions and composition...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Dong Q,Shi H,Liu Y

更新日期：2017-02-14 00:00:00