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PMC10578117
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{ "abstract": "Abstract Domain swap is a mechanism of protein dimerization where the two interacting domains exchange parts of their structure. Web spiders make use of the process in the connection of C‐terminal domains (CTDs) of spidroins, the soluble protein building blocks that form tough silk fibers. Besides prov...
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{ "abstract": "The BioCyc database collection at BioCyc.org integrates genome and cellular network information for more than 1,100 organisms. This method chapter describes Web-based tools for browsing metabolic and regulatory networks within BioCyc. These tools allow visualization of complete metabolic and regulatory...
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30970685
PMC6432116
pmc
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{ "abstract": "A significant amount of academic and industrial research efforts are devoted to the encapsulation of active substances within micro- or nanocarriers. The ultimate goal of core–shell systems is the protection of the encapsulated substance from the environment, and its controlled and targeted release. Th...
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PMC8851890
pmc
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{ "abstract": "Superhydrophobic\nsurfaces have attracted considerable attention\nbecause of their unique water-repellency and their wide range of applications.\nThe conventional method to characterize the surface wetting properties\nof surfaces, including superhydrophobic surfaces, relies on measuring\nstatic and dyn...
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PMC8290118
pmc
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{ "abstract": "Abstract Modern accounts of eukaryogenesis entail an endosymbiotic encounter between an archaeal host and a proteobacterial endosymbiont, with subsequent evolution giving rise to a unicell possessing a single nucleus and mitochondria. The mononucleate state of the last eukaryotic common ancestor (LECA)...
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39081113
PMC11289642
pmc
4,133
{ "abstract": "Central place foragers, such as many ants, exploit the environment around their nest. The extent of their foraging range is a function of individual movement, but how the movement patterns of large numbers of foragers result in an emergent colony foraging range remains unclear. Here, we introduce a ran...
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39984829
PMC11846334
pmc
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{ "abstract": "Background Microhabitat environmental factors (e.g., temperature, oxygen concentration, nutrients, osmotic stress, and topography) are critical to the survival of intertidal organisms. Understanding how transcription responses are regulated in relation to intertidal microhabitat variation has important...
4,157
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PMC6558992
pmc
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{ "abstract": "The presence of air in the anode chamber of microbial fuel cells (MFCs) might be unavoidable in some applications. This study purposely exposed the anodic biofilm to air for sustained cycles using ceramic cylindrical MFCs. A method for improving oxygen uptake at the cathode by utilising hydrogel was al...
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PMC6318872
pmc
4,137
{ "abstract": "Background Plants, fungi, and bacteria form complex, mutually-beneficial communities within the soil environment. In return for photosynthetically derived sugars in the form of exudates from plant roots, the microbial symbionts in these rhizosphere communities provide their host plants access to otherw...
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37374858
PMC10303904
pmc
4,138
{ "abstract": "Due to its superior advantages in terms of electronegativity, metallic conductivity, mechanical flexibility, customizable surface chemistry, etc., 2D MXenes for nanogenerators have demonstrated significant progress. In order to push scientific design strategies for the practical application of nanogene...
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28579915
PMC5434129
pmc
4,145
{ "abstract": "Mesophotic coral ecosystems (MCEs) are generally poorly studied, and our knowledge of lower MCEs (below 60 m depth) is largely limited to visual surveys. Here, we provide a first detailed assessment of the prokaryotic community associated with scleractinian corals over a depth gradient to the lower mes...
3,312
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PMC10607142
pmc
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{ "abstract": "Various kinds of plastics have been developed over the past century, vastly improving the quality of life. However, the indiscriminate production and irresponsible management of plastics have led to the accumulation of plastic waste, emerging as a pressing environmental concern. To establish a clean an...
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PMC11937098
pmc
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{ "abstract": "Introduction Soil microbiome transplantation is a promising technique for enhancing plant holobiont response to abiotic and biotic stresses. However, the rapid assessment of microbiome-plant functional integration in short-term experiments remains a challenge. Methods This study investigates the potent...
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36036292
PMC9424452
pmc
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{ "abstract": "Natural soil has the ability to suppress the soil-borne pathogen to a certain extent, and the assemblage of soil microbiome plays a crucial role in maintaining such ability. Long-term monoculture accelerates the forms of soil microbiome and leads to either disease conducive or suppressive soils. Here, ...
