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31393956 | PMC6687160 | pmc | 1,971 | {
"abstract": "We proposed a theoretical framework predicting mutualistic outcomes for the arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) symbiosis based on host provenance (crop versus wild). To test the framework, we grew two isolates of Rhizoglomus irregulare (commercial versus an isolate locally isolated), with five crop plants a... | 3,554 |
30867493 | PMC6416308 | pmc | 1,972 | {
"abstract": "We report on memsensors, a class of two terminal devices that combines features of memristive and sensor devices. Apart from a pinched hysteresis (memristive property) and stimulus dependent electrical resistance (sensing property) further properties like dynamic adaptation to an external stimulus emer... | 6,932 |
25327887 | PMC4218951 | pmc | 1,973 | {
"abstract": "Species in ecological communities build complex webs of interaction. Although revealing the architecture of these networks is fundamental to understanding ecological and evolutionary dynamics in nature, it has been difficult to characterize the structure of most species-rich ecological systems. By over... | 1,402 |
36819038 | PMC9935839 | pmc | 1,974 | {
"abstract": "Coastal pollution, global warming, ocean acidification, and other reasons lead to the imbalance of the coral reef ecosystem, resulting in the increasingly serious problem of coral degradation. Coral bleaching is often accompanied by structural abnormalities of coral symbiotic microbiota, among which V... | 4,285 |
36134978 | PMC9496005 | pmc | 1,975 | {
"abstract": "This review article will discuss the ways in which various polymeric materials, such as polyethylene (PE), polypropylene (PP), polystyrene (PS), and poly(ethylene terephthalate) (PET) can potentially be used to produce bioplastics, such as polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs) through microbial cultivation. We ... | 2,222 |
32154089 | PMC7055565 | pmc | 1,976 | {
"abstract": "Abstract Rapid energy‐efficient movements are one of nature's greatest developments. Mechanisms like snap‐buckling allow plants like the Venus flytrap to close the terminal lobes of their leaves at barely perceptible speed. Here, a soft balloon actuator is presented, which is inspired by such mechanica... | 6,517 |
32038137 | PMC6987377 | pmc | 1,978 | {
"abstract": "Dealing with big data, especially the videos and images, is the biggest challenge of existing Von-Neumann machines while the human brain, benefiting from its massive parallel structure, is capable of processing the images and videos in a fraction of second. The most promising solution, which has been r... | 5,977 |
34776834 | PMC8586528 | pmc | 1,982 | {
"abstract": "Spiking neural networks (SNNs), with their inherent capability to learn sparse spike-based input representations over time, offer a promising solution for enabling the next generation of intelligent autonomous systems. Nevertheless, end-to-end training of deep SNNs is both compute- and memory-intensive... | 6,719 |
31649246 | PMC6813331 | pmc | 1,983 | {
"abstract": "The soil microbiome is highly diverse and comprises up to one quarter of Earth’s diversity. Yet, how such a diverse and functionally complex microbiome influences ecosystem functioning remains unclear. Here we manipulated the soil microbiome in experimental grassland ecosystems and observed that microb... | 4,902 |
39809803 | PMC11733112 | pmc | 1,988 | {
"abstract": "Lignin, as the abundant carbon polymer, is essential for carbon cycle and biorefinery. Microorganisms interact to form communities for lignin biodegradation, yet it is a challenge to understand such complex interactions. Here, we develop a coastal lignin-degrading bacterial consortium (LD), through “to... | 3,941 |
38900914 | PMC11304949 | pmc | 1,991 | {
"abstract": "Abstract Stony coral tissue loss disease (SCTLD) has devastated coral reefs off the coast of Florida and continues to spread throughout the Caribbean. Although a number of bacterial taxa have consistently been associated with SCTLD, no pathogen has been definitively implicated in the etiology of SCTLD.... | 5,427 |
26981620 | PMC4794232 | pmc | 1,992 | {
"abstract": "Many living organisms transform inorganic atoms into highly ordered crystalline materials. An elegant example of such biomineralization processes is the production of nano-scale magnetic crystals in magnetotactic bacteria. Previous studies implicated the involvement of two putative serine proteases, Ma... | 3,651 |
25425235 | PMC4251993 | pmc | 1,993 | {
