Molecular Identification and Genetic Characterization of Macrophomina phaseolina Strains Causing Pathogenicity on Sunflower and Chickpea.

abstract：:Seasonal precipitation changes are increasingly severe in subtropical areas. However, the responses of soil nitrogen (N) cycle and its associated functional microorganisms to such precipitation changes remain unclear. In this study, two projected precipitation patterns were manipulated: intensifying the dry-season dro...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Chen J,Nie Y,Liu W,Wang Z,Shen W

更新日期：2017-07-24 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this experiment was to compare ruminal fluid samples collected through rumen cannula (RC) or using an oral stomach tube (ST) for measurement of ruminal fermentation and microbiota variables. Six ruminally cannulated lactating Holstein cows fed a standard diet were used in the study. Rumen samples were...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： de Assis Lage CF,Räisänen SE,Melgar A,Nedelkov K,Chen X,Oh J,Fetter ME,Indugu N,Bender JS,Vecchiarelli B,Hennessy ML,Pitta D,Hristov AN

更新日期：2020-12-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Soil microbial communities are intricately linked to ecosystem functioning because they play important roles in carbon and nitrogen cycling. Still, we know little about how soil microbial communities will be affected by disturbances expected with climate change. This is a significant gap in understanding, as the stabi...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： de Vries FT,Shade A

更新日期：2013-09-05 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：:Bacterial pathogens cause a number of lethal diseases. Opportunistic bacterial pathogens grouped into ESKAPE pathogens that are linked to the high degree of morbidity, mortality and increased costs as described by Infectious Disease Society of America. Acinetobacter baumannii is one of the ESKAPE pathogens which cause...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Tiwari V,Roy R,Tiwari M

更新日期：2015-06-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Denitrification and dissimilatory nitrate reduction to ammonium (DNRA) compete for nitrate in natural and engineered environments. A known important factor in this microbial competition is the ratio of available electron donor and elector acceptor, here expressed as Ac/N ratio (acetate/nitrate-nitrogen). We studied th...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： van den Berg EM,Boleij M,Kuenen JG,Kleerebezem R,van Loosdrecht MC

更新日期：2016-11-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Probiotic bacteria have been associated with various health benefits and included in overwhelming number of foods. Today, probiotic supplements are consumed with increasing regularity and record a rapidly growing economic value. With billions of heterogeneous populations of probiotics per serving, probiotic supplement...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Wang Y,Jiang Y,Deng Y,Yi C,Wang Y,Ding M,Liu J,Jin X,Shen L,He Y,Wu X,Chen X,Sun C,Zheng M,Zhang R,Ye H,An H,Wong A

更新日期：2020-02-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Over the past decades, antimicrobial resistance (AMR) has been recognized as one of the most serious threats to public health. Although originally considered a problem to human health, the emerging crisis of AMR requires a "One Health" approach, considering human, animal, and environmental reservoirs. In this regard, ...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Rubiola S,Chiesa F,Dalmasso A,Di Ciccio P,Civera T

更新日期：2020-08-26 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：:Increased use of vancomycin has led to the emergence of vancomycin-intermediate Staphylococcus aureus (VISA). To investigate the mechanism of VISA development, 39 methicillin-susceptible strains and 3 MRSA strains were treated with vancomycin to induce non-susceptibility, and mutations in six genes were analyzed. All ...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Wang Y,Li X,Jiang L,Han W,Xie X,Jin Y,He X,Wu R

更新日期：2017-01-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Background/objectives: Whole genome sequencing (WGS) has proven to be a powerful subtyping tool for foodborne pathogenic bacteria like L. monocytogenes. The interests of genome-scale analysis for national surveillance, outbreak detection or source tracking has been largely documented. The genomic data however can be e...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Henri C,Leekitcharoenphon P,Carleton HA,Radomski N,Kaas RS,Mariet JF,Felten A,Aarestrup FM,Gerner Smidt P,Roussel S,Guillier L,Mistou MY,Hendriksen RS

更新日期：2017-11-29 00:00:00

abstract：:The use of excess conventional Phosphorus (P) fertilizers to improve agricultural productivity, in order to meet constantly increasing global food demand, potentially causes surface and ground water pollution, waterway eutrophication, soil fertility depletion, and accumulation of toxic elements such as high concentrat...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Alori ET,Glick BR,Babalola OO

更新日期：2017-06-02 00:00:00

abstract：:The Prodiginine family consists of primarily red-pigmented tripyrrole secondary metabolites that were first characterized in the Gram-negative bacterial species Serratia marcescens and demonstrates a wide array of biological activities and applications. Derivatives of prodiginine have since been characterized in the m...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Sakai-Kawada FE,Ip CG,Hagiwara KA,Awaya JD

更新日期：2019-07-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Anthrax is a zoonotic disease caused by Bacillus anthracis spore-forming bacterium. Since it is primarily a disease of animals, the control in animals, and humans depend on the prevention in livestock, principally cattle, sheep, and goats. Most veterinary vaccines utilize the toxigenic, uncapsulated (pXO1+/pXO2-) B. a...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Adone R,Sali M,Francia M,Iatarola M,Donatiello A,Fasanella A

更新日期：2016-01-28 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated the antifungal activity of novel a 2-bromo-2-chloro-2-(4-chlorophenylsulfonyl)-1-phenylethanone (compound 4). The synthesis of compound 4 was commenced from sodium 4-chlorobenzene sulfinate and the final product was obtained by treatment of α-chloro-β-keto-sulfone with sodium hypobromite. The sensitivi...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Staniszewska M,Bondaryk M,Wieczorek M,Estrada-Mata E,Mora-Montes HM,Ochal Z

