abstract：:Aeromonas hydrophila is responsible for aeromonad septicaemia in fish, and gastroenteritis and wound infections in humans. The type III secretion system (T3SS) is utilized by aeromonads to inject protein effectors directly into host cells. One of the major genetic regulators of the T3SS in several bacterial species is...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Zhao YH,Shaw JG

更新日期：2016-09-07 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, we investigated the transcriptional response to 50 Hz extremely low frequency electromagnetic field (ELF-EMF) and 2.0 GHz radio frequency electromagnetic field (RF-EMF) exposure by Illumina sequencing technology using budding yeast as the model organism. The transcription levels of 28 genes were upregul...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Lin KW,Yang CJ,Lian HY,Cai P

更新日期：2016-08-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Anopheles mosquito midgut harbors a diverse group of endogenous bacteria that grow extensively after the blood feeding and help in food digestion and nutrition in many ways. Although, the growth of endogenous bacteria is regulated by various factors, however, the robust antibacterial immune reactions are generally sup...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Kajla M,Choudhury TP,Kakani P,Gupta K,Dhawan R,Gupta L,Kumar S

更新日期：2016-08-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Biological nitrogen fixation plays a crucial role in the nitrogen cycle. An ability to fix atmospheric nitrogen, reducing it to ammonium, was described for multiple species of Bacteria and Archaea. The transcriptional regulatory network for nitrogen fixation was extensively studied in several representatives of the cl...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Tsoy OV,Ravcheev DA,Čuklina J,Gelfand MS

更新日期：2016-08-26 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated the antifungal activity of novel a 2-bromo-2-chloro-2-(4-chlorophenylsulfonyl)-1-phenylethanone (compound 4). The synthesis of compound 4 was commenced from sodium 4-chlorobenzene sulfinate and the final product was obtained by treatment of α-chloro-β-keto-sulfone with sodium hypobromite. The sensitivi...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Staniszewska M,Bondaryk M,Wieczorek M,Estrada-Mata E,Mora-Montes HM,Ochal Z

更新日期：2016-08-25 00:00:00

abstract：:A new mycorrhizal fungal strain was isolated from hair roots of Rhododendron fortunei Lindl. grown in Huading Forest Park, Zhejiang Province, China. Morphological characterization and internal transcribed spacer rDNA analysis suggested that it belongs to Oidiodendron maius Barron, and we designated it as strain Om19. ...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Wei X,Chen J,Zhang C,Pan D

更新日期：2016-08-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Syntrophic methanogenesis is an essential link in the global carbon cycle and a key bioprocess for the disposal of organic waste and production of biogas. Recent studies suggest direct interspecies electron transfer (DIET) is involved in electron exchange in methanogenesis occurring in paddy soils, anaerobic digesters...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Zhang J,Lu Y

更新日期：2016-08-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Cefoperazone/sulbactam has been shown to be efficacious for the treatment of infections caused by Acinetobacter baumannii; however, the mechanism underlying resistance to this synergistic combination is not well understood. In the present study, two A. baumannii isolates, AB1845 and AB2092, were isolated from a patien...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Liu X,Zheng H,Zhang W,Shen Z,Zhao M,Chen Y,Sun L,Shi J,Zhang J

更新日期：2016-08-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Bacteriophages are the most common entities on earth and represent a constant challenge to bacterial populations. To fend off bacteriophage infection, bacteria evolved immune systems to avert phage adsorption and block invader DNA entry. They developed restriction-modification systems and mechanisms to abort infection...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Shabbir MA,Hao H,Shabbir MZ,Wu Q,Sattar A,Yuan Z

更新日期：2016-08-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Fusarium head blight (FHB) is a disease of cereal crops caused by trichothecene producing Fusarium species. Trichothecenes, macrocylicic fungal metabolites composed of three fused rings (A-C) with one epoxide functionality, are a class of mycotoxins known to inhibit protein synthesis in eukaryotic ribosomes. These tox...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Foroud NA,Shank RA,Kiss D,Eudes F,Hazendonk P

更新日期：2016-08-17 00:00:00

abstract：:MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are evolutionary conserved, small non-coding RNA with size ranging from 19 to 24 nucleotides. They endogenously regulate the gene expression at the post transcriptional level either through translation repression or mRNA degradation. MiRNAs have shown the potential to be used as a biomarker for the ...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Verma P,Pandey RK,Prajapati P,Prajapati VK

更新日期：2016-08-15 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：:Heat resistance of microorganisms can be affected by different influencing factors. Although, the effect of heating rates has been scarcely explored by the scientific community, recent researches have unraveled its important effect on the thermal resistance of different species of vegetative bacteria. Typically heatin...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Huertas JP,Aznar A,Esnoz A,Fernández PS,Iguaz A,Periago PM,Palop A