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PMC11025542
pmc
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{ "abstract": "The microbial communities, inhabiting around and in plant roots, are largely influenced by the compartment effect, and in turn, promote the growth and stress resistance of the plant. However, how soil microbes are selected to the rhizosphere, and further into the roots is still not well understood. Her...
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PMC10896350
pmc
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{ "abstract": "Horizontal gene transfer (HGT) is a fundamental process in the evolution of prokaryotes, making major contributions to diversification and adaptation. Typically, HGT is facilitated by mobile genetic elements (MGEs), such as conjugative plasmids and phages that generally impose fitness costs on their ho...
2,414
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PMC9556595
pmc
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{ "abstract": "Most cave formation requires mass separation from a host rock in a process that operates outward from permeable pathways to create the cave void. Given the poor solubility of Fe(III) phases, such processes are insufficient to account for the significant iron formation caves (IFCs) seen in Brazilian ban...
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PMC7180454
pmc
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{ "abstract": "Crosslinked polymeric materials based on a quaternary trimethylammonium compound were developed and evaluated as potential antifouling coatings. For this purpose, two water-soluble random copolymers, poly(4-vinylbenzyltrimethylammonium chloride-co-acrylic acid) P(VBCTMAM-co-AAx) and poly(N,N-dimethylac...
5,407
36419905
PMC9676218
pmc
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{ "abstract": "Microbial electrosynthesis (MES) enables the bioproduction of multicarbon compounds from CO 2 using electricity as the driver. Although high salinity can improve the energetic performance of bioelectrochemical systems, acetogenic processes under elevated salinity are poorly known. Here MES under 35–60...
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PMC7050239
pmc
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{ "abstract": "Abstract Camouflage and wound healing are two vital functions for cephalopods to survive from dangerous ocean risks. Inspired by these dual functions, herein, we report a new type of healable mechanochromic (HMC) material. The bifunctional HMC material consists of two tightly bonded layers. One layer i...
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PMC11585574
pmc
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{ "abstract": "Biofilm formation is an important mechanism of survival and persistence for many bacterial pathogens. These multicellular communities contain subpopulations of cells that display metabolic and transcriptional diversity along with recalcitrance to antibiotics and host immune defenses. Here, we present a...
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{ "abstract": "Depletion attractions, occurring between surfaces immersed in a polymer solution, drive bacteria adhesion to a variety of surfaces. The latter include the surfaces of non-fouling coatings such as hydrated polyethylene glycol (PEG) layers but also, as demonstrated in this work, surfaces that are bacteri...
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PMC6353167
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{ "abstract": "Over the past several decades, coral reef ecosystems have experienced recurring bleaching events. These events were predominantly caused by thermal anomalies, which vary widely in terms of severity and spatio-temporal distribution. Acropora corals, highly prominent contributors to the structural comp...
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PMC4560930
pmc
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{ "abstract": "Background Purified terephthalic acid (PTA) wastewater from a petrochemical complex was utilized as a fuel in the anode of a microbial fuel cell (MFC). Effects of two important parameters including different dilutions of the PTA wastewater and pH on the performance of the MFC were investigated. Methods...
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PMC10502755
pmc
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{ "abstract": "Summary The photosynthetic light reaction in cyanobacteria constitutes a highly attractive tool for productive biocatalysis, as it can provide redox reactions with high‐energy reduction equivalents using sunlight and water as sources of energy and electrons, respectively. Here, we describe the first ar...
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{ "abstract": "Mine tailing deposits in semiarid and arid environments frequently remain devoid of vegetation due to the toxicity of the substrate and the absence of a diverse soil microbial community capable of supporting seed germination and plant growth. The contribution of the plant growth promoting bacterium (PG...
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PMC4659176
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4,171
{ "abstract": "Background The surplus of glycerol has increased remarkably as a main byproduct during the biofuel’s production. Exploiting an alternative route for glycerol utilization is significantly important for sustainability of biofuels. Results A novel biocatalyst that could be prepared from glycerol for produ...
7,325
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PMC6718607
pmc
4,172
{ "abstract": "Feeding Bombyx mori larvae with chemically-modified diets affects the structure and properties of the resulted silk. Herein, we provide a road map for the use of silkworms as a factory to produce semiconducting/metallic natural silk that can be used in many technological applications such as supercap...
