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39885178 | PMC11782484 | pmc | 9,391 | {
"abstract": "We propose a network architecture for electronic skin with an extensive sensor array—crucial for enabling robots to perceive their environment and interact effectively with humans. Fault tolerance is essential for electronic skins on robot exteriors. Although self-healing electronic skins targeting min... | 3,757 |
39312488 | PMC11459550 | pmc | 9,392 | {
"abstract": "Abstract Plant performance is impacted by rhizosphere bacteria. These bacteria are subjected to both bottom-up control by root exudates as well as top-down control by predators, particularly protists. Protists stimulate plant growth-promoting microbes resulting in improved plant performance. However, k... | 2,847 |
30227897 | PMC6145348 | pmc | 9,393 | {
"abstract": "Background Microbial processes are intricately linked to the depletion of oxygen in in-land and coastal water bodies, with devastating economic and ecological consequences. Microorganisms deplete oxygen during biomass decomposition, degrading the habitat of many economically important aquatic animals. ... | 3,356 |
18928368 | null | s2 | 9,394 | {
"abstract": "For simulations of neural networks, there is a trade-off between the size of the network that can be simulated and the complexity of the model used for individual neurons. In this study, we describe a generalization of the leaky integrate-and-fire model that produces a wide variety of spiking behaviors... | 316 |
37120702 | PMC10284914 | pmc | 9,396 | {
"abstract": "Rhodopsin photosystems convert light energy into electrochemical gradients used by the cell to produce ATP, or for other energy-demanding processes. While these photosystems are widespread in the ocean and have been identified in diverse microbial taxonomic groups, their physiological role in vivo has ... | 3,860 |
30555427 | PMC6282030 | pmc | 9,397 | {
"abstract": "Shallow-water hydrothermal vent ecosystems are distinctly different from deep-sea vents, as other than geothermal, sunlight is one of their primary sources of energy, so their resulting microbial communities differ to some extent. Yet compared with deep-sea systems, less is known about the active micro... | 9,133 |
32639625 | PMC7533337 | pmc | 9,399 | {
"abstract": "Summary The multi‐enzyme cellulosome complex can mediate the valorization of lignocellulosic biomass into soluble sugars that can serve in the production of biofuels and valuable products. A potent bacterial chassis for the production of active cellulosomes displayed on the cell surface is the bacteriu... | 5,090 |
39086500 | PMC11288920 | pmc | 9,400 | {
"abstract": "The fouling resistance of zwitterionic coatings is conventionally explained by the strong hydrophilicity of such polymers. Here, the in vitro biocompatibility of a set of systematically varied amphiphilic, zwitterionic copolymers is investigated. Photocrosslinkable, amphiphilic copolymers containing ... | 7,040 |
25729749 | null | s2 | 9,401 | {
"abstract": "The origin of the photosynthetic organelle in eukaryotes, the plastid, changed forever the evolutionary trajectory of life on our planet. Plastids are highly specialized compartments derived from a putative single cyanobacterial primary endosymbiosis that occurred in the common ancestor of the supergro... | 357 |
28541273 | PMC5458517 | pmc | 9,402 | {
"abstract": "The mechanical properties of cells and the extracellular environment they reside in are governed by a complex interplay of biopolymers. These biopolymers, which possess a wide range of stiffnesses, self-assemble into fibrous composite networks such as the cytoskeleton and extracellular matrix. They int... | 1,021 |
33046770 | PMC7550342 | pmc | 9,404 | {
"abstract": "Single-wall carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) and Bi 2 Te 3 nanoplates are very promising thermoelectric materials for energy harvesting. When these two materials are combined, the resulting nanocomposites exhibit high thermoelectric performance and excellent flexibility. However, simple mixing of these mater... | 2,509 |
39823320 | PMC11740926 | pmc | 9,405 | {
"abstract": "Electronic skins endow robots with sensory functions but often lack the multifunctionality of natural skin, such as switchable adhesion. Current smart adhesives based on elastomers have limited adhesion tunability, which hinders their effective use for both carrying heavy loads and performing dexterous... | 2,607 |
34000104 | null | s2 | 9,408 | {
