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{ "abstract": "Biomaterials engineered with specific bioactive ligands, tunable mechanical properties, and complex architectural features have emerged as powerful tools to probe how cells sense and respond to the physical properties of their material surroundings, and ultimately provide designer approaches to control...
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36447563
PMC9663969
pmc
8,773
{ "abstract": "Many geckos have the remarkable ability to reversibly adhere to surfaces using a hierarchical system that includes both internal and external elements. The vast majority of studies have examined the performance of the adhesive system using adults and engineered materials and substrates (e.g., acrylic g...
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38380107
PMC10877099
pmc
8,774
{ "abstract": "Highlights • Microbe-meditated decomposition of agricultural residues and their utilization for enhancing nutrient cycling in the soil and crop productivity. • Integration of emerging recycling technologies for crop residue management and enzyme mediated biotransformation protocols for recovery of high...
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38248584
PMC10813543
pmc
8,776
{ "abstract": "The robot task sequencing problem and trajectory planning problem are two important issues in the robotic optimization domain and are solved sequentially in two separate levels in traditional studies. This paradigm disregards the potential synergistic impact between the two problems, resulting in a loc...
2,148
32238866
PMC7113308
pmc
8,777
{ "abstract": "Microbial cells in the seabed are thought to persist by slow population turnover rates and extremely low energy requirements. External stimulations such as seafloor hydrocarbon seeps have been demonstrated to significantly boost microbial growth; however, the microbial community response has not been f...
5,148
38906896
PMC11192741
pmc
8,779
{ "abstract": "Lacustrine methane emissions are strongly mitigated by aerobic methane-oxidizing bacteria (MOB) that are typically most active at the oxic-anoxic interface. Although oxygen is required by the MOB for the first step of methane oxidation, their occurrence in anoxic lake waters has raised the possibility ...
5,919
34969854
PMC8740591
pmc
8,780
{ "abstract": "Significance Landscapes are spatially heterogeneous, and the measurement of spatial pattern is dependent upon observation scale. Understanding plant populations requires assessing their extrinsic interactions with the environment as well as intrinsic biological processes and has been difficult because ...
2,550
22936780
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{ "abstract": "Relative to the atmosphere, much of the aerobic ocean is supersaturated with methane; however, the source of this important greenhouse gas remains enigmatic. Catabolism of methylphosphonic acid by phosphorus-starved marine microbes, with concomitant release of methane, has been suggested to explain thi...
223
26663423
PMC5021209
pmc
8,783
{ "abstract": "Summary Warm fluids emanating from hydrothermal vents can be used as windows into the rocky subseafloor habitat and its resident microbial community. Two new vent systems on the M id‐ C ayman R ise each exhibits novel geologic settings and distinctively hydrogen‐rich vent fluid compositions. We have ...
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33791444
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{ "abstract": "To protect against diverse challenges, the immune system must continuously generate an arsenal of specialized cell types, each of which can mount a myriad of effector responses upon detection of potential threats. To do so, it must generate multiple differentiated cell populations with defined sizes an...
269
36557674
PMC9784785
pmc
8,785
{ "abstract": "Microbial fuel cells are a promising technology for future wastewater treatment, as it allows cleaning and power generation simultaneously. The bottleneck of microbial fuel cells is often its cathodes because they determine the power output. Gas diffusion electrodes might overcome this bottleneck due t...
3,068
25343514
PMC4351914
pmc
8,786
{ "abstract": "The energy metabolism of essential microbial guilds in the biogeochemical sulfur cycle is based on a DsrAB-type dissimilatory (bi)sulfite reductase that either catalyzes the reduction of sulfite to sulfide during anaerobic respiration of sulfate, sulfite and organosulfonates, or acts in reverse during ...
8,003
36092273
PMC9428804
pmc
8,787
{ "abstract": "Microbial cell factories (MCFs) and cell-free systems (CFSs) are generally considered as two unrelated approaches for the biosynthesis of biomolecules. In the current study, two systems were combined together for the overproduction of agroclavine (AC), a structurally complex ergot alkaloid. The whole b...
