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38946907 | PMC11211263 | pmc | 4,435 | {
"abstract": "Bryophytes, the second-largest group of plants, play a crucial role as early colonizers of land and are a prolific source of naturally occurring substances with significant economic potential. Microorganisms, particularly bacteria, cyanobacteria, fungi form intricate associations with plants, notably b... | 2,321 |
39880896 | PMC11779866 | pmc | 4,437 | {
"abstract": "Collective behavior in biological systems emerges from local interactions among individuals, enabling groups to adapt to dynamic environments. Traditional modeling approaches, such as bottom-up and top-down models, have limitations in accurately representing these complex interactions. We propose a nov... | 9,453 |
37570143 | PMC10419362 | pmc | 4,438 | {
"abstract": "Triboelectric nanogenerators (TENG) have shown great potential in harvesting energy from water. For the TENG that harvests water energy, surface hydrophobicity is crucial for its performance. In this paper, we prepare a hydrophobic composite film of Polyvinylidene Fluoride/Polydimethylsiloxane/Polytetr... | 4,666 |
36294652 | PMC9604847 | pmc | 4,443 | {
"abstract": "By dint of the development of agroecological practices and organic farming, stakeholders are becoming more and more aware of the importance of soil life and banning a growing number of pesticide molecules, promoting the use of plant bio-stimulants. To justify and promote the use of microbes in agroecol... | 2,021 |
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"abstract": "Photosynthetic algae and cyanobacteria have been proposed for producing biofuels through a direct photoconversion process. To accelerate the efforts of discovering and screening microbes for biofuel production, sensitive and high throughput methods to measure photosynthetic activity need to be develope... | 501 |
33177547 | PMC7659003 | pmc | 4,446 | {
"abstract": "Over the past decades, one main issue that has emerged in ecological and environmental research is how losses in biodiversity influence ecosystem dynamics and functioning, and consequently human society. Although biodiversity is a common indicator of ecosystem functioning, it is difficult to measure bi... | 4,222 |
39431241 | PMC11487525 | pmc | 4,447 | {
"abstract": "The concept of multifunctionality has enabled reservoir computers (RCs), a type of dynamical system that is typically realized as an artificial neural network, to reconstruct multiple attractors simultaneously using the same set of trained weights. However, there are many additional phenomena that aris... | 4,929 |
36917283 | PMC10497456 | pmc | 4,448 | {
"abstract": "Globally, \nsubstantial research into endophytic microbes is being conducted to increase agricultural and environmental sustainability. Endophytic microbes such as bacteria, actinomycetes, and fungi inhabit ubiquitously within the tissues of all plant species without causing any harm or disease. Endoph... | 3,356 |
38702785 | PMC11067214 | pmc | 4,449 | {
"abstract": "Background Living things from microbes to their hosts (plants, animals and humans) interact with each other, and their relationships may be described with complex network models. The present study focuses on the critical network structures, specifically the core/periphery nodes and backbones (paths of ... | 5,690 |
21059164 | null | s2 | 4,451 | {
"abstract": "Bacteria prefer to grow attached to themselves or an interface, and it is important for an array of applications to make biofilms disperse. Here we report simultaneously the discovery and protein engineering of BdcA (formerly YjgI) for biofilm dispersal using the universal signal 3,5-cyclic diguanylic ... | 307 |
26435905 | PMC4586181 | pmc | 4,452 | {
"abstract": "Respiration is an important process in photosynthetic organisms, as it is in other organisms, for the supply of ATP and metabolites required for biosynthesis. Furthermore, individual enzymatic activity is subject to regulation by metabolic intermediates in glycolysis and the citric acid cycle. However,... | 3,184 |
22363326 | PMC3282942 | pmc | 4,453 | {
"abstract": "Lifestyle adaptation of microbes due to changes in their ecological niches or acquisition of new environments is a major driving force for genetic changes in their respective genomes. Moving into more specialized niches often results in the acquisition of new gene sets via horizontal gene transfer to u... | 7,213 |