更新日期：2016-08-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Histones are small polycationic proteins located in the cell nucleus. Together, DNA and histones are integral constituents of the nucleosomes. Upon apoptosis, necrosis, and infection - induced cell death, histones are released from the cell. The extracellular histones have strong antimicrobial activity but are also cy...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Sol A,Skvirsky Y,Blotnick E,Bachrach G,Muhlrad A

更新日期：2016-08-09 00:00:00

abstract：:In the environment, bacteria live in complex multispecies communities. These communities span in scale from small, multicellular aggregates to billions or trillions of cells within the gastrointestinal tract of animals. The dynamics of bacterial communities are determined by pairwise interactions that occur between di...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Stubbendieck RM,Vargas-Bautista C,Straight PD

更新日期：2016-08-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Estuarine sediments are significant repositories of anthropogenic contaminants, and thus knowledge of the impacts of pollution upon microbial communities in these environments is important to understand potential effects on estuaries as a whole. The Lagos lagoon (Nigeria) is one of Africa's largest estuarine ecosystem...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Obi CC,Adebusoye SA,Ugoji EO,Ilori MO,Amund OO,Hickey WJ

更新日期：2016-08-05 00:00:00

abstract：:The Deepwater Horizon accident has brought oil contamination of deep-sea environments to worldwide attention. The risk for new deep-sea spills is not expected to decrease in the future, as political pressure mounts to access deep-water fossil reserves, and poorly tested technologies are used to access oil. This also a...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Scoma A,Yakimov MM,Boon N

更新日期：2016-08-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Syngas generated by thermal gasification of biomass or coal can be steam reformed and purified into methane, which could be used locally for energy needs, or re-injected in the natural gas grid. As an alternative to chemical catalysis, the main components of the syngas (CO, CO2, and H2) can be used as substrates by a ...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Sancho Navarro S,Cimpoia R,Bruant G,Guiot SR

更新日期：2016-08-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Traditionally, the shelf-life and safety of foods have been achieved by thermal processing. Low temperature long time and high temperature short time treatments are the most commonly used hurdles for the pasteurization of fluid foods and raw materials. However, the thermal treatments can reduce the product quality and...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Patrignani F,Lanciotti R

更新日期：2016-08-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Candia tropicalis is an increasingly important human pathogen, causing nosocomial fungemia among patients with neutropenia or malignancy. However, limited research has been published concerning its pathogenicity. Based on the phenotypes of C. tropicalis in our previous study, we selected nine representative strains wi...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Yu S,Li W,Liu X,Che J,Wu Y,Lu J

更新日期：2016-07-29 00:00:00

abstract：:The microbial communities inhabiting the alimentary tracts of mammals, particularly those of herbivores, are estimated to be one of the densest microbial reservoirs on Earth. The significance of these gut microbes in influencing the physiology, ecology and evolution of their hosts is only beginning to be realized. To ...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Kohl KD,Dearing MD

更新日期：2016-07-28 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

abstract：:Streptococcal species are Gram-positive bacteria involved in severe and invasive diseases in humans and animals. Although, this group includes different pathogenic species involved in life-threatening infections for humans, it also includes beneficial species, such as Streptococcus thermophilus, which is used in yogur...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Zorgani MA,Quentin R,Lartigue MF

更新日期：2016-07-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Experiences worldwide reveal that degraded lands restoration projects achieve little success or fail. Hence, understanding the underlying causes and accordingly, devising appropriate restoration mechanisms is crucial. In doing so, the ever-increasing aspiration and global commitments in degraded lands restoration coul...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Asmelash F,Bekele T,Birhane E

更新日期：2016-07-26 00:00:00

abstract：:While there are many opinions on what mathematical modeling in biology is, in essence, modeling is a mathematical tool, like a microscope, which allows consequences to logically follow from a set of assumptions. Only when this tool is applied appropriately, as microscope is used to look at small items, it may allow to...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Ganusov VV

更新日期：2016-07-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Most bacteria grow in nature forming multicellular structures named biofilms. The bacterial second messenger cyclic diguanosine monophosphate (c-di-GMP) is a key player in the regulation of the transition from planktonic to sessile lifestyles and this regulation is crucial in the development of biofilms. In Pseudomona...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Ramos-González MI,Travieso ML,Soriano MI,Matilla MA,Huertas-Rosales Ó,Barrientos-Moreno L,Tagua VG,Espinosa-Urgel M

更新日期：2016-07-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Lactobacillus plantarum species is a good source of esterases since both lipolytic and esterase activities have been described for strains of this species. No fundamental biochemical difference exists among esterases and lipases since both share a common catalytic mechanism. L. plantarum WCFS1 possesses a protein, Lp_...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Esteban-Torres M,Reverón I,Santamaría L,Mancheño JM,de Las Rivas B,Muñoz R

