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32372006 | PMC7200721 | pmc | 7,658 | {
"abstract": "Plant growth promoting rhizobacteria can improve plant health by providing enhanced nutrition, disease suppression and abiotic stress resistance, and have potential to contribute to sustainable agriculture. We have developed a sphagnum peat-based compost platform for investigating plant-microbe interac... | 3,877 |
37110944 | PMC10145448 | pmc | 7,659 | {
"abstract": "Electrospinning is a process to produce versatile nanoscale fibers. In this process, synthetic and natural polymers can be combined to produce novel, blended materials with a range of physical, chemical, and biological properties. We electrospun biocompatible, blended fibrinogen:polycaprolactone (PCL) ... | 4,969 |
37738354 | PMC10516493 | pmc | 7,661 | {
"abstract": "Agriculture is driving biodiversity loss, and future bioenergy cropping systems have the potential to ameliorate or exacerbate these effects. Using a long-term experimental array of 10 bioenergy cropping systems, we quantified diversity of plants, invertebrates, vertebrates, and microbes in each crop. ... | 4,545 |
36271396 | PMC9587672 | pmc | 7,662 | {
"abstract": "Background Process and function that underlie the assembly of a rhizosphere microbial community may be strongly linked to the maintenance of plant health. However, their assembly processes and functional changes in the deterioration of soilborne disease remain unclear. Here, we investigated features of... | 2,523 |
34868130 | PMC8632824 | pmc | 7,663 | {
"abstract": "Renewable fuels are needed to replace fossil fuels in the immediate future. Lignocellulosic bioenergy crops provide a renewable alternative that sequesters atmospheric carbon. To prevent displacement of food crops, it would be advantageous to grow biofuel crops on marginal lands. These lands will likel... | 5,709 |
34760409 | PMC8564097 | pmc | 7,665 | {
"abstract": "Abstract Plant root symbionts, namely mycorrhizal fungi, can be characterized using a variety of methods, but most of these rely on DNA. While Sanger sequencing still fulfills particular research objectives, next‐generation sequencing currently dominates the field, thus understanding how the two method... | 2,551 |
36035726 | PMC9404334 | pmc | 7,666 | {
"abstract": "Co-inoculation of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) and bacteria can synergically and potentially increase nitrogen use efficiency (NUE) in plants, thus, reducing nitrogen (N) fertilizers use and their environmental impact. However, limited research is available on AMF-bacteria interaction, and the de... | 4,002 |
22746823 | null | s2 | 7,667 | {
"abstract": "The genetic rules that dictate legume-rhizobium compatibility have been investigated for decades, but the causes of incompatibility occurring at late stages of the nodulation process are not well understood. An evaluation of naturally diverse legume (genus Medicago) and rhizobium (genus Sinorhizobium) ... | 356 |
30556129 | PMC6375383 | pmc | 7,668 | {
"abstract": "Abstract An enduring challenge for ecology is identifying the drivers of ecosystem and population stability. In a spatially explicit context, key features to consider are landscape spatial structure, local interactions, and dispersal. Substantial work has been done on each of these features as a driver... | 4,451 |
39194466 | PMC11351569 | pmc | 7,669 | {
"abstract": "The mimesis of biological mechanisms by artificial devices constitutes the modern, rapidly expanding, multidisciplinary biomimetics sector. In the broader bioinspiration perspective, however, bioarchitectures may perform independent functions without necessarily mimicking their biological generators. I... | 8,960 |
27476989 | null | s2 | 7,670 | {
"abstract": "Cell-free metabolic engineering (CFME) is advancing a powerful paradigm for accelerating the design and synthesis of biosynthetic pathways. However, as most cell-free biomolecule synthesis systems to date use purified enzymes, energy and cofactor balance can be limiting. To address this challenge, we r... | 280 |
29853554 | null | s2 | 7,671 | {
"abstract": "A common theme in the self-organization of multicellular tissues is the use of cell-cell signaling networks to induce morphological changes. We used the modular synNotch juxtacrine signaling platform to engineer artificial genetic programs in which specific cell-cell contacts induced changes in cadheri... | 272 |
27896028 | PMC5119243 | pmc | 7,672 | {
