Insights into estrogen impact in oral health & microbiome in COVID-19
COVID-19 emerged in late 2019 and has occasioned more than 765 millions cumulative cases and 6.9 millions of deaths globally. Notably, around 70% of patients with severe COVID-19 are men. Therefore, it is to b... (Source: BMC Microbiology)
Source: BMC Microbiology - January 20, 2024 Category: Microbiology Authors: Rub én Alberto Bayardo-González, Marcela Peña-RodrÃguez, Ana Laura Pereira-Suárez, Alina Xcaret Rubio-Sánchez, Mariel GarcÃa-Chagollán, Daniel Natividad Valenzuela-Orozco, Melida del Rosario Lizarazo-Taborda, Jesús Mora-Mora and Natali Vega-Magaà Tags: Research Source Type: research
Oligoribonuclease mediates high adaptability of P. aeruginosa through metabolic conversion
Oligoribonuclease (orn) of P. aeruginosa is a highly conserved exonuclease, which can regulate the global gene expression levels of bacteria through regulation of both the nanoRNA and c-di-GMP. NanoRNA can regula... (Source: BMC Microbiology)
Source: BMC Microbiology - January 19, 2024 Category: Microbiology Authors: Lulu Yang, Lili Wang, Mengyu Wang, Ousman Bajinka, Guojun Wu, Ling Qin and Yurong Tan Tags: Research Source Type: research
High genetic diversity and different type VI secretion systems in Enterobacter species revealed by comparative genomics analysis
The human-pathogenic Enterobacter species are widely distributed in diverse environmental conditions, however, the understanding of the virulence factors and genetic variations within the genus is very limited. I... (Source: BMC Microbiology)
Source: BMC Microbiology - January 19, 2024 Category: Microbiology Authors: Mu Peng, Weiyuan Lin, Aifen Zhou, Zhihui Jiang, Fangzhen Zhou and Zhiyong Wang Tags: Research Source Type: research
Integrative data of a novel ciliate (Alveolata, Ciliophora) propose the establishment of Heterodeviata nantongensis nov. sp.
As unicellular eukaryotes, ciliates are an indispensable component of micro-ecosystems that play the role of intermediate nutrition link between bacteria or algae and meiofauna. Recent faunistic studies have r... (Source: BMC Microbiology)
Source: BMC Microbiology - January 19, 2024 Category: Microbiology Authors: Lijian Liao, Limin Jiang and Xiaozhong Hu Tags: Research Source Type: research
Marked variations in diversity and functions of gut microbiota between wild and domestic stag beetle Dorcus Hopei Hopei
Although stag beetles are a popular saprophytic insect, their gut microbiome has been poorly studied. Here, 16 S rRNA gene sequencing was employed to reveal the gut microbiota composition and functional variat... (Source: BMC Microbiology)
Source: BMC Microbiology - January 18, 2024 Category: Microbiology Authors: Yikai Lu, Siyuan Chu, Zhiyuan Shi, Ruobing You and Haimin Chen Tags: Research Source Type: research
Molecular epidemiology of Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia in children, Wuhan, 2020 –2022
Mycoplasma pneumoniae (M. pneumoniae) is an important pathogen of community-acquired pneumonia in children. The factors contributing to the severity of illness caused by M. pneumoniae infection are still under in... (Source: BMC Microbiology)
Source: BMC Microbiology - January 17, 2024 Category: Microbiology Authors: Meng Xu, Ying Li, Yue Shi, Haizhou Liu, Xi Tong, Li Ma, Jie Gao, Qing Du, Hui Du, Di Liu, Xiaoxia Lu and Yi Yan Tags: Research Source Type: research
Characteristics of gut microbiota in patients with asthenozoospermia: a Chinese pilot study
Identification of intestinal flora composition is significant for exploring the cause and pathogenic mechanisms of the gut-testis axis and clarifying the relationship between microbiota and infertility. Our st... (Source: BMC Microbiology)
Source: BMC Microbiology - January 15, 2024 Category: Microbiology Authors: Yang Pan, Shangren Wang, Li Liu and Xiaoqiang Liu Tags: Research Source Type: research
Biogenic selenium nanoparticles and selenium/chitosan-Nanoconjugate biosynthesized by Streptomyces parvulus MAR4 with antimicrobial and anticancer potential
As antibiotics and chemotherapeutics are no longer as efficient as they once were, multidrug resistant (MDR) pathogens and cancer are presently considered as two of the most dangerous threats to human life. In... (Source: BMC Microbiology)
