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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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Effects of Continuous Sugar Beet Cropping on Rhizospheric Microbial Communities

, 2019
The continuous cropping of sugar beet can result in soil degradation and a decrease in the sugar beet yield and quality. However, the role of continuous sugar beet (Beta vulgaris L. var. saccharifera) cropping in shaping the structure and function of the
Weijuan Huang, Donglei Sun, Ronghua Wang, Yuxing An, Jiantao Fu, Huanhuan Zhao   +5 more
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A Decade of Plague in Mahajanga, Madagascar: Insights into the Global Maritime Spread of Pandemic Plague

mBio, 2013
A cluster of human plague cases occurred in the seaport city of Mahajanga, Madagascar, from 1991 to 1999 following 62 years with no evidence of plague, which offered insights into plague pathogen dynamics in an urban environment.
Amy J. Vogler, Fabien Chan, Roxanne Nottingham, Genevieve Andersen, Kevin Drees, Stephen M. Beckstrom-Sternberg, David M. Wagner, Suzanne Chanteau, Paul Keim   +8 more
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Feature Review Papers in Microbial Metabolism, Physiology and Genetics

This inaugural Special Issue of Fermentation (MDPI) features review articles spanning various aspects of microbial metabolism, physiology, and genetics [...
Ronnie G. Willaert
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Genetic dysbiosis: the role of microbial insults in chronic inflammatory diseases [PDF]

, 2014
Thousands of bacterial phylotypes colonise the human body and the host response to this bacterial challenge greatly influences our state of health or disease. The concept of infectogenomics highlights the importance of host genetic factors in determining
Syed Tariq Sadiq, Nibali, L, Luigi Nibali, Henderson, B, Sadiq, ST, Brian Henderson, Donos, N, Nikos Donos   +7 more
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The plant rhizosheath–root niche is an edaphic “mini-oasis” in hyperarid deserts with enhanced microbial competition

, 2022
Plants have evolved unique morphological and developmental adaptations to cope with the abiotic stresses imposed by (hyper)arid environments. Such adaptations include the formation of rhizosheath–root system in which mutualistic plant–soil microbiome ...
Van Goethem, Marc Warwick, Marasco, Ramona, Cowan, Don A., Fusi, Marco, Seferji, Kholoud, Maggs-K�lling, Gillian, Daffonchio, Daniele, Maggs-Kölling, Gillian, Ramond, Jean-Baptiste, Maggs-Koelling, Gillian, Van Goethem, Marc W.   +10 more
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Competition between homologous chromosomal DNA and exogenous donor DNA to repair CRISPR/Cas9-induced double-strand breaks in Aspergillus  niger

Fungal Biology and Biotechnology
Background Aspergillus niger is well-known for its high protein secretion capacity and therefore an important cell factory for homologous and heterologous protein production.
Selina Forrer, Mark Arentshorst, Prajeesh Koolth Valappil, Jaap Visser, Arthur F. J. Ram   +4 more
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Salmonella stress response systems as targets for anti-virulence strategies

BMC Microbiology
Due to the rapid development of antibiotic resistance, novel strategies to cope with bacterial infections are urgently required. Ideally, these strategies should exert less selection pressure for resistance than traditional antibiotics.
Alshimaa Hassanin, Bram Lories, Hans P. Steenackers   +2 more
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Imidazoles and Quaternary Ammonium Compounds as Effective Therapies against (Multidrug-Resistant) Bacterial Wound Infections

Antibiotics
Background/Objectives: The rise and spread of antimicrobial resistance complicates the treatment of bacterial wound pathogens, further increasing the need for newer, effective therapies.
Lauren Van de Vliet, Thijs Vackier, Karin Thevissen, David Decoster, Hans P. Steenackers   +4 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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