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PMC6510217
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{ "abstract": "The Legume-Rhizobium symbiosis has been proposed as a promising technique for the phytoremediation of contaminated soils due to its beneficial activity in symbiotic nitrogen fixation. However, numerous studies have shown that excessive heavy metals reduce the efficiency of symbiotic nodulation with Rhi...
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{ "abstract": "Nature integrates complex biosynthetic and energy-converting tasks within compartments such as chloroplasts and mitochondria. Chloroplasts convert light into chemical energy, driving carbon dioxide fixation. We used microfluidics to develop a chloroplast mimic by encapsulating and operating photosynthe...
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{ "abstract": "The immune system is made up of a diverse collection of cells, each of which has distinct sets of triggers that elicit unique and overlapping responses. It is correctly described as a 'system' because its overall properties (e.g. 'tolerance', 'allergy') emerge from multiple interactions of its componen...
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PMC11310149
pmc
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{ "abstract": "Forage maize is a versatile crop extensively utilized for animal nutrition in agriculture and holds promise as a valuable resource for the production of fermentable sugars in the biorefinery sector. Within this context, the carbohydrate fraction of the lignocellulosic biomass undergoes deconstruction d...
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PMC11632578
pmc
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{ "abstract": "Abstract Renewable chemicals, which are made from renewable resources such as biomass, have attracted significant interest as substitutes for natural gas‐ or petroleum‐derived chemicals to enhance the sustainability of the chemical and petrochemical industries. Polybutylene adipate terephthalate (PBAT)...
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35245282
PMC8926250
pmc
4,594
{ "abstract": "Most microbes live in spatially structured communities (e.g., biofilms) in which they interact with their neighbors through the local exchange of diffusible molecules. To understand the functioning of these communities, it is essential to uncover how these local interactions shape community-level prope...
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PMC11701728
pmc
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{ "abstract": "Elastomers are of great significance in developing smart materials for information encryption, and their unique self-healing and highly flexible properties provide innovative solutions to enhance security and anti-counterfeiting effectiveness. However, challenges remain in the multifunctional combinati...
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34885525
PMC8658260
pmc
4,597
{ "abstract": "Mechanical energy is the most ubiquitous form of energy that can be harvested and converted into useful electrical power. For this reason, the piezoelectric energy harvesters (PEHs), with their inherent electromechanical coupling and high-power density, have been widely incorporated in many application...
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PMC11401804
pmc
4,598
{ "abstract": "A key aspect of sustainable bioeconomy is the recirculation of renewable, agricultural waste streams as substrates for microbial production of high-value compounds. One approach is the bioconversion of corn stover, an abundant maize crop byproduct, using the fungal maize pathogen Ustilago maydis. U. m...
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PMC6824861
pmc
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{ "abstract": "Electrical signals in networks of nanoparticles emulate correlated avalanches of signals and criticality in the brain.", "introduction": "INTRODUCTION There is currently huge interest in building neuromorphic computational systems that operate on brain-like principles to perform certain tasks (e.g., ...
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PMC6116750
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{ "abstract": "Summary Phytoremediation is a green and sustainable alternative to physico‐chemical methods for contaminated soil remediation. One of the flavours of phytoremediation is rhizoremediation, where plant roots stimulate soil microbes to degrade organic contaminants. This approach is particularly interestin...
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PMC10876929
pmc
4,605
{ "abstract": "Biomolecular systems are dependent on a complex interplay of forces. Modern force spectroscopy techniques provide means of interrogating these forces, but they are not optimized for studies in constrained environments as they require attachment to micron-scale probes such as beads or cantilevers. Nanom...
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{ "abstract": "Anoxygenic photosynthetic prokaryotes arose in ancient oceans ~3.5 billion years ago. The evolution of oxygenic photosynthesis by cyanobacteria followed soon after, enabling eukaryogenesis and the evolution of complex life. The Archaeplastida lineage dates back ~1.5 billion years to the domestication o...
