Diversity and role of plasmids in adaptation of bacteria inhabiting the Lubin copper mine in Poland, an environment rich in heavy metals.

abstract：:[This corrects the article on p. 42 in vol. 9, PMID: 29459850.]. ...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Khalaf EM,Raizada MN

更新日期：2018-06-11 00:00:00

abstract：:The Asian citrus psyllid (ACP), Diaphorina citri (Kuwayama) (Hemiptera: Liviidae), is a notorious Rutaceae plant pest. Frequent and extensive use of pesticides has resulted in severe insecticide resistance in ACP populations. Fully understanding the mechanism of ACP resistance to pesticides is vital for us to control ...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Yi T,Lei L,He L,Yi J,Li L,Dai L,Hong Y

更新日期：2020-12-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Interleukin-10 (IL-10) is one of the most important anti-inflammatory cytokine produced during bacterial infection. Two related phenomena explain the importance of IL-10 production in this context: first, the wide range of cells able to produce this cytokine and second, the wide effects that it causes on target cells....

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Peñaloza HF,Noguera LP,Riedel CA,Bueno SM

更新日期：2018-09-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Bacterial secondary metabolites possess a wide range of biologically active compounds including antibacterial and antioxidants. In this study, a Gram-positive novel marine Actinobacteria was isolated from sea sediment which showed 84% 16S rRNA gene sequence (KT588655) similarity with Streptomyces variabilis (EU841661)...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Dholakiya RN,Kumar R,Mishra A,Mody KH,Jha B

更新日期：2017-12-07 00:00:00

abstract：:We present a fluorometric method for determining ABC transporter activity in the pathogenic fungus C. albicans during different growth phases and in response to glucose. The carbocyanine dye diS-C3(3) was previously used to monitor plasma membrane potentials and test the influence of surface-active compounds in membra...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Szczepaniak J,Łukaszewicz M,Krasowska A

更新日期：2015-12-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Bacillus cereus is a Gram-positive pathogen that causes a wide variety of diseases in humans. It secretes into the extracellular milieu proteins that may contribute directly or indirectly to its virulence. EntD is a novel exoprotein identified by proteogenomics of B. cereus ATCC 14579. We constructed a ΔentD mutant an...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Omer H,Alpha-Bazin B,Brunet JL,Armengaud J,Duport C

更新日期：2015-10-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Metabolic disorders associated with obesity and cardiometabolic disorders are worldwide epidemic. Among the different environmental factors, the gut microbiota is now considered as a key player interfering with energy metabolism and host susceptibility to several non-communicable diseases. Among the next-generation be...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Cani PD,de Vos WM

更新日期：2017-09-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Research in the deep terrestrial biosphere is driven by interest in novel biodiversity and metabolisms, biogeochemical cycling, and the impact of human activities on this ecosystem. As this interest continues to grow, it is important to ensure that when subsurface investigations are proposed, materials recovered from ...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Wilkins MJ,Daly RA,Mouser PJ,Trexler R,Sharma S,Cole DR,Wrighton KC,Biddle JF,Denis EH,Fredrickson JK,Kieft TL,Onstott TC,Peterson L,Pfiffner SM,Phelps TJ,Schrenk MO

更新日期：2014-09-12 00:00:00

abstract：:During a regular monitoring of antimicrobial resistance in a farrowing farm in Southern China, 117 Escherichia coli isolates were obtained from sows and piglets. Compared with the isolates from piglets, the isolates from sows exhibited higher resistance rates to the tested cephalosporins. Correspondingly, the total de...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Deng H,Si HB,Zeng SY,Sun J,Fang LX,Yang RS,Liu YH,Liao XP

更新日期：2015-11-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Ubiquitination is a post-translational modification in which one or more ubiquitin molecules are covalently linked to lysine residues of target proteins. The ubiquitin system plays a key role in the regulation of protein degradation, which contributes to cell signaling, vesicular trafficking, apoptosis, and immune reg...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Ashizawa A,Higashi C,Masuda K,Ohga R,Taira T,Fujimuro M