"abstract": "Many cnidarians engage in a mutualism with endosymbiotic photosynthetic dinoflagellates that forms the basis of the coral reef ecosystem. Interpartner interaction and regulation includes involvement of the host innate immune system. Basal metazoans, including cnidarians have diverse and complex innate ... | 4,290 |
33902739 | PMC8067657 | pmc | 7,675 | {
"abstract": "Background The cyanobacteria Prochlorococcus and Synechococcus are responsible for around 10% of global net primary productivity, serving as part of the foundation of marine food webs. Heterotrophic bacteria are often co-isolated with these picocyanobacteria in seawater enrichment cultures that con... | 7,337 |
30992508 | PMC6467887 | pmc | 7,676 | {
"abstract": "The application of fertilisers incorporated with plant residues improves nutrient availability in soils, which shifts the microbial community structure and favours plant growth. To understand the impact of wheat straw compost fertiliser on soil properties and microbial community structure, tobacco plan... | 3,135 |
21255366 | PMC3158428 | pmc | 7,678 | {
"abstract": "Summary The global transcriptional regulator Hha of Escherichia coli controls biofilm formation and virulence. Previously, we showed that Hha decreases initial biofilm formation; here, we engineered Hha for two goals: to increase biofilm dispersal and to reduce biofilm formation. Using random mutagen... | 2,873 |
39014373 | PMC11253385 | pmc | 7,681 | {
"abstract": "Background Komagataella phaffii , a type of methanotrophic yeast, can use methanol, a favorable non-sugar substrate in eco-friendly bio-manufacturing. The dissimilation pathway in K. phaffii leads to the loss of carbon atoms in the form of CO 2 . However, the ΔFLD strain, engineered to lack formaldeh... | 6,383 |
34160856 | PMC8456938 | pmc | 7,682 | {
"abstract": "Abstract Despite the importance of soil microorganisms for ecosystem services, long‐term surveys of their communities are largely missing. Using metabarcoding, we assessed temporal dynamics of soil bacterial and fungal communities in three land‐use types, i.e., arable land, permanent grassland, and for... | 6,632 |
32606383 | PMC7327058 | pmc | 7,683 | {
"abstract": "We use a unique set of terrestrial experiments to demonstrate how soil management practises result in emergence of distinct associations between physical structure and biological functions. These associations have a significant effect on the flux, resilience and efficiency of nutrient delivery to plant... | 3,677 |
20662386 | null | s2 | 7,684 | {
"abstract": "Molecular characterization of subsurface microbial communities in the former Homestake gold mine, South Dakota, was carried out by 16S rDNA sequence analysis using a water sample and a weathered soil-like sample. Geochemical analyses indicated that both samples were high in sulphur, rich in nitrogen an... | 359 |
25992546 | PMC4551410 | pmc | 7,685 | {
"abstract": "Summary A major challenge in theoretical ecology is understanding how natural microbial communities support species diversity 1 - 8 , and in particular how antibiotic producing, sensitive and resistant species coexist 9 - 15 . While cyclic “rock-paper-scissors” interactions can stabilize communities in... | 362 |
31827245 | PMC7031335 | pmc | 7,686 | {
"abstract": "Hadal trench bottom (>6000 m below sea level) sediments harbor higher microbial cell abundance compared with adjacent abyssal plain sediments. This is supported by the accumulation of sedimentary organic matter (OM), facilitated by trench topography. However, the distribution of benthic microbes in dif... | 9,532 |
34887550 | PMC7612208 | pmc | 7,688 | {
"abstract": "Mako is a software tool that converts microbiome data and networks into a graph database and visualises query results, thus allowing users without programming knowledge to carry out network-based queries. Mako is accompanied by a database compiled from 60 microbiome studies that is easily extended with... | 124 |
36330267 | PMC9623246 | pmc | 7,689 | {
"abstract": "Symbiotic relationships with microbes may influence how plants respond to environmental change. In the present study, we tested the hypothesis that symbiosis with the endophytes promoted salt tolerance of the native grass. In the field pot experiment we compared the performance of endophyte-infected (E... | 3,403 |
35189333 | PMC8942843 | pmc | 7,690 | {
"abstract": "Syntrophus aciditrophicus is a model syntrophic bacterium that degrades fatty and aromatic acids into acetate, CO 2 , formate, and H 2 that are utilized by methanogens and other hydrogen-consuming microbes. S. aciditrophicus benzoate degradation proceeds by a multistep pathway with many intermediat... | 2,375 |
