Volume 371, 2024

A theoretical hypothesis that can explain the artificial direct electron transfer of two unrelated redox enzymes based on the magnetic properties of the [Fe-S] cluster is proposed.

Compared to Escherichia coli, Au-NPs had a positive impact on aerobically grown Ralstonia eutropha H16, and this was likely due to lower oxidative stress, oxidation-reduction potential, and pH, resulting in enhanced Hyd enzyme activity and growth improvement.

Application and development of a TaqMan-based real-time PCR assay for detecting for rapid detection of snakehead vesiculovirus.

Identification of gene deletion target – yghZ – which confers growth advantage to the host in presence of furfural.

Benchmarking of the colorimetric pigments prodeoxyviolacein and proviolacein against lycopene as inducible yeast GPCR-based biosensor outputs reveals lycopene as superior output signal for laboratory and point-of-use settings.

Comparison of methane production processes in pulverized and lump coals shows that increasing the reaction area of the coal and facilitating the conversion of aromatic carbon can enhance in situ methane production.

A high-throughput method for screening pendimethalin-degrading bacteria was developed and resulted in the isolation of 56 pendimethalin-degrading bacteria from approximately 2000 bacterial strains.

Hybrid macrolide antibiotics were produced using a combination of specific substrate recognition by cytochrome P450 enzyme and synthetic biology approach.

The current results provide a more effective strategy for early differential diagnosis in bacterial categorization of BSI when combining WBC, CRP, procalcitonin, and D-Dimer measurements.

MK₇-MK₁₀ and UQ₆-UQ₁₀ production by the expression of corresponding polyprenyl diphosphate synthases in E. coli.

This study demonstrates that immobilizing biomass on carriers improves the treatment of coking wastewater and maintains a higher diversity and stability of the microbial community. The supplemented Comamonas sp. ZF-3 strain remained the most abundant bacterium.

Recombinant design of the enzymatically active domain of phage Enc34 endolysin to improve its activity against Gram-negative bacteria.

The article describes a diarrhea event caused jointly by Vibrio parahaemolyticus serotypes O4:KUT and O10: K4.

This study introduces the use of interferon-gamma release assays (IGRAs) with QuantiFERON-TB Gold Plus and four RD1 immunodominant T-cell recombinant proteins, offering a novel approach to enhance the diagnosis of extrapulmonary tuberculosis.

Urinary tract infection caused by Enterococcus raffinosus in children.

Phenotypic heterogeneity of Salmonella pre-exposed to ciprofloxacin: the growth curves of S. Typhimurium cells treated with Low and Med showed a similar pattern to the CON, while S. Typhimurium cells treated with High exhibited delayed recovery of bacterial growth in the absence of ciprofloxacin. The highest postantibiotic effect (PAE) value were more than 1 h at the High compared to the CON, followed by MED and LOW treatments.

Study on the substantial influence of the tryptophan transport pathway on antibiotic resistance in Escherichia coli.

Increased antibiotic consumption between 2011 and 2019 was associated with increased prevalence of ESBL-producing E. coli in urine samples.

A novel multidrug-resistant Staphylococcusaureus phage JPL-50 with broad spectrum and high efficiency, is expected to be an antibiotic alternatives because of its great effect on mice in therapeutic experiment and its synergistic effect with doxycycline.

A lytic bacteriophage BUCT627 against Stenotrophomonas maltophilia.

The transcriptional response of the sdiA gene in E. coli which codes for a quorum-sensing receptor protein is enhanced under imipenem exposure in the presence of acyl homoserine lactone signal molecules.

This study analyses the differences between ARQ-070 seedlings and epidemic strains at the genome-wide level, helps understand new epidemic characteristics of Brucella, and provides some inspiration for vaccine research and development.

The MIC distribution method is a more sensitive method to assess the effect of antimicrobials on antimicrobial susceptibility.

Sulfate-reducing bacteria are more abundant in the core than on the surface of tarballs collected from two Alabama Gulf beaches.

A bioinformatics workflow, merging and concatenation of sequencing reads, is described. This approach infers the prokaryotes and eukaryotes from the mixed amplicon data without splitting the 16S and 18S rRNA sequences.

Mesophilic methanotrophs can survive in cold environment for long period and thrive when suitable conditions arrive.

Variation in growth rates observed in ammonia-oxidizing bacteria affecting culturability.

One-sentence summary: Isolate non-Saccharomyces yeast resident of Moroccan extreme environments, study their plant growth promotion traits, and evaluate their usefulness to promote plant growth for sustainable agriculture.

Different ecological process shaped bacterial communities in a glacial-hydrological continuum.

A new system using microbiome transfer between aquatic and terrestrial environments to identify putative microbial habitat generalists.

We analyzed the genomes of Spiroplasma ixodetis in the pea aphid Acyrthosiphon pisum, highlighting their dynamic genome evolution and the diversity in the underlying mechanisms of Spiroplasma-induced male killing.

Petrifilm^TM is a simple, easy, and effective method for establishing heterotrophic bacterial counts in water.

