Free-living and plankton-associated vibrios: assessment in ballast water, harbor areas, and coastal ecosystems in Brazil.

abstract：:A multidisciplinary, collaborative project was conducted to determine the prevalence and distribution of soil-borne zoonotic pathogens in Lahore district of Pakistan and ascertain its Public Health Significance. Using a grid-based sampling strategy, soil samples (n = 145) were collected from villages (n = 29, 5 sample...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Shabbir MZ,Jamil T,Ali AA,Ahmad A,Naeem M,Chaudhary MH,Bilal M,Ali MA,Muhammad K,Yaqub T,Bano A,Mirza AI,Shabbir MA,McVey WR,Patel K,Francesconi S,Jayarao BM,Rabbani M

更新日期：2015-09-10 00:00:00

abstract：:In the present study, long-term organic and conventional managements were compared at the experimental field of Monsampolo del Tronto (Marche region, Italy) with the aim of investigating soil chemical fertility and microbial community structure. A polyphasic approach, combining soil fertility indicators with microbiol...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Stagnari F,Perpetuini G,Tofalo R,Campanelli G,Leteo F,Della Vella U,Schirone M,Suzzi G,Pisante M

更新日期：2014-12-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Platycladi Semen, which is derived from the dried ripe seed of Platycladus orientalis, has been used for the treatment of insomnia and constipation in China for 2000 years. However, it is susceptible to fungal and aflatoxin contamination under proper humidity and temperature during storage. Although aflatoxin contamin...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Yu J,Guo M,Jiang W,Yang M,Pang X

更新日期：2020-10-23 00:00:00

abstract：:While the skin microbiome has been shown to play important roles in health and disease in several species, the effects of altitude on the skin microbiome and how high-altitude skin microbiomes may be associated with health and disease states remains largely unknown. Using 16S rRNA marker gene sequencing, we characteri...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Zeng B,Zhao J,Guo W,Zhang S,Hua Y,Tang J,Kong F,Yang X,Fu L,Liao K,Yu X,Chen G,Jin L,Shuai S,Yang J,Si X,Ning R,Mishra S,Li Y

更新日期：2017-10-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Streptococcus pneumoniae (S.pneumoniae) is a major human pathogen causing morbidity and mortality worldwide. Efficiently acquiring iron from the environment is critical for S. pneumoniae to sustain growth and cause infection. There are only three known iron-uptake systems in Streptococcal species responsible for iron ...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Yang XY,He K,Du G,Wu X,Yu G,Pan Y,Zhang G,Sun X,He QY

更新日期：2016-02-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Arid regions show relatively fewer species in comparison to better-watered biomes, but the competition for the few nutrients is very distinct. Here, in total 373 bacterial strains were isolated from rhizospheric soils obtained from three different sampling sites in Tunisia. Their potential for the production of antimi...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Nasfi Z,Busch H,Kehraus S,Linares-Otoya L,König GM,Schäberle TF,Bachoual R

更新日期：2018-11-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Intertidal microbial mats are comprised of distinctly colored millimeter-thick layers whose communities organize in response to environmental gradients such as light availability, oxygen/sulfur concentrations, and redox potential. Here, slight changes in depth correspond to sharp niche boundaries. We explore the patte...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Armitage DW,Gallagher KL,Youngblut ND,Buckley DH,Zinder SH

更新日期：2012-08-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Marine environments are a fruitful source of bioactive compounds some of which are the newest leading drugs in medicinal therapeutics. Of particular importance are organisms like sponges and macroalgae and their associated microbiome. Planctomycetes, abundant in macroalgae biofilms, are promising producers of bioactiv...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Graça AP,Calisto R,Lage OM

更新日期：2016-08-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi confer heavy metal tolerance to plants, but this characteristic differs between different AM fungal strains. We tested the hypotheses if acclimatization of an AM fungus to Zn stress is possible and if this leads also to higher Zn tolerance of mycorrhizal plants. The AM fungus Rhizopha...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Bui VC,Franken P

更新日期：2018-12-18 00:00:00

abstract：:The human enteric pathogen Salmonella enterica leads a cross-kingdom lifestyle, actively colonizing and persisting on plants in between animal hosts. One of the questions that arises from this dual lifestyle is how S. enterica is able to adapt to such divergent hosts. Metabolic pathways required for S. enterica animal...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Kwan G,Plagenz B,Cowles K,Pisithkul T,Amador-Noguez D,Barak JD

更新日期：2018-05-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Avibacterium paragallinarum, the causative agent of infectious coryza, is known to release outer membrane vesicles (OMVs). In the present study, we investigated the composition, bioactivities, and functional properties of the OMVs of A. paragallinarum. Following extraction and purification, the OMVs were observed to b...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Mei C,Sun AH,Blackall PJ,Xian H,Li SF,Gong YM,Wang HJ

更新日期：2020-09-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Multidrug resistant (MDR) bacteria are an increasing health problem with the shortage of new active antibiotic agents. Among effective mechanisms that contribute to the spread of MDR Gram-negative bacteria are drug efflux pumps that expel clinically important antibiotic classes out of the cell. Drug pumps are attracti...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Otręebska-Machaj E,Chevalier J,Handzlik J,Szymańska E,Schabikowski J,Boyer G,Bolla JM,Kieć-Kononowicz K,Pagès JM,Alibert S

更新日期：2016-05-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Burkholderia pseudomallei is the Gram-negative bacterial pathogen responsible for the disease melioidosis. B. pseudomallei establishes disease in susceptible individuals through multiple routes of infection, all of which may proceed to a septicemic disease associated with a high mortality rate. B. pseudomallei opportu...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Warawa JM

