Connecting lignin-degradation pathway with pre-treatment inhibitor sensitivity of Cupriavidus necator.

abstract：:Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) has become an important cause of hospital-acquired infections worldwide. It is one of the most threatening pathogens due to its multi-drug resistance and strong biofilm-forming capacity. Thus, there is an urgent need for novel alternative strategies to combat bacteria...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Vaishampayan A,de Jong A,Wight DJ,Kok J,Grohmann E

更新日期：2018-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Bacterial endophytes (BEs) are non-pathogenic residents of healthy plant tissues that can confer benefits to plants. Many Bacterial endophytes have been shown to contribute to plant growth and health, alleviation of plant stress and to in-planta contaminant-degradation. This study examined the endophytic bacterial com...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Lumactud R,Fulthorpe RR

更新日期：2018-08-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Non-Saccharomyces yeasts are a heterogeneous microbial group involved in the early stages of wine fermentation. The high enzymatic potential of these yeasts makes them a useful tool for increasing the final organoleptic characteristics of wines in spite of their low fermentative power. Their physiology and contributio...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Belda I,Ruiz J,Alastruey-Izquierdo A,Navascués E,Marquina D,Santos A

更新日期：2016-01-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Plant growth and productivity depend on the interactions of the plant with the associated rhizosphere microbes. Rhizosphere protists play a significant role in this respect: considerable efforts have been made in the past to reveal the impact of protist-bacteria interactions on the remobilization of essential nutrient...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Kuppardt A,Fester T,Härtig C,Chatzinotas A

更新日期：2018-05-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Shigella is an important human food-borne zoonosis bacterial pathogen, and can cause clinically severe diarrhea. There is an urgent need to develop a specific, sensitive, and rapid methodology for detection of this pathogen. In this study, loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) combined with magnetic immunocapt...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Zhang L,Wei Q,Han Q,Chen Q,Tai W,Zhang J,Song Y,Xia X

更新日期：2018-02-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Lam proteins transport sterols between the membranes of different cellular compartments. In Saccharomyces cerevisiae, the LAM gene family consists of three pairs of paralogs. Because the function of paralogous genes can be redundant, the phenotypes of only a small number of LAM gene deletions have been reported; thus,...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Sokolov SS,Vorobeva MA,Smirnova AI,Smirnova EA,Trushina NI,Galkina KV,Severin FF,Knorre DA

更新日期：2020-01-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Marsupials diverged from eutherian mammals about 148 million years ago and represent a unique lineage of mammals with distinctive morphological and reproductive characteristics. Marsupials have significantly shorter gestation periods than eutherians. Pregnancy typically ranges from 15 to 35 days, with young being born...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Cheng Y,Belov K

更新日期：2017-03-07 00:00:00

abstract：:The four serotypes of dengue virus (DENV) are the leading cause of arboviral diseases in humans. Decades of efforts have made remarkable progress in dengue vaccine development. Despite the first dengue vaccine (dengvaxia from Sanofi Pasteur), a live-attenuated tetravalent chimeric yellow fever-dengue vaccine, has been...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Tsai WY,Lin HE,Wang WK

更新日期：2017-07-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Rhizaria are an important component of oceanic plankton communities worldwide. A number of species harbor eukaryotic microalgal symbionts, which are horizontally acquired in the environment at each generation. Although these photosymbioses are determinant for Rhizaria ability to thrive in oceanic ecosystems, the mecha...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Balzano S,Corre E,Decelle J,Sierra R,Wincker P,Da Silva C,Poulain J,Pawlowski J,Not F

更新日期：2015-03-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Through the expression of the accessory gene regulator quorum sensing cascade, Staphylococcus aureus is able to produce an extensive array of enzymes, hemolysins and immunomodulators essential to its ability to spread through the host tissues and cause disease. Many have argued for the discovery and development of quo...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Quave CL,Horswill AR

更新日期：2014-12-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Cobamides are a family of enzyme cofactors that include vitamin B12 (cobalamin) and are produced solely by prokaryotes. Structural variability in the lower axial ligand has been observed in cobamides produced by diverse organisms. Of the three classes of lower ligands, the benzimidazoles are uniquely found in cobamide...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Crofts TS,Men Y,Alvarez-Cohen L,Taga ME

更新日期：2014-11-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Elongation factor thermal unstable Tu (EF-Tu) is a G protein that catalyzes the binding of aminoacyl-tRNA to the A-site of the ribosome inside living cells. Structural and biochemical studies have described the complex interactions needed to effect canonical function. However, EF-Tu has evolved the capacity to execute...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Harvey KL,Jarocki VM,Charles IG,Djordjevic SP

更新日期：2019-10-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Fonsecaea pedrosoi is a dematiaceous fungus and the main causative agent of chromoblastomycosis that is a chronic disease usually affecting the human skin and subcutaneous tissues, which causes deformations and incapacities, being frequently refractory to available therapies. A typical globe-shaped, multiseptated and ...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Palmeira VF,Goulart FRV,Granato MQ,Alviano DS,Alviano CS,Kneipp LF,Santos ALS

更新日期：2018-06-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Food contaminated with human pathogens, such as Salmonella spp. and Listeria monocytogenes, frequently causes outbreaks of foodborne illness. Consumer concern over the use of synthesized antimicrobials to enhance microbial food safety has led to a search of natural alternatives. The objectives of this study were to ev...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Zhang X,Ashby R,Solaiman DK,Uknalis J,Fan X

