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PMC7380569
pmc
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{ "abstract": "Over the last century, humans have substantially altered nitrogen and phosphorus cycling. Use of synthetic fertilizer and burning of fossil fuels and biomass have increased nitrogen and phosphorus deposition, which results in unintended fertilization of historically low-nutrient ecosystems. With increa...
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36179033
PMC9524829
pmc
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{ "abstract": "Nonlinear phenomena in physical systems can be used for brain-inspired computing with low energy consumption. Response from the dynamics of a topological spin structure called skyrmion is one of the candidates for such a neuromorphic computing. However, its ability has not been well explored experiment...
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PMC5011921
pmc
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{ "abstract": "Background Rhizobia are soil bacteria that establish symbiotic relationships with legumes and fix nitrogen in root nodules. We recently reported that several nitrogen-fixing rhizobial strains, belonging to Rhizobium phaseoli, R. trifolii, R. grahamii and Sinorhizobium americanum, were able to colon...
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PMC8153535
pmc
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{ "abstract": "Biological cilia\noften perform metachronal motion, that is, neighboring\ncilia move out of phase creating a travelling wave, which enables\nhighly efficient fluid pumping and body locomotion. Current methods\nfor creating metachronal artificial cilia suffer from the complex\ndesign and sophisticated a...
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PMC9293036
pmc
8,624
{ "abstract": "Abstract The algal cell wall is an important cellular component that functions in defense, nutrient utilization, signaling, adhesion, and cell–cell recognition—processes important in the cnidarian–dinoflagellate symbiosis. The cell wall of symbiodiniacean dinoflagellates is not well characterized. Here...
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28810712
PMC5553392
pmc
8,625
{ "abstract": "Abstract A characteristic feature of the order Rhodobacterales is the presence of a large number of photoautotrophic and photoheterotrophic species containing bacteriochlorophyll. Interestingly, these phototrophic species are phylogenetically mixed with chemotrophs. To better understand the origin of...
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39333559
PMC11436852
pmc
8,627
{ "abstract": "Climate change is causing widespread impacts on seawater pH through ocean acidification (OA). Kelp forests, in some locations can buffer the effects of OA through photosynthesis. However, the factors influencing this variation remain poorly understood. To address this gap, we conducted a literature rev...
3,099
35046027
PMC8794849
pmc
8,628
{ "abstract": "Significance Current high-throughput cell screening tools do not select cells based on their behavior in production or commercial environments, making it difficult to translate selected cells from the laboratory to commercialization. With PicoShells, we are able to perform high-throughput sorting of ce...
4,032
37110452
PMC10141921
pmc
8,629
{ "abstract": "Bioleaching processes or microbially mediated iron/sulfur redox processes in acid mine drainage (AMD) result in mineral dissolution and transformation, the release of mercury and other heavy metal ions, and changes in the occurrence forms and concentration of mercury. However, pertinent studies on thes...
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24860565
PMC4030187
pmc
8,630
{ "abstract": "The presence and association of fungi with sessile marine animals such as coral and sponges has been well established, yet information on the extent of diversity of the associated fungi is still in its infancy. Culture – as well as metagenomic – and transcriptomic-based analyses have shown that fungal ...
1,064
36067300
PMC9477243
pmc
8,631
{ "abstract": "Significance Enzymatic proteins are the engines of life, generating energy, fixing CO 2 into organic matter, and building biomass. At scale, these biological catalysts have the power to drive global elemental cycles. These microbial machines were responsible for the oxygenation of the atmosphere, can ...
9,614
23552964
PMC3615570
pmc
8,632
{ "abstract": "Fluorescent proteins undergoing green to red (G/R) photoconversion have proved to be potential tools for investigating dynamic processes in living cells and for photo-localization nanoscopy. However, the photochemical reaction during light induced G/R photoconversion of fluorescent proteins remains unc...
683
37579173
PMC10450442
pmc
8,633
{ "abstract": "Significance While water is essential to life, it is detrimental to semiconductors and electronics. However, the development of encapsulation methods to prevent the penetration of water has fallen behind the evolution of semiconductors and devices. Here, we report a bioinspired liquid encapsulation pla...