Source: BMC Microbiology - January 12, 2024 Category: Microbiology Authors: Mervat G. Hassan, Mariam T. Hawwa, Dina M. Baraka, Hamed M. El-Shora and Ahmed A. Hamed Tags: Research Source Type: research
Genomic characterization of Pseudomonas spp. on food: implications for spoilage, antimicrobial resistance and human infection
Pseudomonas species are common on food, but their contribution to the antimicrobial resistance gene (ARG) burden within food or as a source of clinical infection is unknown. Pseudomonas aeruginosa is an opportuni... (Source: BMC Microbiology)
Source: BMC Microbiology - January 11, 2024 Category: Microbiology Authors: Samuel J. Bloomfield, Rapha Ñ‘lle Palau, Emma R. Holden, Mark A. Webber and Alison E. Mather Tags: Research Source Type: research
Core microbiota drive multi-functionality of the soil microbiome in the Cinnamomum camphora coppice planting
Cinnamomum camphora (L.) Presl (C. camphora) is an evergreen broad-leaved tree cultivated in subtropical China. The use of C. camphora as clonal cuttings for coppice management has become popular recently. Howeve... (Source: BMC Microbiology)
Source: BMC Microbiology - January 10, 2024 Category: Microbiology Authors: Luyuan Sun, Guilong Li, Jiao Zhao, Ting Zhang, Jia Liu and Jie Zhang Tags: Research Source Type: research
Unique composition of ocular surface microbiome in the old patients with dry eye and diabetes mellitus in a community from Shanghai, China
This study investigates the variations in microbiome abundance and diversity on the ocular surfaces of diabetic patients suffering from dry eye within a community setting. The goal is to offer theoretical insi... (Source: BMC Microbiology)
Source: BMC Microbiology - January 10, 2024 Category: Microbiology Authors: Zhangling Chen, Senlin Lin, Yi Xu, Lina Lu and Haidong Zou Tags: Research Source Type: research
Pathogenicity assessment of Arcobacter butzleri isolated from Canadian agricultural surface water
This study was conducted to assess the prevalence, distribution, and pathogenicity of A. butzleri strains, which... (Source: BMC Microbiology)
Source: BMC Microbiology - January 8, 2024 Category: Microbiology Authors: Izhar U. H. Khan, Wen Chen, Michel Cloutier, David R. Lapen, Emilia Craiovan and Graham Wilkes Tags: Research Source Type: research
Novel Organism Verification and Analysis (NOVA) study: identification of 35 clinical isolates representing potentially novel bacterial taxa using a pipeline based on whole genome sequencing
Reliable species identification of cultured isolates is essential in clinical bacteriology. We established a new study algorithm named NOVA – Novel Organism Verification and Analysis to systematically analyze bac... (Source: BMC Microbiology)
Source: BMC Microbiology - January 5, 2024 Category: Microbiology Authors: Veronika Muigg, Helena M.B. Seth-Smith, Kai-Manuel Adam, Maja Weisser, Vladimira Hini ć, Annette Blaich, Tim Roloff, Ulrich Heininger, Hanna Schmid, Maurus Kohler, Lukas Graf, Dylan M. Winterflood, Pascal Schlaepfer and Daniel Goldenberger Tags: Research Source Type: research
The rumen-derived Lact. mucosae LLK-XR1 exhibited greater free gossypol degradation capacity during solid-state fermentation of cottonseed meal and probiotic potential
This study aimed to isolate the rumen-derived bacteria with the ability to degrade free gossypol (FG), and to evaluate the probiotic potential in vitro for ensuring safe utilization. (Source: BMC Microbiology)
Source: BMC Microbiology - January 5, 2024 Category: Microbiology Authors: Liangkang Lv, Fengliang Xiong, Yingyi Liu, Shiteng Pei, Shanshan He, Shengli Li and Hongjian Yang Tags: Research Source Type: research
Microbiome as a biomarker and therapeutic target in pancreatic cancer
Studying the effects of the microbiome on the development of different types of cancer has recently received increasing research attention. In this context, the microbial content of organs of the gastrointesti... (Source: BMC Microbiology)
Source: BMC Microbiology - January 5, 2024 Category: Microbiology Authors: Ghazaleh Pourali, Danial Kazemi, Amir Shayan Chadeganipour, Mahshid Arastonejad, Sara Naghizadeh Kashani, Roozbeh Pourali, Mina Maftooh, Hamed Akbarzade, Hamid Fiuji, Seyed Mahdi Hassanian, Majid Ghayour-Mobarhan, Gordon A. Ferns, Majid Khazaei and Amir A Tags: Review Source Type: research
