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• Coexistence and competition of sulfate-reducing and methanogenic populations in an anaerobic hexadecane-degrading culture

  Authors:Ting-Ting Ma, Lai-Yan Liu, Jun-Peng Rui, Quan Yuan, Ding-shan Feng, Zheng Zhou, et al.From:Biotechnology for Biofuels (Vol. 10, Issue 1) Peer-Reviewed

  Sept. 5, 20177,008 words Report 1620LBackground Over three-fifths of the world's known crude oil cannot be recovered using state-of-the-art techniques, but microbial conversion of petroleum hydrocarbons trapped in oil reservoirs to methane is one...

• Laboratory culture of the sepiolid squid Euprymna scolopes: a model system for bacteria - animal symbiosis

  Authors:Roger T. Hanlon, Michael F. Claes, Susan E. Ashcraft, and Paul V. DunlapFrom:The Biological Bulletin (Vol. 192, Issue 3) Peer-Reviewed

  June 19977,484 words Article The small Hawaiian sepiolid Euprymna scolopes, with its symbiotic luminous bacterium Vibrio fischeri, was cultured through one complete life cycle in 4 months. Paralarval squid hatchlings were actively planktonic for the...

• Cultivated Beggiatoa spp. define the phylogenetic root of morphologically diverse, noncultured, vacuolate sulfur bacteria

  Authors:Azeem Ahmad, Karen M. Kalanetra, and Douglas C. NelsonFrom:Canadian Journal of Microbiology (Vol. 52, Issue 6) Peer-Reviewed

  June 20064,444 words Article 1570LAbstract: Within the last 10 years, numerous SSU rRNA sequences have been collected from natural populations of conspicuous, vacuolate, colorless sulfur bacteria, which form a phylogenetically cohesive cluster...

• Differential desulfurization of dibenzothiophene by newly identified MTCC strains: Influence of Operon Array

  Authors:Madhabi M. Bhanjadeo, Kalyani Rath, Dhirendra Gupta, Nilotpala Pradhan, Surendra K. Biswal, Barada K. Mishra, et al.From:PLoS ONE (Vol. 13, Issue 3) Peer-Reviewed

  Mar. 8, 20184,707 words Report 1520LAuthor(s): Madhabi M. Bhanjadeo 1,2, Kalyani Rath 1, Dhirendra Gupta 3, Nilotpala Pradhan 1,2, Surendra K. Biswal 1,2, Barada K. Mishra 1,4, Umakanta Subudhi 1,2,* Introduction Energy is essential to life, and its...

• Dynamic cellular complexity of anoxygenic phototrophic sulfur bacteria in the chemocline of meromictic Lake Cadagno

  Authors:Francesco Danza, Nicola Storelli, Samuele Roman, Samu LAaAaAeA din, and Mauro TonollaFrom:PLoS ONE (Vol. 12, Issue 12) Peer-Reviewed

  Dec. 15, 20178,150 words Report 1550LThe meromictic Lake Cadagno is characterized by a compact chemocline with high concentrations of anoxygenic phototrophic purple sulfur bacteria (PSB) and green sulfur bacteria (GSB). The co-occurrence of...

• Evaluation of multifarious plant growth promoting traits, antagonistic potential and phylogenetic affiliation of rhizobacteria associated with commercial tea plants grown in Darjeeling, India

  Authors:Jintu Dutta and Debajit ThakurFrom:PLoS ONE (Vol. 12, Issue 8) Peer-Reviewed

  Aug. 3, 20179,694 words Report 1520LPlant growth promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) are studied in different agricultural crops but the interaction of PGPR of tea crop is not yet studied well. In the present study, the indigenous tea rhizobacteria were...

• Bacterial spelunkers

  From:Science (Vol. 304, Issue 5672) Peer-Reviewed

  May 7, 2004187 words Brief article 1690LCaves are typically formed in limestone deposits, made up primarily of calcium carbonate (CAC[O.sub.3]), and cave formation is driven by carbonic acid dissolution of the carbonate rocks. In the Lower Kane Cave in...

• Recognition of host immune activation by Pseudomonas aeruginosa

  Authors:Licheng Wu, Oscar Estrada, Olga Zaborina, Manjeet Bains, Le Shen, Jonathan E. Kohler, et al.From:Science (Vol. 309, Issue 5735) Peer-Reviewed

  July 29, 20052,135 words Article 1620LIt is generally reasoned that lethal infections caused by opportunistic pathogens develop permissively by invading a host that is both physiologically stressed and immunologically compromised. However, an alternative...

• Host specificity in microbe-microbe interactions

  Author:Joseph W. KloepperFrom:BioScience (Vol. 46, Issue 6) Peer-Reviewed

  June 19962,785 words Article The use of microbial biopesticides such as bacteria, viruses and fungi against disease-causing agents in plants, are governed by several factors. Factors include host specificity, microbial habitat, control of plant...

• Biodegradation of nitroaromatic compounds

  Author:Jim C. SpainFrom:Annual Review of Microbiology (Vol. 49) Peer-Reviewed

  Annual 199511,885 words Article Nitroaromatic compounds are released into the biosphere almost exclusively from anthropogenic sources. Some compounds are produced by incomplete combustion of fossil fuels; others are used as synthetic intermediates,...

