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"abstract": "OmcZ nanowires produced by Geobacter species have high electron conductivity (>30 S cm"
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39174531 | PMC11341674 | pmc | 3,559 | {
"abstract": "While different stages of mutualism can be observed in natural communities, the dynamics and mechanisms underlying the gradual erosion of independence of the initially autonomous organisms are not yet fully understood. In this study, by conducting the laboratory evolution on an engineered microbial com... | 2,395 |
35464318 | PMC9022003 | pmc | 3,560 | {
"abstract": "The leaky integrate-and-fire (LIF) spiking model can successively mimic the firing patterns and information propagation of a biological neuron. It has been applied in neural networks, cognitive computing, and brain-inspired computing. Due to the resistance variability and the natural storage capacity o... | 1,825 |
30567498 | PMC6299973 | pmc | 3,561 | {
"abstract": "Background Genome-scale metabolic modeling is a cornerstone of systems biology analysis of microbial organisms and communities, yet these genome-scale modeling efforts are invariably based on incomplete functional annotations. Annotated genomes typically contain 30–50% of genes without functional annot... | 4,906 |
38026874 | PMC10666632 | pmc | 3,562 | {
"abstract": "Microalgae have emerged as a promising, next-generation sustainable resource with versatile applications, particularly as expression platforms and green cell factories. They possess the ability to overcome the limitations of terrestrial plants, such non-arable land, water scarcity, time-intensive growt... | 9,826 |
26888174 | PMC4758071 | pmc | 3,565 | {
"abstract": "A recurrent spiking neural network is proposed that implements planning as probabilistic inference for finite and infinite horizon tasks. The architecture splits this problem into two parts: The stochastic transient firing of the network embodies the dynamics of the planning task. With appropriate inje... | 1,934 |
35438241 | PMC9322558 | pmc | 3,566 | {
"abstract": "Abstract 5‐hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF) is produced upon dehydration of C6 sugars in biorefineries. As the product, it remains either in aqueous solutions, or is in situ extracted to an organic medium (biphasic system). For the subsequent oxidation of HMF to 2,5‐furandicarboxylic acid (FDCA), ‘media‐agn... | 6,652 |
36802247 | null | s2 | 3,567 | {
"abstract": "Caldicellulosiruptor species are proficient at solubilizing carbohydrates in lignocellulosic biomass through surface (S)-layer bound and secretomic glycoside hydrolases. Tāpirins, surface-associated, non-catalytic binding proteins in Caldicellulosiruptor species, bind tightly to microcrystalline cellul... | 392 |
33428722 | PMC7878175 | pmc | 3,570 | {
"abstract": "ABSTRACT Microbial community engineering aims for enrichment of a specific microbial trait by imposing specific cultivation conditions. This work demonstrates that things may be more complicated than typically presumed and that microbial competition can be affected by seemingly insignificant variables,... | 4,297 |
28246634 | PMC5298852 | pmc | 3,572 | {
"abstract": "Both habitat diversity and species diversity are important factors in ecosystem productivity and nutrient cycling.",
"introduction": "INTRODUCTION Ecosystems around the globe are facing habitat homogenization due to human activities ( 1 – 3 ). Homogenized ecosystems will reduce the diversity of speci... | 4,113 |
35425297 | PMC8979244 | pmc | 3,573 | {
"abstract": "The integration of superior mechanical properties and fast healing efficiency for self-healing polyurethane supramolecular elastomers is challenging due to the confliction between high chain mobility for healing and high chain rigidity for mechanical properties. Herein, a strategy to design a “hard–sof... | 6,343 |
35557509 | PMC9090350 | pmc | 3,574 | {
"abstract": "ABSTRACT The rice leaf, combining the surface properties of lotus leaves and shark skin, presents outstanding superhydrophobic properties motivating its biomimesis. We created a novel biomimetic rice-leaf superhydrophobic surface by a three-level hierarchical structure, using for a first time stereolit... | 13,653 |
31438681 | PMC6746187 | pmc | 3,575 | {
"abstract": "DNA nanotechnology\nallows for the realization of complex nanoarchitectures\nin which the spatial arrangements of different constituents and most\nfunctions can be enabled by DNA. When optically active components\nare integrated in such systems, the resulting nanoarchitectures not\nonly provide great i... | 288 |