34504098 | PMC8429590 | pmc | 7,691 | {
"abstract": "Wet and dry foams are prevalent in many industries, ranging from the food processing and commercial cosmetic sectors to industries such as chemical and oil-refining. Uncontrolled foaming results in product losses, equipment downtime or damage and cleanup costs. To speed up defoaming or enable anti-foam... | 10,547 |
37156822 | PMC10167324 | pmc | 7,692 | {
"abstract": "Contrary to a photographer, who puts a great effort in keeping the lens still, eyes insistently move even during fixation. This benefits signal decorrelation, which underlies an efficient encoding of visual information. Yet, camera motion is not sufficient alone; it must be coupled with a sensor specif... | 3,256 |
31370164 | PMC6722658 | pmc | 7,693 | {
"abstract": "Controllably tuned infrared emissivity has attracted great interest for potential application in adaptive thermal camouflage. In this work, we report a flexible multilayer graphene based infrared device on a porous polyethylene membrane, where the infrared emissivity could be tuned by ionic liquid inte... | 3,738 |
30775638 | PMC6373447 | pmc | 7,695 | {
"abstract": "Microfluidic devices with integrated valves provide precise, programmable fluid\nhandling platforms for high-throughput biological or chemical assays. However, setting up\nthe infrastructure to control such platforms often requires specific engineering expertise\nor expensive commercial solutions. To a... | 468 |
24411456 | null | s2 | 7,696 | {
"abstract": "Increasing the production of fatty acids by microbial fermentation remains an important step toward the generation of biodiesel and other portable liquid fuels. In this work, we report an Escherichia coli strain engineered to overexpress a fragment consisting of four dehydratase domains from the polyun... | 491 |
25182323 | PMC4173780 | pmc | 7,697 | {
"abstract": "ABSTRACT Due to the increasing concerns about limited fossil resources and environmental problems, there has been much interest in developing biofuels from renewable biomass. Ethanol is currently used as a major biofuel, as it can be easily produced by existing fermentation technology, but it is not th... | 739 |
35095828 | PMC8795815 | pmc | 7,699 | {
"abstract": "Crop plants are more often exposed to abiotic stresses in the current age of fast-evolving climate change. This includes exposure to extreme and unpredictable changes in climatic conditions, phytosanitary hazards, and cultivation conditions, which results in drastic losses in worldwide agricultural pro... | 2,587 |
38392768 | PMC10889539 | pmc | 7,705 | {
"abstract": "Wood-rotting fungi’s degradation of wood not only facilitates the eco-friendly treatment of organic materials, decreasing environmental pollution, but also supplies crucial components for producing biomass energy, thereby reducing dependence on fossil fuels. The ABC gene family, widely distributed in w... | 3,330 |
25421463 | null | s2 | 7,706 | {
"abstract": "We investigated ion transport limitations on 3D graphite felt electrodes by growing Geobacter sulfurreducens biofilms with advection to eliminate external mass transfer limitations. We characterized ion transport limitations by: (i) showing that serially increasing NaCl concentration up to 200 mM incre... | 280 |
36133584 | PMC9417734 | pmc | 7,707 | {
"abstract": "Networks based on nanoscale resistive switching junctions are considered promising for the fabrication of neuromorphic computing architectures. To date random networks of nanowires, nanoparticles, and metal clusters embedded in a polymeric matrix or passivated by shell of ligands or oxide layers have b... | 9,004 |
37230971 | PMC10212962 | pmc | 7,710 | {
"abstract": "Memristors, a cornerstone for neuromorphic electronics, respond to the history of electrical stimuli by varying their electrical resistance across a continuum of states. Much effort has been recently devoted to developing an analogous response to optical excitation. Here we realize a novel tunnelling p... | 13,253 |
36945052 | PMC10031880 | pmc | 7,718 | {
"abstract": "Background Candidate phyla radiation (CPR) constitutes highly diverse bacteria with small cell sizes and are likely obligate intracellular symbionts. Given their distribution and complex associations with bacterial hosts, genetic and biological features of CPR bacteria in low-nutrient environments have... | 3,897 |
35557859 | PMC9086191 | pmc | 7,720 | {
