Heparin-Binding Hemagglutinin Adhesin (HBHA) Is Involved in Intracytosolic Lipid Inclusions Formation in Mycobacteria.

abstract：:We introduce a manually constructed and curated regulatory network model that describes the current state of knowledge of transcriptional regulation of Bacillus subtilis. The model corresponds to an updated and enlarged version of the regulatory model of central metabolism originally proposed in 2008. We extended the ...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Faria JP,Overbeek R,Taylor RC,Conrad N,Vonstein V,Goelzer A,Fromion V,Rocha M,Rocha I,Henry CS

更新日期：2016-03-18 00:00:00

abstract：:The undesired sulfur cycle derived by microbial population can ultimately causes the serious problems of sewerage systems. However, the microbial community characters under dynamic environment factors in actual sewerage system is still not enough. This current study aimed to character the distributions and composition...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Dong Q,Shi H,Liu Y

更新日期：2017-02-14 00:00:00

abstract：:In the current study, we focused on the mechanism underlying starch flocculation by the sweet potato sour liquid. The traditional microbial techniques and 16S rDNA sequencing revealed that Lactobacillus was dominant flocculating microorganism in sour liquid. In total, 86 bacteria, 20 yeasts, and 10 molds were isolated...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Zhang L,Yu Y,Li X,Li X,Zhang H,Zhang Z,Xu Y

更新日期：2017-07-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Expression of xCT, a component of the xc (-) amino-acid transporter, is essential for the uptake of cystine required for intracellular glutathione (GSH) synthesis and maintenance of the intracellular redox balance. Therefore, xCT plays an important role not only in the survival of somatic and immune cells, but also in...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Dai L,Noverr MC,Parsons C,Kaleeba JA,Qin Z

更新日期：2015-02-19 00:00:00

abstract：:The acquisition of multiple genes from long terminal repeat (LTR) retrotransposons occurred in mammals. Genes belonging to a sushi-ichi-related retrotransposon homologs (SIRH) family emerged around the time of the establishment of two viviparous mammalian groups, marsupials and eutherians. These genes encode proteins ...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Kaneko-Ishino T,Ishino F

更新日期：2012-07-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Listeria monocytogenes is a serious foodborne pathogen that can contaminate food during processing and can grow during food shelf-life. New types of safe and effective food contact materials embedding antimicrobial agents, like silver, can play an important role in the food industry. The present work aimed at evaluati...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Belluco S,Losasso C,Patuzzi I,Rigo L,Conficoni D,Gallocchio F,Cibin V,Catellani P,Segato S,Ricci A

更新日期：2016-03-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza virus (A/H5N1) of clade 2.2.1 is endemic in poultry in Egypt where the highest number of human infections worldwide was reported. During the last 12 years the Egyptian A/H5N1 evolved into several genotypes. In 2007-2014 vaccinated poultry suffered from antigenic drift variants of...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Salaheldin AH,Kasbohm E,El-Naggar H,Ulrich R,Scheibner D,Gischke M,Hassan MK,Arafa AA,Hassan WM,Abd El-Hamid HS,Hafez HM,Veits J,Mettenleiter TC,Abdelwhab EM

更新日期：2018-03-27 00:00:00

abstract：:In many caries-promoting Streptococcus species, glucosyltransferases (Gtfs) are recognized as key enzymes contributing to the modification of biofilm structures, disruption of homeostasis of healthy microbiota community and induction of caries development. It is therefore of great interest to investigate how Gtf genes...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Xu RR,Yang WD,Niu KX,Wang B,Wang WM

更新日期：2018-12-04 00:00:00

abstract：:The metataxonomic approach combining 16S rRNA gene amplicon sequencing using the PacBio Technology with the application of the operational phylogenetic unit (OPU) approach, has been used to analyze the fecal microbial composition of the high-altitude and herbivorous Tibetan antelopes. The fecal samples of the antelope...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Bai X,Lu S,Yang J,Jin D,Pu J,Díaz Moyá S,Xiong Y,Rossello-Mora R,Xu J

更新日期：2018-09-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection is characterized by a dynamic process and highly variable progression. Although extensive comparisons have been reported between the minority of non-progressors (NPGs) and the majority of progressors (PGs), the underlying mechanism is still unclear. One reason for this is t...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Cong Z,Tong L,Wang Y,Su A,Chen T,Wei Q,Xue J,Qin C

更新日期：2020-03-19 00:00:00

abstract：:107 bacterial isolates with Gram positive staining and negative catalase activity, presumably assumed as lactic acid bacteria, were isolated from samples of meconium of 6 donors at Roubaix hospital, in the north of France. All these bacterial isolates were identified by MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry as Enterococcus faec...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Al Atya AK,Drider-Hadiouche K,Ravallec R,Silvain A,Vachee A,Drider D

更新日期：2015-04-02 00:00:00

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：:Salinity and pH have direct and indirect impacts on the growth and metabolic activities of microorganisms. In this study, the effects of salt and alkaline stresses on the kinetic balance between nitrous oxide (N2O) production and consumption in the denitrification pathway of Dechloromonas aromatica strain RCB were exa...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Han H,Song B,Song MJ,Yoon S

更新日期：2019-06-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Macrophage migration inhibitory factor (MIF) is a potent pro-inflammatory cytokine, which mediates the regulation of diverse cellular functions. It is produced by extravillous trophoblastic cells and has been found to be involved in the pathogenesis of diseases caused by some protozoa, including Toxoplasma gondii. Pre...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Milian ICB,Silva RJ,Manzan-Martins C,Barbosa BF,Guirelli PM,Ribeiro M,de Oliveira Gomes A,Ietta F,Mineo JR,Silva Franco P,Ferro EAV

