abstract：:Some major research and clinical questions about human T-cell leukemia virus type 1 (HTLV-1) infection and rheumatic diseases remain: (1) Does HTLV-1 infection cause rheumatic diseases? (2) Do patients with rheumatic diseases display different responses to treatment with anti-rheumatic agents when they are HTLV-1 carr...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Umekita K,Okayama A

更新日期：2020-02-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Pseudomonas sp. BGI-2 is a psychrotrophic bacterium isolated from the ice sample collected from Batura glacier, Pakistan. This strain produces highly viscous colonies on agar media supplemented with glucose. In this study, we have optimized growth and production of exopolysaccharide (EPS) by the cold-adapted Pseudomon...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Ali P,Shah AA,Hasan F,Hertkorn N,Gonsior M,Sajjad W,Chen F

更新日期：2020-02-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) and non-tuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) are formidable causes of lung diseases throughout the world. While MTB is considered to be more virulent than NTM, host factors also play a key role in disease development. To elucidate whether there are differential immune responses to various my...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Feng Z,Bai X,Wang T,Garcia C,Bai A,Li L,Honda JR,Nie X,Chan ED

更新日期：2020-02-07 00:00:00

abstract：:The highly heavy metal resistant strain Cupriavidus metallidurans BS1 was isolated from the Zijin gold-copper mine in China. This was of particular interest since the extensively studied, closely related strain, C. metallidurans CH34 was shown to not be only highly heavy metal resistant but also able to reduce metal c...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Mazhar SH,Herzberg M,Ben Fekih I,Zhang C,Bello SK,Li YP,Su J,Xu J,Feng R,Zhou S,Rensing C

更新日期：2020-02-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepatitis E virus (HEV) is associated with acute hepatitis disease, which may lead to chronic disease in immunocompromised individuals. The disease is particularly severe among pregnant women (20-30% mortality). The only licensed vaccine against HEV, which is available in China, is the Escherichia coli purified recomb...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Gupta J,Kaul S,Srivastava A,Kaushik N,Ghosh S,Sharma C,Batra G,Banerjee M,Shalimar,Nayak B,Ranjith-Kumar CT,Surjit M

更新日期：2020-02-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Rare sugars are monosaccharides with limited availability in nature and their biological functions are largely unknown. Among them, tagatose was developed as a low-calorie sweetener and showed beneficial effects on human health. Tagatose is metabolized by only certain microbial taxa and inhibits the growth of importan...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Chahed A,Nesler A,Navazio L,Baldan B,Busato I,Ait Barka E,Pertot I,Puopolo G,Perazzolli M

更新日期：2020-02-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Resistance to antibiotics is one of the most relevant public health concerns in the world. Aquatic environments play an important role because they are reservoirs for antibiotic resistance genes and antibiotic-resistant strains, contributing to the spread of resistance. The present study investigated the resistome in ...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Alves J,Dias L,Mateus J,Marques J,Graças D,Ramos R,Seldin L,Henriques I,Silva A,Folador A

更新日期：2020-02-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Baiyunbian baijiu, the most popular miscellaneous-flavor baijiu in China, has been widely consumed for decades. Similar to many Chinese baijiu, Baiyunbian baijiu is fermented in five successive batches every year. Sensory analysis demonstrated that the raw baijiu obtained from the last two fermentation batches always ...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Liu P,Miao L

更新日期：2020-01-31 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：:[This corrects the article DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2019.02612.]. ...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Treven P,Mahnič A,Rupnik M,Golob M,Pirš T,Matijašić BB,Lorbeg PM

更新日期：2020-01-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Insect tea is a unique beverage that is native to Southwestern China and traditionally produced by local farmers in an elaborate process. It consists of insect larvae excrements that are commonly obtained from meal moths (Pyralis farinalis Linnaeus 1758) reared on a specific plant-based diet. We have reconstructed the...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Mao X,Kusstatscher P,Li H,Chen X,Berg G,Yang M,Cernava T

更新日期：2020-01-29 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：:Zoonotic hepatitis E, mainly caused by hepatitis E virus (HEV) genotype (gt) 3, is a foodborne disease that has emerged in Europe in recent decades. The main animal reservoir for genotype 3 is domestic pigs. Pig liver and liver derivates are considered the major risk products, and studies focused on the presence of HE...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： García N,Hernández M,Gutierrez-Boada M,Valero A,Navarro A,Muñoz-Chimeno M,Fernández-Manzano A,Escobar FM,Martínez I,Bárcena C,González S,Avellón A,Eiros JM,Fongaro G,Domínguez L,Goyache J,Rodríguez-Lázaro D

