Prediction of T4SS Effector Proteins for Anaplasma phagocytophilum Using OPT4e, A New Software Tool.

abstract：:Fusarium sacchari and Fusarium andiyazi are two devastating sugarcane pathogens that cause pokkah boeng disease (PBD) in China. RNA_Seq was conducted to identify mycoviruses in F. sacchari and F. andiyazi isolates collected from PBD symptom-showing sugarcane plants across China. Fifteen isolates with a normal, debilit...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Yao Z,Zou C,Peng N,Zhu Y,Bao Y,Zhou Q,Wu Q,Chen B,Zhang M

更新日期：2020-02-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Filamentous fungi are an abundant source of bioactive secondary metabolites (SMs). In many cases, the biosynthetic processes of SMs are not well understood. This work focuses on a group of SMs, the alkylcitric acids, each of which contains a saturated alkyl "tail," and a citrate-derived "head." We initially identified...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Palys S,Pham TTM,Tsang A

更新日期：2020-06-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent findings provide evidence that fungal structures can be detected in brain tissue from Alzheimer's disease (AD) patients using rabbit polyclonal antibodies raised against whole fungal cells. In the present work, we have developed and tested specific antibodies that recognize the fungal proteins, enolase and β-tu...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Pisa D,Alonso R,Rábano A,Horst MN,Carrasco L

更新日期：2016-11-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Microbes are suitable candidates to recover and decontaminate different environments from soluble metal ions, either via reduction or precipitation to generate insoluble, non-toxic derivatives. In general, microorganisms reduce toxic metal ions generating nanostructures (NS), which display great applicability in biote...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Figueroa M,Fernandez V,Arenas-Salinas M,Ahumada D,Muñoz-Villagrán C,Cornejo F,Vargas E,Latorre M,Morales E,Vásquez C,Arenas F

更新日期：2018-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Pathogenic and non-pathogenic Vibrio parahaemolyticus strains were simultaneously detected and quantified using a novel viable multiplex real-time PCR (novel qPCR). We used a new PCR primer and probe, ureR, as a surrogate for detection of the toxin trh gene as the primer was better at identifying variant V. parahaemol...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Niu B,Hong B,Zhang Z,Mu L,Malakar PK,Liu H,Pan Y,Zhao Y

更新日期：2018-08-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Listeria monocytogenes (Lm) is a common environmental bacterium that thrives on vegetation and soil matter, but can infect humans if contaminated food products are ingested, resulting in severe disease in immunosuppressed populations, including pregnant women and newborns. To better understand how the unique immunolog...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Wolfe B,Kerr AR,Mejia A,Simmons HA,Czuprynski CJ,Golos TG

更新日期：2019-09-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Soil dwelling Streptomyces species are faced with large variations in carbon or nitrogen sources, phosphate, oxygen, iron, sulfur, and other nutrients. These drastic changes in key nutrients result in an unbalanced metabolism that have undesirable consequences for growth, cell differentiation, reproduction, and second...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Martín JF,Liras P

更新日期：2020-01-22 00:00:00

abstract：:N6-methyladenosine (m6A) plays important roles in a branch of biological and physiological processes. Accurate identification of m6A sites is especially helpful for understanding their biological functions. Since the wet-lab techniques are still expensive and time-consuming, it's urgent to develop computational method...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Zhang J,Feng P,Lin H,Chen W

更新日期：2018-05-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Phylogenetically deeply rooted methanogens belonging to the genus of Methanocaldococcus living in deep-sea hydrothermal vents derive energy exclusively from hydrogenotrophic methanogenesis, one of the oldest respiratory metabolisms on Earth. These hyperthermophilic, autotrophic archaea synthesize their biomolecules fr...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Susanti D,Frazier MC,Mukhopadhyay B

