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{ "abstract": "Metabolic engineering-driven microbial cell factories have made great progress in the efficient bioproduction of biochemical and recombinant proteins. However, the low efficiency and robustness of microbial cell factories limit their industrial applications. Harnessing microbial heterogeneity contribut...
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PMC4563166
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{ "abstract": "Higher plants have evolved intimate, complex, subtle, and relatively constant relationships with a suite of microbes, the phytomicrobiome. Over the last few decades we have learned that plants and microbes can use molecular signals to communicate. This is well-established for the legume-rhizobia nitrog...
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PMC10544973
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{ "abstract": "Various types of electroactive microorganisms can be enriched to form biocathodes that reduce charge-transfer resistance, thereby accelerating electron transfer to heavy metal ions with high redox potentials in microbial fuel cells. Microorganisms acting as biocatalysts on a biocathode can reduce the e...
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PMC9233362
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{ "abstract": "Background Lignocellulosic conversion residue (LCR) is the material remaining after deconstructed lignocellulosic biomass is subjected to microbial fermentation and treated to remove the biofuel. Technoeconomic analyses of biofuel refineries have shown that further microbial processing of this LCR into...
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PMC11827584
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{ "abstract": "ABSTRACT Fracture-based interfacial breakage has shown promise in efficiently removing ice accretion. Here, intrigued by the response of human skin to stress-induced deformation, we present a strategy to design tough-skin de-icing surfaces (TSDSs) that actively manipulate crack-induced ice-substrate in...
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PMC3182659
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{ "abstract": "Many microbial cells have the ability to form sessile microbial communities defined as biofilms that have altered physiological and pathological properties compared to free living microorganisms. Biofilms in nature are often difficult to investigate and reside under poorly defined conditions 1 . Using ...
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PMC9010633
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{ "abstract": "Summary Feeding the world’s growing population requires continuously increasing crop yields with less fertilizers and agrochemicals on limited land. Focusing on plant belowground traits, especially root-soil-microbe interactions, holds a great promise for overcoming this challenge. The belowground root...
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35630952
PMC9148095
pmc
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{ "abstract": "As the amount of data has grown exponentially with the advent of artificial intelligence and the Internet of Things, computing systems with high energy efficiency, high scalability, and high processing speed are urgently required. Unlike traditional digital computing, which suffers from the von Neumann...
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PMC8529082
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{ "abstract": "Summary Superhydrophobic coatings have tremendous potential for protecting porous structures from corrosion. However, the weak adhesion and poor abrasion resistance have long been challenges for their real-life applications. Inspired by tree roots, we prepared a robust superhydrophobic coating by spray...
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38299118
PMC10829482
pmc
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{ "abstract": "ABSTRACT Atmospheric water harvesting is an emerging strategy for decentralized and potable water supplies. However, water nucleation and microdroplet coalescence on condensing surfaces often result in surface flooding owing to the lack of a sufficient directional driving force for shedding. Herein, in...
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PMC9063782
pmc
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{ "abstract": "In this paper, we first fabricate a 3D porous FZCF (FAS-modified ZnO-grown copper foam) with robust superhydrophobicity in air and superoleophilicity under water and the repeatable superwettability, and then mainly explore and analyze its corrosion resistance. The superhydrophobic–superoleophilic FZCF ...
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PMC5719049
pmc
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{ "abstract": "Commercial scale production of biofuels from lignocellulosic feed stocks has been hampered by the resistance of plant cell walls to enzymatic conversion, primarily owing to lignin. This study investigated whether DypB, the lignin-degrading peroxidase from Rodococcus jostii , depolymerizes lignin and r...
8,323
35455001
PMC9032683
pmc
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{ "abstract": "A variety of yeast species have been considered ideal hosts for metabolic engineering to produce value-added chemicals, including the model organism Saccharomyces cerevisiae , as well as non-conventional yeasts including Yarrowia lipolytica , Kluyveromyces marxianus , and Pichia pastoris . However,...
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PMC8248167
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{ "abstract": "Abstract While the fascinating field of soft machines has grown rapidly over the last two decades, the materials they are constructed from have remained largely unchanged during this time. Parallel activities have led to significant advances in the field of dynamic polymer networks, leading to the desi...
