xCT, not just an amino-acid transporter: a multi-functional regulator of microbial infection and associated diseases.

abstract：:Resistance to antibiotics is one of the most relevant public health concerns in the world. Aquatic environments play an important role because they are reservoirs for antibiotic resistance genes and antibiotic-resistant strains, contributing to the spread of resistance. The present study investigated the resistome in ...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Alves J,Dias L,Mateus J,Marques J,Graças D,Ramos R,Seldin L,Henriques I,Silva A,Folador A

更新日期：2020-02-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Bacteriophages are the most common entities on earth and represent a constant challenge to bacterial populations. To fend off bacteriophage infection, bacteria evolved immune systems to avert phage adsorption and block invader DNA entry. They developed restriction-modification systems and mechanisms to abort infection...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Shabbir MA,Hao H,Shabbir MZ,Wu Q,Sattar A,Yuan Z

更新日期：2016-08-17 00:00:00

abstract：:The Deepwater Horizon (DWH) blowout resulted in oil transport, including polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) to the Gulf of Mexico shoreline. The microbial communities of these shorelines are thought to be responsible for the intrinsic degradation of PAHs. To investigate the Gulf Coast beach microbial community re...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Kappell AD,Wei Y,Newton RJ,Van Nostrand JD,Zhou J,McLellan SL,Hristova KR

更新日期：2014-05-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Manipulation of cell cycle is a commonly employed strategy of viruses for achieving a favorable cellular environment during infection. Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus (KSHV), the primary etiological agent of several human malignancies including Kaposi's sarcoma, and primary effusion lymphoma, encodes several o...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Wei F,Gan J,Wang C,Zhu C,Cai Q

更新日期：2016-03-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Purpureocillium lilacinum is a promising nematophagous ascomycete able to adapt diverse environments and it is also an opportunistic fungus that infects humans. A microbial inoculant of P. lilacinum has been registered to control plant parasitic nematodes. However, the molecular mechanism of the toxicological processe...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Xie J,Li S,Mo C,Xiao X,Peng D,Wang G,Xiao Y

更新日期：2016-07-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Interactions with microbes affect many aspects of animal biology, including immune system development, nutrition and health. In vertebrates, the gut microbiota is dominated by a small subset of phyla, but the species composition within these phyla is typically not conserved. Moreover, several recent studies have shown...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Ellegaard KM,Engel P

更新日期：2016-09-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Litter decomposition is the key link between material circulation and energy flow in ecosystems, resulting from the activity of resident microbes and various enzymes. This study investigated enzyme activity in litter and associated microbial community characteristics to help clarify the internal mechanisms associated ...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Jia T,Wang Y,Chai B

更新日期：2020-12-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Bacillus cereus plays an often unrecognized role in food borne diseases. Food poisoning caused by this pathogen is manifested by either diarrhea or emesis. Due to the relatively high prevalence of emetic toxin cereulide associated food poisoning, methods for simple and reliable detection of cereulide producing strains...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Doellinger J,Schneider A,Stark TD,Ehling-Schulz M,Lasch P

更新日期：2020-10-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Many bacterial pathogens use quorum-sensing (QS) signaling to regulate the expression of factors contributing to virulence and persistence. Bacteria produce signals of different chemical classes. The signal molecule, known as diffusible signal factor (DSF), is a cis-unsaturated fatty acid that was first described in t...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Rahmani-Badi A,Sepehr S,Fallahi H,Heidari-Keshel S

更新日期：2015-04-28 00:00:00

abstract：:The utilization of the black soldier fly (BSF) Hermetia illucens L. for recycling organic waste into high-quality protein and fat biomass for animal feeds has gained momentum worldwide. However, information on the genetic diversity and environmental implications on safety of the larvae is limited. This study delineate...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Khamis FM,Ombura FLO,Akutse KS,Subramanian S,Mohamed SA,Fiaboe KKM,Saijuntha W,Van Loon JJA,Dicke M,Dubois T,Ekesi S,Tanga CM