5,510
26388858
PMC4560021
pmc
4,174
{ "abstract": "The set-up of biorefineries for the valorization of lignocellulosic biomass will be core in the future to reach sustainability targets. In this area, biomass-degrading enzymes are attracting significant research interest for their potential in the production of chemicals and biofuels from renewable fee...
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{ "abstract": "Direct solar-powered production of value-added chemicals from CO2 and H2O, a process that mimics natural photosynthesis, is of fundamental and practical interest. In natural photosynthesis, CO2 is first reduced to common biochemical building blocks using solar energy, which are subsequently used for th...
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PMC9000898
pmc
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{ "abstract": "In this study, we fed the larval of Bombyx mori silkworms with nanodroplets of liquid metal (LM) coated with microgels of marine polysaccharides to obtain stretchable silk. Alginate-coated liquid metal nanodroplets (LM@NaAlg) were prepared with significant chemical stability and biocompatibility. This ...
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PMC10203214
pmc
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{ "abstract": "Efficient valorization of lignin, a sustainable source of functionalized aromatic products, would reduce dependence on fossil-derived feedstocks. Oxidative depolymerization is frequently applied to lignin to generate phenolic monomers. However, due to the instability of phenolic intermediates, repolyme...
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{ "abstract": "We introduce a flow regulating technology that uses trapped air bubbles in a hydrophobic microfluidic channel. We present basic designs for flow regulators and flow valves using trapped air. Experiments have successfully demonstrated the capability of this technique for delivering constant and varying ...
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PMC5812554
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{ "abstract": "Solitary bees are important but declining wild pollinators. During daily foraging in agricultural landscapes, they encounter a mosaic of patches with nest and foraging habitat and unsuitable matrix. It is insufficiently clear how spatial allocation of nesting and foraging resources and foraging traits ...
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PMC10106850
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{ "abstract": "Summary Trees constitute promising renewable feedstocks for biorefinery using biochemical conversion, but their recalcitrance restricts their attractiveness for the industry. To obtain trees with reduced recalcitrance, large‐scale genetic engineering experiments were performed in hybrid aspen blindly t...
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PMC9001656
pmc
4,184
{ "abstract": "Network models and community phylogenetic analyses are applied to assess the composition, structure, and ecological assembly mechanisms of microbial communities. Here we combine both approaches to investigate the temporal dynamics of network properties in individual samples of two activated sludge syst...
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PMC9680249
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{ "abstract": "The strong adhesion on dry and wet surfaces and the durability of bioinspired hierarchical fibrillar adhesives are critical for their applications. However, the critical design for the strong adhesion normally depends on fine sub-micron structures which could be damaged during repeat usage. Here, we de...
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PMC4817675
pmc
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{ "abstract": "Bacteria play a central role in the cycling of carbon, yet our understanding of the relationship between the taxonomic composition and the degradation of dissolved organic matter (DOM) is still poor. In this experimental study, we were able to demonstrate a direct link between community composition and...
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35399376
PMC8983376
pmc
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{ "abstract": "Bioaugmentation, the addition of cultured microorganisms to enhance the currently existing microbial community, is an option to remediate contaminated areas. Several studies reported the success of the bioaugmentation method in treating heavy metal contaminated soil, but concerns related to the applica...
2,037
36738824
PMC10020420
pmc
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{ "abstract": "Understanding why animals organize in collective states is a central question of current research in, e.g., biology, physics, and psychology. More than 50 years ago, W.D. Hamilton postulated that the formation of animal herds may simply result from the individual‘s selfish motivation to minimize their ...
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{ "abstract": "We report that " }
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PMC8610361
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{ "abstract": "Highlights • Electron transfer mechanism elaborated for various fungal species. • Application of fungi as a cathode and anode catalyst is discussed. • Different factors affecting on performance of fungi based MES are reviewed. • Fungi are classified based on their electron transfer mechanism.", "conc...
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PMC7361963
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4,193
{ "abstract": "Polyesters based on 2,5-furandicarboxylic acid (FDCA) are a new class of biobased polymers with enormous interest, both from a scientific and industrial perspective. The commercialization of these polymers is imminent as the pressure for a sustainable economy grows, and extensive worldwide research cur...
