Environmental Pollutant Benzo[a]Pyrene Impacts the Volatile Metabolome and Transcriptome of the Human Gut Microbiota.

abstract：:Macrophomina phaseolina is the most devastating pathogen which causes charcoal rot and root rot diseases in various economically important crops. Three strains M. phaseolina 1156, M. phaseolina 1160, and M. phaseolina PCMC/F1 were tested for their virulence on sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.) and chickpea (Cicer ariet...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Khan AN,Shair F,Malik K,Hayat Z,Khan MA,Hafeez FY,Hassan MN

更新日期：2017-07-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Soft rot caused by numerous species of Pectobacterium and Dickeya is a serious threat to the world production of potatoes. The application of bacteriophages to combat bacterial infections in medicine, agriculture, and the food industry requires the selection of comprehensively studied lytic phages and the knowledge of...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Lukianova AA,Shneider MM,Evseev PV,Shpirt AM,Bugaeva EN,Kabanova AP,Obraztsova EA,Miroshnikov KK,Senchenkova SN,Shashkov AS,Toschakov SV,Knirel YA,Ignatov AN,Miroshnikov KA

更新日期：2020-01-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Toxoplasma gondii is responsible for causing toxoplasmosis, one of the most prevalent zoonotic parasitoses worldwide. The mechanisms that mediate T. gondii infection of pigs (the most common source of human infection) and renal tissues are still unknown. To identify the critical alterations that take place in the tran...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Zhou CX,Elsheikha HM,Zhou DH,Liu Q,Zhu XQ,Suo X

更新日期：2016-05-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Microbial community composition and stability affect pollutant removal for biological/granular activated carbon (BAC/GAC) processes. Here, we pre-loaded the organic carbon substrates sucrose, lactose, and Lysogeny Broth (LB) medium onto new GAC prior to use and then tested whether this substrate pre-loading promoted d...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Qin W,Hammes F

更新日期：2021-01-12 00:00:00

abstract：:In Taiwan, the 7-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV7) was introduced in 2006 and a PCV13 national childhood catchup program was implemented in 2013. To delineate the trend of serotype distribution and antimicrobial susceptibility following vaccination programs, we investigated a total of 1845 Streptococcus pne...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Wu CJ,Lai JF,Huang IW,Shiau YR,Wang HY,Lauderdale TL

更新日期：2020-10-22 00:00:00

abstract：:In filamentous fungi such as Fusarium graminearum, disruption of multiple genes of interest in the same strain (e.g., to test for redundant gene function) is a difficult task due to the limited availability of reliable selection markers. We have created a series of transformation vectors that allow antibiotic-based se...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Twaruschek K,Spörhase P,Michlmayr H,Wiesenberger G,Adam G

更新日期：2018-09-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Streptococcus pneumoniae (S.pneumoniae) is a major human pathogen causing morbidity and mortality worldwide. Efficiently acquiring iron from the environment is critical for S. pneumoniae to sustain growth and cause infection. There are only three known iron-uptake systems in Streptococcal species responsible for iron ...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Yang XY,He K,Du G,Wu X,Yu G,Pan Y,Zhang G,Sun X,He QY

更新日期：2016-02-03 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) thwarts the curative power of drugs and is a present-time global problem. We present data on antimicrobial susceptibility and resistance determinants of bacteria the WHO has highlighted as being key antimicrobial resistance concerns in Africa, to strengthen knowledge of AMR pat...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Moirongo RM,Lorenz E,Ntinginya NE,Dekker D,Fernandes J,Held J,Lamshöft M,Schaumburg F,Mangu C,Sudi L,Sie A,Souares A,Heinrich N,Wieser A,Mordmüller B,Owusu-Dabo E,Adegnika AA,Coulibaly B,May J,Eibach D

更新日期：2020-09-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Site-directed mutagenesis enables researchers to switch a gene of interest off for functional characterization of the gene. In the pathogenic yeasts, Cryptococcus neoformans and sister species C. deneoformans, this is almost exclusively achieved by introducing DNA into cells through either biolistic transformation or ...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： du Plooy LM,Sebolai OM,Pohl CH,Albertyn J

