The GC Content as a Main Factor Shaping the Amino Acid Usage During Bacterial Evolution Process.

abstract：:Redox homeostasis is essential to the maintenance of cell metabolism. Changes in the redox state cause global metabolic and transcriptional changes. Our previous study indicated that the overexpression of NADH oxidase in Saccharomyces cerevisiae led to increased glucose consumption and ethanol production. Gene express...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Shi X,Zou Y,Chen Y,Ying H

更新日期：2018-06-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Nisin, an important bacteriocin from Lactococcus lactis subsp., is primarily active against various Gram-positive bacteria. Leucocin C, produced by Leuconostoc carnosum 4010, is a class IIa bacteriocin used to inhibit the growth of Listeria monocytogenes. Because two bacteriocins have different modes of action, the co...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Fu Y,Mu D,Qiao W,Zhu D,Wang X,Liu F,Xu H,Saris P,Kuipers OP,Qiao M

更新日期：2018-03-23 00:00:00

abstract：:DsrAB-type dissimilatory sulfite reductase is a key enzyme of microbial sulfur-dependent energy metabolism. Sulfur oxidizers also contain DsrL, which is essential for sulfur oxidation in Allochromatium vinosum. This NAD(P)H oxidoreductase acts as physiological partner of oxidative-type rDsrAB. Recent analyses uncovere...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Löffler M,Wallerang KB,Venceslau SS,Pereira IAC,Dahl C

更新日期：2020-10-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Ecological understandings of soil bacterial community succession and assembly mechanism along elevational gradients in mountains remain not well understood. Here, by employing the high-throughput sequencing technique, we systematically examined soil bacterial diversity patterns, the driving factors, and community asse...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Li J,Shen Z,Li C,Kou Y,Wang Y,Tu B,Zhang S,Li X

更新日期：2018-03-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Candida parapsilosis is a major cause of hospital-acquired infection, often related to parenteral nutrition administered via catheters and hand colonization of health care workers, and its peculiar biofilm formation ability on plastic surfaces. The mortality rate of 30% points to the pressing need for new antifungal d...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Fais R,Di Luca M,Rizzato C,Morici P,Bottai D,Tavanti A,Lupetti A

更新日期：2017-11-13 00:00:00

abstract：:A vital function of the cell membrane in all living organism is to maintain the membrane permeability barrier and fluidity. The composition of the phospholipid bilayer is distinct in archaea when compared to bacteria and eukarya. In archaea, isoprenoid hydrocarbon side chains are linked via an ether bond to the sn-gly...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Jain S,Caforio A,Driessen AJ

更新日期：2014-11-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Vibrio parahaemolyticus is a common pathogen which has become a major concern of seafood products. The bacteria in the viable but non-culturable (VBNC) state are unable to form colonies on growth media, but under appropriate conditions they can regain culturability. In this study, V. parahaemolyticus was induced into ...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Zhong Q,Wang B,Wang J,Liu Y,Fang X,Liao Z

更新日期：2019-05-08 00:00:00

abstract：:A core issue in microbial ecology is the need to elucidate the ecological processes and underlying mechanisms involved in microbial community assembly. However, the extent to which these mechanisms differ in importance based on traits of taxa with different niche breadth is poorly understood. Here, we used high-throug...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Luo Z,Liu J,Zhao P,Jia T,Li C,Chai B

更新日期：2019-02-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Microbial diversity present on grapes in wineries, and throughout fermentation has been associated with important metabolites for final wine quality. Although microbiome-metabolome associations have been well characterized and could be used as indicators of wine quality, the impact of regionality on the microbiome and...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Wang HL,Hopfer H,Cockburn DW,Wee J

更新日期：2021-01-11 00:00:00

abstract：:There is evidence that eukaryotic miRNAs (hereafter called host miRNAs) play a role in the replication and propagation of viruses. Expression or targeting of host miRNAs can be involved in cellular antiviral responses. Most times host miRNAs play a role in viral life-cycles and promote infection through complex regula...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Bruscella P,Bottini S,Baudesson C,Pawlotsky JM,Feray C,Trabucchi M

更新日期：2017-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Cross-talk between the gut microbiota and neurochemicals affects health and well-being of animals. However, little is known about this interaction in chickens despite their importance in food production. Probiotics and live Salmonella vaccines are microbial products commonly given orally to layer pullets to improve he...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Redweik GAJ,Daniels K,Severin AJ,Lyte M,Mellata M

更新日期：2020-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Campylobacter concisus is a bacterium that is associated with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). Immunosuppressive drugs including azathioprine (AZA) and mercaptopurine (MP), and anti-inflammatory drug such as 5-aminosalicylic acid (5-ASA) are commonly used to treat patients with IBD. This study aimed to examine the ef...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Liu F,Ma R,Riordan SM,Grimm MC,Liu L,Wang Y,Zhang L

更新日期：2017-03-29 00:00:00

abstract：:For the past 25 years, phage display technology has been an invaluable tool for studies of protein-protein interactions. However, the inherent biological, biochemical, and biophysical properties of filamentous bacteriophage, as well as the ease of its genetic manipulation, also make it an attractive platform outside t...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Henry KA,Arbabi-Ghahroudi M,Scott JK

更新日期：2015-08-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Chagas disease (Cd) or American human trypanosomiasis is caused by Trypanosoma cruzi and affects ~7 million people, mostly in Latin America. The infective trypomastigote forms of the parasite can invade several human blood cell populations, including monocytes and dendritic cells (DC). Although these cells display a w...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Lonien SCH,Malvezi AD,Suzukawa HT,Yamauchi LM,Yamada-Ogatta SF,Rizzo LV,Bordignon J,Pinge-Filho P