2,049
35756008
PMC9221998
pmc
8,789
{ "abstract": "We investigated the fungus Aspergillus fumigatus PD-18 responses when subjected to the multimetal combination (Total Cr, Cd 2+ , Cu 2+ , Ni 2+ , Pb 2+ , and Zn 2+ ) in synthetic composite media. To understand how multimetal stress impacts fungal cells at the molecular level, the cellular response of ...
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20033048
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{ "abstract": "Sequencing of bacterial and archaeal genomes has revolutionized our understanding of the many roles played by microorganisms. There are now nearly 1,000 completed bacterial and archaeal genomes available, most of which were chosen for sequencing on the basis of their physiology. As a result, the perspe...
322
37336878
PMC10279756
pmc
8,793
{ "abstract": "The performance of any engineering material is naturally limited by its structure, and while each material suffers from one or multiple shortcomings when considered for a particular application, these can be potentially circumvented by hybridization with other materials. By combining organic crystals w...
7,495
39691433
PMC11650751
pmc
8,795
{ "abstract": "ABSTRACT Ecosystem size and spatial resource flows are key factors driving species diversity and ecosystem function. However, the question of whether and how these drivers interact has been largely overlooked. Here, we investigated how ecosystem size asymmetry affects species diversity and function of ...
4,827
35814646
PMC9260433
pmc
8,796
{ "abstract": "Biofilm formation by photosynthetic organisms is a complex behavior that serves multiple functions in the environment. Biofilm formation in the unicellular cyanobacterium Synechococcus elongatus PCC 7942 is regulated in part by a set of small secreted proteins that promotes biofilm formation and a se...
13,054
32546625
PMC7298715
pmc
8,798
{ "abstract": "Bacteria within a swarm move characteristically in packs, displaying an intricate swirling motion in which hundreds of dynamic rafts continuously form and dissociate as the swarm colonizes an increasing expanse of territory. The demonstrated property of E. coli to reduce its tumble bias and hence inc...
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PMC5533546
pmc
8,799
{ "abstract": "High thermal conductivity in amorphous polymer films via ionization-induced chain extension and stiffening, and dense packing.", "introduction": "INTRODUCTION Effective thermal management in applications such as batteries, automobile cooling systems, and high–power density electronic devices, where h...
1,558
36475793
PMC9728961
pmc
8,800
{ "abstract": "We introduce damage intelligent soft-bodied systems via a network of self-healing light guides for dynamic sensing (SHeaLDS). Exploiting the intrinsic damage resilience of light propagation in an optical waveguide, in combination with a tough, transparent, and autonomously self-healing polyurethane ure...
2,082
39288179
PMC11441501
pmc
8,801
{ "abstract": "Significance Microbes commonly reside within complex, multispecies communities in nature. Recent advances in high-throughput metagenomic sequencing have offered unprecedented systems-level insight into the diversity of microbial communities. However, the dissection of chemical and biological interactio...
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PMC4522091
pmc
8,804
{ "abstract": "Background Few strains have been found to produce isobutanol naturally. For building a high performance isobutanol-producing strain, rebalancing redox status of the cell was very crucial through systematic investigation of redox cofactors metabolism. Then, the metabolic model provided a powerful tool f...
2,632
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PMC11730135
pmc
8,805
{ "abstract": "Background The widespread selective pressure of antibiotics in the environment has led to the propagation of antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs). However, the mechanisms by which microbes balance population growth with the enrichment of ARGs remain poorly understood. To address this, we employed microco...
4,930
31718625
PMC6849255
pmc
8,806
{ "abstract": "Background Corynebacterium ammoniagenes is an important industrial organism that is widely used to produce nucleotides and the potential for industrial production of coenzyme A by C. ammoniagenes ATCC 6871 has been shown. However, the yield of coenzyme A needs to be improved, and the available const...
