PipY, a Member of the Conserved COG0325 Family of PLP-Binding Proteins, Expands the Cyanobacterial Nitrogen Regulatory Network.

abstract：:Application of probiotics in the food industry has been hampered by their sensitivity to challenging conditions that reduce their vitality in food matrices. A lot of attempts have been made to promote the growth of these probiotics in the aspect of nutrition demands. Among the other adverse conditions, oxygen stress c...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Yan M,Wang BH,Fu X,Gui M,Wang G,Zhao L,Li R,You C,Liu Z

更新日期：2020-07-07 00:00:00

abstract：:The majority of caves are formed within limestone rock and hence our understanding of cave microbiology comes from carbonate-buffered systems. In this paper, we describe the microbial diversity of Roraima Sur Cave (RSC), an orthoquartzite (SiO4) cave within Roraima Tepui, Venezuela. The cave contains a high level of m...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Barton HA,Giarrizzo JG,Suarez P,Robertson CE,Broering MJ,Banks ED,Vaishampayan PA,Venkateswaran K

更新日期：2014-11-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Shigella and Salmonella are frequently isolated from various food samples and can cause human gastroenteritis. Here, a novel multiple endonuclease restriction real-time loop-mediated isothermal amplification technology (MERT-LAMP) were successfully established and validated for simultaneous detection of Shigella strai...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Wang Y,Wang Y,Luo L,Liu D,Luo X,Xu Y,Hu S,Niu L,Xu J,Ye C

更新日期：2015-12-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Fruits are vital portion of healthy diet owed to rich source of vitamins, minerals, and dietary fibers, which are highly favorable in keeping individual fit. Unfortunately, these days, one-third of fruits were infested with fungi and their toxic metabolites called mycotoxins, which is most annoying and pose significan...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Kalagatur NK,Kamasani JR,Mudili V

更新日期：2018-11-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Marine environments are a fruitful source of bioactive compounds some of which are the newest leading drugs in medicinal therapeutics. Of particular importance are organisms like sponges and macroalgae and their associated microbiome. Planctomycetes, abundant in macroalgae biofilms, are promising producers of bioactiv...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Graça AP,Calisto R,Lage OM

更新日期：2016-08-12 00:00:00

abstract：:A novel cyclic peptide compound, KK-1, was originally isolated from the plant-pathogenic fungus Curvularia clavata. It consists of 10 amino acid residues, including five N-methylated amino acid residues, and has potent antifungal activity. Recently, the genome-sequencing analysis of C. clavata was completed, and the b...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Yoshimi A,Yamaguchi S,Fujioka T,Kawai K,Gomi K,Machida M,Abe K

更新日期：2018-04-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) is a major cause of infectious diarrhea among hospitalized patients. Probiotics could be instrumental in restoring the intestinal dysbiosis caused by CDI. Here, we examined the protective effect of Pediococcus pentosaceus LI05 in a mouse CDI model. C57BL/6 mice were administrated ...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Xu Q,Gu S,Chen Y,Quan J,Lv L,Chen D,Zheng B,Xu L,Li L

更新日期：2018-10-09 00:00:00

abstract：:The activation of CD4(+) T helper cells is strictly dependent on the presentation of antigenic peptides by MHC class II (MHC-II) molecules. MHC-II expression is primarily regulated at the transcriptional level by the AIR-1 gene product CIITA (class II transactivator). Thus, CIITA plays a pivotal role in the triggering...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Forlani G,Abdallah R,Accolla RS,Tosi G

更新日期：2013-08-22 00:00:00

abstract：:In Belize, shallow populations (10 and 16 m) of the coral species Montastraea cavernosa from the back reef and reef crest are genetically differentiated from deeper populations on the fore reef and reef wall (25 and 35 m). Like many species of scleractinian corals, M. cavernosa has an obligate symbiosis with dinoflage...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Eckert RJ,Reaume AM,Sturm AB,Studivan MS,Voss JD

