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30363846 | PMC6182589 | pmc | 9,541 | {
"abstract": "Spatially complex habitats provide refuge for prey and mediate many predator–prey interactions. Increasing anthropogenic pressures are eroding such habitats, reducing their complexity and potentially altering ecosystem stability on a global scale. Yet, we have only a rudimentary understanding of how st... | 4,173 |
37110410 | PMC10144548 | pmc | 9,543 | {
"abstract": "Cyanobacterial harmful algal blooms (CyanoHABs) are longstanding aquatic hazards worldwide, of which the mechanism is not yet fully understood, i.e., the process in which cyanobacteria establish dominance over coexisting algae in the same eutrophic waters. The dominance of CyanoHABs represents a deviat... | 1,256 |
33580191 | PMC7881103 | pmc | 9,544 | {
"abstract": "Collective behaviour in flocks, crowds, and swarms occurs throughout the biological world. Animal groups are generally assumed to be evolutionarily adapted to robustly achieve particular functions, so there is widespread interest in exploiting collective behaviour for bio-inspired engineering. However,... | 1,764 |
38447200 | PMC11095224 | pmc | 9,545 | {
"abstract": "Abstract Actuators utilizing snap‐through instabilities are widely investigated for high‐performance fast actuators and shape reconfigurable structures owing to their rapid response and limited reliance on continuous energy input. However, prevailing approaches typically involve a combination of multip... | 3,330 |
34417871 | PMC8379602 | pmc | 9,546 | {
"abstract": "The global marine environment has been impacted significantly by climate change. Ocean temperatures are rising, and the frequency, duration and intensity of marine heatwaves are increasing, particularly affecting coral reefs. Coral bleaching events are becoming more common, with less recovery time betw... | 1,533 |
35629910 | PMC9146292 | pmc | 9,547 | {
"abstract": "Rapid proliferation of cyanobacteria in both benthic and suspended (planktonic) habitats is a major threat to environmental safety, as they produce nuisance compounds such as cytotoxins and off-flavors, which degrade the safety and quality of water supplies. Temperature and light irradiance are two of ... | 6,759 |
33024198 | PMC7538881 | pmc | 9,549 | {
"abstract": "In recent years, most biofilm studies have focused on fundamental investigations using multispecies biofilm models developed preferentially in simulated naturally occurring low-nutrient medium than in artificial nutrient-rich medium. Because biofilm development under low-nutrient growth media is slow, ... | 3,757 |
39157752 | PMC11328508 | pmc | 9,550 | {
"abstract": "Plastic material performance is strongly correlated to the polymer's molecular weight. Obtaining a sufficiently high molecular weight is therefore a key goal of polymerization processes. The most important polyester polyethylene terephthalate (PET) and the new polyethylene furanoate (PEF) require metal... | 3,181 |
32500893 | null | s2 | 9,551 | {
"abstract": "Covalent adaptable hydrogels (CAHs) reversibly adapt their structure in response to external stimuli, emerging as a new platform for biological applications. Due to the unique and complex nature of these materials, a characterization technique is needed to measure the rheology of these CAHs in biologic... | 79 |
29159286 | PMC5693563 | pmc | 9,552 | {
"abstract": "Mesostructuring and geometric constriction control the temperature-dependent thermal transport properties in granular matter.",
"introduction": "INTRODUCTION With increasing energy consumption and further miniaturization of electronic devices, a need for new, space-saving, and functional materials to... | 2,640 |
29160039 | PMC5743807 | pmc | 9,554 | {
"abstract": "Summary The methylotrophic yeast Pichia pastoris ( Komagataella spp.) is widely used as cell factory for recombinant protein production. In the past recent years, important breakthroughs in the systems‐level quantitative analysis of its physiology have been achieved. This wealth of information has a... | 8,806 |
32547532 | PMC7270577 | pmc | 9,556 | {
"abstract": "Different soybean genotypes can differ in their tolerance toward aluminum stress depending on their rhizosphere-inhabiting microorganisms. However, there is limited understanding of the response of fungal communities to different aluminum concentrations across different genotypes. Here, we used metabar... | 3,091 |
27309381 | PMC4911146 | pmc | 9,558 | {
