Global Transcriptional Profiling of the Cyanobacterium Chlorogloeopsis fritschii PCC 9212 in Far-Red Light: Insights Into the Regulation of Chlorophyll d Synthesis.

abstract：:Avibacterium paragallinarum, the causative agent of infectious coryza, is known to release outer membrane vesicles (OMVs). In the present study, we investigated the composition, bioactivities, and functional properties of the OMVs of A. paragallinarum. Following extraction and purification, the OMVs were observed to b...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Mei C,Sun AH,Blackall PJ,Xian H,Li SF,Gong YM,Wang HJ

更新日期：2020-09-25 00:00:00

abstract：:The time-to-result for culture-based microorganism recovery and phenotypic antimicrobial susceptibility testing necessitates initial use of empiric (frequently broad-spectrum) antimicrobial therapy. If the empiric therapy is not optimal, this can lead to adverse patient outcomes and contribute to increasing antibiotic...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Pesesky MW,Hussain T,Wallace M,Patel S,Andleeb S,Burnham CD,Dantas G

更新日期：2016-11-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Salmonella Enteritidis (SE) is a facultative intracellular pathogen that colonizes the chicken gut leading to contamination of carcasses during processing. A reduction in intestinal colonization by SE could result in reduced carcass contamination thereby reducing the risk of illnesses in humans. Short chain fatty acid...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Gupta A,Bansal M,Wagle B,Sun X,Rath N,Donoghue A,Upadhyay A

更新日期：2020-09-16 00:00:00

abstract：:A Burkholderia cenocepacia infection usually leads to reduced survival and fatal cepacia syndrome in cystic fibrosis patients. The identification of B. cenocepacia essential genes for in vivo survival is key to designing new anti-infectives therapies. We used the Transposon-Directed Insertion Sequencing (TraDIS) appro...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Wong YC,Abd El Ghany M,Ghazzali RNM,Yap SJ,Hoh CC,Pain A,Nathan S

更新日期：2018-05-29 00:00:00

abstract：:The prevalence of digestive disorders has increased globally, as countries have adopted a more "Westernized" diet pattern. A Western diet, characterized as high in fat and refined carbohydrates, can also be defined as a product of increased technology and industrialization. Modern farmers rely on agrochemicals to meet...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Barnett JA,Gibson DL

更新日期：2020-09-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Microorganisms play a significant role in the evolution and functioning of the eukaryotes with which they interact. Much of our understanding of beneficial host-microbe interactions stems from studying already established associations; we often infer the genotypic and environmental conditions that led to the existing ...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Hoang KL,Morran LT,Gerardo NM

更新日期：2016-09-13 00:00:00

abstract：:[This corrects the article DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2020.01776.]. ...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Lemieux-Labonté V,Dorville NAS,Willis CKR,Lapointe FJ

更新日期：2020-10-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Oropharyngeal candidiasis is a common opportunistic mucosal infection of the oral cavity, mainly caused by an overgrowth of Candida albicans. This infection can inhibit nutritional intakes and strongly affect quality of life. To date, standard therapeutic strategies involving the administration of antifungal drugs can...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Roselletti E,Sabbatini S,Ballet N,Perito S,Pericolini E,Blasi E,Mosci P,Cayzeele Decherf A,Monari C,Vecchiarelli A

更新日期：2019-07-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Particle-associated bacteria (PAB) and free-living bacteria (FLB) from aquatic environments during phytoplankton blooms differ in their physical distance from algae. Both the interactions within PAB and FLB community fractions and their relationship with the surrounding environmental properties are largely unknown. He...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Yang C,Wang Q,Simon PN,Liu J,Liu L,Dai X,Zhang X,Kuang J,Igarashi Y,Pan X,Luo F

更新日期：2017-06-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Discovery of environmentally safe anti-fouling agent is currently of considerable interest, due to the continuous impact of biofoulers on the marine habitats and the adverse effects of biocides on the environment. This study reports the anti-adhesion effect of marine living Actinobacteria against fouling strains isola...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Heidarian S,Mohammadipanah F,Maghsoudlou A,Dashti Y,Challis GL