"abstract": "According to classical heterogeneous nucleation theory, the free energy barrier (ΔG c ) of heterogeneous nucleation of vapor condensation ascends dramatically as the substrate nanostructure diameter (R s ) decreases. Based on this idea, we fabricated two types of superhydrophobic surfaces (SHSs) on an ... | 4,308 |
40295731 | PMC12038015 | pmc | 7,721 | {
"abstract": "Photonic accelerators have risen as energy efficient, low latency counterparts to computational hungry digital modules for machine learning applications. On the other hand, upscaling integrated photonic circuits to meet the demands of state-of-the-art machine learning schemes such as convolutional laye... | 2,851 |
31730850 | PMC6912165 | pmc | 7,722 | {
"abstract": "Summary Ocean microbial communities strongly influence the biogeochemistry, food webs, and climate of our planet. Despite recent advances in understanding their taxonomic and genomic compositions, little is known about how their transcriptomes vary globally. Here, we present a dataset of 187 metatransc... | 14,889 |
26454280 | PMC4734042 | pmc | 7,723 | {
"abstract": "Summary: Analyzing the functional profile of a microbial community from unannotated shotgun sequencing reads is one of the important goals in metagenomics. Functional profiling has valuable applications in biological research because it identifies the abundances of the functional genes of the organism... | 5,341 |
34208985 | PMC8307034 | pmc | 7,724 | {
"abstract": "Protective textiles used for military applications must fulfill a variety of functional requirements, including durability, resistance to environmental conditions and ballistic threats, all while being comfortable and lightweight. In addition, these textiles must provide camouflage and concealment unde... | 5,996 |
32053106 | PMC7082127 | pmc | 7,725 | {
"abstract": "Many aspects of the brain’s design can be understood as the result of evolutionary drive toward metabolic efficiency. In addition to the energetic costs of neural computation and transmission, experimental evidence indicates that synaptic plasticity is metabolically demanding as well. As synaptic plast... | 1,960 |
34402639 | PMC8407213 | pmc | 7,726 | {
"abstract": "ABSTRACT A central paradigm in microbiome data analysis, which we term the genome-centric paradigm, is that a linear (non-branching) DNA sequence is the ideal representation of a microbial genome. This representation is natural, as microbes indeed have non-branching genomes. Tremendous discoveries in m... | 196 |
24877729 | null | s2 | 7,727 | {
"abstract": "A neural network with symmetric reciprocal connections always admits a Lyapunov function, whose minima correspond to the memory states stored in the network. Networks with suitable asymmetric connections can store and retrieve a sequence of memory patterns, but the dynamics of these networks cannot be ... | 385 |
37711644 | PMC10497401 | pmc | 7,729 | {
"abstract": "Abstract High cellular pigment levels in dense microalgal cultures contribute to excess light absorption. To improve photosynthetic yields in the marine microalga Picochlorum celeri , CAS9 gene editing was used to target the molecular chaperone cpSRP43. Depigmented strains (>50% lower chlorophyll) wer... | 5,850 |
27914060 | null | s2 | 7,730 | {
"abstract": "In recent years there has been increasing interest in nanostructure design based on the self-assembly properties of proteins and polymers. Nanodesign requires the ability to predictably manipulate the properties of the self-assembly of autonomous building blocks, which can fold or aggregate into prefer... | 294 |
21334091 | null | s2 | 7,733 | {
"abstract": "Horizontal gene transfer is increasingly described between bacteria and animals. Such transfers that are vertically inherited have the potential to influence the evolution of animals. One classic example is the transfer of DNA from mitochondria and chloroplasts to the nucleus after the acquisition of t... | 255 |
39948085 | PMC11825717 | pmc | 7,734 | {
"abstract": "Salinity is a major challenge for plant growth, but Populus euphratica , a species native to desert regions, has a remarkable ability to tolerate salt stress. This study aimed to explore how salinity affects the rhizosphere microbiome of P. euphratica , focusing on diversity patterns, assembly mechan... | 4,786 |
31263456 | PMC6584816 | pmc | 7,735 | {
"abstract": "An intriguing aspect in microbial communities is that pairwise interactions can be influenced by neighboring species. This creates context dependencies for microbial interactions that are based on the functional composition of the community. Context dependent interactions are ecologically important and... | 3,737 |