• Photorhabdus species: bioluminescent bacteria as emerging human pathogens? (Dispatches)

  Authors:John G. Gerrard, Samantha McNevin, David Alfredson, Ross Forgan-Smith, and Neil FraserFrom:Emerging Infectious Diseases (Vol. 9, Issue 2) Peer-Reviewed

  Feb. 20031,826 words Article We report two Australian patients with soft tissue infections due to Photorhabdus species. Recognized as important insect pathogens, Photorhabdus spp. are bioluminescent gram-negative bacilli. Bacteria belonging to the...

• Linezolid-resistant Enterococcus faecium strains isolated from one hospital in Poland -commensals or hospital-adapted pathogens?

  Authors:Beata Krawczyk, Magdalena Wysocka, Roman Kotlowski, Marek Bronk, Michal Michalik, and Alfred SametFrom:PLoS ONE (Vol. 15, Issue 5) Peer-Reviewed

  May 26, 202011,645 words Report 1390LAuthor(s): Beata Krawczyk 1,*, Magdalena Wysocka 1, Roman Kotlowski 1, Marek Bronk 2, Michal Michalik 3, Alfred Samet 3 Introduction Enterococci are present in soil, water, on plants, in dairy products and are a...

• System-Wide Adaptations of Desulfovibrio alaskensis G20 to Phosphate-Limited Conditions

  Authors:Tanja Bosak, Florence Schubotz, Ana de Santiago-Torio, Jennifer V. Kuehl, Hans K. Carlson, Nicki Watson, et al.From:PLoS ONE (Vol. 11, Issue 12) Peer-Reviewed

  Dec. 28, 201613,025 words Author abstract 1610LThe prevalence of lipids devoid of phosphorus suggests that the availability of phosphorus limits microbial growth and activity in many anoxic, stratified environments. To better understand the response of anaerobic...

• Feasibility of investigating the association between bacterial pathogens and oral leukoplakia in low and middle income countries: A population-based pilot study in India.

  Authors:Krithiga Shridhar, Aastha Aggarwal, Ishita Rawal, Ruby Gupta, Shet Masih, Ravi Mehrotra, et al.From:PLoS ONE (Vol. 16, Issue 4) Peer-Reviewed

  Apr. 29, 20218,398 words Report 1570LBackground Certain oral bacterial pathogens may play a role in oral carcinogenesis. We assessed the feasibility of conducting a population-based study in India to examine the distributions and levels of Porphyromonas...

• Protection of waterborne pathogens by higher organisms in drinking water: a review

  Authors:Francoise Bichai, Pierre Payment, and Benoit BarbeauFrom:Canadian Journal of Microbiology (Vol. 54, Issue 7) Peer-Reviewed

  July 200815,169 words Report 1630LAbstract: Higher organisms are ubiquitous in surface waters, and some species can proliferate in granular filters of water treatment plants and colonize distribution systems. Meanwhile, some waterborne pathogens are...

• Modeling dysbiosis of human NASH in mice: Loss of gut microbiome diversity and overgrowth of Erysipelotrichales

  Authors:James K. Carter, Dipankar Bhattacharya, Joshua N. Borgerding, M. Isabel Fiel, Jeremiah J. Faith, Scott L. Friedman, et al.From:PLoS ONE (Vol. 16, Issue 1) Peer-Reviewed

  Jan. 4, 20215,281 words Report 1450LBackground & aim Non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) is a severe form of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) that is responsible for a growing fraction of cirrhosis and liver cancer cases worldwide. Changes in...

• Growth and host interaction of mouse segmented filamentous bacteria in vitro

  Authors:Pamela Schnupf, Valerie Gaboriau-Routhiau, Marine Gros, Robin Friedman, Maryse Moya-Nilges, Giulia Nigro, et al.From:Nature (Vol. 520, Issue 7545) Peer-Reviewed

  Apr. 2, 20155,545 words Report 1510LThe gut microbiota plays a crucial role in the maturation of the intestinal mucosal immune system of its host (1,2). Within the thousand bacterial species present in the intestine, the symbiont segmented filamentous...

• New silver coatings for sulfate-reducing bacteria in pipelines

  From:Advanced Coatings & Surface Technology (Vol. 25, Issue 4) Peer-Reviewed

  Apr. 2012494 words Article 1270LSulfate-reducing bacteria (SRB) are those microorganisms that obtain energy by oxidizing organic compounds or hydrogen by reducing sulphates to hydrogen sulfide. They can also reduce suliftes, thiosulfates, or elemental...

• Gut pathogens: invaders and turncoats in a complex cosmos

  Author:John Hermon-TaylorFrom:Gut Pathogens (Vol. 1) Peer-Reviewed

  Feb. 3, 20091,695 words Report Authors: John Hermon-Taylor (corresponding author) [1] Commentary Human and animal intestines are cellular ecosystems of immense complexity comprising mucosal and luminal compartments. Methodological advances...

• Gender-specific associations of serum antibody to Porphyromonas gingivalis and inflammatory markers

  Authors:Michiko Furuta, Yoshihiro Shimazaki, Shunichi Tanaka, Kenji Takeuchi, Yukie Shibata, Toru Takeshita, et al.From:BioMed Research InternationalPeer-Reviewed

  Annual 20154,249 words Report 1460LIt remains unclear whether serum antibody titer against Porphyromonas gingivalis (Pg) and inflammatory components lead to periodontal deterioration in each gender, as periodontal and systemic status is influenced by...