Confocal Laser Scanning Microscopy for Analysis of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Biofilm Architecture and Matrix Localization.

abstract：:Tuberculosis (TB) is a health threat to the global population. Anti-TB drugs and vaccines are key approaches for TB prevention and control. TB animal models are basic tools for developing biomarkers of diagnosis, drugs for therapy, vaccines for prevention and researching pathogenic mechanisms for identification of tar...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Zhan L,Tang J,Sun M,Qin C

更新日期：2017-05-04 00:00:00

abstract：:The possibility of the rapid and global spread of Zika, chikungunya, yellow fever, and dengue fever by Aedes albopictus is well documented and may be facilitated by changes in climate. To avert and manage health risks, climatic and topographic information can be used to model and forecast which areas may be most prone...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Nejati J,Bueno-Marí R,Collantes F,Hanafi-Bojd AA,Vatandoost H,Charrahy Z,Tabatabaei SM,Yaghoobi-Ershadi MR,Hasanzehi A,Shirzadi MR,Moosa-Kazemi SH,Sedaghat MM

更新日期：2017-09-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Human breast milk is widely recognized as the best source of nutrients for healthy growth and development of infants; it contains a diverse microbiota. Here, we characterized the diversity of the microbiota in the breast milk of East Asian women and assessed whether delivery mode influenced the microbiota in the milk ...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Li SW,Watanabe K,Hsu CC,Chao SH,Yang ZH,Lin YJ,Chen CC,Cao YM,Huang HC,Chang CH,Tsai YC

更新日期：2017-05-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Losses in crop yields due to disease need to be reduced in order to meet increasing global food demands associated with growth in the human population. There is a well-recognized need to develop new environmentally friendly control strategies to combat bacterial crop disease. Current control measures involving the use...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Buttimer C,McAuliffe O,Ross RP,Hill C,O'Mahony J,Coffey A

更新日期：2017-01-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Long-read nanopore sequencing by a MinION device offers the unique possibility to directly sequence native RNA. We combined an enzymatic poly-A tailing reaction with the native RNA sequencing to (i) sequence complex population of single-stranded (ss)RNA viruses in parallel, (ii) detect genome, subgenomic mRNA/mRNA sim...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Wongsurawat T,Jenjaroenpun P,Taylor MK,Lee J,Tolardo AL,Parvathareddy J,Kandel S,Wadley TD,Kaewnapan B,Athipanyasilp N,Skidmore A,Chung D,Chaimayo C,Whitt M,Kantakamalakul W,Sutthent R,Horthongkham N,Ussery DW,Jonsson

更新日期：2019-02-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent evidence has shown that antibiotic resistant bacteria (ARB) and antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) are ubiquitous in natural environments, including sites considered pristine. To understand the origin of ARGs and their dynamics, we must first define their actual presence in the natural bacterial assemblage. Her...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Suzuki S,Ogo M,Miller TW,Shimizu A,Takada H,Siringan MA

更新日期：2013-04-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Corynebacterium pseudodiphtheriticum is a Gram-positive bacterium found as a member of the normal microbiota of the upper respiratory tract. It was suggested that C. pseudodiphtheriticum may be potentially used as a next-generation probiotic for nasal application, although no deep studies were performed in this regard...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Kanmani P,Clua P,Vizoso-Pinto MG,Rodriguez C,Alvarez S,Melnikov V,Takahashi H,Kitazawa H,Villena J

更新日期：2017-08-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Protein phosphorylation, one of the most important post-translational modifications, regulates almost every cellular process. Although signal transduction by protein phosphorylation is extensively studied in Eukaryotes and Bacteria, the knowledge of this process in archaea is greatly lagging behind, especially for Ser...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Huang Q,Zhong Q,Mayaka JBA,Ni J,Shen Y

更新日期：2017-11-07 00:00:00

abstract：:To avoid conflict between biofuel and food resource production, marine macroalgae (main algal polysaccharides) have been suggested as potent feedstock for biofuel production. Flammeovirga pacifica WPAGA1, a typical marine polysaccharide-degrading bacterium, can utilize crude agarose as the sole carbon source. Transcri...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Gao B,Li L,Wu H,Zhu D,Jin M,Qu W,Zeng R

