3-Econsystems: MicroRNAs, Receptors, and Latent Viruses; Some Insights Biology Can Gain from Economic Theory.

abstract：:Liverwort Blasia pusilla L. recruits soil nitrogen-fixing cyanobacteria of genus Nostoc as symbiotic partners. In this work we compared Nostoc community composition inside the plants and in the soil around them from two distant locations in Northern Norway. STRR fingerprinting and 16S rDNA phylogeny reconstruction sho...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Liaimer A,Jensen JB,Dittmann E

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Controlling aflatoxigenic Aspergillus flavus and aflatoxins (AFs) in grains and food during storage is a great challenge to humans worldwide. Alcaligenes faecalis N1-4 isolated from tea rhizosphere soil can produce abundant antifungal volatiles, and greatly inhibited the growth of A. flavus in un-contacted face-to-fac...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Gong AD,Wu NN,Kong XW,Zhang YM,Hu MJ,Gong SJ,Dong FY,Wang JH,Zhao ZY,Liao YC

更新日期：2019-06-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Ramoplanin is a glycolipodepsipeptide antibiotic obtained from fermentation of Actinoplanes sp. ATCC 33076 that exhibits activity against clinically important multi-drug-resistant, Gram-positive pathogens including vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus (VRE), methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), and vancomy...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： de la Cruz M,González I,Parish CA,Onishi R,Tormo JR,Martín J,Peláez F,Zink D,El Aouad N,Reyes F,Genilloud O,Vicente F

更新日期：2017-03-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Panax ginseng rusty root rot caused by the Ilyonectria species complex is a devastating disease, and it is one of the main factors contributing to the difficulty in continual cropping. Rusty root rot occurs in all ginseng fields, but little is known about the taxonomy of the fungal pathogen complex, especially Ilyonec...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Guan YM,Ma YY,Jin Q,Wang QX,Liu N,Fu YP,Zhang YY,Li Y

更新日期：2020-12-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Microbial processes such as nitrification and anaerobic ammonium oxidation (anammox) are important for nitrogen cycling in marine sediments. Seasonal variations of archaeal and bacterial ammonia oxidizers (AOA and AOB) and anammox bacteria, as well as the environmental factors affecting these groups, are not well stud...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Lipsewers YA,Bale NJ,Hopmans EC,Schouten S,Sinninghe Damsté JS,Villanueva L

更新日期：2014-09-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Cold-water corals, similar to tropical corals, contain diverse and complex microbial assemblages. These bacteria provide essential biological functions within coral holobionts, facilitating increased nutrient utilization and production of antimicrobial compounds. To date, few cold-water octocoral species have been ana...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Lawler SN,Kellogg CA,France SC,Clostio RW,Brooke SD,Ross SW

更新日期：2016-04-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Indole is a signal molecule derived from the conversion of tryptophan, and it is present in bacterial respiratory gas. Besides influencing bacterial growth, indole exhibits effects on human health, including a positive effect on inflammation and protection against pathogens. However, a high fecal indole concentration ...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Koga N,Hosomi T,Zwama M,Jirayupat C,Yanagida T,Nishino K,Yamasaki S

更新日期：2020-11-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Aflatoxins are secondary metabolites produced by soilborne saprophytic fungus Aspergillus flavus and closely related species that infect several agricultural commodities including groundnut and maize. The consumption of contaminated commodities adversely affects the health of humans and livestock. Aflatoxin contaminat...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Soni P,Gangurde SS,Ortega-Beltran A,Kumar R,Parmar S,Sudini HK,Lei Y,Ni X,Huai D,Fountain JC,Njoroge S,Mahuku G,Radhakrishnan T,Zhuang W,Guo B,Liao B,Singam P,Pandey MK,Bandyopadhyay R,Varshney RK

更新日期：2020-03-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Altered gut microbiota are assumed to be involved in the pathogenesis of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). However, gut microbiota alterations reported in different studies are divergent and sometimes even contradictory. To better elucidate the relationship between altered gut microbiota and IBS, we characterized fecal ...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Zhuang X,Tian Z,Li L,Zeng Z,Chen M,Xiong L

