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PMC9508847
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{ "abstract": "Abstract The budding yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae has been used extensively in fermentative industrial processes, including biofuel production from sustainable plant-based hydrolysates. Myriad toxins and stressors found in hydrolysates inhibit microbial metabolism and product formation. Overcoming ...
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38107944
PMC10719924
pmc
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{ "abstract": "Wide temperature tolerance and superior mechanical properties\nare\nhighly required for composite hydrogels in electronic applications\nsuch as electronic skins and soft robotics. In this work, a unique\npolyacrylamide-based and double-network hydrogel system is designed\nand fabricated by introducing ...
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PMC5425589
pmc
8,300
{ "abstract": "Our understanding of the diverse interactions between hosts and microbes has grown profoundly over the past two decades and, as a product, has revolutionized our knowledge of the life sciences. Through primarily laboratory experiments, the current framework for holobionts and their respective hologenom...
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35822790
PMC9264390
pmc
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{ "abstract": "Environmental problems associated with marine pollution and climate warming create favorable conditions for the penetration and survival of pathogenic bacteria in marine ecosystems. These microorganisms have interspecific competitive interactions with marine bacteria. Co-culture, as an important resear...
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32972943
PMC7516154
pmc
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{ "abstract": "The plant soil rhizobiome induces critical functions in the plant proximal environment. Linkages between soil microbiota and primary functional attributes are underexplored. Here, we present the metagenomes of maize soil rhizosphere organisms with functional diversity associated with farms at two diffe...
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PMC5645169
pmc
8,304
{ "abstract": "Graphical abstract", "conclusion": "4 Conclusions The bacterial strains; T1CS3 D and T2BW3 1 , isolated from the fresh water milieu of the Raymond Mhlaba Municipality, Eastern Cape, South Africa which have shown novel ligninolytic activities were identified Raoultella ornithinolytica OKOH-1 and E...
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PMC5513056
pmc
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{ "abstract": "Background The fact that microalgae perform very efficiently photosynthetic conversion of sunlight into chemical energy has moved them into the focus of regenerative fuel research. Especially, biogas generation via anaerobic digestion is economically attractive due to the comparably simple apparative p...
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30335785
PMC6207324
pmc
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{ "abstract": "RAVEN is a commonly used MATLAB toolbox for genome-scale metabolic model (GEM) reconstruction, curation and constraint-based modelling and simulation. Here we present RAVEN Toolbox 2.0 with major enhancements, including: (i) de novo reconstruction of GEMs based on the MetaCyc pathway database; (ii) a...
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36909500
PMC10002741
pmc
8,309
{ "abstract": "The biofilm matrix is composed of exopolysaccharides, eDNA, membrane vesicles, and proteins. While proteomic analyses have identified numerous matrix proteins, their functions in the biofilm remain understudied compared to the other biofilm components. In the Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilm, several s...
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36386615
PMC9650238
pmc
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{ "abstract": "Due to their extreme water depths and unique physicochemical conditions, deep-sea ecosystems develop uncommon microbial communities, which play a vital role in biogeochemical cycling. However, the differences in the compositions and functions of the microbial communities among these different geographi...
4,751
32627824
PMC7458392
pmc
8,311
{ "abstract": "Metals are a finite resource and their demand for use within existing and new technologies means metal scarcity is increasingly a global challenge. Conversely, there are areas containing such high levels of metal pollution that they are hazardous to life, and there is loss of material at every stage of...
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PMC11837538
pmc
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{ "abstract": "ABSTRACT Rhizobia are soil bacteria capable of establishing symbiosis within legume root nodules, where they reduce atmospheric N 2 into ammonia and supply it to the plant for growth. Australian soils often lack rhizobia compatible with introduced agricultural legumes, so inoculation with exotic strai...
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{ "abstract": "Quorum sensing, a group behaviour coordinated by a diffusible pheromone signal and a cognate receptor, is typical of bacteria that form symbioses with plants and animals. LuxIR-type N-acyl L-homoserine (AHL) quorum sensing is common in Gram-negative Proteobacteria, and many members of this group have a...