29170661 | PMC5684177 | pmc | 3,576 | {
"abstract": "Rhizobia form symbiotic nitrogen-fixing nodules on leguminous plants, which provides an important source of fixed nitrogen input into the soil ecosystem. The improvement of symbiotic nitrogen fixation is one of the main challenges facing agriculture research. Doing so will reduce the usage of chemical ... | 324 |
40009242 | PMC11865136 | pmc | 3,577 | {
"abstract": "Arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi (phylum Glomeromycota) are obligate symbionts with plants influencing plant health, soil a(biotic) processes, and ecosystem functioning. Despite advancements in molecular techniques, understanding the role of AM fungal communities on a(biotic) processes based on AM fun... | 272 |
34357223 | PMC8307917 | pmc | 3,578 | {
"abstract": "Sensors are an important part of the organization required for robots to perceive the external environment. Self-powered sensors can be used to implement energy-saving strategies in robots and reduce their power consumption, owing to their low-power consumption characteristics. The triboelectric nanoge... | 2,650 |
38444203 | PMC10950044 | pmc | 3,579 | {
"abstract": "Abstract Microbial communities are not only shaped by the diversity of microorganisms and their individual metabolic potential, but also by the vast amount of intra- and interspecies interactions that can occur pairwise interactions among microorganisms, we suggest that more attention should be drawn t... | 1,090 |
36145836 | PMC9502053 | pmc | 3,580 | {
"abstract": "Drought generates a complex scenario worldwide in which agriculture should urgently be reframed from an integrative point of view. It includes the search for new water resources and the use of tolerant crops and genotypes, improved irrigation systems, and other less explored alternatives that are very ... | 2,657 |
24957022 | PMC4101502 | pmc | 3,581 | {
"abstract": "The generation of efficient production strains is essential for the use of eukaryotic microalgae for biofuel production. Systems biology approaches including metabolite profiling on promising microalgal strains, will provide a better understanding of their metabolic networks, which is crucial for metab... | 1,771 |
38994271 | PMC11238178 | pmc | 3,582 | {
"abstract": "Data-driven spiking neuronal network (SNN) models enable in-silico analysis of the nervous system at the cellular and synaptic level. Therefore, they are a key tool for elucidating the information processing principles of the brain. While extensive research has focused on developing data-driven SNN m... | 6,079 |
20157346 | null | s2 | 3,583 | {
"abstract": "There are hundreds of Biological Resource Centers (BRCs) around the world, holding many little-studied microorganism. The proportion of bacterial strains that is well represented in the sequence and literature databases may be as low as 1%. This body of unexplored diversity represents an untapped sourc... | 235 |
31641460 | PMC6802068 | pmc | 3,584 | {
"abstract": "Abstract The speed at which species adapt depends partly on the rates of beneficial adaptation generation and how quickly they spread within and among populations. Natural rates of adaptation of corals may not be able to keep pace with climate warming. Several interventions have been proposed to fast‐t... | 6,582 |
40169576 | PMC11961630 | pmc | 3,585 | {
"abstract": "The alpine grasslands of the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau (QTP), the world’s highest plateau, have been severely degraded. To address this degradation, human-involved restoration efforts, including grassland cultivation, have been implemented. However, the impact of these practices on soil microbial communi... | 4,225 |
27917230 | PMC5131848 | pmc | 3,587 | {
"abstract": "The correlated motion of flocks is an instance of global order emerging\nfrom local interactions. An essential difference with analogous ferromagnetic\nsystems is that flocks are active: animals move relative to each other,\ndynamically rearranging their interaction network. The effect of this\noff-equ... | 292 |
35922483 | null | s2 | 3,589 | {
"abstract": "Bacterial biofilms are often defined as communities of surface-attached bacteria and are typically depicted with a classic mushroom-shaped structure characteristic of Pseudomonas aeruginosa. However, it has become evident that this is not how all biofilms develop, especially in vivo, in clinical and in... | 244 |
33268782 | PMC7710750 | pmc | 3,591 | {
