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The extracellular matrix protects Bacillus subtilis colonies from Pseudomonas invasion and modulates plant co-colonization [PDF]

Nature Communications, 2019
Bacteria of the genera Pseudomonas and Bacillus can promote plant growth and protect plants from pathogens. However, the interactions between these plant-beneficial bacteria are understudied.
C. Molina-Santiago, J. Pearson, Yurena Navarro, M. V. Berlanga-Clavero, A. Caraballo-Rodríguez, D. Petráš, M. García-Martín, Gaëlle Lamon, Birgit Haberstein, F. Cazorla, A. de Vicente, A. Loquet, P. Dorrestein, D. Romero   +13 more
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Bacterial colonization at caesarean section defects in women of secondary infertility: an observational study

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 2022
Background Delayed childbearing has been noted in a high percentage of women with a previous Caesarean section (CS). Many women with CS scar defects (CSDs) present with clinical symptoms of irregular vaginal bleeding.
Isabel Hsu, Leonard Hsu, S. Dorjee, Chao-Chin Hsu   +3 more
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Transplantation of a kidney from a donor with vancomycin-resistant Enterococci

Korean Journal of Transplantation, 2020
The colonization of vancomycin-resistant Enterococci before and after solid organ transplantation is associated with an increased risk of its infection.
Ji Hye Lim, Chan Jung Kim, Ju Hwan Oh, A Young Cho, Mi Ok Chang, Young Suk Kim, Kwang Young Lee, In O Sun   +7 more
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First Russian Circumnavigation and Colonization of Russian America (1803–1806) [PDF]

Гуманитарный вектор, 2023
The article analyzes the organization, implementation and impact of the first Russian circumnavigation from 1803 to 1806 from the point of view of Russian America.
Li Xuan
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Phenotypic Heterogeneity and the Evolution of Bacterial Life Cycles. [PDF]

PLoS Computational Biology, 2016
Most bacteria live in colonies, where they often express different cell types. The ecological significance of these cell types and their evolutionary origin are often unknown. Here, we study the evolution of cell differentiation in the context of surface
Jordi van Gestel, Martin A Nowak
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Widespread demographic explosion of a non-indigenous hydrozoan on an oceanic island

Scientia Marina, 2020
The arrival of non-indigenous species into new areas is one of the main processes altering the oceans globally. Macrorhynchia philippina is a large-sized colonial hydrozoan of an invasive nature.
Fernando Espino, Francisco J. Otero-Ferrer, Néstor E. Bosch, Josep Coca, Ricardo Haroun, Fernando Tuya   +5 more
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Description of the Colonization of a Gnotobiotic Tomato Rhizosphere by Pseudomonas fluorescens Biocontrol Strain WCS365, Using Scanning Electron Microscopy

Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions, 1997
To study colonization of the tomato root system, we previously have described a gnotobiotic quartz sand system, in which seedlings inoculated with one or two bacterial strains were allowed to grow.
Thomas F. C. Chin-A-Woeng, Wessel de Priester, Arjan J. van der Bij, Ben J. J. Lugtenberg   +3 more
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Fine-scale habitat heterogeneity favours the coexistence of supergene-controlled social forms in Formica selysi

BMC Ecology and Evolution, 2021
Background Social insects vary widely in social organization, yet the genetical and ecological factors influencing this variation remain poorly known. In particular, whether spatially varying selection influences the maintenance of social polymorphisms ...
Sacha Zahnd, Amaranta Fontcuberta, Mesut Koken, Aline Cardinaux, Michel Chapuisat   +4 more
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Landscape Factors Associated with Subterranean Termite (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae) Treatments and Colony Structure in Residential Subdivisions

Sociobiology, 2018
Subterranean termites (Isoptera: Reticulitermes) are common structural pests, but it is not well known how landscape factors are associated with urban colonization.
Paul Steven Botch, Richard M. Houseman
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Functional plasticity in the type IV secretion system of Helicobacter pylori. [PDF]

, 2012
Helicobacter pylori causes clinical disease primarily in those individuals infected with a strain that carries the cytotoxin associated gene pathogenicity island (cagPAI).
Barrozo, Roberto M, Cariaga, Taryn A, Cooke, Cara L, Cover, Timothy L, Gaddy, Jennifer A, Hansen, Lori M, Johnson, Elizabeth M, Lam, Anna M, Peek, Richard M, Solnick, Jay V, Suarez, Giovanni   +10 more
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