Automated quantification of the phagocytosis of Aspergillus fumigatus conidia by a novel image analysis algorithm.

abstract：:In this study, four strains of Lactobacillus casei, as viable cells or cell-free extracts (CFE), were added to elderberry juice in order to evaluate their effect on phenolic and aromatic profile. Two of them were able to grow in juice while the others showed zero-growth. The same strains were lysed and added as extrac...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Ricci A,Levante A,Cirlini M,Calani L,Bernini V,Del Rio D,Galaverna G,Neviani E,Lazzi C

更新日期：2018-11-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Microbial eukaryotes can play prominent roles in the Arctic marine ecosystem, but their diversity and variability is not well known in the ice-covered ecosystems. We determined the community composition of microbial eukaryotes in an Arctic under-ice spring bloom north of Svalbard using metabarcoding of DNA and RNA fro...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Meshram AR,Vader A,Kristiansen S,Gabrielsen TM

更新日期：2017-06-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Carbapenemases are bacterial enzymes that hydrolyze carbapenems, a group of last-resort β-lactam antibiotics used for treatment of severe bacterial infections. They belong to three β-lactamase classes based amino acid sequence (A, B, and D). The aim of this study was to elucidate occurrence, diversity and functionalit...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Gudeta DD,Bortolaia V,Pollini S,Docquier JD,Rossolini GM,Amos GC,Wellington EM,Guardabassi L

更新日期：2016-12-26 00:00:00

abstract：:RNA silencing, an evolutionarily conserved and sequence-specific gene-inactivation system, has a pivotal role in antiviral defense in most eukaryotic organisms. In plants, a class of exogenous small RNAs (sRNAs) originating from the infecting virus called virus-derived small interfering RNAs (vsiRNAs) are predominantl...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Zhang C,Wu Z,Li Y,Wu J

更新日期：2015-11-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Filamentous fungi are an abundant source of bioactive secondary metabolites (SMs). In many cases, the biosynthetic processes of SMs are not well understood. This work focuses on a group of SMs, the alkylcitric acids, each of which contains a saturated alkyl "tail," and a citrate-derived "head." We initially identified...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Palys S,Pham TTM,Tsang A

更新日期：2020-06-30 00:00:00

abstract：:The human immune response that controls Plasmodium infection in the liver and blood stages of the parasite life cycle is composed by both pro- and anti-inflammatory programs. Pro-inflammatory responses primarily mediated by IFN-γ controls the infection, but also induce tolerogenic mechanisms to limit host damage, incl...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Dos Santos RO,da Cruz MGS,Lopes SCP,Oliveira LB,Nogueira PA,Lima ES,Soares IS,Kano FS,de Carvalho AT,Costa FTM,Ganoza CA,de Lacerda MVG,Lalwani P

更新日期：2020-03-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Molecular signaling networks in the actinorhizal rhizosphere select host-compatible Frankia strains, trigger the infection process and eventually the genesis of nitrogen-fixing nodules. The molecular triggers involved remain difficult to ascertain. Root exudates (RE) are highly dynamic substrates that play key roles i...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Ktari A,Gueddou A,Nouioui I,Miotello G,Sarkar I,Ghodhbane-Gtari F,Sen A,Armengaud J,Gtari M

更新日期：2017-05-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous studies on vancomycin-intermediate Staphylococcus aureus (VISA) have mainly focused on drug resistance, the evolution of differences in virulence between VISA and vancomycin-sensitive S. aureus (VSSA) requires further investigation. To address this issue, in this study, we compared the virulence and toxin pro...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Jin Y,Yu X,Zhang S,Kong X,Chen W,Luo Q,Zheng B,Xiao Y

更新日期：2020-10-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Pathogenic marine bacteria are found in environments and food sources with high salt concentrations, which the bacteria must effectively manage for their survival. Several mechanisms, such as the transport of ions and compatible solutes as well as changes in aerobic and anaerobic respiration, confer salt tolerance to ...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Fu X,Zhang J,Li T,Zhang M,Li J,Kan B

