Diversity of multi-drug resistant Acinetobacter baumannii population in a major hospital in Kuwait.

abstract：:Pseudomonas aeruginosa uses quorum sensing (QS) to regulate the production of public goods such as the secreted protease elastase. P. aeruginosa requires the LasI-LasR QS circuit to induce elastase and enable growth on casein as the sole carbon and energy source. The LasI-LasR system also induces a second QS circuit, ...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Yan H,Wang M,Sun F,Dandekar AA,Shen D,Li N

更新日期：2018-02-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Hydrogen sulfide is a toxic and corrosive gas, produced by the activity of sulfate-reducing microorganisms (SRM). Owing to the environmental, economic and human-health consequences of sulfide, there is interest in developing specific inhibitors of SRM. Recent studies have identified perchlorate as a promising emerging...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Stoeva MK,Nalula G,Garcia N,Cheng Y,Engelbrektson AL,Carlson HK,Coates JD

更新日期：2019-04-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Aeolian prokaryotic communities (APC) are important components of bioaerosols that are transported freely or attached to dust particles suspended in the atmosphere. Terrestrial and marine ecosystems are known to release and receive significant prokaryote loads into and from the surrounded atmospheric air. However, com...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Aalismail NA,Díaz-Rúa R,Ngugi DK,Cusack M,Duarte CM

更新日期：2020-11-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Research on the amphibian skin microbiota has focused on identifying bacterial taxa that deter a pathogenic chytrid fungus, and on describing patterns of microbiota variation. However, it remains unclear how environmental variation affects amphibian skin bacterial communities, and whether the overall functional divers...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Varela BJ,Lesbarrères D,Ibáñez R,Green DM

更新日期：2018-02-22 00:00:00

abstract：:CRISPR-Cas systems adapt "memories" via spacers from viruses and plasmids to develop adaptive immunity against mobile genetic elements. Mature CRISPR RNAs guide CRISPR-associated nucleases to site-specifically cleave target DNA or RNA, providing an efficient genome engineering tool for organisms of all three kingdoms....

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Li Y,Peng N

更新日期：2019-10-25 00:00:00

abstract：:QepA is one of the genes that confer quinolone resistance in bacteria. The aim of this study was to analyze the genetic structures of plasmids that carry a qepA3, a recently discovered allele of qepA in Enterobacteriaceae clinical isolates. 656 non-redundant Enterobacteriaceae clinical isolates were screened for the q...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Wang D,Huang X,Chen J,Mou Y,Li H,Yang L

更新日期：2015-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Dollar spot is caused by the fungus Clarireedia jacksonii and is the most common disease of golf course turfgrass in temperate climates. Oxalic acid (OA) is an important pathogenicity factor in other fungal plant pathogens, such as the dicot pathogen Sclerotinia sclerotiorum, but its role in C. jacksonii pathogenicity...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Townsend RV,Rioux RA,Kabbage M,Stephens C,Kerns JP,Koch P

更新日期：2020-08-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Planctomycetes are part of the complex microbial biofilm community of a wide range of macroalgae. Recently, some studies began to unveil the great diversity of Planctomycetes present in this microenvironment and the interactions between the two organisms. Culture dependent and independent methods revealed the existenc...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Lage OM,Bondoso J

更新日期：2014-06-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Special-flavor Baijiu is a unique Baijiu in Jiangxi Province, China, whose uniqueness mainly depends on the unique production process of special-flavor Baijiu Daqu. However, the microbial structure and physicochemical indices of different parts of the special-flavor Baijiu Daqu are still unknown. This greatly reduces ...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Chen Y,Li K,Liu T,Li R,Fu G,Wan Y,Zheng F

更新日期：2021-01-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Cheese microbiota contribute significantly to the final characteristics of cheeses due to the growth and interaction between cheese microorganisms during processing and ripening. For raw milk cheeses, such as Parmigiano Reggiano (PR), the microbiota derive from the raw milk itself, the dairy environment, and the start...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Bottari B,Levante A,Bancalari E,Sforza S,Bottesini C,Prandi B,De Filippis F,Ercolini D,Nocetti M,Gatti M

