Prevalence of Antibiotic and Heavy Metal Resistance Determinants and Virulence-Related Genetic Elements in Plasmids of Staphylococcus aureus.

abstract：:Studies focused on the pathological-radiological correlation of human Mycoplasma (M) pneumoniae pneumonia have rarely been reported. Therefore, we extensively reviewed the literature regarding pathological and radiological studies of Mycoplasma pneumonia, and compared findings between open lung biopsy specimen and com...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Tanaka H

更新日期：2016-05-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Food grade micro- or nano-carrier systems (NCS) are being developed to improve the controlled release of antimicrobial agents. To augment the stability of liposomal NCS and to overcome the limitations associated with the use of free bacteriocin (nisin) in the food system, multi-component colloidosomes (MCCS) were deve...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Niaz T,Shabbir S,Noor T,Abbasi R,Raza ZA,Imran M

更新日期：2018-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Bacteria have the metabolic potential to produce a diverse array of secondary metabolites, which have important roles in biogeochemical cycling processes. However, for Hulun Lake and the rivers that enter into it, the bacterial community structures and their effects have not previously been widely studied, limiting ou...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Shang Y,Wu X,Wei Q,Dou H,Wang X,Chen J,Zhang H,Ma S,Zhang H

更新日期：2020-09-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Marine microorganisms, particularly those residing in coastal areas, may come in contact with any number of chemicals of environmental or xenobiotic origin. The sensitivity and response of marine cyanobacteria to such chemicals is, at present, poorly understood. We have looked at the transcriptional response of well c...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Tetu SG,Johnson DA,Varkey D,Phillippy K,Stuart RK,Dupont CL,Hassan KA,Palenik B,Paulsen IT

更新日期：2013-08-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Microbial dissimilatory sulfate reduction to sulfide is a predominant terminal pathway of organic matter mineralization in the anoxic seabed. Chemical or microbial oxidation of the produced sulfide establishes a complex network of pathways in the sulfur cycle, leading to intermediate sulfur species and partly back to ...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Jørgensen BB,Findlay AJ,Pellerin A

更新日期：2019-04-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Shigella and Salmonella are frequently isolated from various food samples and can cause human gastroenteritis. Here, a novel multiple endonuclease restriction real-time loop-mediated isothermal amplification technology (MERT-LAMP) were successfully established and validated for simultaneous detection of Shigella strai...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Wang Y,Wang Y,Luo L,Liu D,Luo X,Xu Y,Hu S,Niu L,Xu J,Ye C

更新日期：2015-12-14 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was designed to evaluate the protection mechanism of oral administration of Clostridium butyricum against Salmonella enteritidis (SE) colonization in broilers. In the current study, 180 one-day-old healthy Arbor Acres (AA) broilers were meanly grouped into three, with three replicates of 20 birds each. An n...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Zhao X,Yang J,Wang L,Lin H,Sun S

更新日期：2017-08-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Microbiome research has increased dramatically in recent years, driven by advances in technology and significant reductions in the cost of analysis. Such research has unlocked a wealth of data, which has yielded tremendous insight into the nature of the microbial communities, including their interactions and effects, ...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Cullen CM,Aneja KK,Beyhan S,Cho CE,Woloszynek S,Convertino M,McCoy SJ,Zhang Y,Anderson MZ,Alvarez-Ponce D,Smirnova E,Karstens L,Dorrestein PC,Li H,Sen Gupta A,Cheung K,Powers JG,Zhao Z,Rosen GL

更新日期：2020-02-19 00:00:00

abstract：:The Megavirales are a newly described order capable of infecting different types of eukaryotic hosts. For the most part, the natural host is unknown. Several methods have been used to detect these viruses, with large discrepancies between molecular methods and co-cultures. To isolate giant viruses, we propose the use ...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Dornas FP,Khalil JY,Pagnier I,Raoult D,Abrahão J,La Scola B

更新日期：2015-10-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Parasites are now known to be ubiquitous across biological systems and can play an important role in modulating algal populations. However, there is a lack of extensive information on their role in artificial ecosystems such as algal production ponds and photobioreactors. Parasites have been implicated in the demise o...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Carney LT,Lane TW