更新日期：2020-04-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Gut microbes play a crucial role in the development of colorectal cancer. Chitooligosaccharides (COS), are oligomer that are depolymerized from chitosan and possess a wide range of biological activities. In this study, the effects of COS on colorectal cancer (CRC) development were evaluated using azoxymethane and dext...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Wu M,Li J,An Y,Li P,Xiong W,Li J,Yan D,Wang M,Zhong G

更新日期：2019-09-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Epibacterium mobile BBCC367 is a marine bacterium that is common in coastal areas. It belongs to the Roseobacter clade, a widespread group in pelagic marine ecosystems. Species of the Roseobacter clade are regularly used as models to understand the evolution and physiological adaptability of generalist bacteria. E. mo...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Matallana-Surget S,Werner J,Wattiez R,Lebaron K,Intertaglia L,Regan C,Morris J,Teeling H,Ferrer M,Golyshin PN,Gerogiorgis D,Reilly SI,Lebaron P

更新日期：2018-12-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Coastal zones are transitional areas between land and sea where large amounts of organic and inorganic carbon compounds are recycled by microbes. Especially shallow zones near land have been shown to be the main source for oceanic methane (CH4) emissions. Water depth has been predicted as the best explanatory variable...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Broman E,Sun X,Stranne C,Salgado MG,Bonaglia S,Geibel M,Jakobsson M,Norkko A,Humborg C,Nascimento FJA

更新日期：2020-07-07 00:00:00

abstract：:107 bacterial isolates with Gram positive staining and negative catalase activity, presumably assumed as lactic acid bacteria, were isolated from samples of meconium of 6 donors at Roubaix hospital, in the north of France. All these bacterial isolates were identified by MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry as Enterococcus faec...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Al Atya AK,Drider-Hadiouche K,Ravallec R,Silvain A,Vachee A,Drider D

更新日期：2015-04-02 00:00:00

abstract：:The abundance of methane in shale gas and of other gases such as carbon monoxide, hydrogen, and carbon dioxide as chemical process byproducts has motivated the use of gas fermentation for bioproduction. Recent advances in metabolic engineering and synthetic biology allow for engineering of microbes metabolizing a vari...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Nazem-Bokaee H,Maranas CD

更新日期：2018-08-24 00:00:00

abstract：:The role of food in human exposure to antimicrobial-resistant bacteria is a growing food safety issue. The contribution of fruits and vegetables eaten raw to this exposure is still unclear. The evaluation of contamination levels of fruits, vegetables and the agricultural environment by third-generation cephalosporin (...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Mesbah Zekar F,Granier SA,Marault M,Yaici L,Gassilloud B,Manceau C,Touati A,Millemann Y

更新日期：2017-08-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Bacillus cereus is a Gram-positive endospore forming bacterium known for its wide spectrum of phenotypic traits, enabling it to occupy diverse ecological niches. Although the population structure of B. cereus is highly dynamic and rather panmictic, production of the emetic B. cereus toxin cereulide is restricted to st...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Ehling-Schulz M,Frenzel E,Gohar M

更新日期：2015-07-14 00:00:00

abstract：:For tolerating extreme desiccation, cyanobacteria are known to produce both compatible solutes at intracellular level and a copious amount of exopolysaccharides as a protective coat. However, these molecules make cyanobacterial cells refractory to a broad spectrum of cell disruption methods, hindering genome sequencin...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Urrejola C,Alcorta J,Salas L,Vásquez M,Polz MF,Vicuña R,Díez B

更新日期：2019-05-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Viral infections of the upper respiratory tract are associated with a variety of invasive diseases caused by Streptococcus pyogenes, the group A streptococcus, including pneumonia, necrotizing fasciitis, toxic shock syndrome, and bacteremia. While these polymicrobial infections, or superinfections, are complex, progre...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Herrera AL,Huber VC,Chaussee MS

更新日期：2016-03-21 00:00:00

abstract：:The establishment of human gut microbiota commences initially in utero. Meconium-the first fecal material passed after birth-can be used to study fetal gut contents; however, processing meconium samples for microbiome studies presents significant technical challenges. Meconium hosts a low biomass microbiome, is tar-li...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Stinson LF,Keelan JA,Payne MS

