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27303412 | PMC4880568 | pmc | 3,400 | {
"abstract": "The isolation or engineering of algal cells synthesizing high levels of medium-chain fatty acids (MCFAs) is attractive to mitigate the high clouding point of longer chain fatty acids in algal based biodiesel. To develop a more informed understanding of MCFA synthesis in photosynthetic microorganisms, w... | 3,156 |
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"abstract": "Polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs) are carbon and energy storage polymers produced by a variety of microbial organisms under nutrient-limited conditions. They have been considered as an environmentally friendly alternative to oil-based plastics due to their renewability, versatility, and biodegradability. PH... | 456 |
35634798 | null | s2 | 3,404 | {
"abstract": "Genetically engineered silk-elastin-like-proteins (SELPs) synthesized with the combination of silk and elastin domains are bioengineered to also contain a graphene oxide (GO) binding domain. The conductivity and mechanical stability of graphene, combined with SELP-specific graphene interfaces are pursu... | 244 |
39509456 | PMC11575764 | pmc | 3,406 | {
"abstract": "Previous work shows that a host’s resident microbial community can provide resistance against an invading pathogen. However, this community is continuously changing over time due to adaptive mutations, and how these changes affect the invasion resistance of these communities remains poorly understood. ... | 3,531 |
39624713 | PMC11609156 | pmc | 3,407 | {
"abstract": "Soil amendments, including various types of fertilizers, are often used to control the uptake of heavy metals such as cadmium in cropping fields. The influence of these amendments on other members of the agroecosystem, such as arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF), remains less well investigated. Here, we... | 4,163 |
25028968 | PMC4152358 | pmc | 3,409 | {
"abstract": "Amyloid curli fibers and cellulose are extracellular matrix components produced in the stationary phase top layer of E. coli macrocolonies, which confer physical protection, strong cohesion, elasticity, and wrinkled morphology to these biofilms. Curli and cellulose synthesis is controlled by a three-... | 2,284 |
29207531 | PMC5750922 | pmc | 3,410 | {
"abstract": "Environmental pollution from hazardous waste materials, organic pollutants and heavy metals, has adversely affected the natural ecosystem to the detriment of man. These pollutants arise from anthropogenic sources as well as natural disasters such as hurricanes and volcanic eruptions. Toxic metals could... | 1,871 |
31882839 | PMC6934488 | pmc | 3,411 | {
"abstract": "Transgenic switchgrass overexpressing Lolium perenne L. delta1-pyrroline 5-carboxylate synthase ( LpP5CS ) in group I (TG4 and TG6 line) and group II (TG1 and TG2 line) had significant P5CS and ProDH enzyme activities, with group I plants (TG4 and TG6) having higher P5CS and lower ProDH enzyme activi... | 2,759 |
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"abstract": "Historical milestones in neuroscience have come in diverse forms, ranging from the resolution of specific biological mysteries via creative experimentation to broad technological advances allowing neuroscientists to ask new kinds of questions. The continuous development of tools is driven with a specia... | 207 |
37851813 | PMC10584339 | pmc | 3,415 | {
"abstract": "An iontronic-based artificial tactile nerve is a promising technology for emulating the tactile recognition and learning of human skin with low power consumption. However, its weak tactile memory and complex integration structure remain challenging. We present an ion trap and release dynamics (iTRD)–dr... | 2,144 |
24672515 | PMC3949148 | pmc | 3,416 | {
"abstract": "Energy conservation via the pathway of dissimilatory sulfate reduction is present in a diverse group of prokaryotes, but is most comprehensively studied in Deltaproteobacteria . In this study, whole-genome microarray analyses were used to provide a model of the energy metabolism of the sulfate-reducin... | 9,728 |
23035866 | null | s2 | 3,419 | {
"abstract": "Biofilm formation by Vibrio fischeri is a complex process involving multiple regulators, including the sensor kinase (SK) RscS and the response regulator (RR) SypG, which control the symbiosis polysaccharide (syp) locus. To identify other regulators of biofilm formation in V. fischeri, we screened a tr... | 318 |
24492620 | PMC4438999 | pmc | 3,420 | {
