Comparison of PCR and Viable Count as a Method for Enumeration of Bacteria in an A/J Mouse Aerosol Model of Q Fever.

abstract：:Current knowledge about the relationships between ruminal bacterial communities and metabolite profiles in the yak rumen is limited. This is due to differences in the nutritional and metabolic features between yak and other ordinary cattle combined with difficulties associated with farm-based research and a lack of te...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Liu C,Wu H,Liu S,Chai S,Meng Q,Zhou Z

更新日期：2019-05-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Adaptation to changes in osmolarity is fundamental for the survival of living cells, and has implications in food and industrial biotechnology. It has been extensively studied in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae, where the Hog1 stress activated protein kinase was discovered about 20 years ago. Hog1 is the core of th...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Gonzalez R,Morales P,Tronchoni J,Cordero-Bueso G,Vaudano E,Quirós M,Novo M,Torres-Pérez R,Valero E

更新日期：2016-09-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Single molecule, real-time (SMRT) sequencing was used to characterize mitochondrial (mt) genome of Ophiocordyceps sinensis and to analyze the mt genome-wide pattern of epigenetic DNA modification. The complete mt genome of O. sinensis, with a size of 157,539 bp, is the fourth largest Ascomycota mt genome sequenced to ...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Kang X,Hu L,Shen P,Li R,Liu D

更新日期：2017-07-27 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study was designed to clarify the taxonomic status of two species classified as Bacillus cereus sensu lato, namely B. cereus sensu stricto and Bacillus thuringiensis. To this end, nearly 900 whole genome sequences of strains assigned to these taxa were the subject of comparative genomic and phylogenomic an...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Baek I,Lee K,Goodfellow M,Chun J

更新日期：2019-08-23 00:00:00

abstract：:PP2A-like phosphatases share high homology with PP2A enzymes and are composed of a catalytic subunit and a regulatory subunit. In Candida albicans, the PP2A-like catalytic subunit SIT4 regulates cell growth, morphogenesis, and virulence. However, the functions of its regulatory subunits remain unclear. Here, by homolo...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Han Q,Pan C,Wang Y,Zhao L,Wang Y,Sang J

更新日期：2019-12-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Quorum sensing (QS) systems communicate bacterial population and stimulate microbial pathogenesis through signaling molecules. Inhibition of QS signals potentially suppresses microbial infections. Antimicrobial properties of Streptomyces have been extensively studied, however, less is known about quorum sensing inhibi...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Hassan R,Shaaban MI,Abdel Bar FM,El-Mahdy AM,Shokralla S

更新日期：2016-05-13 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of present study was the simulation of an oil spill accompanied by burial of significant amount of petroleum hydrocarbons (PHs) in coastal sediments. Approximately 1000 kg of sediments collected in Messina harbor were spiked with Bunker C furnace fuel oil (6500 ppm). The rapid consumption of oxygen by aero...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Genovese M,Crisafi F,Denaro R,Cappello S,Russo D,Calogero R,Santisi S,Catalfamo M,Modica A,Smedile F,Genovese L,Golyshin PN,Giuliano L,Yakimov MM

更新日期：2014-04-14 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：:The development of antibiotic resistance poses an increasing threat to global health. Understanding how resistance develops in bacteria is critical for the advancement of new strategies to combat antibiotic resistance. In the 1980s, it was discovered that certain antibiotics induce elevated rates of mutation in bacter...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Revitt-Mills SA,Robinson A

更新日期：2020-10-22 00:00:00

abstract：:The free-living legume symbiont Rhizobium leguminosarum is of significant economic value because of its ability to provide fixed nitrogen to globally important leguminous food crops, such as peas and lentils. Discovery based research into the genetics and physiology of R. leguminosarum provides the foundational knowle...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Perry BJ,Akter MS,Yost CK

更新日期：2016-11-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Aquatic environments are reservoirs of the human pathogen Vibrio cholerae O1, which causes the acute diarrheal disease cholera. Upon low temperature or limited nutrient availability, the cells enter a viable but non-culturable (VBNC) state. Characteristic of this state are an altered morphology, low metabolic activity...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Brenzinger S,van der Aart LT,van Wezel GP,Lacroix JM,Glatter T,Briegel A

