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"abstract": "There is a disconnect between the cutting-edge research done in academic labs, such as nanotechnology, and what is taught in undergraduate labs. In the current undergraduate curriculum, very few students get a chance to do hands-on experiments in nanotechnology-related experiments most of which are thr... | 304 |
36133834 | PMC9419300 | pmc | 8,142 | {
"abstract": "Self-cleaning surfaces often make use of superhydrophobic coatings that repel water. Here, we report a hydrophobic Si nanospring surface that effectively suppresses wetting by repelling water droplets. The dynamic response of Si nanospring arrays fabricated by glancing-angle deposition is investigated.... | 5,917 |
32269706 | PMC7114960 | pmc | 8,143 | {
"abstract": "Production of bioethanol from brewers spent grains (BSG) using consolidated bioprocessing (CBP) is reported. Each CBP system consists of a primary filamentous fungal species, which secretes the enzymes required to deconstruct biomass, paired with a secondary yeast species to ferment liberated sugars to... | 8,237 |
24098303 | PMC3787543 | pmc | 8,145 | {
"abstract": "Nitrogen, particularly nitrate is an important yield determinant for crops. However, current agricultural practice with excessive fertilizer usage has detrimental effects on the environment. Therefore, legumes have been suggested as a sustainable alternative for replenishing soil nitrogen. Legumes can ... | 859 |
24656471 | null | s2 | 8,146 | {
"abstract": "To characterize the microstructure and determine some mechanical properties of a polymer-infiltrated ceramic-network (PICN) material (Vita Enamic, Vita Zahnfabrik) available for CAD-CAM systems. Specimens were fabricated to perform quantitative and qualitative analyses of the material's microstructure ... | 275 |
17123434 | PMC1664590 | pmc | 8,147 | {
"abstract": "Background The availability of genome sequences for many organisms enabled the reconstruction of several genome-scale metabolic network models. Currently, significant efforts are put into the automated reconstruction of such models. For this, several computational tools have been developed that particu... | 3,522 |
23918042 | PMC3734524 | pmc | 8,149 | {
"abstract": "Materials with both high strength and toughness are in great demand for a wide range of applications, requiring strict design of ingredients and hierarchically ordered architecture from nano- to macro-scale. Nacre achieves such a target in the long natural evolution by alternative alignment of inorgani... | 1,744 |
34831448 | PMC8621022 | pmc | 8,150 | {
"abstract": "Antibiotics are well known drugs which, when present above certain concentrations, are able to inhibit the growth of certain bacteria. However, a growing body of evidence shows that even when present at lower doses (subMIC, for sub-minimal inhibitory concentration), unable to inhibit or affect microbia... | 3,511 |
21414040 | null | s2 | 8,151 | {
"abstract": "Magnetotactic bacteria contain nanometre-sized, membrane-bound organelles, called magnetosomes, which are tasked with the biomineralization of small crystals of the iron oxide magnetite allowing the organism to use geomagnetic field lines for navigation. A key player in this process is the HtrA/DegP fa... | 359 |
32927059 | PMC8015268 | pmc | 8,153 | {
"abstract": "Metabolic engineering has allowed the production of a diverse number of valuable chemicals using microbial organisms. Many biological challenges for improving bio-production exist which limit performance and slow the commercialization of metabolically engineered systems. Dynamic metabolic engineering i... | 2,142 |
36516242 | PMC9750142 | pmc | 8,154 | {
"abstract": "Physical reservoir computing has recently been attracting attention for its ability to substantially reduce the computational resources required to process time series data. However, the physical reservoirs that have been reported to date have had insufficient computational capacity, and most of them h... | 8,539 |
34830199 | PMC8621035 | pmc | 8,155 | {
"abstract": "Surface antimicrobial materials are of interest as they can combat the critical threat of microbial contamination without contributing to issues of environmental contamination and the development drug resistance. Most nanostructured surfaces are prepared by post fabrication modifications and actively r... | 4,208 |
38204420 | PMC11023807 | pmc | 8,156 | {
