abstract：:The Prodiginine family consists of primarily red-pigmented tripyrrole secondary metabolites that were first characterized in the Gram-negative bacterial species Serratia marcescens and demonstrates a wide array of biological activities and applications. Derivatives of prodiginine have since been characterized in the m...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Sakai-Kawada FE,Ip CG,Hagiwara KA,Awaya JD

更新日期：2019-07-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Dietary inclusions of baicalin and chlorogenic acid were beneficial for intestinal health in pigs. Nevertheless, it is unknown whether these plant-derived products had protection for intestine against bacterial challenge in chickens. This study was aimed at evaluating the potential mitigating effects of plant extracts...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Wang WW,Jia HJ,Zhang HJ,Wang J,Lv HY,Wu SG,Qi GH

更新日期：2019-07-24 00:00:00

abstract：:This study identified the lactic acid bacteria (LAB) biota and the volatilome profile of 28 typical sourdoughs of Irpinia-a large area of the Campania region of Southern Italy where numerous breads are produced, even today, following the ancient procedures of sourdough fermentation and for which information on the mic...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Reale A,Di Renzo T,Boscaino F,Nazzaro F,Fratianni F,Aponte M

更新日期：2019-07-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Genome-resolved environmental metagenomic sequencing has uncovered substantial previously unrecognized microbial diversity relevant for understanding the ecology and evolution of the biosphere, providing a more nuanced view of the distribution and ecological significance of traits including phototrophy across diverse ...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Ward LM,Cardona T,Holland-Moritz H

更新日期：2019-07-23 00:00:00

abstract：Objectives:To explore the microbiome of the prostatic fluid in high prostate-specific antigen (PSA) patients. Patients and Methods:The microbiome profiles of prostatic fluid samples from 32 prostate cancer (PCa) patients and 27 non-PCa people were assessed. Microbiome analysis was assessed by massive 16S ribosomal RNA...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Ma X,Chi C,Fan L,Dong B,Shao X,Xie S,Li M,Xue W

更新日期：2019-07-19 00:00:00

abstract：:The contamination of maize with fungi and subsequent mycotoxins is a pivotal and long-standing safety concern in the maize industry. In this study, the inhibitory effects of the complex essential oils (cinnamaldehyde, citral, eugenol, and menthol, 3:3:2:2, v/v) on fungal growth and mycotoxins production in stored maiz...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Wang L,Liu B,Jin J,Ma L,Dai X,Pan L,Liu Y,Zhao Y,Xing F

更新日期：2019-07-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Clonostachys rosea is a biological control agent against Fusarium graminearum in small grain cereals and maize. Infections with F. graminearum do not only reduce the yield but, due to the production of mycotoxins, also affect the entire value chain of food and feed. In addition, production of other secondary metabolit...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Gimeno A,Sohlberg E,Pakula T,Limnell J,Keller B,Laitila A,Vogelgsang S

更新日期：2019-07-16 00:00:00

abstract：:The viruses play an important role in limiting bacterial abundance in oceans and, hence, in regulating bacterial biogeochemical functions. A cruise was conducted in September 2005 along a transect in the deep South China Sea (SCS). The results showed the double maxima in the ratio of viral to bacterial abundance (VBR)...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： He L,Yin K,Yuan X

更新日期：2019-07-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Historically, disease progression in animal models of Q fever has been carried out using PCR to monitor the presence of Coxiella burnetii DNA in the host. However, the colonization and dissemination of other bacterial infections in animal models are tracked using viable counts, enabling an accurate assessment of viabl...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Hartley MG,Ralph E,Norville IH,Prior JL,Atkins TP

更新日期：2019-07-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Oropharyngeal candidiasis is a common opportunistic mucosal infection of the oral cavity, mainly caused by an overgrowth of Candida albicans. This infection can inhibit nutritional intakes and strongly affect quality of life. To date, standard therapeutic strategies involving the administration of antifungal drugs can...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Roselletti E,Sabbatini S,Ballet N,Perito S,Pericolini E,Blasi E,Mosci P,Cayzeele Decherf A,Monari C,Vecchiarelli A

更新日期：2019-07-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Evolution of fungicide resistance in plant pathogens is one of major concerns in sustainable plant disease management. In this study, the genetics and potential of developing resistance to a demethylation inhibitor (DMI) fungicide, difenoconazole, in the fungal pathogen Alternaria alternata was investigated using a co...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： He MH,Wang YP,Wu EJ,Shen LL,Yang LN,Wang T,Shang LP,Zhu W,Zhan J

更新日期：2019-07-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Whole-genome sequencing (WGS) of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) has been sparse in low- and middle-income countries, therefore, its population structure is unknown for many regions. We conducted a pilot surveillance of MRSA in the maternity ward of a teaching hospital in Armenia, to characterize th...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Jamrozy D,Misra R,Xu Z,Ter-Stepanyan MM,Kocharyan KS,Cave R,Hambardzumyan AD,Mkrtchyan HV

