High-Altitude Living Shapes the Skin Microbiome in Humans and Pigs.

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journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Frontiers Production Office.

更新日期：2019-09-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Chagasic chronic cardiomyopathy is one of the most frequent and severe manifestations of Chagas disease, caused by the parasite Trypanosoma cruzi. The pathogenic and biochemical mechanisms responsible for cardiac lesions remain not completely understood, although it is clear that hypertrophy and subsequent heart dilat...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Libisch MG,Faral-Tello P,Garg NJ,Radi R,Piacenza L,Robello C

更新日期：2018-08-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Cichlid fishes, with their repeated colonization of lakes and subsequent radiations at different scales of phylogenetic and ecological diversification, offer an excellent model system to understand the factors shaping the host-gut microbiota association in nature. Here, we characterized the gut microbiota of the Amphi...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Baldo L,Riera JL,Salzburger W,Barluenga M

更新日期：2019-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Bacteria in natural habitats are exposed to myriad redox-active compounds (RACs), which include producers of reactive oxygen species (ROS) and reactive electrophile species (RES) that alkylate or oxidize thiols. RACs can induce oxidative stress in cells and activate response pathways by modulating the activity of sens...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Lee KL,Yoo JS,Oh GS,Singh AK,Roe JH

更新日期：2017-02-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Periodontitis is characterized by chronic inflammation associated with alteration of the oral microbiota. In contrast to previous microbiome studies focusing a priori on comparison between extreme phenotypes, our study analyzed a random sample of 85 people. The aim of this study was to link microbial differences to di...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Boutin S,Hagenfeld D,Zimmermann H,El Sayed N,Höpker T,Greiser HK,Becher H,Kim TS,Dalpke AH

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The two main pillars of clinical microbiological diagnostics are the identification of potentially pathogenic microorganisms from patient samples and the testing for antibiotic susceptibility (AST) to allow efficient treatment with active antimicrobial agents. While routine microbial species identification is increasi...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Welker M,van Belkum A

更新日期：2019-11-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Modulation of gene expression through RNA interference is well conserved in eukaryotes and is involved in many cellular processes. In the oomycete Phytophthora, research on the small RNA machinery and function has started to reveal potential roles in the pathogen, but much is still unknown. We examined Argonaute (AGO)...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Bollmann SR,Press CM,Tyler BM,Grünwald NJ

更新日期：2018-11-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Dermatophytes are the most common cause of onychomycosis, counting for 90% fungal nail infection. Although dermatophyte pathogens are normally susceptible to antifungal agents, onychomycosis often results in refractory chronic disease, and the formation of biofilms frequently underlines the inadequate responses and re...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Chen B,Sun Y,Zhang J,Chen R,Zhong X,Wu X,Zheng L,Zhao J

更新日期：2019-06-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (TB), defined as TB resistant to the two first-line drugs, isoniazid and rifampin, is a serious challenge to global TB eradication efforts. Although mutations in rpoA or rpoC have been proposed to compensate for this fitness cost due to rpoB mutation in rifampicin-resistant Mycobacteri...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Xu Z,Zhou A,Wu J,Zhou A,Li J,Zhang S,Wu W,Karakousis PC,Yao YF

更新日期：2018-11-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Photo-receptors are widely present in both prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells, which serves as the foundation of tuning cell behaviors with light. While practices in eukaryotic cells have been relatively established, trials in bacterial cells have only been emerging in the past few years. A number of light sensors have ...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Liu Z,Zhang J,Jin J,Geng Z,Qi Q,Liang Q

更新日期：2018-11-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Enterobacter cloacae has emerged as an opportunistic pathogen in healthcare-associated infections. Analysis of the genomic sequences of several E. cloacae strains revealed the presence of genes that code for expression of at least one type VI secretion system (T6SS). Here, we report that E. cloacae strain ATCC 13047 c...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Soria-Bustos J,Ares MA,Gómez-Aldapa CA,González-Y-Merchand JA,Girón JA,De la Cruz MA

更新日期：2020-09-24 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：: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：:Mycobacteria are able to form dormant cells, which survive for a long time without multiplication. The molecular mechanisms behind prolonged survival of dormant cells are not fully described. In particular, little information is known on biochemical processes which might take place in cells under dormancy. To gain ins...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Trutneva K,Shleeva M,Nikitushkin V,Demina G,Kaprelyants A

更新日期：2018-09-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Biogenic transformation of Fe minerals, associated with extracellular electron transfer (EET), allows microorganisms to exploit high-potential refractory electron acceptors for energy generation. EET-capable thermophiles are dominated by hyperthermophilic archaea and Gram-positive bacteria. Information on their EET pa...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Gavrilov SN,Zavarzina DG,Elizarov IM,Tikhonova TV,Dergousova NI,Popov VO,Lloyd JR,Knight D,El-Naggar MY,Pirbadian S,Leung KM,Robb FT,Zakhartsev MV,Bretschger O,Bonch-Osmolovskaya EA