更新日期：2019-06-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Salmonella enterica serotypes are invasive enteric pathogens spread through fecal contamination of food and water sources, and represent a constant public health threat around the world. The symptoms associated with salmonellosis and typhoid disease are largely due to the host response to invading Salmonella, and to t...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Hallstrom K,McCormick BA

更新日期：2011-04-29 00:00:00

abstract：:We aimed at isolating lactic acid bacteria (LAB) from different plant materials to study their crossed-fermentation capacity in silos and to find strains able to confer enhanced aerobic stability to silage. A total of 129 LAB isolates were obtained from lucerne (alfalfa), maize, sorghum, ryegrass, rice, barley, canola...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Puntillo M,Gaggiotti M,Oteiza JM,Binetti A,Massera A,Vinderola G

更新日期：2020-12-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii (CRAB) are emerging worldwide. In South America, clinical isolates presenting such a phenotype usually do not belong to the globally distributed international clone 2 (IC2). The majority of these isolates are also resistant to multiple other antimicrobials and are often des...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Nodari CS,Cayô R,Streling AP,Lei F,Wille J,Almeida MS,de Paula AI,Pignatari ACC,Seifert H,Higgins PG,Gales AC

更新日期：2020-11-30 00:00:00

abstract：:The Eurasian or European beaver (Castor fiber) is the second-largest living rodent after the capybara. It is a semi-aquatic animal known for building dams and lodges. They strictly feed on lignocellulose-rich plants and correspondingly harbor cellulolytic microbial communities in their digestive tract. In this study, ...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Pratama R,Schneider D,Böer T,Daniel R

更新日期：2019-07-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Over thousands of years, modernization could be predicted for the use of microorganisms in the production of foods and beverages. However, the current accelerated pace of new food production is due to the rapid incorporation of biotechnological techniques that allow the rapid identification of new molecules and microo...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Vitorino LC,Bessa LA

更新日期：2017-05-10 00:00:00

abstract：:This study addresses a major issue in microbial food safety, the elucidation of correlations between acid stress and changes in membrane fluidity of the pathogen Listeria monocytogenes. In order to assess the possible role that membrane fluidity changes play in L. monocytogenes tolerance to antimicrobial acids (acetic...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Diakogiannis I,Berberi A,Siapi E,Arkoudi-Vafea A,Giannopoulou L,Mastronicolis SK

更新日期：2013-06-14 00:00:00

abstract：:The highly populated coasts of the Bay of Bengal are particularly vulnerable to water-borne diseases, pollution and climatic extremes. The environmental factors behind bacterial community composition and Vibrio distribution were investigated in an estuarine system of a cholera-endemic region in the coastline of Bangla...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Kopprio GA,Neogi SB,Rashid H,Alonso C,Yamasaki S,Koch BP,Gärdes A,Lara RJ

更新日期：2020-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Brucellosis is one of the most common zoonotic epidemics worldwide. Brucella, the etiological pathogen of brucellosis, has unique virulence characteristics, including the ability to survive within the host cell. Hfq is a bacterial chaperone protein that is involved in the survival of the pathogen under stress conditio...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Lei S,Zhong Z,Ke Y,Yang M,Xu X,Ren H,An C,Yuan J,Yu J,Xu J,Qiu Y,Shi Y,Wang Y,Peng G,Chen Z

更新日期：2016-01-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Guanylate kinases (GKs), which convert guanosine monophosphate into guanosine diphosphate (GDP), are important for growth and mannose outer chain elongation of cell wall N-linked glycoproteins in yeast. Here, we identified the ortholog of Saccharomyces cerevisiae GK Guk1, named MoGuk1 and a novel family of fungal GKs ...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Cai X,Zhang X,Li X,Liu M,Liu X,Wang X,Zhang H,Zheng X,Zhang Z

更新日期：2017-12-11 00:00:00

abstract：:In the present study, oosporein, a fungal toxic secondary metabolite known to be a toxic agent causing chronic disorders in animals, was isolated from fungus Cochliobolus kusanoi of Nerium oleander L. Toxic effects of oosporein and the possible mechanisms of cytotoxicity as well as the role of oxidative stress in cyto...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Ramesha A,Venkataramana M,Nirmaladevi D,Gupta VK,Chandranayaka S,Srinivas C

