Bacterial Strategies to Preserve Cell Wall Integrity Against Environmental Threats.

abstract：:The genus Streptomyces under phylum actinobacteria has been recognized as a prolific source for the production of bioactive secondary metabolites. An actinobacterial strain designated as DST103 isolated from a wetland fresh water sediment of Tamdil Lake, Mizoram, Northeast, India was identified as Streptomyces cyaneof...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Zothanpuia,Passari AK,Chandra P,Leo VV,Mishra VK,Kumar B,Singh BP

更新日期：2017-01-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Shigella and Salmonella are frequently isolated from various food samples and can cause human gastroenteritis. Here, a novel multiple endonuclease restriction real-time loop-mediated isothermal amplification technology (MERT-LAMP) were successfully established and validated for simultaneous detection of Shigella strai...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Wang Y,Wang Y,Luo L,Liu D,Luo X,Xu Y,Hu S,Niu L,Xu J,Ye C

更新日期：2015-12-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Due to a global increase in the range and number of infections caused by multi-resistant bacteria, phage therapy is currently experiencing a resurgence of interest. However, there are a number of well-known concerns over the use of phages to treat bacterial infections. In order to address concerns over safety and the ...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Khan Mirzaei M,Haileselassie Y,Navis M,Cooper C,Sverremark-Ekström E,Nilsson AS

更新日期：2016-03-31 00:00:00

abstract：:The Arctic seasonal snowpack can extend at times over a third of the Earth's land surface. This chemically dynamic environment interacts constantly with different environmental compartments such as atmosphere, soil and meltwater, and thus, strongly influences the entire biosphere. However, the microbial community asso...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Maccario L,Vogel TM,Larose C

更新日期：2014-08-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Symbioses in marine sponges involve diverse consortia of microorganisms that contribute to the health and ecology of their hosts. The microbial communities of 13 taxonomically diverse Great Barrier Reef (GBR) sponge species were assessed by DGGE and 16S rRNA gene sequencing to determine intra and inter species variati...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Webster NS,Luter HM,Soo RM,Botté ES,Simister RL,Abdo D,Whalan S

更新日期：2013-01-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Gut microbes play a crucial role in the development of colorectal cancer. Chitooligosaccharides (COS), are oligomer that are depolymerized from chitosan and possess a wide range of biological activities. In this study, the effects of COS on colorectal cancer (CRC) development were evaluated using azoxymethane and dext...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Wu M,Li J,An Y,Li P,Xiong W,Li J,Yan D,Wang M,Zhong G

更新日期：2019-09-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Salinispora (Micromonosporaceae) is an obligate marine bacterium genus consisting of three species that share over 99% 16S rRNA identity. The genome and biosynthetic pathways of the members of this genus have been widely investigated due to their production of species-specific metabolites. However, despite the species...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Bauermeister A,Velasco-Alzate K,Dias T,Macedo H,Ferreira EG,Jimenez PC,Lotufo TMC,Lopes NP,Gaudêncio SP,Costa-Lotufo LV

更新日期：2018-12-11 00:00:00

abstract：:To investigate the diversity of butane-oxidizing bacteria in soils contaminated by long-term light hydrocarbon microseepage and the influence of butane on the soil microbial community, a quantitative study and identification of butane-oxidizing bacteria (BOB) in soils at the Puguang gas field were performed by DNA-bas...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Deng Y,Deng C,Yang J,Li B,Wang E,Yuan H

更新日期：2018-07-17 00:00:00

abstract：:In the present study, oosporein, a fungal toxic secondary metabolite known to be a toxic agent causing chronic disorders in animals, was isolated from fungus Cochliobolus kusanoi of Nerium oleander L. Toxic effects of oosporein and the possible mechanisms of cytotoxicity as well as the role of oxidative stress in cyto...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Ramesha A,Venkataramana M,Nirmaladevi D,Gupta VK,Chandranayaka S,Srinivas C