"abstract": "Physical properties of the extracellular matrix (ECM) affect cell behaviors ranging from cell adhesion and migration to differentiation and gene expression, a process known as mechanotransduction. While most studies have focused on the impact of ECM stiffness, using linearly elastic materials such as p... | 459 |
34568301 | PMC8460912 | pmc | 9,409 | {
"abstract": "Mixed microbial cultures have become a preferred choice of biocatalyst for chain elongation systems due to their ability to convert complex substrates into medium-chain carboxylates. However, the complexity of the effects of process parameters on the microbial metabolic networks is a drawback that make... | 6,028 |
38674652 | PMC11052081 | pmc | 9,412 | {
"abstract": "Prokaryotes play a key role in particulate organic matter’s decomposition and remineralization processes in the vertical scale of seawater, and prokaryotes contribute to more than 70% of the estimated remineralization. However, little is known about the microbial community and metabolic activity of the... | 4,027 |
37609283 | PMC10441365 | pmc | 9,414 | {
"abstract": "Beneficial microbial symbionts that are horizontally acquired by their animal hosts undergo a lifestyle transition from free-living in the environment to associated with host tissues. In the model symbiosis between the Hawaiian bobtail squid and its microbial symbiont Vibrio fischeri, one mechanism u... | 2,699 |
32185005 | PMC7069281 | pmc | 9,416 | {
"abstract": "Abstract Understanding the challenges faced by organisms moving within their environment is essential to comprehending the evolution of locomotor morphology and habitat use. Geckos have developed adhesive toe pads that enable exploitation of a wide range of microhabitats. These toe pads, and their adhe... | 5,362 |
39696719 | PMC11657696 | pmc | 9,417 | {
"abstract": "Background Tramway Ridge, a geothermal Antarctic Specially Protected Area (elevation 3340 m) located near the summit of Mount Erebus, is home to a unique community composed of cosmopolitan surface-associated micro-organisms and abundant, poorly understood subsurface-associated microorganisms. Here, we ... | 4,194 |
19802380 | null | s2 | 9,419 | {
"abstract": "pH-sensitive nanoclay composite hydrogels based on N-isopropylacrylamide (NIPA) were synthesized by copolymerization with cationic and anionic comonomers. Laponite nanoclay particles served as multifunctional crosslinkers, producing hydrogels with exceptionally high mechanical strengths, as measured by... | 397 |
37228625 | PMC10203187 | pmc | 9,421 | {
"abstract": "Background: Bioleaching is a practical method to recover metals from low-grade mineral sulfides. The most frequent bacteria involved in the bioleaching of metals from ores\nare Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans and Acidithiobacillus thiooxidans . Experimental design is a method through which the optim... | 2,470 |
21833332 | PMC3153052 | pmc | 9,422 | {
"abstract": "Soils are immensely diverse microbial habitats with thousands of co-existing bacterial, archaeal, and fungal species. Across broad spatial scales, factors such as pH and soil moisture appear to determine the diversity and structure of soil bacterial communities. Within any one site however, bacterial t... | 5,216 |
24222925 | null | s2 | 9,424 | {
"abstract": "Synthetic biology provides numerous great opportunities for chemical engineers in the development of new processes for large-scale production of biofuels, value-added chemicals, and protein therapeutics. However, challenges across all scales abound. In particular, the modularization and standardization... | 155 |
39757539 | PMC11744927 | pmc | 9,425 | {
"abstract": "Cell-free systems are powerful tools in synthetic biology\nwith\nversatile and wide-ranging applications. However, a significant bottleneck\nfor these systems, particularly the PURE cell-free system, is their\nlimited reaction lifespan and yield. Dialysis offers a promising approach\nto prolong reactio... | 2,252 |
26382428 | null | s2 | 9,426 | {
"abstract": "Free-living biofilms have been subject to considerable attention, and basic physical principles for them are generally accepted. Many host-biofilm systems, however, consist of heterogeneous mixtures of aggregates of microbes intermixed with host material and are much less studied. Here we analyze a key... | 156 |
37567879 | PMC10421960 | pmc | 9,427 | {
"abstract": "The lignocellulosic biorefinery industry can be an important contributor to achieving global carbon net zero goals. However, low valorization of the waste lignin severely limits the sustainability of biorefineries. Using a hydrothermal reaction, we have converted sulfuric acid lignin (SAL) into a water... | 3,941 |
