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25376905 | PMC4245980 | pmc | 6,856 | {
"abstract": "MqsR-controlled\ncolanic acid and biofilm regulator (McbR, also\nknown as YncC) is the protein product of a highly induced gene in\nearly Escherichia coli biofilm development\nand has been regarded as an attractive target for blocking biofilm\nformation. This protein acts as a repressor for genes inv... | 5,992 |
20544086 | null | s2 | 6,857 | {
"abstract": "In this article, we developed a \"plant on a chip\" microfluidic platform that can control the local chemical environment around live roots of Arabidopsis thaliana with high spatial resolution using multi-laminar flow. We characterized the flow profile around the Arabidopsis root, and verified that the... | 408 |
38930499 | PMC11205429 | pmc | 6,858 | {
"abstract": "Soil desertification is an important challenge in global soil management, and effectively and stably restoring soil function is an urgent problem. Using synthetic microbial communities (SynComs) is a burgeoning microbial strategy aimed at enhancing soil nutrients through functional synergies among dive... | 5,611 |
37640908 | null | s2 | 6,859 | {
"abstract": "The combination of lithographic methods with two-dimensional DNA origami self-assembly has led, among others, to the development of photonic crystal cavity arrays and the exploration of sensing nanoarrays where molecular devices are patterned on the sub-micrometre scale. Here we extend this concept to ... | 261 |
37640908 | null | s2 | 6,860 | {
"abstract": "The combination of lithographic methods with two-dimensional DNA origami self-assembly has led, among others, to the development of photonic crystal cavity arrays and the exploration of sensing nanoarrays where molecular devices are patterned on the sub-micrometre scale. Here we extend this concept to ... | 261 |
22866957 | null | s2 | 6,861 | {
"abstract": "Bacteria have developed cell-to-cell communication mechanisms, termed quorum sensing (QS), that regulate bacterial gene expression in a cell population-dependent manner. Autoinducer-2 (AI-2), a class of QS signaling molecules derived from (4S)-4,5-dihydroxy-2,3-pentanedione (DPD), has been identified i... | 215 |
28948235 | PMC5602812 | pmc | 6,862 | {
"abstract": "Energy harvesting is a promising technology that powers the electronic devices via scavenging the ambient energy. Piezoelectric energy harvesters have attracted considerable interest for their high conversion efficiency and easy fabrication in minimized sensors and transducers. To improve the output ca... | 5,596 |
35423966 | PMC8698205 | pmc | 6,863 | {
"abstract": "Self-healing efficiency and mechanical strength are always a pair of mechanical contradictions of a polymer. Herein, a series of novel mussel-inspired modified graphene oxide/polyurethane composites were successfully fabricated via rational molecular design and introducing hyperbranched polymer-modif... | 7,939 |
35196089 | PMC8865770 | pmc | 6,865 | {
"abstract": "Hydrogen bond engineering is widely exploited to impart stretchability, toughness, and self-healing capability to hydrogels. However, the enhancement effect of conventional hydrogen bonds is severely limited by their weak interaction strength. In nature, some organisms tolerate extreme conditions due t... | 1,673 |
23638358 | PMC3628875 | pmc | 6,866 | {
"abstract": "We investigated microbial communities active in methane oxidation in lake sediment at different oxygen tensions and their response to the addition of nitrate, via stable isotope probing combined with deep metagenomic sequencing. Communities from a total of four manipulated microcosms were analyzed, sup... | 3,492 |
34050157 | PMC8163789 | pmc | 6,868 | {
"abstract": "In living organisms, proteins are organized prevalently through a self-association mechanism to form dimers and oligomers, which often confer new functions at the intermolecular interfaces. Despite the progress on DNA-assembled artificial systems, endeavors have been largely paid to achieve monomeric n... | 1,236 |
38573429 | PMC11021290 | pmc | 6,870 | {
"abstract": "Plants can produce complex pharmaceutical and technical proteins. Spider silk proteins are one example of the latter and can be used, for example, as compounds for high-performance textiles or wound dressings. If genetically fused to elastin-like polypeptides (ELPs), the silk proteins can be reversibly... | 5,484 |
26943628 | PMC4989316 | pmc | 6,871 | {