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PMC11223108
pmc
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{ "abstract": "Stochastic Calculus-guided Reinforcement learning (SCRL) is a new way to make decisions in situations where things are uncertain. It uses mathematical principles to make better choices and improve decision-making in complex situations. SCRL works better than traditional Stochastic Reinforcement Learnin...
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PMC7691556
pmc
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{ "abstract": "Highlights • Glucose dehydrogenase from Pseudomonas taetrolens could produce maltobionic acid. • The glucose dehydrogenase gene was homologously expressed in P. taetrolens . • Maltose-oxidizing activity and MBA production titer of P. taetrolens was improved. • MBA productivity of the recombinant ...
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PMC6292164
pmc
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{ "abstract": "Background Large-scale processing of lignocellulosics for glucose production generally relies on high temperature and acidic or alkaline conditions. However, extreme conditions produce chemical contaminants that complicate downstream processing. A method that mainly rely on mechanical and enzymatic rea...
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PMC6851700
pmc
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{ "abstract": "Abstract We propose four postulates as the minimum set of logical propositions necessary for a theory of pulse dynamics and disturbance in ecosystems: (1) resource dynamics characterizes the magnitude, rate, and duration of resource change caused by pulse events, including the continuing changes in res...
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{ "abstract": "The distribution of food resources in space and time is likely to be an important factor governing the type of foraging strategy used by ants. However, no previous systematic attempt has been made to determine whether spatiotemporal resource distribution is in fact correlated with foraging strategy acr...
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PMC8260767
pmc
8,325
{ "abstract": "Ubiquitously distributed microorganisms are natural decomposers of environmental pollutants. However, because of continuous generation of novel recalcitrant pollutants due to human activities, it is difficult, if not impossible, for microbes to acquire novel degradation mechanisms through natural evolu...
1,426
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PMC11885466
pmc
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{ "abstract": "Current computer vision is data-intensive and faces bottlenecks in shrinking computational costs. Incorporating physics into a bioinspired visual system is promising to offer unprecedented energy efficiency, while the mismatch between physical dynamics and bioinspired algorithms makes the processing of...
2,308
25540776
PMC4261833
pmc
8,327
{ "abstract": "Metabolic modeling provides the means to define metabolic processes at a systems level; however, genome-scale metabolic models often remain incomplete in their description of metabolic networks and may include reactions that are experimentally unverified. This shortcoming is exacerbated in reconstructe...
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PMC5519710
pmc
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{ "abstract": "With its light weight, low cost and high efficiency even at low operation frequency, the triboelectric nanogenerator is considered a potential solution for self-powered sensor networks and large-scale renewable blue energy. As an energy harvester, its output power density and efficiency are dictated by...
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PMC8956263
pmc
8,331
{ "abstract": "Accurate transmission of biosignals without interference of surrounding noises is a key factor for the realization of human-machine interfaces (HMIs). We propose frequency-selective acoustic and haptic sensors for dual-mode HMIs based on triboelectric sensors with hierarchical macrodome/micropore/nanop...
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PMC10266731
pmc
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{ "abstract": "Nature has evolved eight different pathways for the capture and conversion of CO 2 , including the Calvin-Benson-Bassham cycle of photosynthesis. Yet, these pathways underlie constrains and only represent a fraction of the thousands of theoretically possible solutions. To overcome the limitations of na...
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19543724
PMC2729981
pmc
8,336
{ "abstract": "The performance of a full-scale (500 m 3 ) sulfidogenic synthesis gas fed gas-lift reactor treating metal- and sulfate-rich wastewater was investigated over a period of 128 weeks. After startup, the reactor had a high methanogenic activity of 46 Nm 3 ·h −1 . Lowering the carbon dioxide feed rate during...
3,762
26198539
PMC4510527
pmc
8,337
{ "abstract": "Although protected areas can lead to recovery of overharvested species, it is much less clear whether the return of certain predator species or a diversity of predator species can lead to re-establishment of important top-down forces that regulate whole ecosystems. Here we report that the algal recover...