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PMC9682352
pmc
8,634
{ "abstract": "Iron is an essential micronutrient for most living organisms, including cyanobacteria. These microorganisms have been found in Earth's driest polar and non-polar deserts, including the Atacama Desert, Chile. Iron-containing minerals were identified in colonized rock substrates from the Atacama Desert, ...
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35910633
PMC9329127
pmc
8,635
{ "abstract": "The breaking silence between the plant roots and microorganisms in the rhizosphere affects plant growth and physiology by impacting biochemical, molecular, nutritional, and edaphic factors. The components of the root exudates are associated with the microbial population, notably, plant growth-promoting...
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PMC9657928
pmc
8,636
{ "abstract": "Photothermally assisted superhydrophobic materials play an important role in a variety of applications, such as oil purification, waste oil collection, and solar desalination, due to their facile fabrication, low-cost, flexibility, and tunable thermal conversion. However, the current widely used superh...
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PMC11420662
pmc
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{ "abstract": "Abstract Wastewater treatment plants are one of the major pathways for microplastics to enter the environment. In general, microplastics are contaminants of global concern that pose risks to ecosystems and human health. Here, we present a proof‐of‐concept for reduction of microplastic pollution emitted...
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PMC6374434
pmc
8,640
{ "abstract": "Marine sponges are early-branching, filter-feeding metazoans that usually host complex microbiomes comprised of several, currently uncultivatable symbiotic lineages. Here, we use a low-carbon based strategy to cultivate low-abundance bacteria from Spongia officinalis . This approach favoured the growt...
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PMC3768758
pmc
8,644
{ "abstract": "Fourteen strains of Grifola frondosa (Dicks.) S. F. Gray, originating from different regions (Asia, Europe and North America) were tested for lignin degradation, ligninolytic enzyme activities, protein accumulation and exopolysaccharide production during 55 days of cultivation on oak sawdust. Lignin ...
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PMC3845345
pmc
8,645
{ "abstract": "Geological CO 2 sequestration in unmineable subsurface oil/gas fields and coal formations has been proposed as a means of reducing anthropogenic greenhouse gasses in the atmosphere. However, the feasibility of injecting CO 2 into subsurface depends upon a variety of geological and economic conditions...
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35423415
PMC8695389
pmc
8,646
{ "abstract": "With rapid advancement in water filtration materials, several efforts have been made to fabricate electrospun nanofiber membranes (ENMs). ENMs play a crucial role in different areas of water treatment due to their several advantageous properties such as high specific surface area, high interconnected p...
2,367
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PMC5613248
pmc
8,649
{ "abstract": "Magnetosomes are membrane-enveloped bacterial organelles containing nano-sized magnetic particles, and function as a cellular magnetic sensor, which assist the cells to navigate and swim along the geomagnetic field. Localized with each magnetosome is a suite of proteins involved in the synthesis, maint...
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35539930
PMC9080891
pmc
8,651
{ "abstract": "Thin and flexible elastomeric membranes are frequently used in many microfluidic applications including microfluidic valves and organs-on-a-chip. The elastic properties of these membranes play an important role in the design of such microfluidic devices. Bulge testing, which is a common method to chara...
5,671
28630897
PMC5473674
pmc
8,652
{ "abstract": "Compliant battery design strategy for wearable power sources with high degree of flexibility and stretchability.", "introduction": "INTRODUCTION There is currently a great deal of interest in incorporating electronic functions into clothing and wearable devices for applications such as sensing and he...
1,858
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PMC5025190
pmc
8,653
{ "abstract": "Basic research on biodiversity has concentrated on individual species—naming new species, studying distribution patterns, and analyzing their evolutionary relationships. Yet biodiversity is more than a collection of individual species; it is the combination of biological entities and processes that sup...
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PMC7919410
pmc
8,655
{ "abstract": "Here, Opachaloemphan et al. investigated the temporal dynamics of the social behavior and molecular mechanisms underlining the caste transition and social dominance in the ant society of Harpegnathos saltator . They show that molecular changes in the brain serve as earliest caste predictors compared w...