"abstract": "Polymers bearing dynamic covalent bonds may exhibit dynamic properties, such as self-healing, shape memory and environmental adaptation. However, most dynamic covalent chemistries developed so far require either catalyst or change of environmental conditions to facilitate bond reversion and dynamic pro... | 940 |
26610025 | PMC4878690 | pmc | 3,421 | {
"abstract": "Summary Nitrification is a two-step process where ammonia is considered to first be oxidized to nitrite by ammonia-oxidizing bacteria (AOB) and/or archaea (AOA), and subsequently to nitrate by nitrite-oxidizing bacteria (NOB). Described by Winogradsky already in 1890 1 , this division of labour between... | 432 |
28635267 | PMC5520101 | pmc | 3,422 | {
"abstract": "The\nhigh quantum efficiency of photosynthetic reaction centers (RCs) makes\nthem attractive for bioelectronic and biophotovoltaic applications.\nHowever, much of the native RC efficiency is lost in communication\nbetween surface-bound RCs and electrode materials. The state-of-the-art\nbiophotoelectrod... | 3,098 |
39660009 | PMC11631310 | pmc | 3,423 | {
"abstract": "Abstract Ferruginous conditions prevailed through Earth’s early oceans history, yet our understanding of biogeochemical cycles in anoxic iron-rich, sulfate-poor sediments remains elusive in terms of redox processes and organic matter remineralization. Using comprehensive geochemistry, cell counts, and ... | 4,326 |
22899899 | null | s2 | 3,424 | {
"abstract": "We present the integration of a natural protein into electronic and optoelectronic devices by using silk fibroin as a thin film dielectric in an organic thin film field-effect transistor (OFET) ad an organic light emitting transistor device (OLET) structures. Both n- (perylene) and p-type (thiophene) s... | 159 |
23774788 | PMC3684811 | pmc | 3,427 | {
"abstract": "Direct current (DC) piezoelectric power generator is promising for the miniaturization of a power package and self-powering of nanorobots and body-implanted devices. Hence, we report the first use of two-dimensional (2D) zinc oxide (ZnO) nanostructure and an anionic nanoclay layer to generate piezoelec... | 1,548 |
26433202 | PMC4682429 | pmc | 3,429 | {
"abstract": "Highlight The first evaluation of lignification in Brachypodium distachyon grain is reported. Moderately down-regulated BdCOMT6 alters grain and stem lignification, which improves stem saccharification without major detrimental effects on grain development and composition.",
"conclusion": "Conclusi... | 8,467 |
37840744 | PMC10571051 | pmc | 3,430 | {
"abstract": "Soil microorganisms play a crucial role in remediating contaminated soils in modern ecosystems. However, the potential of combining microorganisms with legumes to enhance the remediation of heavy metal-contaminated soils remains unexplored. To investigate this, we isolated and purified a highly efficie... | 5,279 |
37419944 | PMC10329038 | pmc | 3,431 | {
"abstract": "Social entrainment is important for functioning of beehive organization. By analyzing a dataset of approximately 1000 honeybees ( Apis mellifera ) tracked in 5 trials, we discovered that honeybees exhibit synchronized activity (bursting behavior) in their locomotion. These bursts occurred spontaneously... | 3,311 |
22716969 | null | s2 | 3,433 | {
"abstract": "Magnetotactic bacteria (MTB) use magnetosomes, membrane-bound crystals of magnetite or greigite, for navigation along geomagnetic fields. In Magnetospirillum magneticum sp. AMB-1, and other MTB, a magnetosome gene island (MAI) is essential for every step of magnetosome formation. An 8-gene region of th... | 321 |
34796477 | PMC9299204 | pmc | 3,436 | {
"abstract": "Abstract Lignin valorization may offer a sustainable approach to achieve a chemical industry that is not completely dependent on fossil resources for the production of aromatics. However, lignin is a recalcitrant, heterogeneous, and complex polymeric compound for which only very few catalysts can act i... | 5,113 |
34344892 | PMC8333059 | pmc | 3,437 | {
"abstract": "The rapid development of Internet of Things and artificial intelligence brings increasing attention on the harvesting of distributed energy by using triboelectric nanogenerator (TENG), especially the direct current TENG (DC-TENG). It is essential to select appropriate triboelectric materials for obtain... | 6,484 |
22131292 | null | s2 | 3,439 | {
"abstract": "Nucleic acid nanotechnology exploits the programmable molecular recognition properties of natural and synthetic nucleic acids to assemble structures with nanometer-scale precision. In 2006, DNA origami transformed the field by providing a versatile platform for self-assembly of arbitrary shapes from on... | 215 |