"abstract": "Planktonic cultures, of a rationally designed consortium, demonstrated emergent properties that exceeded the sums of monoculture properties, including a >200% increase in cellobiose catabolism, a >100% increase in glycerol catabolism, a >800% increase in ethanol production, and a >120% increase in biom... | 3,670 |
28262696 | PMC5338011 | pmc | 3,592 | {
"abstract": "Mounting evidence suggests that natural microbial communities exhibit a high level of spatial organization at the micrometric scale that facilitate ecological interactions and support biogeochemical cycles. Microbial patterns are difficult to study definitively in natural environments due to complex bi... | 3,144 |
38528784 | PMC10963910 | pmc | 3,593 | {
"abstract": "Abstract Medium‐chain‐length α,ω‐diols (mcl‐diols) play an important role in polymer production, traditionally depending on energy‐intensive chemical processes. Microbial cell factories offer an alternative, but conventional strains like Escherichia coli and Saccharomyces cerevisiae face challenges... | 1,797 |
35108266 | PMC8853641 | pmc | 3,594 | {
"abstract": "The ammonia-oxidizing bacterium Nitrosomonas europaea has been widely recognized as an important player in the nitrogen cycle as well as one of the most abundant members in microbial communities for the treatment of industrial or sewage wastewater. Its natural metabolic versatility and extraordinary ... | 2,346 |
33521845 | PMC7880967 | pmc | 3,596 | {
"abstract": "Graphical abstract Chitin is an abundant waste product from shrimp and mushroom industries and as such, an appropriate secondary feedstock for biotechnological processes. However, chitin is a crystalline substrate embedded in complex biological matrices, and, therefore, difficult to utilize, requiring ... | 6,346 |
38201679 | PMC10780632 | pmc | 3,598 | {
"abstract": "Super-wetting interface materials have shown great potential for applications in oil–water separation. Hydrogel-based materials, in particular, have been extensively studied for separating water from oily wastewater due to their unique hydrophilicity and excellent anti-oil effect. In this study, a supe... | 4,582 |
36743004 | PMC9893744 | pmc | 3,599 | {
"abstract": "As a new energy harvesting\ntechnology, triboelectric nanogenerators\nare widely used for vibration mechanical energy harvesting. However,\nthe current schemes ignore the composite characteristics of vibration,\nwith problems such as utilization and low collection efficiency. In\nthis paper, a random r... | 6,988 |
20637598 | null | s2 | 3,600 | {
"abstract": "Life is a dynamic process driven by the complex interplay between physical constraints and selection pressures, ranging from nutrient limitation to inhibitory substances to predators. These stressors are not mutually exclusive; microbes have faced concurrent challenges for eons. Genome-enabled systems ... | 232 |
21829719 | PMC3150396 | pmc | 3,602 | {
"abstract": "Recovery of an ecosystem following disturbance can be severely hampered or even shift altogether when a point disturbance exceeds a certain spatial threshold. Such scale-dependent dynamics may be caused by preemptive competition, but may also result from diminished self-facilitation due to weakened eco... | 4,556 |
28054641 | PMC5215187 | pmc | 3,603 | {
"abstract": "Some bacteria produce and perceive quorum-sensing (QS) signals that coordinate several behaviours, including the costly processes that are exoenzyme production and plasmid transfer. In the case of plasmid transfer, the emergence of QS signal-altered invaders and their policing are poorly documented. In... | 1,903 |
35648853 | PMC9159573 | pmc | 3,604 | {
"abstract": "Integration of rigid components in soft polymer matrix is considered as the most feasible architecture to enable stretchable electronics. However, a method of suppressing cracks at the interface between soft and rigid materials due to excessive and repetitive deformations of various types remains a for... | 1,650 |
39031305 | PMC11425271 | pmc | 3,605 | {
"abstract": "Abstract Hydrogels present attractive opportunities as flexible sensors due to their soft nature and tunable physicochemical properties. Despite significant advances, practical application of hydrogel‐based sensor is limited by the lack of general routes to fabricate materials with combination of mecha... | 9,941 |
38947931 | PMC11213128 | pmc | 3,607 | {
"abstract": "Controlling stochastic temporal networks remains an open challenge in control theory. While predictable temporal networks with known future dynamics enhance controllability, real-world networks often exhibit stochasticity and unpredictability, making control harder. Here, we investigate control mechani... | 4,883 |