更新日期：2019-07-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Carbapenem resistant Acinetobacter baumannii (CRAB) represents one of the most challenging pathogens in clinical settings. Colistin is routinely used for treatment of infections by this pathogen, but increasing colistin resistance has been reported. We obtained 122 CRAB isolates from nine Greek hospitals between 2015 ...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Palmieri M,D'Andrea MM,Pelegrin AC,Perrot N,Mirande C,Blanc B,Legakis N,Goossens H,Rossolini GM,van Belkum A

更新日期：2020-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The occurrence of bacteria in the food processing environments plays a key role in food contamination and development of spoilage. Species of the genus Pseudomonas are recognized as major food spoilers and the capability to actually determine spoilage can be species- as well as strain-dependent. In order to improve th...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Stellato G,Utter DR,Voorhis A,De Angelis M,Eren AM,Ercolini D

更新日期：2017-03-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Iron (Fe) is an essential micronutrient for many processes in all living cells. Dissolved Fe (dFe) concentrations in the ocean are of the order of a few nM, and Fe is often a factor limiting primary production. Bioavailability of Fe in aquatic environments is believed to be primarily controlled through chelation by Fe...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Desai DK,Desai FD,Laroche J

更新日期：2012-10-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Candia tropicalis is an increasingly important human pathogen, causing nosocomial fungemia among patients with neutropenia or malignancy. However, limited research has been published concerning its pathogenicity. Based on the phenotypes of C. tropicalis in our previous study, we selected nine representative strains wi...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Yu S,Li W,Liu X,Che J,Wu Y,Lu J

更新日期：2016-07-29 00:00:00

abstract：:The present work focuses on LC-ESI-MS/MS (liquid chromatography-electrospray ionization-tandem mass spectrometry) analysis of phage-origin tryptic digestion peptides from mastitis-causing Streptococcus spp. isolated from milk. A total of 2,546 non-redundant peptides belonging to 1,890 proteins were identified and anal...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Abril AG,Carrera M,Böhme K,Barros-Velázquez J,Cañas B,Rama JLR,Villa TG,Calo-Mata P

更新日期：2020-06-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Omeprazole was shown to improve the anti-cancer effects of the nucleoside analogue 5-fluorouracil. Here, we combined omeprazole with the antiviral nucleoside analogues ribavirin and acyclovir. Omeprazole did not affect the antiviral effects of ribavirin in non-toxic concentrations up to 80 μg/mL but increased the acyc...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Michaelis M,Kleinschmidt MC,Bojkova D,Rabenau HF,Wass MN,Cinatl J Jr

更新日期：2019-12-03 00:00:00

abstract：:RNA viruses have a great potential for genetic variation, rapid evolution and adaptation. Characterization of the genetic variation of viral populations provides relevant information on the processes involved in virus evolution and epidemiology and it is crucial for designing reliable diagnostic tools and developing e...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Rubio L,Guerri J,Moreno P

更新日期：2013-06-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Traditional Chinese fermented vegetables are a type of brine-salted fermented vegetable product. During the spontaneous fermentation, various compounds are produced, degraded, and converted, influencing the quality of the fermented pickle. To ascertain the effect of different containers on the fermentation process of ...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Liu L,She X,Chen X,Qian Y,Tao Y,Li Y,Guo S,Xiang W,Liu G,Rao Y

更新日期：2020-04-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Heat resistance of microorganisms can be affected by different influencing factors. Although, the effect of heating rates has been scarcely explored by the scientific community, recent researches have unraveled its important effect on the thermal resistance of different species of vegetative bacteria. Typically heatin...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Huertas JP,Aznar A,Esnoz A,Fernández PS,Iguaz A,Periago PM,Palop A

更新日期：2016-08-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Meningococcal lipoprotein, Factor H binding protein (FHbp), is the sole antigen of the Trumenba vaccine (Pfizer) and one of four antigens of the Bexsero vaccine (GSK) targeting Neisseria meningitidis serogroup B isolates. Lipidation of FHbp is assumed to occur for all isolates. We show in the majority of a collection ...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： da Silva RAG,Karlyshev AV,Oldfield NJ,Wooldridge KG,Bayliss CD,Ryan A,Griffin R