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PMC9099716
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{ "abstract": "With the rapid development of industrialization and urbanization, soil contamination with heavy metal (HM) has gradually become a global environmental problem. Lead (Pb) is one of the most abundant toxic metals in soil and high concentrations of Pb can inhibit plant growth, harm human health, and damag...
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{ "abstract": "Quorum sensing (QS) exists widely among bacteria, enabling a transition to multicellular behaviour after bacterial populations reach a particular density. The coordination of multicellularity enables biotechnological application, dissolution of biofilms, coordination of virulence, and so forth. Here, a...
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PMC5719441
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{ "abstract": "Bio-inspired technologies have remarkable potential for energy harvesting from clean and sustainable energy sources. Inspired by the hummingbird-wing structure, we propose a shape-adaptive, lightweight triboelectric nanogenerator (TENG) designed to exploit the unique flutter mechanics of the hummingbir...
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PMC11603206
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{ "abstract": "Inspired by brain-like\nspiking computational frameworks, neuromorphic\ncomputing-brain-inspired computing for machine intelligence promises\nto realize artificial intelligence (AI) while reducing the energy\nrequirements of computing platforms. In this work, we show the potential\nof advanced learning...
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PMC4389539
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{ "abstract": "Trait-based approaches provide a mechanistic framework to understand and predict the structure and functioning of microbial communities. Resource utilization traits and trade-offs are among key microbial traits that describe population dynamics and competition among microbes. Several important trade-of...
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27917019
PMC5129565
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{ "abstract": "ABSTRACT This Highlight presents an overview of the rapidly growing field of dynamic covalent polymers. This class of polymers combines intrinsic reversibility with the robustness of covalent bonds, thus enabling formation of mechanically stable, polymer‐based materials that are responsive to external ...
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PMC10673119
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{ "abstract": "This study introduces the utilization of self-powered microbial fuel cell (MFC)-based biosensors for the detection of biotoxicity in wastewater. Current MFC-based biosensors lack specificity in distinguishing between different pollutants. To address this limitation, a novel approach is introduced, capi...
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PMC10618112
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{ "abstract": "Clarifying the general rules behind microbial community assembly will foster the development of microbiome-based technological solutions. Here, we study microbial community assembly through a computational analysis of phylogenetic core groups (PCGs): discrete portions of the bacterial phylogeny with hi...
4,246
19639401
PMC2940037
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{ "abstract": "The complexity of biological neural networks does not allow to directly relate their biophysical properties to the dynamics of their electrical activity. We present a reservoir computing approach for functionally identifying a biological neural network, i.e. for building an artificial system that is fu...
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22363331
PMC3282478
pmc
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{ "abstract": "The anaerobic oxidation of Fe(II) by subsurface microorganisms is an important part of biogeochemical cycling in the environment, but the biochemical mechanisms used to couple iron oxidation to nitrate respiration are not well understood. Based on our own work and the evidence available in the literatu...
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{ "abstract": "The explosion of genomic sequence data and the significant advancements in synthetic biology have led to the development of new technologies for natural products discovery and production. Using powerful genetic tools, the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae has been engineered as a production host for natur...
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PMC9217564
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{ "abstract": "The problem of joint optimization of inventory and transportation in agricultural logistics and distribution is a typical logistics problem, but agricultural logistics and distribution also have their own characteristics, such as uneven distribution of outlets, complex road conditions, very many outlet...
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PMC5424312
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{ "abstract": "Background Microalgae have shown clear advantages for the production of biofuels compared with energy crops. Apart from their high growth rates and substantial lipid/triacylglycerol yields, microalgae can grow in wastewaters (animal, municipal and mining wastewaters) efficiently removing their primary ...
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PMC10762510
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{ "abstract": "Abstract Plant lignocellulosic biomass, i.e. secondary cell walls of plants, is a vital alternative source for bioenergy. However, the acetylation of xylan in secondary cell walls impedes the conversion of biomass to biofuels. Previous studies have shown that REDUCED WALL ACETYLATION (RWA) proteins are...
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PMC10811339
pmc
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{ "abstract": "Memristor-based neural networks provide an exceptional energy-efficient platform for artificial intelligence (AI), presenting the possibility of self-powered operation when paired with energy harvesters. However, most memristor-based networks rely on analog in-memory computing, necessitating a stable a...