35630450 | PMC9142973 | pmc | 4,454 | {
"abstract": "Microbial electrolysis cells (MECs) are an emerging technology capable of harvesting part of the potential chemical energy in organic compounds while producing hydrogen. One of the main obstacles in MECs is the bacterial anode, which usually contains mixed cultures. Non-exoelectrogens can act as a phys... | 8,537 |
36862240 | PMC9981844 | pmc | 4,455 | {
"abstract": "Background Enhancement of lipid accumulation is the major strategy to improve the commercial feasibility of microalgae as a source for biodiesel production. Pseudochlorella pringsheimii (Formally was named as Chlorella ellipsoidea ) green microalgae strain was chosen with respect to their ability as... | 5,458 |
36844038 | PMC9944057 | pmc | 4,456 | {
"abstract": "Lipid-bilayer nanodiscs and liposomes have been developed to stabilize membrane proteins in order to study their structures and functions. Nanodiscs are detergent-free, water-soluble, and size-controlled planar phospholipid-bilayer platforms. On the other hand, liposomes are curved phospholipid-bilayer... | 1,269 |
28296150 | PMC5658582 | pmc | 4,457 | {
"abstract": "Summary This study addresses the question of ecological interest for the determination of structure and diversity of microbial communities that degrade lignocellulosic biomasses to produce biofuels. Two microbial consortia with different history, native of wheat straw ( NWS ) and from a methanogenic di... | 8,264 |
36364309 | PMC9655766 | pmc | 4,458 | {
"abstract": "Microbial fuel cells (MFCs) are an environmentally friendly technology and a source of renewable energy. It is used to generate electrical energy from organic waste using bacteria, which is an effective technology in wastewater treatment. The anode and the cathode electrodes and proton exchange membran... | 2,067 |
20423483 | PMC2873267 | pmc | 4,459 | {
"abstract": "Background Microbial consortia are a major form of life; however their stability conditions are poorly understood and are often explained in terms of species-specific defence mechanisms (secretion of extracellular matrix, antimicrobial compounds, siderophores, etc.). Here we propose a hypothesis that t... | 511 |
18218112 | PMC2259305 | pmc | 4,460 | {
"abstract": "Background Despite the prevalence of horizontal gene transfer (HGT) in bacteria, to this date there were few studies on HGT in the context of gene expression, operons and protein-protein interactions. Using the recently available data set on the E. coli protein-protein interaction network, we sought ... | 5,547 |
31542835 | PMC6754823 | pmc | 4,461 | {
"abstract": "Neolamarckia cadamba is an important fast growing tree species used for pulping and wood material in industry for it’s desirable wood properties. As one of the most important content in wood, lignin provides structural integrity, strength, and hydrophobicity to the thickened cell walls and is the majo... | 2,974 |
38283868 | PMC10821166 | pmc | 4,465 | {
"abstract": "Microalgal-indigenous bacterial wastewater treatment (MBWT) emerges as a promising approach for the concurrent removal of nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P). Despite its potential, the prevalent use of MBWT in batch systems limits its broader application. Furthermore, the success of MBWT critically depend... | 8,315 |
38276707 | PMC10820155 | pmc | 4,466 | {
"abstract": "The present work reports on an empirical mathematical expression for predicting the digital porosity (DP) of electrospun nanofiber veils, employing emulsions of poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVOH) and olive and orange oils. The electrospun nanofibers were analyzed by scanning electron microscopy (SEM), observin... | 5,069 |
38826158 | PMC11139967 | pmc | 4,468 | {
"abstract": "Abstract Understanding what regulates ecosystem functional responses to disturbance is essential in this era of global change. However, many pioneering and still influential disturbance‐related theorie proposed by ecosystem ecologists were developed prior to rapid global change, and before tools and me... | 2,782 |
34227665 | PMC8632791 | pmc | 4,472 | {