"abstract": "ABSTRACT Dissimilatory metal-reducing bacteria, such as Geobacter sulfurreducens , transfer electrons beyond their outer membranes to Fe(III) and Mn(IV) oxides, heavy metals, and electrodes in electrochemical devices. In the environment, metal acceptors exist in multiple chelated and insoluble forms t... | 3,651 |
35514730 | PMC9065573 | pmc | 1,994 | {
"abstract": "Surfaces that have unique wettabilities and are simultaneously superhydrophobic with water contact angles > 150°, and superoleophilic with oil contact angles < 5°, are of critical importance in the oil/solvent–water separation field. This work details the facile preparation of highly efficient oil–wate... | 6,240 |
27386556 | PMC4928881 | pmc | 1,996 | {
"abstract": "Researchers report an organic nanowire artificial synapse that emulates working principles and energy consumption of biological synapses.",
"conclusion": "CONCLUSION In conclusion, we used ONW-based electronic devices to emulate the morphology, working principles, and energy consumption of synaptic j... | 5,161 |
35431782 | PMC9012531 | pmc | 1,997 | {
"abstract": "Frequency-modulated continuous wave radar sensors play an essential role for assisted and autonomous driving as they are robust under all weather and light conditions. However, the rising number of transmitters and receivers for obtaining a higher angular resolution increases the cost for digital signa... | 4,848 |
36340378 | PMC9632346 | pmc | 1,998 | {
"abstract": "The plant microbiome profoundly affects many aspects of host performance; however, the ecological processes by which plant hosts govern microbiome assembly, function, and dispersal remain largely unknown. Here, we investigated the bacterial and fungal communities in multiple compartment niches (bulk so... | 4,828 |
23251679 | PMC3522635 | pmc | 1,999 | {
"abstract": "Non-Hebbian learning is often encountered in different bio-organisms. In these processes, the strength of a synapse connecting two neurons is controlled not only by the signals exchanged between the neurons, but also by an additional factor external to the synaptic structure. Here we show the implement... | 5,421 |
36923605 | PMC10009452 | pmc | 2,000 | {
"abstract": "Microbial fuel cells (MFCs) incorporating air-breathing cathodes have emerged as a promising eco-friendly wastewater treatment technology capable of operating on an energy-free basis. However, the inevitable biofouling of these devices rapidly decreases cathodic catalytic activity and also reduces the ... | 7,250 |
20559621 | null | s2 | 2,001 | {
"abstract": "Biofilms are communities of bacteria whose formation on surfaces requires a large portion of the bacteria's transcriptional network. To identify environmental conditions and transcriptional regulators that contribute to sensing these conditions, we used a high-throughput approach to monitor biofilm bio... | 382 |
24965827 | PMC4262009 | pmc | 2,003 | {
"abstract": "Ferrous iron has been known to function as an electron source for iron-oxidizing microorganisms in both anoxic and oxic environments. A diversity of bacteria has been known to oxidize both soluble and solid-phase Fe(II) forms coupled to the reduction of nitrate. Here, we show for the first time Fe(II) ... | 5,858 |
27748755 | null | s2 | 2,008 | {
"abstract": "Legumes are essential components of agricultural systems because they enrich the soil in nitrogen and require little environmentally deleterious fertilizers. A complex symbiotic association between legumes and nitrogen-fixing soil bacteria called rhizobia culminates in the development of root nodules, ... | 261 |
25641987 | null | s2 | 2,009 | {
"abstract": "Nanotextured surfaces are widely used throughout nature for adhesion, wetting, and transport. Chemistry, geometry, and morphology are important factors for creating tunable textured surfaces, in which directionality of droplets can be controlled. Here, we fabricated nano textured polymeric surfaces, an... | 164 |
38573964 | PMC11009646 | pmc | 2,011 | {
"abstract": "Significance Microbial life is essential for the functioning of ecosystems, yet we often do not know which microbes are responsible for which processes and the speed at which they cycle elements. We developed a proxy to estimate element turnover rates for two critical microbial processes—sulfate reduct... | 8,613 |
36862663 | PMC9980807 | pmc | 2,012 | {
"abstract": "It is possible to generate small amounts of electrical power directly from photosynthetic microorganisms—arguably the greenest of green energy. But will it have useful applications, and what are the hurdles if so?"