"abstract": "Groundwater ecosystems are conventionally thought to be fueled by surface-derived allochthonous organic matter and dominated by heterotrophic microbes living under often-oligotrophic conditions. However, in a 2-month study of nitrate amendment to a perennially suboxic aquifer in Rifle (CO), strain-reso... | 4,183 |
39380495 | PMC11714156 | pmc | 6,873 | {
"abstract": "Abstract Adhesives that excel in wet or underwater environments are critical for applications ranging from healthcare and underwater robotics to infrastructure repair. However, achieving strong attachment and controlled release on difficult substrates, such as those that are curved, rough, or located i... | 2,181 |
34630019 | PMC8496503 | pmc | 6,874 | {
"abstract": "The Hodgkin-Huxley (HH) spiking neuron model reproduces the dynamic characteristics of the neuron by mimicking the action potential, ionic channels, and spiking behaviors. The memristor is a nonlinear device with variable resistance. In this paper, the memristor is introduced to the HH spiking model, a... | 1,583 |
35684621 | PMC9182789 | pmc | 6,875 | {
"abstract": "Printed electronic devices have demonstrated their applicability in complex electronic circuits. There is recent progress in the realization of neuromorphic computing systems (NCSs) to implement basic synaptic functions using solution-processed materials. However, a fully printed neuron is yet to be re... | 3,633 |
29343761 | PMC5772552 | pmc | 6,877 | {
"abstract": "In contrast to the nearly error-free self-assembly of protein architectures in nature, artificial assembly of protein complexes with pre-defined structure and function in vitro is still challenging. To mimic nature’s strategy to construct pre-defined three-dimensional protein architectures, highly sp... | 6,973 |
37950419 | PMC10866074 | pmc | 6,878 | {
"abstract": "Abstract The MBES04 strain of Novosphingobium accumulates phenylpropanone monomers as end‐products of the etherase system, which specifically and reductively cleaves the β‐O‐4 ether bond (a major bond in lignin molecules). However, it does not utilise phenylpropanone monomers as an energy source. Her... | 9,912 |
34183815 | PMC8764749 | pmc | 6,879 | {
"abstract": "Bacterial species have diverse cell shapes that enable motility, colonization, and virulence. The cell wall defines bacterial shape and is primarily built by two cytoskeleton-guided synthesis machines, the elongasome and the divisome. However, the mechanisms producing complex shapes, like the curved-ro... | 1,341 |
36554943 | PMC9779662 | pmc | 6,880 | {
"abstract": "For the agricultural development of dumps, increase in land use efficiency and protection of food security, to verify the safety, efficacy and sustainability of field-applied arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) inoculum, and to exclude the risk of potential biological invasion, in this study, we determi... | 3,181 |
38148858 | PMC10749938 | pmc | 6,882 | {
"abstract": "Addressing the pressing issues of increased food demand, declining crop productivity under varying agroclimatic conditions, and the deteriorating soil health resulting from the overuse of agricultural chemicals, requires innovative and effective strategies for the present era. Microbial bioformulation ... | 2,810 |
39710696 | PMC11665205 | pmc | 6,884 | {
"abstract": "Background Currently, efficient technologies producing useful chemicals from alternative carbon resources, such as methanol, to replace petroleum are in demand. The methanol-utilizing yeast, Komagataella phaffii , is a promising microorganism to produce chemicals from methanol using environment-friend... | 2,444 |
35113532 | null | s2 | 6,885 | {
"abstract": "There are many strategies to actuate and control genetic circuits, including providing stimuli like exogenous chemical inducers, light, magnetic fields, and even applied voltage, that are orthogonal to metabolic activity. Their use enables actuation of gene expression for the production of small molecu... | 374 |
35527862 | PMC9069710 | pmc | 6,886 | {
"abstract": "The prevention of excessive water uptake in wood in order to avert discoloration, swelling and decay is a major challenge for wood-based applications. We developed a facile surface treatment to protect wood from liquid water uptake that does not require harsh process conditions or toxic solvents. Water... | 6,509 |
34261646 | PMC8279518 | pmc | 6,887 | {
"abstract": "We 3D-print unified soft robots comprising fully integrated fluidic circuitry capable of sophisticated operations.",
"introduction": "INTRODUCTION Over the past decade, the field of soft robotics has established itself as distinctively suited for applications that would be difficult or impossible to ... | 4,065 |