"abstract": "Microbial cells must continually adapt their physiology in the face of changing environmental conditions. Archaea living in extreme conditions, such as saturated salinity, represent important examples of such resilience. The model salt-loving organism Haloferax volcanii exhibits remarkable plasticity... | 4,449 |
23871659 | null | s2 | 8,158 | {
"abstract": "Plants can develop an enhanced defensive capacity in response to infection by arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF). This 'mycorrhiza-induced resistance' (MIR) provides systemic protection against a wide range of attackers and shares characteristics with systemic acquired resistance (SAR) after pathogen i... | 206 |
35274289 | PMC9313621 | pmc | 8,161 | {
"abstract": "Abstract Biofilms are communities of bacterial cells encased in a self‐produced polymeric matrix and exhibit high tolerance towards environmental stress. Despite the plethora of research on biofilms, most biofilm models are produced using mono‐interface culture in static flow conditions, and knowledge ... | 5,235 |
38589497 | PMC11001880 | pmc | 8,162 | {
"abstract": "Flexible pressure sensors can convert mechanical stimuli to electrical signals to interact with the surroundings, mimicking the functionality of the human skins. Piezocapacitive pressure sensors, a class of most widely used devices for artificial skins, however, often suffer from slow response-relaxati... | 2,024 |
30153857 | PMC6114274 | pmc | 8,165 | {
"abstract": "Background Biochemical and regulatory pathways have until recently been thought and modelled within one cell type, one organism and one species. This vision is being dramatically changed by the advent of whole microbiome sequencing studies, revealing the role of symbiotic microbial populations in funda... | 2,474 |
35243218 | PMC8867051 | pmc | 8,166 | {
"abstract": "Summary Microbial inoculations contribute to reducing agricultural systems' environmental footprint by supporting sustainable production and regulating climate change. However, the indirect and cascading effects of microbial inoculants through the reshaping of soil microbiome are largely overlooked. By... | 3,372 |
23387867 | null | s2 | 8,167 | {
"abstract": "Next-generation sequencing has dramatically changed the landscape of microbial ecology, large-scale and in-depth diversity studies being now widely accessible. However, determining the accuracy of taxonomic and quantitative inferences and comparing results obtained with different approaches are complic... | 316 |
37862415 | PMC10588950 | pmc | 8,169 | {
"abstract": "Mechanosensing, the transduction of extracellular mechanical stimuli into intracellular biochemical signals, is a fundamental property of living cells. However, endowing synthetic materials with mechanosensing capabilities comparable to biological levels is challenging. Here, we developed ultrasensitiv... | 4,358 |
34522731 | PMC8426196 | pmc | 8,170 | {
"abstract": "Here, we report data of the principal component analysis (PCA) assessment and clustering analysis related to low-temperature thermal hydrolysis process (THP) for enhancing the anaerobic digestion (AD) of sludge in wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) with primary sludge fermentation (Azizi et al., 2021)... | 552 |
40346188 | PMC12064722 | pmc | 8,171 | {
"abstract": "Microbial desalination cells (MDCs), as an emerging desalination technology, have attracted increasing attention in recent years due to their ability to simultaneously achieve salt removal and wastewater treatment without the need for external energy input. In this study, the performance of two MDC sys... | 8,915 |
21375742 | PMC3060884 | pmc | 8,172 | {
"abstract": "Background Eucalyptus species are among the most planted hardwoods in the world because of their rapid growth, adaptability and valuable wood properties. The development and integration of genomic resources into breeding practice will be increasingly important in the decades to come. Bacterial artific... | 5,588 |
38065083 | PMC10760936 | pmc | 8,173 | {
"abstract": "SUMMARY Photosynthesis is central to food production and the Earth’s biogeochemistry, yet the molecular basis for its regulation remains poorly understood. Here, using high-throughput genetics in the model eukaryotic alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii , we identify with high confidence (false discovery ra... | 2,615 |
38065083 | PMC10760936 | pmc | 8,173 | {
"abstract": "SUMMARY Photosynthesis is central to food production and the Earth’s biogeochemistry, yet the molecular basis for its regulation remains poorly understood. Here, using high-throughput genetics in the model eukaryotic alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii , we identify with high confidence (false discovery ra... | 2,615 |
