Important Role of a Putative Lytic Transglycosylase Cj0843c in β-Lactam Resistance in Campylobacter jejuni.

abstract：:The claudin family protein Fig1 is a unique fungal protein that is involved in pheromone-induced calcium influx and membrane fusion during the mating of Saccharomyces cerevisiae and Candida albicans. Whether and how Fig1 regulates Ca2+ homeostasis in response to extracellular stimuli is poorly understood. Previously, ...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Qian H,Chen Q,Zhang S,Lu L

更新日期：2018-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Klebsiella spp. have been isolated from many different environmental habitats but have mainly been associated with nosocomial acquired diseases in humans. Although there are many recently published sequenced genomes of members of this genus, there are very few studies on whole genome comparisons between clinical and n...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Dantur KI,Chalfoun NR,Claps MP,Tórtora ML,Silva C,Jure Á,Porcel N,Bianco MI,Vojnov A,Castagnaro AP,Welin B

更新日期：2018-07-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Aerobic granular sludge (AGS) is based on self-granulated flocs forming mobile biofilms with a gel-like consistence. Bacterial and structural dynamics from flocs to granules were followed in anaerobic-aerobic sequencing batch reactors (SBR) fed with synthetic wastewater, namely a bubble column (BC-SBR) operated under ...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Weissbrodt DG,Neu TR,Kuhlicke U,Rappaz Y,Holliger C

更新日期：2013-07-10 00:00:00

abstract：:The goal of this work was to study the overall genomic diversity of microorganisms of the Dagang high-temperature oilfield (PRC) and to characterize the metabolically active fraction of these populations. At this water-flooded oilfield, the microbial community of formation water from the near-bottom zone of an injecti...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Nazina TN,Shestakova NM,Semenova EM,Korshunova AV,Kostrukova NK,Tourova TP,Min L,Feng Q,Poltaraus AB

更新日期：2017-04-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Sphingomonas wittichii RW1 is a bacterium isolated for its ability to degrade the xenobiotic compounds dibenzodioxin and dibenzofuran (DBF). A number of genes involved in DBF degradation have been previously characterized, such as the dxn cluster, dbfB, and the electron transfer components fdx1, fdx3, and redA2. Here ...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Coronado E,Roggo C,Johnson DR,van der Meer JR

更新日期：2012-08-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Dietary inclusions of baicalin and chlorogenic acid were beneficial for intestinal health in pigs. Nevertheless, it is unknown whether these plant-derived products had protection for intestine against bacterial challenge in chickens. This study was aimed at evaluating the potential mitigating effects of plant extracts...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Wang WW,Jia HJ,Zhang HJ,Wang J,Lv HY,Wu SG,Qi GH

更新日期：2019-07-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Deep-sea hydrothermal vent environments are characterized by high hydrostatic pressure and sharp temperature and chemical gradients. Horizontal gene transfer is thought to play an important role in the microbial adaptation to such an extreme environment. In this study, a 21.4-kb DNA fragment was identified as a genomi...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Li Z,Li X,Xiao X,Xu J

更新日期：2016-11-29 00:00:00

abstract：:CapB2 is recognized as a tyrosine kinase and is likely a vital factor in extracellular polysaccharide synthesis in Staphylococcus aureus, but its pathogenicity function and regulatory mechanism remain obscure. Here, we demonstrate that CapB2 enhances bacterial virulence in a murine model. Mice infected with the wild t...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Li D,Guo Y,Wang S,Lv J,Qi X,Chen Z,Han L,Zhang X,Wang L,Yu F

更新日期：2017-02-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi confer heavy metal tolerance to plants, but this characteristic differs between different AM fungal strains. We tested the hypotheses if acclimatization of an AM fungus to Zn stress is possible and if this leads also to higher Zn tolerance of mycorrhizal plants. The AM fungus Rhizopha...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Bui VC,Franken P

更新日期：2018-12-18 00:00:00

abstract：:The development of a safe and efficient multivalent vaccine has great prospects for application. Both rabies virus (RABV) and canine distemper virus (CDV) are highly infectious antigens, causing lethal diseases in domestic dogs and other carnivores worldwide. In this study, a replication-deficient human adenovirus 5 (...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Yan L,Zhao Z,Xue X,Zheng W,Xu T,Liu L,Tian L,Wang X,He H,Zheng X

更新日期：2020-06-16 00:00:00

abstract：:[This corrects the article DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2019.01752.]. ...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Frontiers Production Office.

