Highly Sensitive Colorimetric Biosensor for Staphylococcal Enterotoxin B by a Label-Free Aptamer and Gold Nanoparticles.

abstract：:KPC-3-producing bacteria are endemic in many countries but only recently became apparent their wide distribution in different Portuguese hospitals. The aim of this study is to characterize genetic backgrounds associated with bla KPC-3 among Klebsiella pneumoniae isolates recently identified on non-hospitalized patient...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Rodrigues C,Bavlovič J,Machado E,Amorim J,Peixe L,Novais Â

更新日期：2016-06-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Similar to the increased number of studies on invasive plants and animals in terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems, many reports were recently published on the invasion of Nostocales (cyanobacteria) to freshwater environments worldwide. Invasion and proliferation of Nostocales in new habitats have the potential to signif...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Sukenik A,Hadas O,Kaplan A,Quesada A

更新日期：2012-03-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Clostridium difficile is an opportunistic pathogen inhabiting the human gut, often being the aetiological agent of infections after a microbiota dysbiosis following, for example, an antibiotic treatment. C. difficile infections (CDI) constitute a growing health problem with increasing rates of morbidity and mortality ...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Valdés-Varela L,Alonso-Guervos M,García-Suárez O,Gueimonde M,Ruas-Madiedo P

更新日期：2016-04-22 00:00:00

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：:Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a Gram-negative bacterium, which causes opportunistic infections in immuno-compromised individuals. Due to its multiple resistances toward antibiotics, the development of new drugs is required. Interfering with Quorum Sensing (QS), a cell-to-cell communication system, has shown to be highly e...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Allegretta G,Maurer CK,Eberhard J,Maura D,Hartmann RW,Rahme L,Empting M

更新日期：2017-05-24 00:00:00

abstract：:In fast-flowing, river-dominated estuaries, "hotspots" of microbial biogeochemical cycling can be found within areas of extended water retention. Lateral bays located off of the North and South channels of the Columbia River estuary are proposed to be such hotspots. Previous metagenomic studies on water samples indica...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Smith MW,Herfort L,Rivers AR,Simon HM

更新日期：2019-11-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Parasites are key drivers of phytoplankton bloom dynamics and related aquatic ecosystem processes. Yet, the dearth of morphological and molecular information hinders the assessment of their diversity and ecological role. Using single-cell techniques, we characterise morphologically and molecularly, intracellular paras...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Garvetto A,Nézan E,Badis Y,Bilien G,Arce P,Bresnan E,Gachon CMM,Siano R

更新日期：2018-12-03 00:00:00

abstract：:[This corrects the article DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2018.03247.]. ...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Gupta S,Fečkaninová A,Lokesh J,Koščová J,Sørensen M,Fernandes J,Kiron V

更新日期：2019-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Shewanella oneidensis strain MR-1 is a facultative anaerobic bacterium capable of respiring a multitude of electron acceptors, many of which require the Mtr respiratory pathway. The core Mtr respiratory pathway includes a periplasmic c-type cytochrome (MtrA), an integral outer-membrane β-barrel protein (MtrB), and an ...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Coursolle D,Gralnick JA

更新日期：2012-02-21 00:00:00

abstract：:The development of antibiotic resistance poses an increasing threat to global health. Understanding how resistance develops in bacteria is critical for the advancement of new strategies to combat antibiotic resistance. In the 1980s, it was discovered that certain antibiotics induce elevated rates of mutation in bacter...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Revitt-Mills SA,Robinson A

更新日期：2020-10-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Pseudomonas microorganisms are used for bioremediation of soils contaminated with petroleum hydrocarbons. The overall remediation efficiency is largely dependent on the presence of macro- and micronutrients. Widely varying concentrations of available nitrogen and iron (Fe) in soils were shown to affect residual hydroc...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Pozdnyakova-Filatova I,Petrikov K,Vetrova A,Frolova A,Streletskii R,Zakharova M

