Laser-induced speckle scatter patterns in Bacillus colonies.

abstract：:Arginine-aspartate-aspartate (RDD) family, representing a category of transmembrane proteins containing one highly conserved arginine and two highly conserved aspartates, has been functionally uncharacterized as yet. Here we present the characterization of a member of this family designated RDD from the moderate halop...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Shao L,Abdel-Motaal H,Chen J,Chen H,Xu T,Meng L,Zhang Z,Meng F,Jiang J

更新日期：2018-04-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Food grade micro- or nano-carrier systems (NCS) are being developed to improve the controlled release of antimicrobial agents. To augment the stability of liposomal NCS and to overcome the limitations associated with the use of free bacteriocin (nisin) in the food system, multi-component colloidosomes (MCCS) were deve...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Niaz T,Shabbir S,Noor T,Abbasi R,Raza ZA,Imran M

更新日期：2018-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The existence of an antisense Open Reading Frame (ORF) that encodes a putative AntiSense Protein (ASP) on the proviral genome of Human Immunodeficiency Virus type 1 (HIV-1) was a source of debate for 30 years. During the last years, some progresses have been made to characterize the cellular immune response against AS...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Savoret J,Chazal N,Moles JP,Tuaillon E,Boufassa F,Meyer L,Lecuroux C,Lambotte O,Van De Perre P,Mesnard JM,Gross A

更新日期：2020-01-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Shigella spp. and entero-invasive Escherichia coli (EIEC) can cause mild diarrhea to dysentery. In Netherlands, although shigellosis is a notifiable disease, there is no laboratory surveillance for Shigella spp. and EIEC in place. Consequently, the population structure for circulating Shigella spp. and EIEC isolates i...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： van den Beld MJC,Reubsaet FAG,Pijnacker R,Harpal A,Kuiling S,Heerkens EM,Hoeve-Bakker BJAD,Noomen RCEA,Hendriks ACA,Borst D,van der Heide H,Kooistra-Smid AMDM,Rossen JWA

更新日期：2020-10-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Malachite green (MG) is an organic contaminant and the effluents with MG negatively influence the health and balance of the coastal and marine ecosystem. The diverse and abundant microbial communities inhabiting in mangroves participate actively in various ecological processes. Metagenomic sequencing from mangrove sed...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Qu W,Liu T,Wang D,Hong G,Zhao J

更新日期：2018-09-11 00:00:00

abstract：:The pathogenicity of Stenotrophomonas maltophilia is regulated in part by its quorum sensing (QS) system. The main QS signaling molecule in S. maltophilia is known as diffusible signal factor (DSF), and the rpf gene cluster is responsible for its synthesis and perception. Two cluster variants have been previously desc...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Yero D,Huedo P,Conchillo-Solé O,Martínez-Servat S,Mamat U,Coves X,Llanas F,Roca I,Vila J,Schaible UE,Daura X,Gibert I

更新日期：2020-06-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Capsaicin (CAP) reduces body weight mainly through activation of transient receptor potential vanilloid 1 (TRPV1) cation channel. However, recent evidence indicates that the gut microbiota influences many physiological processes in host and might provoke obesity. This study determined whether the anti-obesity effect o...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Shen W,Shen M,Zhao X,Zhu H,Yang Y,Lu S,Tan Y,Li G,Li M,Wang J,Hu F,Le S

更新日期：2017-02-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Our perspective on nature has changed throughout history and at the same time has affected directly or indirectly our perception of biological processes. In that sense, the "fluxus" of information in a viral population arises a result of a much more complex process than the encoding of a protein by a gene, but as the ...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Scolaro LA,Roldan JS,Theaux C,Damonte EB,Carlucci MJ

更新日期：2017-12-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Panax ginseng rusty root rot caused by the Ilyonectria species complex is a devastating disease, and it is one of the main factors contributing to the difficulty in continual cropping. Rusty root rot occurs in all ginseng fields, but little is known about the taxonomy of the fungal pathogen complex, especially Ilyonec...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Guan YM,Ma YY,Jin Q,Wang QX,Liu N,Fu YP,Zhang YY,Li Y

更新日期：2020-12-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Myeloid-derived suppressor cells (MDSCs) are innate immune cells characterized by their ability to suppress T-cell responses. Recently, we demonstrated that the human-pathogenic fungi Candida albicans and Aspergillus fumigatus induced a distinct subset of neutrophilic MDSCs. To dissect Candida-mediated MDSC induction ...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Singh A,Lelis F,Braig S,Schäfer I,Hartl D,Rieber N

更新日期：2016-10-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Ever since the publication of the seminal paper by Lynn Margulis in 1967 proposing the theory of the endosymbiotic origin of organelles, the study of the symbiotic relationships between unicellular eukaryotes and prokaryotes has received ever-growing attention by microbiologists and evolutionists alike. While the evol...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Henriquez FL,Mooney R,Bandel T,Giammarini E,Zeroual M,Fiori PL,Margarita V,Rappelli P,Dessì D

更新日期：2021-01-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Fusarium Head Blight (FHB) is one of the most devastating diseases of cereals worldwide, threatening both crop production by affecting cereal grain development, and human and animal health by contaminating grains with mycotoxins. Despite that maize residues constitute the primary source of inoculum for Fusarium pathog...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Cobo-Díaz JF,Baroncelli R,Le Floch G,Picot A

更新日期：2019-02-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Subseafloor sedimentary environments harbor remarkably diverse microbial communities. However, it remains unknown if the deeply buried fossils in these sediments play ecological roles in deep microbial habitats, or whether the microbial communities inhabiting such fossils differ from those in the surrounding sediment ...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Hoshino T,Morono Y,Terada T,Imachi H,Ferdelman TG,Inagaki F

