Coral-Associated Bacterial Diversity Is Conserved across Two Deep-Sea Anthothela Species.

abstract：:Fusarium sacchari and Fusarium andiyazi are two devastating sugarcane pathogens that cause pokkah boeng disease (PBD) in China. RNA_Seq was conducted to identify mycoviruses in F. sacchari and F. andiyazi isolates collected from PBD symptom-showing sugarcane plants across China. Fifteen isolates with a normal, debilit...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Yao Z,Zou C,Peng N,Zhu Y,Bao Y,Zhou Q,Wu Q,Chen B,Zhang M

更新日期：2020-02-19 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：:The highly successful epidemic of healthcare-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (HA-MRSA) ST239 is a growing concern worldwide, due to its progressive adaptation to the highly selective environment of the healthcare system. HA-MRSA ST239 display the reduced virulence and successfully colonize in ho...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Hong X,Qin J,Li T,Dai Y,Wang Y,Liu Q,He L,Lu H,Gao Q,Lin Y,Li M

更新日期：2016-06-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Viruses and plasmids can introduce novel DNA into bacterial cells, thereby creating an opportunity for genome expansion; conversely, CRISPR, the prokaryotic adaptive immune system, which targets and eliminates foreign DNAs, may impair genome expansions. Recent studies presented conflicting results over the impact of C...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Gao NL,Chen J,Wang T,Lercher MJ,Chen WH

更新日期：2019-10-16 00:00:00

abstract：:The competition between sulfate reducing bacteria and methanogens over common substrates has been proposed as a critical control for methane production. In this study, we examined the co-existence of methanogenesis and sulfate reduction with shared substrates over a large range of sulfate concentrations and rates of s...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Sela-Adler M,Ronen Z,Herut B,Antler G,Vigderovich H,Eckert W,Sivan O

更新日期：2017-05-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Composed of trillions of individual microbes, the human gut microbiota has adapted to the uniquely diverse environments found in the human intestine. Quickly responding to the variances in the ingested food, the microbiota interacts with the host via reciprocal biochemical signaling to coordinate the exchange of nutri...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Selber-Hnatiw S,Rukundo B,Ahmadi M,Akoubi H,Al-Bizri H,Aliu AF,Ambeaghen TU,Avetisyan L,Bahar I,Baird A,Begum F,Ben Soussan H,Blondeau-Éthier V,Bordaries R,Bramwell H,Briggs A,Bui R,Carnevale M,Chancharoen M,Chevass

更新日期：2017-07-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Cactaceae represents one of the most species-rich families of succulent plants native to arid and semi-arid ecosystems, yet the associations Cacti establish with microorganisms and the rules governing microbial community assembly remain poorly understood. We analyzed the composition, diversity, and factors influencing...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Fonseca-García C,Coleman-Derr D,Garrido E,Visel A,Tringe SG,Partida-Martínez LP

更新日期：2016-02-12 00:00:00

abstract：:In the last decades, pollution of the environment by large scale use of antibiotics in agriculture and human medicine have led to increased antimicrobial resistance in both the environment and the host animal microbiome. Disturbances in the host microbiome can result in impaired immunity and reduced resilience of aqua...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： López Nadal A,Peggs D,Wiegertjes GF,Brugman S

更新日期：2018-10-29 00:00:00

abstract：:The metal-reducing bacterium Geobacter sulfurreducens requires the expression of conductive pili to reduce iron oxides and to wire electroactive biofilms, but the role of pilus retraction in these functions has remained elusive. Here we show that of the four PilT proteins encoded in the genome of G. sulfurreducens, Pi...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Speers AM,Schindler BD,Hwang J,Genc A,Reguera G

更新日期：2016-10-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Zika (ZIKV) and dengue virus (DENV) are transmitted to humans by Aedes mosquitoes. However, the molecular interactions between the vector and ZIKV remain largely unexplored. In this work, we further investigated the tropism of ZIKV in two different Aedes aegypti strains and show that the virus infection kinetics, tiss...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Angleró-Rodríguez YI,MacLeod HJ,Kang S,Carlson JS,Jupatanakul N,Dimopoulos G

