Characterization of the surfaceome of the metal-reducing bacterium Desulfotomaculum reducens.

abstract：:Biological wastewater treatment plants (BWWTPs) based on the activated sludge (AS) process have dramatically improved worldwide water sanitation despite increased urbanization and industrialization. However, current AS-based operations are considered economically and environmentally unsustainable. In this Perspective,...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Sheik AR,Muller EE,Wilmes P

更新日期：2014-03-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Simultaneous use of both heterotrophic and autotrophic metabolism ("mixotrophy") is common among protists. Strombidium rassoulzadegani is a planktonic mixotrophic marine ciliate that saves chloroplasts from its algal food and obtains a nutritional subsidy via photosynthesis. Cultures from the northeast, northwest, and...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： McManus GB,Schoener DM,Haberlandt K

更新日期：2012-09-04 00:00:00

abstract：:The synthesis of phospholipids relies on a sort of genes, whose promoter regions contain inositol-sensitive upstream activation sequence (UASINO) and are regulated by the basic helix-loop-helix (bHLH)-type ino2/ino4 transcription factor (TF) pair. Ten putative bHLH TFs have been found through whole genome sequencing o...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Dong H,Yu D,Wang B,Pan L

更新日期：2020-01-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Dysbiosis of the gut microbiome, including elevated abundance of putative leading bacterial triggers such as E. coli in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) patients, is of great interest. To date, most E. coli studies in IBD patients are focused on clinical isolates, overlooking their relative abundances and turnover ove...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Fang X,Monk JM,Nurk S,Akseshina M,Zhu Q,Gemmell C,Gianetto-Hill C,Leung N,Szubin R,Sanders J,Beck PL,Li W,Sandborn WJ,Gray-Owen SD,Knight R,Allen-Vercoe E,Palsson BO,Smarr L

更新日期：2018-10-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Due to Earth's changing climate, the ongoing and foreseeable spreading of mycotoxigenic Aspergillus species has increased the possibility of mycotoxin contamination in the feed and food production chain. These harmful mycotoxins have aroused serious health and economic problems since their first appearance. The most p...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Ráduly Z,Szabó L,Madar A,Pócsi I,Csernoch L

更新日期：2020-01-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Due to the globally observed increase in antibiotic resistance of bacterial pathogens and the simultaneous decline in new antibiotic developments, the need for alternative inactivation approaches is growing. This is especially true for the treatment of infections with the problematic ESKAPE pathogens, which include En...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Hoenes K,Bauer R,Meurle T,Spellerberg B,Hessling M

更新日期：2021-01-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Soft Rot Pectobacteriaceae (SRP; Pectobacterium spp. and Dickeya spp., formerly known as pectinolytic Erwinia spp.) are necrotrophic bacterial pathogens infecting a large number of plant species worldwide, including agriculturally-important crops. Despite the SRP importance in agriculture, little is known about the ba...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Czajkowski R

更新日期：2019-02-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Variation among animals in their host-associated microbial communities is increasingly recognized as a key determinant of important life history traits including growth, metabolism, and resistance to disease. Quantitative estimates of the factors shaping the stability of host microbiomes over time at the individual le...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Harrison XA,Price SJ,Hopkins K,Leung WTM,Sergeant C,Garner TWJ

更新日期：2019-12-20 00:00:00

abstract：:The environmental fate and potential impacts of nanopesticides on agroecosystems under realistic agricultural conditions are poorly understood. As a result, the benefits and risks of these novel formulations compared to the conventional products are currently unclear. Here, we examined the effects of repeated realisti...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Simonin M,Colman BP,Tang W,Judy JD,Anderson SM,Bergemann CM,Rocca JD,Unrine JM,Cassar N,Bernhardt ES

更新日期：2018-07-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Quorum sensing (QS) systems communicate bacterial population and stimulate microbial pathogenesis through signaling molecules. Inhibition of QS signals potentially suppresses microbial infections. Antimicrobial properties of Streptomyces have been extensively studied, however, less is known about quorum sensing inhibi...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Hassan R,Shaaban MI,Abdel Bar FM,El-Mahdy AM,Shokralla S