"abstract": "Providing the neurobiological basis of information processing in higher animals, spiking neural networks must be able to learn a variety of complicated computations, including the generation of appropriate, possibly delayed reactions to inputs and the self-sustained generation of complex activity patte... | 4,400 |
32555223 | PMC7303173 | pmc | 9,559 | {
"abstract": "Robust methods for the characterisation of microbial biosignatures in geological matrices is critical for developing mineralogical biosignatures. Studying microbial fossils is fundamental for our understanding of the role microorganisms have played in elemental cycling in modern and ancient environment... | 4,170 |
34578061 | PMC8473281 | pmc | 9,562 | {
"abstract": "The objective of this study was to replace elastomer crosslinking based on chemical covalent bonds by reversible systems under processing. One way is based on ionic bonds creation, which allows a physical crosslinking while keeping the process reversibility. However, due to the weak elasticity recovery... | 6,917 |
31800619 | PMC6892483 | pmc | 9,565 | {
"abstract": "Host-mediated microbiome engineering (HMME) is a strategy that utilizes the host phenotype to indirectly select microbiomes though cyclic differentiation and propagation. In this experiment, the host phenotype of delayed onset of seedling water deficit stress symptoms was used to infer beneficial micro... | 3,695 |
39195029 | PMC11353967 | pmc | 9,566 | {
"abstract": "Covalent cross-linked hydrogels based on chitosan and poly(maleic acid- alt -vinyl acetate) were prepared as spherical beads. The structural modifications of the beads during the preparation steps (dropping in liquid nitrogen and lyophilization, thermal treatment, washing with water, and treatment with... | 6,691 |
39027108 | PMC11256198 | pmc | 9,568 | {
"abstract": "Overgrazing and climate change are the main causes of grassland degradation, and grazing exclusion is one of the most common measures for restoring degraded grasslands worldwide. Soil fungi can respond rapidly to environmental stresses, but the response of different grassland types to grazing control h... | 5,798 |
39297874 | PMC11412253 | pmc | 9,569 | {
"abstract": "Abstract \nA corrigendum of this article has been published full details can be found at 10.1099/mic.0.001528\n Model microbial communities are regularly used to test ecological and evolutionary theory as they are easy to manipulate and have fast generation times, allowing for large-scale, high-through... | 2,824 |
30404349 | PMC6189914 | pmc | 9,570 | {
"abstract": "We report a new flow control method for centrifugal microfluidic systems; CO 2 is released from on-board stored baking powder upon contact with an ancillary liquid. The elevated pressure generated drives the sample into a dead-end pneumatic chamber sealed by a dissolvable film (DF). This liquid incurs... | 2,075 |
35685171 | PMC9126649 | pmc | 9,571 | {
"abstract": "Marine biofouling which interferes with normal marine operation and also causes huge economic loss has become a worldwide problem. With the development of society, there is an urgent need to develop non-toxic and efficient anti-fouling strategies. Capsaicin is an environmentally friendly antifouling ag... | 5,819 |
34045776 | null | s2 | 9,572 | {
"abstract": "Interfacing devices with cells and tissues requires new nanoscale tools that are both flexible and electrically active. We demonstrate the use of PEDOT:PSS conducting polymer nanowires for the local control of protein concentration in water and biological media. We use fluorescence microscopy to compar... | 278 |
27534803 | PMC4992128 | pmc | 9,573 | {
"abstract": "Droughts are increasing in severity and frequency, yet the mechanisms that strengthen ecosystem resilience to this stress remain poorly understood. Here, we test whether positive interactions in the form of a mutualism between mussels and dominant cordgrass in salt marshes enhance ecosystem resistance ... | 1,010 |
29404706 | PMC5799091 | pmc | 9,575 | {
"abstract": "Background Bioethanol obtained by fermenting cellulosic fraction of biomass holds promise for blending in petroleum. Cellulose hydrolysis yields glucose while hemicellulose hydrolysis predominantly yields xylose. Economic feasibility of bioethanol depends on complete utilization of biomass carbohydrate... | 4,104 |
29773789 | PMC5958124 | pmc | 9,577 | {
"abstract": "Interfacing photosynthetic proteins specifically photosystem 1 (PS1) with electrodes enables light-induced charge separation processes for powering semiartificial photobiodevices with, however, limited long-term stability. Here, we present the in-depth evaluation of a PS1/Os-complex-modified redox poly... | 3,054 |