1,294
39516204
PMC11549454
pmc
8,807
{ "abstract": "Evidence from homogeneous liquid or flat-plate cultures indicates that biochemical cues are the primary modes of bacterial interaction with their microenvironment. However, these systems fail to capture the effect of physical confinement on bacteria in their natural habitats. Bacterial niches like the ...
3,390
30995811
PMC6631277
pmc
8,809
{ "abstract": "Haloarchaea, the extremely halophilic branch of the Archaea domain, encompass a steadily increasing number of genera and associated species which accumulate polyhydroxyalkanoate biopolyesters in their cytoplasm. Such ancient organisms, which thrive in highly challenging, often hostile habitats characte...
2,668
37468308
PMC10629481
pmc
8,814
{ "abstract": "Comparative analysis of genome-scale metabolic networks (GSMNs) may yield important information on the biology, evolution, and adaptation of species. However, it is impeded by the high heterogeneity of the quality and completeness of structural and functional genome annotations, which may bias the resu...
3,904
28659873
PMC5468387
pmc
8,815
{ "abstract": "Southwest Indian Ridge (SWIR) is a typical oceanic ultraslow spreading ridge with intensive hydrothermal activities. The microbial communities in hydrothermal fields including primary producers to support the entire ecosystem by utilizing geochemical energy generated from rock-seawater interactions. He...
5,646
34854377
PMC8735865
pmc
8,816
{ "abstract": "From decision making to perception to language, predicting what is coming next is crucial. It is also challenging in stochastic, changing, and structured environments; yet the brain makes accurate predictions in many situations. What computational architecture could enable this feat? Bayesian inference...
6,178
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PMC8085960
pmc
8,818
{ "abstract": "Summary Microbial production of bulk chemicals and biofuels from carbohydrates competes with low‐cost fossil‐based production. To limit production costs, high titres, productivities and especially high yields are required. This necessitates metabolic networks involved in product formation to be redox‐n...
2,761
39274679
PMC11396315
pmc
8,819
{ "abstract": "Biofouling poses a significant challenge to the marine industry, and silicone anti-biofouling coatings have garnered extensive attention owing to their environmental friendliness and low surface energy. However, their widespread application is hindered by their low substrate adhesion and weak static an...
2,378
37902338
PMC10734449
pmc
8,820
{ "abstract": "ABSTRACT As the most common approach for the restoration of degraded grasslands, the use of grass-legume mixtures has long been recognized for its role in increasing aboveground biomass and resisting grassland degradation. However, whether the legumes in these mixtures can help neighboring plants resis...
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{ "abstract": "Sequencing DNA from several organisms has revealed that duplication and drift of existing genes have primarily moulded the contents of a given genome. Though the effect of knocking out or overexpressing a particular gene has been studied in many organisms, no study has systematically explored the effec...
253
37637129
PMC10448053
pmc
8,825
{ "abstract": "Microbes play central roles in ocean food webs and global biogeochemical processes. Yet, the information available regarding the highly diverse bacterial communities in these systems is not comprehensive. Here we investigated the diversity, assembly process, and species coexistence frequency of bacteri...
4,216
36247100
PMC9543674
pmc
8,826
{ "abstract": "Abstract \n The increased release of dissolved organic matter (DOM) by algae has been associated with the fast but inefficient growth of opportunistic microbial pathogens and the ongoing degradation of coral reefs. Turf algae (consortia of microalgae and macroalgae commonly including cyanobacteria) dom...
6,893
28389641
PMC5429656
pmc
8,827
{ "abstract": "Antibiotics are typically regarded as microbial weapons, but whereas their function at concentrations lethal for bacteria is often well characterized, the role of antibiotics at much lower concentrations as possibly found under natural conditions remains poorly understood. By using whole-transcriptome ...