2,773
39966475
PMC11836362
pmc
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{ "abstract": "Vetiveria zizanioides , renowned for its robust stability and exceptional capacity to sequester heavy metals, has garnered widespread application in tailings ecological restoration efforts. Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF), which are capable of forming symbiotic relationships with more than 80% of te...
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PMC7649285
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{ "abstract": "Summary Biofilms are the habitat of 95% of bacteria successfully protecting bacteria from many antibiotics. However, inhibiting biofilm formation is difficult in that it is a complex system involving the physical and chemical interaction of both substrate and bacteria. Focusing on the substrate surface...
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PMC3212925
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{ "abstract": "Background To expand on the range of products which can be obtained from lignocellulosic biomass, the lignin component should be utilized as feedstock for value-added chemicals such as substituted aromatics, instead of being incinerated for heat and energy. Enzymes could provide an effective means for ...
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PMC6833302
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{ "abstract": "Background Oxygen-evolving photoautotrophic organisms, like cyanobacteria, protect their photosynthetic machinery by a number of regulatory mechanisms, including alternative electron transfer pathways. Despite the importance in modulating the electron flux distribution between the photosystems, alterna...
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PMC5844888
pmc
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{ "abstract": "Engineered nanoparticles offer the potential for remediation of land and water that has been contaminated by organics and metals. Microbially synthesized nano-scale magnetite, prepared from Fe(III) oxides by subsurface Fe(III)-reducing bacteria, offers a scalable biosynthesis route to such a nano-scale...
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{ "abstract": "During growth on surfaces, diverse microbial communities display topographies with captivating patterns. The quality and quantity of matrix excreted by resident cells play major roles in determining community architecture. Two current publications indicate that the cellular redox state and respiratory ...
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{ "abstract": "During growth on surfaces, diverse microbial communities display topographies with captivating patterns. The quality and quantity of matrix excreted by resident cells play major roles in determining community architecture. Two current publications indicate that the cellular redox state and respiratory ...
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PMC9948223
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{ "abstract": "Abstract Protein nanowires are critical electroactive components for electron transfer of Geobacter sulfurreducens biofilm. To determine the applicability of the nanowire proteins in improving bioelectricity production, their genes including pilA , omcZ , omcS and omcT were overexpressed in G....
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{ "abstract": "Collective behaviours are influenced by the behavioural composition of the group. For example, a collective behaviour may emerge from the average behaviour of the group's constituents, or be driven by a few key individuals that catalyse the behaviour of others in the group. When ant colonies collective...
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{ "abstract": "Microbial biofilms and most eukaryotic tissues consist of cells embedded in a three-dimensional extracellular matrix. This matrix serves as a scaffold for cell adhesion and a dynamic milieu that provides varying chemical and physical signals to the cells. Besides a vast array of specific molecular comp...
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PMC3808813
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{ "abstract": "Spider silks combine a significant number of desirable characteristics in one material, including large tensile strength and strain at breaking, biocompatibility, and the possibility of tailoring their properties. Major ampullate gland silk (MAS) is the most studied silk and their properties are explai...
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{ "abstract": "Hybrid biomaterials are systems created from components of at least two distinct classes of molecules, for example, synthetic macromolecules and proteins or peptide domains. The synergistic combination of two types of structures may produce new materials that possess unprecedented levels of structural ...
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{ "abstract": "In the wild, bacteria are predominantly associated with surfaces as opposed to existing as free-swimming, isolated organisms. They are thus subject to surface-specific mechanics, including hydrodynamic forces, adhesive forces, the rheology of their surroundings, and transport rules that define their en...
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PMC8381356
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{ "abstract": "Grasslands are major primary producers and function as major components of important watersheds. Although a concise definition of grasslands cannot be given using a physiognomic or structural approach, grasslands can be described as vegetation communities experiencing periodical droughts and with canop...
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26081633
PMC4471561
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{ "abstract": "ABSTRACT Selection for phage resistance is a key driver of bacterial diversity and evolution, and phage-host interactions may therefore have strong influence on the genetic and functional dynamics of bacterial communities. In this study, we found that an important, but so far largely overlooked, determ...