更新日期：2016-08-25 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：:The central nervous system (CNS) barriers are highly specialized cellular barriers that promote brain homeostasis while restricting pathogen and toxin entry. The primary cellular constituent regulating pathogen entry in most of these brain barriers is the brain endothelial cell (BEC) that exhibits properties that allo...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Kim BJ,Shusta EV,Doran KS

更新日期：2019-06-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Chlamydia muridarum, an obligate intracellular pathogen, was used to establish a murine model of female upper genital tract infection by Chlamydia trachomatis. TC0668 in C. muridarum is a hypothetical chromosomal virulence protein that is involved in upper genital tract pathogenesis. The infection of mice with the C. ...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Wang Y,Arthur EW,Liu N,Li X,Xiang W,Maxwell A,Li Z,Zhou Z

更新日期：2019-11-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Mobile genetic elements, including plasmids, drive the evolution of prokaryotic genomes through the horizontal transfer of genes allowing genetic exchange between bacteria. Moreover, plasmids carry accessory genes, which encode functions that may offer an advantage to the host. Thus, it is expected that in a certain e...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Perez MF,Kurth D,Farías ME,Soria MN,Castillo Villamizar GA,Poehlein A,Daniel R,Dib JR

更新日期：2020-06-23 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of nodulation properties of legumes on the rhizosphere bacterial community are still not clear. To determine the effects of nodulation phenotypes on bacterial communities in the rhizosphere of soybean plants, we performed high-throughput sequencing of the 16S rRNA gene to estimate the rhizosphere bacterial...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Wang H,Gu C,Liu X,Yang C,Li W,Wang S

更新日期：2020-05-12 00:00:00

abstract：:The VPAP30 strain was isolated as the highly predominant bacteria from an episode of massive larval mortality occurring in a commercial culture of the Chilean scallop Argopecten purpuratus. The main aims of this study were, to characterize and identify the pathogenic strain using biochemical and molecular methods to d...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Rojas R,Miranda CD,Santander J,Romero J

更新日期：2016-09-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Granulocytes mediate the first line of defense against infectious diseases in humans as well as animals and they are well known as multitasking cells. They can mediate antimicrobial activity by different strategies depending on the pathogen they encounter. Besides phagocytosis, a key strategy against extracellular pat...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： de Buhr N,Bonilla MC,Jimenez-Soto M,von Köckritz-Blickwede M,Dolz G

更新日期：2018-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Objectives: To reveal the prevalence and epidemiology of extended-spectrum β-lactamase (ESBL)- and/or plasmid AmpC (pAmpC)- and carbapenemase (CP) producing Enterobacteriaceae and vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) across the Northern Dutch-German border region. Methods: A point-prevalence study on ESBL/pAmpC/CP p...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Zhou X,García-Cobos S,Ruijs GJHM,Kampinga GA,Arends JP,Borst DM,Möller LV,Holman ND,Schuurs TA,Bruijnesteijn van Coppenraet LE,Weel JF,van Zeijl JH,Köck R,Rossen JWA,Friedrich AW

更新日期：2017-10-05 00:00:00

abstract：:The mosquito-borne West Nile virus (WNV) is a highly neurovirulent Flavivirus currently representing an emergent zoonotic concern. WNV cycles in nature between mosquito vectors and birds that act as amplifier hosts and play an essential role in virus ecology, being, thus, WNV a threat to many species. Availability of ...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Jiménez de Oya N,Escribano-Romero E,Camacho MC,Blazquez AB,Martín-Acebes MA,Höfle U,Saiz JC

更新日期：2019-06-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Francisella tularensis is the causative agent of a spectrum of diseases collectively known as tularemia. The extreme virulence of the pathogen in humans, combined with the low infectious dose and the ease of dissemination by aerosol have led to concerns about its abuse as a bioweapon. Until recently, nothing was known...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Kilmury SL,Twine SM

更新日期：2011-01-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Cellulolytic enzyme hydrolysis of lignocellulose biomass to release fermentable sugars is one of the key steps in biofuel refining. Gene expression of fungal cellulolytic enzymes is tightly controlled at the transcriptional level. Key transcription factors such as activator ClrB/CLR2 and XlnR/XYR1, as well as represso...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Li Y,Zheng X,Zhang X,Bao L,Zhu Y,Qu Y,Zhao J,Qin Y

更新日期：2016-12-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Some terrestrial cyanobacteria can acclimate to and then utilize far-red light (FRL; λ = 700-800 nm) to perform oxygenic photosynthesis through a process called Far-Red Light Photoacclimation (FaRLiP). During FaRLiP, cells synthesize chlorophylls (Chl) d and Chl f and extensively remodel their photosynthetic apparatus...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Ho MY,Bryant DA

更新日期：2019-03-13 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：:Ripening cultures containing fungi and bacteria are widely used in smear-ripened cheese production processes, but little is known about the biotic interactions of typical ripening microorganisms at the surface of cheese. We developed a lab-scale mini-cheese model to investigate the biotic interactions of a synthetic c...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Pham NP,Landaud S,Lieben P,Bonnarme P,Monnet C

更新日期：2019-08-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Carbon monoxide (CO) is commonly known as a toxic gas, yet both cultivation studies and emerging genome sequences of bacteria and archaea establish that CO is a widely utilized microbial growth substrate. In this study, we determined the prevalence of anaerobic carbon monoxide dehydrogenases ([Ni,Fe]-CODHs) in current...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Techtmann SM,Lebedinsky AV,Colman AS,Sokolova TG,Woyke T,Goodwin L,Robb FT

更新日期：2012-04-17 00:00:00