更新日期：2019-04-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Chili (Capsicum annuum L.) is an important vegetable and spice crop of tropical and sub-tropical regions. Chili plants showing upward leaf curling, leaf crinkling, and leaf yellowing symptoms, collected from Sikar district of Rajasthan, India, were found to be associated with begomovirus and satellite molecules. The p...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Mishra M,Verma RK,Marwal A,Sharma P,Gaur RK

更新日期：2020-10-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Nowadays food preservation, quality maintenance, and safety are major growing concerns of the food industry. It is evident that over time consumers' demand for natural and safe food products with stringent regulations to prevent food-borne infectious diseases. Antimicrobial packaging which is thought to be a subset of...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Malhotra B,Keshwani A,Kharkwal H

更新日期：2015-06-16 00:00:00

abstract：:The fungus Sclerotinia sclerotiorum (Lib.) de Bary, one of the most important plant pathogens, causes white mold on a wide range of crops. Crop yield can be dramatically decreased due to this disease, depending on the plant cultivar and environmental conditions. In this study, a suppression subtractive hybridization c...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Oliveira MB,de Andrade RV,Grossi-de-Sá MF,Petrofeza S

更新日期：2015-10-26 00:00:00

abstract：:The gene pair hgcAB is essential for microbial mercury methylation. Our understanding of its abundance and diversity in nature is rapidly evolving. In this study we developed a new broad-range primer set for hgcAB, plus an expanded hgcAB reference library, and used these to characterize Hg-methylating communities from...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Gionfriddo CM,Wymore AM,Jones DS,Wilpiszeski RL,Lynes MM,Christensen GA,Soren A,Gilmour CC,Podar M,Elias DA

更新日期：2020-10-06 00:00:00

abstract：:The alarming rise in the prevalence of antibiotic resistance among pathogenic bacteria poses a unique challenge for the development of effective therapeutic agents. Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) have attracted a great deal of attention as a possible solution to the increasing problem of antibiotic-resistant bacteria. ...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Liu G,Yang F,Li F,Li Z,Lang Y,Shen B,Wu Y,Li W,Harrison PL,Strong PN,Xie Y,Miller K,Cao Z

更新日期：2018-05-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Shigella spp. and entero-invasive Escherichia coli (EIEC) can cause mild diarrhea to dysentery. In Netherlands, although shigellosis is a notifiable disease, there is no laboratory surveillance for Shigella spp. and EIEC in place. Consequently, the population structure for circulating Shigella spp. and EIEC isolates i...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： van den Beld MJC,Reubsaet FAG,Pijnacker R,Harpal A,Kuiling S,Heerkens EM,Hoeve-Bakker BJAD,Noomen RCEA,Hendriks ACA,Borst D,van der Heide H,Kooistra-Smid AMDM,Rossen JWA

更新日期：2020-10-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Common saprophytic fungi are seldom present in Protea infructescences, which is strange given the abundance of mainly dead plant tissue in this moist protected environment. We hypothesized that the absence of common saprophytic fungi in Protea infructescences could be due to a special symbiosis where the presence of m...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Human ZR,Moon K,Bae M,de Beer ZW,Cha S,Wingfield MJ,Slippers B,Oh DC,Venter SN

更新日期：2016-11-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Salmonella is one of the most frequently reported causes of foodborne illness worldwide. Non-typhoidal serovars cause gastroenteritis in humans. Salmonella can grow on surfaces forming biofilms, contributing to its persistence since biofilms are difficult to eradicate due to the high resistance to antimicrobials and d...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Paytubi S,Cansado C,Madrid C,Balsalobre C

更新日期：2017-11-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Colistin is considered the last-resort antibiotic used to treat multidrug resistant bacteria-related infections. However, the discovery of the plasmid-mediated colistin resistance gene, mcr-1, threatens the clinical utility of colistin antibiotics. In this study, the physiological function of MCR-1, which encodes an L...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Li B,Yin F,Zhao X,Guo Y,Wang W,Wang P,Zhu H,Yin Y,Wang X