更新日期：2020-07-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Cervical cancer is the third most common cancer worldwide and the fourth leading cause of cancer-associated mortality in women. Accumulating evidence indicates that long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) and circular RNAs (circRNAs) may play key roles in the carcinogenesis of different cancers; however, little is known about ...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Wang H,Zhao Y,Chen M,Cui J

更新日期：2017-09-19 00:00:00

abstract：:The translation of enterovirus 71 (EV71) is mediated by an internal ribosome entry site (IRES)-dependent manner. EV71 IRES comprises five highly structured domains (domains II-VI) in the 5'-untranslated region of the viral mRNA. A conserved AUG triplet residing in domain VI is proposed to be the ribosome entry site. I...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Su YS,Tsai AH,Ho YF,Huang SY,Liu YC,Hwang LH

更新日期：2018-06-19 00:00:00

abstract：:A moderately halotolerant Streptomyces strain, designated JAJ13 was characterized and a culture medium was statistically optimized to improve its antibacterial activity. Based on the phenotypic and molecular characteristics, strain JAJ13 was identified as a moderately halotolerant Streptomyces sp. JAJ13. Novelty of th...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Rajeswari P,Jose PA,Amiya R,Jebakumar SR

更新日期：2015-01-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Current anti-hepatitis B virus (HBV) regimen do not meet ideal result due to emerging resistance strains, cytotoxicity, and unfavorable adverse effects. In chronic HBV infection, high rates of sub-viral particles (SVPs) bearing HBV surface antigen (HBsAg) is a major obstacle regarding to raise effective immune respons...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Mohebbi A,Lorestani N,Tahamtan A,Kargar NL,Tabarraei A

更新日期：2018-04-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Two-component regulatory systems (TCSSs) are key regulatory elements responsible for the adaptation of bacteria to environmental stresses. A classical TCSS is typically comprised of a sensory histidine kinase and a corresponding response regulator. Here, we used homologous recombination to construct a Mycobacterium sm...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Dadura K,Płocińska R,Rumijowska-Galewicz A,Płociński P,Żaczek A,Dziadek B,Zaborowski A,Dziadek J

更新日期：2017-11-03 00:00:00

abstract：:The emergence and spread of carbapenemase in Gram-negative pathogens poses an enormous threat to global public health. New Delhi metallo-β-lactamase-1 (NDM-1) inactivates nearly every class of β-lactam antibiotics, including carbapenem; however, there is no clinically useful NDM-1 inhibitor. Embelin, an important ingr...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Ning NZ,Liu X,Chen F,Zhou P,Hu L,Huang J,Li Z,Huang J,Li T,Wang H

更新日期：2018-01-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Aspergillus fumigatus is the main etiologic agent of invasive aspergillosis (IA). Other Aspergillus species belonging to the section Fumigati (A. fumigatus complex) may occasionally be the cause of IA. These strains are often misidentified, as they cannot be distinguished from A. fumigatus by conventional morphologica...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Lamoth F

更新日期：2016-05-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Pathogenic bacterial persisters are responsible for the recalcitrance of chronic and persistent infections to antimicrobial therapy. Although the mechanisms of persister formation and survival have been widely studied in Escherichia coli, persistence mechanisms in Staphylococcus aureus remain largely unknown. Here, we...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Wang W,Chen J,Chen G,Du X,Cui P,Wu J,Zhao J,Wu N,Zhang W,Li M,Zhang Y

更新日期：2015-12-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Adequate comparisons of DNA and cDNA libraries from complex environments require methods for co-extraction of DNA and RNA due to the inherent heterogeneity of such samples, or risk bias caused by variations in lysis and extraction efficiencies. Still, there are few methods and kits allowing simultaneous extraction of ...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Lim NY,Roco CA,Frostegård Å

