Microbial Eukaryotes in an Arctic Under-Ice Spring Bloom North of Svalbard.

abstract：:Aflatoxins are highly toxic carcinogens that detrimentally influence profitability of agriculture and the health of humans and domestic animals. Several phylogenetically distinct fungi within Aspergillus section Flavi have S-morphology (average sclerotial size < 400 μm), and consistently produce high concentrations of...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Singh P,Callicott KA,Orbach MJ,Cotty PJ

更新日期：2020-06-11 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was designed to evaluate the protection mechanism of oral administration of Clostridium butyricum against Salmonella enteritidis (SE) colonization in broilers. In the current study, 180 one-day-old healthy Arbor Acres (AA) broilers were meanly grouped into three, with three replicates of 20 birds each. An n...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Zhao X,Yang J,Wang L,Lin H,Sun S

更新日期：2017-08-09 00:00:00

abstract：:The larval stage of Echinococcus granulosus sensu lato, resulting in cystic echinococcosis, a parasitic zoonosis, causes huge economic losses to the livestock industry and poses a threat to public health. Inhibitor of apoptosis proteins (IAPs) is a class of endogenous anti-apoptotic family, which plays a significant f...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Zhan J,Song H,Wang N,Guo C,Shen N,Hua R,Shi Y,Angel C,Gu X,Xie Y,Lai W,Peng X,Yang G

更新日期：2020-04-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Pseudomonas sp. BGI-2 is a psychrotrophic bacterium isolated from the ice sample collected from Batura glacier, Pakistan. This strain produces highly viscous colonies on agar media supplemented with glucose. In this study, we have optimized growth and production of exopolysaccharide (EPS) by the cold-adapted Pseudomon...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Ali P,Shah AA,Hasan F,Hertkorn N,Gonsior M,Sajjad W,Chen F

更新日期：2020-02-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Biomineralized ferric oxide microbial mats are ubiquitous features on Earth, are common in hot springs of Yellowstone National Park (YNP, WY, USA), and form due to direct interaction between microbial and physicochemical processes. The overall goal of this study was to determine the contribution of different community...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Beam JP,Bernstein HC,Jay ZJ,Kozubal MA,Jennings Rd,Tringe SG,Inskeep WP

更新日期：2016-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Most microbes can produce surface-associated or suspended aggregates called biofilms, which are encased within a biopolymer-rich matrix. The biofilm matrix provides structural integrity to the aggregates and shields the resident cells against environmental stressors, including antibiotic treatment. Microscopy permits ...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Reichhardt C,Parsek MR

更新日期：2019-04-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Planctomycetes are part of the complex microbial biofilm community of a wide range of macroalgae. Recently, some studies began to unveil the great diversity of Planctomycetes present in this microenvironment and the interactions between the two organisms. Culture dependent and independent methods revealed the existenc...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Lage OM,Bondoso J

更新日期：2014-06-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Current notion presumes that only one protein is encoded at a given bacterial genetic locus. However, transcription and translation of an overlapping open reading frame (ORF) of 186 bp length were discovered by RNAseq and RIBOseq experiments. This ORF is almost completely embedded in the annotated L,D-transpeptidase g...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Hücker SM,Vanderhaeghen S,Abellan-Schneyder I,Scherer S,Neuhaus K

更新日期：2018-05-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Toxoplasma gondii is a protozoan parasite with a remarkable neurotropism. We recently showed that T. gondii infection can alter the global metabolism of the cerebral cortex of mice. However, the impact of T. gondii infection on the metabolism of the cerebellum remains unknown. Here we apply metabolomic profiling to di...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Ma J,He JJ,Hou JL,Zhou CX,Elsheikha HM,Zhu XQ

更新日期：2020-07-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Phylogenetically deeply rooted methanogens belonging to the genus of Methanocaldococcus living in deep-sea hydrothermal vents derive energy exclusively from hydrogenotrophic methanogenesis, one of the oldest respiratory metabolisms on Earth. These hyperthermophilic, autotrophic archaea synthesize their biomolecules fr...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Susanti D,Frazier MC,Mukhopadhyay B

更新日期：2019-07-03 00:00:00

abstract：:[This corrects the article on p. 518 in vol. 7, PMID: 27148207.]. ...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Davis-Richardson AG,Russell JT,Dias R,McKinlay AJ,Canepa R,Fagen JR,Rusoff KT,Drew JC,Kolaczkowski B,Emerich DW,Triplett EW

更新日期：2016-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Beta-lactam antibiotics are an important class of antibiotics for treating bacterial infections. Despite prevalent β-lactam resistance in Campylobacter jejuni, the leading bacterial cause of human diarrhea in developed countries, molecular mechanism of β-lactam resistance in C. jejuni is still largely unknown. In this...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Zeng X,Gillespie B,Lin J

更新日期：2015-11-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Members of the genus Lactobacillus are commonly found at the gastrointestinal tract and other mucosal surfaces of humans. This genus includes various species with a great number of potentially probiotic bacteria. Other often-used probiotic species belong to Bifidobacterium, a genus almost exclusively associated with t...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Zúñiga M,Monedero V,Yebra MJ

更新日期：2018-08-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Two nearly identical unicyanobacterial consortia (UCC) were previously isolated from benthic microbial mats that occur in a heliothermal saline lake in northern Washington State. Carbohydrates are a primary source of carbon and energy for most heterotrophic bacteria. Since CO2 is the only carbon source provided, the c...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Leyn SA,Maezato Y,Romine MF,Rodionov DA