35441658 | PMC9154287 | pmc | 9,579 | {
"abstract": "Abstract Motivation Bioproduction of value-added compounds is frequently achieved by utilizing enzymes from other species. However, expression of such heterologous enzymes can be detrimental due to unexpected interactions within the host cell. Recently, an alternative strategy emerged, which relies on ... | 4,038 |
40136907 | PMC11942406 | pmc | 9,580 | {
"abstract": "Polyzwitterion (PZW) hydrogel has excellent marine anti-biofouling performance, but it is difficult to effectively work for a long time in natural seawater due to its weak mechanical strength. In this study, a new natural rubber (NR)-PZW composite hydrogel has been reported for long-term anti-biofoulin... | 7,422 |
39730367 | PMC11680704 | pmc | 9,581 | {
"abstract": "Spiking Neural Networks (SNNs) stand as the third generation of Artificial Neural Networks (ANNs), mirroring the functionality of the mammalian brain more closely than their predecessors. Their computational units, spiking neurons, characterized by Ordinary Differential Equations (ODEs), allow for dyna... | 3,129 |
21847112 | PMC3265365 | pmc | 9,583 | {
"abstract": "Nanoparticles at fluid interfaces are central to a rapidly increasing range of cutting-edge applications, including drug delivery, uptake through biological membranes, emulsion stabilization and the fabrication of nanocomposites. Understanding nanoscale wetting is a challenging issue, still unresolved ... | 1,500 |
39965638 | PMC11835496 | pmc | 9,584 | {
"abstract": "Efficient energy harvesting, conversion and recycling technologies are crucial for addressing the challenges faced by modern societies and the global economy. The potential of harnessing mid-infrared (mid-IR) thermal radiation as a pervasive and readily available energy source has so far not been fully... | 1,741 |
35573202 | PMC9097702 | pmc | 9,585 | {
"abstract": "Summary The DNA origami technique is used to construct custom-shaped nanostructures that can be used as components of two-dimensional crystalline structures with user-defined structural patterns. Here, we designed an Mg 2+ -responsive hexagonal 3D DNA origami block with self-shape-complementary ruggedn... | 6,058 |
35078994 | PMC8789899 | pmc | 9,586 | {
"abstract": "In bacteria and other microorganisms, the cells within a population often show extreme phenotypic variation. Different species use different mechanisms to determine how distinct phenotypes are allocated between individuals, including coordinated, random, and genetic determination. However, it is not cl... | 3,696 |
39909903 | PMC11799125 | pmc | 9,587 | {
"abstract": "Spontaneous afforestation following land abandonment has been increasingly recognized as a nature-based solution to mitigate climate change and provide measurable benefits to biodiversity. However, afforestation effects on biodiversity, particularly on soil microbial communities, are still poorly chara... | 4,947 |
33589803 | PMC7610556 | pmc | 9,588 | {
"abstract": "Altruism between close relatives can be easily explained. However, paradoxes arise when organisms divert altruism towards more-distantly-related recipients. In some social insects, workers ‘drift’ extensively between colonies and help raise less-related foreign brood, seemingly reducing inclusive fitne... | 2,358 |
24736783 | PMC4013631 | pmc | 9,594 | {
"abstract": "Quorum sensing (QS) has been recognized as a general phenomenon in microorganisms and plays an important role in many pathogenic bacteria. In this report, we used the Agrobacterium tumefaciens biosensor strain NT1 to rapidly screen for autoinducer-quenching inhibitors from bacteria. After initial scr... | 4,813 |
34555324 | null | s2 | 9,596 | {
"abstract": "Genome-scale models of metabolism (GEMs) are key computational tools for the systems-level study of metabolic networks. Here, we describe the \"GEM life cycle,\" which we subdivide into four stages: inception, maturation, specialization, and amalgamation. We show how different types of GEM reconstructi... | 269 |
27152511 | PMC4859483 | pmc | 9,600 | {
"abstract": "The structure and function of microbial communities is deeply influenced by the physical and chemical architecture of the local microenvironment and the abundance of its community members. The complexity of this natural parameter space has made characterization of the key drivers of community developme... | 7,583 |
38940183 | PMC11211831 | pmc | 9,601 | {