22874123 | null | s2 | 6,889 | {
"abstract": "The computational evolution of gene networks functions like a forward genetic screen to generate, without preconceptions, all networks that can be assembled from a defined list of parts to implement a given function. Frequently networks are subject to multiple design criteria that cannot all be optimiz... | 238 |
31149818 | PMC6611076 | pmc | 6,891 | {
"abstract": "Oxygen\ndepletion in coastal waters may lead to release of toxic\nsulfide from sediments. Cable bacteria can limit sulfide release by\npromoting iron oxide formation in sediments. Currently, it is unknown\nhow widespread this phenomenon is. Here, we assess the abundance,\nactivity, and biogeochemical i... | 6,994 |
28070216 | PMC5217482 | pmc | 6,892 | {
"abstract": "Permeable sediments are common across continental shelves and are critical contributors to marine biogeochemical cycling. Organic matter in permeable sediments is dominated by microalgae, which as eukaryotes have different anaerobic metabolic pathways to prokaryotes such as bacteria and archaea. Here w... | 404 |
33125242 | PMC7667636 | pmc | 6,894 | {
"abstract": "We\nreport a dissociative electron attachment study to 2-furoic\nacid (C 5 H 4 O 3 ) isolated in a gas phase,\nwhich is a model molecule consisting of a carboxylic group and a furan\nring. Dissociation of furan by low energy electrons is accessible\nonly via electronic excited Feshbach resonances at en... | 6,074 |
38658521 | PMC11043267 | pmc | 6,895 | {
"abstract": "The unsustainable and widespread utilization of fossil fuels continues to drive the rapid depletion of global supplies. Biodiesel has emerged as one of the most promising alternatives to conventional diesel, leading to growing research interest in its production. Microbes can facilitate the de novo syn... | 3,185 |
26185074 | null | s2 | 6,897 | {
"abstract": "Microbes produce a biofilm matrix consisting of proteins, extracellular DNA, and polysaccharides that is integral in the formation of bacterial communities. Historical studies of polysaccharides revealed that their overproduction often alters the colony morphology and can be diagnostic in identifying c... | 423 |
39885323 | PMC11782530 | pmc | 6,900 | {
"abstract": "Methanogenic archaea (methanogens) possess fascinating metabolic characteristics, such as the ability to fix molecular nitrogen (N 2 ). Methanogens are of biotechnological importance due to the ability to produce methane (CH 4 ) from molecular hydrogen (H 2 ) and carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) and to excrete p... | 4,407 |
22647231 | null | s2 | 6,902 | {
"abstract": "A recent resurgence in basic and applied research on photosynthesis has been driven in part by recognition that fulfilling future food and energy requirements will necessitate improvements in crop carbon-fixation efficiencies. Photosynthesis in traditional terrestrial crops is being reexamined in light... | 198 |
40307847 | PMC12063673 | pmc | 6,904 | {
"abstract": "Abstract Sulfuric acidic hot springs (<pH 4.0, >37°C) are found in volcanic regions worldwide, where various bacteria, archaea, and the unicellular red algae Cyanidiophyceae dominate. Regarding heterotrophic eukaryotes, the only known species was the thermophilic amoeboflagellate Tetramitus thermacido... | 6,765 |
38632231 | PMC11024123 | pmc | 6,907 | {
"abstract": "Endowing textiles with perceptual function, similar to human skin, is crucial for the development of next-generation smart wearables. To date, the creation of perceptual textiles capable of sensing potential dangers and accurately pinpointing finger touch remains elusive. In this study, we present the ... | 1,654 |
39934172 | PMC11814417 | pmc | 6,908 | {
"abstract": "DNA nanotechnology and especially the DNA origami method are primal tools to create precise nanoscale objects. For DNA origami, a long ssDNA scaffold strand is folded by a multitude of smaller staple strands into base-pair accurate shapes, allowing for precise modification and incorporation of guest mo... | 4,883 |
39065414 | PMC11280047 | pmc | 6,909 | {
"abstract": "Biological nitrogen fixation in legume plants depends on the diversity of rhizobia present in the soil. Rhizobial strains exhibit specificity towards host plants and vary in their capacity to fix nitrogen. The increasing interest in rhizobia diversity has prompted studies of their phylogenetic relation... | 4,683 |
37938734 | PMC9723589 | pmc | 6,913 | {
