Novel Insights Into Bacterial Dimethylsulfoniopropionate Catabolism in the East China Sea.

abstract：:Our understanding of microbial natural environments combines in situ experimentation with studies of specific interactions in laboratory-based setups. The purpose of this work was to develop, build and demonstrate the use of a microbial culture chamber enabling both in situ and laboratory-based studies. The design use...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Thøgersen MS,Melchiorsen J,Ingham C,Gram L

更新日期：2018-07-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Aspergillus diseases are often caused by Aspergillus fumigatus. Azoles are the mainstay of therapy, but the management of aspergillosis is hampered by the emergence of azole resistance. Rapid detection of azole resistance might benefit treatment outcome by early treatment modifications. However, the yield of fungal cu...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Buil JB,Zoll J,Verweij PE,Melchers WJG

更新日期：2018-03-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Evolution of fungicide resistance in plant pathogens is one of major concerns in sustainable plant disease management. In this study, the genetics and potential of developing resistance to a demethylation inhibitor (DMI) fungicide, difenoconazole, in the fungal pathogen Alternaria alternata was investigated using a co...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： He MH,Wang YP,Wu EJ,Shen LL,Yang LN,Wang T,Shang LP,Zhu W,Zhan J

更新日期：2019-07-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Deep fractured rock ecosystems across most of North America have not been studied extensively. However, the US Great Basin, in particular the Nevada National Security Site (NNSS, formerly the Nevada Test Site), has hosted a number of influential subsurface investigations over the years. This investigation focuses on r...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Hamilton-Brehm SD,Stewart LE,Zavarin M,Caldwell M,Lawson PA,Onstott TC,Grzymski J,Neveux I,Lollar BS,Russell CE,Moser DP

更新日期：2019-09-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Aspergillus fumigatus is the main etiologic agent of invasive aspergillosis (IA). Other Aspergillus species belonging to the section Fumigati (A. fumigatus complex) may occasionally be the cause of IA. These strains are often misidentified, as they cannot be distinguished from A. fumigatus by conventional morphologica...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Lamoth F

更新日期：2016-05-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Aerobic degradation of methylphosphonate (MPn) by marine bacterioplankton has been hypothesized to contribute significantly to the ocean's methane supersaturation, yet little is known about MPn utilization by marine microbes. To identify the microbial taxa and metabolic functions associated with MPn-driven methane pro...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Martínez A,Ventouras LA,Wilson ST,Karl DM,Delong EF

更新日期：2013-11-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Globally, mosquitoes are known to be competent vectors to various arboviruses that cause serious and debilitating diseases to humans and animals. Conversely, mosquitoes harbor a wide array of insect specific viruses (ISVs) that are generally neglected. Extensive characterization of these ISVs is important in understan...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Zhao L,Mwaliko C,Atoni E,Wang Y,Zhang Y,Zhan J,Hu X,Xia H,Yuan Z

更新日期：2019-08-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Pathogenic bacterial persisters are responsible for the recalcitrance of chronic and persistent infections to antimicrobial therapy. Although the mechanisms of persister formation and survival have been widely studied in Escherichia coli, persistence mechanisms in Staphylococcus aureus remain largely unknown. Here, we...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Wang W,Chen J,Chen G,Du X,Cui P,Wu J,Zhao J,Wu N,Zhang W,Li M,Zhang Y

更新日期：2015-12-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Harmful cyanobacterial blooms have severely impaired freshwater quality and threatened human health worldwide. Here, a Gram-positive bacterium, Bacillus sp. strain S51107, which exhibits strong algicidal activity against Microcystis aeruginosa, was isolated from Lake Taihu. We found that the algicidal activity of stra...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Wu L,Guo X,Liu X,Yang H

更新日期：2017-10-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Traditional food products are important to our culture and heritage, and to the continued success of the food industry. Many of the production processes associated with these products have not been subjected to an in-depth microbial compositional analysis. The traditional process of curing meat, both preserves a natur...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Woods DF,Kozak IM,Flynn S,O'Gara F