更新日期：2014-06-06 00:00:00

abstract：:High dispersal rates are known to homogenize host's population genetic structure in panmictic species and to disrupt host local adaptation to the environment. Long-distance dispersal might also spread micro-organisms across large geographical areas. However, so far, to which extent selection mechanisms that shape host...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Gillingham MAF,Béchet A,Cézilly F,Wilhelm K,Rendón-Martos M,Borghesi F,Nissardi S,Baccetti N,Azafzaf H,Menke S,Kayser Y,Sommer S

更新日期：2019-02-06 00:00:00

abstract：:In the present study, 217 rhizobacterial isolates were obtained from six different tea estates of Assam, India and subjected to preliminary in vitro plant growth promotion (PGP) screening for indole acetic acid (IAA) production, phosphate solubilization, siderophore production and ammonia production. Fifty isolates sh...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Dutta J,Handique PJ,Thakur D

更新日期：2015-11-10 00:00:00

abstract：:KPC-3-producing bacteria are endemic in many countries but only recently became apparent their wide distribution in different Portuguese hospitals. The aim of this study is to characterize genetic backgrounds associated with bla KPC-3 among Klebsiella pneumoniae isolates recently identified on non-hospitalized patient...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Rodrigues C,Bavlovič J,Machado E,Amorim J,Peixe L,Novais Â

更新日期：2016-06-28 00:00:00

abstract：:The larval stage of Echinococcus granulosus sensu lato, resulting in cystic echinococcosis, a parasitic zoonosis, causes huge economic losses to the livestock industry and poses a threat to public health. Inhibitor of apoptosis proteins (IAPs) is a class of endogenous anti-apoptotic family, which plays a significant f...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Zhan J,Song H,Wang N,Guo C,Shen N,Hua R,Shi Y,Angel C,Gu X,Xie Y,Lai W,Peng X,Yang G

更新日期：2020-04-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Here Tn5 random transposon mutagenesis was used to identify the essential elements for culturing Liberibacter crescens BT-1 that can serve as antimicrobial targets for the closely related pathogens of citrus, Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus (Las) and tomato and potato, Candidatus Liberibacter solanacearum (Lso). In ...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Lai KK,Davis-Richardson AG,Dias R,Triplett EW

更新日期：2016-04-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Soil microbial communities modulate soil organic matter (SOM) dynamics by catalyzing litter decomposition. However, our understanding of how litter-derived carbon (C) flows through the microbial portion of the soil food web is far from comprehensive. This information is necessary to facilitate reliable predictions of ...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Heijboer A,de Ruiter PC,Bodelier PLE,Kowalchuk GA

更新日期：2018-11-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Helminth-derived molecules have the ability to modulate the host immune system. Our previous study identified a tetradecapeptide derived from Trichinella spiralis paramyosin (Ts-pmy) that could bind to human complement component C9 to inhibit its polymerization, making the peptide a candidate therapeutic agent for com...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Chen Y,Shao S,Huang J,Gu Y,Cheng Y,Zhu X

更新日期：2020-12-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Human endogenous retroviruses (ERVs) have been found to be associated with different diseases, e.g., multiple sclerosis (MS). Most human ERVs integrated in our genome are not competent to replicate and these sequences are presumably silent. However, transcription of human ERVs can be reactivated, e.g., by hypoxia. Int...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Brütting C,Narasimhan H,Hoffmann F,Kornhuber ME,Staege MS,Emmer A

更新日期：2018-02-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Francisella tularensis is an intracellular pathogen that can cause severe disease in a wide range of mammalian hosts. Primarily residing in host macrophages, F. tularensis escapes phagosomal degradation, and replicates in the macrophage cytosol. The macrophage uses a series of pattern recognition receptors to detect c...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Jones JW,Broz P,Monack DM

更新日期：2011-02-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Many publications highlight the importance of nitric oxide (NO) in plant-bacteria interactions, either in the promotion of health and plant growth or in pathogenesis. However, the role of NO in the signaling between bacteria and plants and in the fate of their interaction, as well as the reconstruction of their intera...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Santana MM,Gonzalez JM,Cruz C

更新日期：2017-10-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Rhizaria are an important component of oceanic plankton communities worldwide. A number of species harbor eukaryotic microalgal symbionts, which are horizontally acquired in the environment at each generation. Although these photosymbioses are determinant for Rhizaria ability to thrive in oceanic ecosystems, the mecha...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Balzano S,Corre E,Decelle J,Sierra R,Wincker P,Da Silva C,Poulain J,Pawlowski J,Not F