"abstract": "Abstract Summary Shotgun metagenomics allows for direct analysis of microbial community genetics, but scalable computational methods for the recovery of bacterial strain genomes from microbiomes remains a key challenge. We introduce Floria, a novel method designed for rapid and accurate recovery of str... | 1,841 |
22660323 | null | s2 | 9,602 | {
"abstract": "Programmed self-assembly of strands of nucleic acid has proved highly effective for creating a wide range of structures with desired shapes. A particularly successful implementation is DNA origami, in which a long scaffold strand is folded by hundreds of short auxiliary strands into a complex shape. Mo... | 483 |
26331158 | null | s2 | 9,604 | {
"abstract": "Two label-free molecular imaging techniques, confocal Raman microscopy (CRM) and secondary ion mass spectrometry (SIMS), are combined for in situ characterization of the spatiotemporal distributions of quinolone metabolites and signaling molecules in communities of the pathogenic bacterium Pseudomonas ... | 367 |
36144045 | PMC9501207 | pmc | 9,606 | {
"abstract": "Recent advances in precision manufacturing technology and a thorough understanding of the properties of piezoelectric materials have made it possible for researchers to develop innovative microrobotic systems, which draw more attention to the challenges of utilizing microrobots in areas that are inacce... | 1,878 |
38807528 | PMC11338568 | pmc | 9,607 | {
"abstract": "Human crowds display various self-organized collective behaviours, such as the spontaneous formation of unidirectional lanes in bidirectional pedestrian flows. In addition, parts of pedestrians’ footsteps are known to be spontaneously synchronized in one-dimensional, single-file crowds. However, footst... | 4,061 |
29192930 | null | s2 | 9,608 | {
"abstract": "We report here that a dense liquid formed by spontaneous condensation, also known as simple coacervation, of a single mussel foot protein-3S-mimicking peptide exhibits properties critical for underwater adhesion. A structurally homogeneous coacervate is deposited on underwater surfaces as micrometer-th... | 100 |
37163596 | PMC10171810 | pmc | 9,610 | {
"abstract": "Earth’s life-sustaining oceans harbor diverse bacterial communities that display varying composition across time and space. While particular patterns of variation have been linked to a range of factors, unifying rules are lacking, preventing the prediction of future changes. Here, analyzing the distrib... | 2,877 |
32110877 | PMC7084717 | pmc | 9,611 | {
"abstract": "In this paper, we survey recent advances in the self-assembly processes of novel functional platforms for nanomaterials and biomaterials applications. We provide an organized overview, by analyzing the main factors that influence the formation of organic nanostructured systems, while putting into evide... | 1,415 |
30965752 | PMC6418889 | pmc | 9,613 | {
"abstract": "With the integration and miniaturization of electronic devices, thermal management has become a crucial issue that strongly affects their performance, reliability, and lifetime. One of the current interests in polymer-based composites is thermal conductive composites that dissipate the thermal energy p... | 1,108 |
33596827 | PMC7890633 | pmc | 9,614 | {
"abstract": "Background Straw retention is a substitute for chemical fertilizers, which effectively maintain organic matter and improve microbial communities on agricultural land. The purpose of this study was to provide sufficient information on soil fungal community networks and their functions in response to str... | 2,285 |
34634928 | PMC8515829 | pmc | 9,617 | {
"abstract": "ABSTRACT Wolbachia are endosymbiont bacteria known to infect arthropods causing different effects, such as cytoplasmic incompatibility and pathogen blocking in Aedes aegypti . Although several Wolbachia strains have been studied, there is little knowledge regarding the relationship between this bac... | 9,701 |
33231450 | null | s2 | 9,618 | {
"abstract": "The development of non-natural photoenzymatic systems has reinvigorated the study of photoinduced electron transfer (ET) within protein active sites, providing new and unique platforms for understanding how biological environments affect photochemical processes. In this work, we use ultrafast spectrosc... | 287 |
39697486 | PMC11654632 | pmc | 9,621 | {
"abstract": "Highlights • Microbial genetic resources are key for integral and global biodiversity of ecosystems worldwide. • The application of microbial genetic resources in agri-food and industrial sectors is indispensable for human advancement. • High-impact research on microbial genetic resources aims to enhan... | 98 |