更新日期：2018-01-22 00:00:00

abstract：:The fungus Colletotrichum gloeosporiodes infects plant hosts with a specialized cell called an appressorium, which is melanized and required for plant cell wall penetration. Here, we show that the mitogen-activated protein kinase CgMK1 governs appressorium formation and virulence in the poplar anthracnose fungus C. gl...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： He P,Wang Y,Wang X,Zhang X,Tian C

更新日期：2017-11-10 00:00:00

abstract：:The status of intestinal microbiota is a determinant of host health. However, the alteration of the gut microbiota caused by the innate immune response to virus infection is unclear. Caenorhabditis elegans and its natural virus Orsay provide an excellent model of host-virus interactions. We evaluated the intestinal mi...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Guo Y,Xun Z,Coffman SR,Chen F

更新日期：2017-05-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Horizontal gene transfer within diverse bacterial populations occurs through multiple mechanisms of exchange. The most established routes of gene transfer, transduction, transformation, and conjugation, have been characterized in detail, revealing the advantages and limitations of each mechanism. More recently, inters...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Nazarian P,Tran F,Boedicker JQ

更新日期：2018-12-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Strain 212 of Penicillium rubens (PO212) is an effective fungal biological control agent against a broad spectrum of diseases of horticultural plants. A pyrimidine auxotrophic isolate of PO212, PO212_18.2, carrying an inactive pyrG gene, has been used as host for transformation by positive selection of vectors contain...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Villarino M,Espeso EA,Melgarejo P,Larena I

更新日期：2018-07-23 00:00:00

abstract：:The DedA family is a conserved membrane protein family found in most organisms. A Burkholderia thailandensis DedA family protein, named DbcA, is required for high-level colistin (polymyxin E) resistance, but the mechanism awaits elucidation. Modification of lipopolysaccharide lipid A with the cationic sugar aminoarabi...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Panta PR,Doerrler WT

更新日期：2021-01-12 00:00:00

abstract：:In vitro and in vivo research based on cell lines and animals are likely to be insufficient in elucidating authentic biological and physiological phenomena mimicking human systems, especially for generating pre-clinical data on targets and biomarkers. There is an obvious need for a model that can further bridge the ga...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Tan KS,Yan Y,Koh WLH,Li L,Choi H,Tran T,Sugrue R,Wang Y,Chow VT

更新日期：2018-11-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Amplicon sequencing of 16S, ITS, and 18S regions of microbial genomes is a commonly used first step toward understanding microbial communities of interest for human health, agriculture, and the environment. Correlation network analysis is an emerging tool for investigating the interactions within these microbial commu...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Brisson V,Schmidt J,Northen TR,Vogel JP,Gaudin A

更新日期：2019-03-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Primary dark tea is used as raw material for compressed dark tea, such as Fu brick tea, Hei brick tea, Hua brick tea, and Qianliang tea. Pile-fermentation is the key process for the formation of the characteristic properties of primary dark tea, during which the microorganism plays an important role. In this study, th...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Li Q,Chai S,Li Y,Huang J,Luo Y,Xiao L,Liu Z

更新日期：2018-07-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Currently, there is little evidence on the in situ antibacterial activity of essential oils (EO) without alcohol. This study aimed to evaluate in situ the substantivity and antiplaque effect on the plaque-like biofilm (PL-biofilm) of two solutions, a traditional formulation that contains EO with alcohol (T-EO) and an ...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Quintas V,Prada-López I,Carreira MJ,Suárez-Quintanilla D,Balsa-Castro C,Tomás I

更新日期：2017-11-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Currently, sulfate-reducing bacteria (SRB) is regarded as the main culprit of microbiologically influenced corrosion (MIC), mainly due to the low reported corrosion rates of other microorganisms. For example, the highest reported corrosion rate for methanogens is 0.065 mm/yr. However, by investigating methanogen-induc...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： An BA,Kleinbub S,Ozcan O,Koerdt A

更新日期：2020-03-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Aflatoxins are highly toxic carcinogens that detrimentally influence profitability of agriculture and the health of humans and domestic animals. Several phylogenetically distinct fungi within Aspergillus section Flavi have S-morphology (average sclerotial size < 400 μm), and consistently produce high concentrations of...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Singh P,Callicott KA,Orbach MJ,Cotty PJ