更新日期：2019-01-09 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：:Putrescine is widely used in industrial production of bioplastics, pharmaceuticals, agrochemicals, and surfactants. Although engineered Corynebacterium glutamicum has been successfully used to produce high levels of putrescine, the overall cellular physiological and metabolic changes caused by overproduction of putres...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Li Z,Liu JZ

更新日期：2017-10-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Candida glabrata is an opportunistic fungal pathogen that currently ranks as the second most common cause of candidiasis. Although the mechanisms underlying virulence and drug resistance in C. glabrata are now starting to be elucidated, we still lack a good understanding of how this yeast adapts during the course of a...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Carreté L,Ksiezopolska E,Gómez-Molero E,Angoulvant A,Bader O,Fairhead C,Gabaldón T

更新日期：2019-02-12 00:00:00

abstract：:A notable feature of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill was the unprecedented formation of marine oil snow (MOS) that was observed in large quantities floating on the sea surface and that subsequently sedimented to the seafloor. Whilst the physical and chemical processes involved in MOS formation remain unclear, some stu...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Suja LD,Chen X,Summers S,Paterson DM,Gutierrez T

更新日期：2019-03-20 00:00:00

abstract：:The seasonal melting of ice entombed cryoconite holes on McMurdo Dry Valley glaciers provides oases for life in the harsh environmental conditions of the polar desert where surface air temperatures only occasionally exceed 0°C during the Austral summer. Here we follow temporal changes in cryoconite hole biogeochemistr...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Telling J,Anesio AM,Tranter M,Fountain AG,Nylen T,Hawkings J,Singh VB,Kaur P,Musilova M,Wadham JL

更新日期：2014-12-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Over the past decades, Salmonella 4,[5],12:i:- has rapidly emerged and it is isolated with high frequency in the swine food chain. Although many studies have documented the epidemiological success of this serovar, few investigations have tried to explain this phenomenon from a genetic perspective. Here a comparative w...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Mastrorilli E,Pietrucci D,Barco L,Ammendola S,Petrin S,Longo A,Mantovani C,Battistoni A,Ricci A,Desideri A,Losasso C

更新日期：2018-04-17 00:00:00

abstract：:The DedA family is a conserved membrane protein family found in most organisms. A Burkholderia thailandensis DedA family protein, named DbcA, is required for high-level colistin (polymyxin E) resistance, but the mechanism awaits elucidation. Modification of lipopolysaccharide lipid A with the cationic sugar aminoarabi...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Panta PR,Doerrler WT

更新日期：2021-01-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Single molecule, real-time (SMRT) sequencing was used to characterize mitochondrial (mt) genome of Ophiocordyceps sinensis and to analyze the mt genome-wide pattern of epigenetic DNA modification. The complete mt genome of O. sinensis, with a size of 157,539 bp, is the fourth largest Ascomycota mt genome sequenced to ...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Kang X,Hu L,Shen P,Li R,Liu D

更新日期：2017-07-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Dendritic cells (DCs) and NK cells play a crucial role in the first phase of host defense against infections. Group B Streptococcus (GBS) and Streptococcus suis are encapsulated streptococci causing severe systemic inflammation, leading to septicemia and meningitis. Yet, the involvement of NK cells in the innate immun...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Lemire P,Galbas T,Thibodeau J,Segura M

更新日期：2017-06-29 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was undertaken to assess the antibacterial potential of 3,8-dihydroxyquinoline (jineol) isolated from Scolopendra subspinipes mutilans against selected foodborne pathogens Escherichia coli O157:H7 and Staphylococcus aureus KCTC-1621. Jineol at the tested concentration (50 μL; corresponding to 250 μg/disk) e...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Bajpai VK,Shukla S,Paek WK,Lim J,Kumar P,Na M

