Insights Into the Cultivable Microbial Ecology of "Manna" Ash Products Extracted From Fraxinus angustifolia (Oleaceae) Trees in Sicily, Italy.

abstract：:Illicit drugs, such as cocaine, are known to increase the likelihood and severity of HIV-1 associated neurocognitive disorders (HAND). In the current studies synaptic integrity was assessed following exposure to low concentrations of the HIV-1 viral protein Tat 1-86B, with or without cocaine, by quantifying filamentou...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Bertrand SJ,Hu C,Aksenova MV,Mactutus CF,Booze RM

更新日期：2015-09-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Marine Synechococcus has successfully adapted to environments with different light colors, which likely contributes to this genus being the second most abundant group of microorganisms worldwide. Populations of Synechococcus that grow in deep, blue ocean waters contain large amounts of the blue-light absorbing chromop...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Mahmoud RM,Sanfilippo JE,Nguyen AA,Strnat JA,Partensky F,Garczarek L,Abo El Kassem N,Kehoe DM,Schluchter WM

更新日期：2017-02-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Acetogens can fix carbon (CO or CO2) into acetyl-CoA via the Wood-Ljungdahl pathway (WLP) that also makes them attractive cell factories for the production of fuels and chemicals from waste feedstocks. Although most biochemical details of the WLP are well understood and systems-level characterization of acetogen metab...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： de Souza Pinto Lemgruber R,Valgepea K,Gonzalez Garcia RA,de Bakker C,Palfreyman RW,Tappel R,Köpke M,Simpson SD,Nielsen LK,Marcellin E

更新日期：2019-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：:A large number of viral and bacterial organisms are responsible for community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) which contributes to substantial burden on health management. A new resequencing microarray (RPM-IVDC1) associated with targeted multiplex PCR was recently developed and validated for multiple respiratory viruses det...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Shen H,Zhu B,Wang S,Mo H,Wang J,Li J,Zhang C,Zeng H,Guan L,Shi W,Zhang Y,Ma X

更新日期：2015-05-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Optical characteristics of individual bacterial cells of natural communities can be measured with flow cytometry (FCM) in high throughput. The resulting data are visualized in cytometric histograms. These histograms represent individual cytometric fingerprints of microbial communities, e.g., at certain time points or ...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Koch C,Harnisch F,Schröder U,Müller S

更新日期：2014-06-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Clostridioides difficile is the leading cause of worldwide antibiotics-associated diarrhea. In this study, we report the construction and evaluation of a novel bacteriophage lysin-human defensin fusion protein targeting C. difficile. The fusion protein, designated LHD, is composed of two parts connected by a 3-repeati...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Peng Z,Wang S,Gide M,Zhu D,Lamabadu Warnakulasuriya Patabendige HM,Li C,Cai J,Sun X

更新日期：2019-01-11 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：:Insect tea is a unique beverage that is native to Southwestern China and traditionally produced by local farmers in an elaborate process. It consists of insect larvae excrements that are commonly obtained from meal moths (Pyralis farinalis Linnaeus 1758) reared on a specific plant-based diet. We have reconstructed the...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Mao X,Kusstatscher P,Li H,Chen X,Berg G,Yang M,Cernava T

更新日期：2020-01-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Dissimilatory metal-reducing bacteria are widespread in terrestrial ecosystems, especially in anaerobic soils and sediments. Thermodynamically, dissimilatory metal reduction is more favorable than sulfate reduction and methanogenesis but less favorable than denitrification and aerobic respiration. It is critical to un...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Friedman ES,McPhillips LE,Werner JJ,Poole AC,Ley RE,Walter MT,Angenent LT

更新日期：2016-01-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Alternative sigma factors have led the core RNA polymerase (RNAP) to recognize different sets of promoters to those recognized by the housekeeping sigma A-directed RNAP. This change in RNAP promoter selectivity allows a rapid and flexible reformulation of the genetic program to face environmental and metabolic stimuli...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Rodriguez Ayala F,Bartolini M,Grau R

更新日期：2020-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (TB), defined as TB resistant to the two first-line drugs, isoniazid and rifampin, is a serious challenge to global TB eradication efforts. Although mutations in rpoA or rpoC have been proposed to compensate for this fitness cost due to rpoB mutation in rifampicin-resistant Mycobacteri...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Xu Z,Zhou A,Wu J,Zhou A,Li J,Zhang S,Wu W,Karakousis PC,Yao YF

更新日期：2018-11-30 00:00:00

abstract：:The tropical pathogen Burkholderia pseudomallei requires long-term parenteral antimicrobial treatment to eradicate the pathogen from an infected patient. However, the development of antibiotic resistance is emerging as a threat to this form of treatment. To meet the need for alternative therapeutics, we proposed a scr...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Eng SA,Nathan S

更新日期：2015-04-10 00:00:00

abstract：:The metal-reducing bacterium Geobacter sulfurreducens requires the expression of conductive pili to reduce iron oxides and to wire electroactive biofilms, but the role of pilus retraction in these functions has remained elusive. Here we show that of the four PilT proteins encoded in the genome of G. sulfurreducens, Pi...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Speers AM,Schindler BD,Hwang J,Genc A,Reguera G

更新日期：2016-10-17 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：:Acute respiratory infection (ARI) is the most frequent cause for hospitalization in infants and young children. Using multiplexed nCounter technology to digitally quantify 600 human mRNAs in parallel with 14 virus- and 5 bacterium-specific RNAs, we characterized viral and bacterial presence in nasopharyngeal aspirates...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Fukutani KF,Nascimento-Carvalho CM,Bouzas ML,Oliveira JR,Barral A,Dierckx T,Khouri R,Nakaya HI,Andrade BB,Van Weyenbergh J,de Oliveira CI