更新日期：2019-04-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Both intrinsic and extrinsic mechanisms regulating bacterial expression have been elucidated and described, however, such studies have mainly focused on local effects on the two-dimensional structure of the prokaryote genome while long-range as well as spatial interactions influencing gene expression are still only po...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Krogh TJ,Franke A,Møller-Jensen J,Kaleta C

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The synthesis of phospholipids relies on a sort of genes, whose promoter regions contain inositol-sensitive upstream activation sequence (UASINO) and are regulated by the basic helix-loop-helix (bHLH)-type ino2/ino4 transcription factor (TF) pair. Ten putative bHLH TFs have been found through whole genome sequencing o...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Dong H,Yu D,Wang B,Pan L

更新日期：2020-01-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Biological wastewater treatment plants (BWWTPs) based on the activated sludge (AS) process have dramatically improved worldwide water sanitation despite increased urbanization and industrialization. However, current AS-based operations are considered economically and environmentally unsustainable. In this Perspective,...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Sheik AR,Muller EE,Wilmes P

更新日期：2014-03-03 00:00:00

abstract：:The gastrointestinal tract is an ideal habitat for diverse bacterial species that reside in a homeostatic balance with local tissue and significantly contribute to host health. Negative shifts in gut microbiota profiles, also known as dysbiosis, may be implicated in the development of chronic disorders such as inflamm...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Babbar A,Hitch TCA,Pabst O,Clavel T,Hübel J,Eswaran S,Wagner N,Schippers A

更新日期：2019-10-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Crustose coralline algae (CCA) are major benthic calcifiers that play crucial roles in coral reef ecosystems. Two diseases affecting CCA have recently been investigated: coralline white band syndrome (CWBS) and coralline white patch disease (CWPD). These diseases can trigger major losses in CCA cover on tropical coral...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Meistertzheim AL,Nugues MM,Quéré G,Galand PE

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The hexameric MCM complex is the catalytic core of the replicative helicase in eukaryotic and archaeal cells. Here we describe the first in vivo analysis of archaeal MCM protein structure and function relationships using the genetically tractable haloarchaeon Haloferax volcanii as a model system. Hfx. volcanii encodes...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Kristensen TP,Maria Cherian R,Gray FC,MacNeill SA

更新日期：2014-03-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Quorum sensing (QS) systems communicate bacterial population and stimulate microbial pathogenesis through signaling molecules. Inhibition of QS signals potentially suppresses microbial infections. Antimicrobial properties of Streptomyces have been extensively studied, however, less is known about quorum sensing inhibi...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Hassan R,Shaaban MI,Abdel Bar FM,El-Mahdy AM,Shokralla S

更新日期：2016-05-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Here, we review sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) caused by pathogenic bacteria and vaginal infections which result from an overgrowth of opportunistic bacterial microflora. First, we describe the STDs, the corresponding pathogens and the antimicrobials used for their treatment. In addition to the well-known diseas...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Shaskolskiy B,Dementieva E,Leinsoo A,Runina A,Vorobyev D,Plakhova X,Kubanov A,Deryabin D,Gryadunov D

更新日期：2016-05-18 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：:Ebolavirus (EBOV) is an enveloped, non-segmented, negative-stranded RNA virus, which consists of five species: Zaire ebolavirus, Sudan ebolavirus, Tai Forest ebolavirus, Bundibugyo ebolavirus, and Reston ebolavirus. EBOV causes a lethal hemorrhagic fever in both humans and non-human primates. The EBOV RNA genome encod...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Yasuda J

更新日期：2012-04-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Plasmodium vivax is increasingly the dominant species of malaria in the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS), which is pursuing regional malaria elimination. P. vivax lineages in the GMS are poorly characterized. Currently, P. vivax reference genomes are scarce due to difficulties in culturing the parasite and lack of high-...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Brashear AM,Huckaby AC,Fan Q,Dillard LJ,Hu Y,Li Y,Zhao Y,Wang Z,Cao Y,Miao J,Guler JL,Cui L

更新日期：2020-08-11 00:00:00

abstract：:In streptococci, entry in competence is dictated by ComX abundance. In Streptococcus thermophilus, production of ComX is transient and tightly regulated during growth: it is positively regulated by the cell-cell communication system ComRS during the activation phase and negatively regulated during the shut-off phase b...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Haustenne L,Bastin G,Hols P,Fontaine L

更新日期：2015-12-22 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：:The capacity to distinguish between living and dead cells is an important, but often unrealized, attribute of rapid detection methods for foodborne pathogens. In this study, the numbers of enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli O157:H7 after inoculation onto Romaine lettuce plants and on plastic (abiotic) surfaces were me...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Ju W,Moyne AL,Marco ML

更新日期：2016-02-26 00:00:00

abstract：:The Asian citrus psyllid (ACP), Diaphorina citri (Kuwayama) (Hemiptera: Liviidae), is a notorious Rutaceae plant pest. Frequent and extensive use of pesticides has resulted in severe insecticide resistance in ACP populations. Fully understanding the mechanism of ACP resistance to pesticides is vital for us to control ...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Yi T,Lei L,He L,Yi J,Li L,Dai L,Hong Y

更新日期：2020-12-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Escherichia coli O104:H4, a Shiga toxin-producing hybrid pathotype that was implicated in a major foodborne outbreak in Germany in 2011, has not been detected in cattle. However, serotypes of O104, other than O104:H4, have been isolated from cattle feces, with O104:H7 being the most predominant. In this study, we inve...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Shridhar PB,Patel IR,Gangiredla J,Noll LW,Shi X,Bai J,Elkins CA,Strockbine NA,Nagaraja TG

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00