"abstract": "ABSTRACT Most swimming bacteria are capable of following gradients of nutrients, signaling molecules and other environmental factors that affect bacterial physiology. This tactic behavior became one of the most-studied model systems for signal transduction and quantitative biology, and underlying molec... | 3,680 |
33184377 | PMC7665216 | pmc | 4,474 | {
"abstract": "Petroleum refinery wastewater (PRW) that contains recalcitrant components as the major portion of constituents is difficult to treat by conventional biological processes. Microbial fuel cells (MFCs) which also produce renewable energy were found to be promising for the treatment of PRW. However, due to... | 6,891 |
37039578 | PMC10141414 | pmc | 4,475 | {
"abstract": "Methods for fabricating\nsuper-liquid-repellent surfaces\nhave typically\nrelied on perfluoroalkyl substances. However, growing concerns about\nthe environmental and health effects of perfluorinated compounds have\ncaused increased interest in fluorine-free alternatives. Polydimethylsiloxane\n(PDMS) is... | 302 |
26896131 | PMC4959497 | pmc | 4,476 | {
"abstract": "ABSTRACT A chemolithoautotrophic strain of the family Beggiatoaceae , Beggiatoa sp. strain 35Flor, was found to oxidize molecular hydrogen when grown in a medium with diffusional gradients of oxygen, sulfide, and hydrogen. Microsensor profiles and rate measurements suggested that the strain oxidized... | 5,327 |
37115261 | PMC10497666 | pmc | 4,478 | {
"abstract": "Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) in the roots and soil surrounding their hosts are typically independently investigated and little is known of the relationships between the communities of the two compartments. We simultaneously collected root and surrounding soil samples from Cryptomeria japonica (... | 3,938 |
32222320 | null | s2 | 4,481 | {
"abstract": "Isotopically nonstationary metabolic flux analysis (INST-MFA) provides a versatile platform to quantitatively assess in vivo metabolic activities of autotrophic systems. By applying INST-MFA to recombinant aldehyde-producing cyanobacteria, we identified metabolic alterations that correlated with increa... | 302 |
37635954 | PMC10457423 | pmc | 4,482 | {
"abstract": "Microbial electrosynthesis (MES) is a promising carbon utilization technology, but the low-value products (i.e., acetate or methane) and the high electric power demand hinder its industrial adoption. In this study, electrically efficient MES cells with a low ohmic resistance of 15.7 mΩ m 2 were operat... | 6,941 |
30034576 | null | s2 | 4,483 | {
"abstract": "Biological production of hydrocarbons is an attractive strategy to produce drop-in replacement transportation fuels. Several methods for converting microbially-produced fatty acids into reduced compounds compatible with petrodiesel have been reported. For these processes to become economically viable, ... | 216 |
27190206 | PMC4898794 | pmc | 4,484 | {
"abstract": "The spatial distribution of microbes on our planet is famously formulated in the Baas Becking hypothesis as “everything is everywhere but the environment selects.” While this hypothesis does not strictly rule out patterns caused by geographical effects on ecology and historical founder effects, it does... | 7,812 |
26568784 | PMC4644332 | pmc | 4,488 | {
"abstract": "Strain K22 T is the type species of the recently- described genus Pyrinomonas , in subdivision 4 of the phylum Acidobacteria (Int J Syst Evol Micr. 2014; 64(1):220–7). It was isolated from geothermally-heated soil from Mt. Ngauruhoe, New Zealand, using low-nutrient medium. P. methylaliphatogenes ... | 1,566 |
32708813 | PMC7407388 | pmc | 4,489 | {
"abstract": "Microalgae have a wide industrial potential because of their high metabolic diversity and plasticity. Selection of optimal cultivation methods is important to optimize multi-purpose microalgal biotechnologies. In this research, Chlorella sorokiniana AM-02 that was isolated from a freshwater lake was ... | 5,221 |
21863015 | PMC3265368 | pmc | 4,490 | {
"abstract": "Over the last decade electrical batteries have emerged as a critical bottleneck for portable electronics development. High-power mechanical energy harvesting can potentially provide a valuable alternative to the use of batteries, but, until now, a suitable mechanical-to-electrical energy conversion tec... | 1,783 |
33980683 | PMC8125057 | pmc | 4,491 | {
"abstract": "Kara B. De Leόn works in the field of microbial ecology, environmental biofilms, and microbial genetics."