35548815 | PMC9086568 | pmc | 9,622 | {
"abstract": "Laminar-flow microbial fuel cells (LFMFCs) utilize the co-laminar flow feature in the microchannel as a virtual barrier to separate the anolyte and catholyte. However, for LFMFCs reported before, syringe pumps were always used to drive the fluid and form the co-laminar flow of anolyte and catholyte in ... | 3,769 |
36726680 | PMC9886061 | pmc | 9,623 | {
"abstract": "Barley is a major cereal crop for temperate climates, and a diploid genetic model for polyploid wheat. Cereal straw biomass is an attractive source of feedstock for green technologies but lignin, a key determinant of feedstock recalcitrance, complicates bio-conversion processes. However, manipulating l... | 5,706 |
35257660 | PMC8903832 | pmc | 9,624 | {
"abstract": "Collective migration—the directed, coordinated motion of many self-propelled agents—is a fascinating emergent behavior exhibited by active matter with functional implications for biological systems. However, how migration can persist when a population is confronted with perturbations is poorly understo... | 3,382 |
11574056 | PMC56898 | pmc | 9,625 | {
"abstract": "Background Most organisms have developed ways to recognize and interact with other species. Symbiotic interactions range from pathogenic to mutualistic. Some molecular mechanisms of interspecific interaction are well understood, but many remain to be discovered. Expressed sequence tags (ESTs) from cult... | 2,461 |
35456872 | PMC9027962 | pmc | 9,629 | {
"abstract": "Soils in the high jungle region of Peru continuously face erosion due to heavy rain, which leads to significant nutrient losses. Leguminous plants may provide a sustainable solution to this problem due to their ability to fix atmospheric nitrogen with the help of symbiotic rhizospheric microbes that re... | 3,210 |
32063827 | PMC6999159 | pmc | 9,632 | {
"abstract": "Stochastic gradient descent requires that training samples be drawn from a uniformly random distribution of the data. For a deployed system that must learn online from an uncontrolled and unknown environment, the ordering of input samples often fails to meet this criterion, making lifelong learning a d... | 3,958 |
30317133 | null | s2 | 9,635 | {
"abstract": "Learning in physical neural systems must rely on learning rules that are local in both space and time. Optimal learning in deep neural architectures requires that non-local information be available to the deep synapses. Thus, in general, optimal learning in physical neural systems requires the presence... | 341 |
31700097 | PMC6838118 | pmc | 9,637 | {
"abstract": "Microbes in subsurface coal seams are responsible for the conversion of the organic matter in coal to methane, resulting in vast reserves of coal seam gas. This process is important from both environmental and economic perspectives as coal seam gas is rapidly becoming a popular fuel source worldwide an... | 5,514 |
19762644 | null | s2 | 9,640 | {
"abstract": "Metabolic pathways have traditionally been described in terms of biochemical reactions and metabolites. With the use of structural genomics and systems biology, we generated a three-dimensional reconstruction of the central metabolic network of the bacterium Thermotoga maritima. The network encompassed... | 224 |
25872137 | null | s2 | 9,641 | {
"abstract": "We investigated the impact of below-ground and above-ground environmental heterogeneity on the ecology and evolution of a natural plant-pathogen interaction. We combined field measurements and a reciprocal inoculation experiment to investigate the potential for natural variation in abiotic and biotic f... | 311 |
39888988 | PMC11784860 | pmc | 9,643 | {
"abstract": "Pneumatic soft robots are promising in diverse applications while they typically require additional electronics or components for pressure control. Fusing pneumatic actuation and control capabilities into a simple soft module remains challenging. Here, we present a class of bistable fabric mechanisms (... | 2,082 |
26528323 | PMC4604266 | pmc | 9,646 | {
"abstract": "The consequences of global change for the maintenance of species diversity will depend on the sum of each species responses to the environment and on the interactions among them. A wide ecological literature supports that these species-specific responses can arise from factors related to life strategie... | 2,216 |
