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A Rare Glimpse of Paleoarchean Life: Geobiology of an Exceptionally Preserved Microbial Mat Facies from the 3.4 Ga Strelley Pool Formation, Western Australia. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2016
Paleoarchean rocks from the Pilbara Craton of Western Australia provide a variety of clues to the existence of early life on Earth, such as stromatolites, putative microfossils and geochemical signatures of microbial activity.
Jan-Peter Duda, Martin J Van Kranendonk, Volker Thiel, Danny Ionescu, Harald Strauss, Nadine Schäfer, Joachim Reitner   +6 more
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Nanocellulose Alleviates Intrahepatic Cholestasis of Pregnancy via Gut Microbiota‐Mediated Bile Acid Homeostasis

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Nanocellulose, derived from microcrystalline cellulose (MCC) through sulfuric acid hydrolysis or mechanical grinding to produce CNC or CNF, was tested in a rat ICP model. Particularly, CNF improved gut microbiota composition, reduced secondary bile acid metabolism, and restored bile acid homeostasis through modulation of the gut–liver axis.
Muhua Yu, Hongjie Dai, Xiaocui Zhong, Qibin Li, Hui Yuan, Yang Yang, Daiyong Huang, Lei Zhang, Rui Ran, Tian He, Yuanzhi Huang, Silas Villas‐Boas, Sergey Tumanov, Richard D. Cannon, Boris Novakovic, Richard Saffery, Yuhao Zhang, Xiaojing Dong, Ting‐Li Han   +18 more
wiley   +1 more source

Microbial mats as shelter microhabitat for amphipods in an intermittent karstic spring

Knowledge and Management of Aquatic Ecosystems, 2018
Microbial mats represent complex communities where cyanobacteria and diatoms as key organisms provide shelter for diverse assemblages of aquatic invertebrates, like the small stygophilous amphipod Synurella ambulans.
Žutinić Petar, Petrić Ines, Gottstein Sanja, Gligora Udovič Marija, Kralj Borojević Koraljka, Kamberović Jasmina, Kolda Anamarija, Plenković-Moraj Anđelka, Ternjej Ivančica   +8 more
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Thermophiles and carbohydrate-active enzymes (CAZymes) in biofilm microbial consortia that decompose lignocellulosic plant litters at high temperatures

Scientific Reports, 2022
The SKY hot spring is a unique site filled with a thick layer of plant litter. With the advancement of next-generation sequencing, it is now possible to mine many new biocatalyst sequences.
Kok Jun Liew, Chee Hung Liang, Yee Ting Lau, Amira Suriaty Yaakop, Kok-Gan Chan, Saleha Shahar, Mohd Shahir Shamsir, Kian Mau Goh   +7 more
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Streptavidins Coordinate Biotin Sequestration and Self‐Resistance Within a Biotin‐Pathway Antibiotic Network

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
A conserved genomic region between two streptavidin genes in Streptomyces packages biosynthetic gene clusters for diverse biotin‐pathway antibiotics: acidomycin, stravidin, the new non‐proteinogenic amino acid ANDA, and the new BioA inhibitor α‐methyl‐KAPA.
Sumire Kurosawa, Jingjun Mo, Xiaotong Diao, Feng Xie, Tingting Wang, Haowen Zhao, Dalei Wu, Rolf Müller, Chengzhang Fu   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Engineered Optogenetic Circuits In Yeast with Self‐Sustained Outputs

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Optogenetic quorum‐sensing (OptoQS) circuit enables Saccharomyces cerevisiae to record transient light stimulus with self‐sustained outputs. Panel a indicates the design of the OptoQS circuit based on G‐protein coupled receptor (GPCR) signaling cascade. Panel b indicates the mode of action of surrogate messenger‐mediated signal transmission at the cell
Cong Fan, Haofeng Chen, Yan Wang, Junyi Wang, Yueyang Chen, Yang Zhang, Jinting Guan, Jifeng Yuan   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Enhanced mitochondrial activity reshapes a gut microbiota profile that delays NASH progression

Hepatology, EarlyView., 2022
Improved mitochondrial activity, due to the lack of methylation‐controlled J protein (MCJ), creates a specific microbiota signature that when transferred through cecal microbiota transplantation delays NASH progression by restoring the gut‐liver axis and enhancing hepatic fatty acid oxidation.
María Juárez‐Fernández, Naroa Goikoetxea‐Usandizaga, David Porras, María Victoria García‐Mediavilla, Miren Bravo, Marina Serrano‐Maciá, Jorge Simón, Teresa C. Delgado, Sofía Lachiondo‐Ortega, Susana Martínez‐Flórez, Óscar Lorenzo, Mercedes Rincón, Marta Varela‐Rey, Leticia Abecia, Héctor Rodríguez, Juan Anguita, Esther Nistal, María Luz Martínez‐Chantar, Sonia Sánchez‐Campos   +18 more
wiley   +1 more source

Microbial mats and the search for minimal ecosystems

International Microbiology, 2002
This article reviews some ecological concepts common to all kinds of ecosystems, describes the characteristics of microbial mats, and focuses on the description of the Ebro Delta microbial mats, to assess whether they fit the concept of a minimal ecosystem. First, microorganisms as components of ecosystems are considered, and some features of microbial
R, Guerrero, M, Piqueras, M, Berlanga
openaire   +3 more sources

Closed‐Loop Radiative Cooling Mulch Upcycled From Agricultural Residues for Efficient Soil Heat–Water Stress Mitigation

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Conventional passive radiative cooling films rely on costly feedstocks and energy‐intensive fabrication, with poor end‐of‐life compatibility in agriculture. To address this challenge, a sustainable radiative cooling mulch (SRCM) is developed from waste maize leaves via spontaneous hydrogen‐bond self‐assembly.
Hao Li, Dong Lv, Yang Fu, Cancheng Jiang, Wenqi Wang, Ze Li, Lin Liang, Jiayu Du, Jie Tan, Yihao Zhu, Wenjie Liu, Lamfeddal Kouisni, Kaixin Lin, Chi Yan Tso   +13 more
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Taxonomic diversity of microbial communities in the cold sulfur spring Bezymyanny (Pribaikalsky district, Republic of Buryatia)

Вавиловский журнал генетики и селекции
The environmental conditions of cold sulfur springs favor the growth and development of abundant and diverse microbial communities with many unique sulfur cycle bacteria.
T. G. Banzaraktsaeva, E. V. Lavrentyeva, V. B. Dambaev, I. D. Ulzetueva, V. V. Khakhinov   +4 more
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