3,069
23900844
PMC3772215
pmc
8,828
{ "abstract": "Background: Photosystem II is an essential component of oxygenic photosynthesis. Results: Photosystem II is specifically decreased in rubredoxin mutants of the green alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii , the cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803, and the plant Arabidopsis thaliana . Conclusion: R...
2,508
35445473
PMC9325437
pmc
8,829
{ "abstract": "Abstract Diseases in marine eukaryotic organisms caused by opportunistic pathogens represent a serious threat to our oceans with potential downstream consequences for ecosystem functioning. Disease outbreaks affecting macroalgae are of particular concern due to their critical role as habitat‐forming or...
6,076
35528403
PMC9071804
pmc
8,830
{ "abstract": "5,5′-Dihydroxymethyl furoin (DHMF) is a novel biobased difuranic polyol scaffold, achievable from the benzoin condensation of 5-hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF), which has recently been employed as a monomer for the preparation of cross-linked polyesters and polyurethane. Its upgrading by means of enzymatic...
4,568
35492519
PMC9047062
pmc
8,831
{ "abstract": "The design of functionalized polymer surfaces using bioactive compounds has grown rapidly over the past decade within many industries including biomedical, textile, microelectronics, bioprocessing and food packaging sectors. Polymer surfaces such as polystyrene (PS) must be treated using surface activa...
7,090
35072365
PMC8922109
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8,833
{ "abstract": "Abstract Liquid‐repellent technology is an efficient means of energy‐saving and biofouling avoidance. However, liquid‐repellent surfaces suffer from inefficient lubricant retention under shear flow and fouling problem in marine environment. Here, the authors demonstrate a fatty acid amide (FAA)‐based o...
1,816
27780257
PMC5079562
pmc
8,834
{ "abstract": "Introduction Biological communities present in soil are essential to sustainable and productive agricultural practices; however, an accurate determination of the ecological status of agricultural soils remains to date an elusive task. An ideal indicator should be pervasive, play a relevant role in the ...
6,703
39057343
PMC11278419
pmc
8,835
{ "abstract": "The symbiotic relationship between arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) and plants is well known for its benefits in enhancing plant growth and stress resistance. Research on whether key components of the AMF colonization process, such as MyC factors, can be directly utilized to activate plant symbiotic ...
3,657
28150713
PMC5288723
pmc
8,836
{ "abstract": "Flux coupling analysis is a computational method which is able to explain co-expression of metabolic genes by analyzing the topological structure of a metabolic network. It has been suggested that if genes in two seemingly fully-coupled reactions are not highly co-expressed, then these two reactions ar...
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21076396
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{ "abstract": "The chemotaxis signalling network in Escherichia coli that controls the locomotion of bacteria is a classic model system for signal transduction. This pathway modulates the behaviour of flagellar motors to propel bacteria towards sources of chemical attractants. Although this system relaxes to a steady...
391
25759637
PMC4338664
pmc
8,838
{ "abstract": "Bio-inspired asynchronous event-based vision sensors are currently introducing a paradigm shift in visual information processing. These new sensors rely on a stimulus-driven principle of light acquisition similar to biological retinas. They are event-driven and fully asynchronous, thereby reducing redu...
4,653
34064870
PMC8150720
pmc
8,840
{ "abstract": "A quickly tunable wettability pattern plays an important role in regulating the surface behavior of liquids. Light irradiation can effectively control the pattern to achieve a specific wettability pattern on the photoresponsive material. However, metal oxide materials based on light adjustable wettabil...
2,061
33195112
PMC7606986
pmc
8,841
{ "abstract": "The comprehension of the underlying mechanisms of the interactions within microbial communities represents a major challenge to be faced to control their outcome. Joint efforts of in vitro , in vivo and ecological models are crucial to controlling human health, including chronic infections. In a bro...