35457128 | PMC9025071 | pmc | 9,650 | {
"abstract": "Rapid population and economic growth, excessive use of fossil fuels, and climate change have contributed to a serious turn towards environmental management and sustainability. The agricultural sector is a big contributor to (lignocellulosic) waste, which accumulates in landfills and ultimately gets bur... | 1,468 |
38545610 | PMC10966399 | pmc | 9,651 | {
"abstract": "Coral reefs are increasingly impacted by climate-induced warming events. However, there is limited empirical evidence on the variation in the response of shallow coral reef communities to thermal stress across depths. Here, we assess depth-dependent changes in coral reef benthic communities following s... | 5,436 |
39899715 | PMC11831133 | pmc | 9,652 | {
"abstract": "Significance This paper describes co-zorbs, which are spherical aggregates of bacteria that move and transport other bacteria. Flavobacterium johnsoniae cells aggregate and collect diverse bacterial species in a manner reminiscent of phagocytes, creating an organized core–shell structure we refer to ... | 1,441 |
39257784 | PMC11383685 | pmc | 9,653 | {
"abstract": "Biofilms are three-dimensional structures containing one or more bacterial species embedded in extracellular polymeric substances. Although most biofilms are stationary, Flavobacterium johnsoniae forms a motile spherical biofilm called a zorb, which is propelled by its base cells and contains a polys... | 1,868 |
32045053 | PMC7116209 | pmc | 9,655 | {
"abstract": "In 2013, the “biofabrication window” was introduced to reflect the processing challenge for the fields of biofabrication and bioprinting. At that time, the lack of printable materials that could serve as cell-laden bioinks, as well as the limitations of printing and assembly methods, presented a major ... | 4,510 |
32461810 | PMC7240055 | pmc | 9,658 | {
"abstract": "Graphical abstract",
"conclusion": "Concluding remarks The major global challenge of these days is to produce more yields from crops with less use of fertilizer and agrochemical inputs on limited land. Here, we discussed about this emerging field of rhizosphere microbial engineering which offers infl... | 2,669 |
29938091 | PMC6010792 | pmc | 9,659 | {
"abstract": "Abstract Foraging behavior is a critical adaptation by insects to obtain appropriate nutrients from the environment for development and fitness. Bumble bees ( Bombus spp.) form annual colonies which must rapidly increase their worker populations to support rearing reproductive individuals before the e... | 5,587 |
36459292 | PMC9718865 | pmc | 9,660 | {
"abstract": "Microbial carbon use efficiency (CUE)—the balance between microbial growth and respiration—strongly impacts microbial mediated soil carbon storage and is sensitive to many well-studied abiotic environmental factors. However, surprisingly, little work has examined how biotic interactions in soil may imp... | 2,962 |
26324258 | PMC4555042 | pmc | 9,661 | {
"abstract": "Iron plaque is a strong adsorbent on rice roots, acting as a barrier to prevent metal uptake by rice. However, the role of root iron plaque microbes in governing metal redox cycling and metal bioavailability is unknown. In this study, the microbial community structure on the iron plaque of rice roots f... | 4,404 |
20190750 | null | s2 | 9,662 | {
"abstract": "In nature, sophisticated functional materials are created through hierarchical self-assembly of simple nanoscale motifs. In the laboratory, much progress has been made in the controlled assembly of molecules into one-, two- and three-dimensional artificial nanostructures, but bridging from the nanoscal... | 246 |
19802352 | null | s2 | 9,665 | {
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32936809 | PMC7494125 | pmc | 9,666 | {
"abstract": "In the California Current Ecosystem, El Niño acts as a natural phenomenon that is partially representative of climate change impacts on marine bacteria at timescales relevant to microbial communities. Between 2014–2016, the North Pacific warm anomaly (a.k.a., the “blob”) and an El Niño event resulted i... | 4,206 |
25685260 | PMC4322651 | pmc | 9,668 | {
"abstract": "Root nodule bacteria are free-living soil bacteria, belonging to diverse genera within the Alphaproteobacteria and Betaproteobacteria , that have the capacity to form nitrogen-fixing symbioses with legumes. The symbiosis is specific and is governed by signaling molecules produced from both host and ... | 2,276 |
36552272 | PMC9775066 | pmc | 9,670 | {