更新日期：2010-12-29 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：: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：:Endophytes are considered to be excellent biocontrol agents and biofertilizers, and are associated with plant growth promotion and health. In particular, seed-endophytic bacteria benefit the host plant's progeny via vertical transmission, and can play a role in plant growth and defense. However, seed-associated endoph...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Li L,Zhang Z,Pan S,Li L,Li X

更新日期：2019-11-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Several Bacillus strains exert beneficial effects on the maintenance of intestinal homeostasis and host health. However, whether Bacillus amyloliquefaciens (BA) can improve gut microbial dysbiosis and ameliorate colitis is unknown. Therefore, we conducted the present study to investigate the effects of BA administrati...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Cao G,Wang K,Li Z,Tao F,Xu Y,Lan J,Chen G,Yang C

更新日期：2019-01-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Bacterial biofilms have an impact in medical and industrial environments because they often confer protection to bacteria against harmful agents, and constitute a source from which microorganisms can disperse. Conjugative plasmids can enhance bacterial ability to form biofilms because conjugative pili act as adhesion ...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Gama JA,Fredheim EGA,Cléon F,Reis AM,Zilhão R,Dionisio F

更新日期：2020-08-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Vibrio vulnificus (Vv) is a multi-host pathogenic species currently subdivided into three biotypes (Bts). The three Bts are human-pathogens, but only Bt2 is also a fish-pathogen, an ability that is conferred by a transferable virulence-plasmid (pVvbt2). Here we present a phylogenomic analysis from the core genome of 8...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Roig FJ,González-Candelas F,Sanjuán E,Fouz B,Feil EJ,Llorens C,Baker-Austin C,Oliver JD,Danin-Poleg Y,Gibas CJ,Kashi Y,Gulig PA,Morrison SS,Amaro C

更新日期：2018-01-05 00:00:00

abstract：Background:The hepatitis E virus (HEV) represents a major cause of acute hepatitis worldwide. The majority of HEV cases occur in low-income countries, mainly Asia and Africa, where HEV causes large outbreaks associated with the consumption of contaminated water and high mortality in specific populations. In high-income...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Rivero-Juarez A,Lopez-Lopez P,Frias M,Rivero A

更新日期：2019-06-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Phylogenetically deeply rooted methanogens belonging to the genus of Methanocaldococcus living in deep-sea hydrothermal vents derive energy exclusively from hydrogenotrophic methanogenesis, one of the oldest respiratory metabolisms on Earth. These hyperthermophilic, autotrophic archaea synthesize their biomolecules fr...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Susanti D,Frazier MC,Mukhopadhyay B

更新日期：2019-07-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Copper membrane monooxygenases (CuMMOs) oxidize ammonia, methane and some short-chain alkanes and alkenes. They are encoded by three genes, usually in an operon of xmoCAB. We aligned xmo operons from 66 microbial genomes, including members of the Alpha-, Beta-, and Gamma-proteobacteria, Verrucomicrobia, Actinobacteria...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Khadka R,Clothier L,Wang L,Lim CK,Klotz MG,Dunfield PF

更新日期：2018-10-29 00:00:00

abstract：:The digestive tract microbiota (DTM) plays a plethora of functions that enable hosts to exploit novel niches. However, our understanding of the DTM of birds, particularly passerines, and the turnover of microbial communities along the digestive tract are limited. To better understand how passerine DTMs are assembled, ...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Bodawatta KH,Sam K,Jønsson KA,Poulsen M

更新日期：2018-08-10 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：:Nowadays, contamination of agricultural commodities with fungi and their mycotoxins is one of the most annoying with regard to food safety and pose serious health risk. Therefore, there is a requisite to propose suitable mitigation strategies to reduce the contamination of fungi and mycotoxins in agricultural commodit...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Kalagatur NK,Kamasani JR,Siddaiah C,Gupta VK,Krishna K,Mudili V

更新日期：2018-07-31 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：:Tuberculosis is still a major threat to global public health. Here, a novel diagnosis assay, termed as multiple cross displacement amplification combined with nanoparticle-based lateral flow biosensor (MCDA-LFB), was developed to simultaneously detect IS6110 and IS1081 of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) in DNA extrac...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Jiao WW,Wang Y,Wang GR,Wang YC,Xiao J,Sun L,Li JQ,Wen SA,Zhang TT,Ma Q,Huang HR,Shen AD

更新日期：2019-09-13 00:00:00

abstract：:The understanding of the response of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) community composition to fertilization is of great significance in sustainable agriculture. However, how fertilization influences AMF diversity and composition is not well-established yet. A field experiment located in northeast China in typical b...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Zhu C,Ling N,Guo J,Wang M,Guo S,Shen Q

更新日期：2016-11-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Escherichia coli O104:H4, a Shiga toxin-producing hybrid pathotype that was implicated in a major foodborne outbreak in Germany in 2011, has not been detected in cattle. However, serotypes of O104, other than O104:H4, have been isolated from cattle feces, with O104:H7 being the most predominant. In this study, we inve...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Shridhar PB,Patel IR,Gangiredla J,Noll LW,Shi X,Bai J,Elkins CA,Strockbine NA,Nagaraja TG

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Trachomatous trichiasis (TT) caused by repeated or chronic ocular infection with Chlamydia trachomatis is the result of a pro-fibrotic ocular immune response. At the conjunctiva, the increased expression of both inflammatory (IL1B, TNF) and regulatory cytokines (IL10) have been associated with adverse clinical outcome...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Gall A,Horowitz A,Joof H,Natividad A,Tetteh K,Riley E,Bailey RL,Mabey DC,Holland MJ

更新日期：2011-02-10 00:00:00