3,513
38033806
PMC10683474
pmc
8,657
{ "abstract": "Microorganisms can be genetically engineered to transform\nabundant\nwaste feedstocks into value-added small molecules that would otherwise\nbe manufactured from diminishing fossil resources. Herein, we report\nthe first one-pot bio-upcycling of PET plastic waste into the prolific\nplatform petrochemic...
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PMC4736557
pmc
8,658
{ "abstract": "Background The acyl carrier protein (ACP) is an essential and ubiquitous component of microbial synthesis of fatty acids, the natural precursor to biofuels. Natural fatty acids usually contain long chains of 16 or more carbon atoms. Shorter carbon chains, with increased fuel volatility, are desired for...
3,302
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PMC4850321
pmc
8,659
{ "abstract": "Over the last decade, functionally designed DNA nanostructures applied to lipid membranes prompted important achievements in the fields of biophysics and synthetic biology. Taking advantage of the universal rules for self-assembly of complementary oligonucleotides, DNA has proven to be an extremely ver...
1,070
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PMC11730487
pmc
8,662
{ "abstract": "Cyanobacteria are widespread, photosynthetic, gram-negative bacteria that generate numerous bioactive secondary metabolites via complex biosynthetic enzymatic machinery. The model cyanobacterium Picosynechococcus sp. strain PCC 7002, hereafter referred to as PCC 7002, contains a type I polyketide s...
6,910
25393313
PMC4230839
pmc
8,663
{ "abstract": "Microbial metabolism of plant polysaccharides is an important part of environmental carbon cycling, human nutrition, and industrial processes based on cellulosic bioconversion. Here we demonstrate a broadly applicable method to analyze how microbes catabolize plant polysaccharides that integrates carbo...
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PMC11409717
pmc
8,664
{ "abstract": "ABSTRACT Phosphatidylcholine (PC) is critical for the nitrogen-fixing symbiosis between rhizobia and legumes. We characterized three PC biosynthesis pathways in Rhizobium leguminosarum and evaluated their impact on nitrogen fixation in clover nodules. In the presence of choline, a PC synthase catalyz...
5,700
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PMC5589413
pmc
8,665
{ "abstract": "Methyl-coenzyme M reductase (MCR), found in strictly anaerobic methanogenic and methanotrophic archaea, catalyzes the reversible production and consumption of the potent greenhouse gas methane. The α subunit of MCR (McrA) contains several unusual post-translational modifications, including a rare thioa...
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{ "abstract": "Fusaric acid (FA) is a well-known mycotoxin that plays an important role in plant pathology. The biosynthetic gene cluster for FA has been identified, but the biosynthetic pathway remains unclarified. Here, we elucidated the biosynthesis of FA, which features a two-enzyme catalytic cascade, a pyridoxal...
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{ "abstract": "Microbes, such as bacteria, can be described, at one level, as small, self-sustaining chemical factories. Based on the species, strain, and even the environment, bacteria can be useful, neutral or pathogenic to human life, so it is increasingly important that we be able to characterize them at the mole...
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8,671
{ "abstract": "As swollen polymer networks in water, hydrogels are usually brittle. However, hydrogels with high toughness play critical roles in many plant and animal tissues as well as in diverse engineering applications. Here we review the intrinsic mechanisms of a wide variety of tough hydrogels developed over th...
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PMC11252946
pmc
8,672
{ "abstract": "Significance Directional liquid transport within closed spaces is crucial for both fundamental studies and industrial applications. Despite extensive progress in engineering diverse open surfaces to guide liquid transport, the implementation of diode-like liquid transport in closed spaces is still chal...
686
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PMC9948187
pmc
8,673
{ "abstract": "Silkworm silk proteins\nare of great importance in several fields\nof science owing to their outstanding properties. India generates\nwaste silk fibers, also known as waste filature silk, in abundance.\nUtilizing waste filature silk as reinforcement in biopolymers enhances\nits physiochemical propertie...