更新日期：2018-02-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Considering that the current immunoassays are not able to distinguish the infective forms that cause Toxoplasma gondii infection, the present study was carried out to evaluate the reactivity of two recombinant proteins (CCp5A and OWP1) from oocyst/sporozoite, in order to differentiate infections occurring by ingestion...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Santana SS,Gebrim LC,Carvalho FR,Barros HS,Barros PC,Pajuaba AC,Messina V,Possenti A,Cherchi S,Reiche EM,Navarro IT,Garcia JL,Pozio E,Mineo TW,Spano F,Mineo JR

更新日期：2015-11-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Root-colonizing bacteria can support plant growth and help fend off pathogens. It is clear that such bacteria benefit from plant-derived carbon, but it remains ambiguous why they invest in plant-beneficial traits. We suggest that selection via protist predation contributes to recruitment of plant-beneficial traits in ...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Amacker N,Gao Z,Agaras BC,Latz E,Kowalchuk GA,Valverde CF,Jousset A,Weidner S

更新日期：2020-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:[This corrects the article on p. 42 in vol. 9, PMID: 29459850.]. ...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Khalaf EM,Raizada MN

更新日期：2018-06-11 00:00:00

abstract：:A new wheat viral disease was found in China. Bullet-shaped viral particles within the nucleus of the infected wheat leave cells, which possessed 180-210 nm length and 35-40 nm width, were observed under transmission electron microscopy. A putative wheat-infecting rhabdovirus vectored by the leafhopper Psammotettix al...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Liu Y,Du Z,Wang H,Zhang S,Cao M,Wang X

更新日期：2018-03-14 00:00:00

abstract：:A vital function of the cell membrane in all living organism is to maintain the membrane permeability barrier and fluidity. The composition of the phospholipid bilayer is distinct in archaea when compared to bacteria and eukarya. In archaea, isoprenoid hydrocarbon side chains are linked via an ether bond to the sn-gly...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Jain S,Caforio A,Driessen AJ

更新日期：2014-11-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Kaposi sarcoma herpesvirus (KSHV) is the etiologic agent of Kaposi sarcoma (KS) and certain rare B cell lymphoproliferative disorders. KSHV infection of endothelial cells (EC) in vitro increases expression of the inducible host-encoded enzyme heme oxygenase-1 (HO-1), which is also strongly expressed in KS tumors. HO-1...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Botto S,Gustin JK,Moses AV

更新日期：2017-04-03 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：:Flow cytometric analysis is a reliable and convenient method for investigating molecules at the single cell level. Previously, recombinant human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) strains were constructed that express a fluorescent reporter, either enhanced green fluorescent protein, or DsRed, which allow the monit...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Terahara K,Yamamoto T,Mitsuki YY,Shibusawa K,Ishige M,Mizukoshi F,Kobayashi K,Tsunetsugu-Yokota Y

更新日期：2012-01-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Campylobacter jejuni is the leading cause of bacterial foodborne diarrhoeal disease worldwide. Despite the microaerophilic nature of the bacterium, C. jejuni can survive the atmospheric oxygen conditions in the environment. Bacteria that can survive either within a host or in the environment like C. jejuni require var...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Gundogdu O,da Silva DT,Mohammad B,Elmi A,Wren BW,van Vliet AH,Dorrell N

更新日期：2016-12-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Microbial community ecology studies have traditionally utilized culture-based methodologies, though the advent of next-generation amplicon sequencing has facilitated superior resolution analyses of complex microbial communities. Here, we used culture-dependent and -independent approaches to explore the influence of la...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Kavamura VN,Robinson RJ,Hayat R,Clark IM,Hughes D,Rossmann M,Hirsch PR,Mendes R,Mauchline TH

更新日期：2019-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Oropharyngeal candidiasis is a common opportunistic mucosal infection of the oral cavity, mainly caused by an overgrowth of Candida albicans. This infection can inhibit nutritional intakes and strongly affect quality of life. To date, standard therapeutic strategies involving the administration of antifungal drugs can...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Roselletti E,Sabbatini S,Ballet N,Perito S,Pericolini E,Blasi E,Mosci P,Cayzeele Decherf A,Monari C,Vecchiarelli A

更新日期：2019-07-11 00:00:00