550
37745781
PMC10512918
pmc
8,842
{ "abstract": "ABSTRACT Phase-change memory (PCM), recently developed as the storage-class memory in a computer system, is a new non-volatile memory technology. In addition, the applications of PCM in a non-von Neumann computing, such as neuromorphic computing and in-memory computing, are being investigated. Although...
1,667
39063819
PMC11278828
pmc
8,843
{ "abstract": "The growing energy consumption and the need for a circular economy have driven considerable interest in the anaerobic digestion (AD) of organic waste, offering potential solutions through biogas and digestate production. AD processes not only have the capability to reduce greenhouse gas emissions but a...
3,047
23603788
PMC3631768
pmc
8,845
{ "abstract": "Over the past decades, our understanding of nacre's toughening origin has long stayed at the level of crack deflection along the biopolymer interface between aragonite platelets. It has been widely thought that the ceramic aragonite platelets in nacre invariably remain shielded from the propagating cra...
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{ "abstract": "Increasing rare earth element (REE) supplies by recycling and expanded ore processing will result in generation of new wastewaters. In some cases, disposal to a sewage treatment plant may be favored, but plant performance must be maintained. To assess the potential effects of such wastewaters on biolog...
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38049399
PMC10696030
pmc
8,850
{ "abstract": "Microbial rhodopsin, a significant contributor to sustaining life through light harvesting, holds untapped potential for carbon fixation. Here, we construct an artificial photosynthesis system which combines the proton-pumping ability of rhodopsin with an extracellular electron uptake mechanism, establ...
5,411
30783143
PMC6381156
pmc
8,851
{ "abstract": "Recent explorations of scientific ocean drilling have revealed the presence of microbial communities persisting in sediments down to ~2.5 km below the ocean floor. However, our knowledge of these microbial populations in the deep subseafloor sedimentary biosphere remains limited. Here, we present a cul...
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33022255
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8,852
{ "abstract": "The role of microbes in sustaining agricultural plant growth has great potential consequences for human prosperity. Yet we have an incomplete understanding of the basic function of rhizosphere microbial communities and how they may change under future stresses, let alone how these processes might be ha...
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8,853
{ "abstract": "Hydrogel particles are versatile materials that provide exquisite, tunable control over the sequestration and delivery of materials in pharmaceutics, tissue engineering, and photonics. The favorable properties of hydrogel particles depend largely on their size, and particles ranging from nanometers to ...
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26779171
PMC4705240
pmc
8,854
{ "abstract": "Bacillus species present a major concern in the dairy industry as they can form biofilms in pipelines and on surfaces of equipment and machinery used in the entire line of production. These biofilms represent a continuous hygienic problem and can lead to serious economic losses due to food spoilage an...
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{ "abstract": "No abstract available" }
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PMC8914556
pmc
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{ "abstract": "We report a highly stretchable hydrogel based on the crosslinking structure between calcium cations and alendronates (ALN) conjugated with poly-γ-glutamate (γ-PGA), a typical biodegradable polymer. γ-PGA with ALN (γ-PGA-ALN) forms the hydrogel in the aqueous solution containing CaCl 2 . The hydrogel sh...
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34873881
PMC8649616
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8,858
{ "abstract": "Abstract Waste plastics are non‐degradable constituents that can stay in the environment for centuries. Their large land space consumption is unsafe to humans and animals. Concomitantly, the continuous engineering of plastics, which causes depletion of petroleum, poses another problem since they are pe...
3,529
31852953
PMC6920442
pmc
8,859
{ "abstract": "A central issue in ecology is understanding how complex and biodiverse food webs persist in the face of disturbance, and which structural properties affect disturbance propagation among species. However, our comprehension of assemblage mechanisms and disturbance propagation in food webs is limited by t...
3,694
31448892
PMC6753654
pmc
8,860
{ "abstract": "Cell\nlipid membranes are the site of vital biological processes,\nsuch as motility, trafficking, and sensing, many of which involve\nmechanical forces. Elucidating the interplay between such bioprocesses\nand mechanical forces requires the use of tools that apply and measure\npiconewton-level forces, ...