38065083 | PMC10760936 | pmc | 8,174 | {
"abstract": "SUMMARY Photosynthesis is central to food production and the Earth’s biogeochemistry, yet the molecular basis for its regulation remains poorly understood. Here, using high-throughput genetics in the model eukaryotic alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii , we identify with high confidence (false discovery ra... | 2,615 |
38065083 | PMC10760936 | pmc | 8,174 | {
"abstract": "SUMMARY Photosynthesis is central to food production and the Earth’s biogeochemistry, yet the molecular basis for its regulation remains poorly understood. Here, using high-throughput genetics in the model eukaryotic alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii , we identify with high confidence (false discovery ra... | 2,615 |
38317929 | PMC10839987 | pmc | 8,176 | {
"abstract": "Understanding the impact of various parameters on the kinetics of dissolved selenium (Se) removal in bioreactors can be a challenging task, primarily due to the mass transfer limitations inherent in bioreactors employing attached growth configurations. This study successfully established a proof-of-con... | 7,838 |
38183463 | PMC10998807 | pmc | 8,177 | {
"abstract": "Ectomycorrhizal (EM) associations can promote the dominance of tree species in otherwise diverse tropical forests. These EM associations between trees and their fungal mutualists have important consequences for soil organic matter cycling, yet the influence of these EM-associated effects on surrounding... | 4,819 |
25622822 | PMC4306973 | pmc | 8,178 | {
"abstract": "Vanillin dehydrogenase (VDH) is a crucial enzyme involved in the degradation of lignin-derived aromatic compounds. Herein, the VDH from Corynebacterium glutamicum was characterized. The relative molecular mass (Mr) determined by SDS-PAGE was ~51kDa, whereas the apparent native Mr values revealed by g... | 2,156 |
18692469 | null | s2 | 8,183 | {
"abstract": "Quorum sensing, a process of bacterial cell-cell communication, relies on production, detection, and response to autoinducer signaling molecules. LuxN, a nine-transmembrane domain protein from Vibrio harveyi, is the founding example of membrane-bound receptors for acyl-homoserine lactone (AHL) autoindu... | 268 |
23611564 | null | s2 | 8,184 | {
"abstract": "The mechanical properties of the extracellular matrix (ECM) in which cells reside have emerged as an important regulator of cell fate. While materials based on natural ECM have been used to implicate the role of substrate stiffness for cell fate decisions, it is difficult in these matrices to isolate m... | 191 |
36844461 | PMC9961374 | pmc | 8,185 | {
"abstract": "Hydrogen is a clean, renewable energy source, that when combined with oxygen, produces heat and electricity with only water vapor as a biproduct. Furthermore, it has the highest energy content by weight of all known fuels. As a result, various strategies have engineered methods to produce hydrogen effi... | 1,081 |
30107031 | PMC6175206 | pmc | 8,186 | {
"abstract": "In the model cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803, the terminal enzyme of chlorophyll biosynthesis, chlorophyll synthase (ChlG), forms a complex with high light‐inducible proteins, the photosystem II assembly factor Ycf39 and the YidC/Alb3/OxaI membrane insertase, co‐ordinating chlorophyll d... | 1,763 |
24228812 | null | s2 | 8,188 | {
"abstract": "A capability that is key to increasing the performance of paper microfluidic devices is control of fluid transport in the devices. We present dissolvable bridges as a novel method of manipulating fluid volumes within paper-based devices. We demonstrate and characterize the operation of the bridges, inc... | 162 |
37303603 | PMC10254463 | pmc | 8,189 | {
"abstract": "The hybrid electromagnetic-triboelectric generator (HETG) is a prevalent device for mechanical energy harvesting. However, the energy utilization efficiency of the electromagnetic generator (EMG) is inferior to that of the triboelectric nanogenerator (TENG) at low driving frequencies, which limits the ... | 1,619 |
33668634 | PMC7918521 | pmc | 8,190 | {
"abstract": "Revealing the relationship between taxonomy and function in microbiomes is critical to discover their contribution to ecosystem functioning. However, while the relationship between taxonomic and functional diversity in bacteria and fungi is known, this is not the case for archaea. Here, we used a meta-... | 3,616 |
35415879 | PMC9323439 | pmc | 8,191 | {