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PMC7571853
pmc
4,194
{ "abstract": "Organisms use diverse mechanisms involving multiple complementary enzymes, particularly glycoside hydrolases (GHs), to deconstruct lignocellulose. Lytic polysaccharide monooxygenases (LPMOs) produced by bacteria and fungi facilitate deconstruction as does the Fenton chemistry of brown-rot fungi. Lignin...
1,115
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PMC12040808
pmc
4,195
{ "abstract": "To advance the utilization of microbial cell factories in gas fermentation processes, their physiological and biotechnological characteristics must be understood. Here, we report on the construction and operation of a novel device, the Gas and Pressure Controller (GPC), which is specifically designed f...
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{ "abstract": "Water hampers the formation of strong and durable bonds between adhesive polymers and solid surfaces, in turn hindering the development of adhesives for biomedical and marine applications. Inspired by mussel adhesion, a mussel foot protein homologue (mfp3S-pep) is designed, whose primary sequence is de...
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PMC4002587
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{ "abstract": "We have recently identified two genes coding for ammonium transporters (AMT) in Sorghum bicolor that were induced in roots colonized by arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi. To improve our understanding of the dynamics of ammonium transport in this symbiosis, we studied the transfer of soil-ammonium-der...
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PMC9113415
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{ "abstract": "Abstract The performance of the alkaline fungal laccase PIE5 (pH 8.5) in the\ndelignification and detoxification of alkali-pretreated corncob to produce\nbioethanol was evaluated and compared with that of the neutral counterpart\n(rLcc9, 6.5), with the acidic laccase rLacA (4.0) was used as an independ...
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PMC11402777
pmc
4,202
{ "abstract": "Summary Energy crops play a vital role in meeting future energy and chemical demands while addressing climate change. However, the idealization of low-carbon workflows and careful consideration of cost-benefit equations are crucial for their more sustainable implementation. Here, we propose tobacco as ...
3,434
38343971
PMC10851232
pmc
4,204
{ "abstract": "Triboelectric nanogenerators\n(TENGs) have been developed as promising\nenergy-harvesting devices to effectively convert mechanical energy\ninto electricity. TENGs use either organic or inorganic materials\nto initiate the triboelectrification process, followed by charge separation.\nIn this study, a h...
5,565
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PMC8953515
pmc
4,207
{ "abstract": "Fungal endophytes have been extensively found in most terrestrial plants. This type of plant–microorganism symbiosis generates many benefits for plant growth by promoting nutrient availability, uptake, and resistance to environmental disease or stress. Recent studies have reported that fungal endophyte...
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{ "abstract": "We cross-linked scaffolds of electrospun collagen to varying degrees with glutaraldehyde using an ethanol-based solvent system and subsequently defined how the percentage of cross-linking impacts bulk and microscale material properties and fiber structure. At hydration, electrospun fibers underwent coi...
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PMC9036824
pmc
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{ "abstract": "Poly(ethylene terephthalate) (PET), known for its clarity, food safety, toughness, and barrier properties, is a preferred polymer for rigid packaging applications. PET is also one of the most recycled polymers worldwide. In light of climate change, significant efforts are underway to improve the carbon...
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PMC8510535
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{ "abstract": "ABSTRACT Soil microorganisms, which intricately link to ecosystem functions, are pivotal for the ecological restoration of heavy metal-contaminated soil. Despite the importance of rare and abundant microbial taxa in maintaining soil ecological function, the taxonomic and functional changes in rare and ...
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{ "abstract": "Microbial ecosystems play an important role in nature. Engineering these systems for industrial, medical, or biotechnological purposes are important pursuits for synthetic biologists and biological engineers moving forward. Here we provide a review of recent progress in engineering natural and syntheti...
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PMC6289545
pmc
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{ "abstract": "Single-chamber microbial fuel cells\n(MFCs) were constructed using\nrice bran (carbon source) and pond bottom mud (microbial source).\nThe total electric charge obtained in the MFC combining rice bran\nwith pond bottom mud was four times higher than that in MFC using\nonly rice bran. Phylogenetic analy...
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PMC10206592
pmc
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{ "abstract": "The progress of the scaffolded DNA origami technology\nhas enabled\nthe construction of various dynamic nanodevices imitating the shapes\nand motions of mechanical elements. To further expand the achievable\nconfigurational changes, the incorporation of multiple movable joints\ninto a single DNA origam...