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PMC8667554
pmc
4,610
{ "abstract": "An artificial cell is a simplified model of a living system, bringing breakthroughs into both basic life science and applied research. The bottom-up strategy instructs the construction of an artificial cell from nonliving materials, which could be complicated and interdisciplinary considering the inher...
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{ "abstract": "Recent advances in microfluidics have enabled the molecular-level study of polymer dynamics using single DNA chains. Single polymer studies based on fluorescence microscopy allow for the direct observation of non-equilibrium polymer conformations and dynamical phenomena such as diffusion, relaxation, a...
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PMC8048578
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{ "abstract": "Summary Methanol is an ubiquitous compound that plays a role in microbial processes as a carbon and energy source, intermediate in metabolic processes or as end product in fermentation. In anoxic environments, methanol can act as the sole carbon and energy source for several guilds of microorganisms: s...
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PMC6632161
pmc
4,616
{ "abstract": "Due to the ongoing crises of fossil fuel depletion, climate change, and environmental pollution, microbial processes are increasingly considered as a potential alternative for cleaner and more efficient production of the diverse chemicals required for modern civilization. However, many issues, includin...
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40072809
PMC11904071
pmc
4,617
{ "abstract": "Highlights \n This review provides an overview of recent developments in soft ionic sensors inspired by biological sensory systems, focusing on their material properties and working principles. The features and working principles of natural and artificial sensing systems are investigated in terms of si...
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30464767
PMC6234839
pmc
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{ "abstract": "Droughts strongly affect carbon and nitrogen cycling in grasslands, with consequences for ecosystem productivity. Therefore, we investigated how experimental grassland communities interact with groups of soil microorganisms. In particular, we explored the mechanisms of the drought-induced decoupling of...
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36880312
PMC10053025
pmc
4,619
{ "abstract": "A myriad of natural surfaces such as plant leaves and insect wings can repel water and remain unwetted inspiring scientists and engineers to develop water-repellent surfaces for various applications. Those natural and artificial water-repellent surfaces are typically opaque, containing micro- and nano-...
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{ "abstract": "Bacillus subtilis is a soil-dwelling Gram-positive bacterial species that has been extensively studied as a model of biofilm formation and stress-induced cellular differentiation. The tetrameric protein, SinR, has been identified as a master regulator for biofilm formation and linked to the regulation ...
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{ "abstract": "In many streptococci, quorum sensing utilizes secreted, linear peptides that engage cognate receptors to coordinate gene expression among members of a local population. Streptococcus mutans employs the secreted peptides CSP and XIP to stimulate production of antimicrobial bacteriocins and to induce dev...
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PMC11511842
pmc
4,625
{ "abstract": "Anaerobic digestion is one of the most promising options for the disposal of biodegradable food waste. However, the relatively high content of oil in food waste inhibits the conversion efficiency of anaerobic digestion because of the accumulation of long-chain fatty acids (LCFAs). In this study, activa...
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PMC4205766
pmc
4,626
{ "abstract": "Background Obtaining a better understanding of the complex mechanisms occurring\nduring lignocellulosic deconstruction is critical to the continued growth of\nrenewable biofuel production. A key step in bioethanol production is\nthermochemical pretreatment to reduce plant cell wall recalcitrance for do...
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{ "abstract": "The interiors of plants are colonized by diverse microorganisms that are referred to as endophytes. Endophytes have received much attention over the past few decades, yet many questions remain unanswered regarding patterns in their biodiversity at local to global scales. To characterize research effort...
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{ "abstract": "Great progress has been made in understanding gut microbiomes' products and their effects on health and disease. Less attention, however, has been given to the inputs that gut bacteria consume. Here, we quantitatively examine inputs and outputs of the mouse gut microbiome, using isotope tracing. The ma...
