Seasonal dynamics of bacterial and archaeal methanogenic communities in flooded rice fields and effect of drainage.

abstract：:Bacillus amyloliquefaciens MEP218 is an autochthonous bacterial isolate with antibacterial and antifungal activities against a wide range of phytopathogenic microorganisms. Cyclic lipopeptides (CLP), particularly fengycins, produced by this bacterium; are the main antimicrobial compounds responsible for the growth inh...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Medeot DB,Fernandez M,Morales GM,Jofré E

更新日期：2020-01-21 00:00:00

abstract：:The intestinal microbiome influences the health of animals. However, little is known about the impact of indoor conditions and sex on intestinal microbiome diversity and composition in ducks. The present study aimed to investigate differences in the cecal microbiome between male and female ducks reared on the floor (P...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Zhu C,Xu W,Tao Z,Song W,Liu H,Zhang S,Li H

更新日期：2020-10-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Staphylococcus epidermidis is a commensal bacterium which widely colonizes in human skin and mucous membrane and rarely causes clinically manifested infections. S. epidermidis surface protein I (SesI) is considered to be the major virulence factor of S. epidermidis infection, but its pathogenesis is not clear. Here, w...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Qi X,Jin Y,Duan J,Hao Z,Wang S,Guo Y,Lv J,Hu L,Wang L,Yu F

更新日期：2018-01-04 00:00:00

abstract：:The heterocyclic indole-alkaloid scytonemin is a sunscreen found exclusively among cyanobacteria. An 18-gene cluster is responsible for scytonemin production in Nostoc punctiforme ATCC 29133. The upstream genes scyABCDEF in the cluster are proposed to be responsible for scytonemin biosynthesis from aromatic amino acid...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Ferreira D,Garcia-Pichel F

更新日期：2016-05-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Orf virus (ORFV), a member of Parapoxvirus, has evolved various strategies to modulate the immune responses of host cells. The ORFV-encoded protein ORFV002, a regulator factor, has been found to inhibit the acetylation of NF-κB-p65 by blocking phosphorylation of NF-κB-p65 at Ser(276) and also to disrupt the binding of...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Chen D,Zheng Z,Xiao B,Li W,Long M,Chen H,Li M,Rock DL,Hao W,Luo S

更新日期：2016-09-13 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：:Achromobacter phage phiAxp-3, an N4-like bacteriophage, specifically recognize Achromobacter xylosoxidans lipopolysaccharide (LPS) as its receptor. PhiAxp-3 tail sheath protein (TSP, ORF69) shares 54% amino acid sequence identity with the TSP of phage N4 (gp65); the latter functions as a receptor binding protein and i...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Zhang Z,Tian C,Zhao J,Chen X,Wei X,Li H,Lin W,Feng R,Jiang A,Yang W,Yuan J,Zhao X

更新日期：2018-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Leishmania are transmitted by the bite of their sand fly vector and this has a significant influence on the virulence of the resulting infection. From our studies into the interaction between parasite, vector, and host we have uncovered an important missing ingredient during Leishmania transmission. Leishmania activel...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Rogers ME

更新日期：2012-06-28 00:00:00

abstract：:High-throughput sequencing (HTS) techniques are of great value for the investigation of microbial communities, and have been extensively used to study the gut microbiome. While most studies focus on the human gut, many others have investigated insects. However, because of the rapid spread of HTS techniques, a lot of v...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： De Cock M,Virgilio M,Vandamme P,Augustinos A,Bourtzis K,Willems A,De Meyer M

更新日期：2019-12-13 00:00:00

abstract：:A library of 14 minimally cytotoxic diterpenoid-like compounds (CC50 > 70 μM on HepG2 human liver cells) was screened against Mycobacterium smegmatis, Staphylococcus aureus, and Escherichia coli to determine antimicrobial activity. Some compounds with a phenethyl alcohol (PE) core substituted with a β-cyclocitral deri...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Crusco A,Baptista R,Bhowmick S,Beckmann M,Mur LAJ,Westwell AD,Hoffmann KF

更新日期：2019-06-25 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：AIM:To compare the immediate antibacterial effect of two application methods (passive immersion and active mouthwash) of two antiseptic solutions on the in situ oral biofilm. MATERIAL AND METHODS:A randomized observer-masked crossover study was conducted. Fifteen healthy volunteers wore a specific intraoral device for...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Prada-López I,Quintas V,Casares-De-Cal MA,Suárez-Quintanilla JA,Suárez-Quintanilla D,Tomás I

更新日期：2015-07-02 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：:Colistin-resistance mediated by mobilisable and plasmid-borne mcr genes has emerged worldwide, threatening the efficacy of colistin, a last resort antibiotic increasingly used for treating human invasive infections by multidrug-resistant or extensively drug-resistant Enterobacteriaceae. In this study, we report the fi...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Carfora V,Alba P,Leekitcharoenphon P,Ballarò D,Cordaro G,Di Matteo P,Donati V,Ianzano A,Iurescia M,Stravino F,Tagliaferri T,Battisti A,Franco A

更新日期：2018-08-17 00:00:00

abstract：:The majority of caves are formed within limestone rock and hence our understanding of cave microbiology comes from carbonate-buffered systems. In this paper, we describe the microbial diversity of Roraima Sur Cave (RSC), an orthoquartzite (SiO4) cave within Roraima Tepui, Venezuela. The cave contains a high level of m...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Barton HA,Giarrizzo JG,Suarez P,Robertson CE,Broering MJ,Banks ED,Vaishampayan PA,Venkateswaran K