} | 53 |
38982629 | PMC11233273 | pmc | 2,013 | {
"abstract": "Abstract Coral microbiomes differ in the mucus, soft tissue and skeleton of a coral colony, but whether variations exist in different tissues of a single polyp is unknown. In the stony coral, Fimbriaphyllia ancora , we identified 8,994 amplicon sequencing variants (ASVs) in functionally differentiated... | 3,982 |
28559808 | PMC5432669 | pmc | 2,016 | {
"abstract": "Recent advances in the development of data structures to represent spiking neuron network models enable us to exploit the complete memory of petascale computers for a single brain-scale network simulation. In this work, we investigate how well we can exploit the computing power of such supercomputers f... | 7,764 |
39873757 | PMC11774983 | pmc | 2,017 | {
"abstract": "Abstract Microbial fuel cell (MFC) technology has received increased interest as a suitable approach for treating wastewater while producing electricity. However, there remains a lack of studies investigating the impact of inoculum type and hydraulic retention time (HRT) on the efficiency of MFCs in tr... | 5,138 |
25303102 | PMC4193761 | pmc | 2,018 | {
"abstract": "Advancing the size and complexity of neural network models leads to an ever increasing demand for computational resources for their simulation. Neuromorphic devices offer a number of advantages over conventional computing architectures, such as high emulation speed or low power consumption, but this us... | 4,796 |
30498977 | PMC6394480 | pmc | 2,022 | {
"abstract": "The development of robust microorganisms that can efficiently ferment both glucose and xylose represents one of the major challenges in achieving a cost-effective lignocellulosic bioethanol production. Candida intermedia is a non-conventional, xylose-utilizing yeast species with a high-capacity xylos... | 4,264 |
34094298 | PMC8162394 | pmc | 2,024 | {
"abstract": "Antifouling properties of materials play crucial roles in many important applications such as biomedical implants, marine antifouling coatings, biosensing, and membranes for separation. Poly(ethylene glycol) (or PEG) containing polymers and zwitterionic polymers have been shown to be excellent antifoul... | 9,139 |
29973728 | null | s2 | 2,025 | {
"abstract": "Change history: In this Letter, Alexander Groisman should have been listed as an author. This error has been corrected online."
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28243071 | PMC5317333 | pmc | 2,027 | {
"abstract": "Durable superhydrophobic coatings were synthesized using a system of silica nanoparticles (NPs) to provide nanoscale roughness, fluorosilane to give hydrophobic chemistry, and three different polymer binders: urethane acrylate, ethyl 2-cyanoacrylate, and epoxy. Coatings composed of different binders in... | 8,246 |
31110470 | PMC6499189 | pmc | 2,031 | {
"abstract": "Spike-Timing-Dependent Plasticity (STDP) is a bio-inspired local incremental weight update rule commonly used for online learning in spike-based neuromorphic systems. In STDP, the intensity of long-term potentiation and depression in synaptic efficacy (weight) between neurons is expressed as a function... | 5,965 |
29570696 | PMC5951332 | pmc | 2,033 | {
"abstract": "Poly(chloro-p-xylylene) (PPXC) film has a water contact angle (WCA) of only about 84°. It is necessary to improve its hydrophobicity to prevent liquid water droplets from corroding or electrically shorting metallic circuits of semiconductor devices, sensors, microelectronics, and so on. Herein, we repo... | 7,378 |
21259034 | PMC3082026 | pmc | 2,034 | {
"abstract": "Peptides that bind to silkworm-derived silk fibroin fiber were selected from a phage-displayed random peptide library. The selected silk-binding peptides contained a consensus sequence QSWS which is important for silk-binding as confirmed by binding assays using phage and synthetic peptides. With furth... | 2,176 |
35518755 | PMC9054385 | pmc | 2,035 | {
"abstract": "Taking advantage of the triboelectrification effect and electrostatic induction, triboelectric nanogenerators (TENGs) provide a simple and efficient path to convert environmental mechanical energy into electric energy. Since the generation of surface charges and their density on triboelectric materials... | 7,484 |
26776218 | null | s2 | 2,036 | {
"abstract": "Technological advances are making large-scale measurements of microbial communities commonplace. These newly acquired datasets are allowing researchers to ask and answer questions about the composition of microbial communities, the roles of members in these communities, and how genes and molecular path... | 228 |