更新日期：2020-06-05 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, 39 sediment samples were collected from Qilian Island, Iltis Bank, and Yongxing Island in Xuande Atoll in the South China Sea (SCS), and the microbial community structures and distribution were analyzed. The microbial community was influenced by both natural environmental factors and human activities. T...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Zhang B,Li Y,Xiang SZ,Yan Y,Yang R,Lin MP,Wang XM,Xue YL,Guan XY

更新日期：2020-05-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Increasing the final titer of a multi-gene metabolic pathway can be viewed as a multivariate optimization problem. While numerous multivariate optimization algorithms exist, few are specifically designed to accommodate the constraints posed by genetic engineering workflows. We present a strategy for optimizing express...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Heinsch SC,Das SR,Smanski MJ

更新日期：2018-02-27 00:00:00

abstract：:From 2015 onwards, the number of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium (VREfm) isolates increased in Tasmania. Previously, we examined the transmission of VREfm at the Royal Hobart Hospital (RHH). In this study, we performed a state-wide analysis of VREfm from Tasmania's four public acute hospitals. Whole-genome a...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Leong KWC,Kalukottege R,Cooley LA,Anderson TL,Wells A,Langford E,O'Toole RF

更新日期：2020-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Microbial communities inhabiting high-altitude spring ecosystems are subjected to extreme changes in solar irradiance and temperature throughout the diel cycle. Here, using 16S rRNA gene tag pyrosequencing (cDNA) we determined the composition of actively transcribing bacteria from spring waters experimentally exposed ...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Molina V,Hernández K,Dorador C,Eissler Y,Hengst M,Pérez V,Harrod C

更新日期：2016-11-17 00:00:00

abstract：:This work aimed to gain insight into the transition from milk to solid feeding at weaning combining genomics and metabolomics on rumen contents from goat kids treated with a methanogenic inhibitor (bromochloromethane, BCM). Sixteen goats giving birth to two kids were used. Eight does were treated (D+) with BCM after g...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Abecia L,Martínez-Fernandez G,Waddams K,Martín-García AI,Pinloche E,Creevey CJ,Denman SE,Newbold CJ,Yáñez-Ruiz DR

更新日期：2018-10-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Historically filamentous bacteriophage have been known to be the workhorse of phage display due to their ability to link genotype to phenotype. More recently, the filamentous phage scaffold has proven to be powerful outside the realm of phage display technology in fields such as molecular imaging, cancer research and ...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Bernard JM,Francis MB

更新日期：2014-12-23 00:00:00

abstract：:In most bacteria, iron plays a vital role in pathogenesis processes. To support survival and infection, Streptococcus pneumoniae has evolved three ABC transporters, PiaABC, PiuABC, and PitABC. Moreover, indirect evidence supports that operon 804 may be a novel ABC transporter in S. pneumoniae. We have recently describ...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Yang XY,Li N,Xu JY,Sun X,He QY

更新日期：2019-07-30 00:00:00

abstract：:The Bacillus cereus group, also known as B. cereus sensu lato (s.l.), is a species complex comprising numerous closely related lineages, which vary in their ability to cause illness in humans and animals. The classification of B. cereus s.l. isolates into species-level taxonomic units is essential for facilitating com...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Carroll LM,Cheng RA,Kovac J

更新日期：2020-09-22 00:00:00

abstract：:[This corrects the article DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2019.03123.]. ...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Armistead B,Whidbey C,Iyer LM,Herrero-Foncubierta P,Quach P,Haidour A,Aravind L,Cuerva JM,Jaspan HB,Rajagopal L

更新日期：2020-02-25 00:00:00

abstract：:The dlt operon of Gram-positive bacteria is required for the incorporation of D-alanine esters into cell wall-associated teichoic acids (TAs). Addition of D-alanine to TAs reduces the negative charge of the cell envelope thereby preventing cationic antimicrobial peptides (CAMPs) from reaching their target of action on...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Kamar R,Réjasse A,Jéhanno I,Attieh Z,Courtin P,Chapot-Chartier MP,Nielsen-Leroux C,Lereclus D,El Chamy L,Kallassy M,Sanchis-Borja V