更新日期：2019-09-24 00:00:00

abstract：:The number of multidrug-resistant strains of Riemerella anatipestifer continues to increase, and new strategies for the treatment of associated infections are necessary. Recently, numerous studies have shown that efflux pumps (EPs) play key roles in universal bacterial mechanisms that contribute to antibiotic resistan...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Chen Q,Gong X,Zheng F,Ji G,Li S,Stipkovits L,Szathmary S,Liu Y

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Radix pseudostellariae L. is a common and popular Chinese medication. However, continuous monoculture has increased its susceptibility to severe diseases. We identified two pathogenic microorganisms, Talaromyces helicus M. (KU355274) and Kosakonia sacchari W. (KU324465), and their antagonistic bacterium, Bacillus pumi...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Wu H,Wu L,Wang J,Zhu Q,Lin S,Xu J,Zheng C,Chen J,Qin X,Fang C,Zhang Z,Azeem S,Lin W

更新日期：2016-03-17 00:00:00

abstract：:It is well known that the Na+ cycle and the cell wall are essential for alkaline adaptation of Na+-dependent alkaliphilic Bacillus species. In Bacillus pseudofirmus OF4, surface layer protein A (SlpA), the most abundant protein in the surface layer (S-layer) of the cell wall, is involved in alkaline adaptation, especi...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Fujinami S,Ito M

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since nitrogenase is extremely vulnerable to oxygen, aerobic or micro-aerobic nitrogen-fixing organisms need to create anaerobic microenvironments in the cells for diazotrophic growth, which would be one of the major barriers to express active nitrogenase in plants in efforts to create nitrogen-fixing plants. Numerous...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Nonaka A,Yamamoto H,Kamiya N,Kotani H,Yamakawa H,Tsujimoto R,Fujita Y

更新日期：2019-03-15 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：:Most antibiotics are produced by soil microbes and typically interfere with macromolecular synthesis processes as their antibacterial mechanism of action. These natural products are often large and suffer from poor chemical tractability. Here, we discuss discovery, mechanism of action, and the therapeutic potentials o...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Negatu DA,Gengenbacher M,Dartois V,Dick T

更新日期：2020-10-27 00:00:00

abstract：:In the fast-growing Escherichia coli cells, RNA polymerase (RNAP) molecules are concentrated and form foci at clusters of ribosomal RNA (rRNA) operons resembling eukaryotic nucleolus. The bacterial nucleolus-like organization, spatially compartmentalized at the surface of the compact bacterial chromosome (nucleoid), s...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Mata Martin C,Sun Z,Zhou YN,Jin DJ

更新日期：2018-06-05 00:00:00

abstract：:β-Lactam antibiotics can increase the resistance and virulence of individual intestinal microorganisms, which may affect host physiology and health. Klebsiella, a crucial gut inhabitant, has been confirmed to be resistant to most β-lactam antibiotics and contributes to the etiology of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD)....

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Lin H,Wang Q,Liu L,Chen Z,Das R,Zhao Y,Mao D,Luo Y

更新日期：2020-06-24 00:00:00

abstract：:The spreading of multidrug-resistant Candida auris is considered as an emerging global health threat. The number of effective therapeutic regimens is strongly limited; therefore, development of novel strategies is needed. Farnesol is a quorum-sensing molecule with a potential antifungal and/or adjuvant effect; it may ...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Nagy F,Vitális E,Jakab Á,Borman AM,Forgács L,Tóth Z,Majoros L,Kovács R

更新日期：2020-05-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic inflammatory rheumatic diseases (CIRDs) are immune-mediated pathologies involving joints. To date, TNFα-blocking agents administration is the most promising therapy, although these treatments are associated with an increased Polyomavirus JC (JCPyV) reactivation, the etiological agent of the Progressive Multifo...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Rodio DM,Anzivino E,Mischitelli M,Bellizzi A,Scrivo R,Scribano D,Conte G,Prezioso C,Trancassini M,Valesini G,Palamara AT,Pietropaolo V