更新日期：2016-07-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Purpureocillium lilacinum is a promising nematophagous ascomycete able to adapt diverse environments and it is also an opportunistic fungus that infects humans. A microbial inoculant of P. lilacinum has been registered to control plant parasitic nematodes. However, the molecular mechanism of the toxicological processe...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Xie J,Li S,Mo C,Xiao X,Peng D,Wang G,Xiao Y

更新日期：2016-07-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Campylobacter jejuni is the major cause of human bacterial diarrhea worldwide. Its pathogenic mechanism remains poorly understood. cj0371 is a novel gene that was uncovered using immunoscreening. There have been no previous reports regarding its function. In this study, we constructed an insertion mutant and complemen...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Du X,Wang N,Ren F,Tang H,Jiao X,Huang J

更新日期：2016-07-14 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：:The plasma membrane represents a critical interface between the internal and extracellular environments, and harbors multiple proteins key receptors and transporters that play important roles in restriction of intracellular infection. We applied plasma membrane profiling, a technique that combines quantitative mass sp...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Long J,Basu Roy R,Zhang YJ,Antrobus R,Du Y,Smith DL,Weekes MP,Javid B

更新日期：2016-07-12 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Tyrophagus putrescentiae colonizes different human-related habitats and feeds on various post-harvest foods. The microbiota acquired by these mites can influence the nutritional plasticity in different populations. We compared the bacterial communities of five populations of T. putrescentiae and one mixed po...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Erban T,Klimov PB,Smrz J,Phillips TW,Nesvorna M,Kopecky J,Hubert J

更新日期：2016-07-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Vanillin is a potent fermentation inhibitor derived from the lignocellulosic biomass in biofuel production, and high concentrations of vanillin result in the pronounced repression of bulk translation in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Studies on genes that are efficiently translated even in the presence of high concentratio...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Ishida Y,Nguyen TT,Kitajima S,Izawa S

更新日期：2016-07-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Metacaspases are distant homologs of metazoan caspase proteases, implicated in stress response, and programmed cell death (PCD) in bacteria and phytoplankton. While the few previous studies on metacaspases have relied on cultured organisms and sequenced genomes, no studies have focused on metacaspases in a natural set...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Asplund-Samuelsson J,Sundh J,Dupont CL,Allen AE,McCrow JP,Celepli NA,Bergman B,Ininbergs K,Ekman M

更新日期：2016-07-06 00:00:00

abstract：:A rich variety of indigenous fruits and vegetables grow in Africa, which contribute to the nutrition and health of Africa's populations. Fruits and vegetables have high moisture and are thus inherently prone to accelerated spoilage. Food fermentation still plays a major role in combating food spoilage and foodborne di...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Oguntoyinbo FA,Fusco V,Cho GS,Kabisch J,Neve H,Bockelmann W,Huch M,Frommherz L,Trierweiler B,Becker B,Benomar N,Gálvez A,Abriouel H,Holzapfel WH,Franz CM

更新日期：2016-07-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Bacteria adopt alternative cell fates during development. In Bacillus subtilis, the transition from planktonic growth to biofilm formation and sporulation is controlled by a complex regulatory circuit, in which the most important event is activation of Spo0A, a transcription factor and a master regulator for genes inv...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Yan F,Yu Y,Wang L,Luo Y,Guo JH,Chai Y

更新日期：2016-06-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Twenty-three Saccharomyces cerevisiae strains isolated from different fermented foods of Western Himalayas have been studied for strain level and functional diversity in our department. Among these 23 strains, 10 S. cerevisiae strains on the basis of variation in their brewing traits were selected to study their organ...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Kanwar SS,Keshani

更新日期：2016-06-28 00:00:00

abstract：:KPC-3-producing bacteria are endemic in many countries but only recently became apparent their wide distribution in different Portuguese hospitals. The aim of this study is to characterize genetic backgrounds associated with bla KPC-3 among Klebsiella pneumoniae isolates recently identified on non-hospitalized patient...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Rodrigues C,Bavlovič J,Machado E,Amorim J,Peixe L,Novais Â

更新日期：2016-06-28 00:00:00

abstract：:With the increasing amount of evidence linking certain disorders of the human body to a disturbed gut microbiota, there is a growing interest for compounds that positively influence its composition and activity through diet. Besides the consumption of probiotics to stimulate favorable bacterial communities in the huma...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Rivière A,Selak M,Lantin D,Leroy F,De Vuyst L

更新日期：2016-06-28 00:00:00

abstract：:The marine picocyanobacterium Synechococcus sp. WH7803 possesses two glutamine synthetases (GSs; EC 6.3.1.2), GSI encoded by glnA and GSIII encoded by glnN. This is the first work addressing the physiological regulation of both enzymes in a marine cyanobacterial strain. The increase of GS activity upon nitrogen starva...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Domínguez-Martín MA,Díez J,García-Fernández JM

更新日期：2016-06-28 00:00:00