SXT/R391 Integrative and Conjugative Elements (ICEs) Encode a Novel 'Trap-Door' Strategy for Mobile Element Escape.

abstract：:The purpose of present study was the simulation of an oil spill accompanied by burial of significant amount of petroleum hydrocarbons (PHs) in coastal sediments. Approximately 1000 kg of sediments collected in Messina harbor were spiked with Bunker C furnace fuel oil (6500 ppm). The rapid consumption of oxygen by aero...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Genovese M,Crisafi F,Denaro R,Cappello S,Russo D,Calogero R,Santisi S,Catalfamo M,Modica A,Smedile F,Genovese L,Golyshin PN,Giuliano L,Yakimov MM

更新日期：2014-04-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Removal of carbon through the precipitation and burial of calcium carbonate in marine sediments constitutes over 70% of the total carbon on Earth and is partitioned between coastal and pelagic zones. The precipitation of authigenic calcium carbonate in seawater, however, has been hotly debated because despite being in...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Lisle JT,Robbins LL

更新日期：2016-12-09 00:00:00

abstract：:The Megavirales are a newly described order capable of infecting different types of eukaryotic hosts. For the most part, the natural host is unknown. Several methods have been used to detect these viruses, with large discrepancies between molecular methods and co-cultures. To isolate giant viruses, we propose the use ...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Dornas FP,Khalil JY,Pagnier I,Raoult D,Abrahão J,La Scola B

更新日期：2015-10-06 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：:Arachis hypogaea (Peanut) is one of the most important cash crops grown for food and oil production. Salinity is a major constraint for loss of peanut productivity, and halotolerant plant growth promoting bacteria not only enhance plant-growth but also provide tolerance against salt stress. The potential of halotolera...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Alexander A,Singh VK,Mishra A

更新日期：2020-10-14 00:00:00

abstract：:The cell surface is the primary recognition site between the bacterium and the host. An operon of three genes, LSEI_0219 (cwaR), LSEI_0220 (cwaS), and LSEI_0221 (ldcA), has been previously identified as required for the establishment of Lactobacillus paracasei in the gut. The genes cwaR and cwaS encode a predicted two...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Scornec H,Palud A,Pédron T,Wheeler R,Petitgonnet C,Boneca IG,Cavin JF,Sansonetti PJ,Licandro H

更新日期：2020-03-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Background: Dried blood spots (DBS) are used for epidemiological surveys on infectious diseases in settings where limited resources are available. In fact, DBS can help to overcome logistic difficulties for the collection, transport and storage of biological specimens. Objective: To evaluate the accuracy of Strongyloi...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Formenti F,Buonfrate D,Prandi R,Marquez M,Caicedo C,Rizzi E,Guevara AG,Vicuña Y,Huerlo FR,Perandin F,Bisoffi Z,Anselmi M

更新日期：2016-11-08 00:00:00

abstract：:The growing human population is currently facing an unprecedented challenge regarding global food sustainability. Thus, it is of paramount to maintain food production and quality while avoiding a negative impact on climate change and the environment at large. Along the food chain, several practices could compromise fu...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Gutiérrez D,Fernández L,Rodríguez A,García P

更新日期：2019-01-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Although once thought to be devoid of biology, recent studies have identified salt deposits as oases for life in the hyperarid Atacama Desert. To examine spatial patterns of microbial species and key nutrient sources, we genomically characterized 26 salt crusts from three sites along a fog gradient. The communities ar...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Finstad KM,Probst AJ,Thomas BC,Andersen GL,Demergasso C,Echeverría A,Amundson RG,Banfield JF

更新日期：2017-07-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Extended-spectrum beta-lactamase- (ESBL-) and AmpC beta-lactamase- (AmpC-) producing Enterobacteriaceae pose a risk for both human and animal health. For livestock, highest prevalences have been reported in broiler chickens, which are therefore considered as a reservoir of multidrug-resistant bacteria. The possibility...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Robé C,Blasse A,Merle R,Friese A,Roesler U,Guenther S

更新日期：2019-09-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Lam proteins transport sterols between the membranes of different cellular compartments. In Saccharomyces cerevisiae, the LAM gene family consists of three pairs of paralogs. Because the function of paralogous genes can be redundant, the phenotypes of only a small number of LAM gene deletions have been reported; thus,...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Sokolov SS,Vorobeva MA,Smirnova AI,Smirnova EA,Trushina NI,Galkina KV,Severin FF,Knorre DA

更新日期：2020-01-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza virus (A/H5N1) of clade 2.2.1 is endemic in poultry in Egypt where the highest number of human infections worldwide was reported. During the last 12 years the Egyptian A/H5N1 evolved into several genotypes. In 2007-2014 vaccinated poultry suffered from antigenic drift variants of...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Salaheldin AH,Kasbohm E,El-Naggar H,Ulrich R,Scheibner D,Gischke M,Hassan MK,Arafa AA,Hassan WM,Abd El-Hamid HS,Hafez HM,Veits J,Mettenleiter TC,Abdelwhab EM

更新日期：2018-03-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Gaining a greater understanding of the plant microbiota and its interactions with its host plant heralds a new era of scientific discovery in agriculture. Different agricultural management practices influence soil microbial populations by changing a soil's physical, chemical and biological properties. However, the imp...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Rathore R,Dowling DN,Forristal PD,Spink J,Cotter PD,Bulgarelli D,Germaine KJ