更新日期：2020-01-28 00:00:00

abstract：:The existence of an antisense Open Reading Frame (ORF) that encodes a putative AntiSense Protein (ASP) on the proviral genome of Human Immunodeficiency Virus type 1 (HIV-1) was a source of debate for 30 years. During the last years, some progresses have been made to characterize the cellular immune response against AS...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Savoret J,Chazal N,Moles JP,Tuaillon E,Boufassa F,Meyer L,Lecuroux C,Lambotte O,Van De Perre P,Mesnard JM,Gross A

更新日期：2020-01-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Using different Sinorhizobium meliloti strains as hosts, we isolated eight new virulent phages from the rhizosphere of the coastal legume Medicago marina. Half of the isolated phages showed a very narrow host range while the other half exhibited a wider host range within the strains tested. Electron microscopy studies...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Cubo MT,Alías-Villegas C,Balsanelli E,Mesa D,de Souza E,Espuny MR

更新日期：2020-01-24 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：:Soft rot caused by numerous species of Pectobacterium and Dickeya is a serious threat to the world production of potatoes. The application of bacteriophages to combat bacterial infections in medicine, agriculture, and the food industry requires the selection of comprehensively studied lytic phages and the knowledge of...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Lukianova AA,Shneider MM,Evseev PV,Shpirt AM,Bugaeva EN,Kabanova AP,Obraztsova EA,Miroshnikov KK,Senchenkova SN,Shashkov AS,Toschakov SV,Knirel YA,Ignatov AN,Miroshnikov KA

更新日期：2020-01-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Certain acetic and lactic acid bacteria are major causes of quality defects in musts and wines, giving rise to defects such as a "vinegary," "sharp, like nail polish-remover" taste or preventing alcoholic and/or malolactic fermentation. Sulfur dioxide is the major tool currently used in the control of these bacteria i...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Cordero-Bueso G,Moraga J,Ríos-Carrasco M,Ruiz-Muñoz M,Cantoral JM

更新日期：2020-01-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Oral exposure to the heavy metal lead (Pb) causes various dysfunctions in animals. However, the influence of gut bacteria on Pb absorption, bioaccumulation, and excretion is largely unknown. In this study, we use a mouse model to investigate the relationship between gut microbiota, Pb-intolerant intestinal microbes an...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Zhai Q,Qu D,Feng S,Yu Y,Yu L,Tian F,Zhao J,Zhang H,Chen W

更新日期：2020-01-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Soil dwelling Streptomyces species are faced with large variations in carbon or nitrogen sources, phosphate, oxygen, iron, sulfur, and other nutrients. These drastic changes in key nutrients result in an unbalanced metabolism that have undesirable consequences for growth, cell differentiation, reproduction, and second...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Martín JF,Liras P

更新日期：2020-01-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Bacterial colonization and biofilm development on medical devices can lead to infection. Antimicrobial peptide-coated surfaces may prevent such infections. Melimine and Mel4 are chimeric cationic peptides showing broad-spectrum antimicrobial activity once attached to biomaterials and are highly biocompatible in animal...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Yasir M,Dutta D,Hossain KR,Chen R,Ho KKK,Kuppusamy R,Clarke RJ,Kumar N,Willcox MDP

更新日期：2020-01-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus is a predatory bacterium that feeds upon and proliferates inside other Gram-negative bacteria. Upon entry into the periplasmic space of the prey envelope, B. bacteriovorus initiates an exquisite developmental program in which it digests the host resources and grows as a filament, which event...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Laloux G

更新日期：2020-01-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Bacillus amyloliquefaciens MEP218 is an autochthonous bacterial isolate with antibacterial and antifungal activities against a wide range of phytopathogenic microorganisms. Cyclic lipopeptides (CLP), particularly fengycins, produced by this bacterium; are the main antimicrobial compounds responsible for the growth inh...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Medeot DB,Fernandez M,Morales GM,Jofré E

更新日期：2020-01-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Mycobacteria are unique in many aspects of their biology. The development of genetic tools to identify genes critical for their growth by forward genetic analysis holds great promises to advance our understanding of their cellular, physiological and biochemical processes. Here we report the development of a novel tran...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Riggs-Shute SD,Falkinham JO,Yang Z

更新日期：2020-01-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Microbial symbionts account for survival, development, fitness and evolution of eukaryotic hosts. These microorganisms together with their host form a biological unit known as holobiont. Recent studies have revealed that the holobiont of agaves and cacti comprises a diverse and structured microbiome, which might be im...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Flores-Núñez VM,Fonseca-García C,Desgarennes D,Eloe-Fadrosh E,Woyke T,Partida-Martínez LP

更新日期：2020-01-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Intestinal microecology has been shown to participate in the pathogenesis of many diseases through different pathways, and the intestinal microecology of premature infants is significantly different from full-term infants. Intestinal microecology in premature infants is affected by various factors such as gestational ...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Chen C,Yin Q,Wu H,Cheng L,Kwon JI,Jin J,Han T,Che H

