Infectious Agents As Markers of Human Migration toward the Amazon Region of Brazil.

abstract：:Halophilic organisms inhabit hypersaline environments where the extreme ionic conditions and osmotic pressure have driven the evolution of molecular adaptation mechanisms. Understanding such mechanisms is limited by the common difficulties encountered in cultivating such organisms. Within the Euryarchaeota, for exampl...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Gonzalez-Ordenes F,Cea PA,Fuentes-Ugarte N,Muñoz SM,Zamora RA,Leonardo D,Garratt RC,Castro-Fernandez V,Guixé V

更新日期：2018-06-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Aspergillus flavus is the main producer of carcinogenic aflatoxins in agricultural commodities such as maize. This fungus occurs naturally on crops, and produces aflatoxins when environmental conditions are favorable. The aim of this study is to analyse the genetic variability among 109 A. flavus isolates previously r...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Okoth S,De Boevre M,Vidal A,Diana Di Mavungu J,Landschoot S,Kyallo M,Njuguna J,Harvey J,De Saeger S

更新日期：2018-01-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Antimicrobial resistance represents one of the greatest challenges of the twenty-first century, and it is globally recognized that addressing this problem requires a concerted One Health approach involving humans, animals, and the environment. Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) currently represents a g...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Correia S,Silva V,García-Díez J,Teixeira P,Pimenta K,Pereira JE,Oliveira S,Rocha J,Manaia CM,Igrejas G,Poeta P

更新日期：2019-12-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Interleukin-17A (IL-17A) is a pro-inflammatory cytokine produced by TH17 cells that participates and contributes in host defense and autoimmune disease. We have recently reported antitumor properties of the probiotic strain of Lactobacillus casei BL23 in mice and TH17 cells was shown to play an important role in this ...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Jacouton E,Torres Maravilla E,Boucard AS,Pouderous N,Pessoa Vilela AP,Naas I,Chain F,Azevedo V,Langella P,Bermúdez-Humarán LG

更新日期：2019-01-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Eukaryotic species are reproductively isolated by sterility barriers that prevent interspecies fertilization (prezygotic sterility barrier) or the fertilization results in infertile offspring (postzygotic sterility barrier). The Saccharomyces species are isolated by postzygotic sterility barriers. Their allodiploid hy...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Szabó A,Antunovics Z,Karanyicz E,Sipiczki M

更新日期：2020-05-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Genetic diversity of phylogenetic or functional markers is widely used as a proxy of microbial diversity. However, it remains unclear to what extent functional diversity (FD), gene sequence diversity and community functioning are linked. For a range of denitrifying bacteria, we analyzed the relationships between (i) t...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Salles JF,Le Roux X,Poly F

更新日期：2012-06-12 00:00:00

abstract：:We report the case of a patient with acute necrotizing colitis due to invasive amebiasis associated with CD4 lymphopenia and impaired neutrophil responses. The course of the disease was characterized by CMV reactivation and severe and recurrent bacterial and fungal infections, which might be related to the decreased C...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Ghrenassia E,Guihot A,Dong Y,Robinet P,Fontaine T,Lacombe K,Lescot T,Meyohas MC,Elbim C

更新日期：2017-02-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Extraintestinal pathogenic Escherichia coli (ExPEC) that causes extraintestinal infections often harbor plasmids encoding fitness traits such as resistance and virulence determinants that are of clinical importance. We determined the complete nucleotide sequence of plasmid pEC302/04 from a multidrug-resistant E. coli ...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Ho WS,Yap KP,Yeo CC,Rajasekaram G,Thong KL

更新日期：2016-01-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Aflatoxins (AF) are highly detrimental to human and animal health. We recently demonstrated that the Aspergillus flavus caleosin, AfPXG, had peroxygenase activity and mediated fungal development and AF accumulation. We now report the characterization of an AfPXG-deficient line using reference strain NRRL3357. The resu...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Hanano A,Alkara M,Almousally I,Shaban M,Rahman F,Hassan M,Murphy DJ