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PMC10089216
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{ "abstract": "Significance Spontaneous building of bio-inspired organization with both accurate morphologies and well-defined functions is still highly challenging. We illustrate a versatile approach to control assemblies of complementary “staple” and “brick” proteins into supramolecular accurate architectures by ch...
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PMC5464397
pmc
4,631
{ "abstract": "Advances in our ability to systematically introduce and track controlled genetic variance in microbes have fueled high-throughput reverse genetics approaches in the past decade. When coupled to quantitative readouts, such approaches are extremely powerful at elucidating gene function and providing insi...
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PMC5667448
pmc
4,632
{ "abstract": "Background Using globally abundant crop residues as a carbon source for energy generation and renewable chemicals production stand out as a promising solution to reduce current dependency on fossil fuels. In nature, such as in compost habitats, microbial communities efficiently degrade the available pl...
2,405
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PMC10558546
pmc
4,636
{ "abstract": "Ensuring plant resilience to drought and phosphorus (P) stresses is crucial to support global food security. The phytobiome, shaped by selective pressures, harbors stress-adapted microorganisms that confer host benefits like enhanced growth and stress tolerance. Intercropping systems also offer benefit...
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PMC9400955
pmc
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{ "abstract": "Abstract The oxidation of 5‐hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF) to 2,5‐furandicarboxylic acid (FDCA) is highly attractive as FDCA is considered as substitute for the petrochemically derived terephthalic acid. There are only few reports on the direct use of unrefined HMF solutions from biomass resources and the...
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{ "abstract": "In Vibrio cholerae, the genes required for biofilm development are repressed by quorum sensing at high cell density due to the accumulation in the medium of two signaling molecules, cholera autoinducer 1 (CAI-1) and autoinducer 2 (AI-2). A significant fraction of toxigenic V. cholerae isolates, however...
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PMC10060342
pmc
4,639
{ "abstract": "We study the microbiome of sea water collected from two locations of the Barbadian coral reefs. The two sites differ in several environmental and ecological variables including their endogenous benthic community and their proximity to urban development and runoffs from inland watersheds. The compositio...
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35542204
PMC9080276
pmc
4,641
{ "abstract": "In this study, a facile one-step dip-coating approach was reported for fabrication of superhydrophobic copper mesh by using PDMS, SiO 2 nanoparticles, PVDF microparticles and a couple agent 3-aminopropyltriethoxysilane (KH-550). It is found that undesirable SiO 2 agglomeration was obviously reduced b...
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PMC10018508
pmc
4,642
{ "abstract": "In recent years,\nconductive hydrogels have received increasing\nattention as wearable electronics due to the electrochemical properties\nof conductive polymers combined with the softness of hydrogels. However,\nconventional hydrogels are complicated to prepare, require high temperature\nor UV radiatio...
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PMC3418255
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4,643
{ "abstract": "Background Quorum sensing (QS) in Sinorhizobium meliloti involves at least half a dozen different N -acyl homoserine lactone (AHL) signals. These signals are produced by SinI, the sole AHL synthase in S. meliloti Rm8530. The sinI gene is regulated by two LuxR-type transcriptional regulators, Sin...
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PMC4110509
pmc
4,645
{ "abstract": "The effect of sulfate addition on the stability of, and microbial community behavior in, low-temperature anaerobic expanded granular sludge bed-based bioreactors was investigated at 15°C. Efficient bioreactor performance was observed, with chemical oxygen demand (COD) removal efficiencies of >90%, and ...
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36329932
PMC9583627
pmc
4,646
{ "abstract": "A triboelectric nanogenerator (TENG) provides an effective method to harvest mechanical energy from the environment. The morphology and structure of frictional electrode materials of this type of device affect the output performance significantly. Metal–organic coordination polymers (CPs) with special ...