} | 26 |
21461344 | null | s2 | 4,493 | {
"abstract": "Polymer nanofibers exhibit properties that make them a favorable material for the development of tissue engineering scaffolds, filtration devices, sensors, and high strength lightweight materials. Electrospinning is a versatile method commonly used to manufacture polymer nanofibers. Collection of elect... | 391 |
26568700 | PMC4623359 | pmc | 4,496 | {
"abstract": "Methanogens, a key contributor in global carbon cycling, methane emission, and alternative energy production, generate methane gas via anaerobic digestion of organic matter. The methane emission potential depends upon methanogenic diversity and activity. Since they are anaerobes and difficult to isolat... | 4,280 |
27399705 | PMC4970092 | pmc | 4,497 | {
"abstract": "In this paper, we study energy harvesting from the mouse click motions of a robot finger and a human index finger using a piezoelectric material. The feasibility of energy harvesting from mouse click motions is experimentally and theoretically assessed. The fingers wear a glove with a pocket for includ... | 1,839 |
25450192 | null | s2 | 4,498 | {
"abstract": "Advances in reading, writing and editing genetic materials have greatly expanded our ability to reprogram biological systems at the resolution of a single nucleotide and on the scale of a whole genome. Such capacity has greatly accelerated the cycles of design, build and test to engineer microbes for e... | 160 |
21481583 | null | s2 | 4,499 | {
"abstract": "Evolution results from molecular-level changes in an organism, thereby producing novel phenotypes and, eventually novel species. However, changes in a single gene can lead to significant changes in biomolecular networks through the gain and loss of many molecular interactions. Thus, significant insight... | 212 |
24478193 | null | s2 | 4,500 | {
"abstract": "Many bacteria regulate gene expression through a cell-cell signaling process called quorum sensing (QS). In proteobacteria, QS is largely mediated by signaling molecules known as N-acylated L-homoserine lactones (AHLs) and their associated intracellular LuxR-type receptors. The design of non-native sma... | 396 |
34577990 | PMC8468103 | pmc | 4,501 | {
"abstract": "Renewable polymers with self-healing ability, excellent elongation, hydrophobicity, and selective oil absorption attributes are of interest for an extensive range of applications, such as e-skin, soft robots, wearable devices, and cleaning up oil spills. Herein, two fully renewable eco-friendly polyami... | 8,184 |
39836381 | PMC11833322 | pmc | 4,502 | {
"abstract": "Abstract Land-use changes threaten ecosystems and are a major driver of species loss. Plants may adapt or migrate to resist global change, but this can lag behind rapid anthropogenic changes to the environment. Our data show that natural modulations of the microbiome of grassland plants in response to ... | 2,975 |
34940148 | PMC8704280 | pmc | 4,503 | {
"abstract": "Simple Summary Comparisons of plant and insect pollinator networks along elevational gradients can help predict future impacts of changing climate on pollinator distribution on local scales. We compare the pollination network structure along the altitudinal gradient of the San Francisco Peaks in Arizon... | 5,392 |
30016366 | PMC6049921 | pmc | 4,505 | {
"abstract": "Here we describe development of a microfluidic viscometer based on arrays of magnetically actuated micro-posts. Quantitative viscosities over a range of three orders of magnitude were determined for samples of less than 20 μL . This represents the first demonstration of quantitative viscometry using d... | 5,055 |
28765600 | PMC5539299 | pmc | 4,506 | {
"abstract": "An industrial waste, 1,2,3-trichloropropane (TCP), is toxic and extremely recalcitrant to biodegradation. To date, no natural TCP degraders able to mineralize TCP aerobically have been isolated. In this work, we engineered a biosafety Pseudomonas putida strain KT2440 for aerobic mineralization of TCP... | 6,584 |
38389536 | PMC10883772 | pmc | 4,507 | {
"abstract": "Microbial communities have been used as important biological tools for a variety of purposes associated with agriculture, the food industry and human health. Artificial engineering of microbial communities is an emerging field of research motivated by finding stable and efficient microbial systems. How... | 8,812 |
37903266 | PMC7615278 | pmc | 4,510 | {
"abstract": "Significance Bacillus subtilis , a common soil bacterium, forms water-repellent multicellular biofilm communities. A key component of this hydrophobicity is the presence of a self-assembled surface layer of protein known as BslA. Previous work has shown that BslA forms a highly ordered elastic layer at... | 2,495 |