"abstract": "Summary Coastal waters are a major source of marine methane to the atmosphere. Particularly high concentrations of this potent greenhouse gas are found in anoxic waters, but it remains unclear if and to what extent anaerobic methanotrophs mitigate the methane flux. Here we investigate the long‐term dyn... | 7,885 |
26539175 | PMC4609892 | pmc | 8,192 | {
"abstract": "The minimal cell concept represents a pragmatic approach to the question of how few genes are required to run a cell. This is a helpful way to build a parts-list, and has been more successful than attempts to deduce a minimal gene set for life by inferring the gene repertoire of the last universal comm... | 1,390 |
35502577 | PMC9249325 | pmc | 8,193 | {
"abstract": "Summary Pseudomonads play crucial roles in plant growth promotion and control of plant diseases. However, under natural conditions, other microorganisms competing for the same nutrient resources in the rhizosphere may exert negative control over their phytobeneficial characteristics. We assessed the ex... | 6,274 |
37746168 | PMC10512219 | pmc | 8,195 | {
"abstract": "Plant communities and fungi inhabiting their phyllospheres change along precipitation gradients and often respond to changes in land use. Many studies have focused on the changes in foliar fungal communities on specific plant species, however, few have addressed the association between whole plant comm... | 5,975 |
26067952 | PMC4463517 | pmc | 8,196 | {
"abstract": "Anoxybacillus geothermalis strain GSsed3 is an endospore-forming thermophilic bacterium isolated from filter deposits in a geothermal site. This novel species has a larger genome size (7.2 Mb) than that of any other Anoxybacillus species, and it possesses genes that support its phenotypic metabolic ... | 90 |
36286193 | PMC10100480 | pmc | 8,198 | {
"abstract": "Abstract Toxic metal pollution requires significant adjustments in plant metabolism. Here, we show that the plant microbiota plays an important role in this process. The endophytic Sporobolomyces ruberrimus isolated from a serpentine population of Arabidopsis arenosa protected plants against excess... | 4,862 |
36814252 | PMC9948338 | pmc | 8,200 | {
"abstract": "Background Energy is the basis and assurance for a world's stable development; however, as traditional non-renewable energy sources deplete, the development and study of renewable clean energy have emerged. Using microalgae as a carbon source for anaerobic bacteria to generate biohydrogen is a clean en... | 4,633 |
31418553 | PMC6764109 | pmc | 8,201 | {
"abstract": "We\ndescribe the triggered assembly of a bioinspired DNA origami\nmeshwork on a lipid membrane. DNA triskelia, three-armed DNA origami\nnanostructures inspired by the membrane-modifying protein clathrin,\nare bound to lipid mono- and bilayers using cholesterol anchors. Polymerization\nof triskelia, tri... | 4,425 |
28405363 | PMC5383820 | pmc | 8,202 | {
"abstract": "DNA has been used to construct a wide variety of nanoscale molecular devices. Inspiration for such synthetic molecular machines is frequently drawn from protein motors, which are naturally occurring and ubiquitous. However, despite the fact that rotary motors such as ATP synthase and the bacterial flag... | 6,239 |
36135298 | PMC9498466 | pmc | 8,203 | {
"abstract": "Swelling experiments and NMR spectroscopy were combined to study effect of various stimuli on the behavior of hydrogels with a single- and double-network (DN) structure composed of poly( N,N′ -diethylacrylamide) and polyacrylamide (PAAm). The sensitivity to stimuli in the DN hydrogel was found to be si... | 8,516 |
30509471 | null | s2 | 8,205 | {
"abstract": "The chapter focuses on the methods involved in producing and characterizing two key nickel-iron-sulfur enzymes in the Wood-Ljungdahl pathway (WLP) of anaerobic conversion of carbon dioxide fixation into acetyl-CoA: carbon monoxide dehydrogenase (CODH) and acetyl-CoA synthase (ACS). The WLP is used for ... | 182 |
38611700 | PMC11013183 | pmc | 8,207 | {
"abstract": "Polyurethane elastomers are among the most versatile classes of industrial polymers—typically achieved through a two-step synthesis of segmented block copolymers, comprising very long and soft segments that provide elasticity and significantly long and hard segments that provide strength. The present r... | 18,801 |
37891652 | PMC10612212 | pmc | 8,208 | {
"abstract": "Background Whole-cell biocatalysis has been exploited to convert a variety of substrates into high-value bulk or chiral fine chemicals. However, the traditional whole-cell biocatalysis typically utilizes the heterotrophic microbes as the biocatalyst, which requires carbohydrates to power the cofactor (... | 1,759 |