更新日期：2018-11-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Metabolic syndrome (MetS) is the underlying cause of some devastating diseases, including type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease. These diseases have been associated with over-activation of the mechanistic Target of Rapamycin (mTOR) pathway. This study utilizes a high fat diet (HFD) to induce MetS and to dissect t...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Kling DN,DeBose-Scarlett EM,Teixeira LD,Gezan SA,Lorca GL,Gonzalez CF

更新日期：2018-11-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Sulfate-reducing bacteria such as Desulfovibrio vulgaris Hildenborough are often found in environments with limiting growth nutrients. Using lactate as the electron donor and carbon source, and sulfate as the electron acceptor, wild type D. vulgaris shows motility on soft agar plates. We evaluated this phenotype with ...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Ray J,Keller KL,Catena M,Juba TR,Zemla M,Rajeev L,Knierim B,Zane GM,Robertson JJ,Auer M,Wall JD,Mukhopadhyay A

更新日期：2014-03-06 00:00:00

abstract：:The bacterial catabolism of aromatic compounds has considerable promise to convert lignin depolymerization products to commercial chemicals. Alkylphenols are a key class of depolymerization products whose catabolism is not well-elucidated. We isolated Rhodococcus rhodochrous EP4 on 4-ethylphenol and applied genomic an...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Levy-Booth DJ,Fetherolf MM,Stewart GR,Liu J,Eltis LD,Mohn WW

更新日期：2019-08-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Colistin-resistance mediated by mobilisable and plasmid-borne mcr genes has emerged worldwide, threatening the efficacy of colistin, a last resort antibiotic increasingly used for treating human invasive infections by multidrug-resistant or extensively drug-resistant Enterobacteriaceae. In this study, we report the fi...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Carfora V,Alba P,Leekitcharoenphon P,Ballarò D,Cordaro G,Di Matteo P,Donati V,Ianzano A,Iurescia M,Stravino F,Tagliaferri T,Battisti A,Franco A

更新日期：2018-08-17 00:00:00

abstract：:The status of intestinal microbiota is a determinant of host health. However, the alteration of the gut microbiota caused by the innate immune response to virus infection is unclear. Caenorhabditis elegans and its natural virus Orsay provide an excellent model of host-virus interactions. We evaluated the intestinal mi...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Guo Y,Xun Z,Coffman SR,Chen F

更新日期：2017-05-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite the importance of diversification rates in the study of prokaryote evolution, they have not been quantitatively assessed for the majority of microorganism taxa. The investigation of evolutionary patterns in prokaryotes constitutes a challenge due to a very scarce fossil record, limited morphological differenti...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Sanglas A,Albarral V,Farfán M,Lorén JG,Fusté MC

更新日期：2017-02-08 00:00:00

abstract：:The incidence of dengue virus (DENV) infections has been escalating in tropical and subtropical countries, but there are still no effective therapeutic options. In the present study, a DENV-1-specific human monoclonal antibody (HMAb), 1G5, isolated from single plasma cells obtained from the peripheral blood mononuclea...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Lu J,Wang R,Xia B,Yu Y,Zhou X,Yang Z,Huang P

更新日期：2018-06-06 00:00:00

abstract：:To successfully infect plants, viruses replicate in an initially infected cell and then move to neighboring cells through plasmodesmata (PDs). However, the nature of the viral entity that crosses over the cell barrier into non-infected ones is not clear. The membrane-associated 6K2 protein of turnip mosaic virus (TuMV...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Grangeon R,Jiang J,Wan J,Agbeci M,Zheng H,Laliberté JF

更新日期：2013-12-04 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：:The archaeon Thermococcus barophilus, one of the most extreme members of hyperthermophilic piezophiles known thus far, is able to grow at temperatures up to 103°C and pressures up to 80 MPa. We analyzed the membrane lipids of T. barophilus by high performance liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry as a function of pr...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Cario A,Grossi V,Schaeffer P,Oger PM

更新日期：2015-10-21 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：:Due to the globally observed increase in antibiotic resistance of bacterial pathogens and the simultaneous decline in new antibiotic developments, the need for alternative inactivation approaches is growing. This is especially true for the treatment of infections with the problematic ESKAPE pathogens, which include En...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Hoenes K,Bauer R,Meurle T,Spellerberg B,Hessling M

更新日期：2021-01-13 00:00:00

abstract：:The aqueous leaf extract of Jatropha curcas was used for the synthesis of silver nanoparticles (Jc-AgNps) which were further evaluated for its antibacterial potential against food borne pathogens. J. curcas leaf extract could synthesize stable silver nanoparticles (Zeta potential: -23.4 mV) with absorption band at 430...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Chauhan N,Tyagi AK,Kumar P,Malik A

更新日期：2016-11-08 00:00:00

abstract：:QepA is one of the genes that confer quinolone resistance in bacteria. The aim of this study was to analyze the genetic structures of plasmids that carry a qepA3, a recently discovered allele of qepA in Enterobacteriaceae clinical isolates. 656 non-redundant Enterobacteriaceae clinical isolates were screened for the q...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Wang D,Huang X,Chen J,Mou Y,Li H,Yang L

更新日期：2015-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Initially thought as being non-immunogenic, recombinant AAVs have emerged as efficient vector candidates for treating monogenic diseases. It is now clear however that they induce potent immune responses against transgene products which can lead to destruction of transduced cells. Therefore, developing strategies to ci...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Adriouch S,Franck E,Drouot L,Bonneau C,Jolinon N,Salvetti A,Boyer O

更新日期：2011-09-29 00:00:00