37196337 | PMC10278179 | pmc | 4,513 | {
"abstract": "The inner physicochemical\nheterogeneity of bacterial cells generates\nthree-dimensional (3D)-dependent variations of resources for effective\nexpression of given chromosomally located genes. This fact has been\nexploited for adjusting the most favorable parameters for implanting\na complex device for ... | 1,431 |
31372223 | null | s2 | 4,514 | {
"abstract": "Catechol-bearing polymers form hydrogel networks through cooperative oxidative crosslinking and coordination chemistry. Here we describe the kinetics of cation-dependent electrochemical-mediated gelation of precursor solutions composed of catechol functionalized four-arm poly(ethylene glycol) combined ... | 157 |
35145889 | PMC8816665 | pmc | 4,516 | {
"abstract": "Highlights • All the Bradyrhizobium species were effective; but, B. shewense was the most effective. • Inoculation of Erythrina brucei with all inoculants increased shoot length and dry weight. • E. brucei inoculated with B. shewense +A. soli increased the shoot N by 260%. • E. brucei inoculated with B... | 6,038 |
38443414 | PMC10914721 | pmc | 4,517 | {
"abstract": "Coral reef ecosystems supported by environmentally sensitive reef-building corals face serious threats from human activities. Our understanding of these reef threats is hampered by the lack of sufficiently sensitive coral environmental impact assessment systems. In this study, we established a platform... | 3,576 |
34946025 | PMC8709402 | pmc | 4,519 | {
"abstract": "The genus Gemmobacter grows phototrophically, aerobically, or anaerobically, and utilizes methylated amine. Here, we present two high-quality complete genomes of the strains con4 and con5 T isolated from a culture of Anabaena . The strains possess sMMO (soluble methane monooxygenase)-oxidizing alka... | 3,028 |
32953424 | null | s2 | 4,521 | {
"abstract": "The development of power generators that can function in harsh snowy environments and in contact with snow can be beneficial but challenging to accomplish. Herein, we introduce the first snow-based triboelectric nanogenerator (snow-TENG) that can be used as an energy harvester and a multifunctional sen... | 169 |
22428027 | PMC3302856 | pmc | 4,522 | {
"abstract": "Background Coral bleaching events vary in severity, however, to date, the hierarchy of susceptibility to bleaching among coral taxa has been consistent over a broad geographic range and among bleaching episodes. Here we examine the extent of spatial and temporal variation in thermal tolerance among scl... | 3,237 |
39985278 | PMC11934084 | pmc | 4,523 | {
"abstract": "ABSTRACT Climate‐driven range extensions of animals into higher latitudes are often facilitated by phenotypic plasticity. Modifications to habitat preference, behaviour and diet can increase the persistence of range‐extending species in novel high‐latitude ecosystems. These strategies may be influenced... | 4,613 |
35646842 | PMC9136054 | pmc | 4,524 | {
"abstract": "Microalgae have drawn much attention for their potential applications as a sustainable source for developing bioactive compounds, functional foods, feeds, and biofuels. Diatoms, as one major group of microalgae with high yields and strong adaptability to the environment, have shown advantages in develo... | 2,599 |
24118108 | null | s2 | 4,525 | {
"abstract": "Intercellular chemical signaling in bacteria, commonly referred to as quorum sensing (QS), relies on the production and detection of compounds known as pheromones to elicit coordinated responses among members of a community. Pheromones produced by Gram-positive bacteria are comprised of small peptides.... | 326 |
25648201 | PMC4316194 | pmc | 4,526 | {
"abstract": "Exploiting biomass as an alternative to petrochemicals for the production of commodity plastics is vitally important if we are to become a more sustainable society. Here, we report a synthetic route for the production of terephthalic acid (TPA), the monomer of the widely used thermoplastic polymer poly... | 2,491 |
35727987 | PMC9245616 | pmc | 4,527 | {
"abstract": "Significance Advances in DNA sequencing have provided an unprecedented view of the complex microbial communities that populate global ecosystems. We present a metatranscriptomic analysis of samples from the boreal forest—the largest terrestrial carbon store—capturing the seasonally resolved transcripto... | 4,032 |
36469764 | PMC9897461 | pmc | 4,529 | {
"abstract": "Significance Phototrophic organisms provide most of the metabolic energy powering life on this planet. There exist two fundamentally different systems for harvesting light energy: (bacterio)chlorophyll-based photosynthetic complexes and proton-pumping rhodopsins. Different phototrophic groups use one s... | 1,957 |