34461907 | PMC8406616 | pmc | 2,037 | {
"abstract": "L-valine is an essential amino acid that has wide and expanding applications with a suspected growing market demand. Its applicability ranges from animal feed additive, ingredient in cosmetic and special nutrients in pharmaceutical and agriculture fields. Currently, fermentation with the aid of model o... | 1,867 |
24844569 | null | s2 | 2,038 | {
"abstract": "Carbon concentrating mechanisms (CCMs) are common among microalgae, but their regulation and even existence in some of the most promising biofuel production strains is poorly understood. This is partly because screening for new strains does not commonly include assessment of CCM function or regulation ... | 411 |
34014980 | PMC8136678 | pmc | 2,039 | {
"abstract": "Iron reduction and sulfate reduction are two of the major biogeochemical processes that occur in anoxic sediments. Microbes that catalyze these reactions are therefore some of the most abundant organisms in the subsurface, and some of the most important. Due to the variety of mechanisms that microbes e... | 3,828 |
25264452 | PMC4173114 | pmc | 2,040 | {
"abstract": "Collective decision-making in biological systems requires all individuals in the group to go through a behavioural change of state. During this transition fast and robust transfer of information is essential to prevent cohesion loss. The mechanism by which natural groups achieve such robustness, though... | 319 |
37970006 | PMC10634217 | pmc | 2,041 | {
"abstract": "A liquid Ga-based synaptic device with two-terminal electrodes\nis demonstrated in NaOH solutions at 50 °C. The proposed electrochemical\nredox device using the liquid Ga electrode in the NaOH solution can\nemulate various biological synapses that require different decay constants.\nThe device exhibits... | 4,926 |
35943212 | PMC9426500 | pmc | 2,042 | {
"abstract": "ABSTRACT The soil fungal community plays pivotal roles in soil nutrient cycling and plant health and productivity in agricultural ecosystems. However, the differential adaptability of soil fungi to different microenvironments (niches) is a bottleneck limiting their application in agriculture. Hence, th... | 4,580 |
19842620 | null | s2 | 2,043 | {
"abstract": "The hydrophobicity of a surface can be enhanced by physical textures. However, no existing theories of surface wetting can provide guidance to pinpoint the texture size requirement to achieve super/ultrahydrophobicity. Here, we show that the three-phase contact line tension, tau, is an important link t... | 156 |
34064293 | PMC8224282 | pmc | 2,044 | {
"abstract": "The Florida Keys, a delicate archipelago of sub-tropical islands extending from the south-eastern tip of Florida, host the vast majority of the only coral barrier reef in the continental United States. Abiotic as well as microbial components of the surrounding waters are pivotal for the health of reef ... | 3,390 |
27199545 | PMC4869604 | pmc | 2,045 | {
"abstract": "Microbiomes are ubiquitous and are found in the ocean, the soil, and in/on other living organisms. Changes in the microbiome can impact the health of the environmental niche in which they reside. In order to learn more about these communities, different approaches based on data from multiple omics ... | 3,850 |
34774761 | null | s2 | 2,046 | {
"abstract": "Cyanobacteria hold promise for renewable chemical production due to their photosynthetic nature, but engineered strains frequently display poor production characteristics. These difficulties likely arise in part due to the distinctive photoautotrophic metabolism of cyanobacteria. In this work, we apply... | 444 |
33737724 | null | s2 | 2,048 | {
"abstract": "To circumvent the von Neumann bottleneck, substantial progress has been made towards in-memory computing with synaptic devices. However, compact nanodevices implementing non-linear activation functions are required for efficient full-hardware implementation of deep neural networks. Here, we present an ... | 290 |
30814502 | PMC6393428 | pmc | 2,049 | {
"abstract": "Bioinspired ceramics with micron-scale ceramic “bricks” bonded by a metallic “mortar” are projected to result in higher strength and toughness ceramics, but their processing is challenging as metals do not typically wet ceramics. To resolve this issue, we made alumina structures using rapid pressureles... | 6,000 |
21684003 | null | s2 | 2,051 | {