更新日期：2017-08-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Whole-genome sequencing (WGS) of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) has been sparse in low- and middle-income countries, therefore, its population structure is unknown for many regions. We conducted a pilot surveillance of MRSA in the maternity ward of a teaching hospital in Armenia, to characterize th...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Jamrozy D,Misra R,Xu Z,Ter-Stepanyan MM,Kocharyan KS,Cave R,Hambardzumyan AD,Mkrtchyan HV

更新日期：2019-07-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Actinobacteria are important producers of bioactive compounds. Extreme ecosystems cause evolution of novel secondary metabolic pathways of Actinobacteria and increase the possible discovery of new biological functions of bioactive compounds. Here, we isolated 65 Actinobacteria from rhizosphere soil samples of Opuntia ...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Qi D,Zou L,Zhou D,Chen Y,Gao Z,Feng R,Zhang M,Li K,Xie J,Wang W

更新日期：2019-06-28 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：: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：:Lactic acid bacteria (LAB) are important for human health. However, the relative abundance of LAB in complex samples, such as fecal samples, is low and their presence and diversity (at the species level) is understudied. Therefore, we designed LAB-specific primer pairs based on 16S rRNA gene consensus sequences from 4...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Hou Q,Bai X,Li W,Gao X,Zhang F,Sun Z,Zhang H

更新日期：2018-08-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Redox homeostasis is essential to the maintenance of cell metabolism. Changes in the redox state cause global metabolic and transcriptional changes. Our previous study indicated that the overexpression of NADH oxidase in Saccharomyces cerevisiae led to increased glucose consumption and ethanol production. Gene express...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Shi X,Zou Y,Chen Y,Ying H

更新日期：2018-06-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Flavobacterium psychrophilum is a devastating bacterial pathogen of salmonids reared in freshwater worldwide. So far, serological diversity between isolates has been described but the underlying molecular factors remain unknown. By combining complete genome sequence analysis and the serotyping method proposed by Loren...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Rochat T,Fujiwara-Nagata E,Calvez S,Dalsgaard I,Madsen L,Calteau A,Lunazzi A,Nicolas P,Wiklund T,Bernardet JF,Duchaud E

更新日期：2017-09-12 00:00:00

abstract：:The genus Crinivirus includes the whitefly-transmitted members of the family Closteroviridae. Whitefly-transmitted viruses have emerged as a major problem for world agriculture and are responsible for diseases that lead to losses measured in the billions of dollars annually. Criniviruses emerged as a major agricultura...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Tzanetakis IE,Martin RR,Wintermantel WM

更新日期：2013-05-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Foraminifera are ubiquitous marine protists with an important role in the benthic carbon cycle. However, morphological observations often fail to resolve their exact taxonomic placement and there is a lack of field studies on their particular trophic preferences. Here, we propose the application of metabarcoding as a ...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Chronopoulou PM,Salonen I,Bird C,Reichart GJ,Koho KA

更新日期：2019-05-28 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：:Recent findings provide evidence that fungal structures can be detected in brain tissue from Alzheimer's disease (AD) patients using rabbit polyclonal antibodies raised against whole fungal cells. In the present work, we have developed and tested specific antibodies that recognize the fungal proteins, enolase and β-tu...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Pisa D,Alonso R,Rábano A,Horst MN,Carrasco L

更新日期：2016-11-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Root nodule symbiosis (RNS) is one of the most productive and economical systems for nitrogen fixation, and previous studies have shown that several nodule-specific C2H2-zinc finger proteins (ZFPs) play important roles in symbiosis establishment and nodule function. However, C2H2-ZFPs are the most widespread ZFPs in e...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Yuan S,Li X,Li R,Wang L,Zhang C,Chen L,Hao Q,Zhang X,Chen H,Shan Z,Yang Z,Chen S,Qiu D,Ke D,Zhou X

更新日期：2018-02-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Infectious agents are common companions of humans and since ancient times they follow human migration on their search for a better place to live. The study of paleomicrobiology was significantly improved in its accuracy of measurement with the constant development of better methods to detect and analyze nucleic acids....

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Ishak R,Machado LFA,Cayres-Vallinoto I,Guimarães Ishak MO,Vallinoto ACR

更新日期：2017-08-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Fungi are prominent components of most terrestrial ecosystems, both in terms of biomass and ecosystem functioning, but the hyper-diverse nature of most communities has obscured the search for unifying principles governing community organization. In particular, unlike plants and animals, observational studies provide l...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Crowther TW,Maynard DS,Crowther TR,Peccia J,Smith JR,Bradford MA

更新日期：2014-10-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Acinetobacter baumannii is one of the most important nosocomial pathogens, and thus it is required to investigate how it disseminate in hospitals and infect patients. We performed whole genome sequencing for 24 A. baumannii strains isolated successively from the blood of a single patient to evaluate whether repeated i...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Kim SJ,Kim YJ,Ko KS

更新日期：2018-11-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Major foodborne bacterial pathogens, such as Campylobacter jejuni, have devised complex strategies to establish and foster intestinal infections. For more than two decades, researchers have used immortalized cell lines derived from human intestinal tissue to dissect C. jejuni-host cell interactions. Known from these s...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Negretti NM,Clair G,Talukdar PK,Gourley CR,Huynh S,Adkins JN,Parker CT,Corneau CM,Konkel ME

更新日期：2019-04-11 00:00:00

abstract：:The discipline of marine ecological stoichiometry has progressed rapidly over the past two decades, and continues to be at the forefront of microbial oceanography. Most of this effort has been focused on the elements carbon (C) and nitrogen (N), and to a lesser extent phosphorus (P), with little consideration of hydro...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Karl DM,Grabowski E

更新日期：2017-05-09 00:00:00