25202723 | PMC4150482 | pmc | 3,440 | {
"abstract": "In this paper, we present an implementation scheme of memristor-based multilayer feedforward small-world neural network (MFSNN) inspirited by the lack of the hardware realization of the MFSNN on account of the need of a large number of electronic neurons and synapses. More specially, a mathematical clo... | 1,908 |
34056333 | PMC8154022 | pmc | 3,442 | {
"abstract": "Aging infrastructure,\nincreasing environmental regulations, and\nreceiving water environment issues stem the need for advanced wastewater\ntreatment processes across the world. Advanced wastewater treatment\nsystems treat wastewater beyond organic carbon removal and aim to\nremove nutrients and recove... | 2,140 |
26858288 | PMC4790474 | pmc | 3,443 | {
"abstract": "Lignin poses a major challenge in the processing of plant biomass for agro-industrial applications. For bioengineering purposes, there is a pressing interest in identifying and characterizing the enzymes responsible for the biosynthesis of lignin. Hydroxycinnamoyl-CoA:shikimate hydroxycinnamoyl transfe... | 4,598 |
31762134 | null | s2 | 3,444 | {
"abstract": "Soft matter systems and materials are moving toward adaptive and interactive behavior, which holds outstanding promise to make the next generation of intelligent soft materials systems inspired from the dynamics and behavior of living systems. But what is an adaptive material? What is an interactive ma... | 365 |
25670779 | PMC4337570 | pmc | 3,447 | {
"abstract": "ABSTRACT Reef-building corals form essential, mutualistic endosymbiotic associations with photosynthetic Symbiodinium dinoflagellates, providing their animal host partner with photosynthetically derived nutrients that allow the coral to thrive in oligotrophic waters. However, little is known about t... | 4,663 |
24367357 | PMC3853793 | pmc | 3,449 | {
"abstract": "The Antrim Shale in the Michigan Basin is one of the most productive shale gas formations in the U.S., but optimal resource recovery strategies must rely on a thorough understanding of the complex biogeochemical, microbial, and physical interdependencies in this and similar systems. We used Illumina Mi... | 5,486 |
19961607 | PMC2800837 | pmc | 3,452 | {
"abstract": "Background The temporal dynamics and formation of plant-pollinator networks are difficult to study as it requires detailed observations of how the networks change over time. Understanding the temporal dynamics might provide insight into sustainability and robustness of the networks and how they react t... | 6,051 |
32970846 | PMC7816256 | pmc | 3,456 | {
"abstract": "Abstract The mechanisms causing invasive species impact are rarely empirically tested, limiting our ability to understand and predict subsequent changes in invaded plant communities. Invader disruption of native mutualistic interactions is a mechanism expected to have negative effects on native plant s... | 5,527 |
19775247 | null | s2 | 3,458 | {
"abstract": "Cannibalism is a mechanism to delay sporulation in Bacillus subtilis. Cannibal cells express the skf and sdp toxin systems to lyse a fraction of their sensitive siblings. The lysed cells release nutrients that serve to feed the community, effectively delaying spore formation. Here we provide evidence t... | 278 |
29230370 | PMC5721908 | pmc | 3,459 | {
"abstract": "Sugarcane bagasse is an abundant source of lignocellulosic material for bioethanol production. Utilisation of bagasse for biofuel production would be environmentally and economically beneficial, but the recalcitrance of lignin continues to provide a challenge. Further understanding of lignin production... | 4,504 |
38403652 | PMC10894876 | pmc | 3,460 | {
"abstract": "Scalable, high-capacity, and low-power computing architecture is the primary assurance for increasingly manifold and large-scale machine learning tasks. Traditional electronic artificial agents by conventional power-hungry processors have faced the issues of energy and scaling walls, hindering them fro... | 3,816 |
27683573 | PMC5021923 | pmc | 3,461 | {
"abstract": "While a functional quorum sensing system has been identified in the acidophilic chemolithoautotrophic Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans ATCC 23270 T and shown to modulate cell adhesion to solid substrates, nothing is known about the genes it regulates. To address the question of how quorum sensing cont... | 9,982 |
27658446 | PMC5034286 | pmc | 3,462 | {
