The Composition and Structure of Biofilms Developed by Propionibacterium acnes Isolated from Cardiac Pacemaker Devices.

abstract：:Despite being one of the most important human fungal pathogens, Candida albicans has not been studied extensively at the level of protein-protein interactions (PPIs) and data on PPIs are not readily available in online databases. In January 2018, the database called "Biological General Repository for Interaction Datas...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Schoeters F,Van Dijck P

更新日期：2019-08-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Autoimmune diseases are increasingly linked to aberrant gut microbiome and relevant metabolites. However, the association between vitiligo and the gut microbiome remains to be elucidated. Thus, we conducted a case-control study through 16S rRNA sequencing and serum untargeted-metabolomic profiling based on 30 vitiligo...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Ni Q,Ye Z,Wang Y,Chen J,Zhang W,Ma C,Li K,Liu Y,Liu L,Han Z,Gao T,Jian Z,Li S,Li C

更新日期：2020-12-14 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：: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：: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 number of multidrug-resistant strains of Riemerella anatipestifer continues to increase, and new strategies for the treatment of associated infections are necessary. Recently, numerous studies have shown that efflux pumps (EPs) play key roles in universal bacterial mechanisms that contribute to antibiotic resistan...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Chen Q,Gong X,Zheng F,Ji G,Li S,Stipkovits L,Szathmary S,Liu Y

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Natural products have traditionally been discovered through the screening of culturable microbial isolates from diverse environments. The sequencing revolution allowed the identification of dozens of biosynthetic gene clusters (BGCs) within single bacterial genomes, either from cultured or uncultured strains. However,...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Iglesias A,Latorre-Pérez A,Stach JEM,Porcar M,Pascual J

更新日期：2020-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic inflammatory rheumatic diseases (CIRDs) are immune-mediated pathologies involving joints. To date, TNFα-blocking agents administration is the most promising therapy, although these treatments are associated with an increased Polyomavirus JC (JCPyV) reactivation, the etiological agent of the Progressive Multifo...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Rodio DM,Anzivino E,Mischitelli M,Bellizzi A,Scrivo R,Scribano D,Conte G,Prezioso C,Trancassini M,Valesini G,Palamara AT,Pietropaolo V

更新日期：2016-05-10 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：:The metal-reducing bacterium Geobacter sulfurreducens requires the expression of conductive pili to reduce iron oxides and to wire electroactive biofilms, but the role of pilus retraction in these functions has remained elusive. Here we show that of the four PilT proteins encoded in the genome of G. sulfurreducens, Pi...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Speers AM,Schindler BD,Hwang J,Genc A,Reguera G

更新日期：2016-10-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Sulfoquinovose (SQ, 6-deoxy-6-sulfoglucose) is produced by plants and other phototrophs and its biodegradation is a relevant component of the biogeochemical carbon and sulfur cycles. SQ is known to be degraded by aerobic bacterial consortia in two tiers via C3-organosulfonates as transient intermediates to CO2, water ...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Burrichter A,Denger K,Franchini P,Huhn T,Müller N,Spiteller D,Schleheck D

更新日期：2018-11-27 00:00:00

abstract：:The distribution frequency of pathogenic fungi associated with root and crown rot of winter wheat (Triticum aestivum) from 104 fields in the North China Plain was determined during the period from 2013 to 2016. The four most important species identified were Bipolaris sorokiniana (24.0% from roots; 33.7% from stems), ...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Xu F,Yang G,Wang J,Song Y,Liu L,Zhao K,Li Y,Han Z

更新日期：2018-05-25 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：:Type VI CRISPR-Cas systems contain a single effector nuclease (Cas13) that exclusively targets single-stranded RNA. It remains unknown how these systems acquire spacers. It has been suggested that type VI systems with adaptation modules can acquire spacers from RNA bacteriophages, but sequence similarities suggest tha...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Toro N,Mestre MR,Martínez-Abarca F,González-Delgado A

更新日期：2019-09-13 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

abstract：:This is a wide epidemiological study of 499 E. coli isolates recovered from 179 outbreaks of enteric colibacillosis from pig production farms in Spain during a period of 10 years. Most samples were of diarrheagenic cases occurred during the post-wean period (PWD) which showed to be significantly associated with ETEC (...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： García-Meniño I,García V,Mora A,Díaz-Jiménez D,Flament-Simon SC,Alonso MP,Blanco JE,Blanco M,Blanco J

更新日期：2018-11-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Cyanobacteria, a group of photosynthetic prokaryotes, oscillate between day and night time metabolisms with concomitant oscillations in gene expression in response to light/dark cycles (LD). The oscillations in gene expression have been shown to sustain in constant light (LL) with a free running period of 24 h in a mo...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Gaudana SB,Krishnakumar S,Alagesan S,Digmurti MG,Viswanathan GA,Chetty M,Wangikar PP

更新日期：2013-12-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Pathogenic fungi have diverse growth lifestyles that support fungal colonization on plants. Successful colonization and infection for all lifestyles depends upon the ability to modify living host plants to sequester the necessary nutrients required for growth and reproduction. Secretion of virulence determinants refer...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Selin C,de Kievit TR,Belmonte MF,Fernando WG

更新日期：2016-04-27 00:00:00

abstract：:We performed a study to (i) investigate efficacy of an Escherichia coli/Salmonella spp./Listeria monocytogenes-targeting bacteriophage cocktail (tentatively named F.O.P.) to reduce a human pathogenic E. coli strain O157:H7 in experimentally infected mice, and (ii) determine how bacteriophages impact the normal gut mic...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Dissanayake U,Ukhanova M,Moye ZD,Sulakvelidze A,Mai V

更新日期：2019-09-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Infectious agents are common companions of humans and since ancient times they follow human migration on their search for a better place to live. The study of paleomicrobiology was significantly improved in its accuracy of measurement with the constant development of better methods to detect and analyze nucleic acids....