"abstract": "Most marine sponge species harbour distinct communities of microorganisms which contribute to various aspects of their host’s health and physiology. In addition to their key roles in nutrient transformations and chemical defence, these symbiotic microbes can shape sponge phenotype by mediating importan... | 3,582 |
39255046 | PMC11789975 | pmc | 6,914 | {
"abstract": "Abstract As a globally abundant source of biomass, lignocellulosic biomass has been the centre of attention as a potential resource for green energy generation and value‐added chemical production. A key component of lignocellulosic biomass, lignin, which is comprised of aromatic monomers, is a potentia... | 5,739 |
39746978 | PMC11695677 | pmc | 6,915 | {
"abstract": "Polymer gels have been widely used in flexible electronics, soft machines and impact protection materials. Conventional gels usually suffer from the inherent conflict between stiffness and toughness, severely hampering their applications. This work proposes a facile yet versatile strategy to break thro... | 2,194 |
37671025 | PMC10475793 | pmc | 6,917 | {
"abstract": "Summary The metabolic “handshake” between the microbiota and its mammalian host is a complex, dynamic process with major influences on health. Dissecting the interaction between microbial species and metabolites found in host tissues has been a challenge due to the requirement for invasive sampling. He... | 2,982 |
24885047 | PMC4055215 | pmc | 6,919 | {
"abstract": "Background Trans- 4-hydroxy-L-proline ( trans -Hyp), one of the hydroxyproline (Hyp) isomers, is a useful chiral building block in the production of many pharmaceuticals. Although there are some natural biosynthetic pathways of trans -Hyp existing in microorganisms, the yield is still too low to be sc... | 3,115 |
39835267 | PMC11743900 | pmc | 6,921 | {
"abstract": "Highlights • Plant growth-promoting microorganisms (PGPM) as microbial inoculants and biofertilizers. • PGPM mechanisms in enhancing plant growth, nutrient uptake, and soil health. • The interactions between plants and PGPMs, emphasizing their role in crop productivity. • PGPM-mediated stress resistanc... | 1,522 |
30886426 | PMC6636631 | pmc | 6,922 | {
"abstract": "Photosynthetic organisms provide food and energy for nearly all life on Earth, yet half of their protein-coding genes remain uncharacterized 1 , 2 . Characterization of these genes could be greatly accelerated by new genetic resources for unicellular organisms. Here, we generated a genome-wide, indexed... | 289 |
33910891 | PMC8081363 | pmc | 6,923 | {
"abstract": "An unusual and beautiful phenomenon in which life-like crystal structures spontaneously grow from nano-engineered materials.",
"introduction": "INTRODUCTION Many of the uses for water are intimately familiar to us. Drinking water, wash water, water for agriculture, and even water used for recreation ... | 2,015 |
35017303 | PMC8784112 | pmc | 6,924 | {
"abstract": "Significance Under anoxic conditions, various microorganisms couple the oxidation of organic carbon to the reduction of solid ferric iron oxide phases using extracellular electron shuttles (EES). Determining the contribution of this widespread terminal electron accepting process to total anaerobic resp... | 5,734 |
34601665 | PMC8818023 | pmc | 6,927 | {
"abstract": "Recurrent neural networks of spiking neurons can exhibit long lasting and even persistent activity. Such networks are often not robust and exhibit spike and firing rate statistics that are inconsistent with experimental observations. In order to overcome this problem most previous models had to assume ... | 4,575 |
28066403 | PMC5179597 | pmc | 6,928 | {
"abstract": "Sponges have a significant impact on marine benthic communities, they are of biotechnological interest owing to their production of bioactive natural compounds, and they promise to provide insights into conserved mechanisms of host–microbe interactions in basal metazoans. The natural variability of spo... | 2,528 |
35520686 | PMC9056393 | pmc | 6,929 | {
"abstract": "This study proposes new optical roughness parameters that can be objectively quantified using image processing techniques, and presents an analysis of how these parameters are correlated with the degree of superhydrophobicity. To this end, photolithography and dry etching processes were used to form re... | 7,225 |
39277779 | PMC11523051 | pmc | 6,930 | {
"abstract": "Abstract A hydrogen (H 2 )-based membrane biofilm reactor (H 2 -MBfR) can reduce electron acceptors nitrate (NO 3 − ), selenate (SeO 4 2− ), selenite (HSeO 3 − ), and sulfate (SO 4 2− ), which are in wastewaters from coal mining and combustion. This work presents a model to describe a H 2 -driven micro... | 4,328 |