22882210 | null | s2 | 8,210 | {
"abstract": "Biofilm formation in Bacillus subtilis requires the differentiation of a subpopulation of cells responsible for the production of the extracellular matrix that structures the biofilm. Differentiation of matrix-producing cells depends, among other factors, on the FloT and YqfA proteins. These proteins a... | 337 |
38830860 | PMC11148140 | pmc | 8,211 | {
"abstract": "Plastic waste is an environmental challenge, but also presents a biotechnological opportunity as a unique carbon substrate. With modern biotechnological tools, it is possible to enable both recycling and upcycling. To realize a plastics bioeconomy, significant intrinsic barriers must be overcome using ... | 391 |
23719585 | PMC4070969 | pmc | 8,212 | {
"abstract": "Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) in an agricultural ecosystem are necessary for proper management of beneficial symbiosis. Here we explored how the patterns of the AMF community in rice roots were affected by rice cultivation systems (the system of rice intensification [SRI] and the conventional rice... | 2,930 |
39006488 | null | s2 | 8,215 | {
"abstract": "Under current trends, 60% of India's population (>10% of people on Earth) will experience severe food deficiencies by 2050. Increased production is urgently needed, but high costs and volatile prices are driving farmers into debt. Zero budget natural farming (ZBNF) is a grassroots movement that aims to... | 342 |
38350021 | PMC10910447 | pmc | 8,216 | {
"abstract": "Liquid-like surfaces\nfeaturing slippery, omniphobic, covalently\nattached liquids (SOCALs) reduce unwanted adhesion by providing a\nmolecularly smooth and slippery surface arising from the high mobility\nof the liquid chains. Such SOCALs are commonly prepared on hard substrates,\nsuch as glass, wafers... | 8,993 |
35072015 | PMC8762475 | pmc | 8,219 | {
"abstract": "Summary Biological visual system can efficiently handle optical information within the retina and visual cortex of the brain, which suggests an alternative approach for the upgrading of the current low-intelligence, large energy consumption, and complex circuitry of the artificial vision system for hig... | 1,182 |
24855656 | null | s2 | 8,222 | {
"abstract": "The ability to resist mechanical forces is necessary for the survival and division of bacteria and has traditionally been probed using specialized, low-throughput techniques such as atomic force microscopy and optical tweezers. Here we demonstrate a microfluidic technique to profile the stiffness of in... | 456 |
30405656 | PMC6201211 | pmc | 8,223 | {
"abstract": "Actinorhizal plants are able to establish a symbiotic relationship with Frankia bacteria leading to the formation of root nodules. The symbiotic interaction starts with the exchange of symbiotic signals in the soil between the plant and the bacteria. This molecular dialog involves signaling molecules... | 4,629 |
28898068 | null | s2 | 8,226 | {
"abstract": "Programmable colloidal assembly enables the creation of mesoscale materials in a bottom-up manner. Although DNA oligonucleotides have been used extensively as the programmable units in this paradigm, proteins, which exhibit more diverse modes of association and function, have not been widely used to di... | 295 |
34568796 | PMC8449090 | pmc | 8,228 | {
"abstract": "Summary Organisms in nature grow with senses, nervous, and actuation systems coordinated in ingenious ways to sustain metabolism and other essential life activities. The understanding of biological structures and functions guide the construction of soft robotics with unprecedented performances. However... | 1,109 |
34783426 | PMC9299676 | pmc | 8,229 | {
"abstract": "Abstract Petrochemical based polymers, paints and coatings are cornerstones of modern industry but our future sustainable society demands greener processes and renewable feedstock materials. A challenge is to access platform monomers from biomass resources while integrating the principles of green chem... | 5,684 |
22481885 | PMC3313501 | pmc | 8,230 | {
"abstract": "Methanogenic archaeans are organisms of considerable ecological and biotechnological interest that produce methane through a restricted metabolic pathway, which culminates in the reaction catalyzed by the Methyl-coenzyme M reductase (Mcr) enzyme, and results in the release of methane. Using a metagenom... | 3,720 |
35149704 | PMC8837802 | pmc | 8,231 | {