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PMC11856355
pmc
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{ "abstract": "Coral reefs are threatened by climate change and chronic local human disturbances. Although some laboratory studies have investigated the effects of combined stressors, such as nutrient enrichment and heat stress, on growth and survival of early life stage corals, in situ studies remain limited. To a...
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PMC11218364
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2,194
{ "abstract": "Background Functional redundancy (FR) is widely present, but there is no consensus on its formation process and influencing factors. Taxonomically distinct microorganisms possessing genes for the same function in a community lead to within-community FR, and distinct assemblies of microorganisms in diff...
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35324328
PMC9060454
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{ "abstract": "Significance Soft materials can be toughened by creating dissipative mechanisms in stretchy matrixes. Yet using them over a wide range of temperatures requires dissipative mechanisms independent of stretch rate or temperature. We show that sacrificial covalent bonds in multiple network elastomers are m...
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{ "abstract": "There has been an increase in the scale and frequency of coral bleaching around the world due mainly to changes in sea temperature. This may occur at large scales, often resulting in significant decline in coral coverage. In order to understand the molecular and cellular basis of the ever-increasing in...
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PMC6999068
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{ "abstract": "Abstract Kinetics generally describes bio‐(chemical) reaction rates in dependence on substrate concentrations. Kinetics for microalgae is often adapted from heterotrophs and lacks mechanistic foundation, e.g. for light harvesting. Using and understanding kinetic equations as the representation of intra...
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PMC5287160
pmc
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{ "abstract": "In this study, we collected rhizosphere soils and root samples from a post-mining area and a natural forest area in Jecheon, Korea. We extracted spores of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) from rhizospheres, and then examined the sequences of 18S rDNA genes of the AMF from the collected roots of plant...
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30613813
PMC6312631
pmc
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{ "abstract": "Aluminum (Al) is one of the most widely\nused metals for industry and household applications, but its longevity\nis limited by its tendency for corrosion. In this work, we report\na facile method to fabricate superhydrophobic Al surfaces that have\nexcellent anti-corrosion effect. The surface is obtain...
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36090262
PMC9448910
pmc
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{ "abstract": "Spiking neural networks (SNNs) are brain-inspired machine learning algorithms with merits such as biological plausibility and unsupervised learning capability. Previous works have shown that converting Artificial Neural Networks (ANNs) into SNNs is a practical and efficient approach for implementing an...
2,554
36986908
PMC10058974
pmc
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{ "abstract": "Mining activity has an adverse impact on the surrounding ecosystem, especially via the release of potentially toxic elements (PTEs); therefore, there is an urgent need to develop efficient technologies to remediate these ecosystems, especially soils. Phytoremediation can be potentially used to remediat...
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PMC10361787
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{ "abstract": "Grazing disturbance can change the structure of plant rhizosphere microbial communities and thereby alter the feedback to promote plant growth or induce plant defenses. However, little is known about how such changes occur and vary under different grazing pressures or the roles of root metabolites in a...
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24672514
PMC3954026
pmc
2,206
{ "abstract": "Lignocellulosic hydrolysate (LCH) inhibitors are a large class of bioactive molecules that arise from pretreatment, hydrolysis, and fermentation of plant biomass. These diverse compounds reduce lignocellulosic biofuel yields by inhibiting cellular processes and diverting energy into cellular responses....
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27156712
PMC4860589
pmc
2,207
{ "abstract": "Spider silk is regarded as one of the best natural polymer fibers especially in terms of low density, high tensile strength and high elongation until breaking. Since only a few bio-engineering studies have been focused on spider silk ageing, we conducted nano-tensile tests on the vertical naturally spu...
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39439005
PMC11494790
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2,210
{ "abstract": "Background The symbiosis between arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) and plants often stimulates plant growth, increases agricultural yield, reduces costs, thereby providing significant economic benefits. AMF can also benefit plants through affecting the rhizosphere microbial community, but the underlyi...
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{ "abstract": "Despite recent advances in our understanding of the unique mechanical behavior of natural structural materials such as nacre and human bone, traditional manufacturing strategies limit our ability to mimic such nature-inspired structures using existing structural materials and manufacturing processes. T...