更新日期：2016-12-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Dengue virus (DENV) infection causes several diseases ranging from dengue fever to life-threatening dengue hemorrhagic fever and dengue shock syndrome characterized by endothelial dysfunction, vascular leakage, and shock. Here, we identify a potential mechanism by which DENV induces tissue injury and vascular leakage ...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Pan P,Zhang Q,Liu W,Wang W,Yu Z,Lao Z,Zhang W,Shen M,Wan P,Xiao F,Shereen MA,Zhang W,Tan Q,Liu Y,Liu X,Wu K,Liu Y,Li G,Wu J

更新日期：2019-11-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Bacillus sp. DU-106, a newly isolated member of Bacillus cereus group, exhibits the predominant ability to produce L-lactic acid. The probiotic potency of test strain revealed its survivability at acidic pH, bile salts and viability in simulated gastric juice in vitro. The acute oral toxicity test indicated its no tox...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Li P,Tian W,Jiang Z,Liang Z,Wu X,Du B

更新日期：2018-09-20 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：: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

abstract：:There is considerable interest in studying the function of Bacteroides species resident in the human gastrointestinal (GI)-tract and the contribution they make to host health. Reverse genetics and protein expression techniques, such as those developed for well-characterized Escherichia coli cannot be applied to Bacter...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Horn N,Carvalho AL,Overweg K,Wegmann U,Carding SR,Stentz R

更新日期：2016-07-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Vancomycin is a glycopeptide antibiotic that inhibits transpeptidation during cell wall synthesis by binding to the D-Ala-D-Ala termini of lipid II. For long, it has been used as a last resort antibiotic. However, since the emergence of the first vancomycin-resistant enterococci in 1987, vancomycin resistance has beco...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Mishra NM,Stolarzewicz I,Cannaerts D,Schuermans J,Lavigne R,Looz Y,Landuyt B,Schoofs L,Schols D,Paeshuyse J,Hickenbotham P,Clokie M,Luyten W,Van der Eycken EV,Briers Y

更新日期：2018-06-07 00:00:00

abstract：:We revisited the mathematical model of the chemostat and examined consequences of considerably decreasing the concentration of limiting nutrient in the inflow for the growth of both the planktonic and biofilm cells in the chemostat tank (fermenter). The model predicts a substantially lower steady-state biomass of plan...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Legner M,McMillen DR,Cvitkovitch DG

更新日期：2019-04-30 00:00:00

abstract：:As Cryptococcus neoformans mother cells generationally age, their cell walls become thicker and cell-wall associated virulence factors are upregulated. Antiphagocytic protein 1 (App1), and laccase enzymes (Lac1 and Lac2) are virulence factors known to contribute to virulence of C. neoformans during infection through i...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Orner EP,Bhattacharya S,Kalenja K,Hayden D,Del Poeta M,Fries BC

更新日期：2019-11-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Seaweeds of the intertidal regions are a rich source of surface associated bacteria and are potential source of antimicrobial molecules. In the present study, 77 epiphytic isolates from eight different algae collected from Little Andaman were enumerated. On testing for their antimicrobial activities against certain pa...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Karthick P,Mohanraju R

更新日期：2018-04-04 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：:In streptococci, entry in competence is dictated by ComX abundance. In Streptococcus thermophilus, production of ComX is transient and tightly regulated during growth: it is positively regulated by the cell-cell communication system ComRS during the activation phase and negatively regulated during the shut-off phase b...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Haustenne L,Bastin G,Hols P,Fontaine L

更新日期：2015-12-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Globally, mosquitoes are known to be competent vectors to various arboviruses that cause serious and debilitating diseases to humans and animals. Conversely, mosquitoes harbor a wide array of insect specific viruses (ISVs) that are generally neglected. Extensive characterization of these ISVs is important in understan...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Zhao L,Mwaliko C,Atoni E,Wang Y,Zhang Y,Zhan J,Hu X,Xia H,Yuan Z

更新日期：2019-08-22 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：:Prions are molecules characterized by self-propagation, which can undergo a conformational switch leading to the creation of new prions. Prion proteins have originally been associated with the development of mammalian pathologies; however, recently they have been shown to contribute to the environmental adaptation in ...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Tetz G,Tetz V

更新日期：2017-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Strain 212 of Penicillium rubens (PO212) is an effective fungal biological control agent against a broad spectrum of diseases of horticultural plants. A pyrimidine auxotrophic isolate of PO212, PO212_18.2, carrying an inactive pyrG gene, has been used as host for transformation by positive selection of vectors contain...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Villarino M,Espeso EA,Melgarejo P,Larena I

更新日期：2018-07-23 00:00:00

abstract：:The shallow-sea hydrothermal vents at White Point (WP) in Palos Verdes on the southern California coast support microbial mats and provide easily accessed settings in which to study chemolithoautotrophic sulfur cycling. Previous studies have cultured sulfur-oxidizing bacteria from the WP mats; however, almost nothing ...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Miranda PJ,McLain NK,Hatzenpichler R,Orphan VJ,Dillon JG

更新日期：2016-07-27 00:00:00