5,589
34947029
PMC8708846
pmc
8,861
{ "abstract": "The establishment of lignocellulosic biorefineries is dependent on microorganisms being able to cope with the stressful conditions resulting from the release of inhibitory compounds during biomass processing. The yeast Kluyveromyces marxianus has been explored as an alternative microbial factory due ...
5,129
30255095
PMC6145314
pmc
8,863
{ "abstract": "Empty palm fruit bunch fiber (EPFBF) is a renewable resource in oil palm plantations that can be used for lignocellulosic bioethanol production. To enhance ethanol productivity with high-lignin-content EPFBF, the biomass was prepared with an alkali-thermal pretreatment (sodium hydroxide, 121°C, 60 min)...
4,917
37754561
PMC10581246
pmc
8,864
{ "abstract": "ABSTRACT Petroleum-source and black carbon-source aromatic compounds are present in the cold seep environments, where ANaerobic MEthanotrophic (ANME) archaea as the dominant microbial community mediates the anaerobic oxidation of methane to produce inorganic and organic carbon. Here, by predicting the ...
3,050
38600907
PMC11004305
pmc
8,865
{ "abstract": "Training neural networks to perform different tasks is relevant across various disciplines. In particular, Recurrent Neural Networks (RNNs) are of great interest in Computational Neuroscience. Open-source frameworks dedicated to Machine Learning, such as Tensorflow and Keras have produced significant c...
3,361
36465038
PMC10107873
pmc
8,868
{ "abstract": "Abstract The Pseudomonas putida group in the Gammaproteobacteria has been intensively studied for bioremediation and plant growth promotion. Members of this group have recently emerged as promising hosts to convert intermediates derived from plant biomass to biofuels and biochemicals. However, most s...
2,689
39009031
PMC11283204
pmc
8,869
{ "abstract": "Abstract Lignocellulose (dry plant biomass) is an abundant cheap inedible residue of agriculture and wood industry with great potential as a feedstock for biotechnological processes. Lignocellulosic substrates can serve as valuable resources in fermentation processes, allowing the production of a wide ...
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{ "abstract": "The question whether communities should be viewed as superorganisms or loose collections of individual species has been the subject of a long-standing debate in ecology. Each view implies different spatiotemporal community patterns. Along spatial environmental gradients, the organismic view predicts th...
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PMC7691602
pmc
8,871
{ "abstract": "Engineering neural networks to perform specific tasks often represents a monumental challenge in determining network architecture and parameter values. In this work, we extend our previously-developed method for tuning networks of non-spiking neurons, the “Functional subnetwork approach” (FSA), to the ...
6,955
25613225
PMC4303876
pmc
8,872
{ "abstract": "The forest timberline responds quickly and markedly to climate changes, rendering it a ready indicator. Climate warming has caused an upshift of the timberline worldwide. However, the impact on belowground ecosystem and biogeochemical cycles remain elusive. To understand soil microbial ecology of the t...
2,405
37701813
PMC10494312
pmc
8,875
{ "abstract": "Summary Microbes shape their habitats by consuming resources and producing a diverse array of chemicals that can serve as public goods. Despite the risk of exploitation by cheaters, genes encoding sharable molecules like siderophores are widely found in nature, prompting investigations into the mechani...
5,382
26044993
PMC4486115
pmc
8,877
{ "abstract": "Many promising hydrogen technologies utilising hydrogenase enzymes have been slowed by the fact that most hydrogenases are extremely sensitive to O 2 . Within the group 1 membrane-bound NiFe hydrogenase, naturally occurring tolerant enzymes do exist, and O 2 tolerance has been largely attributed to ch...
2,814
28099471
PMC5242510
pmc
8,878
{ "abstract": "Rhizobia-legume symbiosis is the most well researched biological nitrogen fixation system. Coating legume seeds with rhizobia is now a recognized practical measure for improving the production of legume corp. However, the efficacy of some commercial rhizobia inoculants cannot be guaranteed in China due...