更新日期：2019-07-10 00:00:00

abstract：:The lack of therapeutic options to treat infections caused by multidrug-resistant (MDR) pathogens, especially Gram-negative bacteria, is apparent. Therefore, it is imperative to develop new strategies to address the problem of antimicrobial resistance. Repurposing non-antibiotic commercial drugs for antimicrobial ther...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Domalaon R,Ammeter D,Brizuela M,Gorityala BK,Zhanel GG,Schweizer F

更新日期：2019-07-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Downy mildew is one of the most serious diseases of grapevine (Vitis spp). The causal agent of grapevine downy mildew, Plasmopara viticola, is an obligate biotrophic oomycete. Although oomycete pathogens such as P. viticola are known to secrete RxLR effectors to manipulate host immunity, there have been few studies of...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Yin X,Shang B,Dou M,Liu R,Chen T,Xiang G,Li Y,Liu G,Xu Y

更新日期：2019-07-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Fecal microbiota transplants (FMT) may be used to improve chicken's feed efficiency (FE) via modulation of the intestinal microbiota and microbe-host signaling. This study investigated the effect of the administration of FMT from highly feed efficient donors early in life on the jejunal and cecal microbiota, visceral ...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Metzler-Zebeli BU,Siegerstetter SC,Magowan E,Lawlor PG,O Connell NE,Zebeli Q

更新日期：2019-07-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent research has proven the ability of cold atmospheric plasma (CAP) for assuring food safety. A more flexible and transportable alternative is the use of plasma activated liquids (PAL), which are also known to have antimicrobial properties. However, within the context of food safety, little is known on its potenti...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Smet C,Govaert M,Kyrylenko A,Easdani M,Walsh JL,Van Impe JF

更新日期：2019-07-04 00:00:00

abstract：:In the present work, loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) and hyperbranched rolling circle amplification (HRCA) methods were developed to detect and distinguish different lethal Amanita species. Specific LAMP primers and HRCA padlock probes for species-specific identification and a set of universal LAMP prime...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： He Z,Su Y,Li S,Long P,Zhang P,Chen Z

更新日期：2019-07-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Histone-like nucleoid structuring protein (H-NS) in enterobacteria plays an important role in facilitating chromosome organization and functions as a crucial transcriptional regulator for global gene regulation. Here, we presented an observation that H-NS of Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium could undergo protei...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Hu L,Kong W,Yang D,Han Q,Guo L,Shi Y

更新日期：2019-07-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Deinococcus radiodurans exhibits growth medium-dependent morphological variation in cell shape, but there is no evidence whether this phenomenon is observed in other members of the Deinococcaceae family. In this study, we isolated a red-pigmented, aerobic, Deinococcus indicus strain DR1 from Dadri wetland, India. This...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Chauhan D,Srivastava PA,Ritzl B,Yennamalli RM,Cava F,Priyadarshini R

更新日期：2019-07-03 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：:Methylketones are broadly distributed in nature and perform a variety of functions. Most microorganisms are thought to produce methylketone by abortive β-oxidation of fatty acid catalytic metabolism. However, two methylketone synthetase genes in wild tomatoes are reported to synthesize methylketone using intermediates...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Zhu M,Xu X,Li Y,Wang P,Niu S,Zhang K,Huang X

更新日期：2019-07-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Cross-feeding on intermediary and end-point metabolites plays an important role in the dynamic interactions of host-associated microbial communities. While gut microbiota possess inherent resilience to perturbation, variations in the intake of certain nutrients may lead to changes in the community composition with pot...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Sharma V,Rodionov DA,Leyn SA,Tran D,Iablokov SN,Ding H,Peterson DA,Osterman AL,Peterson SN

更新日期：2019-07-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Actinobacteria are important producers of bioactive compounds. Extreme ecosystems cause evolution of novel secondary metabolic pathways of Actinobacteria and increase the possible discovery of new biological functions of bioactive compounds. Here, we isolated 65 Actinobacteria from rhizosphere soil samples of Opuntia ...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Qi D,Zou L,Zhou D,Chen Y,Gao Z,Feng R,Zhang M,Li K,Xie J,Wang W

更新日期：2019-06-28 00:00:00

abstract：:In Low and Middle-Income Countries (LMIC), weaning is associated with environmentally acquired and inflammation-associated enteric disorders. Dietary intake of high amylose maize starch (HAMS) can promote commensal fermentative bacteria and drive the production of short chain fatty acids (SCFAs). By stabilizing commen...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Wang Y,Mortimer EK,Katundu KGH,Kalanga N,Leong LEX,Gopalsamy GL,Christophersen CT,Richard AC,Shivasami A,Abell GCJ,Young GP,Rogers GB

更新日期：2019-06-26 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：: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：:Controlling aflatoxigenic Aspergillus flavus and aflatoxins (AFs) in grains and food during storage is a great challenge to humans worldwide. Alcaligenes faecalis N1-4 isolated from tea rhizosphere soil can produce abundant antifungal volatiles, and greatly inhibited the growth of A. flavus in un-contacted face-to-fac...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Gong AD,Wu NN,Kong XW,Zhang YM,Hu MJ,Gong SJ,Dong FY,Wang JH,Zhao ZY,Liao YC