更新日期：2020-10-02 00:00:00

abstract：:The claimed role of gene reservoir of coagulase-negative staphylococci (CoNS) could be contradicted by estimates that CRISPR/Cas systems are found in the genomes of 40-50% of bacteria, as these systems interfere with plasmid uptake in staphylococci. To further correlate this role with presence of CRISPR, we analyzed, ...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Rossi CC,Souza-Silva T,Araújo-Alves AV,Giambiagi-deMarval M

更新日期：2017-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：:[This corrects the article on p. 37 in vol. 6, PMID: 25699029.]. ...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Ungerfeld EM

更新日期：2015-06-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Streptococcus pneumoniae (S. pneumoniae), a commensal across the nasal passages, is responsible for the majority of infectious pneumonia cases worldwide. Previous studies have shown that hormonal factors may be influential in regulating S. pneumoniae's transition from a non-pathogen to a pathogenic state. The current ...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Ndjom CG,Jones HP

更新日期：2015-04-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Seven wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) with different population equivalents and catchment areas were screened for the prevalence of the colistin resistance gene mcr-1 mediating resistance against last resort antibiotic polymyxin E. The abundance of the plasmid-associated mcr-1 gene in total microbial populations d...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Hembach N,Schmid F,Alexander J,Hiller C,Rogall ET,Schwartz T

更新日期：2017-07-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Cold-adapted fungi isolated from Antarctica, in particular those belonging to the genus Pseudogymnoascus, are producers of secondary metabolites with interesting bioactive properties as well as enzymes with potential biotechnological applications. However, at genetic level, the study of these fungi has been hindered b...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Díaz A,Villanueva P,Oliva V,Gil-Durán C,Fierro F,Chávez R,Vaca I

更新日期：2019-11-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Studying the pathobiology of the fungus Aspergillus fumigatus has gained a lot of attention in recent years. This is due to the fact that this fungus is a human pathogen that can cause severe diseases, like invasive pulmonary aspergillosis in immunocompromised patients. Because alveolar macrophages belong to the first...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Kraibooj K,Schoeler H,Svensson CM,Brakhage AA,Figge MT

更新日期：2015-06-09 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：:A novel Podoviridae lytic phage AJO2, specifically infecting Acinetobacter johnsonii, was isolated from bulking activated sludge. The one-step growth experiment showed that the latent period and burst size of AJO2 were estimated to be 30 min and 78.1 phages per infected cell, respectively. The viability test indicated...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Fan N,Yang M,Jin R,Qi R

更新日期：2019-02-20 00:00:00

abstract：:It was reported that exopolysaccharides (EPSs) from lactobacilli are able to differentially modulate mucosal antiviral immunity. Although research has described the ability of EPSs derived from Streptococcus thermophilus to modulate the mucosal immune system, their impact on antiviral immunity was less explored. In th...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Mizuno H,Tomotsune K,Islam MA,Funabashi R,Albarracin L,Ikeda-Ohtsubo W,Aso H,Takahashi H,Kimura K,Villena J,Sasaki Y,Kitazawa H

更新日期：2020-05-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Extracellular agents produced by newly isolated bacterial strains were able to catalyze the synthesis of silver nanoparticles (AgNPs). The most effective isolates were identified as Bacillus pumilus, B. persicus, and Bacillus licheniformis using molecular identification. DLS analysis revealed that the AgNPs synthesize...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Elbeshehy EK,Elazzazy AM,Aggelis G

更新日期：2015-05-13 00:00:00

abstract：:We aimed at isolating lactic acid bacteria (LAB) from different plant materials to study their crossed-fermentation capacity in silos and to find strains able to confer enhanced aerobic stability to silage. A total of 129 LAB isolates were obtained from lucerne (alfalfa), maize, sorghum, ryegrass, rice, barley, canola...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Puntillo M,Gaggiotti M,Oteiza JM,Binetti A,Massera A,Vinderola G