38947931 | PMC11213128 | pmc | 3,607 | {
"abstract": "Controlling stochastic temporal networks remains an open challenge in control theory. While predictable temporal networks with known future dynamics enhance controllability, real-world networks often exhibit stochasticity and unpredictability, making control harder. Here, we investigate control mechani... | 4,883 |
38947931 | PMC11213128 | pmc | 3,608 | {
"abstract": "Controlling stochastic temporal networks remains an open challenge in control theory. While predictable temporal networks with known future dynamics enhance controllability, real-world networks often exhibit stochasticity and unpredictability, making control harder. Here, we investigate control mechani... | 4,883 |
38947931 | PMC11213128 | pmc | 3,608 | {
"abstract": "Controlling stochastic temporal networks remains an open challenge in control theory. While predictable temporal networks with known future dynamics enhance controllability, real-world networks often exhibit stochasticity and unpredictability, making control harder. Here, we investigate control mechani... | 4,883 |
25125642 | PMC4132618 | pmc | 3,609 | {
"abstract": "The benefits of using transgenic switchgrass with decreased levels of caffeic acid 3- O -methyltransferase (COMT) as biomass feedstock have been clearly demonstrated. However, its effect on the soil microbial community has not been assessed. Here we report metagenomic and metatranscriptomic analyses of... | 97 |
31459428 | PMC6648469 | pmc | 3,611 | {
"abstract": "Long-term sensing\nof dissolved oxygen in aqueous solution always suffers from adherence\nof algae, barnacles, and clams and formation of biofilms on the sensor\nsurface, which strongly influences the diffusion of oxygen into the\nsensor film. Metabolism of these adhered species consumes oxygen and\nca... | 5,581 |
34739926 | null | s2 | 3,612 | {
"abstract": "Microbial communities are a key part to tackling global challenges in human health, environmental conservation, and sustainable agriculture in the coming decade. Recent advances in synthetic biology to study and modify microbial communities have led to important insights into their physiology and ecolo... | 332 |
20715762 | null | s2 | 3,613 | {
"abstract": "Mechanical properties of tissue scaffolds have major effects on the morphology and differentiation of cells. In contrast to two-dimensional substrates, local biochemical and mechanical properties of three-dimensional hydrogels are difficult to control due to the geometrical confinement. We designed syn... | 274 |
30270957 | null | s2 | 3,615 | {
"abstract": "Heterogeneous substrates with moderate and extreme wettability contrasts were fabricated by comprising of superhydrophobic/hydrophilic and superhydrophobic/extremely hydrophilic surfaces, respectively. The interactions of water droplets impinging on the surfaces with sharp wettability contrasts were in... | 284 |
37706333 | null | s2 | 3,616 | {
"abstract": "Drawing inspiration from natural systems, such as the highly segmented structures found in silk fibroin, is an important strategy when designing strong, yet dynamic biomaterials. Polymer-peptide hybrids aim to incorporate the benefits of hierarchical polypeptide structures into synthetic platforms that... | 148 |
36319743 | PMC10156819 | pmc | 3,617 | {
"abstract": "This review evaluates oilseed crop soybean endophytic bacteria, their prospects, and challenges for sustainable agriculture. Soybean is one of the most important oilseed crops with about 20–25% protein content and 20% edible oil production. The ability of soybean root-associated microbes to restore soi... | 2,912 |
21556754 | PMC3098350 | pmc | 3,619 | {
"abstract": "Next-generation sequencing provides technologies which sequence whole prokaryotic and eukaryotic genomes in days, perform genome-wide association studies, chromatin immunoprecipitation followed by sequencing and RNA sequencing for transcriptome studies. An exponentially growing volume of sequence data ... | 1,961 |
35479639 | PMC9037085 | pmc | 3,620 | {
"abstract": "Revealing community assembly and their impacts on ecosystem service is a core issue in microbial ecology. However, what ecological factors play dominant roles in phyllosphere fungal community assembly and how they link to crop quality are largely unknown. Here, we applied internal transcriptional space... | 4,124 |
25324833 | PMC4183113 | pmc | 3,621 | {