33922453 | PMC8122800 | pmc | 9,428 | {
"abstract": "Triboelectric nanogenerators (TENGs) have excellent properties in harvesting tiny environmental energy and self-powered sensor systems with extensive application prospects. Here, we report a high sensitivity self-powered wind speed sensor based on triboelectric nanogenerators (TENGs). The sensor consis... | 4,428 |
22952785 | PMC3429504 | pmc | 9,432 | {
"abstract": "Community structure and assembly are determined in part by environmental heterogeneity. While reef-building corals respond negatively to warming (i.e. bleaching events) and ocean acidification (OA), the extent of present-day natural variability in pH on shallow reefs and ecological consequences for ben... | 4,114 |
28376100 | PMC5380328 | pmc | 9,433 | {
"abstract": "In this work, the role of the pine transcriptional regulator Dof 5 in carbon and nitrogen metabolism has been examined in poplar trees. The overexpression of the gene and potential effects on growth and biomass production were compared between trees growing in a growth chamber under controlled conditio... | 4,009 |
37323121 | PMC10427402 | pmc | 9,434 | {
"abstract": "Abstract Although natural continuum structures, such as the boneless elephant trunk, provide inspiration for new versatile grippers, highly deformable, jointless, and multidimensional actuation has still not been achieved. The challenging pivotal requisites are to avoid sudden changes in stiffness, com... | 3,436 |
25978545 | PMC4817625 | pmc | 9,437 | {
"abstract": "The role of bacterioplankton in the cycling of marine dissolved organic matter (DOM) is central to the carbon and energy balance in the ocean, yet there are few model organisms available to investigate the genes, metabolic pathways, and biochemical mechanisms involved in the degradation of this globall... | 5,891 |
24643940 | PMC4006116 | pmc | 9,438 | {
"abstract": "Catalytic micromotors are trapped in microfluidic chips containing chevron and heart-shaped PDMS structures.",
"conclusion": "Conclusions In this work, we demonstrated the possibility of trapping artificial micromotors. We use microfluidic chips containing chevron and heart-shaped geometries to show ... | 321 |
21469225 | null | s2 | 9,439 | {
"abstract": "The [Re(I)(CO)(3)(4,7-dimethyl-1,10-phenanthroline)(histidine-124)(tryptophan-122)] complex, denoted [Re(I)(dmp)(W122)], of Pseudomonas aeruginosa azurin behaves as a single photoactive unit that triggers very fast electron transfer (ET) from a distant (2 nm) Cu(I) center in the protein. Analysis of ti... | 679 |
29095862 | PMC5667884 | pmc | 9,440 | {
"abstract": "The fundamental requirement for the autonomous capsule-based self-healing process to work is that cracks need to reach the capsules and break them such that the healing agent can be released. Ignoring all other aspects, the amount of healing agents released into the crack is essential to obtain a good ... | 4,901 |
39920762 | PMC11806803 | pmc | 9,441 | {
"abstract": "Background Microbial-driven lignin depolymerization has emerged as a promising approach for lignin degradation. However, this process is hindered by the limited activity of lignin-degrading enzymes. Antioxidants are crucial for maintaining redox homeostasis in living cells, which can impact the efficie... | 6,071 |
28667277 | PMC5493639 | pmc | 9,442 | {
"abstract": "The wetting characteristic of a metal surface can be controlled by employing different coating materials and external stimuli, however, layer number ( n ) modulated surface swapping between hydrophobicity and hydrophilicity in a multilayer structure to achieve prolonged anti-corrosion ability was not t... | 13,641 |
38293552 | PMC10826417 | pmc | 9,445 | {
"abstract": "Bacteriocin production in Streptococcus thermophilus is regulated by cell density-dependent signaling molecules, including BlpC, which regulates transcription from within the bacteriocin-like peptide ( blp ) gene cluster. In some strains, such as S. thermophilus ST106, this signaling system does no... | 5,543 |
27039285 | PMC4818893 | pmc | 9,446 | {
"abstract": "Background Conjugative plasmids play an important role in bacterial evolution by transferring ecologically important genes within and between species. A key limit on interspecific horizontal gene transfer is plasmid host range. Here, we experimentally test the effect of single and multi-host environmen... | 1,885 |
37885608 | PMC10600976 | pmc | 9,447 | {