更新日期：2014-11-26 00:00:00

abstract：:The cell surface is the primary recognition site between the bacterium and the host. An operon of three genes, LSEI_0219 (cwaR), LSEI_0220 (cwaS), and LSEI_0221 (ldcA), has been previously identified as required for the establishment of Lactobacillus paracasei in the gut. The genes cwaR and cwaS encode a predicted two...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Scornec H,Palud A,Pédron T,Wheeler R,Petitgonnet C,Boneca IG,Cavin JF,Sansonetti PJ,Licandro H

更新日期：2020-03-03 00:00:00

abstract：:The changes of gastric microbiome across stages of neoplastic progression remain poorly understood, especially for intraepithelial neoplasia (IN) which has been recognized as a phenotypic bridge between atrophic/intestinal metaplastic lesions and invasive cancer. The gastric microbiota was investigated in 30 healthy c...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Wang Z,Gao X,Zeng R,Wu Q,Sun H,Wu W,Zhang X,Sun G,Yan B,Wu L,Ren R,Guo M,Peng L,Yang Y

更新日期：2020-05-29 00:00:00

abstract：:The Yilgarn Craton in Australia has a large number of naturally occurring shallow ephemeral lakes underlain by a dendritic system of paleodrainage channels. Processes like evaporation, flooding, erosion, as well as inflow of saline, often acidic and ion-rich groundwater contribute to the (dynamic) nature of the lakes ...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Aerts JW,van Spanning RJM,Flahaut J,Molenaar D,Bland PA,Genge MJ,Ehrenfreund P,Martins Z

更新日期：2019-05-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Human urine was considered sterile for a long time. However, 416 species have been previously cultured, including only 40 anaerobic species. Here, we used culturomics, particularly those targeting anaerobes, to better understand the urinary microbiota. By testing 435 urine samples, we isolated 450 different bacterial ...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Dubourg G,Morand A,Mekhalif F,Godefroy R,Corthier A,Yacouba A,Diakite A,Cornu F,Cresci M,Brahimi S,Caputo A,Lechevallier E,Tsimaratos M,Moal V,Lagier JC,Raoult D

更新日期：2020-10-16 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：:Fungi represent a rich source of bioactive metabolites and some are marketed as alternatives to synthetic agrochemicals against plant pathogens. However, the culturability of fungal strains in artificial laboratory conditions is still limited and the standard mono-cultures do not reflect their full spectrum chemical d...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Oppong-Danquah E,Parrot D,Blümel M,Labes A,Tasdemir D

更新日期：2018-09-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Zoysia japonica brown spot was caused by necrotrophic fungus Rhizoctonia solani invasion, which led to severe financial loss in city lawn and golf ground maintenance. However, little was known about the molecular mechanism of R. solani pathogenicity in Z. japonica. In this study we examined early stage interaction bet...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Zhu C,Ai L,Wang L,Yin P,Liu C,Li S,Zeng H

更新日期：2016-05-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Acetate is a characteristic by-product of Escherichia coli K-12 growing in batch cultures with glucose, both under aerobic as well as anaerobic conditions. While the reason underlying aerobic acetate production is still under discussion, during anaerobic growth acetate production is important for ATP generation by sub...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Schütze A,Benndorf D,Püttker S,Kohrs F,Bettenbrock K

更新日期：2020-02-21 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：:The Streptococcus bovis/Streptococcus equinus complex (SBSEC) comprises several species inhabiting the animal and human gastrointestinal tract (GIT). They match the pathobiont description, are potential zoonotic agents and technological organisms in fermented foods. SBSEC members are associated with multiple diseases ...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Jans C,Boleij A

更新日期：2018-04-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Newborns and unvaccinated infants, compared to other age groups, are more susceptible to pertussis infection, manifesting severe symptoms leading to a higher mortality. The recent increase in pertussis cases demands more effective strategies to overcome this major health problem. In parallel with maternal-immunization...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Martin Aispuro P,Ambrosis N,Zurita ME,Gaillard ME,Bottero D,Hozbor DF

更新日期：2020-04-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Flor strains of Saccharomyces cerevisiae are principal microbial agents responsible for biological wine aging used for production of sherry-like wines. The flor yeast velum formed on the surface of fortified fermented must is a major adaptive and technological characteristic of flor yeasts that helps them to withstand...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Mardanov AV,Eldarov MA,Beletsky AV,Tanashchuk TN,Kishkovskaya SA,Ravin NV

更新日期：2020-04-03 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：:Lycium barbarum is a boxthorn that produces the goji berries. The aim of the current study was to evaluate the proliferative effect of L. barbarum polysaccharides (LBP) on probiotics. LBP was extracted from goji berries and its monosaccharide composition characterized by gas chromatography (GC). The LBP extract contai...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Zhou F,Jiang X,Wang T,Zhang B,Zhao H

更新日期：2018-05-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Our knowledge of the regulation of genes involved in bacterial growth and stress responses is extensive; however, we have only recently begun to understand how environmental cues influence the dynamic, three-dimensional distribution of RNA polymerase (RNAP) in Escherichia coli on the level of single cell, using wide-f...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Jin DJ,Cagliero C,Martin CM,Izard J,Zhou YN

更新日期：2015-05-21 00:00:00