"abstract": "The beautiful structural colors in bird feathers are some of the brightest colors in nature, and some of these colors are created by arrays of melanin granules that act as both structural colors and scattering absorbers. Inspired by the color of bird feathers, high-visibility structural colors have bee... | 3,840 |
33998118 | null | s2 | 3,465 | {
"abstract": "Vibrio campbellii BB120 (previously classified as Vibrio harveyi) is a fundamental model strain for studying quorum sensing in vibrios. A phylogenetic evaluation of sequenced Vibrio strains in Genbank revealed that BB120 is closely related to the environmental isolate V. campbellii DS40M4. We exploited... | 354 |
21971585 | PMC3277704 | pmc | 3,468 | {
"abstract": "The spatial scale of disturbance is a factor potentially influencing the relationship between disturbance and diversity. There has been discussion on whether disturbances that affect local communities and create a mosaic of patches in different successional stages have the same effect on diversity as r... | 5,428 |
34502980 | PMC8434175 | pmc | 3,470 | {
"abstract": "Controlling the residence time of drops on the solid surface is related to a wide spectrum of engineering applications, such as self-cleaning and anti-icing. The symmetry-breaking dynamics induced by the initial drop shape can promote drop bouncing. Here, we study the bouncing features of spherical and... | 5,696 |
24774563 | null | s2 | 3,477 | {
"abstract": "Once seen as anomalous, facilitative interactions among plants and their importance for community structure and functioning are now widely recognized. The growing body of modelling, descriptive and experimental studies on facilitation covers a wide variety of terrestrial and aquatic systems throughout ... | 752 |
37399977 | PMC10406623 | pmc | 3,480 | {
"abstract": "Bacteria and fungi catabolize plant-derived aromatic compounds by funneling into one of seven dihydroxylated aromatic intermediates, which then undergo ring fission and conversion to TCA cycle intermediates. Two of these intermediates, protocatechuic acid and catechol, converge on β-ketoadipate which i... | 4,280 |
35626550 | PMC9141356 | pmc | 3,482 | {
"abstract": "When computers started to become a dominant part of technology around the 1950s, fundamental questions about reliable designs and robustness were of great relevance. Their development gave rise to the exploration of new questions, such as what made brains reliable (since neurons can die) and how comput... | 3,725 |
28286360 | PMC5324606 | pmc | 3,483 | {
"abstract": "Abstract Aim Coral reefs rely on the symbiosis between scleractinian corals and intracellular, photosynthetic dinoflagellates of the genus Symbiodinium making the assessment of symbiont diversity critical to our understanding of ecological resilience of these ecosystems. This study characterizes Sym... | 5,199 |
29862335 | PMC5968083 | pmc | 3,486 | {
"abstract": "Here, we demonstrate a very efficient simultaneous approach of bioenergy generation from wastewater and added-value compounds production by using a photosynthetic microalgae microbial fuel cells (PMFC), based on polybenzimidazole (PBI) composite membrane as separator. The use of PBI was proved to be ve... | 8,677 |
27152931 | PMC4859558 | pmc | 3,487 | {
"abstract": "Diatoms are eukaryotic microalgae that contain genes from various sources, including bacteria and the secondary endosymbiotic host. Due to this unique combination of genes, diatoms are taxonomically and functionally distinct from other algae and vascular plants and confer novel metabolic capabilities. ... | 10,042 |
26136581 | null | s2 | 3,488 | {
"abstract": "All plants are inhabited internally by diverse microbial communities comprising bacterial, archaeal, fungal, and protistic taxa. These microorganisms showing endophytic lifestyles play crucial roles in plant development, growth, fitness, and diversification. The increasing awareness of and information ... | 203 |
30909637 | PMC6470648 | pmc | 3,489 | {
"abstract": "Improvement of energy harvesting performance from flexible thin film-based energy harvesters is essential to accomplish future self-powered electronics and sensor systems. In particular, the integration of harvesting signals should be established as a single device configuration without complicated dev... | 5,728 |
30894842 | PMC6415583 | pmc | 3,490 | {
"abstract": "Shear stress is an important factor that affects the formation and structure of anode biofilms, which are strongly related to the extracellular electron transfer phenomena and bioelectric performance of bioanodes. Here, we show that using nitrogen sparging to induce shear stress during anode biofilm fo... | 3,676 |