38225698 | PMC10933641 | pmc | 4,530 | {
"abstract": "Abstract Memristors are regarded as promising candidates for breaking the problems including high off‐chip memory access delays and the hash rate cost of frequent data moving induced by algorithms for data‐intensive applications of existing computational systems. Recently, organic–inorganic halide pero... | 10,684 |
36352542 | PMC9646523 | pmc | 4,531 | {
"abstract": "Abstract Background Coral reefs house about 25% of marine biodiversity and are critical for the livelihood of many communities by providing food, tourism revenue, and protection from wave surge. These magnificent ecosystems are under existential threat from anthropogenic climate change. Whereas extensi... | 436 |
22399947 | PMC3280839 | pmc | 4,532 | {
"abstract": "Wireless Sensor Networks consisting of nodes with limited power are deployed to gather useful information from the field. In WSNs it is critical to collect the information in an energy efficient manner. Ant Colony Optimization, a swarm intelligence based optimization technique, is widely used in networ... | 1,872 |
28651051 | null | s2 | 4,533 | {
"abstract": "Robust self-assembly across length scales is a ubiquitous feature of biological systems but remains challenging for synthetic structures. Taking a cue from biology-where disparate molecules work together to produce large, functional assemblies-we demonstrate how to engineer microscale structures with n... | 262 |
23300594 | PMC3530589 | pmc | 4,535 | {
"abstract": "Fumaric acid (FA) is a promising biomass-derived building-block chemical. Bio-based FA production from renewable feedstock is a promising and sustainable alternative to petroleum-based chemical synthesis. Here we report on FA production by direct fermentation using metabolically engineered Saccharomyc... | 2,584 |
33791573 | PMC7750977 | pmc | 4,536 | {
"abstract": "Synopsis Bioeroding organisms play an important part in shaping structural complexity and carbonate budgets on coral reefs. Species interactions between various bioeroders are an important area of study, as these interactions can affect net rates of bioerosion within a community and mediate how bioerod... | 3,699 |
26184838 | PMC4505329 | pmc | 4,540 | {
"abstract": "To elucidate how geothermal irregularities affect the sustainability of high-temperature microbiomes we studied the synecological dynamics of a geothermal microbial mat community (GMMC) vis-à-vis fluctuations in its environment. Spatiotemporally-discrete editions of a photosynthetic GMMC colonizing the... | 15,773 |
27230116 | PMC4882505 | pmc | 4,541 | {
"abstract": "3-Hydroxypropionic acid (3-HP) is an important platform chemical proposed by the United States Department of Energy. 3-HP can be converted to a series of bulk chemicals. Biological production of 3-HP has made great progress in recent years. However, low yield of 3-HP restricts its commercialization. In... | 2,593 |
29346651 | PMC5888944 | pmc | 4,544 | {
"abstract": "Abstract Extensive microbial gene flows affect how we understand virology, microbiology, medical sciences, genetic modification, and evolutionary biology. Phylogenies only provide a narrow view of these gene flows: plasmids and viruses, lacking core genes, cannot be attached to cellular life on phyloge... | 14,526 |
34977394 | PMC8685918 | pmc | 4,545 | {
"abstract": "Bio-manufacturing via microbial cell factory requires large promoter library for fine-tuned metabolic engineering. Ogataea polymorpha , one of the methylotrophic yeasts, possesses advantages in broad substrate spectrum, thermal-tolerance, and capacity to achieve high-density fermentation. However, a l... | 2,075 |
35745983 | PMC9230667 | pmc | 4,546 | {
"abstract": "Superhydrophobic coatings are widely applied in various applications due to their water-repelling characteristics. However, producing a durable superhydrophobic coating with less harmful low surface materials and solvents remains a challenge. Therefore, the aim of this work is to study the effects of t... | 5,547 |
22239666 | null | s2 | 4,548 | {
"abstract": "Biofilm formation in Vibrio cholerae is in part regulated by norspermidine, a polyamine synthesized by the enzyme carboxynorspermidine decarboxylase (NspC). The absence of norspermidine in the cell leads to a marked reduction in V. cholerae biofilm formation by an unknown mechanism. In this work, we sh... | 227 |
35995792 | PMC9395534 | pmc | 4,550 | {
"abstract": "Muconic acid is a bioprivileged molecule that can be converted into direct replacement chemicals for incumbent petrochemicals and performance-advantaged bioproducts. In this study, Pseudomonas putida KT2440 is engineered to convert glucose and xylose, the primary carbohydrates in lignocellulosic hydr... | 5,519 |