更新日期：2020-01-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Traditional food products are important to our culture and heritage, and to the continued success of the food industry. Many of the production processes associated with these products have not been subjected to an in-depth microbial compositional analysis. The traditional process of curing meat, both preserves a natur...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Woods DF,Kozak IM,Flynn S,O'Gara F

更新日期：2019-01-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Type VI CRISPR-Cas systems contain a single effector nuclease (Cas13) that exclusively targets single-stranded RNA. It remains unknown how these systems acquire spacers. It has been suggested that type VI systems with adaptation modules can acquire spacers from RNA bacteriophages, but sequence similarities suggest tha...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Toro N,Mestre MR,Martínez-Abarca F,González-Delgado A

更新日期：2019-09-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Currently, the most utilized antimicrobial in processing facilities is peracetic acid, PAA; however, this chemical is increasingly recognized as a hazard to human health. Preliminary evidence suggests that ozone, when introduced in a specific manner, can reduce the noxious nature of PAA. Therefore, the objective of th...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Dittoe DK,Feye KM,Peyton B,Worlie D,Draper MJ,Ricke SC

更新日期：2019-01-08 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：:Dysbiosis of the gut microbiome, including elevated abundance of putative leading bacterial triggers such as E. coli in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) patients, is of great interest. To date, most E. coli studies in IBD patients are focused on clinical isolates, overlooking their relative abundances and turnover ove...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Fang X,Monk JM,Nurk S,Akseshina M,Zhu Q,Gemmell C,Gianetto-Hill C,Leung N,Szubin R,Sanders J,Beck PL,Li W,Sandborn WJ,Gray-Owen SD,Knight R,Allen-Vercoe E,Palsson BO,Smarr L

更新日期：2018-10-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Anopheles mosquito midgut harbors a diverse group of endogenous bacteria that grow extensively after the blood feeding and help in food digestion and nutrition in many ways. Although, the growth of endogenous bacteria is regulated by various factors, however, the robust antibacterial immune reactions are generally sup...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Kajla M,Choudhury TP,Kakani P,Gupta K,Dhawan R,Gupta L,Kumar S

更新日期：2016-08-31 00:00:00

abstract：:The safety of healthcare workers (HCWs) against severe acute respiratory syndrome virus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) transmission is an important aspect of managing the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. In the South Korea, highly stringent infection prevention and control (IPC) guidelines are implemented, and reports of...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Ko JH,Lee JY,Kim HA,Kang SJ,Baek JY,Park SJ,Hyun M,Jo IJ,Chung CR,Kim YJ,Kang ES,Choi YK,Chang HH,Jung SI,Peck KR

更新日期：2020-11-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Bacteria have a remarkable ability to sense environmental changes, swiftly regulating their transcriptional and posttranscriptional machinery as a response. Under conditions that cause growth to slow or stop, bacteria typically stabilize their transcriptomes in what has been shown to be a conserved stress response. In...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Vargas-Blanco DA,Shell SS

更新日期：2020-09-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Stenotrophomonas maltophilia SeITE02 and Ochrobactrum sp. MPV1 were isolated from the rhizosphere soil of the selenium-hyperaccumulator legume Astragalus bisulcatus and waste material from a dumping site for roasted pyrites, respectively. Here, these bacterial strains were studied as cell factories to generate seleniu...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Piacenza E,Presentato A,Ambrosi E,Speghini A,Turner RJ,Vallini G,Lampis S

更新日期：2018-12-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Microbial communities inhabiting high-altitude spring ecosystems are subjected to extreme changes in solar irradiance and temperature throughout the diel cycle. Here, using 16S rRNA gene tag pyrosequencing (cDNA) we determined the composition of actively transcribing bacteria from spring waters experimentally exposed ...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Molina V,Hernández K,Dorador C,Eissler Y,Hengst M,Pérez V,Harrod C

更新日期：2016-11-17 00:00:00