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Background/objectives: Whole genome sequencing (WGS) has proven to be a powerful subtyping tool for foodborne pathogenic bacteria like L. monocytogenes. The interests of genome-scale analysis for national surveillance, outbreak detection or source tracking has been largely documented. The genomic data however can be e...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Henri C,Leekitcharoenphon P,Carleton HA,Radomski N,Kaas RS,Mariet JF,Felten A,Aarestrup FM,Gerner Smidt P,Roussel S,Guillier L,Mistou MY,Hendriksen RS

更新日期：2017-11-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Protein export in bacteria is facilitated by the canonical SecB chaperone, which binds to unfolded precursor proteins, maintains them in a translocation competent state and specifically cooperates with the translocase motor SecA to ensure their proper targeting to the Sec translocon at the cytoplasmic membrane. Beside...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Sala A,Bordes P,Genevaux P

更新日期：2014-12-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Hot desert surface soils are characterized by extremely low water activities for large parts of any annual cycle. It is widely assumed that microbial processes in such soils are very limited. Here we present the first metatranscriptomic survey of microbial community function in a low water activity hyperarid desert so...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： León-Sobrino C,Ramond JB,Maggs-Kölling G,Cowan DA

更新日期：2019-05-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Geological CO2 sequestration in unmineable subsurface oil/gas fields and coal formations has been proposed as a means of reducing anthropogenic greenhouse gasses in the atmosphere. However, the feasibility of injecting CO2 into subsurface depends upon a variety of geological and economic conditions, and the ecological...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Ohtomo Y,Ijiri A,Ikegawa Y,Tsutsumi M,Imachi H,Uramoto G,Hoshino T,Morono Y,Sakai S,Saito Y,Tanikawa W,Hirose T,Inagaki F

更新日期：2013-12-02 00:00:00

abstract：:We present a fluorometric method for determining ABC transporter activity in the pathogenic fungus C. albicans during different growth phases and in response to glucose. The carbocyanine dye diS-C3(3) was previously used to monitor plasma membrane potentials and test the influence of surface-active compounds in membra...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Szczepaniak J,Łukaszewicz M,Krasowska A

更新日期：2015-12-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Late blight, caused by the oomycete Phytophthora infestans, is the most devastating disease of potato. In organic farming, late blight is controlled by repeated applications of copper-based products, which negatively impact the environment. To find alternative solutions for late blight management, we have previously i...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Guyer A,De Vrieze M,Bönisch D,Gloor R,Musa T,Bodenhausen N,Bailly A,Weisskopf L

更新日期：2015-11-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Resistance to polymyxins in most Gram-negative bacteria arises from chemical modifications to the lipid A portion of their lipopolysaccharide (LPS) mediated by chromosomally encoded mutations or the recently discovered plasmid-encoded mcr genes that have further complicated the landscape of colistin resistance. Curren...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Dortet L,Bonnin RA,Le Hello S,Fabre L,Bonnet R,Kostrzewa M,Filloux A,Larrouy-Maumus G

更新日期：2020-06-03 00:00:00

abstract：:The conserved protein DivIVA is involved in different morphogenetic processes in Gram-positive bacteria. In Bacillus subtilis, the protein localizes to the cell division site and cell poles, and functions as a scaffold for proteins that regulate division site selection, and for proteins that are required for sporulati...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Halbedel S,Kawai M,Breitling R,Hamoen LW

更新日期：2014-02-14 00:00:00

abstract：:High dispersal rates are known to homogenize host's population genetic structure in panmictic species and to disrupt host local adaptation to the environment. Long-distance dispersal might also spread micro-organisms across large geographical areas. However, so far, to which extent selection mechanisms that shape host...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Gillingham MAF,Béchet A,Cézilly F,Wilhelm K,Rendón-Martos M,Borghesi F,Nissardi S,Baccetti N,Azafzaf H,Menke S,Kayser Y,Sommer S

更新日期：2019-02-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Mycobacterium tuberculosis adapts to stress conditions by responding to the signals from its external environment. M. tuberculosis genome encodes 11 eukaryotic like serine/threonine protein kinases (STPK) and their importance in regulating the physiology and virulence of the bacteria are being explored. Previous study...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Venkatesan A,Palaniyandi K,Sharma D,Bisht D,Narayanan S