更新日期：2019-01-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Based on the Stable Ecotype Model, evolution leads to the divergence of ecologically distinct populations (e.g., with different niches and/or behaviors) of ecologically interchangeable membership. In this study, pyrosequencing was used to provide deep sequence coverage of Synechococcus psaA genes and transcripts over ...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Becraft ED,Wood JM,Rusch DB,Kühl M,Jensen SI,Bryant DA,Roberts DW,Cohan FM,Ward DM

更新日期：2015-06-22 00:00:00

abstract：:HIV-1 is an RNA enveloped virus that preferentially infects CD4(+) T lymphocytes and also macrophages. In CD4(+) T cells, HIV-1 mainly buds from the host cell plasma membrane. The viral Gag polyprotein targets the plasma membrane and is the orchestrator of the HIV assembly as its expression is sufficient to promote th...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Mariani C,Desdouits M,Favard C,Benaroch P,Muriaux DM

更新日期：2014-06-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Beta-lactam antibiotics are an important class of antibiotics for treating bacterial infections. Despite prevalent β-lactam resistance in Campylobacter jejuni, the leading bacterial cause of human diarrhea in developed countries, molecular mechanism of β-lactam resistance in C. jejuni is still largely unknown. In this...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Zeng X,Gillespie B,Lin J

更新日期：2015-11-17 00:00:00

abstract：:The gut microbiota plays an important role in host health, in particular by its barrier effect and competition with exogenous pathogenic bacteria. In the present study, the competition of Bifidobacterium pseudolongum PV8-2 (Bp PV8-2) and Bifidobacterium kashiwanohense PV20-2 (Bk PV20-2), isolated from anemic infant gu...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Vazquez-Gutierrez P,de Wouters T,Werder J,Chassard C,Lacroix C

更新日期：2016-09-22 00:00:00

abstract：:The mycorrhizal symbiosis between soil fungi and plant roots is a ubiquitous mutualism that plays key roles in plant nutrition, soil health, and carbon cycling. The symbiosis evolved repeatedly and independently as multiple morphotypes [e.g., arbuscular mycorrhizae (AM), ectomycorrhizal (ECM)] in multiple fungal clade...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Kuo A,Kohler A,Martin FM,Grigoriev IV

更新日期：2014-11-04 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：:Although complete genome sequences hold particular value for an accurate description of core genomes, the identification of strain-specific genes, and as the optimal basis for functional genomics studies, they are still largely underrepresented in public repositories. Based on an assessment of the genome assembly comp...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Schmid M,Muri J,Melidis D,Varadarajan AR,Somerville V,Wicki A,Moser A,Bourqui M,Wenzel C,Eugster-Meier E,Frey JE,Irmler S,Ahrens CH

更新日期：2018-01-30 00:00:00

abstract：:The oral cavity is a complex environment harboring diverse microbial species that often co-exist within biofilms formed on oral surfaces. Within a biofilm, inter-species interactions can be synergistic in that the presence of one organism generates a niche for another enhancing colonization. Among these species are th...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Khoury ZH,Vila T,Puthran TR,Sultan AS,Montelongo-Jauregui D,Melo MAS,Jabra-Rizk MA

更新日期：2020-02-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Salmonella is one of the most frequently reported causes of foodborne illness worldwide. Non-typhoidal serovars cause gastroenteritis in humans. Salmonella can grow on surfaces forming biofilms, contributing to its persistence since biofilms are difficult to eradicate due to the high resistance to antimicrobials and d...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Paytubi S,Cansado C,Madrid C,Balsalobre C

更新日期：2017-11-07 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：:In this present study, we assembled and analyzed the mitogenomes of two asymbiotic and six ectomycorrhizal Amanita species based on next-generation sequencing data. The size of the eight Amanita mitogenomes ranged from 37,341 to 137,428 bp, and we considered introns to be one of the main factors contributing to the si...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Li Q,He X,Ren Y,Xiong C,Jin X,Peng L,Huang W

