The Rho Termination Factor of Clostridium botulinum Contains a Prion-Like Domain with a Highly Amyloidogenic Core.

abstract：:Similar to the increased number of studies on invasive plants and animals in terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems, many reports were recently published on the invasion of Nostocales (cyanobacteria) to freshwater environments worldwide. Invasion and proliferation of Nostocales in new habitats have the potential to signif...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Sukenik A,Hadas O,Kaplan A,Quesada A

更新日期：2012-03-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Dodecyl protocatechuate (dodecyl) is a derivative of protocatechuic acid (3,4-dihydroxybenzoic acid) that possesses anti-oxidant and antifungal properties. Nanostructured lipid systems (NLS) can potentiate the action of many antifungal agents, reducing the required dose and side effects by improving their activity. Th...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Medina-Alarcón KP,Singulani JL,Voltan AR,Sardi JCO,Petrônio MS,Santos MB,Polaquini CR,Regasini LO,Bolzani VS,da Silva DHS,Chorilli M,Mendes-Giannini MJS,Fusco-Almeida AM

更新日期：2017-06-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Klebsiella pneumoniae (K. pneumoniae) spp. are important nosocomial and community-acquired opportunistic pathogens, which cause various infections. We observed that K. pneumoniae strain K7 abruptly mutates to rough-type phage-resistant phenotype upon treatment with phage GH-K3. In the present study, the rough-type pha...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Cai R,Wang G,Le S,Wu M,Cheng M,Guo Z,Ji Y,Xi H,Zhao C,Wang X,Xue Y,Wang Z,Zhang H,Fu Y,Sun C,Feng X,Lei L,Yang Y,Ur Rahman S,Liu X,Han W,Gu J

更新日期：2019-05-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Photobacteria are common psychrophilic bacteria found in marine environments. Recently, several studies revealed high numbers of Photobacterium (P.) spp. on packaged fresh meat. Their occurrence appears relevant for the spoilage of meat, since species of the genus are already known as potent fish spoilage organisms. H...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Fuertes-Perez S,Hauschild P,Hilgarth M,Vogel RF

更新日期：2019-10-18 00:00:00

abstract：:The spirochete Borrelia burgdorferi survives in its tick vector, Ixodes scapularis, or within various hosts. To transition between and survive in these distinct niches, B. burgdorferi changes its gene expression in response to environmental cues, both biochemical and physiological. Exposure of B. burgdorferi to weak m...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Dulebohn DP,Richards CL,Su H,Lawrence KA,Gherardini FC

更新日期：2017-09-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Infections that result in natural or manmade spread of lethal biological agents are a concern and require national and focused preparedness. In this manuscript, as part of an early diagnostics and pathogen treatment strategy, we have focused on extracellular vesicles (EVs) that arise following infections. Although the...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Schwab A,Meyering SS,Lepene B,Iordanskiy S,van Hoek ML,Hakami RM,Kashanchi F

更新日期：2015-10-20 00:00:00

abstract：:The widespread use of cefuroxime (XM) has resulted in the increase in its concentration in hospital and domestic wastewaters. Due to the limited removal of antibiotics and antibiotic-resistant genes in conventional systems, the drugs enter the surface water and soils. Moreover, the introduction of XM and/or XM-resista...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Orlewska K,Piotrowska-Seget Z,Cycoń M

更新日期：2018-06-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Cronobacter sakazakii is an opportunistic Gram-negative pathogen that could cause meningitis and necrotizing enterocolitis. Several Gram-negative bacteria use the PmrA/PmrB system to sense and adapt to environmental change by resistance to cationic antimicrobial peptides of host immune systems. The PmrA/PmrB two-compo...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Hua J,Jia X,Zhang L,Li Y

更新日期：2020-06-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Morganella morganii is a commensal bacterium and opportunistic pathogen often present in the gut of humans and animals. We report the 4.3 Mbp draft genome sequence of a M. morganii isolated in association with an Escherichia coli from broilers in Portugal that showed macroscopic lesions consistent with colisepticemia....

