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The Devil Is in the Microbial Genetic Details [PDF]

Molecular Cell, 2019
The work of Zeevi et al. (2019) in a recent issue of Nature shows that variations in gene content and organization between different strains of the same microbial species are widespread in the human gut microbiota and could be linked to many measures of health.
Adrien, Assié, Buck S, Samuel
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Salinity Gradient Controls Microbial Community Structure and Assembly in Coastal Solar Salterns

, 2022
Salinity acts as a critical environmental filter on microbial communities in natural systems, negatively affecting microbial diversity. However, how salinity affects microbial community assembly remains unclear. This study used Wendeng multi-pond saltern
Dashuai Mu, Qiyun Liang, Xiaoqun Wang, Guanjun Chen, Zhaozhong Du, Zongjun Du, Tianran Song   +6 more
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A comparison of rpoB and 16S rRNA as markers in pyrosequencing studies of bacterial diversity [PDF]

, 2012
Background: The 16S rRNA gene is the gold standard in molecular surveys of bacterial and archaeal diversity, but it has the disadvantages that it is often multiple-copy, has little resolution below the species level and cannot be readily interpreted in ...
Kowalchuk, GA, Quince, Christopher, Christopher Quince, de Hollander, M, Quince Christopher, Vos, M., Pijl, Agata S., Vos Michiel, Michiel Vos, Vos, M, Pijl, A.S., Agata S. Pijl (183429), Quince, C., Pijl Agata S., Kowalchuk, G.A., Mattias de Hollander, Hollander, M. de, Michiel Vos (63922), Mattias de Hollander (183437), Vos, Michiel, Quince, C, George A Kowalchuk, Kowalchuk George A., Pijl, AS, de Hollander, Mattias, George A. Kowalchuk (183442), Agata S Pijl, Kowalchuk, George A., Christopher Quince (178494), de Hollander, M., de Hollander Mattias   +30 more
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New approaches to combat Porphyromonas gingivalis biofilms

Journal of Oral Microbiology, 2017
In nature, bacteria predominantly reside in structured, surface-attached communities embedded in a self-produced, extracellular matrix. These so-called biofilms play an important role in the development and pathogenesis of many infections, as they are ...
Evelien Gerits, Natalie Verstraeten, Jan Michiels   +2 more
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Genetically Programmable Microbial Assembly

ACS Synthetic Biology, 2021
Engineered microbial communities show promise in a wide range of applications, including environmental remediation, microbiome engineering, and synthesis of fine chemicals. Here we present methods by which bacterial aggregates can be directed into several distinct architectures by inducible surface expression of heteroassociative protein domains ...
Mark T. Kozlowski, Bradley R. Silverman, Christopher P. Johnstone, David A. Tirrell   +3 more
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The postmedieval Latvian oral microbiome in the context of modern dental calculus and modern dental plaque microbial profiles [PDF]

, 2021
Funding Information: Funding: This work was supported by ERDF grant number 1.1.1.1/16/A/101 (to R.R. and G.G.). Publisher Copyright: © 2021 by the authors.
Jevgenija Kuzmicka, Guntis Gerhards, Renate Ranka, Gerhards, Guntis, Kazarina, Alisa, Janis Kimsis, Žans Griškjans, Griškjans, Žans, Pawel Zayakin, Kuzmicka, Jevgenija, Ranka, Renate, Alisa Kazarina, Kimsis, Janis, Zayakin, Pawel, Petersone‐Gordina, Elina, Elina Petersone-Gordina   +15 more
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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
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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
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mSphere of Influence: Surface Sensing in Biofilm Formation

mSphere, 2021
Kara B. De Leόn works in the field of microbial ecology, environmental biofilms, and microbial genetics.
Kara B. De Leόn
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Insights through Genetics of Halophilic Microorganisms and Their Viruses

, 2020
Halophilic microorganisms are found in all domains of life and thrive in hypersaline (high salt content) environments. These unusual microbes have been a subject of study for many years due to their interesting properties and physiology.
Rafael Montalvo-Rodríguez, Julie A. Maupin-Furlow   +1 more
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