1,652
35044829
PMC8769544
pmc
8,340
{ "abstract": "Chemocatalytic lignin valorization strategies are critical for a sustainable bioeconomy, as lignin, especially technical lignin, is one of the most available and underutilized aromatic feedstocks. Here, we provide the first report of an intensified reactive distillation–reductive catalytic deconstructi...
7,807
32843539
PMC7449608
pmc
8,343
{ "abstract": "Ecosystem management must be viewed in the context of increasing frequencies and magnitudes of various disturbances that occur at different scales. This work provides a glimpse of the changes in assembly mechanisms found in microbial communities exposed to sustained changes in their environment. These ...
6,420
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PMC4013104
pmc
8,344
{ "abstract": "Horizontal gene transfer plays an essential role in evolution and ecological adaptation, yet this phenomenon has remained controversial, particularly where it occurs between prokaryotes and eukaryotes. There are a handful of reported examples of horizontal gene transfer occurring between prokaryotes an...
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39274645
PMC11396725
pmc
8,347
{ "abstract": "Today, smart materials are commonly used in various fields of science and technology, such as medicine, electronics, soft robotics, the chemical industry, the automotive field, and many others. Smart polymeric materials hold good promise for the future due to their endless possibilities. This group of ...
1,725
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PMC4207535
pmc
8,350
{ "abstract": "Lignin\nbiosynthesis occurs via radical coupling of guaiacyl and\nsyringyl hydroxycinnamyl alcohol monomers (i.e., “monolignols”)\nthrough chemical condensation with the growing lignin polymer. With\neach chain-extension step, monolignols invariably couple at their\nβ-positions, generating chiral cente...
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34908127
PMC8715522
pmc
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{ "abstract": "Abstract \n Tepidimonas taiwanensis is a moderately thermophilic, Gram-negative, rod-shaped, chemoorganoheterotrophic, motile bacterium. The alkaline protease producing type strain T. taiwanensis LMG 22826 T was recently reported to also be a promising producer of polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs)—renew...
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PMC9049229
pmc
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{ "abstract": "In this study, the anti-biofouling effect of a thin film nanocomposite (TFN) membrane with a functionalized-carbon-nanotube-blended polymeric support layer was analyzed to determine the applicability of this membrane for the pressure-retarded osmosis (PRO) process. The anti-biofouling property of TFN m...
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38667951
PMC11051020
pmc
8,355
{ "abstract": "The crucial functional arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) and diazotrophs play pivotal roles in nutrient cycling during vegetation restoration. However, the impact of managed vegetation restoration strategies on AMF and diazotroph communities remains unclear. In this study, we investigated the communit...
4,194
36013451
PMC9410007
pmc
8,357
{ "abstract": "Nitrogen (N) is a gas and the fifth most abundant element naturally found in the atmosphere. N’s role in agriculture and plant metabolism has been widely investigated for decades, and extensive information regarding this subject is available. However, the advent of sequencing technology and the advance...
1,485
36134169
PMC9417798
pmc
8,358
{ "abstract": "Electronic textiles (e-textiles) typically comprise fabric substrates with electronic components capable of heating, sensing, lighting and data storage. In this work, we rationally designed and fabricated anisotropic light/thermal emitting e-textiles with great mechanical stability based on a sandwich-...
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{ "abstract": "Initial attachment to a surface is a key and highly regulated step in biofilm formation. In this study, we present a platform for reversibly functionalizing bacterial cell surfaces with an emphasis on designing biofilms. We engineered the Lap system of Pseudomonas fluorescens Pf0-1, which is normally u...
252
39747896
PMC11696221
pmc
8,360
{ "abstract": "Active biological molecules present a powerful, yet largely untapped, opportunity to impart autonomous regulation of materials. Because these systems can function robustly to regulate when and where chemical reactions occur, they have the ability to bring complex, life-like behavior to synthetic materi...