"abstract": "Microbial composition and functions in the rhizosphere—an important microbial hotspot—are among the most fascinating yet elusive topics in microbial ecology. We used 557 pairs of published 16S rDNA amplicon sequences from the bulk soils and rhizosphere in different ecosystems around the world to genera... | 5,806 |
25267881 | null | s2 | 8,234 | {
"abstract": "Electro-active materials are capable of undergoing large deformation when stimulated by an electric field. They can be divided into electronic and ionic electro-active polymers (EAPs) depending on their actuation mechanism based on their composition. We consider electronic EAPs, for which attractive Co... | 399 |
30788343 | PMC6379063 | pmc | 8,236 | {
"abstract": "Ecosystems constantly face disturbances which vary in their spatial and temporal features, yet little is known on how these features affect ecosystem recovery and persistence, i.e., ecosystem stability. We address this issue by considering three ecosystem models with different local dynamics, and ask h... | 4,530 |
34168253 | PMC8225664 | pmc | 8,237 | {
"abstract": "We propose a new concept that utilizes the difference in Poisson's ratio between component materials as a strengthening mechanism that increases the effectiveness of the sacrificial bond toughening mechanism in macroscale double-network (Macro-DN) materials. These Macro-DN composites consist of a macro... | 2,795 |
38888209 | PMC11223495 | pmc | 8,239 | {
"abstract": "Coastal zones account for 75% of marine methane emissions,\ndespite\ncovering only 15% of the ocean surface area. In these ecosystems,\nthe tight balance between methane production and oxidation in sediments\nprevents most methane from escaping into seawater. However, anthropogenic\nactivities could di... | 10,208 |
30038449 | null | s2 | 8,241 | {
"abstract": "1. Despite commonly used to unveil the complex structure of interactions within ecological communities and their value to assess their resilience against external disturbances, network analyses have seldom been applied in plant communities. We evaluated how plant-plant spatial association networks vary... | 355 |
37520908 | null | s2 | 8,242 | {
"abstract": "Antibacterial properties of copper against planktonic bacteria population are affected by surface microstructure and topography. However, copper interactions with bacteria in a biofilm state are less studied. This work aims at better understanding the difference in biofilm inhibition of bulk, cold-spra... | 334 |
30404263 | PMC6189994 | pmc | 8,244 | {
"abstract": "This paper presents an innovative mixing technology for centrifugal microfluidic platforms actuated using a specially designed flyball governor. The multilayer microfluidic disc was fabricated using a polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) replica molding process with a soft lithography technique. The operational... | 3,660 |
26462113 | PMC4603686 | pmc | 8,246 | {
"abstract": "Two main mechanisms are thought to affect the prevalence of endophyte-grass symbiosis in host populations: the mode of endophyte transmission, and the fitness differential between symbiotic and non-symbiotic plants. These mechanisms have mostly been studied in synthetic grass populations. If we are to ... | 4,799 |
38806482 | PMC11133408 | pmc | 8,248 | {
"abstract": "We report a breakthrough in the hardware implementation of energy-efficient all-spin synapse and neuron devices for highly scalable integrated neuromorphic circuits. Our work demonstrates the successful execution of all-spin synapse and activation function generator using domain wall-magnetic tunnel ju... | 2,427 |
37155857 | PMC10194018 | pmc | 8,249 | {
"abstract": "Significance Dissimilatory sulfate reduction (DSR) is one of the oldest and most prominent microbial metabolic pathways on Earth. It is generally accompanied by zero-valent sulfur (ZVS) that is involved in several cryptic pathways in marine and terrestrial environments. In this study, we identified a t... | 3,652 |
23515612 | null | s2 | 8,250 | {
"abstract": "Ant protection of extrafloral nectar (EFN)-secreting plants is a common form of mutualism found in most habitats around the world. However, very few studies have considered these mutualisms from the ant, rather than the plant, perspective. In particular, a whole-colony perspective that takes into accou... | 320 |
26172732 | null | s2 | 8,251 | {
"abstract": "High-throughput experimental techniques and bioinformatics tools make it possible to obtain reconstructions of the metabolism of microbial species. Combined with mathematical frameworks such as flux balance analysis, which assumes that nutrients are used so as to maximize growth, these reconstructions ... | 303 |