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PMC6334282
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{ "abstract": "Summary Here, we review the multiple mechanisms that the Gram‐positive bacterium Bacillus subtilis uses to allow it to communicate between cells and establish community structures. The modes of action that are used are highly varied and include routes that sense pheromone levels during quorum sensing...
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PMC8353452
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{ "abstract": "Magnetotactic bacteria (MTB) are a group of microbes that biomineralize membrane-bound, nanosized magnetite (Fe 3 O 4 ), and/or greigite (Fe 3 S 4 ) crystals in intracellular magnetic organelle magnetosomes. MTB belonging to the Nitrospirae phylum can form up to several hundreds of Fe 3 O 4 magnetos...
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PMC10167797
pmc
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{ "abstract": "The smart control of droplet transport through surface structures and external fields provides exciting opportunities in engineering fields of phase change heat transfer, biomedical chips, and energy harvesting. Here we report the wedge-shaped slippery lubricant-infused porous surface (WS-SLIPS) as an ...
5,997
36435899
PMC9701309
pmc
2,219
{ "abstract": "The importance and need of renewable-based, sustainable feedstocks increased in recent years. Lignin-derived monomers have high potential, energetic and economic value in the microbial bioconversion to valuable biomolecules. The bacterium Paraburkholderia aromaticivorans AR20-38 produces a remarkable...
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PMC8449653
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2,221
{ "abstract": "Summary Pseudomonas putida is a highly solvent‐resistant microorganism and useful chassis for the production of value‐added compounds from lignocellulosic residues, in particular aromatic compounds that are made from phenylalanine. The use of these agricultural residues requires a two‐step treatment t...
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24478620
PMC3898057
pmc
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{ "abstract": "Dynamic Field Theory (DFT) is an established framework for modeling embodied cognition. In DFT, elementary cognitive functions such as memory formation, formation of grounded representations, attentional processes, decision making, adaptation, and learning emerge from neuronal dynamics. The basic compu...
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PMC10720011
pmc
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{ "abstract": "This work reports a simple, stable, and environmentally\nfriendly\nmethod to prepare durable superhydrophobic surfaces. First, a polydopamine\ncoating is formed by oxidative polymerization of dopamine to form\na secondary reaction platform to provide reaction sites for subsequent\nexperiments. We appli...
4,524
26435881
PMC4588217
pmc
2,224
{ "abstract": "Mobile genetic elements in bacteria are enriched in genes participating in social behaviors, suggesting an evolutionary link between gene mobility and social evolution. Cooperative behaviors, like the production of secreted public good molecules, are susceptible to the invasion of non-cooperative indiv...
5,607
34992140
PMC8764690
pmc
2,226
{ "abstract": "Significance The reductive acetyl-coenzyme A (acetyl-CoA) pathway is the only carbon fixation pathway that can also be used for energy conservation like it is known for acetogenic bacteria. In methanogenic archaea, this pathway is extended with one route toward acetyl-CoA formation for anabolism and an...
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29691462
PMC5915390
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{ "abstract": "In this work, we investigated the molecular basis of autotrophic vs. mixotrophic growth of Chlorella sorokiniana , one of the most productive microalgae species with high potential to produce biofuels, food and high value compounds. To increase biomass accumulation, photosynthetic microalgae are commo...
2,468
28991268
PMC6003419
pmc
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{ "abstract": "Biological systems can generate microstructured materials that combine organic and inorganic components and possess diverse physical and chemical properties. However, these natural processes in materials fabrication are not readily programmable. Here, we use a synthetic-biology approach to mimic such n...
1,071
34489402
PMC8421398
pmc
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{ "abstract": "The archaeal phylum Woesearchaeota, within the DPANN superphylum, includes phylogenetically diverse microorganisms that inhabit various environments. Their biology is poorly understood due to the lack of cultured isolates. Here, we analyze datasets of Woesearchaeota 16S rRNA gene sequences and metageno...
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{ "abstract": "Structural DNA nanotechnology is beginning to emerge as a widely accessible research tool to mechanistically study diverse biophysical processes. Enabled by scaffolded DNA origami in which a long single strand of DNA is weaved throughout an entire target nucleic acid assembly to ensure its proper foldi...
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PMC5292420
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{ "abstract": "Similar to mycorrhizal mutualists, the rhizospheric and endophytic fungi are also considered to act as active regulators of host fitness (e.g., nutrition and stress tolerance). Despite considerable work in selected model systems, it is generally poorly understood how plant-associated fungi are structur...