更新日期：2018-02-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Chili (Capsicum annuum L.) is an important vegetable and spice crop of tropical and sub-tropical regions. Chili plants showing upward leaf curling, leaf crinkling, and leaf yellowing symptoms, collected from Sikar district of Rajasthan, India, were found to be associated with begomovirus and satellite molecules. The p...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Mishra M,Verma RK,Marwal A,Sharma P,Gaur RK

更新日期：2020-10-07 00:00:00

abstract：:To gain better understanding of the distributions of the culturable Lactobacillus species in the chicken intestinal tract, we collected ceca, and distal ileum from 10 3-weeks-old broiler chickens. Lactobacillus strains from cecal lumen contents (M-CL), and those associated with mucosa of ceca (M-CM) and ileum (M-IM) w...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Adhikari B,Kwon YM

更新日期：2017-07-26 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：:Experimental manipulation of the intestinal microbiota influences health of the host and is a common application for synbiotics. Here Clostridium butyricum (C. butyricum, C.B) combined with corn bran (C.B + Bran) was taken as the synbiotics application in a waned pig model to investigate its regulation of intestinal h...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Zhang J,Sun J,Chen X,Nie C,Zhao J,Guan W,Lei L,He T,Chen Y,Johnston LJ,Zhao J,Ma X

更新日期：2018-12-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Electron microscopy is a powerful tool in the field of microbiology. It has played a key role in the rapid diagnosis of viruses in patient samples and has contributed significantly to the clarification of virus structure and function, helping to guide the public health response to emerging viral infections. In the pre...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Brahim Belhaouari D,Fontanini A,Baudoin JP,Haddad G,Le Bideau M,Bou Khalil JY,Raoult D,La Scola B

更新日期：2020-08-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Studies using a fungal model, Saccharomyces cerevisiae, have been instrumental in advancing our understanding of sulfur metabolism in eukaryotes. Sulfur metabolites, particularly methionine and its derivatives, induce anabolic programs in yeast, and drive various processes integral to metabolism (one-carbon metabolism...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Walvekar AS,Laxman S

更新日期：2019-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Aeromonas hydrophila is responsible for aeromonad septicaemia in fish, and gastroenteritis and wound infections in humans. The type III secretion system (T3SS) is utilized by aeromonads to inject protein effectors directly into host cells. One of the major genetic regulators of the T3SS in several bacterial species is...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Zhao YH,Shaw JG

更新日期：2016-09-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Viral infections by sexual and droplet transmission routes typically spread through a complex host-to-host contact network. Clarifying the transmission network and epidemiological parameters affecting the variations and dynamics of a specific pathogen is a major issue in the control of infectious diseases. However, co...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Shiino T

更新日期：2012-07-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Tumor-targeting bacteria elicit anticancer effects by infiltrating hypoxic regions, releasing toxic agents and inducing immune responses. Although current research has largely focused on the influence of chemical and immunological aspects on the mechanisms of bacterial therapy, the impact of physical effects is still ...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Mascheroni P,Meyer-Hermann M,Hatzikirou H

更新日期：2020-06-04 00:00:00

abstract：:We characterized the mechanism of fluoroquinolone-resistance in two isolates of Streptococcus pseudopneumoniae having fluoroquinolone-efflux as unique mechanism of resistance. Whole genome sequencing and genetic transformation experiments were performed together with phenotypic determinations of the efflux mechanism. ...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Alvarado M,Martín-Galiano AJ,Ferrándiz MJ,Zaballos Á,de la Campa AG

更新日期：2017-10-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Mycotoxins cause a huge threaten to agriculture, food safety, and human and animal life. Among them, aflatoxins (AFs) have always been considered the most potent carcinogens, and filamentous fungi from Aspergillus genus are their major producers, especially A. flavus. Although the biosynthesis path of these chemicals ...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Yao G,Yue Y,Fu Y,Fang Z,Xu Z,Ma G,Wang S