3,451
35243445
PMC8861581
pmc
4,647
{ "abstract": "Highlights • An easy set-up of the co-cultures from 2 different microorganisms (filamentous fungi and bacteria) from different microbial domains resulting into a greater and more diverse metabolic and lignocellulolytic content. • An over expression of several key enzymatic lignocellulolytic activities ...
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PMC8654227
pmc
4,648
{ "abstract": "The microbial and molecular characterization of the ectorhizosphere is an important step towards developing a more complete understanding of how the cultivation of biofuel crops can be undertaken in nutrient poor environments. The ectorhizosphere of Setaria is of particular interest because the plant...
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PMC10772173
pmc
4,649
{ "abstract": "The paper was devoted to the results of the study of methods to obtain superhydrophobic film based on the plasma polymerisation of hexamethyldisiloxane (HMDSO) inside the plasma jet at atmospheric pressure. The 3D printing technology was intended for film deposition, which has the advantage of producin...
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PMC8081362
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{ "abstract": "Metal ion tracking allows monitoring of the healing process in supramolecular polymers on the nanoscale.", "introduction": "INTRODUCTION Because the possibility to heal defects in polymeric objects is of substantial technological relevance, the design of materials that enable this function and the de...
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PMC7116457
pmc
4,653
{ "abstract": "Rapid changes in species composition, also known as ecotones, can result from various causes including rapid changes in environmental conditions, or physiological thresholds. The possibility that ecotones arise from ecological niche construction by ecosystem engineers has received little attention. In ...
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PMC5116212
pmc
4,654
{ "abstract": "Background Poly-3- d -hydroxybutyrate (PHB) that is a promising precursor for bioplastic with similar physical properties as polypropylene, is naturally produced by several bacterial species. The bacterial pathway is comprised of the three enzymes β-ketothiolase, acetoacetyl-CoA reductase (AAR) and PHB...
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PMC11300351
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4,657
{ "abstract": "Introduction The integration of self-attention mechanisms into Spiking Neural Networks (SNNs) has garnered considerable interest in the realm of advanced deep learning, primarily due to their biological properties. Recent advancements in SNN architecture, such as Spikformer, have demonstrated promising...
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PMC8915166
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{ "abstract": "This Review presents\nand discusses the current state of the art\nin “exchangeable liquid crystalline elastomers”, that\nis, LCE materials utilizing dynamically cross-linked networks capable\nof reprocessing, reprogramming, and recycling. The focus here is on\nthe chemistry and the specific reaction me...
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PMC5792611
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{ "abstract": "Abstract Despite the importance of coral microbiomes for holobiont persistence, the interactions among these are not well understood. In particular, knowledge of the co‐occurrence and taxonomic importance of specific members of the microbial core, as well as patterns of specific mobile genetic elements...
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PMC4937784
pmc
4,662
{ "abstract": "Although the photosynthetic reaction center is well conserved among different cyanobacterial species, the modes of metabolism, e.g. respiratory, nitrogen and carbon metabolism and their mutual interaction, are quite diverse. To explore such uniformity and diversity among cyanobacteria, here we compare ...
4,084
36645348
PMC9893811
pmc
4,663
{ "abstract": "Rapid and sustained\ncondensate droplet departure from a surface\nis key toward achieving high heat-transfer rates in condensation,\na physical process critical to a broad range of industrial and societal\napplications. Despite the progress in enhancing condensation heat\ntransfer through inducing its ...
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34919672
PMC8892540
pmc
4,665
{ "abstract": "ABSTRACT Fungi form a major and diverse component of most ecosystems on Earth. They are both micro and macroorganisms with high and varying functional diversity as well as great variation in dispersal modes. With our growing knowledge of microbial biogeography, it has become increasingly clear that fun...
3,722
35557786
PMC9088944
pmc
4,666
{ "abstract": "Introducing exogenous species to an indigenous microbial community is an effective way to reveal the connections between metabolic processes, ecological function and microbial community structure. Herein, three different functional consortia (ferrous oxidizers, sulfur oxidizers and ferrous/sulfur oxidi...