4,085
33595667
PMC8351756
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2,235
{ "abstract": "ABSTRACT Unabated mining and utilisation of petroleum and petroleum resources and their conversion to essential fuels and chemicals have drastic environmental consequences, contributing to global warming and climate change. In addition, fossil fuels are finite resources, with a fast-approaching shortag...
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35503913
PMC9171617
pmc
2,236
{ "abstract": "Significance Multiheme cytochromes in Shewanella oneidensis MR-1 transport electrons across the cell wall, in a process called extracellular electron transfer. These electron conduits can also enable electron transport along and between cells. While the underlying mechanism is thought to involve a co...
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PMC11478207
pmc
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{ "abstract": "This study examines a new approach to hybrid neuromorphic devices by studying the impact of omeprazole–proteinoid complexes on Izhikevich neuron models. We investigate the influence of these metabolic structures on five specific patterns of neuronal firing: accommodation, chattering, triggered spiking,...
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{ "abstract": "While microalgae are a promising feedstock for production of fuels and other chemicals, a challenge for the algal bioproducts industry is obtaining consistent, robust algae growth. Algal cultures include complex bacterial communities and can be difficult to manage because specific bacteria can promote ...
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{ "abstract": "While microalgae are a promising feedstock for production of fuels and other chemicals, a challenge for the algal bioproducts industry is obtaining consistent, robust algae growth. Algal cultures include complex bacterial communities and can be difficult to manage because specific bacteria can promote ...
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PMC3605063
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{ "abstract": "Inference of interaction rules of animals moving in groups usually relies on an analysis of large scale system behaviour. Models are tuned through repeated simulation until they match the observed behaviour. More recent work has used the fine scale motions of animals to validate and fit the rules of in...
4,099
36798193
PMC9934648
pmc
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{ "abstract": "Many bacteria use quorum sensing to control changes in lifestyle. The process is regulated by microbially derived “autoinducer” signalling molecules, that accumulate in the local environment. Individual cells sense autoinducer abundance, to infer population density, and alter their behaviour accordingl...
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PMC6789541
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{ "abstract": "In recent years, metabolic engineering of microorganisms has attained much research interest to produce biofuels and industrially pertinent chemicals. Owing to the relatively fast growth rate, genetic malleability, and carbon neutral production process, cyanobacteria has been recognized as a specialize...
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PMC8219869
pmc
2,248
{ "abstract": "Endophytes are highly associated with plant growth and health. Exploring the variation of bacterial communities in different plant niches is essential for understanding microbe-plant interactions. In this study, high-throughput gene sequencing was used to analyze the composition and abundance of bacter...
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PMC5933500
pmc
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{ "abstract": "Microfluidic components need to have various shapes to realize different key microfluidic functions such as mixing, separation, particle trapping, or reactions. A microfluidic channel that deforms even after fabrication while retaining the channel shape enables high spatiotemporal reconfigurability. Th...
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36070388
PMC9451144
pmc
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{ "abstract": "Designed and engineered protein and DNA nanopores can be used to sense and characterize single molecules and control transmembrane transport of molecular species. However, designed biomolecular pores are less than 100 nm in length and are used primarily for transport across lipid membranes. Nanochannel...
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{ "abstract": "The more that biologists study symbiotic microorganisms and their vast influence on animals, the more nature's networkism unfolds in a continuum at different biological scales. In this issue, Van Leuven et al. illuminate how a stable and longstanding animal-microbe mutualism increased its intergenomic ...
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{ "abstract": "Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Baker's yeast, is the industrial workhorse for producing ethanol and the subject of substantial metabolic engineering research in both industry and academia. S. cerevisiae has been used to demonstrate production of a wide range of chemical products from glucose. However, in ma...
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PMC5048113
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{ "abstract": "Bioleaching has been employed commercially to recover metals from low grade ores, but the production efficiency remains to be improved due to limited understanding of the system. This study examined the shift of microbial communities and S&Fe cycling in three subsystems within a copper ore bioleaching ...