37447571 | PMC10346438 | pmc | 6,931 | {
"abstract": "Over the past few decades, the enhancement of polymer thermal conductivity has attracted considerable attention in the scientific community due to its potential for the development of new thermal interface materials (TIM) for both electronic and electrical devices. The mechanical elongation of polymers... | 8,301 |
29847575 | PMC5976151 | pmc | 6,934 | {
"abstract": "Ocean acidification is expected to alter community composition on coral reefs, but its effects on reef community metabolism are poorly understood. Here we document how early successional benthic coral reef communities change in situ along gradients of carbon dioxide (CO 2 ), and the consequences of t... | 5,250 |
34761294 | PMC8776678 | pmc | 6,936 | {
"abstract": "Acetobacteraceae is an economically important family of bacteria that is used for industrial fermentation in the food/feed sector and for the preparation of sorbose and bacterial cellulose. It comprises two major groups: acetous species (acetic acid bacteria) associated with flowers, fruits and insect... | 12,188 |
32127555 | PMC7054358 | pmc | 6,938 | {
"abstract": "Scleractinian “stony” corals are major habitat engineers, whose skeletons form the framework for the highly diverse, yet increasingly threatened, coral reef ecosystem. Fossil coral skeletons also present a rich record that enables paleontological analysis of coral origins, tracing them back to the Tria... | 4,760 |
28526061 | PMC5438491 | pmc | 6,939 | {
"abstract": "Acaryochloris marina is an oxygenic cyanobacterium that utilizes far-red light for photosynthesis. It has an expanded genome, which helps in its adaptability to the environment, where it can survive on low energy photons. Its major light absorbing pigment is chlorophyll d and it has α-carotene as a ... | 522 |
31091672 | PMC6631521 | pmc | 6,940 | {
"abstract": "An enormous number of bacteria live in almost every environment; from deep oceans to below the surface of the earth or in our gastrointestinal tract. Although biofabrication is growing and maturing very quickly, the involvement of bacteria in this process has not been developed at a similar pace. From ... | 177 |
22895707 | null | s2 | 6,941 | {
"abstract": "Recent behavioral studies have given rise to two contrasting models for limited working memory capacity: a \"discrete-slot\" model in which memory items are stored in a limited number of slots, and a \"shared-resource\" model in which the neural representation of items is distributed across a limited p... | 427 |
21749486 | null | s2 | 6,944 | {
"abstract": "Hydrogen (H₂) production by Thermococcus kodakarensis compares very favourably with the levels reported for the most productive algal, fungal and bacterial systems. T. kodakarensis can also consume H₂ and is predicted to use several alternative pathways to recycle reduced cofactors, some of which may c... | 394 |
21079766 | PMC2974637 | pmc | 6,946 | {
"abstract": "The gabbroic layer comprises the majority of ocean crust. Opportunities to sample this expansive crustal environment are rare because of the technological demands of deep ocean drilling; thus, gabbroic microbial communities have not yet been studied. During the Integrated Ocean Drilling Program Expedit... | 5,386 |
26695630 | PMC4701829 | pmc | 6,948 | {
"abstract": "ABSTRACT Marine methane seeps are globally distributed geologic features in which reduced fluids, including methane, are advected upward from the subsurface. As a result of alkalinity generation during sulfate-coupled methane oxidation, authigenic carbonates form slabs, nodules, and extensive pavements... | 12,201 |
39136990 | PMC11348241 | pmc | 6,950 | {
"abstract": "Significance Generating dihydrogen (H 2 ) in an environmentally friendly way is an important challenge. A recently characterized O 2 -stable [FeFe] hydrogenase presents a unique opportunity for redirecting energy produced by Photosystem I (PS I) to H 2 production in a phototrophic biological system th... | 3,145 |
30036678 | null | s2 | 6,953 | {
"abstract": "The development of new heterologous hosts for polyketides production represents an excellent opportunity to expand the genomic, physiological, and biochemical backgrounds that better fit the sustainable production of these valuable molecules. Cyanobacteria are particularly attractive for the production... | 281 |
40063791 | PMC11929398 | pmc | 6,954 | {