更新日期：2017-07-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Discovery of environmentally safe anti-fouling agent is currently of considerable interest, due to the continuous impact of biofoulers on the marine habitats and the adverse effects of biocides on the environment. This study reports the anti-adhesion effect of marine living Actinobacteria against fouling strains isola...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Heidarian S,Mohammadipanah F,Maghsoudlou A,Dashti Y,Challis GL

更新日期：2019-01-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Photorhabdus luminescens TTO1 and Xenorhabdus nematophila HGB081 are insect pathogenic bacteria and producers of various structurally diverse bioactive natural products. In these entomopathogenic bacteria we investigated the role of the global regulators Lrp, LeuO, and HexA in the production of natural products. Lrp i...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Engel Y,Windhorst C,Lu X,Goodrich-Blair H,Bode HB

更新日期：2017-02-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Type IV secretion systems (T4SSs) play a central role in the pathogenicity of many important pathogens, including Agrobacterium tumefaciens, Helicobacter pylori, and Legionella pneumophila. The T4SSs are related to bacterial conjugation systems, and are classified into two subgroups, type IVA (T4ASS) and type IVB (T4B...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Nagai H,Kubori T

更新日期：2011-06-27 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：:Antibiotic treatment of sick dairy cattle is critical for the sustainability of this production system which is vital for food security and societal prosperity in many low and middle-income countries. Given the increasingly high levels of antibiotic resistance worldwide and the challenge this presents for the treatmen...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Mainda G,Lupolova N,Sikakwa L,Richardson E,Bessell PR,Malama SK,Kwenda G,Stevens MP,Bronsvoort BMD,Muma JB,Gally DL

更新日期：2019-05-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Plant growth promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) are known for their beneficial effects. In recent years, more attention has been paid to their use as biofertilizers to reduce the use of chemical fertilizers causing significant damage to the environment. To have high plant yields, bio...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Raklami A,Bechtaoui N,Tahiri AI,Anli M,Meddich A,Oufdou K

更新日期：2019-05-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) relies heavily on the host cellular machinery for production of viral progeny. To exploit cellular proteins for replication and to overcome host factors with antiviral activity, HIV has evolved a set of regulatory and accessory proteins to shape an optimized environment for its repli...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Chen L,Keppler OT,Schölz C

更新日期：2018-09-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Staphylococcus aureus (S.aureus) resistance, considered a dilemma for the clinical treatment of this bacterial infection, is becoming increasingly intractable. Novel anti-virulence strategies will undoubtedly provide a path forward in combating these resistant bacterial infections. Sortase A (SrtA), an enzyme responsi...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Zhang B,Teng Z,Li X,Lu G,Deng X,Niu X,Wang J

更新日期：2017-09-06 00:00:00

abstract：:The four serotypes of dengue virus (DENV) are the leading cause of arboviral diseases in humans. Decades of efforts have made remarkable progress in dengue vaccine development. Despite the first dengue vaccine (dengvaxia from Sanofi Pasteur), a live-attenuated tetravalent chimeric yellow fever-dengue vaccine, has been...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Tsai WY,Lin HE,Wang WK

更新日期：2017-07-20 00:00:00

abstract：:LuxR solos are unexplored in Archaea, despite their vital role in the bacterial regulatory network. They assist bacteria in perceiving acyl homoserine lactones (AHLs) and/or non-AHLs signaling molecules for establishing intraspecies, interspecies, and interkingdom communication. In this study, we explored the potentia...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Rajput A,Kumar M

更新日期：2017-05-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Herpes simplex virus 1 (HSV1) is an important pathogen with a worldwide epidemic trend that affects populations of various ages. It has a high morbidity, particularly in juveniles, but a successful HSV1 vaccine is not currently available. Thus, our study systematically observed the immune responses induced in mice imm...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Xu X,Fan S,Wang X,Hu Y,Feng M,Wang L,Zhang Y,Liao Y,Zhang X,Li Q

更新日期：2017-10-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Leishmaniasis comprises a spectrum of parasitic diseases caused by protozoans of the genus Leishmania. Molecular tools have been widely employed for the detection of Leishmania due to its high sensitivity and specificity. However, the analytical performance of molecular platforms as PCR and real time PCR (qPCR) includ...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： León CM,Muñoz M,Hernández C,Ayala MS,Flórez C,Teherán A,Cubides JR,Ramírez JD

更新日期：2017-10-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Microbes are suitable candidates to recover and decontaminate different environments from soluble metal ions, either via reduction or precipitation to generate insoluble, non-toxic derivatives. In general, microorganisms reduce toxic metal ions generating nanostructures (NS), which display great applicability in biote...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Figueroa M,Fernandez V,Arenas-Salinas M,Ahumada D,Muñoz-Villagrán C,Cornejo F,Vargas E,Latorre M,Morales E,Vásquez C,Arenas F

更新日期：2018-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Gut microbiota play a key role in the development of metabolic disorders. Defining and correlating structural shifts in gut microbial assemblages with conditions related to metabolic syndrome have, however, been proven difficult. Results from 16S genomic DNA and 16S ribosomal RNA analyses of fecal samples may differ w...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Ji Y,Park S,Park H,Hwang E,Shin H,Pot B,Holzapfel WH

更新日期：2018-04-10 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：:Volvariella volvacea is a typical edible Basidiomycete with a high-temperature tolerance. It has a strong fibrinolysis capability and consumes abundant agricultural wastes. In agricultural cultivation, mycelial subculturing has been adopted, leading to serious strain degeneration. In this study, continuous mycelial su...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Chen X,Zhang Z,Liu X,Cui B,Miao W,Cheng W,Zhao F

更新日期：2019-09-03 00:00:00