"abstract": "A minimum in the biological response to materials that is observed to occur within a narrow surface energy range is related to the properties of water at these biology-contacting surfaces. Wetting energetics are calculated using a published theory from which it is further estimated that water molecules... | 336 |
34712394 | PMC8515068 | pmc | 2,053 | {
"abstract": "Environmental pressure to reduce our reliance on agrochemicals and the necessity to increase crop production in a sustainable way have made the rhizosphere microbiome an untapped resource for combating challenges to agricultural sustainability. In recent years, substantial efforts to characterize the s... | 1,138 |
28377751 | PMC5359226 | pmc | 2,054 | {
"conclusion": "Conclusions and future outlook The most challenging hurdle of producing biofuels using “microbial factories” is to generate a large amount of fuel on a comparatively lower budget and greater efficiency as compared to the conventional fossil fuels. In other words, for replacing petrol with bioethanol,... | 175 |
27172092 | null | s2 | 2,055 | {
"abstract": "The power of a single engineered organism is limited by its capacity for genetic modification. To circumvent the constraints of any singular microbe, a new frontier in synthetic biology is emerging: synthetic ecology, or the engineering of microbial consortia. Here we develop communication systems for ... | 385 |
35880077 | PMC9307998 | pmc | 2,057 | {
"abstract": "In nature, bacteria form biofilms in very diverse environments, involving a range of specific properties and exhibiting competitive advantages for surface colonization. However, the underlying mechanisms are difficult to decipher. In particular, the contribution of cell flagellar motility to biofilm fo... | 3,462 |
40053579 | PMC11887813 | pmc | 2,058 | {
"abstract": "Marine sediments are highly bioactive habitats, where sulfate-reducing bacteria contribute substantially to seabed carbon cycling by oxidizing ~77 Tmol C org year −1 . This remarkable activity is largely attributable to the deltaproteobacterial family Desulfobacteraceae of complete oxidizers (to CO ... | 2,613 |
18415009 | PMC2441489 | pmc | 2,059 | {
"abstract": "The brain processes underlying cognitive tasks must be very robust. Disruptions such as the destruction of large numbers of neurons, or the impact of alcohol and lack of sleep do not have negative effects except when they occur in an extreme form. This robustness implies that the parameters determining... | 2,808 |
34991714 | PMC8740439 | pmc | 2,062 | {
"abstract": "Background Soil microbial communities are major drivers of cycling of soil nutrients that sustain plant growth and productivity. Yet, a holistic understanding of the impact of land-use intensification on the soil microbiome is still poorly understood. Here, we used a field experiment to investigate the... | 833 |
36221148 | PMC9555204 | pmc | 2,063 | {
"abstract": "Background The dramatic increase in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, which causes serious global environmental issues and severe climate changes, has become a global problem of concern in recent decades. Currently, native and/or non-native C1-utilizing microbes have been modified to be able to effective... | 998 |
36605606 | PMC9642934 | pmc | 2,068 | {
"abstract": "Biofuel cells (BFCs) are an environmental friendly technology that can simultaneously perform wastewater treatment and generate electricity. Peculiarities that hinder the widespread introduction of this technology are the need to use artificial aeration and chemical catalysts, which make the technology... | 1,203 |
27616809 | null | s2 | 2,070 | {
"abstract": "Division of labor in insect societies relies on simple behavioral rules, whereby individual colony members respond to dynamic signals indicating the need for certain tasks to be performed. This in turn gives rise to colony-level phenotypes. However, empirical studies quantifying colony-level signal-res... | 109 |
38605161 | PMC11009343 | pmc | 2,071 | {
"abstract": "A worldwide increase in the prevalence of coral diseases and mortality has been linked to ocean warming due to changes in coral-associated bacterial communities, pathogen virulence, and immune system function. In the Mediterranean basin, the worrying upward temperature trend has already caused recurren... | 4,265 |
29977334 | PMC6013992 | pmc | 2,072 | {
"abstract": "Background Bioelectrochemical systems (BESs) are an innovative technology developed to influence conventional anaerobic digestion. We examined the feasibility of applying a BES to dark hydrogen fermentation and its effects on a two-stage fermentation process comprising hydrogen and methane production. ... | 2,893 |