36760734 | PMC9886077 | pmc | 8,253 | {
"abstract": "Soil fungi play indispensable roles in all ecosystems including the recycling of organic matter and interactions with plants, both as symbionts and pathogens. Past observations and experimental manipulations indicate that projected global change effects, including the increase of CO 2 concentration, t... | 13,934 |
33535536 | PMC7867074 | pmc | 8,255 | {
"abstract": "As the need for non-renewable sources such as fossil fuels has increased during the last few decades, the search for sustainable and renewable alternative sources has gained growing interest. Enzymatic hydrolysis in bioethanol production presents an important step, where sugars that are fermented are o... | 3,431 |
28820125 | null | s2 | 8,258 | {
"abstract": "The kingdom Fungi comprises species that inhabit nearly all ecosystems. Fungi exist as both free-living and symbiotic unicellular and multicellular organisms with diverse morphologies. The genomes of fungi encode genes that enable them to thrive in diverse environments, invade plant and animal cells, a... | 307 |
30370317 | null | s2 | 8,259 | {
"abstract": "Bacteria in nature live in complex communities with multiple cell types and spatially-dependent interactions. Studying cells in well-mixed environments such as shaking culture tubes or flasks cannot capture these spatial dynamics, but cells growing in full-fledged biofilms are difficult to observe in r... | 151 |
34165134 | PMC8265773 | pmc | 8,260 | {
"abstract": "Communication assemblies between biomimetic nanocapsules in a 3D closed system with self-regulating and self-organization functionalities were demonstrated for the first time. Two types of biomimetic nanocapsules, TiO 2 /polydopamine capsules and SiO 2 /polyelectrolytes capsules with different stimuli-... | 5,600 |
26941941 | PMC4761787 | pmc | 8,261 | {
"abstract": "Abstract The foundational concepts behind the persistence of ecological communities have been based on two ecological properties: dynamical stability and feasibility. The former is typically regarded as the capacity of a community to return to an original equilibrium state after a perturbation in speci... | 2,161 |
37076886 | PMC10114483 | pmc | 8,262 | {
"abstract": "Background To realize the full potential of softwood-based forest biorefineries, the bottlenecks of enzymatic saccharification of softwood need to be better understood. Here, we investigated the potential of lytic polysaccharide monooxygenases (LPMO9s) in softwood saccharification. Norway spruce was st... | 5,176 |
36605741 | PMC9769094 | pmc | 8,263 | {
"abstract": "Effective protection of soil fungi from predators is crucial for their survival in the niche. Thus, fungi have developed efficient defence strategies. We discovered that soil beneficial Mortierella fungi employ a potent cytotoxin (necroxime) against fungivorous nematodes. Interestingly, this anthelmi... | 6,954 |
25227415 | PMC4165979 | pmc | 8,264 | {
"abstract": "Biotic interactions can improve agricultural productivity without costly and environmentally challenging inputs. Micromonospora strains have recently been reported as natural endophytes of legume nodules but their significance for plant development and productivity has not yet been established. The a... | 4,111 |
31796765 | PMC6890687 | pmc | 8,265 | {
"abstract": "While natural communities are assembled by both ecological and evolutionary processes, ecological assembly processes have been studied much more and are rarely compared with evolutionary assembly processes. We address these disparities here by comparing community food webs assembled by simulating intro... | 6,356 |
38014336 | PMC10680560 | pmc | 8,268 | {
"abstract": "Microbial metabolism sustains life on Earth. Sequencing surveys of communities in hosts, oceans, and soils have revealed ubiquitous patterns linking the microbes present, the genes they possess, and local environmental conditions. One prominent explanation for these patterns is environmental filtering:... | 5,427 |
37770950 | PMC10540321 | pmc | 8,269 | {
"abstract": "Background Plant-beneficial bacterial inoculants are of great interest in agriculture as they have the potential to promote plant growth and health. However, the inoculation of the rhizosphere microbiome often results in a suboptimal or transient colonization, which is due to a variety of factors that ... | 9,151 |
37896374 | PMC10610547 | pmc | 8,271 | {
"abstract": "Self-polarized energy harvesting materials have seen increasing research interest in recent years owing to their simple fabrication method and versatile application potential. In this study, we systematically investigated self-polarized P(VDF-TrFE)/carbon black (CB) composite thin films synthesized on ... | 5,249 |