"abstract": "Significance Studies of microbial community composition across time, space, or biological replicates often rely on summary statistics that analyze just one or two samples at a time. Although these statistics effectively summarize the diversity of one sample or the compositional dissimilarity between tw... | 2,790 |
30538275 | PMC6461840 | pmc | 6,955 | {
"abstract": "Many trees form ectomycorrhizal symbiosis with fungi. During symbiosis, the tree roots supply sugar to the fungi in exchange for nitrogen, and this process is critical for the nitrogen and carbon cycles in forest ecosystems. However, the extents to which ectomycorrhizal fungi can liberate nitrogen and ... | 4,495 |
30962472 | PMC6453922 | pmc | 6,957 | {
"abstract": "Marsh edge retreat by wave erosion, an ubiquitous process along estuaries, could affect vegetation dynamics in ways that differ from well-established elevation-driven interactions. Along the marshes of Delaware Bay (USA) we show that species composition from marsh edge to interior is driven by gradient... | 3,900 |
29109975 | PMC5665595 | pmc | 6,958 | {
"abstract": "Population genomic simulations predict coral adaptation only under mitigated climate change scenarios.",
"introduction": "INTRODUCTION Predicting future species response to climate change requires detailed knowledge of the link between organismal success and environment. Under most predicted scenario... | 3,342 |
21907300 | null | s2 | 6,959 | {
"abstract": "Understanding in vivo regulation of photoautotrophic metabolism is important for identifying strategies to improve photosynthetic efficiency or re-route carbon fluxes to desirable end products. We have developed an approach to reconstruct comprehensive flux maps of photoautotrophic metabolism by comput... | 208 |
39659428 | PMC11628275 | pmc | 6,960 | {
"abstract": "Event-based cameras are suitable for human action recognition (HAR) by providing movement perception with highly dynamic range, high temporal resolution, high power efficiency and low latency. Spike Neural Networks (SNNs) are naturally suited to deal with the asynchronous and sparse data from the event... | 2,426 |
33121198 | PMC7693107 | pmc | 6,962 | {
"abstract": "Super-hydrophilicity is a desired but rarely reported surface finish of polymer materials, so the methods for achieving such a property represent a great scientific and technological challenge. The methods reported by various authors are reviewed and discussed in this paper. The super-hydrophilic surfa... | 4,116 |
29054870 | PMC5734045 | pmc | 6,963 | {
"abstract": "ABSTRACT There is a growing interest in the use of microbial fermentation for the generation of high-demand, high-purity chemicals using cheap feedstocks in an environmentally friendly manner. One example explored here is the production of isoprene (C 5 H 8 ), a hemiterpene, which is primarily polymeri... | 4,514 |
39668401 | PMC11848123 | pmc | 6,964 | {
"abstract": "ABSTRACT Several recently discovered small proteins of less than 100 amino acids control important, but sometimes surprising, steps in the metabolism of cyanobacteria. There is mounting evidence that a large number of small protein genes have also been overlooked in the genome annotation of many other ... | 4,413 |
29719788 | PMC5925392 | pmc | 6,967 | {
"abstract": "The cultivation of Panax plants is hindered by replanting problems, which may be caused by plant-driven changes in the soil microbial community. Inoculation with microbial antagonists may efficiently alleviate replanting issues. Through high-throughput sequencing, this study revealed that bacterial d... | 3,248 |
24452305 | PMC3899592 | pmc | 6,973 | {
"abstract": "The spin memristive devices combining memristance and tunneling magnetoresistance have promising applications in multibit nonvolatile data storage and artificial neuronal computing. However, it is a great challenge for simultaneous realization of large memristance and magnetoresistance in one nanoscale... | 2,120 |
34442548 | PMC8401315 | pmc | 6,974 | {
"abstract": "Several marine bacteria of the Roseobacter group can inhibit other microorganisms and are especially antagonistic when growing in biofilms. This aptitude to naturally compete with other bacteria can reduce the need for antibiotics in large-scale aquaculture units, provided that their culture can be p... | 2,358 |
31110560 | PMC6511200 | pmc | 6,975 | {
"abstract": "Background Microalgae are attracting much attention as a promising feedstock for renewable energy production, while simultaneously providing environmental benefits. So far, comparison studies for microalgae selection for this purpose were mainly based on data obtained from batch cultures, where the lip... | 8,012 |