21350596 | PMC3028068 | pmc | 2,073 | {
"abstract": "Honey bee queens ( Apis mellifera ) who mate with multiple males produce colonies that are filled with numerous genetically distinct patrilines of workers. A genetically diverse colony benefits from an enhanced foraging effort, fuelled in part by an increase in the number of recruitment signals that ar... | 5,509 |
25495940 | null | s2 | 2,074 | {
"abstract": "Mine tailings in semiarid regions are highly susceptible to erosion and are sources of dust pollution and potential avenues of human exposure to toxic metals. One constraint to revegetation of tailings by phytostabilization is the absence of microbial communities critical for biogeochemical cycling of ... | 352 |
25905817 | PMC5386109 | pmc | 2,076 | {
"abstract": "Condensed liquid behavior on hydrophobic micro/nano-structured surfaces is a subject with multiple practical applications, but remains poorly understood. In particular, the loss of superhydrophobicity of hydrophobic micro/nanostructures during condensation, even when the same surface shows water-repell... | 281 |
38512481 | PMC10957709 | pmc | 2,077 | {
"abstract": "Abstract Thermophilic cyanobacteria are prokaryotic photoautotrophic microorganisms capable of growth between 45 and 73 °C. They are typically found in hot springs where they serve as essential primary producers. Several key features make these robust photosynthetic microbes biotechnologically relevant... | 1,370 |
36384960 | PMC9668812 | pmc | 2,079 | {
"abstract": "Neuromorphic machines are intriguing for building energy-efficient intelligent systems, where spiking neurons are pivotal components. Recently, memristive neurons with promising bio-plausibility have been developed, but with limited reliability, bulky capacitors or additional reset circuits. Here, we p... | 1,762 |
20486672 | null | s2 | 2,082 | {
"abstract": "During the past decade, the field of structural DNA nanotechnology has grown enormously, not only in the number of its participants but also qualitatively in its capabilities. A number of goals evident in 2001 have been achieved: These include the extension of self-assembled crystalline systems from 2D... | 252 |
36577077 | PMC9910604 | pmc | 2,083 | {
"abstract": "Significance Terpenoids are a class of high-value natural products with wide application in both industrial and human health spaces, but sourcing them from nature or deriving from petrochemicals is no longer sustainable. Microbial biosynthesis of terpenoids has emerged as the most commercially viable o... | 1,348 |
38453967 | PMC10920631 | pmc | 2,084 | {
"abstract": "Insect antennae facilitate the nuanced detection of vibrations and deflections, and the non-contact perception of magnetic or chemical stimuli, capabilities not found in mammalian skin. Here, we report a neuromorphic antennal sensory system that emulates the structural, functional, and neuronal charact... | 2,188 |
40108655 | PMC11924602 | pmc | 2,085 | {
"abstract": "Background 2,5-Furandicarboxylic acid (FDCA) is a promising building block for biobased recyclable polymers and a platform for other potential biobased chemicals. The common route of its production is by oxidation of sugar-derived 5-hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF). Several reports on biocatalytic oxidation... | 5,323 |
37687353 | PMC10489935 | pmc | 2,086 | {
"abstract": "Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) form symbiotic relationships with the roots of nearly all land-dwelling plants, increasing growth and productivity, especially during abiotic stress. AMF improves plant development by improving nutrient acquisition, such as phosphorus, water, and mineral uptake. AMF i... | 6,175 |
36756571 | PMC9890961 | pmc | 2,087 | {
"abstract": "The fabrication of mechanically robust multifunctional nanocomposite (NC) films using simple but effective strategies is a long-term challenge. Inspired by natural nacre, we designed and fabricated high-performance nacre-like NC films (Na-MTM/HBP) through the self-assembly of the hyperbranched poly(ami... | 4,913 |
38906891 | PMC11192760 | pmc | 2,090 | {
"abstract": "To adapt to the complex belowground environment, plants make trade-offs between root resource acquisition and defence ability. This includes forming partnerships with different types of root associating microorganisms, such as arbuscular mycorrhizal and ectomycorrhizal fungi. These trade-offs, by media... | 6,715 |
28555626 | PMC5494993 | pmc | 2,091 | {