更新日期：2012-02-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato DC3000 carries the wssABCDEFGHI operon for the synthesis of acetylated cellulose, whose production is stimulated by increasing the intracellular levels of the second messenger c-di-GMP. This enhances air-liquid biofilm formation and generates a wrinkly colony morphotype in solid media. ...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Pérez-Mendoza D,Felipe A,Ferreiro MD,Sanjuán J,Gallegos MT

更新日期：2019-04-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite increasing reports of low-level linezolid-resistant enterococci worldwide, the mechanism of this resistance remains poorly understood. Previous transcriptome studies of low-level linezolid-resistant Enterococcus faecalis isolates have demonstrated a number of significantly up-regulated genes potentially involv...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Yan J,Xia Y,Yang M,Zou J,Chen Y,Zhang D,Ma L

更新日期：2018-07-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Methylketones are broadly distributed in nature and perform a variety of functions. Most microorganisms are thought to produce methylketone by abortive β-oxidation of fatty acid catalytic metabolism. However, two methylketone synthetase genes in wild tomatoes are reported to synthesize methylketone using intermediates...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Zhu M,Xu X,Li Y,Wang P,Niu S,Zhang K,Huang X

更新日期：2019-07-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Recently, controllable, targeted proteolysis has emerged as one of the most promising new strategies to study essential genes and otherwise toxic mutations. One of the principal limitations preventing the wider adoption of this approach is due to the lack of easily identifiable species-specific degrons that can be use...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Liu N,Chaudhry MT,Xie Z,Kreth J,Merritt J

更新日期：2017-12-19 00:00:00

abstract：:The present work focuses on LC-ESI-MS/MS (liquid chromatography-electrospray ionization-tandem mass spectrometry) analysis of phage-origin tryptic digestion peptides from mastitis-causing Streptococcus spp. isolated from milk. A total of 2,546 non-redundant peptides belonging to 1,890 proteins were identified and anal...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Abril AG,Carrera M,Böhme K,Barros-Velázquez J,Cañas B,Rama JLR,Villa TG,Calo-Mata P

更新日期：2020-06-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Fumarases (Fums) catalyze the reversible reaction converting fumarate to l-malate. There are two kinds of Fums: Class І and ІІ. Thermostable Class ІІ Fums, from mesophilic microorganisms, are utilized for industrial l-malate production. However, the low thermostability of these Fums is a limitation in industrial l-mal...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Ito S,Iwazumi K,Sukigara H,Osanai T

更新日期：2020-09-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Lactic acid bacteria (LAB) are important for human health. However, the relative abundance of LAB in complex samples, such as fecal samples, is low and their presence and diversity (at the species level) is understudied. Therefore, we designed LAB-specific primer pairs based on 16S rRNA gene consensus sequences from 4...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Hou Q,Bai X,Li W,Gao X,Zhang F,Sun Z,Zhang H

更新日期：2018-08-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Bifidobacteria colonize the gut of various mammals, including humans, where they may metabolize complex, diet-, and host-derived carbohydrates. The glycan-associated metabolic features encoded by bifidobacteria are believed to be strongly influenced by cross-feeding activities due to the co-existence of strains with d...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Turroni F,Özcan E,Milani C,Mancabelli L,Viappiani A,van Sinderen D,Sela DA,Ventura M

更新日期：2015-09-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Viruses and plasmids can introduce novel DNA into bacterial cells, thereby creating an opportunity for genome expansion; conversely, CRISPR, the prokaryotic adaptive immune system, which targets and eliminates foreign DNAs, may impair genome expansions. Recent studies presented conflicting results over the impact of C...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Gao NL,Chen J,Wang T,Lercher MJ,Chen WH