"introduction": "Introduction Microbially-produced metabolites and microbiome metabolism in general are strongly linked to ecosystem-level phenotypes, including the health of the human host ( Bar et al., 2020 ; Villanueva-Millán et al., 2015 ). To aid in the study of microbial metabolism from observational, human-... | 455 |
35745378 | PMC9229712 | pmc | 9,448 | {
"abstract": "Flexible electronic textiles are the future of wearable technology with a diverse application potential inspired by the Internet of Things (IoT) to improve all aspects of wearer life by replacing traditional bulky, rigid, and uncomfortable wearable electronics. The inherently prominent characteristics ... | 4,386 |
26227067 | null | s2 | 9,450 | {
"abstract": "Neural oscillations can enhance feature recognition (Azouz and Gray Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 97, 8110-8115 2000), modulate interactions between neurons (Womelsdorf et al. Science, 316, 1609-01612 2007), and improve learning and memory (Markowska e... | 588 |
31683672 | PMC6915377 | pmc | 9,451 | {
"abstract": "The analysis of electromechanical energy converters based on metal-thin film ferroelectric (with a large specific capacitance)-nanogap-moving electrode structures was performed. It was shown that the density of the energy being converted and its absolute value increase with the decreasing gap value bet... | 1,919 |
35564097 | PMC9102559 | pmc | 9,452 | {
"abstract": "Friction and wear usually lead to huge energy loss and failure of machine pairs, which usually causes great economic losses. Researchers have made great efforts to reduce energy dissipation and enhance durability through advanced lubrication technologies. Single-layer coatings have been applied in many... | 982 |
20694026 | null | s2 | 9,453 | {
"abstract": "How bacteria regulate, assemble and rotate flagella to swim in liquid media is reasonably well understood. Much less is known about how some bacteria use flagella to move over the tops of solid surfaces in a form of movement called swarming. The focus of bacteriology is changing from planktonic to surf... | 167 |
33418710 | null | s2 | 9,454 | {
"abstract": "Silk and elastin are exemplary protein materials that exhibit exceptional material properties. Silk is uniquely strong, surpassing engineering materials such as Kevlar and steel, while elastin has exquisite flexibility and can reversibly fold into a more structured form at high temperatures when many o... | 154 |
31647561 | PMC6993867 | pmc | 9,455 | {
"abstract": "Abstract Hydrogenosomes are H 2 -producing mitochondrial homologs found in some anaerobic microbial eukaryotes that provide a rare intracellular niche for H 2 -utilizing endosymbiotic archaea. Among ciliates, anaerobic and aerobic lineages are interspersed, demonstrating that the switch to an anaerobic... | 14,019 |
27152330 | PMC4846430 | pmc | 9,457 | {
"abstract": "Pleistocene sea-level change transformed staghorn corals into prolific reef builders that are sensitive to anthropogenic stressors.",
"introduction": "INTRODUCTION The assembly and maintenance of ecological communities are governed by a host of interacting biotic and abiotic processes. Environmental ... | 2,908 |
27462326 | PMC4940416 | pmc | 9,458 | {
"abstract": "Agricultural intensification is placing tremendous pressure on the soil’s capacity to maintain its functions leading to large-scale ecosystem degradation and loss of productivity in the long term. Therefore, there is an urgent need to find early indicators of soil health degradation in response to agri... | 7,369 |
28976744 | null | s2 | 9,462 | {
"abstract": "Synthetic diblock copolypeptides were designed to incorporate oppositely charged ionic segments that form β-sheet-structured hydrogel assemblies via polyion complexation when mixed in aqueous media. The observed chain conformation directed assembly was found to be required for efficient hydrogel format... | 244 |
39110940 | PMC11345768 | pmc | 9,464 | {
"abstract": "Membrane technology plays a central role in advancing\nseparation\nprocesses, particularly in water treatment. Covalent organic frameworks\n(COFs) have transformative potential in this field due to their adjustable\nstructures and robustness. However, conventional COF membrane synthesis\nmethods are of... | 16,692 |
22363691 | PMC3282770 | pmc | 9,465 | {
"abstract": "Background It is energetically expensive to synthesize certain amino acids. The proteins (spidroins) of spider major ampullate (MA) silk, MaSp1 and MaSp2, differ in amino acid composition. Glutamine and proline are prevalent in MaSp2 and are expensive to synthesize. Since most orb web spiders express h... | 5,257 |