"abstract": "Simple Summary To fulfill the food demand of the enormously growing population, different synthetic pesticides and fertilizers are used to grow crops. These synthetic products pose ill effects on humans and the environment. In recent times, the trend has shifted towards developing and utilizing bioprod... | 2,052 |
33071611 | PMC7521031 | pmc | 9,671 | {
"abstract": "Plant-microbe interactions are both symbiotic and antagonistic, and the knowledge of both these interactions is equally important for the progress of agricultural practice and produce. This review gives an insight into the recent advances that have been made in the plant-microbe interaction study in th... | 1,874 |
25098921 | PMC4236595 | pmc | 9,672 | {
"abstract": "Background Selenium (Se) is an essential trace element in most organisms but has to be carefully handled since there is a thin line between beneficial and toxic concentrations. Many bacteria have the ability to reduce selenite (Se(IV)) and (or) selenate (Se(VI)) to red elemental selenium that is less t... | 2,818 |
30853879 | PMC6395404 | pmc | 9,673 | {
"abstract": "In this work, we perform analysis of detection and counting of cars using a low-power IBM TrueNorth Neurosynaptic System. For our evaluation we looked at a publicly-available dataset that has overhead imagery of cars with context present in the image. The trained neural network for image analysis was d... | 3,606 |
28378285 | PMC5380647 | pmc | 9,674 | {
"abstract": "Studies proved that addition of nitrate in rumen could lead to reduction of methane emission. The mechanism of this function was involved in the competition effect of nitrate on hydrogen consumption and the inhibitory effect of generated nitrite on methanogen proliferation. The present study investigat... | 2,891 |
27278828 | PMC4899690 | pmc | 9,675 | {
"abstract": "The realization of wearable electronic devices with extremely thin and flexible form factors has been a major technological challenge. While substrates typically limit the thickness of thin-film electronic devices, they are usually necessary for their fabrication and functionality. Here we report on ul... | 519 |
38466879 | PMC10990143 | pmc | 9,676 | {
"abstract": "Significance Deforestation alters aboveground biodiversity and ecosystem services worldwide. Yet, the impacts of deforestation on soil biodiversity, and its associated ecosystem services, remain virtually unknown. Our global synthesis indicates that deforestation of native forest impacts soil biodivers... | 5,957 |
32653776 | null | s2 | 9,677 | {
"abstract": "The biogeography of the mammalian intestine is remarkable in that a vast microbial consortium exists inside the organism, surrounded by intestinal epithelial cells. The microbiome and the intestinal epithelium have developed a complex network of interactions that maintain intestinal homeostasis. We now... | 188 |
34581467 | null | s2 | 9,678 | {
"abstract": "Many bacteria can migrate from a free-living, planktonic state to an attached, biofilm existence. One factor regulating this transition in the facultative plant pathogen Agrobacterium tumefaciens is the ExoR-ChvG-ChvI system. Periplasmic ExoR regulates the activity of the ChvG-ChvI two-component system... | 349 |
38564528 | PMC10986988 | pmc | 9,685 | {
"abstract": "Bacterial communities directly influence ecological processes in the ocean, and depth has a major influence due to the changeover in primary energy sources between the sunlit photic zone and dark ocean. Here, we examine the abundance and diversity of bacteria in Monterey Bay depth profiles collected fr... | 13,415 |
24586995 | PMC3931815 | pmc | 9,688 | {
"abstract": "The creation of a synthetic microbe that can harvest energy from sunlight to drive its metabolic processes is an attractive approach to the economically viable biosynthetic production of target compounds. Our aim is to design and engineer a genetically tractable non-photosynthetic microbe to produce li... | 4,247 |
22925136 | null | s2 | 9,689 | {
"abstract": "Biofilms are core to a range of biological processes, including the bioremediation of environmental contaminants. Within a biofilm population, cells with diverse genotypes and phenotypes coexist, suggesting that distinct metabolic pathways may be expressed based on the local environmental conditions in... | 357 |
28900114 | PMC5595911 | pmc | 9,690 | {
"abstract": "Artificial bio-based scaffolds offer broad applications in bioinspired chemistry, nanomedicine, and material science. One current challenge is to understand how the programmed self-assembly of biomolecules at the nanometre level can dictate the emergence of new functional properties at the mesoscopic s... | 2,651 |