16,212
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PMC10413832
pmc
8,361
{ "abstract": "Promoted model architectures or algorithms are crucial for intelligent\nmanufacturing since developing them takes a lot of trial and error\nto embed the domain knowledge into the models correctly. Especially\nin semiconductor manufacturing, the whole processes depend on complicated\nphysical equations ...
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PMC7559569
pmc
8,363
{ "abstract": "This paper discusses the surface-engineered nanomaterials (adaptive nano-structured physical vapor deposition (PVD) thin-film coatings) that can effectively perform under severely non-equilibrium tribological conditions. The typical features of these nanomaterials are: (a) Dynamically interacting eleme...
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PMC11739516
pmc
8,364
{ "abstract": "We introduce a novel neuromorphic network architecture based on a lattice of exciton-polariton condensates, intricately interconnected and energized through nonresonant optical pumping. The network employs a binary framework, where each neuron, facilitated by the spatial coherence of pairwise coupled c...
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PMC4161255
pmc
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{ "abstract": "ABSTRACT Soil microbial diversity represents the largest global reservoir of novel microorganisms and enzymes. In this study, we coupled functional metagenomics and DNA stable-isotope probing (DNA-SIP) using multiple plant-derived carbon substrates and diverse soils to characterize active soil bacteria...
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PMC11064492
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{ "abstract": "ABSTRACT Understanding the interactions between microorganisms and their impact on bacterial behavior at the community level is a key research topic in microbiology. Different methods, relying on experimental or mathematical approaches based on the diverse properties of bacteria, are currently employed...
4,518
38318491
PMC10840354
pmc
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{ "abstract": "The biosynthesis of bioactive secondary metabolites, specifically antibiotics, is of great scientific and economic importance. The control of antibiotic production typically involves different processes and molecular mechanism. Despite numerous efforts to improve antibiotic yields, joint engineering st...
2,595
22347874
PMC3276360
pmc
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{ "abstract": "Under anoxic conditions in sediments, acetogens are often thought to be outcompeted by microorganisms performing energetically more favorable metabolic pathways, such as sulfate reduction or methanogenesis. Recent evidence from deep subseafloor sediments suggesting acetogenesis in the presence of sulfa...
17,096
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PMC5714965
pmc
8,371
{ "abstract": "Large-scale and high-efficient water collection of microfibers with long-term durability still remains challenging. Here we present well-controlled, bioinspired spindle-knot microfibers with cavity knots (named cavity-microfiber), precisely fabricated via a simple gas-in-water microfluidic method, to a...
1,627
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8,372
{ "abstract": "Contact-dependent growth inhibition (CDI) is a phenomenon in which Gram-negative bacteria use the toxic C-terminus of a large surface-exposed exoprotein to inhibit the growth of susceptible bacteria upon cell-cell contact. Little is known about when and where bacteria express the genes encoding CDI sys...
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36442122
PMC9894190
pmc
8,373
{ "abstract": "Significance Soft microrobots that can climb in open, unstructured environment have crucial applications in exploration and monitoring. Small-scale soft actuators with complex, large, customized 3D-to-3D shape morphing capability could equip soft microrobots with enriched locomotion modes and functiona...
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8,374
{ "abstract": "The Nobel prize in chemistry in 2016 was awarded for 'the design and synthesis of molecular machines'. Here we designed and assembled a molecular machine for the detection of specific RNA molecules. An association of several DNA strands, named multifunctional DNA machine for RNA analysis (MDMR1), was d...
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{ "abstract": "No abstract available" }
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22089132
PMC3272368
pmc
8,377
{ "abstract": "Legumes ( Fabaceae or Leguminosae ) are unique among cultivated plants for their ability to carry out endosymbiotic nitrogen fixation with rhizobial bacteria, a process that takes place in a specialized structure known as the nodule. Legumes belong to one of the two main groups of eurosids, the Fabid...