7,456
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PMC10693988
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4,671
{ "abstract": "By directly converting solar energy and carbon dioxide into biobased products, cyanobacteria are promising chassis for photosynthetic biosynthesis. To make cyanobacterial photosynthetic biosynthesis technology economically feasible on industrial scales, exploring and engineering cyanobacterial chassis ...
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36182956
PMC9526701
pmc
4,674
{ "abstract": "Corynebacterium glutamicum is the major host for the industrial production of amino acids and has become one of the best studied model organisms in microbial biotechnology. Rational strain construction has led to an improvement of producer strains and to a variety of novel producer strains with a broa...
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25727314
PMC4677816
pmc
4,675
{ "abstract": "Seagrass meadows are a crucial component of tropical marine reef ecosystems. Seagrass plants are colonized by a multitude of epiphytic organisms that contribute to broadening the ecological role of seagrasses. To better understand how environmental changes like ocean acidification might affect epiphyti...
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PMC10293441
pmc
4,678
{ "abstract": "An exponential rise in global pollution and industrialization has led to significant economic and environmental problems due to the insufficient application of green technology for the chemical industry and energy production. Nowadays, the scientific and environmental/industrial communities push to app...
2,891
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PMC10873200
pmc
4,679
{ "abstract": "Molecular engineering seeks to create functional entities for modular use in the bottom-up design of nanoassemblies that can perform complex tasks. Such systems require fuel-consuming nanomotors that can actively drive downstream passive followers. Most artificial molecular motors are driven by Brownia...
663
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PMC3859321
pmc
4,681
{ "abstract": "Because cyanobacteria directly harvest CO 2 and light energy, their carbon metabolism is important for both basic and applied sciences. Here, we show that overexpression of the sigma factor sigE in Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 widely changes sugar catabolism and increases production of the biodegrad...
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22121345
PMC3219917
pmc
4,682
{ "abstract": "For neural network simulations on parallel machines, interprocessor spike communication can be a significant portion of the total simulation time. The performance of several spike exchange methods using a Blue Gene/P (BG/P) supercomputer has been tested with 8–128 K cores using randomly connected netwo...
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{ "abstract": "We present the case of a two-component collagen peptide hydrogel that self-assembles through noncovalent electrostatic interactions. Natural collagen materials, such as those of connective tissue or the basement membrane, assemble in a hierarchic fashion. Similarly, the synthetic peptides presented her...
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PMC5289985
pmc
4,687
{ "abstract": "In the context of the dynamical system approach to cognition and supposing that brains or brain-like systems controlling the behavior of autonomous systems are permanently driven by their sensor signals, the paper approaches the question of neurodynamics in the sensorimotor loop in a purely formal way....
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PMC7616799
pmc
4,688
{ "abstract": "ABSTRACT The ability of bacteria to interact with and respond to their environment is crucial to their lifestyle and survival. Bacterial cells routinely need to engage with extracellular target molecules, in locations spatially separated from their cell surface. Engagement with distant targets allows b...
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39499080
PMC7616799
pmc
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{ "abstract": "ABSTRACT The ability of bacteria to interact with and respond to their environment is crucial to their lifestyle and survival. Bacterial cells routinely need to engage with extracellular target molecules, in locations spatially separated from their cell surface. Engagement with distant targets allows b...
845
39499080
PMC7616799
pmc
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{ "abstract": "ABSTRACT The ability of bacteria to interact with and respond to their environment is crucial to their lifestyle and survival. Bacterial cells routinely need to engage with extracellular target molecules, in locations spatially separated from their cell surface. Engagement with distant targets allows b...
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39499080
PMC7616799
pmc
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{ "abstract": "ABSTRACT The ability of bacteria to interact with and respond to their environment is crucial to their lifestyle and survival. Bacterial cells routinely need to engage with extracellular target molecules, in locations spatially separated from their cell surface. Engagement with distant targets allows b...