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30174681
PMC6107787
pmc
4,216
{ "abstract": "We face major agricultural challenges that remain a threat for global food security. Soil microbes harbor enormous potentials to provide sustainable and economically favorable solutions that could introduce novel approaches to improve agricultural practices and, hence, crop productivity. In this review...
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{ "abstract": "Once thought to live independently, bacteria are now known to be highly social organisms. Their behaviors ranges from cooperatively forming complex multispecies communities to fiercely competing for resources. Work over the past fifty years has shown that bacteria communicate through diverse mechanisms...
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PMC8211778
pmc
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{ "abstract": "Nitrogen is one of the limiting nutrients for coral growth and primary productivity. Therefore, the capacity of different associations between corals and their algal symbionts (Symbiodiniaceae) to efficiently exploit the available nitrogen sources will influence their distribution and abundance. Recent...
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PMC8840348
pmc
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{ "abstract": "In this paper, the ballistic damage mechanism and residual bearing capacity of ceramic/backing plate armor were investigated. First, a series of lightweight armors were prepared, consisting of ceramic and ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene fiber-reinforced resin matrix composite (UHMWPE) plates, ...
10,600
34311573
PMC8406198
pmc
4,223
{ "abstract": "ABSTRACT Iron (Fe) oxidation is one of Earth’s major biogeochemical processes, key to weathering, soil formation, water quality, and corrosion. However, our understanding of microbial contribution is limited by incomplete knowledge of microbial iron oxidation mechanisms, particularly in neutrophilic ir...
9,321
37752304
PMC10923983
pmc
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{ "abstract": "Ant species exhibit behavioural commonalities when solving navigational challenges for successful orientation and to reach goal locations. These behaviours rely on a shared toolbox of navigational strategies that guide individuals under an array of motivational contexts. The mechanisms that support the...
8,408
22970303
PMC3435296
pmc
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{ "abstract": "To improve their nutrition, most plants associate with soil microorganisms, particularly fungi, to form mycorrhizae. A few lineages, including actinorhizal plants and legumes are also able to interact with nitrogen-fixing bacteria hosted intracellularly inside root nodules. Fossil and molecular data su...
4,469
36578475
PMC9791597
pmc
4,229
{ "abstract": "Fatty acid-derived products such as alkanes, fatty aldehydes, and fatty alcohols have many applications in the chemical industry. These products are predominately produced from fossil resources, but their production processes are often not environmentally friendly. While microbes like Escherichia coli...
7,478
22028808
PMC3197599
pmc
4,230
{ "abstract": "In contrast to secondary succession, studies of terrestrial primary succession largely ignore the role of biotic interactions, other than plant facilitation and competition, despite the expectation that simplified interaction webs and propagule-dependent demographics may amplify the effects of consumer...
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{ "abstract": "Traditional robots rely for their function on computing, to store internal representations of their goals and environment and to coordinate sensing and any actuation of components required in response. Moving robotics to the single-molecule level is possible in principle, but requires facing the limite...
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PMC10818758
pmc
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{ "abstract": "Resistive switching memories are among the emerging next-generation technologies that are possible candidates for in-memory and neuromorphic computing. In this report, resistive memory-switching behavior in solution-processed trans, trans-1,4-bis-(2-(2-naphthyl)-2-(butoxycarbonyl)-vinyl) benzene–PVA-co...
1,655
21863016
PMC3265375
pmc
4,236
{ "abstract": "DNA origami involves the folding of long single-stranded DNA into designed structures with the aid of short staple strands; such structures may enable the development of useful nanomechanical DNA devices. Here we develop versatile sensing systems for a variety of chemical and biological targets at mole...
1,179
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PMC4899792
pmc
4,237
{ "abstract": "Silk has attracted widespread attention due to its superlative material properties and promising applications. However, the determinants behind the variations in material properties among different types of silk are not well understood. We analysed the physical properties of silk samples from a variety...
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{ "abstract": "The genomics and proteomics revolutions have been enormously successful in providing crucial \"parts lists\" for biological systems. Yet, formidable challenges exist in generating complete descriptions of how the parts function and assemble into macromolecular complexes and whole-cell assemblies. Bacte...