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PMC10641815
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{ "abstract": "Introduction As a crucial factor in determining ecosystem functioning, interaction between plants and soil-borne fungal pathogens deserves considerable attention. However, little attention has been paid into the determinants of root-associated fungal pathogens in subtropical seedlings, especially the i...
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PMC10752370
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{ "abstract": "Summary Microbial communities offer vast potential across numerous sectors but remain challenging to systematically control. We develop a two-stage approach to guide the taxonomic composition of synthetic microbiomes by precisely manipulating media components and initial species abundances. By combinin...
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PMC5649172
pmc
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{ "abstract": "Chemosynthetic Fe-oxidizing communities are common at diffuse-flow hydrothermal vents throughout the world’s oceans. The foundational members of these communities are the Zetaproteobacteria, a class of Proteobacteria that is primarily associated with ecosystems fueled by ferrous iron, Fe(II). We report...
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PMC11725925
pmc
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{ "abstract": "Significance Symbioses have evolved in all lineages of the tree of life. Among them, the arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis (AMS) evolved in the first plants that colonized land 450 million years ago. The mechanisms that have allowed this very ancient symbiosis to evolve and to be maintained remain poorl...
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{ "abstract": "Recombinant protein design allows modular protein domains with different functionalities and responsive behaviors to be easily combined. Inclusion of these protein domains can enable recombinant proteins to have complex responses to their environment (e.g., temperature-triggered aggregation followed by...
200
34753311
PMC8580440
pmc
2,264
{ "abstract": "Biological collectives, like honeybee colonies, can make intelligent decisions and robustly adapt to changing conditions via intricate systems of excitatory and inhibitory signals. In this study, we explore the role of behavioural plasticity and its relationship to network size by manipulating honeybee...
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39775870
PMC11774123
pmc
2,265
{ "abstract": "Abstract Land use and agricultural soil management affect soil fungal communities that ultimately influence soil health. Subsoils harbor nutrient reservoir for plants and can play a significant role in plant growth and soil carbon sequestration. Typically, microbial analyses are restricted to topsoil (...
7,774
39775870
PMC11774123
pmc
2,265
{ "abstract": "Abstract Land use and agricultural soil management affect soil fungal communities that ultimately influence soil health. Subsoils harbor nutrient reservoir for plants and can play a significant role in plant growth and soil carbon sequestration. Typically, microbial analyses are restricted to topsoil (...
7,774
39775870
PMC11774123
pmc
2,265
{ "abstract": "Abstract Land use and agricultural soil management affect soil fungal communities that ultimately influence soil health. Subsoils harbor nutrient reservoir for plants and can play a significant role in plant growth and soil carbon sequestration. Typically, microbial analyses are restricted to topsoil (...
7,774
39775870
PMC11774123
pmc
2,266
{ "abstract": "Abstract Land use and agricultural soil management affect soil fungal communities that ultimately influence soil health. Subsoils harbor nutrient reservoir for plants and can play a significant role in plant growth and soil carbon sequestration. Typically, microbial analyses are restricted to topsoil (...
7,774
39775870
PMC11774123
pmc
2,266
{ "abstract": "Abstract Land use and agricultural soil management affect soil fungal communities that ultimately influence soil health. Subsoils harbor nutrient reservoir for plants and can play a significant role in plant growth and soil carbon sequestration. Typically, microbial analyses are restricted to topsoil (...
7,774
39775870
PMC11774123
pmc
2,266
{ "abstract": "Abstract Land use and agricultural soil management affect soil fungal communities that ultimately influence soil health. Subsoils harbor nutrient reservoir for plants and can play a significant role in plant growth and soil carbon sequestration. Typically, microbial analyses are restricted to topsoil (...
7,774
39775870
PMC11774123
pmc
2,267
{ "abstract": "Abstract Land use and agricultural soil management affect soil fungal communities that ultimately influence soil health. Subsoils harbor nutrient reservoir for plants and can play a significant role in plant growth and soil carbon sequestration. Typically, microbial analyses are restricted to topsoil (...
7,774
39775870
PMC11774123
pmc
2,267
{ "abstract": "Abstract Land use and agricultural soil management affect soil fungal communities that ultimately influence soil health. Subsoils harbor nutrient reservoir for plants and can play a significant role in plant growth and soil carbon sequestration. Typically, microbial analyses are restricted to topsoil (...
7,774