更新日期：2019-12-19 00:00:00

abstract：:The compatible solute dimethylsulfoniopropionate (DMSP), made by many marine organisms, is one of Earth's most abundant organosulfur molecules. Many marine bacteria import DMSP and can degrade it as a source of carbon and/or sulfur via DMSP cleavage or DMSP demethylation pathways, which can generate the climate active...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Liu J,Liu J,Zhang SH,Liang J,Lin H,Song D,Yang GP,Todd JD,Zhang XH

更新日期：2018-12-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Many organisms harbor circadian clocks that promote their adaptation to the rhythmic environment. While a broad knowledge of the molecular mechanism of circadian clocks has been gained through the fungal model Neurospora crassa, little is known about circadian clocks in other fungi. N. crassa belongs to the same class...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Cascant-Lopez E,Crosthwaite SK,Johnson LJ,Harrison RJ

更新日期：2020-08-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Bacteria of the Vibrio genus are the most predominant infectious agents threatening marine wildlife and aquaculture. Due to the large genetic diversity of these pathogens, the molecular determinants of Vibrio virulence are only poorly understood. Furthermore, studies tend to ignore co-evolutionary interactions between...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Wegner KM,Piel D,Bruto M,John U,Mao Z,Alunno-Bruscia M,Petton B,Le Roux F

更新日期：2019-09-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Soil microbial communities are intricately linked to ecosystem functioning because they play important roles in carbon and nitrogen cycling. Still, we know little about how soil microbial communities will be affected by disturbances expected with climate change. This is a significant gap in understanding, as the stabi...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： de Vries FT,Shade A

更新日期：2013-09-05 00:00:00

abstract：:The polymyxin antibiotic colistin shows in vitro activity against Stenotrophomonas maltophilia. However, an increased incidence of colistin-resistant isolates has been recently observed. In addition, in vitro evaluation of colistin susceptibility for this organism has been problematic. The aims of this study were to i...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Martínez-Servat S,Yero D,Huedo P,Marquez R,Molina G,Daura X,Gibert I

更新日期：2018-11-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Streptococcus pneumoniae colonizes the upper airways of children and the elderly. Colonization progresses to persistent carriage when S. pneumoniae forms biofilms, a feature required for the development of pneumococcal disease. Nasopharyngeal biofilms are structured with a matrix that includes extracellular DNA (eDNA)...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Angulo-Zamudio UA,Vidal JE,Nazmi K,Bolscher JGM,Leon-Sicairos C,Antezana BS,Canizalez-Roman A,León-Sicairos N

更新日期：2019-10-18 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：:Although once thought to be devoid of biology, recent studies have identified salt deposits as oases for life in the hyperarid Atacama Desert. To examine spatial patterns of microbial species and key nutrient sources, we genomically characterized 26 salt crusts from three sites along a fog gradient. The communities ar...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Finstad KM,Probst AJ,Thomas BC,Andersen GL,Demergasso C,Echeverría A,Amundson RG,Banfield JF

更新日期：2017-07-28 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：:In the present study, the β-glucosidase positive strain Lactobacillus plantarum F3. 3 was used as starter during the fermentation of Sicilian table olives (Nocellara Etnea cultivar) at two different salt concentrations (5 and 8%), in order to accelerate the debittering process. The latter was monitored through the inc...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Pino A,Vaccalluzzo A,Solieri L,Romeo FV,Todaro A,Caggia C,Arroyo-López FN,Bautista-Gallego J,Randazzo CL

更新日期：2019-02-08 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study was carried out to understand the adaptive strategies developed by Stenotrophomonas maltophilia for chronic colonization of the cystic fibrosis (CF) lung. For this purpose, 13 temporally isolated strains from a single CF patient chronically infected over a 10-year period were systematically character...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Pompilio A,Crocetta V,Ghosh D,Chakrabarti M,Gherardi G,Vitali LA,Fiscarelli E,Di Bonaventura G

更新日期：2016-09-30 00:00:00