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PMC3274235
pmc
8,676
{ "abstract": "This paper presents a novel method to fabricate temperature sensor arrays by dispensing a graphite-polydimethylsiloxane composite on flexible polyimide films. The fabricated temperature sensor array has 64 sensing cells in a 4 × 4 cm 2 area. The sensor array can be used as humanoid artificial skin for...
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{ "abstract": "Although mechanical signals presented by the extracellular matrix are known to regulate many essential cell functions, the specific effects of these interactions, particularly in response to dynamic and heterogeneous cues, remain largely unknown. Here, we introduce a modular semisynthetic approach to c...
306
33857258
PMC8049308
pmc
8,678
{ "abstract": "Wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) are important for pollutant removal from wastewater, elimination of point discharges of nutrients into the environment and water resource protection. The anaerobic/anoxic/oxic (A2/O) process is widely used in WWTPs for nitrogen removal, but the requirement for additi...
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PMC5487483
pmc
8,682
{ "abstract": "NEST is a simulator for spiking neuronal networks that commits to a general purpose approach: It allows for high flexibility in the design of network models, and its applications range from small-scale simulations on laptops to brain-scale simulations on supercomputers. Hence, developers need to test t...
3,658
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PMC8163825
pmc
8,686
{ "abstract": "Asgard archaea are widely distributed in anaerobic environments. Previous studies revealed the potential capability of Asgard archaea to utilize various organic substrates including proteins, carbohydrates, fatty acids, amino acids and hydrocarbons, suggesting that Asgard archaea play an important role...
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{ "abstract": "Colloidal self-assembly allows rational design of structures on the micrometer and submicrometer scale. One architecture that can generate complete three-dimensional photonic bandgaps is the diamond cubic lattice, which has remained difficult to realize at length scales comparable with the wavelength o...
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PMC4122557
pmc
8,689
{ "abstract": "Commonly used in biotechnology applications, filamentous M13 phage are non-lytic viruses that infect E. coli and other bacteria, with the potential to promote horizontal gene transfer in natural populations with synthetic biology implications for engineering community systems. Using the E. coli str...
2,716
36936286
PMC10018498
pmc
8,690
{ "abstract": "A novel contact–separation triboelectric generator\nconcept\nis proposed in this paper, which consists of a limestone-based mounting\nputty and a metallized polyester (PET/Al) sheet. This is an attempt\nto explore tacky materials for power generation and extend the operational\nfrequency bandwidth comp...
5,404
29101358
PMC5670136
pmc
8,692
{ "abstract": "Since the early discovery of the antireflection properties of insect compound eyes, new examples of natural antireflective coatings have been rare. Here, we report the fabrication and optical characterization of a biologically inspired antireflective surface that emulates the intricate surface architec...
2,042
35515927
PMC9060656
pmc
8,694
{ "abstract": "A novel approach, combining a microbial fuel cell (MFC) with an integrated vertical flow constructed wetland (IVCW), was developed, and its ability to simultaneously produce electrical energy while treating swine wastewater was verified. The system combined the singular water flow path of a traditional...
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29883774
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8,697
{ "abstract": "The explosion of microbial genome sequences has shown that bacteria harbor an immense, largely untapped potential for the biosynthesis of diverse natural products, which have traditionally served as an important source of pharmaceutical compounds. Most of the biosynthetic genes that can be detected bio...
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PMC9733646
pmc
8,698
{ "abstract": "Abstract Microbial destabilization induced by pathogen infection has severely affected plant quality and output, such as Anoectochilus roxburghii , an economically important herb. Soft rot is the main disease that occurs during A. roxburghii culturing. However, the key members of pathogens and their...
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PMC6247936
pmc
8,701
{ "abstract": "Abstract Summary With the rapid accumulation of sequencing data from genomic and metagenomic studies, there is an acute need for better tools that facilitate their analyses against biological functions. To this end, we developed MetQy, an open–source R package designed for query–based analysis of fun...