22682889 | null | s2 | 9,466 | {
"abstract": "Microbes can be readily cultured and their genomes can be easily manipulated. For these reasons, laboratory systems of unicellular organisms are increasingly used to develop and test theories about biological constraints, which manifest themselves at different levels of biological organization, from op... | 193 |
35858960 | PMC9300745 | pmc | 9,468 | {
"abstract": "Trait-based approaches are increasingly relevant to understand ecological and evolutionary patterns. A comprehensive trait database for extant reef corals is already available and widely used to reveal vulnerabilities to environmental disturbances including climate change. However, the lack of similar ... | 248 |
32471144 | PMC7308943 | pmc | 9,470 | {
"abstract": "On the issues of global environment protection, the renewable energy systems have been widely considered. The photovoltaic (PV) system converts solar power into electricity and significantly reduces the consumption of fossil fuels from environment pollution. Besides introducing new materials for the so... | 3,858 |
26824077 | PMC4730863 | pmc | 9,471 | {
"abstract": "Shape memory polymer with thermally distinct elasticity and plasticity enables highly complex shape manipulations."
} | 28 |
38607930 | PMC11032481 | pmc | 9,472 | {
"abstract": "Significance Fine root turnover is an essential process controlling the uptake, conservation, and loss of nutrients, water, and carbon between plants and soils. As such, it is at the core of the recent but already well-known and hotly debated root economics space (RES) theory. Here, gathering an unprec... | 3,205 |
24492748 | PMC3892558 | pmc | 9,474 | {
"abstract": "Reconstructing the evolutionary history of modern species is a difficult problem complicated by the conceptual and technical limitations of phylogenetic tree building methods. Here, we propose a comparative proteomic and functionomic inferential framework for genome evolution that allows resolving the ... | 5,464 |
24312542 | PMC3846910 | pmc | 9,477 | {
"abstract": "Tropical scleractinian corals are considered autotrophic as they rely mainly on photosynthesis-derived nutrients transferred from their photosymbionts. Corals are also able to capture and ingest suspended particulate organic matter, so heterotrophy can be an important supplementary trophic pathway to o... | 5,712 |
38524763 | PMC10960952 | pmc | 9,480 | {
"abstract": "Abstract Functional traits influence the assembly of microbial communities, but identifying these traits in the environment has remained challenging. We studied ectomycorrhizal fungal (EMF) communities inhabiting Populus trichocarpa roots distributed across a precipitation gradient in the Pacific Nor... | 3,662 |
35506306 | PMC9544788 | pmc | 9,483 | {
"abstract": "Summary Fertilizers are costly inputs into crop systems. To compensate for inefficiencies and losses from soil, farmers apply on average double the amount of nitrogen (N) fertilizer acquired by crops. We explored if N efficiency improves with biofertilizers formulated with organic waste, mineral N or p... | 4,653 |
25110862 | PMC4159819 | pmc | 9,484 | {
"abstract": "Nature shows many examples of surfaces with extraordinary wettability, which can often be associated with particular air-trapping surface patterns. Here, robust non-wetting surfaces have been created by femtosecond laser ablation of polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE). The laser-created surface structure re... | 7,712 |
24289221 | null | s2 | 9,485 | {
"abstract": "Intraprotein electron transfer (ET) in flavoproteins is important for understanding the correlation of their redox, configuration, and reactivity at the active site. Here, we used oxidized flavodoxin as a model system and report our complete characterization of a photoinduced redox cycle from the initi... | 350 |
27164561 | null | s2 | 9,486 | {
"abstract": "We evolved Thermus thermophilus to efficiently co-utilize glucose and xylose, the two most abundant sugars in lignocellulosic biomass, at high temperatures without carbon catabolite repression. To generate the strain, T. thermophilus HB8 was first evolved on glucose to improve its growth characteristic... | 468 |
37607928 | PMC10444874 | pmc | 9,487 | {
"abstract": "Dynamic infrared emissivity regulators, which can efficiently modulate infrared radiation beyond vision, have emerged as an attractive technology in the energy and information fields. The realization of the independent modulation of visible and infrared spectra is a challenging and important task for t... | 1,599 |