"abstract": "A remarkable example of biological engineering is the capability of some marine animals to take advantage of photosynthesis by hosting symbiotic algae. This capacity, referred to as photosymbiosis, is based on structural and functional complexes that involve two distantly unrelated organisms. These sta... | 3,108 |
32354088 | PMC7285240 | pmc | 3,622 | {
"abstract": "The nitrogen environment and nitrogen status of reef-building coral endosymbionts is one of the important factors determining the optimal assimilation of phototrophic carbon and hence the growth of the holobiont. However, the impact of inorganic nutrient availability on the photosynthesis and physiolog... | 4,803 |
39720189 | PMC11667706 | pmc | 3,623 | {
"abstract": "Polyethylene Terephthalate (PET) is a petroleum-based plastic polymer that, by design, can last decades, if not hundreds of years, when released into the environment through plastic waste leakage. In the pursuit of sustainable solutions to plastic waste recycling and repurposing, the enzymatic depolyme... | 2,344 |
31348998 | null | s2 | 3,624 | {
"abstract": "Microbial-based chemical synthesis serves as a promising approach for sustainable production of industrially important products. However, limited production performance caused by metabolic burden or genetic variations poses one of the major challenges in achieving an economically viable biomanufacturin... | 316 |
34135443 | PMC8209028 | pmc | 3,625 | {
"abstract": "A polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS)/Cu superhydrophobic composite material is fabricated by wet etching, electroless plating, and polymer casting. The surface topography of the material emerges from hierarchical micro/nanoscale structures of etched aluminum, which are rigorously copied by plated copper. The ... | 7,986 |
30975146 | PMC6460773 | pmc | 3,627 | {
"abstract": "Background In the last years, different biotechnologically relevant microorganisms have been engineered for the synthesis of plant polyphenols such as flavonoids and stilbenes. However, low intracellular availability of malonyl-CoA as essential precursor for most plant polyphenols of interest is regard... | 2,016 |
39392487 | PMC11469988 | pmc | 3,628 | {
"abstract": "The plant mycobiome plays a crucial role in the host life cycle, influencing both healthy and diseased states, and is essential for plant tolerance to drought. In this study, we used ITS metabarcoding to investigate the fungal community of the drought-resistant plant Malva sylvestris L. in Morocco al... | 3,684 |
36234461 | PMC9565720 | pmc | 3,629 | {
"abstract": "Resistive random–access memory (RRAM) for neuromorphic systems has received significant attention because of its advantages, such as low power consumption, high–density structure, and high–speed switching. However, variability occurs because of the stochastic nature of conductive filaments (CFs), produ... | 3,103 |
31618815 | PMC6843377 | pmc | 3,630 | {
"abstract": "Microbial electrochemical technology provides an inexhaustible supply of electron acceptors, allowing electroactive microorganisms to generate biocurrent and accelerate the removal of organics. The treatment of wastewater contaminated by butachlor, which is a commonly used chloroacetamide herbicide in ... | 2,101 |
28083017 | PMC5186783 | pmc | 3,631 | {
"abstract": "Microbial Molecular hydrogen (H 2 ) cycling plays an important role in several ecological niches. Hydrogenases (H 2 ases), enzymes involved in H 2 metabolism, are of great interest for investigating microbial communities, and producing BioH 2 . To obtain an overall picture of the genetic ability of Cy... | 4,466 |
34172441 | PMC8232913 | pmc | 3,632 | {
"abstract": "Rationally engineered tolerance enables broadly efficient lignocellulosic fermentation of diverse feedstocks and bioproducts.",
"introduction": "INTRODUCTION Meaningful displacement of greenhouse gas emissions from continued oil consumption requires a renewable feedstock that is transformable into pr... | 1,317 |
28076447 | PMC5226831 | pmc | 3,634 | {
"abstract": "Globally methane (CH 4 ) emissions from ruminant livestock account for 29% of total CH 4 emissions. Inherited variation about CH 4 emissions of different animal species might provide new opportunity for manipulating CH 4 production. Six rumen-simulating fermenters (Rusitec) were set up for this stud... | 4,425 |
35800325 | PMC9208393 | pmc | 3,635 | {
"abstract": "2,5-Furandicarboxylic acid (FDCA) is a monomer that can be used to produce bioplastic, which has gained increasing interest worldwide. The production of FDCA from catalytic oxidation of 5-hydroxymethylfurfural (5-HMF) is regarded as the major route of the utilization of 5-HMF. In this work, FDCA was pr... | 1,769 |