更新日期：2020-12-08 00:00:00

abstract：:To date, genes identified and transcriptionally regulated by the AirSR TCS have been involved in energy production and cellular homeostasis of the staphylococcal cell. It is well accepted that the state of cellular metabolism impacts the expression of virulence factors in Staphylococcus aureus. For this reason, we con...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Hall JW,Yang J,Guo H,Ji Y

更新日期：2015-07-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Marine Group (MG) I (currently known as Thaumarchaeota) and MG II Archaea were first reported over two decades ago. While significant progress has been made on MG I microbiology and ecology, the progress on MG II has been noticeably slower. The common understanding is that while MG I mainly function as chemolithoautot...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Zhang CL,Xie W,Martin-Cuadrado AB,Rodriguez-Valera F

更新日期：2015-10-13 00:00:00

abstract：:The Gram-negative bacterium Vibrio cholerae encodes two nucleases, Dns and Xds, which play a major role during the human pathogen's lifecycle. Dns and Xds control three-dimensional biofilm formation and bacterial detachment from biofilms via degradation of extracellular DNA and thus contribute to the environmental, in...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Pressler K,Mitterer F,Vorkapic D,Reidl J,Oberer M,Schild S

更新日期：2019-09-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Microalgae and probiotics such as Bifidobacterium and Lactobacillus genera are associated with human beneficial effects. The aim of this study was to evaluate the activity of Chlorella sorokiniana on Bifidobacterium longum and Lactobacillus plantarum viability in a dairy product (flan) and its microbial effect against...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Cantú-Bernal S,Domínguez-Gámez M,Medina-Peraza I,Aros-Uzarraga E,Ontiveros N,Flores-Mendoza L,Gomez-Flores R,Tamez-Guerra P,González-Ochoa G

更新日期：2020-05-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) and non-tuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) are formidable causes of lung diseases throughout the world. While MTB is considered to be more virulent than NTM, host factors also play a key role in disease development. To elucidate whether there are differential immune responses to various my...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Feng Z,Bai X,Wang T,Garcia C,Bai A,Li L,Honda JR,Nie X,Chan ED

更新日期：2020-02-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Corynebacterium pseudodiphtheriticum is a Gram-positive bacterium found as a member of the normal microbiota of the upper respiratory tract. It was suggested that C. pseudodiphtheriticum may be potentially used as a next-generation probiotic for nasal application, although no deep studies were performed in this regard...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Kanmani P,Clua P,Vizoso-Pinto MG,Rodriguez C,Alvarez S,Melnikov V,Takahashi H,Kitazawa H,Villena J

更新日期：2017-08-23 00:00:00

abstract：:The challenge in studying the surface architecture of different microbial pathogens is to integrate the most current biochemical, spectroscopic, microscopic, and processing techniques. Individually these methods have insufficient sensitivity to reveal complex structures, such as branched, large, viscous polymers with ...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Frases S,Viana NB,Casadevall A

更新日期：2011-10-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Swine grown under commercial conditions are vulnerable to environmental exposure to several viruses, which may cause infectious diseases and spread easily and rapidly, resulting in significant economic losses in animal husbandry. Previous studies have suggested that probiotics seem to be a new and promising alternativ...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Chang-Liao WP,Lee A,Chiu YH,Chang HW,Liu JR

更新日期：2020-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Francisella tularensis is an intracellular pathogen that can cause severe disease in a wide range of mammalian hosts. Primarily residing in host macrophages, F. tularensis escapes phagosomal degradation, and replicates in the macrophage cytosol. The macrophage uses a series of pattern recognition receptors to detect c...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Jones JW,Broz P,Monack DM

更新日期：2011-02-03 00:00:00