Search Results - "Frontiers in microbiology"

Antimicrobial Peptides: Classification, Design, Application and Research Progress in Multiple Fields by Huan, Yuchen, Kong, Qing, Mou, Haijin, Yi, Huaxi

“…Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) are a class of small peptides that widely exist in nature and they are an important part of the innate immune system of different…”
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Long COVID or Post-acute Sequelae of COVID-19 (PASC): An Overview of Biological Factors That May Contribute to Persistent Symptoms by Proal, Amy D, VanElzakker, Michael B

“…The novel virus severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has caused a pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Across the globe, a…”
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Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons: Sources, Toxicity, and Remediation Approaches by Patel, Avani Bharatkumar, Shaikh, Shabnam, Jain, Kunal R., Desai, Chirayu, Madamwar, Datta

“…Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are widespread across the globe mainly due to long-term anthropogenic sources of pollution. The inherent properties of…”
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Emerging Strategies to Combat ESKAPE Pathogens in the Era of Antimicrobial Resistance: A Review by Mulani, Mansura S, Kamble, Ekta E, Kumkar, Shital N, Tawre, Madhumita S, Pardesi, Karishma R

“…The acronym ESKAPE includes six nosocomial pathogens that exhibit multidrug resistance and virulence: , and spp. Persistent use of antibiotics has provoked the…”
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Current status of pesticide effects on environment, human health and it’s eco-friendly management as bioremediation: A comprehensive review by Pathak, Vinay Mohan, Verma, Vijay K., Rawat, Balwant Singh, Kaur, Baljinder, Babu, Neelesh, Sharma, Akansha, Dewali, Seeta, Yadav, Monika, Kumari, Reshma, Singh, Sevaram, Mohapatra, Asutosh, Pandey, Varsha, Rana, Nitika, Cunill, Jose Maria

“…Pesticides are either natural or chemically synthesized compounds that are used to control a variety of pests. These chemical compounds are used in a variety…”
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Microbial and Enzymatic Degradation of Synthetic Plastics by Mohanan, Nisha, Montazer, Zahra, Sharma, Parveen K, Levin, David B

“…Synthetic plastics are pivotal in our current lifestyle and therefore, its accumulation is a major concern for environment and human health. Petroleum-derived…”
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Geographic and Genomic Distribution of SARS-CoV-2 Mutations by Mercatelli, Daniele, Giorgi, Federico M

“…The novel respiratory disease COVID-19 has reached the status of worldwide pandemic and large efforts are currently being undertaken in molecularly…”
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Microbiome Datasets Are Compositional: And This Is Not Optional by Gloor, Gregory B, Macklaim, Jean M, Pawlowsky-Glahn, Vera, Egozcue, Juan J

“…Datasets collected by high-throughput sequencing (HTS) of 16S rRNA gene amplimers, metagenomes or metatranscriptomes are commonplace and being used to study…”
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Pandemics Throughout History by Piret, Jocelyne, Boivin, Guy

“…The emergence and spread of infectious diseases with pandemic potential occurred regularly throughout history. Major pandemics and epidemics such as plague,…”
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Antibiotics in the Soil Environment-Degradation and Their Impact on Microbial Activity and Diversity by Cycoń, Mariusz, Mrozik, Agnieszka, Piotrowska-Seget, Zofia

“…Antibiotics play a key role in the management of infectious diseases in humans, animals, livestock, and aquacultures all over the world. The release of…”
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The Fungal Cell Wall: Candida , Cryptococcus , and Aspergillus Species by Garcia-Rubio, Rocio, de Oliveira, Haroldo C, Rivera, Johanna, Trevijano-Contador, Nuria

“…The fungal cell wall is located outside the plasma membrane and is the cell compartment that mediates all the relationships of the cell with the environment…”
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Beyond Risk: Bacterial Biofilms and Their Regulating Approaches by Muhammad, Musa Hassan, Idris, Aisha Lawan, Fan, Xiao, Guo, Yachong, Yu, Yiyan, Jin, Xu, Qiu, Junzhi, Guan, Xiong, Huang, Tianpei

“…Bacterial biofilms are complex surface attached communities of bacteria held together by self-produced polymer matrixs mainly composed of polysaccharides,…”
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Recent Understanding of Soil Acidobacteria and Their Ecological Significance: A Critical Review by Kalam, Sadaf, Basu, Anirban, Ahmad, Iqbal, Sayyed, R. Z., El-Enshasy, Hesham Ali, Dailin, Daniel Joe, Suriani, Ni Luh

“…Acidobacteria represents an underrepresented soil bacterial phylum whose members are pervasive and copiously distributed across nearly all ecosystems…”
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Microbial Extracellular Polymeric Substances: Ecological Function and Impact on Soil Aggregation by Costa, Ohana Y A, Raaijmakers, Jos M, Kuramae, Eiko E

“…A wide range of microorganisms produce extracellular polymeric substances (EPS), highly hydrated polymers that are mainly composed of polysaccharides,…”
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The Human Gut Microbiome - A Potential Controller of Wellness and Disease by Kho, Zhi Y, Lal, Sunil K

“…Interest toward the human microbiome, particularly gut microbiome has flourished in recent decades owing to the rapidly advancing sequence-based screening and…”
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Rarefaction, Alpha Diversity, and Statistics by Willis, Amy D.

“…Understanding the drivers of diversity is a fundamental question in ecology. Extensive literature discusses different methods for describing diversity and…”
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Antibiotic Resistance Mechanisms in Bacteria: Relationships Between Resistance Determinants of Antibiotic Producers, Environmental Bacteria, and Clinical Pathogens by Peterson, Elizabeth, Kaur, Parjit

“…Emergence of antibiotic resistant pathogenic bacteria poses a serious public health challenge worldwide. However, antibiotic resistance genes are not confined…”
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Nano-Strategies to Fight Multidrug Resistant Bacteria-"A Battle of the Titans" by Baptista, Pedro V, McCusker, Matthew P, Carvalho, Andreia, Ferreira, Daniela A, Mohan, Niamh M, Martins, Marta, Fernandes, Alexandra R

“…Infectious diseases remain one of the leading causes of morbidity and mortality worldwide. The WHO and CDC have expressed serious concern regarding the…”
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Plant Growth-Promoting Bacteria: Biological Tools for the Mitigation of Salinity Stress in Plants by Kumar, Akhilesh, Singh, Saurabh, Gaurav, Anand Kumar, Srivastava, Sudhakar, Verma, Jay Prakash

“…Salinity stress is one of the major abiotic stresses threatening sustainable crop production worldwide. The extent of salinity affected area is expected to…”
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Antibacterial Properties of Polyphenols: Characterization and QSAR (Quantitative Structure-Activity Relationship) Models by Bouarab-Chibane, Lynda, Forquet, Valérian, Lantéri, Pierre, Clément, Yohann, Léonard-Akkari, Lucie, Oulahal, Nadia, Degraeve, Pascal, Bordes, Claire

“…Besides their established antioxidant activity, many phenolic compounds may exhibit significant antibacterial activity. Here, the effect of a large dataset of…”
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