更新日期：2016-05-10 00:00:00

abstract：:The synthesis of phospholipids relies on a sort of genes, whose promoter regions contain inositol-sensitive upstream activation sequence (UASINO) and are regulated by the basic helix-loop-helix (bHLH)-type ino2/ino4 transcription factor (TF) pair. Ten putative bHLH TFs have been found through whole genome sequencing o...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Dong H,Yu D,Wang B,Pan L

更新日期：2020-01-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Molasses are sub-products of the sugar industry, rich in sucrose and containing other sugars like raffinose, glucose, and fructose. Alpha-galactosidases (EC. 3.2.1.22) catalyze the hydrolysis of alpha-(1,6) bonds of galactose residues in galacto-oligosaccharides (melibiose, raffinose, and stachyose) and complex galact...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Álvarez-Cao ME,Cerdán ME,González-Siso MI,Becerra M

更新日期：2019-03-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Toxoplasma gondii is the causative agent for toxoplasmosis. The rhoptry protein 1 (ROP1) is secreted by rhoptry, an apical secretory organelle of the parasite. ROP1 plays an important role in host cell invasion. In this study, the efficacy of ROP1 as a vaccine candidate against toxoplasmosis was evaluated through intr...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Sonaimuthu P,Ching XT,Fong MY,Kalyanasundaram R,Lau YL

更新日期：2016-05-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Cell-free supernatants (CFSs) extracted from various lactic acid bacteria (LAB) cultures were applied to Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis (MAP) cells to determine their effect on MAP viability. In addition, 5% lactic acid (LA; pH 3) and commercially synthetized nisin bacteriocin were also tested. This proce...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Kralik P,Babak V,Dziedzinska R

更新日期：2018-04-03 00:00:00

abstract：:The use of additives in food products has become an important public health concern. In recent reports, dietary emulsifiers have been shown to affect the gut microbiota, contributing to a pro-inflammatory phenotype and metabolic syndrome. So far, it is not yet known whether similar microbiome shifts are observable for...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Miclotte L,De Paepe K,Rymenans L,Callewaert C,Raes J,Rajkovic A,Van Camp J,Van de Wiele T

更新日期：2020-11-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Escherichia coli O157: H7 (EHEC) is a major foodborne pathogen largely transmitted to humans through the consumption of undercooked ground beef. This study investigated the efficacy of two food-grade, plant-derived antimicrobials, namely rutin (RT), and resveratrol (RV) with or without chitosan (CH) in enhancing EHEC ...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Surendran Nair M,Lau P,Belskie K,Fancher S,Chen CH,Karumathil DP,Yin HB,Liu Y,Ma F,Upadhyaya I,Upadhyay A,Mancini R,Venkitanarayanan K

更新日期：2016-02-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Many studies indicate that variation of marine bacterial beta diversity in the horizontal dimension is mainly attributable to environmental and spatial effects. However, whether and how these two effects drive bacterial beta diversity in the vertical dimension remains unclear, especially when considering seasonal vari...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Cheng WH,Lu HP,Chen CC,Jan S,Hsieh CH

更新日期：2020-03-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Early nutrition of pullets could determine the overall development and the performance of laying hens. With the aim to reduce the use of antibiotic growth promoters (AGPs) and to maintain the growth and development of pullets, the effect of simultaneous short-termed supplementation of AGPs (bacitracin zinc 20 mg/kg an...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Li X,Wu S,Li X,Yan T,Duan Y,Yang X,Duan Y,Sun Q,Yang X

更新日期：2018-10-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Human gut bacteria metabolize dietary components such as choline and carnitine to trimethylamine (TMA) that is subsequently oxidized to trimethylamine-N-oxide (TMAO) by hepatic enzymes. Increased plasma levels of TMAO are associated with the development of cardiovascular and renal disease. In this study, we applied ge...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Rath S,Rud T,Pieper DH,Vital M

更新日期：2020-01-09 00:00:00