更新日期：2019-10-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Avibacterium paragallinarum, the causative agent of infectious coryza, is known to release outer membrane vesicles (OMVs). In the present study, we investigated the composition, bioactivities, and functional properties of the OMVs of A. paragallinarum. Following extraction and purification, the OMVs were observed to b...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Mei C,Sun AH,Blackall PJ,Xian H,Li SF,Gong YM,Wang HJ

更新日期：2020-09-25 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：:With the increasing amount of evidence linking certain disorders of the human body to a disturbed gut microbiota, there is a growing interest for compounds that positively influence its composition and activity through diet. Besides the consumption of probiotics to stimulate favorable bacterial communities in the huma...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Rivière A,Selak M,Lantin D,Leroy F,De Vuyst L

更新日期：2016-06-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Human campylobacteriosis is considered one of the most common foodborne diseases worldwide with poultry identified as the main source of infection accounting for 50-80% of human cases. Highly virulent Campylobacter spp., positive for the Type VI secretion system (T6SS), which have an increased ability to adhere to and...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Sima F,Stratakos AC,Ward P,Linton M,Kelly C,Pinkerton L,Stef L,Gundogdu O,Lazar V,Corcionivoschi N

更新日期：2018-09-07 00:00:00

abstract：:The competition between sulfate reducing bacteria and methanogens over common substrates has been proposed as a critical control for methane production. In this study, we examined the co-existence of methanogenesis and sulfate reduction with shared substrates over a large range of sulfate concentrations and rates of s...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Sela-Adler M,Ronen Z,Herut B,Antler G,Vigderovich H,Eckert W,Sivan O

更新日期：2017-05-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Sulfoquinovose (SQ, 6-deoxy-6-sulfoglucose) is produced by plants and other phototrophs and its biodegradation is a relevant component of the biogeochemical carbon and sulfur cycles. SQ is known to be degraded by aerobic bacterial consortia in two tiers via C3-organosulfonates as transient intermediates to CO2, water ...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Burrichter A,Denger K,Franchini P,Huhn T,Müller N,Spiteller D,Schleheck D

更新日期：2018-11-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Lake Fryxell, situated in the McMurdo Dry Valleys of Antarctica, is an intriguing aquatic ecosystem because of its perennial ice cover, highly stratified water column, and extreme physicochemical conditions, which collectively restrict lake biodiversity to solely microbial forms. To expand our current understanding of...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Baker JM,Vander Schaaf NA,Cunningham AMG,Hang AC,Reeves CL,Huffman ER,Riester CJ,Madigan MT,Sattley WM

更新日期：2019-02-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Current human immunodeficiency virus type 1 pandemic is believed to originate from cross-species transmission of simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV) into human population. Such cross-species transmission, however, is not efficient in general, because viral replication is modulated by host cell factors, with the specie...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Sakuma R,Takeuchi H

更新日期：2012-04-27 00:00:00

abstract：:The viral enzyme integrase (IN) is essential for the replication of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) and represents an important target for the development of new antiretroviral drugs. In this study, we focused on the N-terminal domain (NTD), which is mainly involved into protein oligomerization process, fo...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Sala M,Spensiero A,Esposito F,Scala MC,Vernieri E,Bertamino A,Manfra M,Carotenuto A,Grieco P,Novellino E,Cadeddu M,Tramontano E,Schols D,Campiglia P,Gomez-Monterrey IM

更新日期：2016-06-10 00:00:00

abstract：:DNA polymerase is a ubiquitous enzyme that synthesizes complementary DNA strands according to the template DNA in living cells. Multiple enzymes have been identified from each organism, and the shared functions of these enzymes have been investigated. In addition to their fundamental role in maintaining genome integri...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Ishino S,Ishino Y

更新日期：2014-08-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Candida oleophila is an effective biocontrol agent used to control post-harvest diseases of fruits and vegetables. C. oleophila I-182 was the active agent used in the first-generation yeast-based commercial product, Aspire®, for post-harvest disease management. Several action modes, like competition for nutrients and ...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Sui Y,Wisniewski M,Droby S,Piombo E,Wu X,Yue J

更新日期：2020-02-25 00:00:00