更新日期：2016-05-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Dynamic Light Scattering (DLS), Small Angle X-ray Scattering (SAXS) and Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM) are physical techniques widely employed to characterize the morphology and the structure of vesicles such as liposomes or human extracellular vesicles (exosomes). Bacterial extracellular vesicles are similar ...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Sarra A,Celluzzi A,Bruno SP,Ricci C,Sennato S,Ortore MG,Casciardi S,Del Chierico F,Postorino P,Bordi F,Masotti A

更新日期：2020-02-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Listeria monocytogenes has become one of the principal foodborne pathogens worldwide. The capacity of this bacterium to grow at low temperatures has opened an interesting field of study in terms of the identification and classification of new strains of L. monocytogenes with different growth capacities at low temperat...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Cordero N,Maza F,Navea-Perez H,Aravena A,Marquez-Fontt B,Navarrete P,Figueroa G,González M,Latorre M,Reyes-Jara A

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A better understanding of global ruminal microbiota and metabolites under extensive feeding conditions is a prerequisite for optimizing rumen function and improving ruminant feed efficiency. Furthermore, the gap between the information on the ruminal microbiota and metabolites needs to be bridged. The aim of this stud...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Zhang J,Shi H,Wang Y,Li S,Cao Z,Ji S,He Y,Zhang H

更新日期：2017-11-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Due to the increasing prevalence of pathogenic fungal infections, the emergence of antifungal resistant clinical isolates worldwide, and the limited arsenal of available antifungals, developing new antifungal strategies is imperative. In this study, we screened a library of 1068 FDA-approved drugs to identify hits tha...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Mei Y,Jiang T,Zou Y,Wang Y,Zhou J,Li J,Liu L,Tan J,Wei L,Li J,Dai H,Peng Y,Zhang L,Lopez-Ribot JL,Shapiro RS,Chen C,Liu NN,Wang H

更新日期：2020-06-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Chagas disease (Cd) or American human trypanosomiasis is caused by Trypanosoma cruzi and affects ~7 million people, mostly in Latin America. The infective trypomastigote forms of the parasite can invade several human blood cell populations, including monocytes and dendritic cells (DC). Although these cells display a w...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Lonien SCH,Malvezi AD,Suzukawa HT,Yamauchi LM,Yamada-Ogatta SF,Rizzo LV,Bordignon J,Pinge-Filho P

更新日期：2017-10-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Plant defensins are active against plant and human pathogenic fungi (such as Candida albicans) and baker's yeast. However, they are non-toxic to human cells, providing a possible source for treatment of fungal infections. In this study, we characterized the mode of action of the antifungal plant defensin HsAFP1 from c...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Aerts AM,Bammens L,Govaert G,Carmona-Gutierrez D,Madeo F,Cammue BP,Thevissen K

更新日期：2011-03-16 00:00:00

abstract：:It is reported that a wide range of bacterial infections are polymicrobial, and the members in a local microcommunity can influence the growth of neighbors through physical and chemical interactions. Pseudomonas aeruginosa is an important opportunistic pathogen that normally causes a variety of acute and chronic infec...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Zhao K,Du L,Lin J,Yuan Y,Wang X,Yue B,Wang X,Guo Y,Chu Y,Zhou Y

更新日期：2018-10-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Bacteria are the highest abundant microorganisms in the soil. To investigate bacteria community structures, diversity, and functions, contrasting them in four different seasons all the year round with/within two different forest type soils of China. We analyzed soil bacterial community based on 16S rRNA gene sequencin...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Wei H,Peng C,Yang B,Song H,Li Q,Jiang L,Wei G,Wang K,Wang H,Liu S,Liu X,Chen D,Li Y,Wang M

更新日期：2018-07-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Coronavirus (CoV) envelope (E) protein is a small structural protein critical for virion morphogenesis and release. The recently characterized E protein ion channel activity (EIC) has also been implicated in modulating viral pathogenesis. In this study, we used infectious bronchitis coronavirus (IBV) as a model to stu...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Li S,Yuan L,Dai G,Chen RA,Liu DX,Fung TS