370
21258353
PMC3075872
pmc
8,378
{ "abstract": "Robust high-throughput synthesis methods are needed to expand the repertoire of repetitive protein-polymers for different applications. To address this need, we developed a new method, overlap-extension rolling circle amplification (OERCA), for the highly parallel synthesis of genes encoding repetitive...
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20589842
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s2
8,379
{ "abstract": "Genome-scale metabolic network reconstructions are built from all of the known metabolic reactions and genes in a target organism. However, since our knowledge of any organism is incomplete, these network reconstructions contain gaps. Reactions may be missing, resulting in dead-ends in pathways, while ...
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35200470
PMC8871090
pmc
8,380
{ "abstract": "Based on the good self-healing ability to repair mechanical damage, self-healing hydrogels have aroused great interest and been extensively applied as functional materials. However, when partial failure of hydrogels caused by breaking or dryness occurs, leading to recycling problems, self-healing hydro...
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PMC6878951
pmc
8,382
{ "abstract": "Abstract Reverse gyrase (RG) is the only protein found ubiquitously in hyperthermophilic organisms, but absent from mesophiles. As such, its simple presence or absence allows us to deduce information about the optimal growth temperature of long-extinct organisms, even as far as the last universal commo...
3,514
30984090
PMC6449629
pmc
8,383
{ "abstract": "The adaptive benefits of individual specialization and how learning abilities correlate with task performance are still far from being well-understood. Red wood ants are characterized by their huge colonies and deep professional specialization. We hypothesized that red wood ants Formica aquilonia for...
5,450
38439870
PMC10909651
pmc
8,384
{ "abstract": "To switch the over-reliance on fossil-based resources, curb environmental quality deterioration, and promote the use of renewable fuels, much attention has recently been directed toward the implementation of sustainable and environmentally benign ‘waste-to-energy’ technology exploiting a clean, inexhau...
6,726
25267793
PMC4178370
pmc
8,385
{ "abstract": "Metabolic networks have become one of the centers of attention in life sciences research with the advancements in the metabolomics field. A vast array of studies analyzes metabolites and their interrelations to seek explanations for various biological questions, and numerous genome-scale metabolic netw...
3,087
33674757
PMC7935979
pmc
8,386
{ "abstract": "As an active interface between the host and their diet, the gut microbiota influences host metabolic adaptation; however, the contributions of fungi have been overlooked. Here, we investigate whether variations in gut mycobiome abundance and composition correlate with key features of host metabolism. W...
3,115
31458242
PMC6643867
pmc
8,388
{ "abstract": "The development of\nartificial nanosystems that mimic directional\nwater-collecting ability of evolved biological surfaces is eagerly\nawaited. Here we report a new type of addressable water collection\nthat is induced by coupling both vapor gradients, like a road drawn,\nand the temperature-tuned cond...
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PMC3351603
pmc
8,389
{ "abstract": "The introduction of rhizobacteria that tolerate heavy metals is a promising approach to support plants involved in phytoextraction and phytostabilisation. In this study, soil of a metal-mine wasteland was analyzed for the presence of metal-tolerant bacterial isolates, and the tolerance patterns of the ...
5,233
35426531
PMC9012074
pmc
8,390
{ "abstract": "Abstract The present work focuses on: (1) the evaluation of the potential of Chlorella fusca to grow and synthesize metabolites of biotechnological interest, after being exposed for fourteen days to urban wastewater (UW) from Malaga city (UW concentrations: 25%, 50%, 75%, and 100%); (2) the study of ...
5,257
37487096
PMC10401026
pmc
8,392
{ "abstract": "Significance Plants with reduced lignin content are desirable because their biomass is more amenable to biofuel production; however, the engineering of lignin content and composition often results in impaired growth for unknown reasons. This phenotype could be caused by altered water transport through ...
2,955
39820425
PMC11739686
pmc
8,394
{ "abstract": "Large yellow croaker ( Larimichthys crocea ) is a highly economically important marine fish species in China. However, substantial individual variations in growth performance have emerged as a limiting factor for the sustainable development of the large yellow croaker industry. Gut microbiota plays a c...