25221465 | null | s2 | 6,976 | {
"abstract": "Currently, most of the integrated sorting modules in the microfabricated DEP-based and fluorescent-activated cell sorters (μFACS) still suffer from low-throughput operation and require complex fabrication process (e.g. embedded electrodes) and high power consumption (e.g. electrokinetically-driven sort... | 180 |
21036663 | null | s2 | 6,977 | {
"abstract": "Protists account for the bulk of eukaryotic diversity. Through studies of gene and especially genome sequences the molecular basis for this diversity can be determined. Evident from genome sequencing are examples of versatile metabolism that go far beyond the canonical pathways described for eukaryotes... | 347 |
21418498 | null | s2 | 6,981 | {
"abstract": "The Columbia River is a major source of dissolved nutrients and trace metals for the west coast of North America. A large proportion of these nutrients are sourced from the Columbia River Estuary, where coastal and terrestrial waters mix and resuspend particulate matter within the water column. As estu... | 489 |
29467397 | PMC6018805 | pmc | 6,982 | {
"abstract": "A critical step in the biogeochemical cycle of sulfur on Earth is microbial sulfate reduction, yet organisms from relatively few lineages have been implicated in this process. Previous studies using functional marker genes have detected abundant, novel dissimilatory sulfite reductases (DsrAB) that coul... | 7,827 |
34739314 | PMC8570599 | pmc | 6,984 | {
"abstract": "Positive interactions between bacteria, often described to be rare, occur commonly and primarily as parasitisms.",
"introduction": "INTRODUCTION Microbial communities are composed of multiple species that interact with one another in a variety of ways as part of the “struggle for existence” ( 1 ). In... | 3,319 |
28596334 | null | s2 | 6,985 | {
"abstract": "Many organisms and tissues display the ability to heal and regenerate as needed for normal physiology and as a result of pathogenesis. However, these repair activities can also be observed at the single-cell level. The physical and molecular mechanisms by which a cell can heal membrane ruptures and reb... | 146 |
25992898 | PMC4439118 | pmc | 6,988 | {
"abstract": "Fast growth represents an effective strategy for microbial organisms to survive in competitive environments. To accomplish this task, cells must adapt their metabolism to changing nutrient conditions in a way that maximizes their growth rate. However, the regulation of the growth related metabolic path... | 3,251 |
36133119 | PMC9416852 | pmc | 6,989 | {
"abstract": "Being one of the most common forms of energy existing in the ambient environment, acoustic waves have a great potential to be an energy source. However, the effective energy conversion of an acoustic wave is a great challenge due to its low energy density and broad bandwidth. In this work, we developed... | 4,558 |
35775078 | PMC9237525 | pmc | 6,991 | {
"abstract": "The spidroin N-terminal domain (NT) is responsible for high solubility and pH-dependent assembly of spider silk proteins during storage and fiber formation, respectively. It forms a monomeric five-helix bundle at neutral pH and dimerizes at lowered pH, thereby firmly interconnecting the spidroins. Mech... | 5,033 |
40307843 | PMC12044819 | pmc | 6,993 | {
"abstract": "Background Interactions between fungi and bacteria have the potential to substantially influence soil carbon dynamics in soil, but we have yet to fully identify these interactions and partners in their natural environment. In this study, we stacked two powerful methods, 13 C quantitative stable isotop... | 6,014 |
23194418 | PMC4053740 | pmc | 6,994 | {
"abstract": "Genome-scale metabolic network reconstructions are considered a key step in\nquantifying the genotype-phenotype relationship. We present a novel gap-filling\napproach, MetabolIc Reconstruction via functionAl GEnomics (MIRAGE), which identifies\nmissing network reactions by integrating metabolic flux an... | 6,870 |
36425908 | PMC9679027 | pmc | 6,995 | {
"abstract": "Abstract A spatially explicit eco‐evolutionary model assembles simulated meta‐communities which are subjected to species and community perturbation experiments to determine factors affecting the stability of the global ecosystem. Spatial structure and resource variety increase the persistence of the en... | 1,130 |
25424444 | PMC4601276 | pmc | 6,997 | {
"abstract": "F usarium oxysporum has been reported as being able to both produce the enzymes necessary to degrade lignocellulosic biomass to sugars and also ferment the monosaccharides to ethanol under anaerobic or microaerobic conditions. However, in order to become an economically feasible alternative to other e... | 152 |