更新日期：2016-10-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Reducing phenanthrene (PHE) in the environment is critical to ecosystem and human health. Biodegradation, biosorption, and the trans-membrane transport mechanism of PHE by a novel strain, Massilia sp. WF1, and an extensively researched model fungus, Phanerochaete chrysosporium were investigated in aqueous solutions. R...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Gu H,Lou J,Wang H,Yang Y,Wu L,Wu J,Xu J

更新日期：2016-01-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) virus, has emerged as a global pandemic worldwide. In this study, we used ARTIC primers-based amplicon sequencing to profile 225 SARS-CoV-2 genomes from India. Phylogenetic analysis of 202 high-quality assem...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Raghav S,Ghosh A,Turuk J,Kumar S,Jha A,Madhulika S,Priyadarshini M,Biswas VK,Shyamli PS,Singh B,Singh N,Singh D,Datey A,Avula K,Smita S,Sabat J,Bhattacharya D,Kshatri JS,Vasudevan D,Suryawanshi A,Dash R,Senapati

更新日期：2020-11-23 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：:Divergence of paralogous pairs, resulting from gene duplication, plays an important role in the evolution of specialized or novel gene functions. Analysis of selected duplicated pairs has elucidated some of the mechanisms underlying the functional diversification of Saccharomyces cerevisiae (S. cerevisiae) paralogous ...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Aguirre-López B,Escalera-Fanjul X,Hersch-González J,Rojas-Ortega E,El-Hafidi M,Lezama M,González J,Bianchi MM,López G,Márquez D,Scazzocchio C,Riego-Ruiz L,González A

更新日期：2020-08-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Soybean (Glycine max) is an important leguminous crop that is grown throughout the United States and around the world. In 2016, soybean was valued at $41 billion USD in the United States alone. Increasingly, soybean farmers are adopting alternative management strategies to improve the sustainability and profitability ...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Longley R,Noel ZA,Benucci GMN,Chilvers MI,Trail F,Bonito G

更新日期：2020-06-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Chlamydia muridarum, an obligate intracellular pathogen, was used to establish a murine model of female upper genital tract infection by Chlamydia trachomatis. TC0668 in C. muridarum is a hypothetical chromosomal virulence protein that is involved in upper genital tract pathogenesis. The infection of mice with the C. ...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Wang Y,Arthur EW,Liu N,Li X,Xiang W,Maxwell A,Li Z,Zhou Z

更新日期：2019-11-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Paracoccidioidomycosis (PCM) is the most prevalent endemic mycosis in Latin America. The disease is caused by fungi of the genus Paracoccidioides and mainly affects low-income rural workers after inhalation of fungal conidia suspended in the air. The current arsenal of chemotherapeutic agents requires long-term admini...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： de Oliveira AA,Neves BJ,Silva LDC,Soares CMA,Andrade CH,Pereira M

更新日期：2019-06-12 00:00:00

abstract：:As two central issues of global climate change, the continuous increase of both atmospheric CO2 concentrations and global temperature has profound effects on various terrestrial ecosystems. Microbial communities play pivotal roles in these ecosystems by responding to environmental changes through regulation of soil bi...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Yu H,Deng Y,He Z,Van Nostrand JD,Wang S,Jin D,Wang A,Wu L,Wang D,Tai X,Zhou J

更新日期：2018-08-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Desulfotomaculum reducens strain MI-1 is a Gram-positive, sulfate-reducing bacterium also capable of reducing Fe(III). Metal reduction in Gram-positive bacteria is poorly understood. Here, we investigated Fe(III) reduction with lactate, a non-fermentable substrate, as the electron donor. Lactate consumption is concomi...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Dalla Vecchia E,Shao PP,Suvorova E,Chiappe D,Hamelin R,Bernier-Latmani R

更新日期：2014-08-19 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：:[This corrects the article DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2020.01394.]. ...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Agarwal P,Combes TW,Shojaee-Moradie F,Fielding B,Gordon S,Mizrahi V,Martinez FO

更新日期：2020-10-27 00:00:00