34948474 | PMC8708155 | pmc | 3,491 | {
"abstract": "Belowground interactions of plants with other organisms in the rhizosphere rely on extensive small-molecule communication. Chemical signals released from host plant roots ensure the development of beneficial arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi which in turn modulate host plant growth and stress tolerance... | 4,060 |
34512857 | PMC8423106 | pmc | 3,492 | {
"abstract": "Abstract Spatial patterns of movement regulate many aspects of social insect behavior, because how workers move around, and how many are there, determines how often they meet and interact. Interactions are usually olfactory; for example, in ants, by means of antennal contact in which one worker assesse... | 348 |
23844990 | PMC4288973 | pmc | 3,493 | {
"abstract": "Arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi are the most abundant plant symbiont and a major pathway of carbon sequestration in soils. However, their basic biology, including their activity throughout a 24-h day : night cycle, remains unknown.\n \nWe employed the in situ Soil Ecosystem Observatory to quantify ... | 5,084 |
40292401 | PMC12034278 | pmc | 3,495 | {
"abstract": "Abstract Helicobacter pylori ( H. pylori ) is prevalent in over 50% of the global population and is recognized as the primary etiological agent for the development of gastric cancer. With the increasing incidence of antibiotic resistance, clinical treatment of H. pylori is a significant challenge. T... | 2,644 |
25525408 | null | s2 | 3,496 | {
"abstract": "While the remarkable chemical and biological properties of DNA have been known for decades, these properties have only been imparted into materials with unprecedented function much more recently. The inimitable ability of DNA to form programmable, complex assemblies through stable, specific, and revers... | 156 |
27924027 | PMC5314801 | pmc | 3,497 | {
"abstract": "Pseudomonas aeruginosa possesses at least three well-defined quorum-sensing (QS) ( las, rhl and pqs ) systems that control a variety of important functions including virulence. RsaL is a QS repressor that reduces QS signal production and ensures homeostasis by functioning in opposition to LasR. Howe... | 3,080 |
35538126 | PMC9090930 | pmc | 3,498 | {
"abstract": "Recently, brain-inspired computing models have shown great potential to outperform today’s deep learning solutions in terms of robustness and energy efficiency. Particularly, Spiking Neural Networks (SNNs) and HyperDimensional Computing (HDC) have shown promising results in enabling efficient and robus... | 4,156 |
25359576 | PMC4215353 | pmc | 3,500 | {
"abstract": "Evolution has produced some remarkable creatures, of which silk gland is a fascinating organ that exists in a variety of insects and almost half of the 34,000 spider species. The impressive ability to secrete huge amount of pure silk protein, and to store proteins at an extremely high concentration (up... | 1,754 |
37476623 | null | s2 | 3,506 | {
"abstract": "For animals to navigate an uncertain world, their brains need to estimate uncertainty at the timescales of sensations and actions. Sampling-based algorithms afford a theoretically-grounded framework for probabilistic inference in neural circuits, but it remains unknown how one can implement fast sampli... | 306 |
32679577 | null | s2 | 3,507 | {
"abstract": "Recent progress in artificial intelligence is largely attributed to the rapid development of machine learning, especially in the algorithm and neural network models. However, it is the performance of the hardware, in particular the energy efficiency of a computing system that sets the fundamental limit... | 287 |
34009951 | null | s2 | 3,508 | {
"abstract": "Engineered microbial communities show promise in a wide range of applications, including environmental remediation, microbiome engineering, and synthesis of fine chemicals. Here we present methods by which bacterial aggregates can be directed into several distinct architectures by inducible surface exp... | 122 |
23298573 | PMC3560178 | pmc | 3,509 | {
"abstract": "Background Lignin materials are abundant and among the most important potential sources for biofuel production. Development of an efficient lignin degradation process has considerable potential for the production of a variety of chemicals, including bioethanol. However, lignin degradation using current... | 8,737 |
31048697 | PMC6497657 | pmc | 3,511 | {