更新日期：2018-09-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Campylobacter is one of the most commonly reported foodborne human bacterial gastrointestinal pathogens. Campylobacter is the etiological agent of campylobacteriosis, which is generally a self-limited illness and therefore does not require treatment. However, when patients are immunocompromised or have other co-morbid...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Yang Y,Feye KM,Shi Z,Pavlidis HO,Kogut M,J Ashworth A,Ricke SC

更新日期：2019-07-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Human campylobacteriosis is considered one of the most common foodborne diseases worldwide with poultry identified as the main source of infection accounting for 50-80% of human cases. Highly virulent Campylobacter spp., positive for the Type VI secretion system (T6SS), which have an increased ability to adhere to and...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Sima F,Stratakos AC,Ward P,Linton M,Kelly C,Pinkerton L,Stef L,Gundogdu O,Lazar V,Corcionivoschi N

更新日期：2018-09-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Sulfate-reducing prokaryotes (SRP) are ubiquitous and quantitatively important members in many ecosystems, especially in marine sediments. However their abundance and diversity in subsurface marine sediments is poorly understood. In this study, the abundance and diversity of the functional genes for the enzymes adenos...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Blazejak A,Schippers A

更新日期：2011-12-22 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Black shank, caused by the oomycete pathogen Phytophthora nicotianae, is responsible for huge economic losses worldwide. Research has focused on biocontrol to prevent disease and to minimize the use of synthetic fungicides. Methods:We explored and compared the efficacy of suppressive microflora cultured fro...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Liu T,Xiao Y,Yin J,Yi T,Zhou Z,Hsiang T,Tang Q,Chen W

更新日期：2020-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Infections due to meropenem-nonsusceptible bacterial strains (MNBSs) with meropenem minimum inhibitory concentrations (MICs) ≥ 16 mg/L have become an urgent problem. Currently, the optimal treatment strategy for these cases remains uncertain due to some limitations of currently available mono- and combination therapy ...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Song X,Wu Y,Cao L,Yao D,Long M

更新日期：2019-11-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Innovations in next-generation sequencing technology have introduced new avenues in microbial studies through "omics" approaches. This technology has considerably augmented the knowledge of the microbial world without isolation prior to their identification. With an enormous volume of bacterial "omics" data, considera...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Parmar KM,Gaikwad SL,Dhakephalkar PK,Kothari R,Singh RP

更新日期：2017-04-07 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：:Lichens are extremely resistant organisms that colonize harsh climatic areas, some of them defined as "Mars-analog sites." There still remain many unsolved questions as to how lichens survive under such extreme conditions. Several studies have been performed to test the resistance of various lichen species under space...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： de la Torre Noetzel R,Miller AZ,de la Rosa JM,Pacelli C,Onofri S,García Sancho L,Cubero B,Lorek A,Wolter D,de Vera JP

更新日期：2018-03-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Streptococcal species are Gram-positive bacteria involved in severe and invasive diseases in humans and animals. Although, this group includes different pathogenic species involved in life-threatening infections for humans, it also includes beneficial species, such as Streptococcus thermophilus, which is used in yogur...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Zorgani MA,Quentin R,Lartigue MF

更新日期：2016-07-26 00:00:00

abstract：:The vertebrate gut teems with a large, diverse, and dynamic bacterial community that has pervasive effects on gut physiology, metabolism, and immunity. Under natural conditions, these microbes share their habitat with a similarly dynamic community of eukaryotes (helminths, protozoa, and fungi), many of which are well-...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Leung JM,Graham AL,Knowles SCL

更新日期：2018-05-14 00:00:00

abstract：:The status of intestinal microbiota is a determinant of host health. However, the alteration of the gut microbiota caused by the innate immune response to virus infection is unclear. Caenorhabditis elegans and its natural virus Orsay provide an excellent model of host-virus interactions. We evaluated the intestinal mi...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Guo Y,Xun Z,Coffman SR,Chen F