更新日期：2018-07-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Accurately identifying bacteriophage virion proteins from uncharacterized sequences is important to understand interactions between the phage and its host bacteria in order to develop new antibacterial drugs. However, identification of such proteins using experimental techniques is expensive and often time consuming; ...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Manavalan B,Shin TH,Lee G

更新日期：2018-03-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Ubiquitination plays key roles in eukaryotic growth, stress adaptation, and metabolic regulation. In our previous work, ubiquitin was found to be secreted in the hypovirus-infected strain of Cryphonectria parasitica, a phytopathogenic filamentous fungus responsible for the chestnut blight. Here we report the functiona...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Chen Q,Li Y,Wang J,Li R,Chen B

更新日期：2018-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Upon intracellular cues, bacterial mRNA leaders often form secondary structures that determine expression of a downstream protein-coding region(s), thereby providing bacteria with a mechanism to control the amounts of necessary proteins in the right locales. Here we describe a polycistronic mRNA leader that secures ba...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Park M,Kim H,Nam D,Kweon DH,Shin D

更新日期：2019-12-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Penicillium digitatum is the most damaging pathogen provoking green mold in citrus fruit during storage, and there is an urgent need for novel antifungal agents with high efficiency. The aim of this study was to investigate the antifungal effects of peptide thanatin against P. digitatum and the molecular mechanisms. R...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Feng G,Li X,Wang W,Deng L,Zeng K

更新日期：2020-12-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Prosthetic joint replacement failure has a huge impact on quality of life and hospitalization costs. A leading cause of prosthetic joint infection is bacteria-forming biofilm on the surface of orthopedic devices. Staphylococcus epidermidis is an emergent, low-virulence pathogen implicated in chronic infections, barely...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Bottagisio M,Soggiu A,Piras C,Bidossi A,Greco V,Pieroni L,Bonizzi L,Roncada P,Lovati AB

更新日期：2019-09-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Gut microbiota (GM) modifies the intrahepatic immune microenvironment, but the underlying mechanisms remain poorly understood. Liver fibrosis-associated imprinting is predicted to be reflected in GM. This study investigated the link between GM and the intrahepatic T cell receptor (TCR) immune repertoire (IR), and whet...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Liang Q,Zhang M,Hu Y,Zhang W,Zhu P,Chen Y,Xue P,Li Q,Wang K

更新日期：2020-11-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Combatting antimicrobial resistant (AMR) using a One-Health approach is essential as various bacteria, including Escherichia coli, a common bacteria, are becoming increasingly resistant and livestock may be a reservoir. The AMR gene content of 492 E. coli, isolated from 56 pig farms across Great Britain in 2014-2015, ...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： AbuOun M,O'Connor HM,Stubberfield EJ,Nunez-Garcia J,Sayers E,Crook DW,Smith RP,Anjum MF

更新日期：2020-05-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Salmonella enterica causes substantial morbidity and mortality in humans and animals. Infection and intestinal colonization by S. enterica require virulence factors that mediate bacterial binding and invasion of enterocytes and innate immune cells. Some S. enterica colonization factors and their alleles are host restr...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Yue M,Schifferli DM

更新日期：2014-01-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Chagas disease is one of the prevalent neglected tropical diseases, affecting at least 6-7 million individuals in Latin America. It is caused by the protozoan parasite Trypanosoma cruzi, which is transmitted to vertebrate hosts by blood-sucking insects. After infection, the parasite invades and multiplies in the myoca...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Watanabe Costa R,da Silveira JF,Bahia D

更新日期：2016-03-31 00:00:00

abstract：:In 2011, a Shiga toxin-producing Enteroaggregative Escherichia coli (EAEC Stx2a+) O104:H4 strain caused a serious outbreak of acute gastroenteritis and hemolytic-uremic syndrome (HUS) in Germany. In 2013, E. coli O104:H4 isolates were obtained from a patient with HUS and her friend showing only gastrointestinal compla...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Ferdous M,Zhou K,de Boer RF,Friedrich AW,Kooistra-Smid AM,Rossen JW