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PMC2690845
pmc
4,690
{ "abstract": "The solvent-tolerant bacterium Pseudomonas putida S12 was engineered to efficiently utilize the C 1 compounds methanol and formaldehyde as auxiliary substrate. The hps and phi genes of Bacillus brevis , encoding two key steps of the ribulose monophosphate (RuMP) pathway, were introduced to cons...
3,622
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PMC10761962
pmc
4,691
{ "abstract": "Microbial communities are shaped by complex metabolic interactions such as cooperation and competition for resources. Methods to control such interactions could lead to major advances in our ability to better engineer microbial consortia for synthetic biology applications. Here, we use optogenetics to ...
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PMC4526712
pmc
4,697
{ "abstract": "ABSTRACT It is well known that rhizosphere microbiomes differ from those of surrounding soil, and yet we know little about how these root-associated microbial communities change through the growing season and between seasons. We analyzed the response of soil bacteria to roots of the common annual grass...
3,601
37537681
PMC10401788
pmc
4,698
{ "abstract": "Background Plants rely on their root microbiome as the first line of defense against soil-borne fungal pathogens. The abundance and activities of beneficial root microbial taxa at the time prior to and during fungal infection are key to their protective success. If and how invading fungal root pathogen...
4,138
32545472
PMC7356612
pmc
4,699
{ "abstract": "Here, a 12-liter tubular microbial electrolysis cell (MEC) was developed as a post treatment unit for simultaneous biogas upgrading and ammonium recovery from the liquid effluent of an anaerobic digestion process. The MEC configuration adopted a cation exchange membrane to separate the inner anodic cha...
7,401
35336243
PMC8951542
pmc
4,701
{ "abstract": "Roots hold complex microbial communities at the soil–root interface, which can affect plant nutrition, growth, and health. Although the composition of plant microbiomes has been extensively described for various plant species and environments, little is known about the effect of wheat straw return (WSR...
2,927
40277678
PMC12026868
pmc
4,703
{ "abstract": "Ion-conductive gels (ICGs) are essential for achieving human–machine interfaces, bioelectronic applications, or durable wearable sensors. However, traditional solvent-dependent ICGs face bottlenecks such as dehydration-induced failure and challenges in achieving a balance between conductivity and mecha...
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PMC4574612
pmc
4,704
{ "abstract": "Background Switchgrass is a prime target for biofuel production from inedible plant parts and has been the subject of numerous investigations in recent years. Yet, one of the main obstacles to effective biofuel production remains to be the major problem of recalcitrance. Recalcitrance emerges in part f...
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PMC11348155
pmc
4,706
{ "abstract": "Significance There is a trade-off between the mobility and cross-linking structure of covalent adaptable networks (CANs), making it challenging to develop CANs with excellent mechanical properties and high self-healing efficiency. This work presents a pioneering approach by introducing internal catalys...
8,131
28878756
PMC5572346
pmc
4,708
{ "abstract": "Advances in metagenomics enable high resolution description of complex bacterial communities in their natural environments. Consequently, conceptual approaches for community level functional analysis are in high need. Here, we introduce a framework for a metagenomics-based analysis of community functio...
4,685
22065989
PMC3204971
pmc
4,710
{ "abstract": "Background The Symbiodinium community associated with scleractinian corals is widely considered to be shaped by seawater temperature, as the coral's upper temperature tolerance is largely contingent on the Symbiodinium types harboured. Few studies have challenged this paradigm as knowledge of other...
4,666
36828821
PMC9958194
pmc
4,711
{ "abstract": "Lytic polysaccharide monooxygenases (LPMOs) catalyze oxidative cleavage of crystalline polysaccharides such as cellulose and are crucial for the conversion of plant biomass in Nature and in industrial applications. Sunlight promotes microbial conversion of plant litter; this effect has been attributed ...