37682994 | PMC10491213 | pmc | 3,637 | {
"abstract": "Liquid entrainment with a solid architecture passing through the fluid-fluid interface is ubiquitous and widely used in industrial processes as a liquid transfer method. Besides liquid properties, solid structures play a core role in entrainment. Although the influence of its macroscopic curvatures and... | 3,235 |
35108295 | PMC8809616 | pmc | 3,638 | {
"abstract": "Organic fertilizers and especially microbial biomass, also known as microbial fertilizer, can enable a paradigm shift to the conventional fertilizer-to-food chain, particularly when produced on secondary resources. Microbial fertilizers are already common practice (e.g. Bloom ® and Synagro); yet micro... | 5,519 |
35890572 | PMC9321720 | pmc | 3,639 | {
"abstract": "The paper addresses the synthesis of a nano-fibre network by coaxial electrospinning, embedding the healing agent dicyclopentadiene (DCPD) in polyacrylonitrile (PAN) fibres. Compared to other encapsulation methods, the use of nano-fibres filled with healing agent have no effect on the mechanical proper... | 3,943 |
40075086 | PMC11903764 | pmc | 3,640 | {
"abstract": "When attempting to replicate the same biological spiking neuron model actions of the human brain, the spiking neuron model methodology and hardware realization design for the nervous system of the brain are crucial considerations. This work provides a modified neural modeling of complete Digital Spikin... | 7,056 |
31294170 | PMC6604995 | pmc | 3,642 | {
"abstract": "Common bean is one of the most important crops for human feed, and the most important legume for direct consumption by millions of people, especially in developing countries. It is a promiscuous host legume in terms of nodulation, able to associate with a broad and diverse range of rhizobia, although t... | 2,393 |
37242000 | PMC10223422 | pmc | 3,643 | {
"abstract": "This paper proposes two different approaches to studying resistive switching of oxide thin films using scratching probe nanolithography of atomic force microscopy (AFM). These approaches allow us to assess the effects of memristor size and top-contact thickness on resistive switching. For that purpose,... | 4,901 |
37818249 | PMC10560873 | pmc | 3,644 | {
"abstract": "Abstract The soil fungal community plays an important role in forest ecosystems and is crucially influenced by forest secondary succession. However, the driving factors of fungal community and function during temperate forest succession and their potential impact on succession processes remain poorly u... | 4,101 |
23102412 | null | s2 | 3,645 | {
"abstract": "Fatty acid metabolism has received significant attention as a route for producing high-energy density, liquid transportation fuels and high-value oleochemicals from renewable feedstocks. If microbes can be engineered to produce these compounds at yields that approach the theoretical limits of 0.3-0.4 g... | 214 |
29075325 | PMC5651578 | pmc | 3,646 | {
"abstract": "Background Economical conversion of lignocellulosic biomass into biofuels and bioproducts is central to the establishment of a robust bioeconomy. This requires a conversion host that is able to both efficiently assimilate the major lignocellulose-derived carbon sources and divert their metabolites towa... | 5,338 |
36641786 | PMC10364308 | pmc | 3,647 | {
"abstract": "Abstract Our planet teeters on the brink of massive ecosystem collapses, and arid regions experience manifold environmental and climatic challenges that increase the magnitude of selective pressures on already stressed ecosystems. Ultimately, this leads to their aridification and desertification, that ... | 1,344 |
35059153 | PMC8694393 | pmc | 3,648 | {
"abstract": "DNA tweezers have emerged as powerful devices for a wide range of biochemical and sensing applications; however, most DNA tweezers consist of single units activated by DNA recognition, limiting their range of motion and ability to respond to complex stimuli. Herein, we present an extended, tripodal DNA... | 5,712 |
28057830 | null | s2 | 3,649 | {
"abstract": "The concerted responses of eusocial insects to environmental stimuli are often referred to as collective cognition at the level of the colony. To achieve collective cognition, a group can draw on two different sources: individual cognition and the connectivity between individuals. Computation in neural... | 265 |
36370454 | PMC9923381 | pmc | 3,652 | {