更新日期：2015-03-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Radix pseudostellariae L. is a common and popular Chinese medication. However, continuous monoculture has increased its susceptibility to severe diseases. We identified two pathogenic microorganisms, Talaromyces helicus M. (KU355274) and Kosakonia sacchari W. (KU324465), and their antagonistic bacterium, Bacillus pumi...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Wu H,Wu L,Wang J,Zhu Q,Lin S,Xu J,Zheng C,Chen J,Qin X,Fang C,Zhang Z,Azeem S,Lin W

更新日期：2016-03-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Intramembrane proteases (IMPs) are a unique class of proteases that catalyze the proteolysis within the membrane and regulate diverse cellular processes in various organisms. RseP, an Escherichia coli site-2 protease (S2P) family IMP, is involved in the regulation of an extracytoplasmic stress response through the cle...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Miyake T,Hizukuri Y,Akiyama Y

更新日期：2020-11-27 00:00:00

abstract：:A variety of foods fermented with lactic acid bacteria serve as dietary staples in many African communities; yet, their bacterial profiles are poorly characterized. The integration of health-promoting probiotics into naturally fermented milk products could make a profound impact on human health. Here, we characterize ...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Parker M,Zobrist S,Donahue C,Edick C,Mansen K,Hassan Zade Nadjari M,Heerikhuisen M,Sybesma W,Molenaar D,Diallo AM,Milani P,Kort R

更新日期：2018-09-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Itaconic acid, a C5-dicarboxylic acid, is a potential biobased building block for the polymer industry. It is obtained from the citric acid cycle by decarboxylation of cis-aconitic acid. This reaction is catalyzed by CadA in the native itaconic acid producer Aspergillus terreus. Recently, another enzyme encoded by the...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Vuoristo KS,Mars AE,van Loon S,Orsi E,Eggink G,Sanders JP,Weusthuis RA

更新日期：2015-08-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Research in the deep terrestrial biosphere is driven by interest in novel biodiversity and metabolisms, biogeochemical cycling, and the impact of human activities on this ecosystem. As this interest continues to grow, it is important to ensure that when subsurface investigations are proposed, materials recovered from ...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Wilkins MJ,Daly RA,Mouser PJ,Trexler R,Sharma S,Cole DR,Wrighton KC,Biddle JF,Denis EH,Fredrickson JK,Kieft TL,Onstott TC,Peterson L,Pfiffner SM,Phelps TJ,Schrenk MO

更新日期：2014-09-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Microbes with abnormal levels have important impacts on the formation and development of various complex diseases. Identifying possible Microbe-Disease Associations (MDAs) helps to understand the mechanisms of complex diseases. However, experimental methods for MDA identification are costly and time-consuming. In this...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Peng L,Shen L,Liao L,Liu G,Zhou L

更新日期：2020-10-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Emergence of multidrug-resistant Salmonella typhimurium strains, especially the ACSSuT and nalidixic acid R types, has significantly compromised the effectiveness of current strategies to control Salmonella infections, resulting in increased morbidity and mortality. Clinical S. typhimurium isolates recovered in Hong K...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Wong MH,Chan EW,Liu LZ,Chen S

更新日期：2014-10-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Tecoma stans (yellow elder) has shown medicinal properties and antimicrobial activity. Previous reports on antifungal activity of T. stans preparations and presence of trypsin inhibitor activity from T. stans leaves stimulated the investigation reported here. In this work, we proceeded to the purification and characte...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Patriota LL,Procópio TF,de Souza MF,de Oliveira AP,Carvalho LV,Pitta MG,Rego MJ,Paiva PM,Pontual EV,Napoleão TH

更新日期：2016-04-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Bacterial cells are surrounded by an exoskeleton-like structure, the cell wall, composed primarily of the peptidoglycan (PG) sacculus. This structure is made up of glycan strands cross-linked by short peptides generating a covalent mesh that shapes bacteria and prevents their lysis due to their high internal osmotic p...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Yadav AK,Espaillat A,Cava F

更新日期：2018-08-31 00:00:00