3,611
38366066
PMC10881299
pmc
4,712
{ "abstract": "Abstract Microorganisms living in soil maintain intricate interactions among themselves, forming the soil microbiota that influences the rhizosphere microbiome and plant growth. However, the mechanisms underlying the soil microbial interactions remain unclear. Streptomyces and Mesorhizobium are com...
4,433
35245502
PMC8978274
pmc
4,713
{ "abstract": "Photosynthetic organisms have evolved light-harvesting antennae over time. In cyanobacteria, external phycobilisomes (PBSs) are the dominant antennae, whereas in green algae and higher plants, PBSs have been replaced by proteins of the Lhc family that are integrated in the membrane. Red algae represent...
1,906
38755131
PMC11099027
pmc
4,714
{ "abstract": "Mechanical energy harvesting using triboelectric nanogenerators is a highly desirable and sustainable method for the reliable power supply of widely distributed electronics in the new era; however, its practical viability is seriously challenged by the limited performance because of the inevitable side...
4,051
38940599
PMC11288006
pmc
4,715
{ "abstract": "ABSTRACT Skeletonema costatum , a cosmopolitan diatom primarily inhabiting coastal ecosystems, exhibits a typically close yet variable relationship with heterotrophic bacteria. The increasing temperature of surface seawater is expected to substantially affect the viability and ecological dynamics of S...
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25335577
PMC4205843
pmc
4,716
{ "abstract": "Under high light (HL) stress, astaxanthin-accumulating Haematococcus pluvialis and β -carotene-accumulating Dunaliella salina showed different responsive patterns. To elucidate cellular-regulating strategies photosynthetically and metabolically, thylakoid membrane proteins in H. pluvialis and D...
4,288
31060509
PMC6501319
pmc
4,717
{ "abstract": "Background Obligate sulfur oxidizing chemolithoauthotrophic strains of Hydrogenovibrio crunogenus have been isolated from multiple hydrothermal vent associated habitats. However, a hydrogenase gene cluster (encoding the hydrogen converting enzyme and its maturation/assembly machinery) detected on the...
10,820
37984885
PMC10885666
pmc
4,718
{ "abstract": "Abstract The exponential growth of research on artificial cells and organelles underscores their potential as tools to advance the understanding of fundamental biological processes. The bottom–up construction from a variety of building blocks at the micro‐ and nanoscale, in combination with biomolecule...
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{ "abstract": "The availability of extensive genome information for many different microbes, including unculturable species in mixed communities from environmental samples, has enabled systems-biology interrogation by providing a means to access genomic, transcriptomic, and proteomic information. To this end, metapro...
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PMC4437649
pmc
4,721
{ "abstract": "Eukaryotic marine microalgae like Dunaliella spp . have great potential as a feedstock for liquid transportation fuels because they grow fast and can accumulate high levels of triacylgycerides with little need for fresh water or land. Their growth rates vary between species and are dependent on enviro...
8,792
32348298
PMC7213742
pmc
4,722
{ "abstract": "Uncertainty in the structure and parameters of networks is ubiquitous across computational biology. In constraint-based reconstruction and analysis of metabolic networks, this uncertainty is present both during the reconstruction of networks and in simulations performed with them. Here, we present Medu...
2,100
27722504
PMC5314688
pmc
4,723
{ "abstract": "We recently developed capillaric circuits (CCs) – advanced capillary microfluidic devices assembled from capillary fluidic elements in a modular manner similar to the design of electric circuits (Safavieh & Juncker, Lab Chip , 2013, 13 , 4180–4189).", "conclusion": "Conclusions Taken together, our ...
9,389
39628613
PMC11610949
pmc
4,724
{ "abstract": "Exploiting light to drive redox reactions is currently a hot topic since light is considered as an environmentally friendly source of energy. Consequently, cyanobacteria, which can use light e.g., for generating NADPH, are in the focus of research. Previously, it has been shown that various heterologou...