更新日期：2020-01-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Cross-talk between the gut microbiota and neurochemicals affects health and well-being of animals. However, little is known about this interaction in chickens despite their importance in food production. Probiotics and live Salmonella vaccines are microbial products commonly given orally to layer pullets to improve he...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Redweik GAJ,Daniels K,Severin AJ,Lyte M,Mellata M

更新日期：2020-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Bacteria often exist in polymicrobial communities where they compete for limited resources. Intrinsic to this competition is the ability of some species to inhibit or kill their competitors. This phenomenon is pervasive throughout the human body where commensal bacteria block the colonization of incoming microorganism...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Hardy BL,Bansal G,Hewlett KH,Arora A,Schaffer SD,Kamau E,Bennett JW,Merrell DS

更新日期：2020-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:From 2015 onwards, the number of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium (VREfm) isolates increased in Tasmania. Previously, we examined the transmission of VREfm at the Royal Hobart Hospital (RHH). In this study, we performed a state-wide analysis of VREfm from Tasmania's four public acute hospitals. Whole-genome a...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Leong KWC,Kalukottege R,Cooley LA,Anderson TL,Wells A,Langford E,O'Toole RF

更新日期：2020-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Inducer of meiosis 2 (Ime2), a protein kinase that has been identified in diverse fungal species, functions in the regulation of various cellular processes, such as ascospore formation, pseudohyphal growth, and sexual reproduction. In this study, AoIme2, an ortholog of Saccharomyces cerevisiae Ime2, was characterized ...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Xie M,Bai N,Yang J,Jiang K,Zhou D,Zhao Y,Li D,Niu X,Zhang KQ,Yang J

更新日期：2020-01-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Colistin is considered the last-resort antibiotic used to treat multidrug resistant bacteria-related infections. However, the discovery of the plasmid-mediated colistin resistance gene, mcr-1, threatens the clinical utility of colistin antibiotics. In this study, the physiological function of MCR-1, which encodes an L...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Li B,Yin F,Zhao X,Guo Y,Wang W,Wang P,Zhu H,Yin Y,Wang X

更新日期：2020-01-10 00:00:00

abstract：:D-amino acids (DAAs) are an important component of the refractory dissolved organic matter pool in the ocean. Microbes play a vital role in promoting the recycling of DAAs in the ocean. However, the diversity of marine DAA-utilizing bacteria and how they metabolize DAAs are seldom studied. Here, by enrichment culture ...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Yu Y,Yang J,Zheng LY,Sheng Q,Li CY,Wang M,Zhang XY,McMinn A,Zhang YZ,Song XY,Chen XL

更新日期：2020-01-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Human gut bacteria metabolize dietary components such as choline and carnitine to trimethylamine (TMA) that is subsequently oxidized to trimethylamine-N-oxide (TMAO) by hepatic enzymes. Increased plasma levels of TMAO are associated with the development of cardiovascular and renal disease. In this study, we applied ge...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Rath S,Rud T,Pieper DH,Vital M

更新日期：2020-01-09 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：: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：:Deoxynivalenol (DON), a common mycotoxin of type B trichothecene, is produced mainly by several Fusarium species. DON causes great losses in farming and poses severe safety risks to human and animal health. Thus, DON contamination in cereals and DON toxicity are of worldwide concern. In this study, we screened the bac...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Wang Y,Wang G,Dai Y,Wang Y,Lee YW,Shi J,Xu J

更新日期：2020-01-08 00:00:00

abstract：:PP2A-like phosphatases share high homology with PP2A enzymes and are composed of a catalytic subunit and a regulatory subunit. In Candida albicans, the PP2A-like catalytic subunit SIT4 regulates cell growth, morphogenesis, and virulence. However, the functions of its regulatory subunits remain unclear. Here, by homolo...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Han Q,Pan C,Wang Y,Zhao L,Wang Y,Sang J

更新日期：2019-12-20 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：:Meningococcal lipoprotein, Factor H binding protein (FHbp), is the sole antigen of the Trumenba vaccine (Pfizer) and one of four antigens of the Bexsero vaccine (GSK) targeting Neisseria meningitidis serogroup B isolates. Lipidation of FHbp is assumed to occur for all isolates. We show in the majority of a collection ...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： da Silva RAG,Karlyshev AV,Oldfield NJ,Wooldridge KG,Bayliss CD,Ryan A,Griffin R

更新日期：2019-12-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Urinary tract infection is primarily caused by Escherichia coli. Multidrug resistance and their rapid dissemination in this pathogenic microbe complicate therapeutic strategies and threaten public health. Conjugation systems responsible for interbacterial transmission of antibiotic resistance are plasmid-encoded and c...

journal_title：Frontiers in microbiology

authors： Mukherjee SK,Mukherjee M

更新日期：2019-12-18 00:00:00