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34870984
PMC8678986
pmc
8,395
{ "abstract": "Soft actuators allowing\nmultifunctional, multishape deformations\nbased on single polymer films or bilayers remain challenging to produce.\nIn this contribution, direct ink writing is used for generating patterned\nactuators, which are in between single- and bilayer films, with multifunctionality\nand...
7,870
39101034
PMC11294248
pmc
8,398
{ "abstract": "Sulfur oxidizing bacteria (SOB) play a key role in sulfur cycling in mine tailings impoundment (TI) waters, where sulfur concentrations are typically high. However, our understanding of SOB sulfur cycling via potential S oxidation pathways ( sox , r dsr , and S 4 I) in these globally ubiquitous context...
14,354
22675593
PMC3368403
pmc
8,399
{ "abstract": "Paenibacillus sp. strain JDR-2, an aggressively xylanolytic bacterium isolated from sweetgum ( Liquidambar styraciflua ) wood, is able to efficiently depolymerize, assimilate and metabolize 4-O-methylglucuronoxylan, the predominant structural component of hardwood hemicelluloses. A basis for this capa...
884
28216617
PMC5316977
pmc
8,400
{ "abstract": "Because the treatment of oily wastewater, generated from many industrial processes, has become an increasing environmental concern, the search continues for simple, inexpensive, eco-friendly, and readily scalable processes for fabricating novel materials capable of effective oil/water separation. In th...
534
31673108
PMC6823497
pmc
8,402
{ "abstract": "Despite recent advances in observational data coverage, quantitative constraints on how different physical and biogeochemical processes shape dissolved iron distributions remain elusive, lowering confidence in future projections for iron-limited regions. Here we show that dissolved iron is cycled rapid...
3,623
30181557
PMC6123422
pmc
8,405
{ "abstract": "The process of assembling astutely designed, well-defined metal-organic cube ( MOC ) into hydrogel by using a suitable molecular binder is a promising method for preparing processable functional soft materials. Here, we demonstrate charge-assisted H-bonding driven hydrogel formation from Ga 3+ -based a...
2,052
27400232
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s2
8,406
{ "abstract": "There is an urgent need to improve agricultural productivity to secure future food and biofuel supply. Here, we summarize current approaches that aim at improving photosynthetic CO" }
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PMC10484736
pmc
8,408
{ "abstract": "Abstract \n Corynebacterium glutamicum is an important industrial workhorse for production of amino acids and chemicals. Although recently developed genome editing technologies have advanced the rational genetic engineering of C. glutamicum , continuous genome evolution based on genetic mutators is s...
2,825
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8,410
{ "abstract": "Protein domains and peptide sequences are a powerful tool for conferring specific functions to engineered biomaterials. Protein sequences with a wide variety of functionalities, including structure, bioactivity, protein-protein interactions, and stimuli responsiveness, have been identified, and advance...
202
28515720
PMC5413776
pmc
8,411
{ "abstract": "LuxR solos are unexplored in Archaea, despite their vital role in the bacterial regulatory network. They assist bacteria in perceiving acyl homoserine lactones (AHLs) and/or non-AHLs signaling molecules for establishing intraspecies, interspecies, and interkingdom communication. In this study, we explo...
4,387
38784195
PMC11109602
pmc
8,412
{ "abstract": "The utilization of industrial biomanufacturing has emerged as a viable and sustainable alternative to fossil-based resources for producing functional chemicals. Moreover, advancements in synthetic biology have created new opportunities for the development of innovative cell factories. Notably, Yarrowi...
2,256
24894952
PMC4189316
pmc
8,414
{ "abstract": "The global demand for food, feed, energy, and water poses extraordinary challenges for future generations. It is evident that robust platforms for the exploration of renewable resources are necessary to overcome these challenges. Within the multinational framework MultiBioPro we are developing biorefin...