更新日期：2017-10-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Reports in the literature suggest that bacteria exposed to lethal doses of ionizing radiation, i.e., electron beams, are unable to replicate yet they remain metabolically active. To investigate this phenomenon further, we electron beam irradiated Escherichia coli cells to a lethal dose and measured their membrane inte...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Hieke AC,Pillai SD

更新日期：2018-09-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Staphylococcus aureus is one of the most common causes of zoonotic agent in the world, which are attributable to the contamination of food with enterotoxins. In this study, a total of 1,150 S. aureus isolates were cultured from 27,000 retail foods items from 203 cities of 24 provinces in China in 2015 and were test fo...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Wang W,Baloch Z,Jiang T,Zhang C,Peng Z,Li F,Fanning S,Ma A,Xu J

更新日期：2017-11-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Rice false smut fungus (teleomorph: Villosiclava virens; anamorph: Ustilaginoidea virens) can generate chlamydospores and survive winter under field conditions. The chlamydospore is considered as an important infection source of the disease. However, little is known about the regulatory mechanism of the chlamydospore ...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Yu J,Yu M,Song T,Cao H,Pan X,Yong M,Qi Z,Du Y,Zhang R,Yin X,Liu Y

更新日期：2019-06-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Several antimicrobial and immunosuppressive effects have been attributed to the statins class of antihyperlipidemia drugs. Several studies have also indicated clinical benefits for the use of statins during the management of infections and sepsis. To assess whether the immunosuppressive effects of statins outweigh the...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Rahal EA,Constantin WN,Zeidan N,Abdelnoor AM

更新日期：2015-12-22 00:00:00

abstract：:The phytopathogen Xylella fastidiosa causes economic losses in important agricultural crops. Xylem vessel occlusion caused by biofilm formation is the major mechanism underlying the pathogenicity of distinct strains of X. fastidiosa. Here, we provide a detailed in vitro characterization of the extracellular proteins o...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Mendes JS,Santiago AS,Toledo MA,Horta MA,de Souza AA,Tasic L,de Souza AP

更新日期：2016-12-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Grapholita molesta, the oriental fruit moth, is a serious global pest of many Rosaceae fruit trees. Gut microorganisms play important roles in host nutrition, digestion, detoxification, and resistance to pathogens. However, there are few studies on the microbiota of G. molesta, particularly during metamorphosis. Here,...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Wang X,Sun S,Yang X,Cheng J,Wei H,Li Z,Michaud JP,Liu X

更新日期：2020-06-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Bacterial populations produce phenotypic variants called persisters to survive harmful conditions. Persisters are highly tolerant to antibiotics and repopulate environments after the stress has vanished. In order to resume growth, persisters have to recover from the persistent state, but the processes behind recovery ...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Spanka DT,Konzer A,Edelmann D,Berghoff BA

更新日期：2019-03-06 00:00:00

abstract：:We firstly report a patient who presented with severe complications after infection with influenza A(H1N1) pdm2009, more than 1 year after recovery from severe H7N9 virus infections. The population of patients who recovered from severe H7N9 infections might be at a higher risk to suffer severe complications after seas...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Chen SH,Wu MN,Qian YH,Ma GY,Wang GL,Yang Y,Zhao T,Lu B,Ma MJ,Cao WC

更新日期：2016-10-04 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 emergence and spread of multi-drug resistant (MDR) especially carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae is a major emerging threat to public health, leading to excess in mortality rate as high as 50-86%. MDR K. pneumoniae manifests all broad mechanisms of drug resistance, hence development of new drugs to treat M...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Cheepurupalli L,Raman T,Rathore SS,Ramakrishnan J