36011640 | PMC9408593 | pmc | 9,488 | {
"abstract": "We compared chemical and microbial leaching for multi-metal extraction from printed circuit boards (PCBs) and tantalum capacitor scrap. A mixed consortium of acidophiles and heterotrophic fungal strains were used in the experiments and compared to chemical leaching using specific acids (sulfuric, citri... | 5,617 |
36320098 | PMC10100022 | pmc | 9,489 | {
"abstract": "Abstract PSBO is essential for the assembly of the oxygen‐evolving complex in plants and green algae. Despite its importance, we lack essential information on its lifetime and how it depends on the environmental conditions. We have generated nitrate‐inducible PSBO amiRNA lines in the green alga Chla... | 4,812 |
36425690 | PMC9650783 | pmc | 9,490 | {
"abstract": "Self-healing is the ability of a material to recover from physical damage. Because self-healing is crucial to environmental protection and sustainable development, several photochemical approaches, including those involving disulfide group, reversible Diels–Alder reaction, hydrogen bond cleavage, refor... | 985 |
36726720 | PMC9885046 | pmc | 9,491 | {
"abstract": "Metabolism of an organism underlies its phenotype, which depends on many factors, such as the genetic makeup, habitat, and stresses to which it is exposed. This is particularly important for the prokaryotes, which undergo significant vertical and horizontal gene transfers. In this study we have used th... | 3,860 |
37749227 | PMC9758169 | pmc | 9,492 | {
"abstract": "The previously uncultured phylum “ Candidatus Eremiobacterota” is globally distributed and often abundant in oligotrophic environments. Although it includes lineages with the genetic potential for photosynthesis, one of the most important metabolic pathways on Earth, the absence of pure cultures has l... | 6,484 |
37333310 | PMC10274702 | pmc | 9,493 | {
"abstract": "Neural circuits with multiple discrete attractor states could support a variety of cognitive tasks according to both empirical data and model simulations. We assess the conditions for such multistability in neural systems, using a firing-rate model framework, in which clusters of neurons with net self-... | 3,383 |
35903416 | PMC9328748 | pmc | 9,497 | {
"abstract": "The bio/sensors performance has been established to be significantly affected through partially or entirely alignment of nano/microfibrous in polymeric mats. The matter of crystalline/amorphous proportion in semicrystalline polymers is another factor that can affect the application of the piezoelectric... | 5,677 |
35903416 | PMC9328748 | pmc | 9,497 | {
"abstract": "The bio/sensors performance has been established to be significantly affected through partially or entirely alignment of nano/microfibrous in polymeric mats. The matter of crystalline/amorphous proportion in semicrystalline polymers is another factor that can affect the application of the piezoelectric... | 5,677 |
35903416 | PMC9328748 | pmc | 9,498 | {
"abstract": "The bio/sensors performance has been established to be significantly affected through partially or entirely alignment of nano/microfibrous in polymeric mats. The matter of crystalline/amorphous proportion in semicrystalline polymers is another factor that can affect the application of the piezoelectric... | 5,677 |
35903416 | PMC9328748 | pmc | 9,498 | {
"abstract": "The bio/sensors performance has been established to be significantly affected through partially or entirely alignment of nano/microfibrous in polymeric mats. The matter of crystalline/amorphous proportion in semicrystalline polymers is another factor that can affect the application of the piezoelectric... | 5,677 |
26237128 | null | s2 | 9,499 | {
"abstract": "The fabrication of multifunctional materials with tunable structure and properties requires programmed binding of their building blocks. For example, particles organized in long-ranged structures by external fields can be bound permanently into stiff chains through electrostatic or van der Waals attrac... | 252 |
29579121 | PMC5868833 | pmc | 9,500 | {
"abstract": "Metabolic engineering focuses on rewriting the metabolism of cells to enhance native products or endow cells with the ability to produce new products. This engineering has the potential for wide-range application, including the production of fuels, chemicals, foods and pharmaceuticals. Glycolysis manag... | 2,955 |
35810320 | PMC9544109 | pmc | 9,501 | {