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PMC5395668
pmc
8,702
{ "abstract": "ABSTRACT Deep-ocean regions beyond the reach of sunlight contain an estimated 615 Pg of dissolved organic matter (DOM), much of which persists for thousands of years. It is thought that bacteria oxidize DOM until it is too dilute or refractory to support microbial activity. We analyzed five single-ampl...
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35200373
PMC8869864
pmc
8,703
{ "abstract": "In this study, the nitrogen-fixing, Gram-negative soil bacteria Rhizobium anhuiense was successfully utilized as the main biocatalyst in a bacteria-based microbial fuel cell (MFC) device. This research investigates the double-chambered, H-type R. anhuiense -based MFC that was operated in modified No...
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32282803
PMC7153904
pmc
8,704
{ "abstract": "Ecological theories posit that heterogeneity in environmental conditions greatly affects community structure and function. However, the degree to which ecological theory developed using plant- and animal-dominated systems applies to microbiomes is unclear. Investigating the metabolic strategies found i...
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8,705
{ "abstract": "Combining surface-initiated, TdT (terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase) catalyzed enzymatic polymerization (SI-TcEP) with precisely engineered DNA origami nanostructures (DONs) presents an innovative pathway for the generation of stable, polynucleotide brush-functionalized DNA nanostructures. We demon...
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PMC9540798
pmc
8,706
{ "abstract": "Abstract Shallow coastal waters are dynamic environments that dominate global marine methane emissions. Particularly high methane concentrations are found in seasonally anoxic waters, which are spreading in eutrophic coastal systems, potentially leading to increased methane emissions to the atmosphere....
7,105
26819628
PMC4728756
pmc
8,708
{ "abstract": "Background Utilization of lignocellulosic feedstocks for bioenergy production in developing countries demands competitive but low-tech conversion routes. White-rot fungi (WRF) inoculation and ensiling are two methods previously investigated for low-tech pretreatment of biomasses such as wheat straw (WS...
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s2
8,709
{ "abstract": "Scale invariance refers to the maintenance of a constant ratio of developing organ size to body size. Although common, its underlying mechanisms remain poorly understood. Here, we examined scaling in engineered Escherichia coli that can form self-organized core-ring patterns in colonies. We found that ...
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PMC4648426
pmc
8,710
{ "abstract": "The microbiome’s underlying dynamics play an important role in regulating the behavior and health of its host. In order to explore the details of these interactions, we created an in silico model of a living microbiome, engineered with synthetic biology, that interfaces with a biomimetic, robotic hos...
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PMC2804790
pmc
8,711
{ "abstract": "Pentanol isomers such as 2-methyl-1-butanol and 3-methyl-1-butanol are a useful class of chemicals with a potential application as biofuels. They are found as natural by-products of microbial fermentations from amino acid substrates. However, the production titer and yield of the natural processes are ...
1,258
26135212
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s2
8,712
{ "abstract": "CdiB/CdiA proteins mediate inter-bacterial competition in a process termed contact-dependent growth inhibition (CDI). Filamentous CdiA exoproteins extend from CDI(+) cells and bind specific receptors to deliver toxins into susceptible target bacteria. CDI has also been implicated in auto-aggregation an...
368
38576863
PMC10993153
pmc
8,714
{ "abstract": "Utilizing renewable lignocellulosic resources for wastewater remediation is crucial to achieving sustainable social development. However, the resulting by-products and the synthetic process characterized by complexity, high cost, and environmental pollution limit the further development of lignocellulo...
2,538
36289523
PMC9608927
pmc
8,715
{ "abstract": "Background Microalgae can absorb CO 2 during photosynthesis, which causes the aquatic environmental pH to rise. However, the pH is reduced when microalga Euglena gracilis (EG) is cultivated under photoautotrophic conditions. The mechanism behind this unique phenomenon is not yet elucidated. Results ...
5,873
29358665
PMC5778128
pmc
8,716
{ "abstract": "Thawing submarine permafrost is a source of methane to the subsurface biosphere. Methane oxidation in submarine permafrost sediments has been proposed, but the responsible microorganisms remain uncharacterized. We analyzed archaeal communities and identified distinct anaerobic methanotrophic assemblage...