3,527
34007059
PMC8528912
pmc
8,880
{ "abstract": "Members of the genus Acidithiobacillus , now ranked within the class Acidithiobacillia , are model bacteria for the study of chemolithotrophic energy conversion under extreme conditions. Knowledge of the genomic and taxonomic diversity of Acidithiobacillia is still limited. Here, we present a syste...
3,948
36200894
PMC9603131
pmc
8,881
{ "abstract": "ABSTRACT Microalgae can adapt to extreme environments with specialized metabolic mechanisms. Here, we report comparative physiological and genetic regulation analyses of Chlorella sorokiniana from different environmental regions of an arctic glacier, desert, and temperate native lake in response to N...
9,272
25505896
PMC4245776
pmc
8,883
{ "abstract": "The porin-cytochrome (Pcc) protein complex is responsible for trans-outer membrane electron transfer during extracellular reduction of Fe(III) by the dissimilatory metal-reducing bacterium Geobacter sulfurreducens PCA. The identified and characterized Pcc complex of G. sulfurreducens PCA consists o...
8,903
37688565
PMC10505500
pmc
8,884
{ "abstract": "Abstract Summary The chem16S package combines taxonomic classifications of 16S rRNA gene sequences with amino acid compositions of prokaryotic reference proteomes to generate community reference proteomes. Taxonomic classifications from the RDP Classifier or data objects created by the phyloseq R p...
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28943999
PMC5586202
pmc
8,885
{ "abstract": "Summary \n Animals often display a marked tendency to return to previously visited locations that contain important resources, such as water, food, or developing brood that must be provisioned. A considerable body of work has demonstrated that this tendency is strongly expressed in ants, which exhibit ...
4,136
33955585
PMC11468872
pmc
8,887
{ "abstract": "Abstract Coatings with low sliding angles for liquid drops have a broad range of applications. However, it remains a challenge to have a fast, easy, and universal preparation method for coatings that are long‐term stable, robust, and environmentally friendly. Here, a one‐step grafting‐from approach is ...
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{ "abstract": "Alkenyl phenols are utilized by nature in the construction of one of the most important biopolymers, lignin. Using similar building blocks, an array of distinct structures can be formed by selective dimerization of the starting phenols to form lignans, neolignans, oxyneolignans, and norlignans. Given t...
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{ "abstract": "The alkyne is an important functionality widely used in material science, pharmaceutical science, and chemical biology, but the importance of this functionality is contrasted by the very limited number of enzymes known to be involved in alkyne biosynthesis. We recently reported the first known carrier ...
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36080933
PMC9460910
pmc
8,893
{ "abstract": "The required navigation performance (RNP) procedure is one of the two basic navigation specifications for the performance-based navigation (PBN) procedure as proposed by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) through an integration of the global navigation infrastructures to improve the u...
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PMC5585692
pmc
8,895
{ "abstract": "Abstract Gene retroposition is an important mechanism of genome evolution but the role it plays in dinoflagellates, a critical player in marine ecosystems, is not known. Until recently, when the genomes of two coral-symbiotic dinoflagellate genomes, Symbiodinium kawagutii and S. minutum , were relea...
5,547
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PMC10972417
pmc
8,896
{ "abstract": "The study examined the correlation between collagen coating damage and self-healing under various tribological conditions. It confirmed that the friction coefficient and degree of damage on the collagen coating varied based on contact and sliding conditions. The friction coefficient, measured at 0.56 f...
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38577983
PMC7615837
pmc
8,899
{ "abstract": "Abstract The growth and success of many bacteria appear to rely on a stunning range of cooperative behaviours. But what is cooperation and how is it studied?" }
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PMC9118995
pmc
8,900
{ "abstract": "Abstract Optimization of metabolism to maximize production of bio-based chemicals must consistently balance cellular resources for biocatalyst growth and desired compound synthesis. This mini-review discusses synthetic biology strategies for dynamically controlling expression of genes to enable dual-ph...