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is increasing evidence that volatile organic compounds (VOCs) play an important role in the interactions between fungi and bacteria, two major groups of soil inhabiting microorganisms. Yet, most of the research has been focused on effects of bacterial volatiles on suppression of plant pathogenic fungi whereas li...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Schmidt R,Etalo DW,de Jager V,Gerards S,Zweers H,de Boer W,Garbeva P

更新日期：2016-01-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Extraintestinal pathogenic Escherichia coli (ExPEC) that causes extraintestinal infections often harbor plasmids encoding fitness traits such as resistance and virulence determinants that are of clinical importance. We determined the complete nucleotide sequence of plasmid pEC302/04 from a multidrug-resistant E. coli ...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Ho WS,Yap KP,Yeo CC,Rajasekaram G,Thong KL

更新日期：2016-01-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Grapevine leafroll disease (GLD) is caused by a complex of vector-borne virus species in the family Closteroviridae. GLD is present in all grape-growing regions of the world, primarily affecting wine grape varieties. The disease has emerged in the last two decades as one of the major factors affecting grape fruit qual...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Almeida RP,Daane KM,Bell VA,Blaisdell GK,Cooper ML,Herrbach E,Pietersen G

更新日期：2013-04-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Synthetic dyes, extensively used in various industries, act as pollutants in the aquatic environment, and pose a significant threat to living beings. In the present study, we assessed the potential of a halophilic bacterium Salinivibrio kushneri HTSP isolated from a saltpan for decolorization and bioremediation of syn...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： John J,Dineshram R,Hemalatha KR,Dhassiah MP,Gopal D,Kumar A

更新日期：2020-12-21 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：:Microbial interactions play a key role in ecosystem functioning, with nutrient availability as an important determinant. Although phylogenetically distant bacteria and fungi commonly co-occur in nature, information on their cross-kingdom interactions under unstable, extreme environments remains poor. Hence, the aims o...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Velez P,Espinosa-Asuar L,Figueroa M,Gasca-Pineda J,Aguirre-von-Wobeser E,Eguiarte LE,Hernandez-Monroy A,Souza V

更新日期：2018-08-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Interest in coronaviruses because of the 2019 novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) pandemic has generated concern about their occurrence and persistence in aquatic habitats. Coronaviruses are not quantitatively significant constituents of marine virioplankton. Members of the Nidovirales (to which human coronaviruses belong)...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Mordecai GJ,Hewson I

更新日期：2020-07-24 00:00:00

abstract：:We compared the bacterial microbiomes lodged in the bronchial tree, oropharynx and nose of patients with early stage cystic fibrosis (CF) not using chronic antibiotics, determining their relationships with lung function and exacerbation frequency. CF patients were enrolled in a cohort study during stability and were c...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Garcia-Nuñez M,Garcia-Gonzalez M,Pomares X,Montón C,Millares L,Quero S,Prina E,Asensio O,Bosque M,Capilla S,Cuevas O,Monsó E

更新日期：2020-06-30 00:00:00

abstract：:The human gut is inhabited by diverse microorganisms that play crucial roles in health and disease. Gut microbiota dysbiosis is increasingly considered as a vital factor in the etiopathogenesis of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), which is a common functional gastrointestinal disorder with a high incidence all over the ...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Gu Y,Zhou G,Qin X,Huang S,Wang B,Cao H

更新日期：2019-08-21 00:00:00

abstract：:This work aimed to characterize the mammary gland pharmacokinetics of cefquinome after an intramammary administration and integrate pharmacokinetic/pharmacodynamic model. The pharmacokinetic profiles of cefquinome in gland tissue were measured using high performance liquid chromatograph. Therapeutic regimens covered v...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Yu Y,Zhou YF,Li X,Chen MR,Qiao GL,Sun J,Liao XP,Liu YH

更新日期：2016-10-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Streptococcal species are Gram-positive bacteria involved in severe and invasive diseases in humans and animals. Although, this group includes different pathogenic species involved in life-threatening infections for humans, it also includes beneficial species, such as Streptococcus thermophilus, which is used in yogur...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Zorgani MA,Quentin R,Lartigue MF

更新日期：2016-07-26 00:00:00