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26434553
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s2
8,717
{ "abstract": "Biofilm formation by Bacillus subtilis is largely governed by a circuit in which the response regulator Spo0A turns on the gene for the anti-repressor SinI. SinI, in turn, binds to and inactivates SinR, a dedicated repressor of genes for matrix production. Mutants of the genes ylbF, ymcA and yaaT are b...
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PMC12023398
pmc
8,718
{ "abstract": "The Cuatro Cienegas Basin (CCB) in Mexico, represents a unique ecological habitat, characterized by extreme and fluctuating conditions, providing a window into ancient evolutionary processes. This basin, characterized by hypersalinity and phosphorus scarcity, harbors diverse microbial communities that ...
10,957
31457974
PMC6644827
pmc
8,720
{ "abstract": "Here,\nwe control the surface hydrophobicity and the adhesion of\nwater droplets by electrodeposition of poly(3,4-ethylenedioxypyrrole)\n(PEDOP) and poly(3,4-propylenedioxypyrrole) (PProDOP) with branched\nalkyl chains placed preferentially on the bridge to favor the formation\nof nanofibers. Branched ...
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34233870
PMC8262818
pmc
8,722
{ "abstract": "Conformal polymer coating leads to damage-tolerant architected ceramic structures with high strength and toughness.", "introduction": "INTRODUCTION Ceramic materials are widely used in structural applications because of their outstanding environmental resistance, low density, and high strength proper...
1,859
33271798
PMC7760959
pmc
8,724
{ "abstract": "Over the past few decades, bioengineered cyanobacteria have become a major focus of research for the production of energy carriers and high value chemical compounds. Besides improvements in cultivation routines and reactor technology, the integral understanding of the regulation of metabolic fluxes is ...
1,317
22563465
PMC3341377
pmc
8,725
{ "abstract": "Marine cyanobacteria of the genus Trichodesmium occur throughout the oligotrophic tropical and subtropical oceans, where they can dominate the diazotrophic community in regions with high inputs of the trace metal iron (Fe). Iron is necessary for the functionality of enzymes involved in the processes ...
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38632040
PMC11075768
pmc
8,726
{ "abstract": "Abstract Aquatic ecosystems are large contributors to global methane (CH 4 ) emissions. Eutrophication significantly enhances CH 4 -production as it stimulates methanogenesis. Mitigation measures aimed at reducing eutrophication, such as the addition of metal salts to immobilize phosphate (PO 4 3− ), a...
4,753
28680072
PMC5498576
pmc
8,727
{ "abstract": "Intriguing, yet uncultured ‘ARMAN’-like archaea are metabolically dependent on other members of the microbial community. It remains uncertain though which hosts they rely upon, and, because of the lack of complete genomes, to what extent. Here, we report the co-culturing of ARMAN-2-related organism, Mi...
3,456
29253871
PMC5749889
pmc
8,728
{ "abstract": "The majority of life on Earth depends directly or indirectly on the sun as a source of energy. The initial step of photosynthesis is facilitated by light-harvesting complexes, which capture and transfer light energy into the reaction centers (RCs). Here, we analyzed the organization of photosynthetic (...
6,277
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PMC6350386
pmc
8,731
{ "abstract": "Background The current view suggests that in low-temperature acidic environments, archaea are significantly less abundant than bacteria. Thus, this study of the microbiome of Parys Mountain (Anglesey, UK) sheds light on the generality of this current assumption. Parys Mountain is a historically importa...
6,914
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PMC4692740
pmc
8,733
{ "abstract": "MscL, a large conductance mechanosensitive channel (MSC), is a ubiquitous osmolyte release valve that helps bacteria survive abrupt hypo-osmotic shocks. It has been discovered and rigorously studied using the patch-clamp technique for almost three decades. Its basic role of translating tension applied ...