26499760 | PMC4620479 | pmc | 7,736 | {
"abstract": "Modern microbial mats can provide key insights into early Earth ecosystems, and Shark Bay, Australia, holds one of the best examples of these systems. Identifying the spatial distribution of microorganisms with mat depth facilitates a greater understanding of specific niches and potentially novel micro... | 5,716 |
26841977 | PMC4594333 | pmc | 7,738 | {
"abstract": "Soybean is an important crop, with processed soybeans being the second largest source of vegetable oil and the largest source of animal protein feed in the world. Nodules on soybean roots are responsible for symbiotic nitrogen fixation, enabling soybean plants to obtain sufficient nitrogen for growth a... | 247 |
33915126 | PMC8163978 | pmc | 7,741 | {
"abstract": "Geobacter bacteria are able to transfer electrons to the exterior of the cell and reduce extracellular electron acceptors including toxic/radioactive metals and electrode surfaces, with potential applications in bioremediation or electricity harvesting. The triheme c -type cytochrome PpcA from Geoba... | 4,164 |
39555911 | PMC11727244 | pmc | 7,742 | {
"abstract": "Abstract Mechanism‐based metamaterials, comprising rigid elements interconnected by flexible hinges, possess the potential to develop intelligent micromachines with programmable motility and morphology. However, the absence of efficient microactuators has constrained the ability to achieve multimodal l... | 2,237 |
28450886 | PMC5402650 | pmc | 7,744 | {
"abstract": "Background Biofuels obtained from first-generation (1G) sugars-starch streams have been proven unsustainable as their constant consumption is not only significantly costly for commercial scale production systems, but it could potentially lead to problems associated with extortionate food items for huma... | 3,941 |
36080594 | PMC9460880 | pmc | 7,745 | {
"abstract": "Self-healing materials, especially self-healing polyurea/polyurethane, to replace traditional coating has been of increasing interest in the past decade. The frequency of regular maintenance work can also be reduced as the coating is capable of forming bonds at ruptured sites. This reduces the cost of ... | 7,641 |
31814613 | null | s2 | 7,747 | {
"abstract": "Microfluidic devices allow for the manipulation of fluids, particles, cells, micro-sized organs or organisms in channels ranging from the nano to submillimeter scales. A rapid increase in the use of this technology in the biological sciences has prompted a need for methods that are accessible to a wide... | 312 |
36215489 | PMC9586279 | pmc | 7,748 | {
"abstract": "Significance Acetate-producing microorganisms (acetogens) have long been hypothesized as among the earliest evolving organisms. Concomitantly, serpentinite formations have been widely considered the most likely habitat to have supported early life. Yet, little is known of acetogens in contemporary serp... | 9,870 |
37988619 | null | s2 | 7,749 | {
"abstract": "The soil environment adjacent to plant roots, termed the rhizosphere, is home to a wide variety of microorganisms that can significantly affect the physiology of nearby plants. Microbes in the rhizosphere can provide nutrients, secrete signaling compounds, and inhibit pathogens. These processes could b... | 234 |
35492934 | PMC9050384 | pmc | 7,750 | {
"abstract": "Functionalization of synthetic suede materials with excellent superhydrophobicity can expand their application ranges. Superhydrophobic synthetic suede was obtained by coating with polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) and octadecyltrichlorosilane (OTS). Utilizing the synthetic suede effect of the fibrous rough ... | 3,929 |
24781324 | null | s2 | 7,751 | {
"abstract": "Cells navigate environments, communicate and build complex patterns by initiating gene expression in response to specific signals. Engineers seek to harness this capability to program cells to perform tasks or create chemicals and materials that match the complexity seen in nature. This Review describe... | 248 |
32596434 | null | s2 | 7,752 | {
"abstract": "Soft robotics is an emerging field enabled by advances in the development of soft materials with properties commensurate to their biological counterparts, for the purpose of reproducing locomotion and other distinctive capabilities of active biological organisms. The development of soft actuators is fu... | 320 |
36684723 | PMC9849897 | pmc | 7,753 | {