"abstract": "Abstract Plants interacting with mutualistic fungi (MF) or antagonistic fungi (AF) can form associations with bacteria. We assessed whether the performance gain conferred by mutualistic bacteria to fungal‐associated plants is affected by the interaction between symbiont traits, type of bacterial‐protec... | 6,137 |
21876727 | PMC3155187 | pmc | 9,503 | {
"abstract": "Evidence is mounting to suggest that the transfer of carbon through roots of plants to the soil plays a primary role in regulating ecosystem responses to climate change and its mitigation. Future research is needed to improve understanding of the mechanisms involved in this phenomenon, its consequences... | 807 |
22683761 | null | s2 | 9,504 | {
"abstract": "Taming a cyanobacterium in a pivitol event of endosymbiosis brought photosynthesis to eukaryotes, and gave rise to the plastids found in glaucophytes, red and green algae, and the descendants of the latter, the plants. Ultrastructural as well as molecular research over the last two decades has demonstr... | 321 |
33729443 | PMC8106505 | pmc | 9,506 | {
"abstract": "Research into the development of sustainable biomaterials is increasing in both interest and global importance due to the increasing demand for materials with decreased environmental impact. This research field utilises natural, renewable resources to develop innovative biomaterials. The development of... | 528 |
29867185 | PMC5986759 | pmc | 9,508 | {
"abstract": "In contrast to most synthetic hydrogels, biological gels are made of fibrous networks. This architecture gives rise to unique properties, like low concentration, high porosity gels with a high mechanical responsiveness as a result of strain-stiffening. Here, we used a synthetic polymer model system, ba... | 1,563 |
35517010 | PMC9063318 | pmc | 9,510 | {
"abstract": "In this study, we report a pH-/thermo-responsive hydrogel formed by N , N ′-dibenzoyl- l -cystine (DBC). It is difficult to dissolve DBC in water even on heating, and it exhibits no gelation ability. Interestingly, DBC is readily soluble in NaOH solution at room temperature and the self-assembled hydr... | 5,566 |
28387497 | null | s2 | 9,512 | {
"abstract": "Reconfiguring the permanent shape of elastomeric microparticles has been impossible due to the incapability of plastic deformation in these materials. To address this limitation, we synthesize the first instance of microparticles comprising a covalent adaptable network (CAN). CANs are cross-linked poly... | 202 |
21623481 | null | s2 | 9,514 | {
"abstract": "Adsorption of bovine serum albumin (BSA) and fibrinogen (Fg) was measured on six distinct bare and dextran- and hyaluronate-modified silicon surfaces created using two dextran grafting densities and three hyaluronic acid (HA) sodium salts derived from human umbilical cord, rooster comb and Streptococcu... | 263 |
27062925 | null | s2 | 9,515 | {
"abstract": "Pili are proteinaceous polymers of linked pilins that protrude from the cell surface of many bacteria and often mediate adherence and virulence. We investigated a set of 20 Bacteroidia pilins from the human microbiome whose structures and mechanism of assembly were unknown. Crystal structures and bioch... | 257 |
35338139 | PMC8956700 | pmc | 9,516 | {
"abstract": "Many living tissues achieve functions through architected constituents with strong adhesion. An Achilles tendon, for example, transmits force, elastically and repeatedly, from a muscle to a bone through staggered alignment of stiff collagen fibrils in a soft proteoglycan matrix. The collagen fibrils al... | 6,156 |
34777265 | PMC8581545 | pmc | 9,517 | {
"abstract": "In this review, we introduce microbially-mediated soil processes, players, their functional traits, and their links to processes at biogeochemical interfaces [e.g., rhizosphere, detritusphere, (bio)-pores, and aggregate surfaces]. A conceptual view emphasizes the central role of the rhizosphere in inte... | 2,008 |
27794590 | null | s2 | 9,518 | {
"abstract": "Amyloids are highly ordered, hierarchal protein nanoassemblies. Functional amyloids in bacterial biofilms, such as Escherichia coli curli fibers, are formed by the polymerization of monomeric proteins secreted into the extracellular space. Curli is synthesized by living cells, is primarily composed of ... | 317 |
36160925 | PMC9488087 | pmc | 9,519 | {
"abstract": "Formation of acid mine drainage (AMD) is a widespread environmental issue that has not subsided throughout decades of continuing research. Highly acidic and highly concentrated metallic streams are characteristics of such streams. Humans, plants and surrounding ecosystems that are in proximity to AMD p... | 1,646 |