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36650835
PMC9840862
pmc
4,725
{ "abstract": "Background Mining deposits often contain high levels of toxic elements such as mercury (Hg) and arsenic (As) representing strong environmental hazards. The purpose of this study was the isolation for plant growth promoting bacteria (PGPBs) that can improve phytoremediation of such mine waste deposits. ...
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PMC3566019
pmc
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{ "abstract": "Nannochloropsis species have emerged as leading phototrophic microorganisms for the production of biofuels. Several isolates produce large quantities of triacylglycerols, grow rapidly, and can be cultivated at industrial scales. Recently, the mitochondrial, plastid and nuclear genomes of Nannochlorops...
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33335679
PMC7720022
pmc
4,727
{ "abstract": "Graphical abstract", "introduction": "1 Introduction Electron transfer reactions are at the core of numerous biological processes, in particular in respiration. During respiration most microorganisms are able to convert biochemical energy into ATP. This usually involves a cascade of reactions where e...
1,458
35496444
PMC9043983
pmc
4,728
{ "abstract": "Bio-based ionogels with versatile properties are highly desired for practical applications. Herein, we designed a novel self-healing, anti-freezing, and self-adhesive ionogel with excellent sensor capability. The ionogel was obtained by cross-linking amino groups (chitosan) and aldehyde groups (dextran...
4,690
38645396
PMC11026667
pmc
4,729
{ "abstract": "Arsenic (As) accumulation in plants is a global concern. Although the application of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) has been suggested as a potential solution to decrease As concentration in plants, there is currently a gap in a comprehensive, quantitative assessment of the abiotic and biotic facto...
8,441
21426537
PMC3129676
pmc
4,730
{ "abstract": "Background Combined metagenomic and metatranscriptomic datasets make it possible to study the molecular evolution of diverse microbial species recovered from their native habitats. The link between gene expression level and sequence conservation was examined using shotgun pyrosequencing of microbial co...
13,323
35558008
PMC9090853
pmc
4,734
{ "abstract": "Oil/water separation has been a challenge in chemical engineering for various applications. There are numbers of studies on using coated metal meshes as a filter for oil/water separation. However, water resistance, chemical (such as: acid, base, and fouling) resistance and heat resistance for coating m...
1,872
35743847
PMC9224936
pmc
4,741
{ "abstract": "Manganese (Mn) oxides are widespread on the surface environments of the modern Earth. The role of microbial activities in the formation of Mn oxides has been discussed for several decades. However, the mechanisms of microbial Mn oxidation, and its role in complex microbial communities in natural enviro...
5,371
26663479
PMC4767432
pmc
4,743
{ "abstract": "Abstract The bacterium Corynebacterium glutamicum is utilized during industrial fermentation to produce amino acids such as l ‐glutamate. During l ‐glutamate fermentation, C . glutamicum changes the flux of central carbon metabolism to favor l ‐glutamate production, but the molecular mechanisms...
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28086091
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4,748
{ "abstract": "Bacteria residing within biofilm communities can coordinate their behavior through cell-to-cell signaling. However, it remains unclear if these signals can also influence the behavior of distant cells that are not part of the community. Using a microfluidic approach, we find that potassium ion channel-...
256
27881075
PMC5121958
pmc
4,751
{ "abstract": "Background In their natural environment, bacteria face a wide range of environmental conditions that change over time and that impose continuous rearrangements at all the cellular levels (e.g. gene expression, metabolism). When facing a nutritionally rich environment, for example, microbes first use th...
12,317
23434798
PMC3640398
pmc
4,752
{ "abstract": "Genome sequences of the reef-building coral, Acropora digitifera , have been decoded. Acropora inhabits an environment with intense ultraviolet exposure and hosts the photosynthetic endosymbiont, Symbiodinium . Acropora homologs of all four genes necessary for biosynthesis of the photoprotective ...
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