"abstract": "The use of arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi has great potential, being used as biostimulants, biofertilizers and bioprotection agents in agricultural and natural ecosystems. However, the application of AM fungal inoculants is still challenging due to the variability of results when applied in producti... | 4,464 |
35731940 | PMC9260185 | pmc | 7,754 | {
"abstract": "Abstract Microbial pangenomes vary across species; their size and structure are determined by genetic diversity within the population and by gene loss and horizontal gene transfer (HGT). Many bacteria are associated with eukaryotic hosts where the host colonization dynamics may impact bacterial genome ... | 6,164 |
19807088 | null | s2 | 7,755 | {
"abstract": "Molecular self-assembly using DNA as a structural building block has proven to be an efficient route to the construction of nanoscale objects and arrays of increasing complexity. Using the remarkable \"scaffolded DNA origami\" strategy, Rothemund demonstrated that a long single-stranded DNA from a vira... | 345 |
21611170 | PMC3097188 | pmc | 7,756 | {
"abstract": "Species richness is the most commonly used but controversial biodiversity metric in studies on aspects of community stability such as structural composition or productivity. The apparent ambiguity of theoretical and experimental findings may in part be due to experimental shortcomings and/or heterogene... | 5,261 |
39987219 | PMC11847368 | pmc | 7,757 | {
"abstract": "Background Lignocellulose is the most abundant renewable bioresource on earth, and its biodegradation and utilization would contribute to the sustainable development of the global environment. Ruminiclostridium papyrosolvens , an anaerobic, mesophilic, and cellulolytic bacterium, produces an enzymatic... | 2,240 |
25415989 | null | s2 | 7,765 | {
"abstract": "Reliable real-time low-latency spike sorting with large data throughput is essential for studies of neural network dynamics and for brain-machine interfaces (BMIs), in which the stimulation of neural networks is based on the networks' most recent activity. However, the majority of existing multi-electr... | 383 |
36687629 | PMC9846038 | pmc | 7,766 | {
"abstract": "Background and aims: Intercropping, a widely used planting pattern, could affect soil physicochemical properties, microbial community diversity, and further crop yields. However, its impacts on soil microbial diversity and ecosystem functioning and further soil sustainability are poorly understood. Met... | 3,552 |
34539080 | null | s2 | 7,770 | {
"abstract": "In this work, certain aspects of the structure of the overlapping groups of neurons encoding specific signals are examined. Individual neurons are assumed to respond stochastically to input signal. Identification of a particular signal is assumed to result from the aggregate activity of a group of neur... | 209 |
32429161 | PMC7288057 | pmc | 7,771 | {
"abstract": "The liquid metal lyophobicity of a rough substrate was, in previous articles, found to be rather independent on the surface wettability. In this article, we scrutinize the impact of surface wettability of a structured (rough) surface on the liquid metal wettability and adhesion. As a model system, a st... | 5,929 |
36037308 | PMC9494938 | pmc | 7,772 | {
"abstract": "Organic hydrophobic\nlayers targeting sustained dropwise condensation\nare highly desirable but suffer from poor chemical and mechanical\nstability, combined with low thermal conductivity. The requirement\nof such layers to remain ultrathin to minimize their inherent thermal\nresistance competes agains... | 5,022 |
29328062 | PMC5776472 | pmc | 7,773 | {
"abstract": "We report the isolation of a pinnacle-forming cyanobacterium isolated from a microbial mat covering the sediment surface at Little Salt Spring—a flooded sinkhole in Florida with a perennially microoxic and sulfidic water column. The draft genome of the isolate encodes all of the enzymatic machinery nec... | 10,238 |
30995278 | PMC6469795 | pmc | 7,777 | {
"abstract": "Recent work on microbiomes is revealing the wealth and importance of plant-microbe interactions. Microbial symbionts are proposed to have profound effects on fitness of their host plants and vice versa, especially when their fitness is tightly linked. Here we studied local adaptation of host plants and... | 5,602 |
36281261 | PMC9587336 | pmc | 7,779 | {
"abstract": "Metabolic engineering involves the manipulation of microbes to produce desirable compounds through genetic engineering or synthetic biology approaches. Metabolomics involves the quantitation of intracellular and extracellular metabolites, where mass spectrometry and nuclear magnetic resonance based ana... | 1,829 |
26063391 | PMC4523385 | pmc | 7,780 | {