更新日期：2017-05-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous studies had suggested the presence of ammonium oxidizing Thaumarchaeota as well as nitrite oxidizing Bacteria in the subsurface spring called Franz Josef Quelle (FJQ), a slightly radioactive thermal mineral spring with a temperature of 43.6-47°C near the alpine village of Bad Gastein, Austria. The microbiolog...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Gerbl FW,Weidler GW,Wanek W,Erhardt A,Stan-Lotter H

更新日期：2014-05-16 00:00:00

abstract：:The aquatic bird, egret, could carry antibiotic resistance (AR) from a contaminated waterway (Jin River, Chengdu, China) into the surrounding environment (Wangjianglou Park). A systematic study was carried out on the unique environmental dissemination mode of AR mediated by birds. The minimum inhibitory concentrations...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Wu J,Huang Y,Rao D,Zhang Y,Yang K

更新日期：2018-04-20 00:00:00

abstract：:While vegetation has intensively been surveyed on mountain summits, limited knowledge exists about the diversity and community structure of soil biota. Here, we study how climatic variables, vegetation, parent material, soil properties, and slope aspect affect the soil microbiome on 10 GLORIA (Global Observation Resea...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Adamczyk M,Hagedorn F,Wipf S,Donhauser J,Vittoz P,Rixen C,Frossard A,Theurillat JP,Frey B

更新日期：2019-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Penicillium digitatum is the most damaging pathogen provoking green mold in citrus fruit during storage, and there is an urgent need for novel antifungal agents with high efficiency. The aim of this study was to investigate the antifungal effects of peptide thanatin against P. digitatum and the molecular mechanisms. R...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Feng G,Li X,Wang W,Deng L,Zeng K

更新日期：2020-12-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Halophilic archaea push the limits of life at several extremes. In particular, they are noted for their biochemical strategies in dealing with osmotic stress, low water activity and cycles of desiccation in their hypersaline environments. Another feature common to their habitats is intense ultraviolet (UV) radiation, ...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Jones DL,Baxter BK

更新日期：2017-09-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Campylobacter jejuni is the major cause of human bacterial diarrhea worldwide. Its pathogenic mechanism remains poorly understood. cj0371 is a novel gene that was uncovered using immunoscreening. There have been no previous reports regarding its function. In this study, we constructed an insertion mutant and complemen...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Du X,Wang N,Ren F,Tang H,Jiao X,Huang J

更新日期：2016-07-14 00:00:00

abstract：:For the past 25 years, phage display technology has been an invaluable tool for studies of protein-protein interactions. However, the inherent biological, biochemical, and biophysical properties of filamentous bacteriophage, as well as the ease of its genetic manipulation, also make it an attractive platform outside t...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Henry KA,Arbabi-Ghahroudi M,Scott JK

更新日期：2015-08-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Chrysoperla sinica (Tjeder) is widely recognized as an important holometabolous natural enemy of various insect pests in different cropping systems and as a non-target surrogate in environmental risk assessment of Bt rice (i.e., genetically modified rice to express a toxin gene from Bacillus thuringiensis). Like other...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Zhao C,Zhao H,Zhang S,Luo J,Zhu X,Wang L,Zhao P,Hua H,Cui J

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Peptide Nucleic Acid (PNA)-peptide conjugates targeting essential bacterial genes are showing promise as antisense antimicrobials in drug discovery. Optimization has focused on selection of target genes and exact localization around the ribosome binding site, but surprisingly a length optimum around 10-12 nucleobases ...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Goltermann L,Yavari N,Zhang M,Ghosal A,Nielsen PE

更新日期：2019-05-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Escherichia coli O157: H7 (EHEC) is a major foodborne pathogen largely transmitted to humans through the consumption of undercooked ground beef. This study investigated the efficacy of two food-grade, plant-derived antimicrobials, namely rutin (RT), and resveratrol (RV) with or without chitosan (CH) in enhancing EHEC ...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Surendran Nair M,Lau P,Belskie K,Fancher S,Chen CH,Karumathil DP,Yin HB,Liu Y,Ma F,Upadhyaya I,Upadhyay A,Mancini R,Venkitanarayanan K

更新日期：2016-02-02 00:00:00