更新日期：2021-01-11 00:00:00

abstract：:The RNA-dependent RNA polymerases (RdRPs) encoded by the RNA viruses are a unique class of nucleic acid polymerases. Each viral RdRP contains a 500-600 residue catalytic module with palm, fingers, and thumb domains forming an encircled human right hand architecture. Seven polymerase catalytic motifs are located in the...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Jia H,Gong P

更新日期：2019-08-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Dental caries and periodontitis are the most common oral disease of all age groups, affecting billions of people worldwide. These oral diseases are mostly associated with microbial biofilms in the oral cavity. Streptococcus gordonii, an early tooth colonizing bacterium and Candida albicans, an opportunistic pathogenic...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Veerapandian R,Vediyappan G

更新日期：2019-10-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Incompatibility group C (IncC) plasmids have received attention due to their broad host range and because they harbor key antibiotic resistance genes. Because these resistance genes can spread from food-producing animals to human, the proliferation of these plasmids represents a public health risk. In this study, a to...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Zhang Y,Lei CW,Chen X,Yao TG,Yu JW,Hu WL,Mao X,Wang HN

更新日期：2020-10-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Emissions of the potent greenhouse gas N2O is one of the environmental problems associated with intensive use of synthetic N fertilizers, and novel N2O mitigation strategies are needed to minimize fertilizer applications and N2O release without affecting agricultural efficiencies. Increased incorporation of legume cro...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Woliy K,Degefu T,Frostegård Å

更新日期：2019-11-29 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：: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：:Seven wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) with different population equivalents and catchment areas were screened for the prevalence of the colistin resistance gene mcr-1 mediating resistance against last resort antibiotic polymyxin E. The abundance of the plasmid-associated mcr-1 gene in total microbial populations d...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Hembach N,Schmid F,Alexander J,Hiller C,Rogall ET,Schwartz T

更新日期：2017-07-11 00:00:00

abstract：:The lumenal surfaces of human body are lined by a monolayer of epithelia that together with mucus secreting cells and specialized immune cells form the mucosal barrier. This barrier is one of the most fundamental components of the innate immune system, protecting organisms from the vast environmental microbiota. The m...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Engel J,Eran Y

更新日期：2011-05-26 00:00:00

abstract：:The term microbiome describes the genetic material encoding the various microbial populations that inhabit our body. Whilst colonization of various body niches (e.g., the gut) by dynamic communities of microorganisms is now universally accepted, the existence of microbial populations in other "classically sterile" loc...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Whittle E,Leonard MO,Harrison R,Gant TW,Tonge DP

更新日期：2019-01-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Recently, controllable, targeted proteolysis has emerged as one of the most promising new strategies to study essential genes and otherwise toxic mutations. One of the principal limitations preventing the wider adoption of this approach is due to the lack of easily identifiable species-specific degrons that can be use...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Liu N,Chaudhry MT,Xie Z,Kreth J,Merritt J

更新日期：2017-12-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Microbes play crucial roles in various biogeochemical processes in the ocean, including carbon (C), nitrogen (N), and phosphorus (P) cycling. Functional gene diversity and the structure of the microbial community determines its metabolic potential and therefore its ecological function in the marine ecosystem. However,...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Wang Y,Zhang R,He Z,Van Nostrand JD,Zheng Q,Zhou J,Jiao N

更新日期：2017-06-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Adaptation to changes in osmolarity is fundamental for the survival of living cells, and has implications in food and industrial biotechnology. It has been extensively studied in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae, where the Hog1 stress activated protein kinase was discovered about 20 years ago. Hog1 is the core of th...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Gonzalez R,Morales P,Tronchoni J,Cordero-Bueso G,Vaudano E,Quirós M,Novo M,Torres-Pérez R,Valero E

更新日期：2016-09-28 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study explored the possible prebiotic application of potato peel and bamboo shoot extracts for the proliferation of lactic acid bacteria (LAB) from diverse niches and their tolerance ability to simulated gastrointestinal tract (GIT) conditions was also examined. Initially, the complete 16S rDNA sequencing ...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Thakur K,Xu GY,Zhang JG,Zhang F,Hu F,Wei ZJ

更新日期：2018-09-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Aflatoxins are secondary metabolites produced by soilborne saprophytic fungus Aspergillus flavus and closely related species that infect several agricultural commodities including groundnut and maize. The consumption of contaminated commodities adversely affects the health of humans and livestock. Aflatoxin contaminat...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Soni P,Gangurde SS,Ortega-Beltran A,Kumar R,Parmar S,Sudini HK,Lei Y,Ni X,Huai D,Fountain JC,Njoroge S,Mahuku G,Radhakrishnan T,Zhuang W,Guo B,Liao B,Singam P,Pandey MK,Bandyopadhyay R,Varshney RK

更新日期：2020-03-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Chlamydia suis is a swine pathogen that has also recently been found to cause zoonotic infections of the human eye, pharynx, and gastrointestinal tract. Many strains contain a tetracycline class C gene [tet(C)] cassette that confers tetracycline resistance. The cassette was likely originally acquired by horizontal gen...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Marti H,Kim H,Joseph SJ,Dojiri S,Read TD,Dean D

更新日期：2017-02-07 00:00:00