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PMC8239229
pmc
4,240
{ "abstract": "To enable a sustainable supply of chemicals, novel biotechnological solutions are required that replace the reliance on fossil resources. One potential solution is to utilize tailored biosynthetic modules for the metabolic conversion of CO 2 or organic waste to chemicals and fuel by microorganisms. Cu...
2,653
31937786
PMC6959354
pmc
4,242
{ "abstract": "Glucose and xylose are the major components of lignocellulose. Effective utilization of both sugars can improve the efficiency of bioproduction. Here, we report a method termed parallel metabolic pathway engineering (PMPE) for producing shikimate pathway derivatives from glucose–xylose co-substrate. In...
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{ "abstract": "Emerging multi-electrode-based brain-machine interfaces (BMIs) and large multi-electrode arrays used in in vitro experiments, enable recording of single neuron's activity on multiple electrodes and allow for an in-depth investigation of neural preparations, even at a sub-cellular level. However, the us...
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{ "abstract": "Silk fibroin is a useful protein polymer for biomaterials and tissue engineering. In this work, porogen leached scaffolds prepared from aqueous and HFIP silk solutions were reinforced through the addition of silk particles. This led to about 40 times increase in the specific compressive modulus and the...
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PMC10199210
pmc
4,245
{ "abstract": "Microbial electrochemical technologies (METs) are a group of innovative technologies that produce valuables like bioelectricity and biofuels with the simultaneous treatment of wastewater from microorganisms known as electroactive microorganisms. The electroactive microorganisms are capable of transferr...
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{ "abstract": "Experiments have shown that wild type P. aeruginosa swarms much faster than rhlAB mutants on 0.4% agar concentration surface. These observations imply that development of a liquid thin film is an important component of the self-organized swarming process. A multiscale model is presented in this paper f...
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PMC5819412
pmc
4,248
{ "abstract": "Significance Replacement of nonrenewable petrochemicals and liquid fuels requires sustainable production of oleochemicals. Free fatty acids (FFAs) are versatile molecules that can be produced by microbial fermentation and are used as precursors for production of these oleochemicals. In the past few yea...
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PMC8894036
pmc
4,250
{ "abstract": "The task of designing an Artificial Neural Network (ANN) can be thought of as an optimization problem that involves many parameters whose optimal value needs to be computed in order to improve the classification accuracy of an ANN. Two of the major parameters that need to be determined during the desig...
3,436
29062924
PMC5640587
pmc
4,252
{ "abstract": "With the developments in metabolic engineering and the emergence of synthetic biology, many breakthroughs in medicinal, biological and chemical products as well as biofuels have been achieved in recent decades. As an important barrier to traditional metabolic engineering, however, the identification of...
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31260266
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{ "abstract": "Open microfluidic capillary systems are a rapidly evolving branch of microfluidics where fluids are manipulated by capillary forces in channels lacking physical walls on all sides. Typical channel geometries include grooves, rails, or beams and complex systems with multiple air-liquid interfaces. Remov...
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{ "abstract": "Natural biomolecular systems have evolved to form a rich variety of supramolecular materials and machinery fundamental to cellular function. The assembly of these structures commonly involves interactions between specific molecular building blocks, a strategy that can also be replicated in an artificia...
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{ "abstract": "Natural biomolecular systems have evolved to form a rich variety of supramolecular materials and machinery fundamental to cellular function. The assembly of these structures commonly involves interactions between specific molecular building blocks, a strategy that can also be replicated in an artificia...
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PMC10427580
pmc
4,258
{ "abstract": "Highlights \n The addressable electrical contact structure enables the multifunctional epidermal interface with an all-in-one function of sense, recognition, and transmission, which realizes high flexibility and high-precision touch detection. The multifunctional epidermal interface achieves superior w...
11,434
35294232
PMC8926335
pmc
4,260
{ "abstract": "Elastic stretchability and function density represent two key figures of merits for stretchable inorganic electronics. Various design strategies have been reported to provide both high levels of stretchability and function density, but the function densities are mostly below 80%. While the stacked devi...
1,714
35654895
PMC9271586
pmc
4,263
{ "abstract": "Human gut microbial dynamics are highly individualized, making it challenging to link microbiota to health and to design universal microbiome therapies. This individuality is typically attributed to variation in host genetics, diets, environments, and medications, but it could also emerge from fundamen...