"abstract": "Methanogenic archaea are major players in the global carbon cycle and in the biotechnology of anaerobic digestion. The phylum Euryarchaeota includes diverse groups of methanogens that are interspersed with non-methanogenic lineages. So far methanogens inhabiting hypersaline environments have been ide... | 1,621 |
35380743 | PMC9323447 | pmc | 2,092 | {
"abstract": "Abstract A common way for bacteria to cooperate is via the secretion of beneficial public goods (proteases, siderophores, biosurfactants) that can be shared amongst individuals in a group. Bacteria often simultaneously deploy multiple public goods with complementary functions. This raises the question ... | 5,813 |
36506817 | PMC9730831 | pmc | 2,093 | {
"abstract": "With the development of technology, Moore's law will come to an end, and scientists are trying to find a new way out in brain-like computing. But we still know very little about how the brain works. At the present stage of research, brain-like models are all structured to mimic the brain in order to ac... | 1,282 |
28469244 | PMC5431162 | pmc | 2,094 | {
"abstract": "In legume- Rhizobium symbioses, specialised soil bacteria fix atmospheric nitrogen in return for carbon. However, ineffective strains can arise, making discrimination essential. Discrimination can occur via partner choice, where legumes prevent ineffective strains from entering, or via sanctioning, wh... | 3,964 |
29560024 | PMC5858145 | pmc | 2,096 | {
"abstract": "Background Photobiological H 2 production has the potential of becoming a carbon-free renewable energy source, because upon the combustion of H 2 , only water is produced. The [Fe–Fe]-type hydrogenases of green algae are highly active, although extremely O 2 -sensitive. Sulphur deprivation is a common... | 1,908 |
35096655 | PMC8795689 | pmc | 2,097 | {
"abstract": "Biofilms have been established as an important lifestyle for bacteria in nature as these structured communities often enable survivability and persistence in a multitude of environments. Francisella tularensis is a facultative intracellular Gram-negative bacterium found throughout much of the norther... | 6,121 |
36575466 | PMC9795604 | pmc | 2,098 | {
"abstract": "Background Whole-cell biotransformation is a promising emerging technology for the production of chemicals. When using heterotrophic organisms such as E. coli and yeast as biocatalysts, the dependence on organic carbon source impairs the sustainability and economic viability of the process. As a prom... | 5,401 |
36691741 | PMC9871512 | pmc | 2,100 | {
"abstract": "Abstract Biogenic waste (solid/liquid/gaseous) utilization in biological processes has disruptive potential of inclining towards carbon neutrality, while producing diverse products output. Anaerobic fermentation (methanogenesis and acidogenesis) routes are crucial bioprocesses for production of various... | 1,592 |
36132777 | PMC9418410 | pmc | 2,101 | {
"abstract": "With the development of flexible electronics and wearable devices, there is strong demand for flexible, superhydrophobic, and multifunctional coatings. Motivated by the promise of attractive multifaceted functionality, various techniques have been developed to fabricate flexible surfaces with non-wetti... | 4,621 |
37340871 | PMC10460853 | pmc | 2,103 | {
"abstract": "Abstract Neuromorphic artificial intelligence systems are the future of ultrahigh performance computing clusters to overcome complex scientific and economical challenges. Despite their importance, the advancement in quantum neuromorphic systems is slow without specific device design. To elucidate biomi... | 2,997 |
36573789 | PMC9872165 | pmc | 2,106 | {
"abstract": "There has been substantial recent interest in the promise\nof sustainable,\nlight-driven bioproduction using cyanobacteria, including developing\nefforts for microbial bioproduction using mixed autotroph/heterotroph\ncommunities, which could provide useful properties, such as division\nof metabolic lab... | 8,489 |
36438874 | PMC9686847 | pmc | 2,107 | {
"abstract": "Climate change, socioeconomical pressures, and new policy and legislation are driving a decarbonization process across industries, with a critical shift from a fossil-based economy toward a biomass-based one. This new paradigm implies not only a gradual phasing out of fossil fuels as a source of energy... | 2,516 |
36132850 | PMC9416850 | pmc | 2,108 | {
"abstract": "Understanding biobased nanocomposites is critical in fabricating high performing sustainable materials. In this study, fundamental nanoparticle assembly structures at the nanoscale are examined and correlated with the macroscale properties of coatings formulated with these structures. Nanoparticle asse... | 6,362 |