更新日期：2020-01-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Atypical porcine pestivirus (APPV) is an RNA virus newly discovered from swine in Asia, Europe, and the Americas. This novel virus has been confirmed as the cause of congenital tremor (CT) in piglets, which causes extensive economic losses to the swine industry. To investigate the genetic diversity and evolutionary re...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Xie Y,Wang X,Su D,Feng J,Wei L,Cai W,Li J,Lin S,Yan H,He D

更新日期：2019-06-20 00:00:00

abstract：:We report the isolation, characterization, and development of a robust genetic system for a halophilic, Fe(II)-oxidizing bacterium isolated from a vertical borehole originating 714 m below the surface located in the Soudan Iron Mine in northern Minnesota, USA. Sequence analysis of the 16S rRNA gene places the isolate ...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Bonis BM,Gralnick JA

更新日期：2015-07-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Methylorubrum extorquens (formerly Methylobacterium extorquens) AM1 is a methylotrophic bacterium with a versatile lifestyle. Various carbon sources including acetate, succinate and methanol are utilized by M. extorquens AM1 with the latter being a promising inexpensive substrate for use in the biotechnology industry....

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Lim CK,Villada JC,Chalifour A,Duran MF,Lu H,Lee PKH

更新日期：2019-05-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Bacterial spores are extremely resistant life-forms that play an important role in food spoilage and foodborne disease. The return of spores to a vegetative cell state is a three-step process, these being activation, germination, and emergence. High-pressure (HP) processing is known to induce germination in part of th...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Modugno C,Peltier C,Simonin H,Dujourdy L,Capitani F,Sandt C,Perrier-Cornet JM

更新日期：2020-01-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Kunu is a traditional fermented single or mixed cereals-based beverage popularly consumed in many parts of West Africa. Presently, the bacterial community and mycotoxin contamination profiles during processing of various kunu formulations have never been comprehensively studied. This study, therefore, investigated the...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Ezekiel CN,Ayeni KI,Ezeokoli OT,Sulyok M,van Wyk DAB,Oyedele OA,Akinyemi OM,Chibuzor-Onyema IE,Adeleke RA,Nwangburuka CC,Hajšlová J,Elliott CT,Krska R

更新日期：2019-01-09 00:00:00

abstract：:The nitrogenase enzyme, which catalyzes the reduction of N2 gas to NH4+, occurs as three separate isozyme that use Mo, Fe-only, or V. The majority of global nitrogen fixation is attributed to the more efficient 'canonical' Mo-nitrogenase, whereas Fe-only and V-('alternative') nitrogenases are often considered 'backup'...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： McRose DL,Zhang X,Kraepiel AM,Morel FM

更新日期：2017-02-28 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：:Benthic diatoms are dominant primary producers in intertidal mudflats and constitute a major source of organic carbon to consumers and decomposers residing within these ecosystems. They typically form biofilms whose species richness, community composition and productivity can vary in response to environmental drivers ...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Koedooder C,Stock W,Willems A,Mangelinckx S,De Troch M,Vyverman W,Sabbe K

更新日期：2019-06-05 00:00:00

abstract：:The emergence of microorganisms exerting resistance to biocides is a challenge to meat-processing environments. Bacteria can be intrinsically resistant to biocides but resistance can also be acquired by adaptation to their sub-lethal concentrations. Moreover, the presence of biocide resistance determinants, which is c...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Conficoni D,Losasso C,Cortini E,Di Cesare A,Cibin V,Giaccone V,Corno G,Ricci A

更新日期：2016-10-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Macaque monkeys serve as important animal models for understanding the pathogenesis of lentiviral infections. Since human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) hardly replicates in macaque cells, simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV) or chimeric viruses between HIV-1 and SIV (SHIV) have been used as challenge viruses in...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Saito A,Akari H

更新日期：2013-07-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Giardia duodenalis is an intestinal parasite that causes 200-300 million episodes of diarrhoea annually. Metronidazole (Mtz) is a front-line anti-giardial, but treatment failure is common and clinical resistance has been demonstrated. Mtz is thought to be activated within the parasite by oxidoreductase enzymes, and to...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Ansell BR,Baker L,Emery SJ,McConville MJ,Svärd SG,Gasser RB,Jex AR

更新日期：2017-03-17 00:00:00