2,095
35479176
PMC9032048
pmc
8,419
{ "abstract": "The demand for highly flexible and self-powered wearable textile devices has increased in recent years. Graphene coated textile-based wearable devices have been used for energy harvesting and storage due to their outstanding mechanical, electrical and electronic properties. However, the use of metal ba...
4,704
36333441
PMC9636164
pmc
8,421
{ "abstract": "Research focused on microbial populations of thermoalkaline springs has been driven in a large part by the lure of discovering functional enzymes with industrial applications in high-pH and high temperature environments. While several studies have focused on understanding the fundamental ecology of the...
3,761
25358460
PMC4215306
pmc
8,422
{ "abstract": "Magnetotactic bacteria biomineralize ordered chains of uniform, membrane-bound magnetite or greigite nanocrystals that exhibit nearly perfect crystal structures and species-specific morphologies. Transmission electron microscopy (TEM) is a critical technique for providing information regarding the orga...
3,235
34587163
PMC8480890
pmc
8,423
{ "abstract": "Due to increasing population growth and declining arable land on Earth, astroagriculture will be vital to terraform Martian regolith for settlement. Nodulating plants and their N-fixing symbionts may play a role in increasing Martian soil fertility. On Earth, clover ( Melilotus officinalis ) forms a sy...
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37267326
PMC10287537
pmc
8,425
{ "abstract": "Abstract Bacteria that form long-term intracellular associations with host cells lose many genes, a process that often results in tiny, gene-dense, and stable genomes. Paradoxically, the some of the same evolutionary processes that drive genome reduction and simplification may also cause genome expansi...
5,281
40268922
PMC12019592
pmc
8,426
{ "abstract": "Organosulfur compounds (OrgS) are fundamental components of life’s biomass, yet the cycling of these compounds in the terrestrial deep subsurface, one of Earth’s largest ecosystems, has gone relatively unexplored. Here, we show that all subsurface microbial genomes reconstructed from Soudan Underground...
9,045
39656810
PMC11836721
pmc
8,427
{ "abstract": "Abstract The thermoacidophilic red alga Cyanidioschyzon merolae survives its challenging environment likely in part by operating a carbon-concentrating mechanism (CCM). Here, we demonstrated that C. merolae 's cellular affinity for CO 2 is stronger than the affinity of its rubisco for CO 2 . This f...
8,186
37023039
PMC10079068
pmc
8,428
{ "abstract": "Edge effects resulting from adjacent land uses are poorly understood in agroecosystems yet understanding above and belowground edge effects is crucial for maintaining ecosystem function. The aim of our study was to examine impacts of land management on aboveground and belowground edge effects, measured...
4,821
39906146
PMC11793158
pmc
8,429
{ "abstract": "Marine heatwaves (MHW) are intensifying, posing a grave threat to coral reefs. We exposed\n Lutjanus carponotatus to MHW conditions (+1°C and + 2°C) for 4 weeks\nand found increased oxygen consumption and recovery time, among other physiological\nchanges. Interestingly, several effects persisted for a...
7,026
35643082
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8,430
{ "abstract": "Symbiosis is one of the most important evolutionary processes shaping the biodiversity on Earth. Symbiotic associations often bring together organisms from different domains of life, which can provide an unparalleled route to evolutionary innovation." }
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PMC11770067
pmc
8,431
{ "abstract": "Terrestrial geothermal springs, reminiscent of early Earth conditions, host diverse and abundant populations of Archaea. In this study, we reconstructed 2,949 metagenome-assembled genomes (MAGs) from 152 metagenomes collected over six years from 48 geothermal springs in Tengchong, China. Among these MA...
290
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PMC6620340
pmc
8,433
{ "abstract": "Robust, buoyant, superhydrophobic PVB/SiO 2 coatings were successfully formed on wood surface through a one-step solvothermal method and a nanoimprint lithography method. The as-prepared PVB/SiO 2 /wood specimens were characterized by scanning electron microscopy (SEM), X-ray diffraction (XRD), Fourie...