更新日期：2019-06-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Type IV secretion systems (T4SS) are used by a number of bacterial pathogens to attack the host cell. The complex protein structure of the T4SS is used to directly translocate effector proteins into host cells, often causing fatal diseases in humans and animals. Identification of effector proteins is the first step in...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Esna Ashari Z,Brayton KA,Broschat SL

更新日期：2019-06-21 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：:Rice false smut fungus (teleomorph: Villosiclava virens; anamorph: Ustilaginoidea virens) can generate chlamydospores and survive winter under field conditions. The chlamydospore is considered as an important infection source of the disease. However, little is known about the regulatory mechanism of the chlamydospore ...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Yu J,Yu M,Song T,Cao H,Pan X,Yong M,Qi Z,Du Y,Zhang R,Yin X,Liu Y

更新日期：2019-06-20 00:00:00

abstract：:We demonstrate that the antimicrobial peptide, melittin, is effective alone and in combination with the aminoglycosides tobramycin to kill Pseudomonas aeruginosa growing as biofilms both in vitro and in vivo. Melittin and tobramycin show enhanced in vitro activity in combination at micromolar concentrations, resulting...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Maiden MM,Zachos MP,Waters CM

更新日期：2019-06-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Acinetobacter baumannii often causes serious nosocomial infections. Because of its serious drug resistance problems, complex drug resistance mechanism, and rapid adaptation to antibiotics, it often shows pan-drug resistance and high fatality rates, which represent great challenges for clinical treatment. Therefore, id...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Huang W,Zhang Q,Li W,Chen Y,Shu C,Li Q,Zhou J,Ye C,Bai H,Sun W,Yang X,Ma Y

更新日期：2019-06-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Gut microbiota regulates host metabolism and immunity. The phylogenetic composition of gut microbiota is influenced by diverse factors that include host gender. In this study, the effects of gender on gut microbial composition and its subsequent influence on serum metabolites in pigs were evaluated. The bacterial comp...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： He M,Gao J,Wu J,Zhou Y,Fu H,Ke S,Yang H,Chen C,Huang L

更新日期：2019-06-18 00:00:00

abstract：:This study aims to investigate and compare the complete nucleotide sequences of the multidrug resistance plasmids pVb0267 and pVb0499, which were recovered from foodborne Vibrio parahaemolyticus isolates, and analyze the genetic environment of blaCTX-M-55 to provide insight into the dissemination mechanisms of this re...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Zheng Z,Li R,Ye L,Wai-Chi Chan E,Xia X,Chen S

更新日期：2019-06-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Edaphic cyanobacteria and algae have been extensively studied in dryland soils because they play key roles in the formation of biological soil crusts and the stabilization of soil surfaces. Yet, in temperate agricultural crop soils, little is understood about the functional significance of indigenous photosynthetic mi...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Crouzet O,Consentino L,Pétraud JP,Marrauld C,Aguer JP,Bureau S,Le Bourvellec C,Touloumet L,Bérard A

更新日期：2019-06-14 00:00:00

abstract：:The central nervous system (CNS) barriers are highly specialized cellular barriers that promote brain homeostasis while restricting pathogen and toxin entry. The primary cellular constituent regulating pathogen entry in most of these brain barriers is the brain endothelial cell (BEC) that exhibits properties that allo...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Kim BJ,Shusta EV,Doran KS

更新日期：2019-06-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Paracoccidioidomycosis (PCM) is the most prevalent endemic mycosis in Latin America. The disease is caused by fungi of the genus Paracoccidioides and mainly affects low-income rural workers after inhalation of fungal conidia suspended in the air. The current arsenal of chemotherapeutic agents requires long-term admini...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： de Oliveira AA,Neves BJ,Silva LDC,Soares CMA,Andrade CH,Pereira M

更新日期：2019-06-12 00:00:00

abstract：:To avoid conflict between biofuel and food resource production, marine macroalgae (main algal polysaccharides) have been suggested as potent feedstock for biofuel production. Flammeovirga pacifica WPAGA1, a typical marine polysaccharide-degrading bacterium, can utilize crude agarose as the sole carbon source. Transcri...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Gao B,Li L,Wu H,Zhu D,Jin M,Qu W,Zeng R

更新日期：2019-06-12 00:00:00

abstract：:The human gut microbiome harbors a diverse array of metabolic pathways contributing to its development and homeostasis via a complex web of diet-dependent metabolic interactions within the microbial community and host. Genomics-based reconstruction and predictive modeling of these interactions would provide a framewor...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Rodionov DA,Arzamasov AA,Khoroshkin MS,Iablokov SN,Leyn SA,Peterson SN,Novichkov PS,Osterman AL

更新日期：2019-06-12 00:00:00

abstract：:The pressure-assisted ultra-high temperature (PAUHT) system was built by using soybean oil as pressure-transmitting medium, and the multiple regression equation of soybean oil temperature change (ΔTP ) during pressurization as a function of initial temperature (Ti ) and set pressure (P) was developed: ΔTP = -13.45 + 0...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Liang D,Zhang L,Wang X,Wang P,Liao X,Wu X,Chen F,Hu X

更新日期：2019-06-10 00:00:00