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Jones-Dias D,Clemente L,Moura IB,Sampaio DA,Albuquerque T,Vieira L,Manageiro V,Caniça M

更新日期：2016-10-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Preservation of cultural heritage is of paramount importance worldwide. Microbial colonization of construction materials, such as wood, brick, mortar, and stone in historic buildings can lead to severe deterioration. The aim of the present study was to give modern insight into the phylogenetic diversity and activated ...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Gutarowska B,Celikkol-Aydin S,Bonifay V,Otlewska A,Aydin E,Oldham AL,Brauer JI,Duncan KE,Adamiak J,Sunner JA,Beech IB

更新日期：2015-09-29 00:00:00

abstract：:The environment of Lake Baikal is a well-known source of microbial diversity. The strain Streptomyces sp. IB2014/011-12, isolated from samples collected at Lake Baikal, was found to exhibit potent activity against Gram-positive bacteria. Here, we report isolation and characterization of linear polyketide alpiniamide A...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Paulus C,Rebets Y,Zapp J,Rückert C,Kalinowski J,Luzhetskyy A

更新日期：2018-08-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Metabolic adaptation in various environmental niches is crucial for bacterial extracellular survival and intracellular replication during infection. However, the metabolism of carbon/nitrogen sources and related regulatory mechanisms in Laribacter hongkongensis, an asaccharolytic bacterium associated with invasive inf...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Xiong L,Chan E,Teng JLL,Liu S,Lau SKP,Woo PCY

更新日期：2019-08-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Lichens are extremely resistant organisms that colonize harsh climatic areas, some of them defined as "Mars-analog sites." There still remain many unsolved questions as to how lichens survive under such extreme conditions. Several studies have been performed to test the resistance of various lichen species under space...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： de la Torre Noetzel R,Miller AZ,de la Rosa JM,Pacelli C,Onofri S,García Sancho L,Cubero B,Lorek A,Wolter D,de Vera JP

更新日期：2018-03-05 00:00:00

abstract：:The yeast cell is surrounded by a cell wall conferring protection and resistance to environmental conditions that can be harmful. Identify the molecular cues (genes) which shape the biochemical composition and the nanomechanical properties of the cell wall and the links between these two parameters represent a major i...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Schiavone M,Déjean S,Sieczkowski N,Castex M,Dague E,François JM

更新日期：2017-09-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Similar to other CTX-M family enzymes, KLUC is a recently identified and emerging determinant of cefotaxime resistance that has been recovered from at least three Enterobacteriaceae species, including Kluyvera cryocrescens, Escherichia coli, and Enterobacter cloacae. Whether this extended-spectrum β-lactamase (ESBL) h...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Li P,Shen K,Zhang Y,Ying J,Zhu T,Liu Y,Xu L,Lin C,Zhang K,Li P,Lu J,Li K,Yi H,Bao Q,Xu T

更新日期：2018-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Clostridium difficile PCR ribotype (RT) 014 is well-established in both human and porcine populations in Australia, raising the possibility that C. difficile infection (CDI) may have a zoonotic or foodborne etiology. Here, whole genome sequencing and high-resolution core genome phylogenetics were performed on a contem...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Knight DR,Squire MM,Collins DA,Riley TV

更新日期：2017-01-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Laccase is widely used in several industrial applications and co-culture is a common method for enhancing laccase production in submerged fermentation. In this study, the co-culture of four yeasts with Pleurotus eryngii var. ferulae was found to enhance laccase production. An analysis of sterilization temperatures and...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Guo C,Zhao L,Wang F,Lu J,Ding Z,Shi G

更新日期：2017-06-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Outer membrane vesicles (OMVs) are nano-sized proteoliposomes discharged from the cell envelope of Gram-negative bacteria. OMVs normally contain toxins, enzymes and other factors, and are used as vehicles in a process that has been considered a generalized, evolutionarily conserved delivery system among bacteria. Furt...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Nevermann J,Silva A,Otero C,Oyarzún DP,Barrera B,Gil F,Calderón IL,Fuentes JA

更新日期：2019-02-04 00:00:00

abstract：:With the advance of sequencing technology and microbiology, the microorganisms have been found to be closely related to various important human diseases. The increasing identification of human microbe-disease associations offers important insights into the underlying disease mechanism understanding from the perspectiv...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Huang ZA,Chen X,Zhu Z,Liu H,Yan GY,You ZH,Wen Z