2,890
22371825
PMC3286854
pmc
8,734
{ "abstract": "Reservoir computing is a recently introduced, highly efficient bio-inspired approach for processing time dependent data. The basic scheme of reservoir computing consists of a non linear recurrent dynamical system coupled to a single input layer and a single output layer. Within these constraints many i...
846
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PMC5935971
pmc
8,735
{ "abstract": "Background Glucaric acid is a high-value-added chemical that can be used in various fields. Because chemical oxidation of glucose to produce glucaric acid is not environmentally friendly, microbial production has attracted increasing interest recently. Biological pathways to synthesize glucaric acid fr...
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{ "abstract": "One important direction of synthetic biology is to establish desired spatial structures from microbial populations. Underlying this structural development process are different driving factors, among which bacterial motility and chemotaxis serve as a major force. Here, we present an individual-based, b...
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PMC5306006
pmc
8,738
{ "abstract": "Abstract Access to resources depends on an individual's position within the environment. This is particularly important to animals that invest heavily in nest construction, such as social insects. Many ant species have a polydomous nesting strategy: a single colony inhabits several spatially separated ...
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PMC11808958
pmc
8,741
{ "abstract": "Background Hemarthria compressa, a widely cultivated forage grass, is critical for supporting livestock production and maintaining the ecological balance in grassland ecosystems. Enhancing its stress resistance and productivity is crucial for sustainable grassland utilization and development. Silicon ...
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27620972
PMC5216901
pmc
8,742
{ "abstract": "Summary \n Photosystem I (PSI) is a pigment protein complex catalyzing the light‐driven electron transport from plastocyanin to ferredoxin in oxygenic photosynthetic organisms. Several PSI subunits are highly conserved in cyanobacteria, algae and plants, whereas others are distributed differentially in...
3,463
39516195
PMC11549363
pmc
8,743
{ "abstract": "The endosymbiont Candidatus Azoamicus ciliaticola was proposed to generate ATP for its eukaryotic host, an anaerobic ciliate of the Plagiopylea class, fulfilling a function analogous to mitochondria in other eukaryotic cells. The discovery of this respiratory endosymbiosis has major implications for ...
2,064
28928205
PMC5605933
pmc
8,746
{ "abstract": "ABSTRACT The bacterial second messenger cyclic dimeric GMP (c-di-GMP) is a nearly ubiquitous intracellular signaling molecule involved in the transition from the motile to the sessile/biofilm state in bacteria. C-di-GMP regulates various cellular processes, including biofilm formation, motility, and vi...
3,314
29946243
PMC6006525
pmc
8,747
{ "abstract": "Animals harbor an extensive, dynamic microbial ecosystem in their gut. Gut microbiota (GM) supposedly modulate various host functions including fecundity, metabolism, immunity, cognition and behavior. Starting by analyzing the concept of the holobiont as a unit of selection, we highlight recent finding...
2,160
36838386
PMC9960345
pmc
8,748
{ "abstract": "Biofilm formation can lead to the persistence of Salmonella Typhimurium (ST) and E. coli O157:H7 (O157). This study investigated the impact of meat processing surface bacteria (MPB) on biofilm formation by O157 (non-biofilm former; NF) and ST (strong biofilm former; BF). MPB were recovered from the...
3,740
39745385
PMC11774020
pmc
8,749
{ "abstract": "ABSTRACT Prominent virulence traits of Candida albicans include its ability to produce filamentous hyphal cells and grow as a biofilm. These traits are under control of numerous transcription factors (TFs), including Brg1 and Rme1. In the reference strain SC5314, a brg1 Δ/Δ mutant has reduced levels...
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PMC11871072
pmc
8,751
{ "abstract": "From LSTMs (Long Short-Term Memory) to Transformers, various networks have been used for runoff forecasting, though many complex structures may be unnecessary. This study introduces RR-TiDE, a simple model based on the Time Series Dense Encoder. RR-TiDE employs fully Multilayer Perceptron architecture ...