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Ishak R,Machado LFA,Cayres-Vallinoto I,Guimarães Ishak MO,Vallinoto ACR

更新日期：2017-08-31 00:00:00

abstract：:In our previous study we demonstrated that proteinase PrtP is able to impair bacteriocin LcnB activity, despite being produced by the same organism and encoded by the same plasmid. However, precise mechanism of this action, i.e., the exact cleavage site within LcnB bacteriocin, as well as its effect on antimicrobial a...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Vukotic G,Polovic N,Mirkovic N,Jovcic B,Stanisavljevic N,Fira D,Kojic M

更新日期：2019-04-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Salmonella spp. is an important zoonotic pathogen related to foodborne diseases. Despite that quinolones/fluoroquinolones are considered a relevant therapeutic strategy against resistant isolates, the increase in antimicrobial resistance is an additional difficulty in controlling bacterial infections caused by Salmone...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Pribul BR,Festivo ML,Rodrigues MS,Costa RG,Rodrigues EC,de Souza MM,Rodrigues DD

更新日期：2017-03-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Tetrodotoxin (TTX) is one of the most potent naturally occurring compounds and is responsible for many human intoxications worldwide. Paphies australis are endemic clams to New Zealand which contain varying concentrations of TTX. Research suggests that P. australis accumulate the toxin exogenously, but the source rema...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Biessy L,Pearman JK,Smith KF,Hawes I,Wood SA

更新日期：2020-08-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Low-dose tolerance using heat-killed mycobacteria has been tested as a means of stopping progression toward active tuberculosis (TB) lesions in a human-like murine model using C3HeB/FeJ mice. In the present study, we studied the effect of different treatment schedules with heat-killed non-tuberculous-mycobacteria (NTM...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Cardona P,Marzo-Escartín E,Tapia G,Díaz J,García V,Varela I,Vilaplana C,Cardona PJ

更新日期：2016-01-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Inorganic polyphosphate (polyP) is a linear polymer of orthophosphate residues. It is reported to be present in all life forms. Experimental studies showed that polyP plays important roles in bacterial durability and virulence. Here we investigated the relationships of polyP with bacterial durability and virulence the...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Wang L,Yan J,Wise MJ,Liu Q,Asenso J,Huang Y,Dai S,Liu Z,Du Y,Tang D

更新日期：2018-04-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Alternaria brassicicola is a necrotrophic fungus causing black spot disease and is an economically important seed-borne pathogen of cultivated brassicas. Seed transmission is a crucial component of its parasitic cycle as it promotes long-term survival and dispersal. Recent studies, conducted with the Arabidopsis thali...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： N'Guyen GQ,Raulo R,Marchi M,Agustí-Brisach C,Iacomi B,Pelletier S,Renou JP,Bataillé-Simoneau N,Campion C,Bastide F,Hamon B,Mouchès C,Porcheron B,Lemoine R,Kwasiborski A,Simoneau P,Guillemette T

更新日期：2019-08-30 00:00:00

abstract：:The interferon (IFN) system is one of the most important defensive responses of mammals against viruses, and is rapidly evoked when the pathogen-associated molecular patterns (PAMPs) of viruses are sensed. Non-self, virus-derived RNA species have been identified as the PAMPs of RNA viruses. In the present study, we co...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Yoshida A,Kawabata R,Honda T,Tomonaga K,Sakaguchi T,Irie T

更新日期：2015-08-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Staphylococcus epidermidis is one of the most prevalent pathogens implicated in catheter-related bloodstream infections (CRBSI) at an academic hospital in Pretoria, South Africa. Little is known about the clonality and the prevalence of antibiotic resistance and virulence genes in S. epidermidis (e.g., icaAB, IS256, m...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Ehlers MM,Strasheim W,Lowe M,Ueckermann V,Kock MM

更新日期：2018-03-07 00:00:00

abstract：:We aimed at isolating lactic acid bacteria (LAB) from different plant materials to study their crossed-fermentation capacity in silos and to find strains able to confer enhanced aerobic stability to silage. A total of 129 LAB isolates were obtained from lucerne (alfalfa), maize, sorghum, ryegrass, rice, barley, canola...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Puntillo M,Gaggiotti M,Oteiza JM,Binetti A,Massera A,Vinderola G

更新日期：2020-12-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Over thousands of years, modernization could be predicted for the use of microorganisms in the production of foods and beverages. However, the current accelerated pace of new food production is due to the rapid incorporation of biotechnological techniques that allow the rapid identification of new molecules and microo...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Vitorino LC,Bessa LA

更新日期：2017-05-10 00:00:00