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Discovering untapped microbial communities through metagenomics for microplastic remediation: recent advances, challenges, and way forward

Environmental science and pollution research international, 2023
Microplastics (MPs) are ubiquitous pollutants persisting almost everywhere in the environment. With the increase in anthropogenic activities, MP accumulation is increasing enormously in aquatic, marine, and terrestrial ecosystems.
A. K. Wani, N. Akhtar, Nafiaah Naqash, F. Rahayu, D. Djajadi, C. Chopra, Reena Singh, S. Mulla, Farooq Sher, J. H. Américo-Pinheiro   +9 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Host genetics influence the rumen microbiota and heritable rumen microbial features associate with feed efficiency in cattle

Microbiome, 2019
The symbiotic rumen microbiota is essential for the digestion of plant fibers and contributes to the variation of production and health traits in ruminants.
Fuyong Li, Changxi Li, Yanhong Chen, Junhong Liu, Chun-yan Zhang, B. Irving, C. Fitzsimmons, G. Plastow, L. Guan   +8 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Heritability and recursive influence of host genetics on the rumen microbiota drive body weight variance in male Hu sheep lambs

Microbiome, 2023
Background Heritable rumen microbiota is an important modulator of ruminant growth performance. However, no information exists to date on host genetics-rumen microbiota interactions and their association with phenotype in sheep. To solve this, we curated
Weimin Wang, Yukun Zhang, Xiaoxue Zhang, Chong Li, Lijuan Yuan, Deyin Zhang, Yuan Zhao, Xiaolong Li, Jiangbo Cheng, Changchun Lin, Liming Zhao, Jianghui Wang, Dan Xu, X. Yue, Wanhong Li, Xiuxiu Wen, Zhihua Jiang, Xuezhi Ding, G. Salekdeh, Fadi Li   +19 more
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How longitudinal data can contribute to our understanding of host genetic effects on the gut microbiome

Gut Microbes, 2023
A key component of microbiome research is understanding the role of host genetic influence on gut microbial composition. However, it can be difficult to link host genetics with gut microbial composition because host genetic similarity and environmental ...
Laura Grieneisen, Ran Blekhman, Elizabeth Archie   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Combined effect of microbially derived cecal SCFA and host genetics on feed efficiency in broiler chickens

Microbiome, 2023
Background Improving feed efficiency is the most important goal for modern animal production. The regulatory mechanisms of controlling feed efficiency traits are extremely complex and include the functions related to host genetics and gut microbiota ...
Zhengxiao He, Ranran Liu, Mengjie Wang, Qiao Wang, Jumei Zheng, Jiqiang Ding, J. Wen, A. Fahey, Guiping Zhao   +8 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Inhibiting bacterial cooperation is an evolutionarily robust anti-biofilm strategy

Nature Communications, 2020
Bacterial biofilms rely on shared extracellular polymeric substances (EPS) and are often highly tolerant to antibiotics. Here, the authors show in in vitro experiments that Salmonella does not evolve resistance to EPS inhibition because such strains are ...
Lise Dieltjens, Kenny Appermans, Maries Lissens, Bram Lories, Wook Kim, Erik V. Van der Eycken, Kevin R. Foster, Hans P. Steenackers   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Elevated acetate kinase (ackA) gene expression, activity, and biofilm formation observed in methicillin-resistant strains of Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)

Journal of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, 2023
Background Staphylococcus aureus spreads its infections through biofilms. This usually happens in the stationary phase of S. aureus growth where it utilizes accumulated acetate as a carbon source via the phosphotrans-acetylase-acetate kinase (Pta-Ack ...
Subbarayudu Suthi, A. Mounika, Venkata Gurunadha Krishna Sarma Potukuchi   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Theoretical constraints imposed by gradient detection and dispersal on microbial size in astrobiological environments [PDF]

Astrobiology, Vol. 21, No. 7, 813-830 (2021), 2021
The capacity to sense gradients efficiently and acquire information about the ambient environment confers many advantages like facilitating movement toward nutrient sources or away from toxic chemicals. The amplified dispersal evinced by organisms endowed with motility is possibly beneficial in related contexts.
arxiv   +1 more source

Engineering the Crop Microbiota Through Host Genetics.

Annual Review of Phytopathology, 2023
The microbiota populating the plant-soil continuum defines an untapped resource for sustainable crop production. The host plant is a driver for the taxonomic composition and function of these microbial communities.
Carmen M. Escudero-Martinez, D. Bulgarelli   +1 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

How and why DNA barcodes underestimate the diversity of microbial eukaryotes [PDF]

, 2011
Background: Because many picoplanktonic eukaryotic species cannot currently be maintained in culture, direct sequencing of PCR-amplified 18S ribosomal gene DNA fragments from filtered sea-water has been successfully used to investigate the astounding ...
Adam Eyre-Walker, AR Boyko, AZ Worden, AZ Worden, B Charlesworth, B Palenik, DT Jones, F Not, G Piganeau, Gwenael Piganeau, Hervé Moreau, J Coyne, J Crow, JJ Welch, K Romari, M Viprey, ML Cuvelier, Nigel Grimsley, P Flicek, P Lopez-Garcia, PD Keightley, Purification Lopez-Garcia, S Gourbiere, S Jancek, S Proost, SB Needleman, SJ Williamson, SL Baldauf, SY Moon-van der Staay, Z Yang   +29 more
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