36005510 | PMC9409691 | pmc | 8,272 | {
"abstract": "The development of harmless substances to replace biocide-based coatings used to prevent or manage marine biofouling and its unwanted consequences is urgent. The formation of biofilms on submerged marine surfaces is one of the first steps in the marine biofouling process, which facilitates the further ... | 4,141 |
31923911 | null | s2 | 8,274 | {
"abstract": "Natural visual systems have inspired scientists and engineers to mimic their intriguing features for the development of advanced photonic devices that can provide better solutions than conventional ones. Among various kinds of natural eyes, researchers have had intensive interest in mammal eyes and com... | 374 |
34843460 | PMC8659421 | pmc | 8,275 | {
"abstract": "Finding out the physical structure of neuronal circuits that governs neuronal responses is an important goal for brain research. With fast advances for large-scale recording techniques, identification of a neuronal circuit with multiple neurons and stages or layers becomes possible and highly demanding... | 4,181 |
37485539 | PMC10361621 | pmc | 8,276 | {
"abstract": "The microbiota inhabiting soil plays a significant role in essential life-supporting element cycles. Here, we investigated the occurrence of horizontal gene transfer (HGT) and established the HGT network of carbon metabolic genes in 764 soil-borne microbiota genomes. Our study sheds light on the crucia... | 5,994 |
23028797 | PMC3445580 | pmc | 8,277 | {
"abstract": "In the recent discussion how biotic systems may react to ocean acidification caused by the rapid rise in carbon dioxide partial pressure ( p CO 2 ) in the marine realm, substantial research is devoted to calcifiers such as stony corals. The antagonistic process – biologically induced carbonate dissolut... | 3,977 |
39307304 | PMC11530827 | pmc | 8,282 | {
"abstract": "Cytochromes P450 (P450s) are a superfamily of heme-containing enzymes possessing a broad range of monooxygenase activities. One such activity is O -demethylation, an essential and rate-determining step in emerging strategies to valorize lignin that employ carbon–carbon bond cleavage. We recently ident... | 1,733 |
39412998 | PMC11530905 | pmc | 8,283 | {
"abstract": "Summary Here, we present a protocol for identifying the components of a quorum sensing signaling system in bacteria. We describe the steps for characterizing the novel response regulator and receptor of the cis -2-dodecenoic acid (BDSF) quorum sensing signaling system in Burkholderia cenocepacia . Th... | 165 |
32376967 | PMC7203126 | pmc | 8,284 | {
"abstract": "We present a Penicillium rubens strain with an industrial background in which the four highly expressed biosynthetic gene clusters (BGC) required to produce penicillin, roquefortine, chrysogine and fungisporin were removed. This resulted in a minimal secondary metabolite background. Amino acid pools ... | 11,159 |
32163891 | PMC7133052 | pmc | 8,285 | {
"abstract": "Highlights • S-MFCs with different electrode heights were investigated at the cascade level. • S-MFCs can be scaled up to 4 cm electrode height without performance decrease. • S-MFCs cannot be scaled up to 12 cm electrode height without performance decrease. • The colonisation of the Cathodic biofilms ... | 7,603 |
39883687 | PMC11781620 | pmc | 8,288 | {
"abstract": "Poly-gamma-glutamic acid (γ-PGA) is mainly synthesized by glutamate-dependent strains in the manufacturing industry. Therefore, understanding glutamate-dependent mechanisms is imperative. In this study, we first systematically analyzed the response of Bacillus subtilis SCP017-03 to glutamate addition... | 4,251 |
35722267 | PMC9205306 | pmc | 8,289 | {
"abstract": "The study of above- and below-ground organ plant coordination is crucial for understanding the biophysical constraints and trade-offs involved in species’ performance under different environmental conditions. Environmental stress is expected to increase constraints on species trait combinations, result... | 4,877 |
18183306 | PMC2173943 | pmc | 8,291 | {
"abstract": "Background Diatoms are unicellular algae responsible for approximately 20% of global carbon fixation. Their evolution by secondary endocytobiosis resulted in a complex cellular structure and metabolism compared to algae with primary plastids. Methodology/Principal Findings The whole genome sequence of ... | 17,012 |
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