"abstract": "The flavodiiron proteins (FDPs) are involved in the detoxification of oxidative compounds, such as nitric oxide (NO) or O 2 in Archaea and Bacteria. In cyanobacteria, the FDPs Flv1 and Flv3 are essential in the light-dependent reduction of O 2 downstream of PSI. Phylogenetic analysis revealed that tw... | 4,311 |
33501265 | PMC7805676 | pmc | 7,781 | {
"abstract": "We analyze the efficacy of modern neuro-evolutionary strategies for continuous control optimization. Overall, the results collected on a wide variety of qualitatively different benchmark problems indicate that these methods are generally effective and scale well with respect to the number of parameters... | 2,213 |
21304466 | PMC3182658 | pmc | 7,783 | {
"abstract": "Electrospun nanofiber scaffolds have been shown to accelerate the maturation, improve the growth, and direct the migration of cells in vitro . Electrospinning is a process in which a charged polymer jet is collected on a grounded collector; a rapidly rotating collector results in aligned nanofibers wh... | 554 |
38688974 | PMC11061196 | pmc | 7,784 | {
"abstract": "This study integrated bacterial community and soil chemicals to characterize the soil ecosystem in an open upland field managed by six controlled fertilizer programs using the minimum amount of pesticides. Amplicon sequencing the 16S rRNA gene revealed that inorganic nitrogen fertilizer and compost alt... | 2,986 |
36519191 | PMC9948233 | pmc | 7,785 | {
"abstract": "Abstract Biology leverages a range of electrical phenomena to extract and store energy, control molecular reactions and enable multicellular communication. Microbes, in particular, have evolved genetically encoded machinery enabling them to utilize the abundant redox‐active molecules and minerals avail... | 1,407 |
31618939 | PMC6843568 | pmc | 7,786 | {
"abstract": "Energy harvesting from human-body-induced motion is mostly challenging due to the low-frequency, high-amplitude nature of the motion, which makes the use of conventional cantilevered spring-mass oscillators unrealizable. Frequency up-conversion by mechanical impact is an effective way to overcome the c... | 5,210 |
33324382 | PMC7726332 | pmc | 7,787 | {
"abstract": "Bacteria in the genus Geobacter thrive in iron- and manganese-rich environments where the divalent cobalt cation (Co II ) accumulates to potentially toxic concentrations. Consistent with selective pressure from environmental exposure, the model laboratory representative Geobacter sulfurreducens gre... | 6,492 |
30719335 | PMC6358281 | pmc | 7,788 | {
"abstract": "We have developed an integrated, multienzyme functionalized membrane reactor for bioconversion of a lignin model compound involving enzymatic catalysis. The membrane bioreactors were fabricated through the layer-by-layer assembly approach to immobilize three different enzymes (glucose oxidase, peroxida... | 4,940 |
38459056 | PMC10924106 | pmc | 7,790 | {
"abstract": "Bacteria have developed various defense mechanisms to avoid infection and killing in response to the fast evolution and turnover of viruses and other genetic parasites. Such pan-immune system ( defensome ) encompasses a growing number of defense lines that include well-studied innate and adaptive syste... | 4,549 |
36514486 | PMC9731846 | pmc | 7,792 | {
"abstract": "Current agricultural practices heavily rely on the excessive application of synthetic pesticides and fertilizers to meet the food demands of the increasing global population. This practice has several drawbacks including its negative impact on the environment and human health. Recently, the use of natu... | 1,925 |
31831639 | null | s2 | 7,794 | {
"abstract": "The gut microbiota produce hundreds of molecules that are present at high concentrations in the host circulation. Unraveling the contribution of each molecule to host biology remains difficult. We developed a system for constructing clean deletions in "
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34467342 | PMC8395622 | pmc | 7,796 | {
"abstract": "Surfaces with microscale\nroughness can entail dual-scale hierarchical\nstructures such as the recently reported nano/microstructured surfaces\nproduced in the laboratory ( Wang\net al. Nature 2020 , 582 , 55 − 57 32494077 ). However,\nhow the dual-scale hierarchical structured surface affects the a... | 9,845 |
24957038 | PMC4101518 | pmc | 7,797 | {
"abstract": "Recently, cyanobacteria have become one of the most attractive hosts for biochemical production due to its high proliferative ability and ease of genetic manipulation. Several researches aimed at biological production using modified cyanobacteria have been reported previously. However, to improve the y... | 7,482 |