25914603 | null | s2 | 6,998 | {
"abstract": "Previous syntheses on the effects of environmental conditions on the outcome of plant-plant interactions summarize results from pairwise studies. However, the upscaling to the community-level of such studies is problematic because of the existence of multiple species assemblages and species-specific re... | 632 |
34792119 | PMC8684450 | pmc | 6,999 | {
"abstract": "ABSTRACT A European transect was established, ranging from Sweden to the Azores, to determine the relative influence of geographic factors and agricultural small-scale management on the grassland soil microbiome. Within each of five countries (factor ‘Country’), which maximized a range of geographic fa... | 6,416 |
35745425 | PMC9230068 | pmc | 7,003 | {
"abstract": "This study develops the nanostructured superhydrophobic titanium-based materials using a combined preparation method of laser marking step and the subsequent anodizing step. The structural properties were determined using an X-ray diffractometer (XRD) and scanning electron microscope (SEM), while the p... | 4,330 |
22298502 | null | s2 | 7,010 | {
"abstract": "The development of nanotechnology has been largely inspired by the biological world. The complex, but well-organized, living system hosts an array of molecular-sized machines responsible for information processing, structure building and, sometimes, movement. We present here a novel light-powered DNA m... | 206 |
21966446 | PMC3179486 | pmc | 7,011 | {
"abstract": "Environmental parameters drive phenotypic and genotypic frequency variations in microbial communities and thus control the extent and structure of microbial diversity. We tested the extent to which microbial community composition changes are controlled by shifting physiochemical properties within a hyp... | 3,897 |
21629774 | PMC3100327 | pmc | 7,012 | {
"abstract": "Biodiesel is a renewable alternative to petroleum diesel fuel that can contribute to carbon dioxide emission reduction and energy supply. Biodiesel is composed of fatty acid alkyl esters, including fatty acid methyl esters (FAMEs) and fatty acid ethyl esters (FAEEs), and is currently produced through t... | 5,125 |
29468117 | PMC5779716 | pmc | 7,013 | {
"abstract": "Soil microorganisms mineralize lignin-derived aromatic carbon sources using oxidative catabolic pathways, such as the β-ketoadipate pathway. Although this aromatic pathway is one of the best-studied pathways in biochemistry, the complete pathway, including its regulation by aromatic carbon sources, has... | 3,807 |
26788423 | PMC4715433 | pmc | 7,014 | {
"abstract": "Coral disease literature has focused, for the most part, on the etiology of the more than 35 coral afflictions currently described. Much less understood are the factors that underpin the capacity of corals to regenerate lesions, including the role of colony health. This lack of knowledge with respect t... | 3,847 |
35196097 | PMC8865766 | pmc | 7,015 | {
"abstract": "Metabolic processes that fuel the growth of heterotrophic microbial communities are initiated by specialized biopolymer degraders that decompose complex forms of organic matter. It is unclear, however, to what extent degraders structure the downstream assembly of the community that follows polymer brea... | 1,412 |
26941935 | PMC4761763 | pmc | 7,016 | {
"abstract": "Summary Many factors affect the presence and exchange of individuals among subpopulations and influence not only the emergence, but the strength of ensuing source–sink dynamics within metapopulations. Yet their relative contributions remain largely unexplored. To help identify the characteristics of em... | 6,441 |
33537471 | PMC7840857 | pmc | 7,018 | {
"abstract": "Poly(3-hydroxybutyrate) (PHB) belongs to the family of polyhydroxyalkanoates, biopolymers used for agricultural, industrial, or even medical applications. However, scaling up the production is still an issue due to the myriad of parameters involved in the fermentation processes. The present work seeks,... | 6,453 |
34778649 | PMC8582040 | pmc | 7,019 | {
"abstract": "In this work, synergistic\neffects derived from surface engineering\nand dielectric property tuning were exploited to enhance the output\nperformance of a triboelectric nanogenerator (TENG) based on an inorganic/porous\nPDMS composite in a contact–separation mode. BaTiO 3 (BT)/porous PDMS films with d... | 6,204 |
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