更新日期：2017-10-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Understanding microbe-microbe interactions is critical to predict microbiome function and to construct communities for desired outcomes. Investigation of these interactions poses a significant challenge due to the lack of suitable experimental tools available. Here we present the microwell recovery array (MRA), a new ...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Barua N,Herken AM,Stern KR,Reese S,Powers RL,Morrell-Falvey JL,Platt TG,Hansen RR

更新日期：2021-01-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Chironomids (Diptera; Chironomidae), also known as non-biting midges, are one of the most abundant insects in freshwater habitats. Our aim was to understand whether the metamorphosis developmental stages affect the endogenous microbiota composition of Chironomus transvaalensis. Toward our objective, we analyzed the en...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Sela R,Laviad-Shitrit S,Halpern M

更新日期：2020-11-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Copper membrane monooxygenases (CuMMOs) oxidize ammonia, methane and some short-chain alkanes and alkenes. They are encoded by three genes, usually in an operon of xmoCAB. We aligned xmo operons from 66 microbial genomes, including members of the Alpha-, Beta-, and Gamma-proteobacteria, Verrucomicrobia, Actinobacteria...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Khadka R,Clothier L,Wang L,Lim CK,Klotz MG,Dunfield PF

更新日期：2018-10-29 00:00:00

abstract：:The worldwide dissemination of carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae (CPE) has become a major therapeutic concern in clinical settings. Enterobacter cloacae is a major pathogen that causes serious hospital-acquired infections. We investigated the clinical characteristics and molecular mechanisms of the first IMP-...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Lee JH,Bae IK,Lee CH,Jeong S

更新日期：2017-11-28 00:00:00

abstract：:A nitrate- and metal-contaminated site at the Oak Ridge Reservation (ORR) was previously shown to contain the metal molybdenum (Mo) at picomolar concentrations. This potentially limits microbial nitrate reduction, as Mo is required by the enzyme nitrate reductase, which catalyzes the first step of nitrate removal. Enr...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Ge X,Thorgersen MP,Poole FL 2nd,Deutschbauer AM,Chandonia JM,Novichkov PS,Gushgari-Doyle S,Lui LM,Nielsen T,Chakraborty R,Adams PD,Arkin AP,Hazen TC,Adams MWW

更新日期：2020-10-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Lactic acid bacteria (LAB) are Gram positive bacteria widely used in the production of fermented food in particular cheese and yoghurts. Bacteriophage infections during fermentation processes have been for many years a major industrial concern and have stimulated numerous research efforts. Better understanding of the ...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Chapot-Chartier MP

更新日期：2014-05-22 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：:Prion-like proteins can switch between a soluble intrinsically disordered conformation and a highly ordered amyloid assembly. This conformational promiscuity is encoded in specific sequence regions, known as prion domains (PrDs). Prions are best known as the causative factors of neurological diseases in mammals. Howev...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Pallarès I,Iglesias V,Ventura S

更新日期：2016-01-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Janthinobacterium and Duganella are well-known for their antifungal effects. Surprisingly, almost nothing is known on molecular aspects involved in the close bacterium-fungus interaction. To better understand this interaction, we established the genomes of 11 Janthinobacterium and Duganella isolates in combination wit...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Haack FS,Poehlein A,Kröger C,Voigt CA,Piepenbring M,Bode HB,Daniel R,Schäfer W,Streit WR

更新日期：2016-10-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Campylobacter jejuni is the most frequent cause of human food-borne gastroenteritis and chicken meat is the main source of infection. Recent studies showed that broiler chicken immunization against Campylobacter should be the most efficient way to lower the number of human infections by this pathogen. Induction of the...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Kobierecka PA,Olech B,Książek M,Derlatka K,Adamska I,Majewski PM,Jagusztyn-Krynicka EK,Wyszyńska AK

更新日期：2016-02-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Trait-based approaches provide a mechanistic framework to understand and predict the structure and functioning of microbial communities. Resource utilization traits and trade-offs are among key microbial traits that describe population dynamics and competition among microbes. Several important trade-offs have been ide...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Litchman E,Edwards KF,Klausmeier CA

更新日期：2015-04-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Alternaria is an important fungus to study due to their different life style from saprophytes to endophytes and a very successful fungal pathogen that causes diseases to a number of economically important crops. Alternaria species have been well-characterized for the production of different host-specific toxins (HSTs)...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Meena M,Gupta SK,Swapnil P,Zehra A,Dubey MK,Upadhyay RS

更新日期：2017-08-08 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：:A novel carbapenem-hydrolyzing beta-lactamase, called IMP-63, was identified in three clonally distinct strains of Pseudomonas aeruginosa and two strains of Pseudomonas putida isolated within a 4 year timeframe in three French hospitals. The blaIMP-63 gene that encodes this carbapenemase turned out to be located in th...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Liapis E,Bour M,Triponney P,Jové T,Zahar JR,Valot B,Jeannot K,Plésiat P

更新日期：2019-03-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Nitrile hydratases have received significant interest both in the large-scale industrial production of acrylamide and nicotinamide, and the remediation of environmental contamination with nitrile-containing pollutants. Almost all known nitrile hydratases include an α-subunit (AnhA) and β-subunit (AnhB), and a specific...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Guo L,Cheng X,Jiang HY,Dai YJ

更新日期：2020-06-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Bifidobacterium represents a genus within the phylum Actinobacteria which is one of the major phyla in the healthy intestinal tract of humans. Bifidobacterium is one of the most abundant genera in adults, but its predominance is even more pronounced in infants, especially during lactation, when they can constitute the...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Ruiz L,Delgado S,Ruas-Madiedo P,Sánchez B,Margolles A

更新日期：2017-12-04 00:00:00