Lysis of Staphylococcal Cells by Modular Lysin Domains Linked via a Non-covalent Barnase-Barstar Interaction Bridge.

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journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Merino N,Aronson HS,Bojanova DP,Feyhl-Buska J,Wong ML,Zhang S,Giovannelli D

更新日期：2019-08-13 00:00:00

abstract：:The problem of food spoilage due to Aspergillus flavus (A. flavus) needs to be resolved. In this study, we found that the minimum inhibitory concentration of cinnamaldehyde (CA) that inhibited A. flavus was 0.065 mg/ml and that corn can be prevented from spoiling at a concentration of 0.13 mg/cm3. In addition to inhib...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Qu S,Yang K,Chen L,Liu M,Geng Q,He X,Li Y,Liu Y,Tian J

更新日期：2019-12-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Aluminum (Al)-resistant plant cultivars can recruit beneficial microbes to alleviate the stresses. However, the mechanism of how rhizobacterial communities strengthen Al tolerance of wild soybean has not been addressed. The aim of this study was to investigate the bacterial community structure in the rhizosphere of Al...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Shi Q,Jin J,Liu Y,Zhang Y,Cai Z,Ma Q,Cheng Y,Wen R,Nian H,Lian T

更新日期：2020-08-19 00:00:00

abstract：:The regulator of citrate metabolism, CitO, from Enterococcus faecalis belongs to the FCD family within the GntR superfamily. In the presence of citrate, CitO binds to cis-acting sequences located upstream of the cit promoters inducing the expression of genes involved in citrate utilization. The quantification of the m...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Blancato VS,Pagliai FA,Magni C,Gonzalez CF,Lorca GL

更新日期：2016-02-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Human urine was considered sterile for a long time. However, 416 species have been previously cultured, including only 40 anaerobic species. Here, we used culturomics, particularly those targeting anaerobes, to better understand the urinary microbiota. By testing 435 urine samples, we isolated 450 different bacterial ...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Dubourg G,Morand A,Mekhalif F,Godefroy R,Corthier A,Yacouba A,Diakite A,Cornu F,Cresci M,Brahimi S,Caputo A,Lechevallier E,Tsimaratos M,Moal V,Lagier JC,Raoult D

更新日期：2020-10-16 00:00:00

abstract：:The RstB histidine kinase of the two component system RstAB positively regulates the expression of damselysin (Dly), phobalysin P (PhlyP) and phobalysin C (PhlyC) cytotoxins in the fish and human pathogen Photobacterium damselae subsp. damselae, a marine bacterium of the family Vibrionaceae. However, the function of t...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Terceti MS,Vences A,Matanza XM,Barca AV,Noia M,Lisboa J,Dos Santos NMS,do Vale A,Osorio CR

更新日期：2019-04-24 00:00:00

abstract：:The human vaginal microbiome (VMB) is a complex bacterial community that interacts closely with vaginal epithelial cells (VECs) impacting the mucosal phenotype and its responses to pathogenic insults. The VMB and VEC relationship includes nutrient exchange and regulation of signaling molecules that controls numerous h...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Amerson-Brown MH,Miller AL,Maxwell CA,White MM,Vincent KL,Bourne N,Pyles RB

更新日期：2019-01-14 00:00:00

abstract：:The changes of gastric microbiome across stages of neoplastic progression remain poorly understood, especially for intraepithelial neoplasia (IN) which has been recognized as a phenotypic bridge between atrophic/intestinal metaplastic lesions and invasive cancer. The gastric microbiota was investigated in 30 healthy c...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Wang Z,Gao X,Zeng R,Wu Q,Sun H,Wu W,Zhang X,Sun G,Yan B,Wu L,Ren R,Guo M,Peng L,Yang Y

更新日期：2020-05-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome (SFTS) is a tick-borne viral disease affecting hundreds of people in China each year. To better understand the epidemiological characteristics and environmental risk factors associated with the incidence of SFTS in Hubei Province, China, we conducted a retrospective epidemio...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Wang T,Li XL,Liu M,Song XJ,Zhang H,Wang YB,Tian BP,Xing XS,Li SY

更新日期：2017-03-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Pseudallescheria/Scedosporium species are medically important fungi that are present in soil and human impacted areas and capable of causing a wide spectrum of diseases in humans. Although little is known about their pathogenesis, their growth process and infection routes are very similar to those of Aspergillus speci...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Rollin-Pinheiro R,de Meirelles JV,Vila TVM,Fonseca BB,Alves V,Frases S,Rozental S,Barreto-Bergter E

更新日期：2017-08-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Modified cyclic dipeptides represent a diverse family of microbial secondary metabolites. They display a broad variety of biological and pharmacological activities and have long been recognized as privileged structures with the ability to bind to a wide range of receptors. This is due to their conformationally constra...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Giessen TW,Marahiel MA

更新日期：2015-07-30 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：:High-throughput sequencing (HTS) techniques are of great value for the investigation of microbial communities, and have been extensively used to study the gut microbiome. While most studies focus on the human gut, many others have investigated insects. However, because of the rapid spread of HTS techniques, a lot of v...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： De Cock M,Virgilio M,Vandamme P,Augustinos A,Bourtzis K,Willems A,De Meyer M

更新日期：2019-12-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) are essential effectors of the host innate immune system and they represent promising molecules for the treatment of multidrug resistant microbes. A better understanding of microbial resistance to these defense peptides is thus prerequisite for the control of infectious diseases. Here, us...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Attieh Z,Mouawad C,Rejasse A,Jehanno I,Perchat S,Hegna IK,Økstad OA,Kallassy Awad M,Sanchis-Borja V,El Chamy L

更新日期：2020-12-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Milk spoilage is caused by the presence of proteolytic enzymes produced by Pseudomonas spp. during storage at low temperatures. The aim of this study was to identify Pseudomonas spp. in raw milk and investigate their associated proteolytic properties at low temperatures. Raw milk samples (n = 87) were collected from 8...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Meng L,Zhang Y,Liu H,Zhao S,Wang J,Zheng N

更新日期：2017-11-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Infectious agents are common companions of humans and since ancient times they follow human migration on their search for a better place to live. The study of paleomicrobiology was significantly improved in its accuracy of measurement with the constant development of better methods to detect and analyze nucleic acids....