36557508 | PMC9782629 | pmc | 4,551 | {
"abstract": "Several species of plants and animals demonstrate an ability to resist the accumulation of contaminants natural to their environments. To explain this phenomenon, mechanisms that facilitate fouling resistance have to be deciphered. Along these lines, this study is focused on the correlation between dra... | 2,616 |
32106516 | PMC7142476 | pmc | 4,553 | {
"abstract": "Iron-rich pelagic aggregates (iron snow) are hot spots for microbial interactions. Using iron snow isolates, we previously demonstrated that the iron-oxidizer Acidithrix sp. C25 triggers Acidiphilium sp. C61 aggregation by producing the infochemical 2-phenethylamine (PEA). Here, we showed slightly ... | 4,840 |
24309679 | null | s2 | 4,556 | {
"abstract": "Previously we showed how delay communication between globally coupled self-propelled agents causes new spatio-temporal patterns to arise when the delay coupling is fixed among all agents [1]. In this paper, we show how discrete, randomly distributed delays affect the dynamical patterns. In particular, ... | 121 |
38637667 | PMC11026385 | pmc | 4,559 | {
"abstract": "Dominant vegetation in many ecosystems is an integral component of structure and habitat. In many drylands, native shrubs function as foundation species that benefit other plants and animals. However, invasive exotic plant species can comprise a significant proportion of the vegetation. In Central Cali... | 3,098 |
23977959 | null | s2 | 4,560 | {
"abstract": "LigAB from Sphingomonas paucimobilis SYK-6 is the only structurally characterized dioxygenase of the largely uncharacterized superfamily of Type II extradiol dioxygenases (EDO). This enzyme catalyzes the oxidative ring-opening of protocatechuate (3,4-dihydroxybenzoic acid or PCA) in a pathway allowing ... | 477 |
37766973 | PMC10520884 | pmc | 4,561 | {
"abstract": "Summary Even though the discovery of lytic polysaccharide monooxygenases (LPMOs) has fundamentally shifted our understanding of biomass degradation, most of the current studies focused on their roles in carbohydrate oxidation. However, no study demonstrated if LPMO could directly participate to the pro... | 3,374 |
29099490 | PMC5739024 | pmc | 4,564 | {
"abstract": "The rock-hosted subseafloor crustal aquifer harbors a reservoir of microbial life that may influence global marine biogeochemical cycles. Here we utilized metagenomic libraries of crustal fluid samples from North Pond, located on the flanks of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, a site with cold, oxic subseafloor ... | 5,762 |
25322701 | PMC4200407 | pmc | 4,565 | {
"abstract": "A coupling process of anaerobic methanogenesis and electromethanogenesis was proposed to treat high organic load rate (OLR) wastewater. During the start-up stage, acetate removal efficiency of the electric-biological reactor (R1) reached the maximization about 19 percentage points higher than that of t... | 5,212 |
30377376 | PMC6235447 | pmc | 4,567 | {
"abstract": "Functional profiling from metagenomic or metatranscriptomic (“meta’omic”) sequencing provides insight into the molecular activities of microbial communities. These analyses are typically carried out using comprehensive search of sequencing reads, which is time-consuming, prone to spurious mapping, and ... | 1,654 |
30617344 | PMC6353673 | pmc | 4,569 | {
"abstract": "Coral reefs are declining dramatically and losing species richness, but the impact of declining biodiversity on coral well-being remains inadequately understood. Here, we demonstrate that lower coral species richness alone can suppress growth and survivorship of multiple species of corals ( Porites cyl... | 159 |
24138057 | null | s2 | 4,571 | {
"abstract": "Chitosan, a load-bearing biomacromolecule found in the exoskeletons of crustaceans and insects, is a promising biopolymer for the replacement of synthetic plastic compounds. Here, surface interactions mediated by chitosan in aqueous solutions, including the effects of pH and contact time, were investig... | 348 |
20711520 | null | s2 | 4,572 | {
"abstract": "Researchers studying complex cognition have grown increasingly interested in mapping symbolic cognitive architectures onto subsymbolic brain models. Such a mapping seems essential for understanding cognition under all but the most extreme viewpoints (namely, that cognition consists exclusively of digit... | 290 |
27242685 | PMC4862312 | pmc | 4,573 | {