更新日期：2011-11-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Bacillus cereus is a Gram-positive endospore forming bacterium known for its wide spectrum of phenotypic traits, enabling it to occupy diverse ecological niches. Although the population structure of B. cereus is highly dynamic and rather panmictic, production of the emetic B. cereus toxin cereulide is restricted to st...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Ehling-Schulz M,Frenzel E,Gohar M

更新日期：2015-07-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Agricultural soils are becoming contaminated with synthetic chemicals like polyaromatic compounds, petroleum hydrocarbons, polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), phenols, herbicides, insecticides and fungicides due to excessive dependency of crop production systems on the chemical inputs. Microbial degradation of organic p...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Singh DP,Prabha R,Gupta VK,Verma MK

更新日期：2018-07-03 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：:Emergence of multidrug-resistant Salmonella typhimurium strains, especially the ACSSuT and nalidixic acid R types, has significantly compromised the effectiveness of current strategies to control Salmonella infections, resulting in increased morbidity and mortality. Clinical S. typhimurium isolates recovered in Hong K...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Wong MH,Chan EW,Liu LZ,Chen S

更新日期：2014-10-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Active efflux is regarded as a common mechanism for antibiotic and biocide resistance. However, the role of many drug efflux pumps in biocide resistance in Acinetobacter baumannii remains unknown. Using biocide-resistant A. baumannii clinical isolates, we investigated the incidence of 11 known/putative antimicrobial r...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Lin F,Xu Y,Chang Y,Liu C,Jia X,Ling B

更新日期：2017-09-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Methane is a potent greenhouse gas, 25 times more efficient at trapping heat than carbon dioxide. Ruminant methane emissions contribute almost 30% to anthropogenic sources of global atmospheric methane levels and a reduction in methane emissions would significantly contribute to slowing global temperature rises. Here ...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Altermann E,Schofield LR,Ronimus RS,Beatty AK,Reilly K

更新日期：2018-10-09 00:00:00

abstract：:The prevalence of antimicrobial resistance (AR) in bacteria isolated from U.S. food animals has increased over the last several decades as have concerns of AR foodborne zoonotic human infections. Resistance mechanisms identified in U.S. animal isolates of Salmonella enterica included resistance to aminoglycosides (e.g...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Frye JG,Jackson CR

更新日期：2013-05-23 00:00:00

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：:MicroRNAs (miRNAs) have been demonstrated for their involvement in virus biology and pathogenesis, including functioning as key determinants of virally-induced cancers. As an important oncogenic α-herpesvirus affecting poultry health, Marek's disease virus serotype 1 [Gallid alphaherpesvirus 2 (GaHV-2)] induces rapid-...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Zhu ZJ,Teng M,Li HZ,Zheng LP,Liu JL,Chai SJ,Yao YX,Nair V,Zhang GP,Luo J

更新日期：2020-11-03 00:00:00

abstract：:To investigate the diversity of butane-oxidizing bacteria in soils contaminated by long-term light hydrocarbon microseepage and the influence of butane on the soil microbial community, a quantitative study and identification of butane-oxidizing bacteria (BOB) in soils at the Puguang gas field were performed by DNA-bas...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Deng Y,Deng C,Yang J,Li B,Wang E,Yuan H

更新日期：2018-07-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Milk spoilage is caused by the presence of proteolytic enzymes produced by Pseudomonas spp. during storage at low temperatures. The aim of this study was to identify Pseudomonas spp. in raw milk and investigate their associated proteolytic properties at low temperatures. Raw milk samples (n = 87) were collected from 8...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Meng L,Zhang Y,Liu H,Zhao S,Wang J,Zheng N

更新日期：2017-11-08 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 FUT2 gene encodes an α-1,2-fucosyltransferase responsible for the expression of ABO histo-blood-group antigens on mucosal surfaces and bodily secretions. Individuals who carry at least one functional allele are known as "secretors," whereas those homozygous for loss-of-function mutations are known as "non-secretor...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Rausch P,Künzel S,Suwandi A,Grassl GA,Rosenstiel P,Baines JF

更新日期：2017-06-08 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

abstract：:Staphylococcus aureus is one of the most important contagious mastitis pathogens in dairy cattle. Due to its zoonotic potential, control of S. aureus is not only of great economic importance in the dairy industry but also a significant public health concern. The aim of this study was to decipher the potential of bovin...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Kümmel J,Stessl B,Gonano M,Walcher G,Bereuter O,Fricker M,Grunert T,Wagner M,Ehling-Schulz M

更新日期：2016-10-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Omeprazole was shown to improve the anti-cancer effects of the nucleoside analogue 5-fluorouracil. Here, we combined omeprazole with the antiviral nucleoside analogues ribavirin and acyclovir. Omeprazole did not affect the antiviral effects of ribavirin in non-toxic concentrations up to 80 μg/mL but increased the acyc...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Michaelis M,Kleinschmidt MC,Bojkova D,Rabenau HF,Wass MN,Cinatl J Jr

更新日期：2019-12-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepatitis E virus (HEV) is associated with acute hepatitis disease, which may lead to chronic disease in immunocompromised individuals. The disease is particularly severe among pregnant women (20-30% mortality). The only licensed vaccine against HEV, which is available in China, is the Escherichia coli purified recomb...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Gupta J,Kaul S,Srivastava A,Kaushik N,Ghosh S,Sharma C,Batra G,Banerjee M,Shalimar,Nayak B,Ranjith-Kumar CT,Surjit M

更新日期：2020-02-06 00:00:00