36790331 | PMC9979639 | pmc | 9,694 | {
"abstract": "Organic waste streams can be converted into high-value\nplatform\nchemicals such as medium-chain carboxylic acids (MCCAs) using mixed\nmicrobial communities via chain elongation. However, the heterogeneity\nof waste streams and the use of complex microbial communities can\nlead to undesirable reactions... | 7,743 |
24747284 | null | s2 | 9,697 | {
"abstract": "Organic chemists and metabolic engineers use largely orthogonal technologies to access small molecules like pharmaceuticals and commodity chemicals. As the use of biological catalysts and engineered organisms for chemical production grows, it is becoming increasingly evident that future efforts for che... | 207 |
20526380 | null | s2 | 9,698 | {
"abstract": "We characterized the planular-zooxanthellae symbiosis of the coral Pocillopora damicornis using criteria that are familiar in studies on corals. Similar to adult corals, planulae exhibited photoacclimation, as changes in symbiont chlorophyll a (chl a); changes in the light-saturation constant for photo... | 387 |
38531061 | PMC11165533 | pmc | 9,705 | {
"abstract": "Abstract Multi‐functional actuation systems involve the mechanical integration of multiple actuation and sensor devices with external energy sources. The intricate combination makes it difficult to meet the requirements of lightweight. Hence, polypyrrole@graphene‐bacterial cellulose (PPy@G‐BC) films ar... | 14,184 |
34440588 | PMC8398003 | pmc | 9,706 | {
"abstract": "The future of long-duration spaceflight missions will place our vehicles and crew outside of the comfort of low-Earth orbit. Luxuries of quick resupply and frequent crew changes will not be available. Future missions will have to be adapted to low resource environments and be suited to use resources at... | 1,615 |
24023835 | PMC3759446 | pmc | 9,707 | {
"abstract": "We present a dynamical systems analysis of a decision-making mechanism inspired by collective choice in house-hunting honeybee swarms, revealing the crucial role of cross-inhibitory ‘stop-signalling’ in improving the decision-making capabilities. We show that strength of cross-inhibition is a decision-... | 2,866 |
35517590 | PMC9059506 | pmc | 9,708 | {
"abstract": "We developed a method to fabricate a superomniphobic gold electrode by synthesizing hierarchical gold clusters on a gold substrate and treating the surface with low surface energy materials. The reduction of gold ions was repeated several times, causing the gold microparticles to grow in random directi... | 3,770 |
27877794 | PMC5099831 | pmc | 9,709 | {
"abstract": "Further to prior development in enhancing structural health using smart materials, an innovative class of materials characterized by the ability to feel senses like humans, i.e. ‘nervous materials’, is discussed. Designed at all scales, these materials will enhance personnel and public safety, and secu... | 3,168 |
24692632 | PMC3977351 | pmc | 9,711 | {
"abstract": "ABSTRACT “ Candidatus Synechococcus spongiarum” is a cyanobacterial symbiont widely distributed in sponges, but its functions at the genome level remain unknown. Here, we obtained the draft genome (1.66 Mbp, 90% estimated genome recovery) of “ Ca. Synechococcus spongiarum” strain SH4 inhabiting the R... | 7,620 |
29474495 | PMC5825115 | pmc | 9,712 | {
"abstract": "The biobased production of adipic acid, a precursor in the production of nylon, is of great interest in order to replace the current petrochemical production route. Glucose-rich lignocellulosic raw materials have high potential to replace the petrochemical raw material. A number of metabolic pathways h... | 5,011 |
39191782 | PMC11350166 | pmc | 9,717 | {
"abstract": "Processing spatiotemporal data sources with both high spatial dimension and rich temporal information is a ubiquitous need in machine intelligence. Recurrent neural networks in the machine learning domain and bio-inspired spiking neural networks in the neuromorphic computing domain are two promising ca... | 3,264 |
25628615 | PMC4290590 | pmc | 9,719 | {
"abstract": "Plant tissues host a variety of fungi. One important group is the dark septate endophytes (DSEs) that colonize plant roots and form characteristic intracellular structures – melanized hyphae and microsclerotia. The DSE associations are common and frequently observed in various biomes and plant taxa. Re... | 1,316 |
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