This study focuses on the impact of lactic acid bacteria on the environmental ecology of crab culture, revealed the ecological role of lactic acid bacteria in crab culturing water, and provided strong data support for the subsequent scientific use of lactic acid bacteria.

This study shows that archiving sieved soil at −20°C allows for long-term and repeated experimentation on preserved physiologically active microbial communities.

Adapted from: Charteris AF. Overview and Future Work. In ¹⁵N Tracing of Microbial Assimilation, Partitioning and Transport of Fertilisers in Grassland Soils. Springer Theses, Springer Nature, Switzerland AG, 2019, 239.

Earthworm lifestyle and microplastic pollution strongly impact the structure of the earthworm’s gut microbiome.

The endophytic fungal composition of tea leaves varies depending on the sampling season and sample storage conditions in which the composition in winter samples was more sensitive to sample storage conditions than that in summer.

In this survey in Belgium we found that the prevalence of Neisseria bacilliformis was higher in adults than children and had remarkably reduced susceptibility to ceftriaxone.

This is the first study on antibiotic-resistant bacteria in Slovenian landfills. We show that multidrug-resistant bacteria with extended-spectrum beta-lactamase and carbapenemase genes are present but not common in landfill-associated waters.

This study describes new Aeromonas salmonicida mesophilic isolates from Alberta (Canada) using genomics and a more sensitive amoeba predation test.

Defining the contribution of intracellular enzymes to extracellular activity.

A genomic investigation of a sponge associated bacterium Rossellomorea sp. MCCB 382, sheds light into symbiosis and host adaptation.

Our findings suggest a stable overall microbiome diversity and composition in lung cancer patients’ lung tissues, despite tumour growth, but indicate modified microbial interactions within the tumour.

A study on how biological soil crusts impact soil nutrients, soil microbial community structure, and community assembly.

Salmonella exhibits genomic characteristics for environmental survival and an open pangenome.

This study reveals the adaptation and evolution of the common pika in China from the perspective of intestinal microbial composition and function.

Nano-picoplankton help sustain ecosystem functioning in St Helena Bay through their ecological roles in productivity and biogeochemical cycling during a period of stratification.

Genome-Based Analysis of Biosynthetic Potential from Antimycotic Streptomyces rochei Strain A144.

This study highlights the presence of antimicrobial resistance genes in V. parahaemolyticus isolates in seafood marketed in a Northern Thailand province that can be potentially transmissible sources of antimicrobial resistance.

This study revealed that whey protein sensitization could induce the allergic inflammation, intestinal injury, and intestinal barrier dysfunction in mice, and the gut microbes were also changed.

Characteristics of gut diazotrophs and its adaptability to the environment in Plateau pika.

The regulation of carotenoid synthesis by crgA is influenced by light.

Interleukin-22 induces the innate immune responses related to the mucosal barrier and inhibits infection of pathogenic bacteria in human-induced pluripotent stem cell-derived gut model.

Nontransgenic New Genomic Techniques offer a promising path for the food industry to create innovative, safe, and sustainable microbial products, but EU regulations need adjustment to fully harness their potential.

An effective way to increase the production of yellow pigments from Monascus with high CaCl₂ stress.

Protein supplemented minimal medium stimulates growth of proteolytically active lactic acid bacteria, modeling the situation in food for microbial amino acid metabolism.

Sensitivity of Salmonella Typhimurium to nisin.

Streptococcal pyrogenic exotoxin B is a superantigen that induces murine splenocyte proliferation and secretion of IL-2 and IFN-γ ex vivo.

Model studies describing the impact of salt substitutes and microaerophilic conditions used in minimally processed food technology, on the physiology and genetics of P. aeruginosa, a food spoilage microorganism.

Bacteria adheres to glass test tubes during the MATH test.

The high CHO/protein ratio in a 100% plant-based diet significantly affects the gut microbiota of rainbow trout in digesta after 3 weeks of experimentation.

When VvsA transitions into its active state, the presence of VvsB and its binding activity suppresses the activation of VvsA within the extracellular milieu. The protein expression levels of VvsA and VvsB appears to be stringently regulated, contributing to the environmental adaptability of Vibrio vulnificus NCIMB 2137.

The novel bacteriophage-encoded endolysin, ENDO-1252, effectively controls the growth of Salmonella Enteritidis, presenting a promising antibacterial agent for enhancing food safety.

Summary of the important metabolic reprogramming that helps to cope with acid stress in the food-borne pathogen Listeria monocytogenes and its implication in the food industry, human, and future research.

This study provided a genomic analysis of Staphylococcusaureus obtained from unannounced food inspections between 2012 and 2021 in East China.

The bacteriocin garviecin LG34 affects Salmonella typhimurium’s cell structure and membrane permeability, which could be exploited as a biopreservative for treating food borne and salmonellosis.

Expressing the gene and purifying the protein of a novel bacterial enzyme.

We are the first to develop a marker recycling system for multigene targeting in Lentinula edodes.

Effect of essential oils and standard compounds on mycotoxigenic fungi.

Antifungal activity of bioactive nanofibers.