25215180 | PMC4147103 | pmc | 2,109 | {
"abstract": "Background L-glutamic acid is one of the major amino acids that is present in a wide variety of foods. It is mainly used as a food additive and flavor enhancer in the form of sodium salt. Corynebacterium glutamicum ( C. glutamicum ) is one of the major organisms widely used for glutamic acid producti... | 1,994 |
34686763 | PMC8857181 | pmc | 2,110 | {
"abstract": "Plant root-associated bacteria can confer protection against pathogen infection. By contrast, the beneficial effects of root endophytic fungi and their synergistic interactions with bacteria remain poorly defined. We demonstrate that the combined action of a fungal root endophyte from a widespread taxo... | 4,148 |
31387934 | PMC6687939 | pmc | 2,111 | {
"abstract": "Predicting the metabolic potential and ecophysiology of mixed microbial communities remains a major challenge, especially for slow-growing anaerobes that are difficult to isolate. Unraveling the in situ metabolic activities of uncultured species may enable a more descriptive framework to model substr... | 11,801 |
36386676 | PMC9659907 | pmc | 2,112 | {
"abstract": "Sensing surface topography, an upsurge of signaling biomolecules, and upholding cellular homeostasis are the rate-limiting spatio-temporal events in microbial attachment and biofilm formation. Initially, a set of highly specialized proteins, viz . conditioning protein, directs the irreversible attachm... | 2,372 |
36750548 | PMC9905593 | pmc | 2,113 | {
"abstract": "Conventional artificial intelligence (AI) machine vision technology, based on the von Neumann architecture, uses separate sensing, computing, and storage units to process huge amounts of vision data generated in sensory terminals. The frequent movement of redundant data between sensors, processors and ... | 5,872 |
35642316 | PMC9185374 | pmc | 2,114 | {
"abstract": "Abstract Two main theories have been put forward to explain the origin of mitochondria in eukaryotes: phagotrophic engulfment (undigested food) and microbial symbiosis (physiological interactions). The two theories generate mutually exclusive predictions about the order in which mitochondria and phagoc... | 11,304 |
25309418 | PMC4160969 | pmc | 2,117 | {
"abstract": "To understand how the central nervous system performs computations using recurrent neuronal circuitry, simulations have become an indispensable tool for theoretical neuroscience. To study neuronal circuits and their ability to self-organize, increasing attention has been directed toward synaptic plasti... | 4,009 |
32046366 | PMC7074789 | pmc | 2,118 | {
"abstract": "Common mycorrhizal networks (CMNs) allow the transfer of nutrients between plants, influencing the growth of the neighboring plants and soil properties. Cleistogene squarrosa ( C. squarrosa ) is one of the most common grass species in the steppe ecosystem of Inner Mongolia, where nitrogen (N) is ofte... | 4,507 |
33889817 | PMC8050373 | pmc | 2,119 | {
"abstract": "Summary Triboelectric nanogenerator (TENG) is regarded as an equally important mechanical energy harvesting technology as electromagnetic generator (EMG). Here, the input mechanical torques and energy conversion efficiencies of the rotating EMG and TENG are systematically measured, respectively. At con... | 1,843 |
38985860 | PMC11235161 | pmc | 2,121 | {
"abstract": "Self-healing ability of materials, particularly polymers, improves their functional stabilities and lifespan. To date, the designs for self-healable polymers have relied on specific intermolecular interactions or chemistries. We report a design methodology for self-healable polymers based on glass tran... | 1,128 |
34705502 | PMC8550235 | pmc | 2,122 | {
"abstract": "Anaerobic methanotrophs and methanogens synthesize amorphous carbon.",
"introduction": "INTRODUCTION Most of the elements found on Earth are processed through many different oxidation states as a result of both abiotic and biotic reactions. The oxidation state of carbon varies widely in nature, rangi... | 3,386 |
35577982 | PMC7613029 | pmc | 2,124 | {
"abstract": "Recent studies have brought forward the critical role of emergent properties in shaping microbial communities and the ecosystems they are part of. Emergent properties - patterns or functions that cannot be deduced linearly from the properties of the constituent parts - underlie important ecological cha... | 1,987 |
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