更新日期：2016-10-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Viral infections of the upper respiratory tract are associated with a variety of invasive diseases caused by Streptococcus pyogenes, the group A streptococcus, including pneumonia, necrotizing fasciitis, toxic shock syndrome, and bacteremia. While these polymicrobial infections, or superinfections, are complex, progre...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Herrera AL,Huber VC,Chaussee MS

更新日期：2016-03-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Plants shape distinct, species-specific microbiomes in their rhizospheres. A main premise for evaluating microbial communities associated with root-soil compartments is their successful separation into the rhizosphere (soil-root interface), the rhizoplane (root surface), and the endosphere (inside roots). We evaluated...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Richter-Heitmann T,Eickhorst T,Knauth S,Friedrich MW,Schmidt H

更新日期：2016-05-24 00:00:00

abstract：:IncI-complex plasmids can be divided into seven subgroups IncI1, IncI2, IncIγ, IncB/O, IncK1, IncK2, and IncZ. In this study, a replicon-based scheme was proposed for typing IncI-complex plasmids into four separately clustering subgroups IncI2, IncI1/B/O, IncIγ/K1 and IncK2/Z, the last three of which were combined fro...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Zhang D,Zhao Y,Feng J,Hu L,Jiang X,Zhan Z,Yang H,Yang W,Gao B,Wang J,Li J,Yin Z,Zhou D

更新日期：2019-01-29 00:00:00

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：:Methane and methanol are common industrial by-products that can be used as feedstocks for the production of value-added products by methylotrophic bacteria. Alphaproteobacterial methanotrophs are known to produce and accumulate the biopolymer polyhydroxybutyrate (PHB) under conditions of nutrient starvation. The prese...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Zaldívar Carrillo JA,Stein LY,Sauvageau D

更新日期：2018-07-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Melioidosis is a common infectious disease in Southeast Asia and Northern Australia. In Hainan, several cases have been reported, but no systematic study has yet been done on the molecular epidemiology profiles of the organism. An investigation of the molecular epidemiology links and population structure of Burkholder...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Zhu X,Chen H,Li S,Wang LC,Wu DR,Wang XM,Chen RS,Li ZJ,Liu ZG

更新日期：2020-05-07 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：:Cross-feeding on intermediary and end-point metabolites plays an important role in the dynamic interactions of host-associated microbial communities. While gut microbiota possess inherent resilience to perturbation, variations in the intake of certain nutrients may lead to changes in the community composition with pot...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Sharma V,Rodionov DA,Leyn SA,Tran D,Iablokov SN,Ding H,Peterson DA,Osterman AL,Peterson SN

更新日期：2019-07-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Infections due to Vibrio cholerae are rarely documented in Israel. Here we report a case of recurrent otitis media in a young male, caused by V. cholerae non-O1/O139. This extra-intestinal infection was caused by V. cholerae O100 and has been associated with freshwater exposure and travel. Symptoms of chronic periodic...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Kechker P,Senderovich Y,Ken-Dror S,Laviad-Shitrit S,Arakawa E,Halpern M

更新日期：2017-08-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Seasonal precipitation changes are increasingly severe in subtropical areas. However, the responses of soil nitrogen (N) cycle and its associated functional microorganisms to such precipitation changes remain unclear. In this study, two projected precipitation patterns were manipulated: intensifying the dry-season dro...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Chen J,Nie Y,Liu W,Wang Z,Shen W

更新日期：2017-07-24 00:00:00

abstract：:There is an urgent need for new antibiotics and alternative strategies to combat multidrug-resistant bacterial pathogens, which are a growing clinical issue. Repurposing existing approved drugs with known pharmacology and toxicology is an alternative strategy to accelerate antimicrobial research and development. In th...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Thangamani S,Younis W,Seleem MN

更新日期：2015-07-28 00:00:00