1,227
32047188
PMC7012894
pmc
8,903
{ "abstract": "When an ant dies within a nest, a worker ant carries its corpse away from the nest and drops it onto a pile known as an ant cemetery. These ant cemeteries form cluster patterns, and the dynamics of the corpse piles have been studied experimentally. The aim of the present study was to investigate how se...
2,750
35541583
PMC9076477
pmc
8,904
{ "abstract": "A pristine soil environment supports a healthy soil biodiversity, which is often polluted with recalcitrant compounds. The bioelectrochemical remediation of the contaminated soils using bioelectrochemical systems (BESs) is gaining significant attention with respect to the restoration of the soil ecosys...
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PMC7415357
pmc
8,905
{ "abstract": "Summary The transition to sustainable agriculture and horticulture is a societal challenge of global importance. Fertilization with a minimum impact on the environment can facilitate this. Organic fertilizers can play an important role, given their typical release pattern and production through resourc...
4,463
19537980
PMC2990325
pmc
8,908
{ "abstract": "The colony is the functional unit of natural selection for most social insects including the Florida harvester ant, Pogonomyrmex badius . To address reproduction in the species variables were evaluated relevant to the colony-level (sociometry), and social growth (sociogenesis). Colonies become reprodu...
5,827
34065964
PMC8151836
pmc
8,909
{ "abstract": "This study explicated the functional activities of microorganisms and their interrelationships under four previously reported iron reducing conditions to identify critical factors that governed the performance of these novel iron-dosed anaerobic biological wastewater treatment processes. Various iron-r...
7,356
36630961
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8,910
{ "abstract": "Neural activity is often described in terms of population-level factors extracted from the responses of many neurons. Factors provide a lower-dimensional description with the aim of shedding light on network computations. Yet, mechanistically, computations are performed not by continuously valued facto...
265
30885220
PMC6421710
pmc
8,911
{ "abstract": "Background Due to their high energy density and compatible physical properties, several monoterpenes have been investigated as potential renewable transportation fuels, either as blendstocks with petroleum or as drop-in replacements for use in vehicles (both heavy and light-weight) or in aviation. Sust...
2,691
35523988
PMC9076648
pmc
8,912
{ "abstract": "Microbial life in soil is fueled by dissolved organic matter (DOM) that leaches from the litter layer. It is well known that decomposer communities adapt to the available litter source, but it remains unclear if they functionally compete or synergistically address different litter types. Therefore, we ...
2,266
25146142
PMC4153492
pmc
8,914
{ "abstract": "“ Ferrovum myxofaciens ” is an iron-oxidizing betaproteobacterium with widespread distribution in acidic low-temperature environments, such as acid mine drainage streams. Here, we describe the genomic features of this novel acidophile and investigate the relevant metabolic pathways that enable its surv...
82
34950886
PMC8672035
pmc
8,917
{ "abstract": "Summary Microbial taxonomic marker gene studies using 16S rRNA gene amplicon sequencing provide an understanding of microbial community structure and diversity; however, it can be difficult to infer the functionality of microbes in the ecosystem from these data. Here, we show how to predict metabolism ...
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8,920
{ "abstract": "The marine bacterium Vibrio fischeri is the monospecific symbiont of the Hawaiian bobtail squid, Euprymna scolopes, and the establishment of this association involves a number of signaling pathways and transcriptional responses between both partners. We report here the first full RNA-Seq dataset repres...
347
27048805
PMC4817265
pmc
8,921
{ "abstract": "ABSTRACT Unraveling the drivers controlling the response and adaptation of biological communities to environmental change, especially anthropogenic activities, is a central but poorly understood issue in ecology and evolution. Comparative genomics studies suggest that lateral gene transfer (LGT) is a m...
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