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PMC5639371
pmc
8,752
{ "abstract": "Abstract A new class of hydrogels utilizing DNA (DNA quadruplex gel) has been constructed by directly and symmetrically coupling deoxynucleotide phosphoramidite monomers to the ends of polyethylene glycols (PEGs) in liquid phase, and using the resulting DNA‐PEG‐DNA triblock copolymers as macromonomers....
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PMC3021705
pmc
8,753
{ "abstract": "Plant communities vary dramatically in the number and relative abundance of species that exhibit facilitative interactions, which contributes substantially to variation in community structure and dynamics. Predicting species’ responses to neighbors based on readily measurable functional traits would pr...
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34164103
PMC8179378
pmc
8,754
{ "abstract": "Bioelectrochemical approaches for energy conversion rely on efficient wiring of natural electron transport chains to electrodes. However, state-of-the-art exogenous electron mediators give rise to significant energy losses and, in the case of living systems, long-term cytotoxicity. Here, we explored ne...
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24920474
PMC4071554
pmc
8,755
{ "abstract": "Collective decisions in animal groups emerge from the actions of individuals who are unlikely to have global information. Comparative assessment of options can be valuable in decision-making. Ant colonies are excellent collective decision-makers, for example when selecting a new nest-site. Here, we tes...
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30078568
PMC6783311
pmc
8,756
{ "abstract": "Summary Benthic foraminifera are unicellular eukaryotes inhabiting sediments of\naquatic environments. Several species were shown to store and use nitrate for\ncomplete denitrification, a unique energy metabolism among eukaryotes. The\npopulation of benthic foraminifera reaches high densities in oxygen...
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36398563
PMC10107152
pmc
8,758
{ "abstract": "Abstract Engineering enzymes with novel reactivity and applying them in metabolic pathways to produce valuable products are quite challenging due to the intrinsic complexity of metabolic networks and the need for high in vivo catalytic efficiency. Triacetic acid lactone (TAL), naturally generated by 2‐...
8,994
23148127
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8,759
{ "abstract": "This study examined the compression of solvated polymer brushes on bioengineered surfaces during the initial stages of Staphylococcus Aureus (S. aureus) adhesion from gentle flow. A series of PEG [poly(ethylene glycol)] brushes, 7 to 17 nm in height and completely non-adhesive to proteins and bacteria,...
557
19005565
PMC2579483
pmc
8,760
{ "abstract": "Disease epidemics have caused extensive damage to tropical coral reefs and to the reef-building corals themselves, yet nothing is known about the abilities of the coral host to resist disease infection. Understanding the potential for natural disease resistance in corals is critically important, especi...
3,199
31128791
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s2
8,763
{ "abstract": "Heterologous expression of natural product biosynthetic gene clusters (BGCs) is a robust approach not only to decipher biosynthetic logic behind natural product (NP) biosynthesis, but also to discover new chemicals from uncharacterized BGCs. This approach largely relies on techniques used for cloning l...
272
26078851
PMC4461416
pmc
8,764
{ "abstract": "Climate forecasts project further increases in extremely high-temperature events. These present threats to biodiversity, as they promote population declines and local species extinctions. This implies that ecological communities will need to rely more strongly on recovery processes, such as recolonizat...
4,453
35539563
PMC9077753
pmc
8,765
{ "abstract": "Hydrogels are versatile materials, finding applications as adsorbers, supports for biosensors and biocatalysts or as scaffolds for tissue engineering. A frequently used building block for chemically cross-linked hydrogels is poly(ethylene glycol) diacrylate (PEG-DA). However, after curing, PEG-DA hydro...
7,344
38543411
PMC10974445
pmc
8,767
{ "abstract": "Thermal conductive coating materials with combination of mechanical robustness, good adhesion and electrical insulation are in high demand in the electronics industry. However, very few progresses have been achieved in constructing a highly thermal conductive composites coating that can conformably coa...
4,849
34649602
PMC8518188
pmc
8,770
{ "abstract": "Background Long-read sequencing has shown its tremendous potential to address genome assembly challenges, e.g., achieving the first telomere-to-telomere assembly of a gapless human chromosome. However, many issues remain unresolved when leveraging error-prone long reads to characterize high-complexity ...
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