更新日期：2018-08-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Many chronic inflammatory diseases are known to be caused by persistent bacterial or viral infections. A well-studied example is the tick-borne infection by the gram-negative spirochaetes of the genus Borrelia in humans and other mammals, causing severe symptoms of chronic inflammation and subsequent tissue damage (Ly...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Binder SC,Telschow A,Meyer-Hermann M

更新日期：2012-03-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Pseudomonas aeruginosa infections are becoming increasingly difficult to treat due to intrinsic antibiotic resistance and the propensity of this pathogen to accumulate diverse resistance mechanisms. Hyperexpression of efflux pumps of the Resistance-Nodulation-Cell Division (RND)-type multidrug efflux pumps (e.g., MexAB-Op...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Dreier J,Ruggerone P

更新日期：2015-07-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Parys Mountain or Mynydd Parys (Isle of Anglesey, United Kingdom) is a mine-impacted environment, which accommodates a variety of acidophilic organisms. Our previous research of water and sediments from one of the surface acidic streams showed a high proportion of archaea in the total microbial community. To understan...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Distaso MA,Bargiela R,Brailsford FL,Williams GB,Wright S,Lunev EA,Toshchakov SV,Yakimov MM,Jones DL,Golyshin PN,Golyshina OV

更新日期：2020-11-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Fusarium sacchari and Fusarium andiyazi are two devastating sugarcane pathogens that cause pokkah boeng disease (PBD) in China. RNA_Seq was conducted to identify mycoviruses in F. sacchari and F. andiyazi isolates collected from PBD symptom-showing sugarcane plants across China. Fifteen isolates with a normal, debilit...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Yao Z,Zou C,Peng N,Zhu Y,Bao Y,Zhou Q,Wu Q,Chen B,Zhang M

更新日期：2020-02-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) of the ω-3 and ω-6 class (e.g., α-linolenic acid, linoleic acid) are essential for maintaining biofunctions in mammalians like humans. Due to the fact that humans cannot synthesize these essential fatty acids, they must be taken up from different food sources. Classical sources for ...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Ochsenreither K,Glück C,Stressler T,Fischer L,Syldatk C

更新日期：2016-10-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Objectives: Increasing resistance of microorganisms and particularly tolerance of bacterial biofilms against antibiotics require the need for alternative antimicrobial substances. S. aureus is the most frequent pathogen causing vascular graft infections. In order to evaluate the antimicrobial efficacy, quantification ...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Herten M,Bisdas T,Knaack D,Becker K,Osada N,Torsello GB,Idelevich EA

更新日期：2017-12-05 00:00:00

abstract：:RNA viruses have a great potential for genetic variation, rapid evolution and adaptation. Characterization of the genetic variation of viral populations provides relevant information on the processes involved in virus evolution and epidemiology and it is crucial for designing reliable diagnostic tools and developing e...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Rubio L,Guerri J,Moreno P

更新日期：2013-06-26 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Tuberculosis (TB) and non-tuberculous mycobacteriosis are serious threats to health worldwide. A simple non-sequencing method is needed for rapid diagnosis, especially in less experienced hospitals, but there is no specific biomarker commonly used for all mycobacteria. The ku gene of the prokaryotic error-pr...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Zhou L,Ma C,Xiao T,Li M,Liu H,Zhao X,Wan K,Wang R

更新日期：2019-08-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite numerous studies on marine prokaryotes, the vertical distribution patterns of bacterial community, either on the taxonomic composition or the functional structure, remains relatively unexplored. Using HiSeq-derived 16S rRNA data, the depth-related distribution patterns of taxonomic diversity and functional str...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Wang M,Ma Y,Feng C,Cai L,Li W

更新日期：2020-09-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Synthetic dyes, extensively used in various industries, act as pollutants in the aquatic environment, and pose a significant threat to living beings. In the present study, we assessed the potential of a halophilic bacterium Salinivibrio kushneri HTSP isolated from a saltpan for decolorization and bioremediation of syn...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： John J,Dineshram R,Hemalatha KR,Dhassiah MP,Gopal D,Kumar A

更新日期：2020-12-21 00:00:00