"abstract": "Abstract 2-Phenylethanol (2- PE) is an aromatic alcohol with wide applications, but there is still no efficient microbial cell factory for 2-PE based on Escherichia coli . In this study, we constructed a metabolically engineered E. coli capable of de novo synthesis of 2-PE from glucose. Firstly, t... | 3,946 |
38818482 | PMC10989833 | pmc | 3,654 | {
"abstract": "Abstract Although the accomplishments of microbiome engineering highlight its significance for the targeted manipulation of microbial communities, knowledge and technical gaps still limit the applications of microbiome engineering in biotechnology, especially for environmental use. Addressing the envir... | 2,105 |
31366907 | PMC6668475 | pmc | 3,655 | {
"abstract": "The ecological importance of common species for many ecosystem processes and functions is unquestionably due to their high abundance. Yet, the importance of rare species is much less understood. Here we take a theoretical approach, exposing dynamical models of ecological networks to small perturbations... | 3,282 |
33005314 | PMC7516209 | pmc | 3,658 | {
"abstract": "Termite mounds are fascinating because of their intriguing composition of numerous geometric shapes and materials. However, little is known about these structures, or of their functionalities. Most research has been on the basic composition of mounds compared with surrounding soils. There has been some... | 4,871 |
31405077 | PMC6789667 | pmc | 3,662 | {
"abstract": "With the advancement of synthetic biology, the cell-free protein synthesis (CFPS) system has been receiving the spotlight as a versatile toolkit for engineering natural and unnatural biological systems. The CFPS system reassembles the materials necessary for transcription and translation and recreates ... | 1,448 |
30687248 | PMC6334743 | pmc | 3,663 | {
"abstract": "Dairy wastes are widely studied for the hydrogen and methane production, otherwise the changes in microbial communities related to intermediate valuable products was not deeply investigated. Culture independent techniques are useful tools for exploring microbial communities in engineered system having ... | 4,423 |
34667183 | PMC8526750 | pmc | 3,665 | {
"abstract": "Isoflavonoids comprise a class of plant natural products with great nutraceutical, pharmaceutical and agricultural significance. Their low abundance in nature and structural complexity however hampers access to these phytochemicals through traditional crop-based manufacturing or chemical synthesis. Mic... | 3,762 |
29146959 | PMC5691036 | pmc | 3,670 | {
"abstract": "The current paradigm, widely incorporated in soil biogeochemical models, is that microbial methanogenesis can only occur in anoxic habitats. In contrast, here we show clear geochemical and biological evidence for methane production in well-oxygenated soils of a freshwater wetland. A comparison of oxic ... | 713 |
39805819 | PMC11731047 | pmc | 3,673 | {
"abstract": "Recently, the biologically inspired intelligent artificial visual neural system has aroused enormous interest. However, there are still significant obstacles in pursuing large-scale parallel and efficient visual memory and recognition. In this study, we demonstrate a 28 × 28 synaptic devices array for ... | 6,658 |
28844883 | PMC5790576 | pmc | 3,674 | {
"abstract": "Increased environmental pollution has necessitated the need for eco-friendly clean-up strategies. Filamentous fungal species from gold and gemstone mine site soils were isolated, identified and assessed for their tolerance to varied heavy metal concentrations of cadmium (Cd), copper (Cu), lead (Pb), ar... | 2,513 |
39503721 | PMC11539682 | pmc | 3,675 | {
"abstract": "Abstract Malonyl‐coenzyme A (CoA) is a key precursor for the biosynthesis of multiple value‐added compounds by microbial cell factories, including polyketides, carboxylic acids, biofuels, and polyhydroxyalkanoates. Owing to its role as a metabolic hub, malonyl‐CoA availability is limited by competition... | 8,821 |
39204482 | PMC11359911 | pmc | 3,676 | {
"abstract": "Biodegradable biobased polymers derived from biomass (such as plant, animal, marine, or forestry material) show promise in replacing conventional petrochemical polymers. Research and development have been conducted for decades on potential biodegradable biobased polymers such as polylactic acid (PLA), ... | 1,405 |
37578580 | PMC10482783 | pmc | 3,679 | {
"abstract": "In this study, response surface methodology (RSM) was applied with a Box–Behnken design to optimize the biosorption (removal and bioconcentration) of rare earth elements (REEs) (Y, La, Ce Eu, Gd, Tb) by living Ulva sp. from diluted industrial wastewaters (also containing Pt and the classic contaminan... | 6,802 |