5,092
25945739
PMC4444528
pmc
8,435
{ "abstract": "The origin of the eukaryotic cell remains one of the most contentious puzzles in modern biology. Recent studies have provided support for the emergence of the eukaryotic host cell from within the archaeal domain of life, but the identity and nature of the putative archaeal ancestor remain a subject of ...
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PMC10613949
pmc
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{ "abstract": "Reversed-electrowetting based droplet electricity generator (REWOD-DEG) shows merits in high power densities, tunable output formats, and wide adaptability to diverse mechanical energies. However, the surface charge trapping and dielectric failure, which are also common challenges for electrowetting sy...
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22363321
PMC3282476
pmc
8,438
{ "abstract": "Experimental approaches to identify horizontal gene transfer (HGT) events of non-mobile DNA in bacteria have typically relied on detection of the initial transformants or their immediate offspring. However, rare HGT events occurring in large and structured populations are unlikely to be detected in a s...
7,589
35496021
PMC9049636
pmc
8,439
{ "abstract": "Bacteriochlorins are crucial to photosynthesis in bacteria. Studies of air-stable, meso -substituted bacteriochlorins are rare. We herein report the synthesis, properties, and photovoltaic performance of three new air-stable, meso -substituted bacteriochlorins bearing a dioctylfluorenylethyne (denote...
5,189
29755734
PMC5946826
pmc
8,442
{ "abstract": "We report on a comprehensive study of the unique adhesive properties of mats of polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA) nanofibers produced by electrospinning.", "conclusion": "4. Conclusions We have studied the wetting and the unique adhesive properties of electrospun PMMA fibers. The fiber diameter has been ...
1,175
40287646
PMC12034179
pmc
8,445
{ "abstract": "Background The accessibility of sequencing technologies has enabled meta-transcriptomic studies to provide a deeper understanding of microbial ecology at the transcriptional level. Analyzing omics data involves multiple steps that require the use of various bioinformatics tools. With the increasing ava...
728
40263549
PMC12015454
pmc
8,446
{ "abstract": "Chickpea, a widely cultivated legume, actively fix atmospheric nitrogen in root nodules through a symbiotic relationship with rhizobia bacteria. A recombinant inbred line (RIL) population, progressing from F 2 to F 7 generations, was developed in a short-period of 18 months using the Rapid Generation...
4,269
37805632
PMC10560283
pmc
8,447
{ "abstract": "The architecture design and multi-scale learning principles of the human brain that evolved over hundreds of millions of years are crucial to realizing human-like intelligence. Spiking neural network based Liquid State Machine (LSM) serves as a suitable architecture to study brain-inspired intelligence...
4,670
20886243
PMC3077745
pmc
8,452
{ "abstract": "Summary Mycorrhizal species richness and host ranges were investigated in mixed deciduous stands composed of Fagus sylvatica , Tilia spp., Carpinus betulus , Acer spp., and Fraxinus excelsior . Acer and Fraxinus were colonized by arbuscular mycorrhizas and contributed 5% to total stand mycor...
3,573
38032216
PMC10734540
pmc
8,457
{ "abstract": "ABSTRACT While methane is typically produced under anoxic conditions, methane supersaturation in the presence of oxygen has been observed in both marine and fresh waters. The biological cleavage of methylphosphonate (MPn), which releases both phosphate and methane, is one pathway that may contribute to...
3,473
27899631
PMC5314764
pmc
8,458
{ "abstract": "We present a conceptually new reversible nanosensor regulated by a DNA nanoswitch. This system is not only responsive to external stimuli (e.g. ATP) but also can be reversibly switched between ‘OFF’ and ‘ON’ states via toehold mediated strand displacement reactions. It functions like a molecular net wo...
1,910
30275496
PMC6167322
pmc
8,459
{ "abstract": "While the phrase ‘foraging bumblebee’ brings to mind a bumbling bee flying flower to flower in a sunny meadow, foraging is a complicated series of behaviors such as: locating a floral patch; selecting a flower-type; learning handling skills for pollen and nectar extraction; determining when to move-on ...
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