更新日期：2020-06-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Abortive infection is an anti-phage mechanism employed by a bacterium to initiate its own death upon phage infection. This reduces, or eliminates, production of viral progeny and protects clonal siblings in the bacterial population by an act akin to an "altruistic suicide." Abortive infection can be mediated by a Type...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Chen B,Akusobi C,Fang X,Salmond GPC

更新日期：2017-05-31 00:00:00

abstract：Rationale:Although frequently retrieved in tracheal secretions of critically ill patients on mechanical ventilation, the existence of pneumonia caused by coagulase-negative staphylococci (CoNS) remains controversial. Objective:To assess whether Staphylococcus haemolyticus (S. haemolyticus) inoculated in mice's trachea...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Shi MM,Monsel A,Rouby JJ,Xu YP,Zhu YG,Qu JM

更新日期：2019-10-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Forty-two oenological strains of Lb. plantarum were assessed for their response to ethanol and pH values generally encountered in wines. Strains showed a higher variability in the survival when exposed to low pH (3.5 or 3.0) than when exposed to ethanol (10 or 14%). The study allowed to individuate the highest ethanol...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Succi M,Pannella G,Tremonte P,Tipaldi L,Coppola R,Iorizzo M,Lombardi SJ,Sorrentino E

更新日期：2017-03-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Photo-receptors are widely present in both prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells, which serves as the foundation of tuning cell behaviors with light. While practices in eukaryotic cells have been relatively established, trials in bacterial cells have only been emerging in the past few years. A number of light sensors have ...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Liu Z,Zhang J,Jin J,Geng Z,Qi Q,Liang Q

更新日期：2018-11-08 00:00:00

abstract：:From 2015 onwards, the number of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium (VREfm) isolates increased in Tasmania. Previously, we examined the transmission of VREfm at the Royal Hobart Hospital (RHH). In this study, we performed a state-wide analysis of VREfm from Tasmania's four public acute hospitals. Whole-genome a...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Leong KWC,Kalukottege R,Cooley LA,Anderson TL,Wells A,Langford E,O'Toole RF

更新日期：2020-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The viruses play an important role in limiting bacterial abundance in oceans and, hence, in regulating bacterial biogeochemical functions. A cruise was conducted in September 2005 along a transect in the deep South China Sea (SCS). The results showed the double maxima in the ratio of viral to bacterial abundance (VBR)...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： He L,Yin K,Yuan X

更新日期：2019-07-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Little is known about the importance and/or mechanisms of biological mineral oxidation in sediments, partially due to the difficulties associated with culturing mineral-oxidizing microbes. We demonstrate that electrochemical enrichment is a feasible approach for isolation of microbes capable of gaining electrons from ...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Rowe AR,Chellamuthu P,Lam B,Okamoto A,Nealson KH

更新日期：2015-01-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Matrix-assisted Laser Desorption Ionization-Time of Flight Mass Spectroscopy (MALDI-TOF MS) has been used routinely over the past decade in clinical microbiology laboratories to rapidly characterize diverse microorganisms of medical importance both at the genus and species levels. Currently, there is keen interest in ...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Tuohy JM,Mueller-Spitz SR,Albert CM,Scholz-Ng SE,Wall ME,Noutsios GT,Gutierrez AJ,Sandrin TR

更新日期：2018-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Proteus spp. are commensal Enterobacterales of the human digestive tract. At the same time, P. mirabilis is commonly involved in urinary tract infections (UTI). P. mirabilis is naturally resistant to several antibiotics including colistin and shows reduced susceptibility to imipenem. However higher levels of resistanc...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Girlich D,Bonnin RA,Dortet L,Naas T

更新日期：2020-02-21 00:00:00

abstract：:The problem of food spoilage due to Aspergillus flavus (A. flavus) needs to be resolved. In this study, we found that the minimum inhibitory concentration of cinnamaldehyde (CA) that inhibited A. flavus was 0.065 mg/ml and that corn can be prevented from spoiling at a concentration of 0.13 mg/cm3. In addition to inhib...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Qu S,Yang K,Chen L,Liu M,Geng Q,He X,Li Y,Liu Y,Tian J

更新日期：2019-12-18 00:00:00