更新日期：2017-04-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Platycladi Semen, which is derived from the dried ripe seed of Platycladus orientalis, has been used for the treatment of insomnia and constipation in China for 2000 years. However, it is susceptible to fungal and aflatoxin contamination under proper humidity and temperature during storage. Although aflatoxin contamin...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Yu J,Guo M,Jiang W,Yang M,Pang X

更新日期：2020-10-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Low-dose tolerance using heat-killed mycobacteria has been tested as a means of stopping progression toward active tuberculosis (TB) lesions in a human-like murine model using C3HeB/FeJ mice. In the present study, we studied the effect of different treatment schedules with heat-killed non-tuberculous-mycobacteria (NTM...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Cardona P,Marzo-Escartín E,Tapia G,Díaz J,García V,Varela I,Vilaplana C,Cardona PJ

更新日期：2016-01-05 00:00:00

abstract：:(S)-equol is one of the major metabolites of daidzein that is produced by human and animal gut bacteria. Most of the physiological functions of soybean isoflavones, such as anti-oxidative activity, anti-cancer activity, and cardiovascular protection have been ascribed to (S)-equol. However, only 30-50% people contain ...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Li H,Mao S,Chen H,Zhu L,Liu W,Wang X,Yin Y

更新日期：2018-06-04 00:00:00

abstract：:The intestinal microbiota is a complex microbial community, with diverse and stable populations hosted by the gastrointestinal tract since birth. This ecosystem holds multiple anti-infectious, anti-inflammatory, and immune modulating roles decisive for intestinal homeostasis. Among these, colonization resistance refer...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Iacob S,Iacob DG,Luminos LM

更新日期：2019-01-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Globally the change towards the establishment of a bio-based economy has resulted in an increased need for bio-based applications. This, in turn, has served as a driving force for the discovery and application of novel biosurfactants. The class Actinobacteria represents a vast group of microorganisms with the ability ...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Kügler JH,Le Roes-Hill M,Syldatk C,Hausmann R

更新日期：2015-03-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Toxin/antitoxin (TA) systems are present in most prokaryote genomes. Toxins are almost exclusively proteins that reduce metabolism (but do not cause cell death), and antitoxins are either RNA or proteins that counteract the toxin or the RNA that encodes it. Although TA systems clearly stabilize mobile genetic elements...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Song S,Wood TK

更新日期：2020-08-13 00:00:00

abstract：:The ability of human enteric pathogens to colonize plants and use them as alternate hosts is now well established. Salmonella, similarly to phytobacteria, appears to be capable of producing the plant hormone auxin via an indole-3-pyruvate decarboxylase (IpdC), a key enzyme of the IPyA pathway. A deletion of the Salmon...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Cox CE,Brandl MT,de Moraes MH,Gunasekera S,Teplitski M

更新日期：2018-01-12 00:00:00

abstract：:The mechanism of DNA replication is one of the driving forces of genome evolution. Bacterial DNA polymerase III, the primary complex of DNA replication, consists of PolC and DnaE. PolC is conserved in Gram-positive bacteria, especially in the Firmicutes with low GC content, whereas DnaE is widely conserved in most Gra...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Akashi M,Yoshikawa H

更新日期：2013-09-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Deep fractured rock ecosystems across most of North America have not been studied extensively. However, the US Great Basin, in particular the Nevada National Security Site (NNSS, formerly the Nevada Test Site), has hosted a number of influential subsurface investigations over the years. This investigation focuses on r...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Hamilton-Brehm SD,Stewart LE,Zavarin M,Caldwell M,Lawson PA,Onstott TC,Grzymski J,Neveux I,Lollar BS,Russell CE,Moser DP

更新日期：2019-09-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Food-associated microbes can reach the gut as viable cells and interact with the human host providing potential health benefits. In this study, we evaluated the impact on cell viability and the adhesion ability of 22 Lactobacillus plantarum strains, mainly isolated from fermented foods, on a Normal-derived Colon Mucos...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Garcia-Gonzalez N,Prete R,Battista N,Corsetti A

更新日期：2018-10-08 00:00:00