PhyloFunDB: A Pipeline to Create and Update Functional Gene Taxonomic Databases
Microorganisms, 2022 The increase in sequencing capacity has amplified the number of taxonomically unclassified sequences in most databases. The classification of such sequences demands phylogenetic tree construction and comparison to currently classified sequences, a ...
Ohana Y. A. Costa +3 more
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The Chemistry of Stress: Understanding the ‘Cry for Help’ of Plant Roots
Metabolites, 2021 Plants are faced with various biotic and abiotic stresses during their life cycle. To withstand these stresses, plants have evolved adaptive strategies including the production of a wide array of primary and secondary metabolites.
Muhammad Syamsu Rizaludin +3 more
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Safeguarding the microbial water quality from source to tap
npj Clean Water, 2021 Anthropogenic activities and climate change can deteriorate the freshwater quality and stress its availability. This stress can, in turn, have an impact on the biostability of drinking water.
Jorien Favere +5 more
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Microbial residence time is a controlling parameter of the taxonomic composition and functional profile of microbial communities. [PDF]
, 2019 A remaining challenge within microbial ecology is to understand the determinants of richness and diversity observed in environmental microbial communities.
Achermann, Stefan +7 more
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BMC Evolutionary Biology, 2018 Background Due to the DNA triplet code, it is possible that the sequences of two or more protein-coding genes overlap to a large degree. However, such non-trivial overlaps are usually excluded by genome annotation pipelines and, thus, only a few ...
Sarah M. Hücker +6 more
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Effect of Ethanol on Microbial Community Structure and Function During Natural Attenuation of Benzene, Toluene, and \u3cem\u3eo\u3c/em\u3e-Xylene in a Sulfate-reducing Aquifer [PDF]
, 2008 Ethanol (EtOH) is a commonly used fuel oxygenate in reformulated gasoline and is an alternative fuel and fuel supplement. Effects of EtOH release on aquifer microbial ecology and geochemistry have not been well characterized in situ.
Chakraborty, Irina +6 more
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Enzymatic degradation of biopolymers in amorphous and molten states: mechanisms and applications
FEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.This review explains how polymer morphology and thermal state shape enzymatic degradation pathways, comparing amorphous and molten biopolymer structures. By integrating structure–reactivity principles with insights from thermodynamics and enzyme engineering, it highlights mechanisms that enable efficient polymer breakdown.
Anđela Pustak, Aleksandra Maršavelski
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Fluopsin C: A Review of the Antimicrobial Activity against Phytopathogens
Agronomy, 2022 Fluopsin C (FlpC) is an organocupric secondary metabolite with low-molecular-weight, produced by some Pseudomonas and Streptomyces bacteria. The compound was identified in 1970 as prismatic dark-green crystals, with strong antimicrobial activity against ...
Leandro Afonso +10 more
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FEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.This review provides an overview of bio‐based polymer sources, their unique functional properties and their environmental impact, and addresses their role as sustainable alternatives. It discusses end‐of‐life options, including composting and anaerobic digestion for renewable energy.
Sabina Kolbl Repinc +8 more
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Environmental drivers of viral community composition in Antarctic soils identified by viromics
Microbiome, 2017 Background The Antarctic continent is considered the coldest and driest place on earth with simple ecosystems, devoid of higher plants. Soils in the ice-free regions of Antarctica are known to harbor a wide range of microorganisms from primary producers ...
Evelien M. Adriaenssens +5 more
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