更新日期：2015-12-02 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：:Developments in industrial applications inevitably accelerate the discharge of enormous substances into the environment, whereas multi-component mixtures commonly cause joint toxicity which is distinct from the simple sum of independent effect. Thus, ecotoxicological assessment, by luminescent bioassays has recently b...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Wang D,Wang S,Bai L,Nasir MS,Li S,Yan W

更新日期：2020-07-31 00:00:00

abstract：:The host range of a phage is determined primarily by phage-receptor interaction. Here, we profiled the host range of an RNA leviphage, PP7 that requires functional type IV pilus (TFP) in order to enter into its host bacterium, Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Out of 25 twitching-proficient P. aeruginosa strains, 4 with group I...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Kim ES,Bae HW,Cho YH

更新日期：2018-02-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Verticillium wilts caused by Verticillium spp. are among the most challenging plant diseases to control and affect numerous hosts worldwide. Due to the lack of effective, conventional control methods, integrated control strategies provide a promising approach to manage these diseases. The non-pathogenic Fusarium oxysp...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Mulero-Aparicio A,Cernava T,Turrà D,Schaefer A,Di Pietro A,López-Escudero FJ,Trapero A,Berg G

更新日期：2019-08-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Within the subarctic climate of Clinton Creek, Yukon, Canada, lies an abandoned and flooded open-pit asbestos mine that harbors rapidly growing microbialites. To understand their formation we completed a metagenomic community profile of the microbialites and their surrounding sediments. Assembled metagenomic data reve...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： White RA 3rd,Power IM,Dipple GM,Southam G,Suttle CA

更新日期：2015-09-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Interactions between plants and microbes can affect ecosystem functions, and many studies have demonstrated that plant properties influence mutualistic microorganisms. Here, high-throughput sequencing was used to investigate rhizosphere and phyllosphere fungal communities during different plant development stages. Res...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Jia T,Yao Y,Guo T,Wang R,Chai B

更新日期：2020-09-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Metabolic syndrome (MetS) is the underlying cause of some devastating diseases, including type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease. These diseases have been associated with over-activation of the mechanistic Target of Rapamycin (mTOR) pathway. This study utilizes a high fat diet (HFD) to induce MetS and to dissect t...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Kling DN,DeBose-Scarlett EM,Teixeira LD,Gezan SA,Lorca GL,Gonzalez CF

更新日期：2018-11-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Endophytic actinomycetes from medicinal plants produce a wide diversity of secondary metabolites (SM). However, to date, the knowledge about endophytes from Brazil remains scarce. Thus, we analyzed the antimicrobial potential of 10 actinomycetes isolated from the medicinal plant Vochysia divergens located in the Panta...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Gos FMWR,Savi DC,Shaaban KA,Thorson JS,Aluizio R,Possiede YM,Rohr J,Glienke C

更新日期：2017-09-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Microorganisms in glacier ice provide tens to hundreds of thousands of years archive for a changing climate and microbial responses to it. Analyzing ancient ice is impeded by technical issues, including limited ice, low biomass, and contamination. While many approaches have been evaluated and advanced to remove contam...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Zhong ZP,Solonenko NE,Gazitúa MC,Kenny DV,Mosley-Thompson E,Rich VI,Van Etten JL,Thompson LG,Sullivan MB

更新日期：2018-05-25 00:00:00

abstract：:The human gut microbiome harbors a diverse array of metabolic pathways contributing to its development and homeostasis via a complex web of diet-dependent metabolic interactions within the microbial community and host. Genomics-based reconstruction and predictive modeling of these interactions would provide a framewor...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Rodionov DA,Arzamasov AA,Khoroshkin MS,Iablokov SN,Leyn SA,Peterson SN,Novichkov PS,Osterman AL

更新日期：2019-06-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Recombinant subunit vaccines are some of the safest and most effective vaccines available, but their high cost and the requirement of advanced medical infrastructure for administration make them impractical for many developing world diseases. Plant-based vaccines have shifted that paradigm by paving the way for recomb...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Specht EA,Mayfield SP

更新日期：2014-02-17 00:00:00