26024830 | PMC5250675 | pmc | 9,521 | {
"abstract": "Direct treatment of municipal wastewater (MWW) based on anaerobic ammonium oxidizing (anammox) bacteria holds promise to turn the energy balance of wastewater treatment neutral or even positive. Currently, anammox processes are successfully implemented at full scale for the treatment of high-strength w... | 5,006 |
21044338 | PMC2987988 | pmc | 9,522 | {
"abstract": "Background LuxS is the synthase enzyme of the quorum sensing signal AI-2. In Salmonella Typhimurium, it was previously shown that a luxS deletion mutant is impaired in biofilm formation. However, this phenotype could not be complemented by extracellular addition of quorum sensing signal molecules. ... | 1,481 |
24818264 | null | s2 | 9,524 | {
"abstract": "While certain archaea appear to synthesize and/or metabolize fatty acids, the respective pathways still remain obscure. By analysing the genomic distribution of the key lipid-related enzymes, we were able to identify the likely components of the archaeal pathway of fatty acid metabolism, namely, a comb... | 370 |
36215498 | PMC9586260 | pmc | 9,528 | {
"abstract": "Significance Circular economy requires materials with a low carbon and environmental footprint. In this context, algae-derived polysaccharides, being a product of carbon dioxide consumption, represent an abundant and sustainable source for engineering materials. Replacing plastics has been challenging ... | 6,481 |
34732134 | PMC8565057 | pmc | 9,529 | {
"abstract": "Background The walnut shell, which is composed of a large number of sclereids originating from the lignified parenchyma of the endocarp, plays an important role in fruit development and during harvesting and storage. The physical and chemical properties of walnut shells are closely related to the ligni... | 2,652 |
40000493 | PMC11861133 | pmc | 9,530 | {
"abstract": "Host–parasitoid interactions typically result in either a dead parasitoid or a dead host. Understanding the effects of parasitoid success on a host can be estimated primarily as how much an early death curtails host reproduction. When parasitoids attack the nonreproductive caste of social insects, howe... | 3,932 |
35966664 | PMC9366602 | pmc | 9,534 | {
"abstract": "Leaf traits of plants worldwide are classified according to the Leaf Economics Spectrum (LES), which links leaf functional traits to evolutionary life history strategies. As a continuum ranging from thicker, tough leaves that are low in nitrogen (N) to thinner, softer, leaves that are high in N, the LE... | 5,032 |
31788934 | PMC7027455 | pmc | 9,535 | {
"abstract": "Summary Interactions between plants and soil microbes are important for plant growth and resistance. Through plant–soil‐feedbacks, growth of a plant is influenced by the previous plant that was growing in the same soil. We performed a plant–soil feedback study with 37 grass, forb and legume species, to... | 5,545 |
40240613 | PMC12003493 | pmc | 9,536 | {
"abstract": "Agricultural practices and the crop being actively cultivated are some of the most important contributors to soil microbial community assembly processes in agroecosystems. However, it is not well-understood how the cultivation of diverse crop species can directionally shift complex soil microbial commu... | 4,693 |
39815338 | PMC11734539 | pmc | 9,537 | {
"abstract": "Background Aspergillus niger is an important industrial filamentous fungus used to produce organic acids and enzymes. A wide dynamic range of promoters, particularly strong promoters, are required for fine-tuning the regulation of gene expression to balance metabolic flux and achieve the high yields o... | 2,496 |
40011734 | PMC11865314 | pmc | 9,538 | {
"abstract": "The demand for explainable and energy-efficient artificial intelligence (AI) systems for edge computing has led to growing interest in electronic systems dedicated to Bayesian inference. Traditional designs of such systems often rely on stochastic computing, which offers high energy efficiency but suff... | 1,871 |
35162258 | PMC8834966 | pmc | 9,540 | {
"abstract": "Network-based assessments are important for disentangling complex microbial and microbial–host interactions and can provide the basis for microbial engineering. There is a growing recognition that chemical-mediated interactions are important for the coexistence of microbial species. However, so far, th... | 2,211 |
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