更新日期：2017-02-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Chironomids (Diptera; Chironomidae), also known as non-biting midges, are one of the most abundant insects in freshwater habitats. Our aim was to understand whether the metamorphosis developmental stages affect the endogenous microbiota composition of Chironomus transvaalensis. Toward our objective, we analyzed the en...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Sela R,Laviad-Shitrit S,Halpern M

更新日期：2020-11-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Several previous studies have shown that bacteriophages can significantly affect the production of various cytokines. The aim of this present study was to investigate the inflammatory effects and mechanisms of bacteriophage vB_SauM_JS25 in stimulated MAC-T bovine mammary epithelial cells by real-time polymerase chain ...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Zhang L,Hou X,Sun L,He T,Wei R,Pang M,Wang R

更新日期：2018-07-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Cefquinome is a fourth generation cephalosporin with antimicrobial activity against gram negative and gram positive bacterial species, including Staphylococcus aureus. The aim of our study was to observe the ex-vivo activity of cefquinome against Staphylococcus aureus strains by using bovine serum from intravenously t...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Ahmad I,Hao H,Huang L,Sanders P,Wang X,Chen D,Tao Y,Xie S,Xiuhua K,Li J,Dan W,Yuan Z

更新日期：2015-06-17 00:00:00

abstract：:The sheep intestinal tract is characterized by a diverse microbial ecosystem that is vital for the host to digest diet material. The importance of gut microbiota (GM) of animals has also been widely acknowledged because of its pivotal roles in the health and well-being of animals. However, there are no relevant studie...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Zhang H,Shao M,Huang H,Wang S,Ma L,Wang H,Hu L,Wei K,Zhu R

更新日期：2018-01-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Marine Bacteroidetes constitute a very abundant bacterioplankton group in the oceans that plays a key role in recycling particulate organic matter and includes several photoheterotrophic members containing proteorhodopsin. Relatively few marine Bacteroidetes species have been described and, moreover, they correspond t...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Royo-Llonch M,Ferrera I,Cornejo-Castillo FM,Sánchez P,Salazar G,Stepanauskas R,González JM,Sieracki ME,Speich S,Stemmann L,Pedrós-Alió C,Acinas SG

更新日期：2017-07-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Climate change is accelerating the spread of plants and their associated species to new ranges. The differences in range shift capacity of the various types of species may disrupt long-term co-evolved relationships especially those belowground, however, this may be less so for seed-borne endophytic microbes. We collec...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Geisen S,Kostenko O,Cnossen MC,Ten Hooven FC,Vreš B,van der Putten WH

更新日期：2017-08-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Ripening cultures containing fungi and bacteria are widely used in smear-ripened cheese production processes, but little is known about the biotic interactions of typical ripening microorganisms at the surface of cheese. We developed a lab-scale mini-cheese model to investigate the biotic interactions of a synthetic c...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Pham NP,Landaud S,Lieben P,Bonnarme P,Monnet C

更新日期：2019-08-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Listeria monocytogenes can contaminate various foods via food processing environments and contamination of raw materials. There is a limited understanding of L. monocytogenes transmission in retail market and the role of insects in L. monocytogenes transmission in the retail environments. To better understand the risk...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Li H,Wang P,Lan R,Luo L,Cao X,Wang Y,Wang Y,Li H,Zhang L,Ji S,Ye C

更新日期：2018-05-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Seasonal precipitation changes are increasingly severe in subtropical areas. However, the responses of soil nitrogen (N) cycle and its associated functional microorganisms to such precipitation changes remain unclear. In this study, two projected precipitation patterns were manipulated: intensifying the dry-season dro...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Chen J,Nie Y,Liu W,Wang Z,Shen W

更新日期：2017-07-24 00:00:00

abstract：:[This corrects the article DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2018.03247.]. ...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Gupta S,Fečkaninová A,Lokesh J,Koščová J,Sørensen M,Fernandes J,Kiron V

更新日期：2019-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Anaerobic dechlorination of chlorophenols often subjects to their toxicity and recalcitrance, presenting low loading rate and poor degradation efficiency. In this study, in order to accelerate p-chlorophenol (p-CP) reduction and extracellular electron transfer in an anaerobic system, three iron-oxide nanoparticles, na...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Jiang X,Chen Y,Hou C,Liu X,Ou C,Han W,Sun X,Li J,Wang L,Shen J

更新日期：2018-08-30 00:00:00