1,142
30622251
PMC6325242
pmc
4,267
{ "abstract": "Silver/copper-filament-based resistive switching memory relies on the formation and disruption of a metallic conductive filament (CF) with relatively large surface-to-volume ratio. The nanoscale CF can spontaneously break after formation, with a lifetime ranging from few microseconds to several months,...
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27342774
PMC4919853
pmc
4,268
{ "abstract": "Background Succinate is a kind of industrially important C4 platform chemical for synthesis of high value added products. Due to the economical and environmental advantages, considerable efforts on metabolic engineering and synthetic biology have been invested for bio-based production of succinate. Pre...
5,356
28638368
PMC5461252
pmc
4,270
{ "abstract": "The performance of microbial electrochemical cells depends upon microbial community structure and metabolic activity of the electrode biofilms. Iron as a signal affects biofilm development and enrichment of exoelectrogenic bacteria. In this study, the effect of ferrous iron on microbial communities of ...
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{ "abstract": "We study the effects of noise on the dynamics of a system of coupled self-propelling particles in the case where the coupling is time-delayed, and the delays are discrete and randomly generated. Previous work has demonstrated that the stability of a class of emerging patterns depends upon all moments o...
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PMC5270693
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{ "abstract": "ABSTRACT Here, we report the first draft genome sequence (42.38 Mb containing 13,657 genes) of Coniochaeta ligniaria NRRL 30616, an ascomycete with biotechnological relevance in the bioenergy field given its high potential for bioabatement of toxic furanic compounds in plant biomass hydrolysates and ...
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30507067
PMC7379504
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{ "abstract": "Summary Microbial populations exist to great depths on Earth, but with apparently insufficient energy supply. Earthquake rock fracturing produces H 2 from mechanochemical water splitting, however, microbial utilization of this widespread potential energy source has not been directly demonstrated. Here...
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{ "abstract": "A biofabrication strategy for creating planar multiscale protein, hydrogel, and cellular patterns, and simultaneously generating microscale topographical features is developed that laterally confines the patterned cells and direct their growth in cell permissive hydrogels." }
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PMC12066788
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{ "abstract": "Excessive use and overreliance on chemical fertilizers threatens soil health and environmental sustainability, necessitating eco-friendly alternatives like arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF). The benefits of AMF are well-documented in staple crops, their effects on diverse species—particularly legumes ...
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26347861
PMC4542537
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{ "abstract": "The aromatic compounds cinnamic and p -hydroxycinnamic acids (pHCAs) are phenylpropanoids having applications as precursors for the synthesis of thermoplastics, flavoring, cosmetic, and health products. These two aromatic acids can be obtained by chemical synthesis or extraction from plant tissues. Ho...
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PMC6139337
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{ "abstract": "Arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi have become an attractive target as biostimulants in agriculture due to their known contributions to plant nutrient uptake and abiotic stress tolerance. However, inoculation with AM fungi can result in depressed, unchanged, or stimulated plant growth, which limits secu...
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36274956
PMC9579507
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{ "abstract": "Summary Root exudates and rhizosphere microorganisms play key roles in the colonization of toxic plants under climate change and land degradation. However, how root exudates affect the rhizosphere microorganisms and soil nutrients of toxic plants in degraded grasslands remains unknown. We compared the ...
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36838385
PMC9959488
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{ "abstract": "Analyzing microbial communities using metagenomes is a powerful approach to understand compositional structures and functional connections in anaerobic digestion (AD) microbiomes. Whereas short-read sequencing approaches based on the Illumina platform result in highly fragmented metagenomes, long-read ...
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25980407
PMC4434858
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{ "abstract": "Background Host-microbe and microbe-microbe interactions are often governed by the complex exchange of metabolites. Such interactions play a key role in determining the way pathogenic and commensal species impact their host and in the assembly of complex microbial communities. Recently, several studies...
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PMC6052542
pmc
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{ "abstract": "Background Lignocellulosic biomass is seen as an abundant renewable source of liquid fuels and chemicals that are currently derived from petroleum. When lignocellulosic biomass is used for ethanol production, the resulting liquid residue (stillage) contains large amounts of organic material that could ...
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