"abstract": "Hydrothermal sulfide chimneys located along the global system of oceanic spreading centers are habitats for microbial life during active venting. Hydrothermally extinct, or inactive, sulfide deposits also host microbial communities at globally distributed sites. The main goal of this study is to descri... | 6,738 |
32108224 | PMC7144361 | pmc | 4,574 | {
"abstract": "Abstract In order to develop successful strategies for coral reef preservation, it is critical that the biology of both host corals and symbiotic algae are investigated. In the Ryukyu Archipelago, which encompasses many islands spread over ∼500 km of the Pacific Ocean, four major populations of the cor... | 4,536 |
34308069 | PMC8296599 | pmc | 4,575 | {
"abstract": "Thermal sprayed aluminum\ncoatings are widely scalable to corrosion\nprotection of the offshore\nsteel structure. However, the corrosion rate of the Al coating increases\nconsiderably due to the severe marine environment. It has remained\na challenge to improve the corrosion resistance and protective a... | 7,820 |
31689680 | PMC6964152 | pmc | 4,576 | {
"abstract": "Complementary Learning Systems (CLS) theory suggests that the brain uses a ’neocortical’ and a ’hippocampal’ learning system to achieve complex behaviour. These two systems are complementary in that the ’neocortical’ system relies on slow learning of distributed representations while the ’hippocampal’ ... | 6,544 |
26577813 | PMC4649621 | pmc | 4,578 | {
"abstract": "The bright and iridescent blue color from Morpho butterfly wings has attracted worldwide attentions to explore its mysterious nature for long time. Although the physics of structural color by the nanophotonic structures built on the wing scales has been well established, replications of the wing stru... | 865 |
32968619 | null | s2 | 4,580 | {
"abstract": "Although microbes competing for simple substrates are well-known to obey the ecological competitive exclusion principle, little is known regarding how complex substrates influence the ecology of microbial communities. The vast structural diversity of polysaccharides makes them ideal substrates for coop... | 223 |
26648912 | PMC4664643 | pmc | 4,581 | {
"abstract": "Many definitions of resilience have been proffered for natural and engineered ecosystems, but a conceptual consensus on resilience in microbial communities is still lacking. We argue that the disconnect largely results from the wide variance in microbial community complexity, which range from compositi... | 1,774 |
27114888 | PMC4841221 | pmc | 4,582 | {
"abstract": "On Hawaiian reefs, the fast-growing, invasive algae Gracilaria salicornia overgrows coral heads, restricting water flow and light, thereby smothering corals. Field data shows hypoxic conditions (dissolved oxygen (DO 2 ) < 2 mg/L) occurring underneath algal mats at night, and concurrent bleaching and ... | 3,617 |
35541092 | PMC9083089 | pmc | 4,583 | {
"abstract": "In this work, inspired by some typical creatures from nature with superhydrophobic surfaces, a bio-inspired antifogging PDMS is designed and fabricated successfully using UV lithography and a template method. First, we fabricated an SU-8 layer with a bio-inspired micro-pillared array (MPA) using tradit... | 7,225 |
32733397 | PMC7360803 | pmc | 4,584 | {
"abstract": "Methane seeps are widespread seafloor ecosystems shaped by complex physicochemical-biological interactions over geological timescales, and seep microbiomes play a vital role in global biogeochemical cycling of key elements on Earth. However, the mechanisms underlying the coexistence of methane-cycling ... | 5,274 |
39154166 | PMC11330620 | pmc | 4,585 | {
"abstract": "The cell and molecular bases of arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) symbiosis, a crucial plant-fungal interaction for nutrient acquisition, have been extensively investigated by coupling traditional RNA sequencing techniques of roots sampled in bulk, with methods to capture subsets of cells such as laser micro... | 2,834 |
32911685 | PMC7566005 | pmc | 4,586 | {
"abstract": "An understanding of how fertilization influences endophytes is crucial for sustainable agriculture, since the manipulation of the plant microbiome could affect plant fitness and productivity. This study was focused on the response of microbial communities in the soil and tubers to the regular applicati... | 4,569 |
39372026 | PMC11447871 | pmc | 4,588 | {
"abstract": "Brazil is one of\nthe world’s leading producers\nof staple\nfoods and bioethanol. Lignocellulosic residual sources have been proposed\nas a promising feedstock for 2G bioethanol and to reduce competition\nbetween food and fuels. This work aims to discuss residual biomass\nfrom Brazilian agriculture as ... | 3,201 |
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