"abstract": "The ratio of syringyl (S) and guaiacyl (G) units in lignin has been regarded as a major factor in determining the maximum monomer yield from lignin depolymerization. This limit arises from the notion that G units are prone to C-C bond formation during lignin biosynthesis, resulting in less ether linkag... | 4,239 |
28246645 | PMC5310828 | pmc | 3,515 | {
"abstract": "Genome-wide assessment reveals opposing patterns of vertical connectivity in two depth-generalist coral species.",
"introduction": "INTRODUCTION Tropical coral reefs are in global decline, with many under immediate threat because of a rapidly changing climate and the accumulation of local stressors (... | 5,335 |
40274865 | PMC12022357 | pmc | 3,516 | {
"abstract": "Off-policy learning exhibits greater instability when compared to on-policy learning in reinforcement learning (RL). The difference in probability distribution between the target policy ( \\documentclass[12pt]{minimal}\n\t\t\t\t\\usepackage{amsmath}\n\t\t\t\t\\usepackage{wasysym} \n\t\t\t\t\\usepackage... | 2,968 |
38144681 | PMC10739613 | pmc | 3,517 | {
"abstract": "Nanofiber mats containing poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene)\n(PEDOT)\nhold potential for use in wearable electronic applications. Unfortunately,\nthe use of PEDOT is often limited by the acidic nature of polystyrenesulfonate\n(PSS), a common dispersant for PEDOT. In this study, we explored the\nimpact o... | 6,286 |
22955625 | null | s2 | 3,518 | {
"abstract": "Hydrogels are used as scaffolds for tissue engineering, vehicles for drug delivery, actuators for optics and fluidics, and model extracellular matrices for biological studies. The scope of hydrogel applications, however, is often severely limited by their mechanical behaviour. Most hydrogels do not exh... | 453 |
30918755 | PMC6428038 | pmc | 3,519 | {
"abstract": "Reef-forming cnidarians are extremely susceptible to the “bleaching” phenomenon caused by global warming. The effect of elevated seawater temperature has been extensively studied on Anthozoans; however, to date the impact of thermal stress on the expression of genes and proteins in Hydrozoan species ha... | 6,971 |
35424748 | PMC8982352 | pmc | 3,520 | {
"abstract": "Multi-stimuli-responsive hydrogels are intelligent materials that present advantages for application in soft devices compared with conventional machines. In this paper, we prepared a bilayer hydrogel consisting of a poly(2-(dimethylamino)ethyl methacrylate) layer and a poly( N -isopropylacrylamide) lay... | 6,023 |
23997654 | null | s2 | 3,521 | {
"abstract": "Contact with macroalgae often causes coral mortality, but the roles of abrasion versus shading versus allelopathy in these interactions are rarely clear and effects on gene expression are unknown. Identification of gene expression changes within corals in response to contact with macroalgae can provide... | 135 |
21591680 | null | s2 | 3,522 | {
"abstract": "Living organisms have evolved a vast array of catalytic functions that make them ideally suited for the production of medicinally and industrially relevant small-molecule targets. Indeed, native metabolic pathways in microbial hosts have long been exploited and optimized for the scalable production of ... | 413 |
35641526 | PMC9156696 | pmc | 3,523 | {
"abstract": "Semi-conducting Fe oxide minerals, such as hematite, are well known to influence the fate of contaminants and nutrients in many environmental settings through sorption and release of Fe(II) resulting from microbial or abiotic reduction. Studies of Fe oxide reduction by adsorbed Fe(II) have demonstrated... | 5,954 |
36335147 | PMC9637226 | pmc | 3,524 | {
"abstract": "Natural gels and biomimetic hydrogel materials have been able to achieve outstanding integrated mechanical properties due to the gain of natural biological structures. However, nearly every natural biological structure relies on water as solvents or carriers, which limits the possibility in extreme con... | 1,800 |
39905218 | PMC11794697 | pmc | 3,525 | {
"abstract": "Quorum sensing, first described in marine systems five decades ago, is a well-characterized chemical communication system used to coordinate bacterial gene expression and behavior; however, the impact of quorum sensing on interkingdom interactions has been vastly understudied. In this review, we examin... | 3,294 |
32385386 | PMC7210978 | pmc | 3,526 | {
"abstract": "In microbial ecosystems, species not only compete for common resources but may also display mutualistic interactions as a result from metabolic cross-feeding. Such mutualism can lead to bistability. Depending on the initial population sizes, species will either survive or go extinct. Various phenomenol... | 3,823 |