37002442 | PMC10066054 | pmc | 3,681 | {
"abstract": "Highlights \n A conductive, stretchable, adaptable, and self-healing, GaInSn/Ni--based composite hydrogel by incorporating a magnetic liquid metal into the hydrogel framework through crosslinking polyvinyl alcohol with sodium tetraborate. The multifunctional composite hydrogels showed outstanding perfo... | 7,805 |
35179537 | PMC8978807 | pmc | 3,682 | {
"abstract": "Surface icing is detrimental to applications ranging from transportation to biological systems. Soft elastomeric coatings can engender remarkably low ice adhesion strength, but mechanisms at the microscale and resulting ice extraction outcomes need to be understood. Here we investigate dynamic ice-elas... | 8,433 |
19859812 | null | s2 | 3,683 | {
"abstract": "We describe a simple and reliable fabrication method for producing multiple, manually activated microfluidic control valves in polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) devices. These screwdriver-actuated valves reside directly on the microfluidic chip and can provide both simple on/off operation as well as graded c... | 476 |
28233813 | PMC5324122 | pmc | 3,684 | {
"abstract": "Microbial symbionts in sponges are ubiquitous, forming complex and highly diverse host-specific communities. Conspecific sponges display remarkable stability in their symbiont communities, both spatially and temporally, yet extreme fluctuations in environmental factors can cause shifts in host-symbiont... | 2,996 |
39322641 | PMC11424623 | pmc | 3,685 | {
"abstract": "Inspired by the starfish's unique ability to achieve flexibility and posture-holding with minimal energy expenditure, we present a novel bioinspired morphing structure. Our two-component design, consisting of a thermoplastic mesh and elastomeric jacket, effectively mimics the functions of the starfish'... | 2,967 |
32499692 | PMC7243343 | pmc | 3,686 | {
"abstract": "While interacting with the world our senses and nervous system are constantly challenged to identify the origin and coherence of sensory input signals of various intensities. This problem becomes apparent when stimuli from different modalities need to be combined, e.g., to find out whether an auditory ... | 5,023 |
37458125 | PMC10909567 | pmc | 3,687 | {
"abstract": "Abstract The persistent exposure of coral assemblages to more variable abiotic regimes is assumed to augment their resilience to future climatic variability. Yet, while the determinants of coral population resilience across species remain unknown, we are unable to predict the winners and losers across ... | 6,015 |
34098512 | null | s2 | 3,688 | {
"abstract": "Microbial communities and their functions are shaped by complex networks of interactions among microbes and with their environment. While the critical roles microbial communities play in numerous environments have become increasingly appreciated, we have a very limited understanding of their interactio... | 214 |
37205326 | PMC10187175 | pmc | 3,689 | {
"abstract": "Microbial communities play a critical role in ecological processes, and their diversity is key to their functioning. However, little is known about if communities can regenerate ecological diversity following species removal or extinction, and how the rediversified communities would compare to the orig... | 3,265 |
34691011 | PMC8527027 | pmc | 3,690 | {
"conclusion": "Conclusions More detailed insights into microbial community dynamics in polluted soils are a major achievement in recent research activities, which were benefitting from novel methodological advancements, such as high-throughput sequencing technologies. Concerning the effect of microbes on pollutant ... | 310 |
29138413 | PMC5686229 | pmc | 3,691 | {
"abstract": "Synchronization occurs in many natural and technological systems, from cardiac pacemaker cells to coupled lasers. In the synchronized state, the individual cells or lasers coordinate the timing of their oscillations, but they do not move through space. A complementary form of self-organization occurs a... | 3,089 |
27435461 | PMC4958250 | pmc | 3,694 | {
"abstract": "ABSTRACT A fundamental question in microbial physiology concerns why organisms prefer certain nutrients to others. For example, among different nitrogen sources, ammonium is the preferred nitrogen source, supporting fast growth, whereas alternative nitrogen sources, such as certain amino acids, are con... | 1,715 |
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