更新日期：2020-06-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Recently, controllable, targeted proteolysis has emerged as one of the most promising new strategies to study essential genes and otherwise toxic mutations. One of the principal limitations preventing the wider adoption of this approach is due to the lack of easily identifiable species-specific degrons that can be use...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Liu N,Chaudhry MT,Xie Z,Kreth J,Merritt J

更新日期：2017-12-19 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to decipher the nature of the slowly growing Mycobacterium tuberculosis (M.tuberculosis) lineage 7, the differentially abundant proteins in strains of M. tuberculosis lineage 7 and lineage 4 were defined. Comparative proteomic analysis by mass spectrometry was employed to identify, quantitate and compare the ...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Yimer SA,Birhanu AG,Kalayou S,Riaz T,Zegeye ED,Beyene GT,Holm-Hansen C,Norheim G,Abebe M,Aseffa A,Tønjum T

更新日期：2017-05-09 00:00:00

abstract：:The environmental fate and potential impacts of nanopesticides on agroecosystems under realistic agricultural conditions are poorly understood. As a result, the benefits and risks of these novel formulations compared to the conventional products are currently unclear. Here, we examined the effects of repeated realisti...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Simonin M,Colman BP,Tang W,Judy JD,Anderson SM,Bergemann CM,Rocca JD,Unrine JM,Cassar N,Bernhardt ES

更新日期：2018-07-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Bacillus species are widely exploited as biocontrol agents because of their efficiency in impeding various plant pathogens with multifaceted approach. In this study, Bacillus species were isolated from rhizosphere of various plants viz., carnations, cotton, turmeric, and bananas in Tamil Nadu state of India. Their pot...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Vinodkumar S,Nakkeeran S,Renukadevi P,Malathi VG

更新日期：2017-03-24 00:00:00

abstract：:A major global concern is the emergence and spread of systemic life-threatening fungal infections in critically ill patients. The increase in invasive fungal infections, caused most commonly by Candida and Aspergillus species, occurs in patients with impaired defenses due to a number of reasons such as underlying dise...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Ravikumar S,Win MS,Chai LY

更新日期：2015-11-26 00:00:00

abstract：:In Belize, shallow populations (10 and 16 m) of the coral species Montastraea cavernosa from the back reef and reef crest are genetically differentiated from deeper populations on the fore reef and reef wall (25 and 35 m). Like many species of scleractinian corals, M. cavernosa has an obligate symbiosis with dinoflage...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Eckert RJ,Reaume AM,Sturm AB,Studivan MS,Voss JD

更新日期：2020-04-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Aflatoxins (AF) are highly detrimental to human and animal health. We recently demonstrated that the Aspergillus flavus caleosin, AfPXG, had peroxygenase activity and mediated fungal development and AF accumulation. We now report the characterization of an AfPXG-deficient line using reference strain NRRL3357. The resu...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Hanano A,Alkara M,Almousally I,Shaban M,Rahman F,Hassan M,Murphy DJ

更新日期：2018-02-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Africa, Asia, and Latin America are regions highly affected by endemic diseases, such as Leishmaniasis, Malaria, and Chagas' disease. They are responsible for the death of 1000s of patients every year, as there is not yet a cure for them and the drugs used are inefficient against the pathogenic parasites. During the l...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Lacerda AF,Pelegrini PB,de Oliveira DM,Vasconcelos ÉA,Grossi-de-Sá MF

更新日期：2016-02-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Objectives: Sequence type 1193 is emerging as a new, virulent and resistant lineage among fluoroquinolone resistant Escherichia coli (FQrE. coli). In this study, we investigated the prevalence and molecular characteristics of this clone isolated from a Chinese university hospital. Methods: 73 phylogenetic group B2-FQr...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Wu J,Lan F,Lu Y,He Q,Li B

更新日期：2017-11-21 00:00:00