37068259 | PMC10151509 | pmc | 3,527 | {
"abstract": "Significance Designing sustainable artificial photosynthetic systems is a long-standing goal. Photoactive nanomaterials have been used to drive the respiration of microorganisms to produce biofuels. However, this strategy fails to capitalize on the excellent photocatalytic properties of nanomaterials, ... | 4,204 |
26904007 | PMC4748050 | pmc | 3,528 | {
"abstract": "Quorum sensing is known to play a major role in the regulation of secondary metabolite production, especially, antibiotics, and morphogenesis in the phylum Actinobacteria . Although it is one of the largest bacterial phylum, only 25 of the 342 genera have been reported to use quorum sensing. Of these,... | 2,806 |
37379422 | PMC10134890 | pmc | 3,529 | {
"abstract": "Abstract Sponges perform important ecosystem functions, host diverse microbial symbiont communities (microbiomes), and have been increasing in density on Caribbean coral reefs over the last decade. Sponges compete for space in coral reef communities through both morphological and allelopathic strategie... | 3,620 |
38489250 | PMC10942071 | pmc | 3,530 | {
"abstract": "The networks proposed here show how neurons can be connected to form flip-flops, the basic building blocks in sequential logic systems. The novel neural flip-flops (NFFs) are explicit, dynamic, and can generate known phenomena of short-term memory. For each network design, all neurons, connections, and... | 1,742 |
33150067 | PMC7585372 | pmc | 3,531 | {
"abstract": "Plant-microbe associations are increasingly recognized as an inextricable part of plant biology and biogeochemistry. Microbes play an essential role in the survival and development of plants, allowing them to thrive in diverse environments. The composition of the rhizosphere soil microbial communities ... | 7,205 |
38257937 | PMC10821162 | pmc | 3,532 | {
"abstract": "The use of microalgae as a raw material for biogas production is promising. Macroalgae were mixed with cattle manure, wheat straw, and an inoculant from sewage sludge. Mixing macroalgae with co-substrates increased biogas and methane yield. The research was carried out using a three-stage bioreactor. D... | 5,310 |
33935995 | PMC8079732 | pmc | 3,533 | {
"abstract": "Quorum sensing (QS) is a signaling mechanism governed by bacteria used to converse at inter- and intra-species levels through small self-produced chemicals called N-acylhomoserine lactones (AHLs). Through QS, bacteria regulate and organize the virulence factors’ production, including biofilm formation.... | 3,663 |
39774301 | PMC11741664 | pmc | 3,534 | {
"abstract": "The denitrifying bacterium Thauera sp . MZ1T, a common member of microbial communities in wastewater treatment facilities, can produce different compounds from a range of carbon (C) and nitrogen (N) sources under aerobic and anaerobic conditions. In these different conditions, Thauera modifies its m... | 5,322 |
31684861 | PMC6829849 | pmc | 3,535 | {
"abstract": "Background Experimental evolution of microbes often involves a serial transfer protocol, where microbes are repeatedly diluted by transfer to a fresh medium, starting a new growth cycle. This has revealed that evolution can be remarkably reproducible, where microbes show parallel adaptations both on th... | 3,715 |
37555068 | PMC10405931 | pmc | 3,536 | {
"abstract": "Microorganisms in subsurface sediments live from recalcitrant organic matter deposited thousands or millions of years ago. Their catabolic activities are low, but the deep biosphere is of global importance due to its volume. The stability of deeply buried sediments provides a natural laboratory where p... | 6,899 |
29308273 | PMC5750040 | pmc | 3,537 | {
"abstract": "We present an effective dynamical model for the onset of bacterial bioluminescence, one of the most studied quorum sensing-mediated traits. Our model is built upon simple equations that describe the growth of the bacterial colony, the production and accumulation of autoinducer signal molecules, their s... | 3,929 |
24385858 | PMC3873186 | pmc | 3,538 | {
"abstract": "Lignin is a major cell wall component of vascular plants that provides mechanical strength and hydrophobicity to vascular vessels. However, the presence of lignin limits the effective use of crop straw in many agroindustrial processes. Here, we generated transgenic maize plants in which the expression ... | 2,793 |
37239950 | PMC10218252 | pmc | 3,539 | {