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Ishak R,Machado LFA,Cayres-Vallinoto I,Guimarães Ishak MO,Vallinoto ACR

更新日期：2017-08-31 00:00:00

abstract：:When one thinks of the Gram+ cell wall, the peptidoglycan (PG) scaffold in particular comes to mind. However, the cell wall also consists of many other components, for example those that are covalently linked to the PG: the wall teichoic acid and the cell wall proteins tethered by the sortase. In addition, there are c...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Nguyen MT,Matsuo M,Niemann S,Herrmann M,Götz F

更新日期：2020-09-18 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：AIM:To compare the immediate antibacterial effect of two application methods (passive immersion and active mouthwash) of two antiseptic solutions on the in situ oral biofilm. MATERIAL AND METHODS:A randomized observer-masked crossover study was conducted. Fifteen healthy volunteers wore a specific intraoral device for...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Prada-López I,Quintas V,Casares-De-Cal MA,Suárez-Quintanilla JA,Suárez-Quintanilla D,Tomás I

更新日期：2015-07-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Lake Fryxell, situated in the McMurdo Dry Valleys of Antarctica, is an intriguing aquatic ecosystem because of its perennial ice cover, highly stratified water column, and extreme physicochemical conditions, which collectively restrict lake biodiversity to solely microbial forms. To expand our current understanding of...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Baker JM,Vander Schaaf NA,Cunningham AMG,Hang AC,Reeves CL,Huffman ER,Riester CJ,Madigan MT,Sattley WM

更新日期：2019-02-06 00:00:00

abstract：:The intention of this study was to investigate the inactivation of endospores by a combined thermal and pulsed electric field (PEF) treatment. Therefore, self-cultivated spores of Bacillus subtilis and commercial Geobacillus stearothermophilus spores with certified heat resistance were utilized. Spores of both strains...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Reineke K,Schottroff F,Meneses N,Knorr D

更新日期：2015-05-06 00:00:00

abstract：:mRNA levels result from an equilibrium between transcription and degradation. Ribonucleases (RNases) facilitate the turnover of mRNA, which is an important way of controlling gene expression, allowing the cells to adjust transcript levels to a changing environment. In contrast to the heterotrophic model bacteria Esche...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Cavaiuolo M,Chagneau C,Laalami S,Putzer H

更新日期：2020-06-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Fibronectin is a multidomain glycoprotein found ubiquitously in human body fluids and extracellular matrices of a variety of cell types from all human tissues and organs, including intestinal epithelial cells. Fibronectin plays a major role in the regulation of cell migration, tissue repair, and cell adhesion. Importa...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Hymes JP,Klaenhammer TR

更新日期：2016-09-22 00:00:00

abstract：:We characterized the mechanism of fluoroquinolone-resistance in two isolates of Streptococcus pseudopneumoniae having fluoroquinolone-efflux as unique mechanism of resistance. Whole genome sequencing and genetic transformation experiments were performed together with phenotypic determinations of the efflux mechanism. ...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Alvarado M,Martín-Galiano AJ,Ferrándiz MJ,Zaballos Á,de la Campa AG

更新日期：2017-10-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Our laboratory has previously developed a qRT-PCR assay to assess drug efficacy on the growth of Cryptosporidium parvum in vitro by detecting the levels of parasite 18S rRNA. This approach displayed up to four orders of magnitude of linear dynamic range and was much less labor-intensive than the traditional microscopi...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Zhang H,Zhu G

更新日期：2015-09-22 00:00:00

abstract：:The environment of Lake Baikal is a well-known source of microbial diversity. The strain Streptomyces sp. IB2014/011-12, isolated from samples collected at Lake Baikal, was found to exhibit potent activity against Gram-positive bacteria. Here, we report isolation and characterization of linear polyketide alpiniamide A...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Paulus C,Rebets Y,Zapp J,Rückert C,Kalinowski J,Luzhetskyy A

更新日期：2018-08-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Adequate comparisons of DNA and cDNA libraries from complex environments require methods for co-extraction of DNA and RNA due to the inherent heterogeneity of such samples, or risk bias caused by variations in lysis and extraction efficiencies. Still, there are few methods and kits allowing simultaneous extraction of ...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Lim NY,Roco CA,Frostegård Å

更新日期：2016-10-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Thawing of permafrost soils is expected to stimulate microbial decomposition and respiration of sequestered carbon. This could, in turn, increase atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse gasses, such as carbon dioxide and methane, and create a positive feedback to climate warming. Recent metagenomic studies suggest th...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Coolen MJ,Orsi WD

更新日期：2015-03-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Staphylococcus lugdunensis is increasingly recognized as a potent pathogen, responsible for severe infections with an outcome resembling that of Staphylococcus aureus. Here, we developed and evaluated a tool for S. lugdunensis typing, using DNA sequence analysis of the repeat-encoding region (R-domain) in the gene enc...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Dahyot S,Lebeurre J,Laumay F,Argemi X,Dubos C,Lemée L,Prévost G,François P,Pestel-Caron M

更新日期：2019-05-17 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