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Determinants of the Bacterial Diversity in Manipulated and Natural Soils [PDF]

, 2008
Soils harbor highly diverse bacterial communities. It is still poorly understood whether functional redundancy or a multitude of ecological niche modify the abundance and community composition of bacteria in soil.
Zul, Delita
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Denitrifying genes in bacterial and Archaeal genomes

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Gene Structure and Expression, 2002
Denitrification, the reduction of nitrate or nitrite to nitrous oxide or dinitrogen, is the major mechanism by which fixed nitrogen returns to the atmosphere from soil and water. Although the denitrifying ability has been found in microorganisms belonging to numerous groups of bacteria and Archaea, the genes encoding the denitrifying reductases have ...
openaire   +4 more sources

From junk to function — How weak selection in eukaryotes builds new parts and drives genomic complexity

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
How do genomes gain new functional parts? In eukaryotes, which tend to evolve under weak selection, much of the genome is junk. Palazzo and Qiu borrow the logic of Markov chains to show how non‐functional DNA becomes functional through the appearance of intermediate states, which arise due to epistasis, buffering, and biochemical messiness, allowing ...
Alexander F. Palazzo, Yi Qiu
wiley   +1 more source

The Shewanella oneidensis Fic enzyme SoFic targets the switch‐I region of EF‐Tu for AMPylation

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Fic enzymes mediate diverse post‐translational modifications across all domains of life, including AMPylation. Prokaryotic EF‐Tu can be AMPylated and deAMPylated by the conserved Fic enzyme SoFic. Structural and biochemical approaches were used to characterize the effect of AMPylation on EF‐Tu, SoFic's enzymatic activities, and the enzyme‐target ...
Svenja Runge, Vivian Pogenberg, Alexander Baumgart, Bente Siebels, Hartmut Schlüter, Michael Hecht‐Bucher, Aymelt Itzen   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

The majority of genes in the pathogenic Neisseria species are present in non-pathogenic Neisseria lactamica, including those designated as 'virulence genes' [PDF]

, 2006
This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work ...
Snyder, Lori A. S., Snyder, Lori AS, Snyder, LA, Saunders Nigel J, Snyder, LAS, Saunders, Nigel, Lori AS Snyder, Saunders, NJ, Nigel J Saunders, Saunders, Nigel J., Snyder Lori AS   +10 more
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Identification of essential genes by transposon insertion sequencing and genome-scale metabolic model construction in Streptococcus suis

Microbiology Spectrum
Bacterial essential genes are indispensable for the survival of bacteria and therefore are attractive targets for novel anti-microbial drugs. Identifying essential genes provides a roadmap for developing novel antibiotics and anti-microbial therapies. In
Yongqing Zhang, Ruotong Gong, Menglei Liang, Liangsheng Zhang, Xiujian Liu, Jingzi Zeng, Mengli Yan, Dexin Qiu, Rui Zhou, Qi Huang   +9 more
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L‐aspartate oxidase provides new insights into fumarate reduction in anaerobic darkness in Synechocystis sp. PCC6803

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Synechocystis strains deficient in succinate dehydrogenase (SDH) secrete more succinate than the WT under dark anaerobic conditions, supporting that SDH then primarily acts as SDH, not as a fumarate reductase. L‐aspartate oxidase (Laspo) from Synechocystis is functional under anaerobic conditions, reducing fumarate to succinate.
Kateryna Kukil, Jeffrey A. Hawkes, Cecilia Blikstad, Pia Lindberg   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Novel cyclic di-GMP effectors of the YajQ protein family control bacterial virulence [PDF]

, 2014
Bis-(3',5') cyclic di-guanylate (cyclic di-GMP) is a key bacterial second messenger that is implicated in the regulation of many critical processes that include motility, biofilm formation and virulence. Cyclic di-GMP influences diverse functions through
Caly, Delphine L., Joseph Ward (645977), Yvonne McCarthy (109070), Melanie Febrer (185470), Murdoch, Sarah L., Dow, J. Maxwell, Joseph Ward, Robert P. Ryan (108478), Ryan, Robert P., An, Shi Qi, An Shi-qi, Ryan Robert P., Shi-qi An, Robert P Ryan, J. Maxwell Dow (269095), J Maxwell Dow, McCarthy Yvonne, Caly Delphine L., Dow J. Maxwell, An, Shi-qi, Ward Joseph, Delphine L Caly, Yvonne McCarthy, McCarthy, Yvonne, Sarah L Murdoch, Melanie Febrer, Sarah L. Murdoch (645976), Ward, Joseph, Shi-qi An (5661025), Febrer Melanie, Febrer, Melanie, Delphine L. Caly (146386), Murdoch Sarah L.   +32 more
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Transcriptome sequencing and expression analysis in peanut reveal the potential mechanism response to Ralstonia solanacearum infection

BMC Plant Biology
Background Bacterial wilt caused by Ralstonia solanacearum severely affects peanut (Arachis hypogaea L.) yields. The breeding of resistant cultivars is an efficient means of controlling plant diseases.
Xiao Wang, Feiyan Qi, Ziqi Sun, Hongfei Liu, Yue Wu, Xiaohui Wu, Jing Xu, Hua Liu, Li Qin, Zhenyu Wang, Suling Sang, Wenzhao Dong, Bingyan Huang, Zheng Zheng, Xinyou Zhang   +14 more
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The MinCDE Cell Division System Participates in the Regulation of Type III Secretion System (T3SS) Genes, Bacterial Virulence, and Motility in Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae. [PDF]

Microorganisms, 2022
Yan Y, Wang Y, Yang X, Fang Y, Cheng G, Zou L, Chen G.   +6 more
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