"abstract": "The extraordinary potential of hydrogen as a clean and sustainable fuel has sparked the interest of the scientific community to find environmentally friendly methods for its production. Biological catalysts are the most attractive solution, as they usually operate under mild conditions and do not produ... | 1,285 |
39537773 | PMC11560975 | pmc | 3,540 | {
"abstract": "A chemical discrimination system based on photonic reservoir computing is demonstrated experimentally for the first time. The system is inspired by the way humans perceive and process visual sensory information. The electro-optical reservoir computing system is a photonic analogue of the human nervous ... | 9,221 |
29652587 | PMC6118408 | pmc | 3,541 | {
"abstract": "A vast majority of computation in the brain is performed by spiking neural networks. Despite the ubiquity of such spiking, we currently lack an understanding of how biological spiking neural circuits learn and compute in vivo, as well as how we can instantiate such capabilities in artificial spiking ci... | 3,445 |
30787397 | null | s2 | 3,542 | {
"abstract": "A remaining challenge within microbial ecology is to understand the determinants of richness and diversity observed in environmental microbial communities. In a range of systems, including activated sludge bioreactors, the microbial residence time (MRT) has been previously shown to shape the microbial ... | 381 |
26908346 | PMC4764831 | pmc | 3,543 | {
"abstract": "Water decontamination and oil/water separation are principal motives in the surge to develop novel means for sustainability. In this prospect, supplying clean water for the ecosystems is as important as the recovery of the oil spills since the supplies are scarce. Inspired to design an engineering mate... | 651 |
33491685 | null | s2 | 3,544 | {
"abstract": "Methanotrophic bacteria represent a potential route to methane utilization and mitigation of methane emissions. In the first step of their metabolic pathway, aerobic methanotrophs use methane monooxygenases (MMOs) to activate methane, oxidizing it to methanol. There are two types of MMOs: a particulate... | 246 |
35520851 | PMC9057580 | pmc | 3,545 | {
"abstract": "Inspired by natural surfaces such as butterfly wings, cactus leaves, or the Nepenthes alata plant, synthetic materials may be engineered to directionally transport liquids on their surface without external energy input. This advantageous feature has been adopted for various mechanical and chemical pr... | 1,145 |
23307738 | null | s2 | 3,547 | {
"abstract": "Here we describe the development of a water-responsive polymer film. Combining both a rigid matrix (polypyrrole) and a dynamic network (polyol-borate), strong and flexible polymer films were developed that can exchange water with the environment to induce film expansion and contraction, resulting in ra... | 202 |
31032842 | PMC6487390 | pmc | 3,548 | {
"abstract": "Abstract Progress in genome sequencing and bioinformatics opens up new possibilities, including that of correlating genome annotations with functional information such as metabolic pathways. Thanks to the development of functional annotation databases, scientists are able to link genome annotations wit... | 4,339 |
37795899 | PMC10826995 | pmc | 3,551 | {
"abstract": "Summary Grass lignocelluloses feature complex compositions and structures. In addition to the presence of conventional lignin units from monolignols, acylated monolignols and flavonoid tricin also incorporate into lignin polymer; moreover, hydroxycinnamates, particularly ferulate, cross‐link arabinoxyl... | 6,758 |
31811154 | PMC6898677 | pmc | 3,552 | {
"abstract": "Illumina-MiSeq next-generation sequencing of ITS 5.8S rRNA gene demonstrated the transgenerational transmission of fungal seed-endophytes (mycobiome) across three consecutive wheat host generations under standard-control and drought conditions in the greenhouse. Drought-stressed plants experienced a po... | 5,869 |
39758973 | PMC11700267 | pmc | 3,554 | {
"abstract": "Highlights • Microalgae's multifaceted role in agroecosystems explored. • Interdisciplinary insights integrated for comprehensive understanding. • Emerging trends in microalgae technology identified and analyzed. • Challenges and opportunities critically assessed for practical implications.",
"introd... | 1,754 |
37101533 | PMC10124587 | pmc | 3,556 | {
"abstract": "Lignin is the dominant aromatic renewable polymer on earth. Generally, its complex and heterogeneous structure hinders its high-value utilization. Catechyl lignin (C-lignin), a novel lignin discovered in the seed coats of vanilla and several members of Cactaceae, has received increasing attention due t... | 1,682 |
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