更新日期：2017-03-28 00:00:00

abstract：:The methyl-coenzyme M reductase (MCR) is a central enzyme in anaerobic microbial methane metabolism, which consists of methanogenesis and anaerobic oxidation of methane (AOM). MCR catalyzes the final step of methanogenesis and the first step of AOM to achieve the production and oxidation of methane, respectively. Besi...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Chen H,Gan Q,Fan C

更新日期：2020-10-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Background: In Australia, community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) lineage sequence type (ST) 93 has rapidly risen to dominance since being described in the early 1990s. We examined 459 ST93 genome sequences from Australia, New Zealand, Samoa, and Europe to investigate the evolutionary h...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： van Hal SJ,Steinig EJ,Andersson P,Holden MTG,Harris SR,Nimmo GR,Williamson DA,Heffernan H,Ritchie SR,Kearns AM,Ellington MJ,Dickson E,de Lencastre H,Coombs GW,Bentley SD,Parkhill J,Holt DC,Giffard PM,Tong SYC

更新日期：2018-07-09 00:00:00

abstract：:The Gram-negative bacterium Vibrio cholerae encodes two nucleases, Dns and Xds, which play a major role during the human pathogen's lifecycle. Dns and Xds control three-dimensional biofilm formation and bacterial detachment from biofilms via degradation of extracellular DNA and thus contribute to the environmental, in...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Pressler K,Mitterer F,Vorkapic D,Reidl J,Oberer M,Schild S

更新日期：2019-09-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Leishmaniasis comprises a spectrum of parasitic diseases caused by protozoans of the genus Leishmania. Molecular tools have been widely employed for the detection of Leishmania due to its high sensitivity and specificity. However, the analytical performance of molecular platforms as PCR and real time PCR (qPCR) includ...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： León CM,Muñoz M,Hernández C,Ayala MS,Flórez C,Teherán A,Cubides JR,Ramírez JD

更新日期：2017-10-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Bacteriophage endolysins and bacterial exolysins are capable of enzymatic degradation of the cell wall peptidoglycan layer and thus show promise as a new class of antimicrobials. Both exolysins and endolysins often consist of different modules, which are responsible for enzymatic functions and cell wall binding, respe...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Hjelm LC,Nilvebrant J,Nygren PÅ,Nilsson AS,Seijsing J

更新日期：2019-03-22 00:00:00

abstract：:The phytopathogen Xylella fastidiosa causes economic losses in important agricultural crops. Xylem vessel occlusion caused by biofilm formation is the major mechanism underlying the pathogenicity of distinct strains of X. fastidiosa. Here, we provide a detailed in vitro characterization of the extracellular proteins o...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Mendes JS,Santiago AS,Toledo MA,Horta MA,de Souza AA,Tasic L,de Souza AP

更新日期：2016-12-26 00:00:00

abstract：:IgaA is an integral inner membrane protein that was discovered as repressor of the RcsCDB phosphorelay system in the intracellular pathogen Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium. The RcsCDB system, conserved in many members of the family Enterobacteriaceae, regulates expression of varied processes including motility...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Pucciarelli MG,Rodríguez L,García-Del Portillo F

更新日期：2017-12-22 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：:Salmonella enterica subsp. enterica serovar Typhimurium is a common cause of enterocolitis in humans globally, with multidrug resistant (MDR) strains posing an enhanced threat. S. Typhimurium is also a pathogen in food-production animals, and these populations can act as reservoirs of the bacterium. Therefore, surveil...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Mellor KC,Petrovska L,Thomson NR,Harris K,Reid SWJ,Mather AE

更新日期：2019-04-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Background: Acute respiratory infections (ARIs) are the leading indication for antibacterial prescriptions despite a viral etiology in the majority of cases. The lack of available diagnostics to discriminate viral and bacterial etiologies contributes to this discordance. Recent efforts have focused on the host respons...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Poore GD,Ko ER,Valente A,Henao R,Sumner K,Hong C,Burke TW,Nichols M,McClain MT,Huang ES,Ginsburg GS,Woods CW,Tsalik EL

更新日期：2018-12-11 00:00:00