Fumigation with dimethyl trisulfide effectively prevents Aspergillus flavus growth and aflatoxin accumulation and thus has the potential to be further developed into a bio-fumigant.

This article characterises the role of the Acinetobacter baumannii lactate permease gene, lldP and its contribution towards bacterial homeostasis and virulence in the contemporary clinical isolate, AB5075-UW.

Vibrio parahaemolyticus CAP regulates type III secretion system 2-dependent cytotoxicity by regulating vpa1348 expression.

Identified point mutations in the ILY promoter responsible for upregulated ily gene expression.

The existence of cigR gene inhibited the pathogenicity of Salmonella Paratyphi A.

We find that Staphylococcusaureus can utilize both potassium and sodium to rapidly adjust cytoplasmic pH in response to its extracellular environment.

The extension of the long-lived pmt1Δ yeast cells is associated with the basal autophagy activity.

MAT1 is required for microconidia-mediated male fertility in addition to female fertility in the rice blast fungus Pyricularia oryzae.

Disruption of de novo purine synthesis pathway leads to decreased ATP synthesis and hyperpolarization of the bacterial cell membrane, resulting in increased susceptibility to colistin.

A continuous network of ionic interactions rather than a cluster of isolated interactions would pay less entropic penalty upon making the same number of ion pairs in a protein.

Alpha-fold structure of ketohexokinase from Haloferax volcanii, a novel sugar kinase of the ribokinase/pfkB superfamily.

PqqF inhibits T6SS secretion through decreased pH.

The myxobacterium Myxococcus xanthus has five thioredoxins that can reduce disulfide bonds in low-molecular-weight compounds, peptides, and enzymes.

Analysis of CenKR activity in Sinorhizobium meliloti.

Acinetobacterbaylyi ADP1 decreases its growth and modifies the expression of certain metabolic genes when grown in the presence of furfural.

The gene expression of chtinase and chitin oligosaccharide deacetylase (COD) increased significantly with beta-N-acetyl-d-glucosaminyl-(1,4)-d-glucosamine, produced from N,N-diacetylchitobiose by COD, in Shewanella baltica.

The differential physiological attributes of Acinetobacter baumannii DacC and DacD rely on the dual nature of DacC, which possesses both DD-carboxypeptidase and beta-lactamase activities.

The life cycle of Helicobacter pylori bacteriophage KHP40, which belongs to the genus Schmidvirus, has been clarified.

Functional metagenomic discovery of a naturally occurring glyphosate oxidase for degrading RoundUp in agricultural soil.

c-di-AMP mediates different antibiotic sensitivity pathways in Mycobacterium smegmatis.

Disruption of the pkac2 gene in Pleurotus ostreatus alters the structure of the cell wall surface layer, resulting in high-density culture due to mycelial dispersion.

Microbes are ubiquitous and provide invaluable services to humans and our planet. Yet, are these microbial services valued by the general public given negative contexts such as the COVID-19 pandemic?

A multidisciplinary teaching approach to enhance interest and knowledge of pharmacy students about antibiotics and the future transfer of this knowledge to their professional practice.

The adaptable format of “Adopt a Bacterium” promoted sharing microbiology knowledge in context of interdisciplinary collaboration in health. Insights solidified during the pandemic remain applicable in post-pandemic scenarios.

This commentary shares tips and strategies to support the learning experience of neurodivergent students.

A modular inquiry-based semester theme that integrates data science education and bioinformatics in protein structure function courses.

Scheme of Divulsuperbac approach involving different educational levels.

Danshen and Honghua herb pair could improve the disorder of the composition and function of intestinal flora in rats with myocardial ischemic injury.

The scope of this study is to assess the suitability of novel genetic markers on two non-studied nitrogenase genes for Nostocales strains.

We here present an evaluation of the metabolism and taxonomy of the halophilic and moderately acidophilic archaeal genus Halarchaeum.

The presence and distribution of clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeat-associated sequence loci in Xanthomonas, with potencial regulatation by the quorum sensing mechanism.

We adopted Hill numbers to measure diversity, which appears that the differences between ASD patients and HC are more propounding on rare-species side than on dominant-species side.

Gunnera perpensa L., bacterial endophytes, growth kinetics, antibacterial activity, antioxidant activity, bioactive compounds.

Analysis of 5655 prokaryotic genomes and 2872 metagenomic assemblies reveals a constant long-term gene flux rate across all prokaryotic groups that traces pangenome flux back to the last universal common ancestor (LUCA).

Using bioinformatics, this study advances microbiology by analysing the conservation and diversity of secondary metabolite biosynthetic gene clusters in Bacillus cereus group strains.

A novel genus within the family Haloferacaceae, and four novel species of the genus Haloplanus were isolated from diverse commercial coarse salts produced in China.

We demonstrate that whole-genome-based taxonomy is the most accurate method for identifying Flavobacterium species and recommend that bacterial collections review identifications made by phenotyping and PCR genotyping.

The study reports a new non-pathogenic Xanthomonas species that can protect rice plants from pathogenic Xanthomonas species.