34828122 | PMC8622738 | pmc | 7,798 | {
"abstract": "Machine learning methods, such as Long Short-Term Memory (LSTM) neural networks can predict real-life time series data. Here, we present a new approach to predict time series data combining interpolation techniques, randomly parameterized LSTM neural networks and measures of signal complexity, which we... | 4,173 |
39215347 | PMC11363401 | pmc | 7,799 | {
"abstract": "Background Cabbage Fusarium wilt (CFW) is a devastating disease caused by the soil-borne fungus Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. conglutinans (Foc). One of the optimal measures for managing CFW is the employment of tolerant/resistant cabbage varieties. However, the interplay between plant genotypes and th... | 4,211 |
34256567 | PMC8397335 | pmc | 7,800 | {
"abstract": "The control of liquid\nmotion on the micrometer scale is important\nfor many liquid transport and biomedical applications. An efficient\nway to trigger liquid motion is by introducing surface tension gradients\non free liquid interfaces leading to the Marangoni effect. However,\na pronounced Marangoni-... | 7,265 |
35635769 | PMC9327519 | pmc | 7,801 | {
"abstract": "Abstract Plant–soil feedbacks (PSFs) are considered a key mechanism generating frequency‐dependent dynamics in plant communities. Negative feedbacks, in particular, are often invoked to explain coexistence and the maintenance of diversity in species‐rich communities. However, the primary modelling fram... | 4,181 |
31766417 | PMC6952951 | pmc | 7,804 | {
"abstract": "The microvalve for accurate flow control under low fluidic pressure is vital in cost-effective and miniaturized microfluidic devices. This paper proposes a novel microfluidic passive valve comprising of a liquid chamber, an elastic membrane, and an ellipsoidal control chamber, which actualizes a high f... | 4,729 |
30702898 | null | s2 | 7,805 | {
"abstract": "Ocean metaproteomics is an emerging field enabling discoveries about marine microbial communities and their impact on global biogeochemical processes. Recent ocean metaproteomic studies have provided insight into microbial nutrient transport, colimitation of carbon fixation, the metabolism of microbial... | 272 |
27118382 | PMC4847182 | pmc | 7,806 | {
"abstract": "Background It is known that during plant community assembly, the early colonizing species can affect the establishment, growth or reproductive success of later arriving species, often resulting in unpredictable assembly outcomes. These so called ‘priority effects’ have recently been hypothesized to wor... | 3,585 |
36067284 | PMC9478672 | pmc | 7,807 | {
"abstract": "Significance To swim, bacteria must regulate a battery of motility genes in proper relation to other genes and the environments they encounter. To reveal how cells resolve this challenge, we studied the regulation of motility genes in the model organism Escherichia coli across growth conditions. By c... | 1,810 |
26391740 | null | s2 | 7,808 | {
"abstract": "We have isolated a new extremely thermophilic fast-growing Geobacillus strain that can efficiently utilize xylose, glucose, mannose and galactose for cell growth. When grown aerobically at 72 °C, Geobacillus LC300 has a growth rate of 2.15 h(-1) on glucose and 1.52 h(-1) on xylose (doubling time less t... | 331 |
34795326 | PMC8602335 | pmc | 7,810 | {
"abstract": "Drought severely restricts plant production and global warming is further increasing drought stress for crops. Much information reveals the ability of individual microbes affecting plant stress tolerance. However, the effects of emergent bacterial community properties on plant drought tolerance remain ... | 3,516 |
33645919 | PMC8601171 | pmc | 7,811 | {
"abstract": "Summary Directed evolution is a powerful method to optimize proteins and metabolic reactions towards user‐defined goals. It usually involves subjecting genes or pathways to iterative rounds of mutagenesis, selection and amplification. While powerful, systematic searches through large sequence‐spaces is... | 3,407 |
33057032 | PMC7560658 | pmc | 7,812 | {
"abstract": "The ongoing research on and development of increasingly intelligent artificial systems propels the need for bio inspired pressure sensitive spiking circuits. Here we present an adapting and spiking tactile sensor, based on a neuronal model and a piezoelectric field-effect transistor (PiezoFET). The pie... | 2,262 |
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