更新日期：2017-08-03 00:00:00

abstract：:It is reported that a wide range of bacterial infections are polymicrobial, and the members in a local microcommunity can influence the growth of neighbors through physical and chemical interactions. Pseudomonas aeruginosa is an important opportunistic pathogen that normally causes a variety of acute and chronic infec...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Zhao K,Du L,Lin J,Yuan Y,Wang X,Yue B,Wang X,Guo Y,Chu Y,Zhou Y

更新日期：2018-10-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Microorganisms have a wonderful ability to adapt rapidly to new or altered environmental conditions. Enzymes are the basis of metabolism in all living organisms and, therefore, enzyme adaptation plays a crucial role in the adaptation of microorganisms. Comparisons of homology and parallel beneficial mutations in an en...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Suenaga H

更新日期：2015-09-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Vibrio cholerae can enter into a viable but non-culturable (VBNC) state in order to survive in unfavorable environments. In this study, we studied the roles of five physicochemical and microbiological factors or states, namely, different strains, growth phases, oxygen, temperature, and starvation, on the development o...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Wu B,Liang W,Kan B

更新日期：2016-03-30 00:00:00

abstract：:A rich variety of indigenous fruits and vegetables grow in Africa, which contribute to the nutrition and health of Africa's populations. Fruits and vegetables have high moisture and are thus inherently prone to accelerated spoilage. Food fermentation still plays a major role in combating food spoilage and foodborne di...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Oguntoyinbo FA,Fusco V,Cho GS,Kabisch J,Neve H,Bockelmann W,Huch M,Frommherz L,Trierweiler B,Becker B,Benomar N,Gálvez A,Abriouel H,Holzapfel WH,Franz CM

更新日期：2016-07-05 00:00:00

abstract：:In 2006 several yeast-like fungi were isolated from apples that showed a postharvest disorder named "white haze." These strains were morphologically and molecularly assigned to the genus Tilletiopsis. Following the recent reclassification of yeasts in Ustilaginomycotina and the genus Tilletiopsis in particular, specie...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Richter C,Yurkov AM,Boekhout T,Stadler M

更新日期：2019-11-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite the importance of diversification rates in the study of prokaryote evolution, they have not been quantitatively assessed for the majority of microorganism taxa. The investigation of evolutionary patterns in prokaryotes constitutes a challenge due to a very scarce fossil record, limited morphological differenti...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Sanglas A,Albarral V,Farfán M,Lorén JG,Fusté MC

更新日期：2017-02-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Multiple carlaviruses infect various ornamental plants, often having limited host ranges and causing minor symptoms, yet often reducing yield or quality. In this study we have identified a mixed infection of butterbur mosaic virus (ButMV) and helenium virus S (HelVS) from a plant of veronica (Veronica sp.) showing fol...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Hammond J,Reinsel M,Grinstead S,Lockhart B,Jordan R,Mollov D

更新日期：2020-12-21 00:00:00

abstract：:The 1940s and 1950s witnessed a diverse search for not just natural product antibiotics but also for synthetic and semisynthetic compounds. This review revisits this epoch, using the research by a Danish pharmaceutical company, LEO Pharma, as an example. LEO adopted a strategy searching for synthetic antibiotics towar...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Leisner JJ

更新日期：2020-06-12 00:00:00

abstract：:To study the diversity and metabolic activity of microbial eukaryotes in the water column of the South China Sea, genomic DNA and RNA were co-extracted from samples collected down to bathyal depth at two sites. V9 regions of both SSU rRNA gene and its transcript (cDNA) were amplified and sequenced using high throughpu...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Xu D,Li R,Hu C,Sun P,Jiao N,Warren A

更新日期：2017-06-14 00:00:00