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PMC5296756
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{ "abstract": "Production of 1,3-propanediol (1,3-PDO) from glycerol is a promising route toward glycerol biorefinery. However, the yield of 1,3-PDO is limited due to the requirement of NADH regeneration via glycerol oxidation process, which generates large amounts of undesired byproducts. Glutamate fermentation by ...
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PMC10791676
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{ "abstract": "The symbiogenetic origin of eukaryotes with mitochondria is considered a major evolutionary transition. The initial interactions and conditions of symbiosis, along with the phylogenetic affinity of the host, are widely debated. Here, we focus on a possible evolutionary path toward an association of ind...
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35733669
PMC9159792
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{ "abstract": "Production of biopolymers from renewable carbon sources provides a path towards a circular economy. This review compares several existing and emerging approaches for polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) production from soluble organic and gaseous carbon sources and considers technologies based on pure and mixed ...
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PMC8973982
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{ "abstract": "ABSTRACT In the past decades, considerable attention has been directed toward anaerobic digestion (AD), which is an effective biological process for converting diverse organic wastes into biogas, volatile fatty acids (VFAs), biohydrogen, etc. The microbial bioprocessing takes part during AD is of subst...
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20150502
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{ "abstract": "Microorganisms can switch from a planktonic, free-swimming life-style to a sessile, colonial state, called a biofilm, which confers resistance to environmental stress. Conversion between the motile and biofilm life-styles has been attributed to increased levels of the prokaryotic second messenger cycli...
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PMC3817431
pmc
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{ "abstract": "Artificial skin, which mimics the functions of natural skin, will be very important in the future for robots used by humans in daily life. However, combining skin's pressure sensitivity and mechanical self-healing properties in a man-made material remains a challenging task. Here, we show that graphene...
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29555779
PMC5889658
pmc
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{ "abstract": "Significance Bacteria live in surface-attached communities known as biofilms, where spatial structure is tightly linked to community function. We have developed a genetically encoded biofilm patterning tool (“Biofilm Lithography”) by engineering bacteria such that the expression of membrane adhesion pr...
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PMC7649386
pmc
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{ "abstract": "The hardware-software co-optimization of neural network architectures is a field of research that emerged with the advent of commercial neuromorphic chips, such as the IBM TrueNorth and Intel Loihi. Development of simulation and automated mapping software tools in tandem with the design of neuromorphic...
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PMC5861367
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{ "abstract": "ABSTRACT The concept of symbiosis – defined in 1879 by de Bary as ‘the living together of unlike organisms’ – has a rich and convoluted history in biology. In part, because it questioned the concept of the individual, symbiosis fell largely outside mainstream science and has traditionally received less...
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PMC6915370
pmc
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{ "abstract": "Developing an eco-friendly, flexible and recyclable micro-structured dry electrode for sustainable life is essential. In this work, we have developed irregular, micro-structured sandpaper coated with graphite powder as an electrode for developing a simple, low-cost, contact-separation mode graphite-coa...
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33552864
PMC7856889
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{ "abstract": "Abstract Real‐time detection and differentiation of diverse external stimuli with one tactile senor remains a huge challenge and largely restricts the development of electronic skins. Although different sensors have been described based on piezoresistivity, capacitance, and triboelectricity, and these ...
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PMC9826171
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{ "abstract": "SUMMARY Characterizing photosynthetic productivity is necessary to understand the ecological contributions and biotechnology potential of plants, algae, and cyanobacteria. Light capture efficiency and photophysiology have long been characterized by measurements of chlorophyll fluorescence dynamics. How...
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PMC2727540
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{ "abstract": "Background Coral reef ecosystems are renowned for their diversity and beauty. Their immense ecological success is due to a symbiotic association between cnidarian hosts and unicellular dinoflagellate algae, known as zooxanthellae. These algae are photosynthetic and the cnidarian-zooxanthellae associati...
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37316548
PMC10267220
pmc
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{ "abstract": "Coral reefs are under existential threat from climate change and anthropogenic impacts. Genomic studies have enhanced our knowledge of resilience and responses of some coral species to environmental stress, but reference genomes are lacking for many coral species. The blue coral Heliopora is the only...
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PMC5648182
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{ "abstract": "The production of lignocellulosic-derived biofuels is a highly promising source of alternative energy, but it has been constrained by the lack of a microbial platform capable to efficiently degrade this recalcitrant material and cope with by-products that can be toxic to cells. Species that naturally g...
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PMC9512660
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{ "abstract": "Invasive species have profound negative impacts on native ranges. Unraveling the mechanisms employed by invasive plant species is crucial to controlling invasions. One important approach that invasive plants use to outcompete native plants is to disrupt mutualistic interactions between native roots and...
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PMC5627351
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{ "abstract": "A chemical approach for the regulation of oil (under water) and water (in air) wettability. The super-wetting properties are highly durable at harsh physical/chemical settings.", "conclusion": "Conclusions Here, we have developed a multilayer construction by strategically exploiting a simple covalent...
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PMC8459429
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{ "abstract": "In this work, a durable\nsuperhydrophobic fabric was fabricated\nby a facile covalent surface modification strategy, in which the anchoring\nof 10-undecenoyl chloride (UC) onto the fabric through the esterification\nreaction and covalent grafting of n -dodecyl-thiol\n(DT) via thiol-ene click chemistry...
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PMC11969388
pmc
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{ "abstract": "Division of labour (DOL) plays a key role across all scales of biological organization, but how its expression varies across contexts is still poorly understood. Here, we measure DOL in a crucial task, colony defence, in a social insect that affords precise experimental control over individual and colo...
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PMC8067651
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{ "abstract": "Background Sequencing of 16S rRNA genes has become a powerful technique to study microbial communities and their responses towards changing environmental conditions in various ecosystems. Several tools have been developed for the prediction of functional profiles from 16S rRNA gene sequencing data, bec...
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PMC5299523
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{ "abstract": "Abstract Enzymatic catalysis is an ecofriendly strategy for the production of high‐value low‐molecular‐weight aromatic compounds from lignin. Although well‐definable aromatic monomers have been obtained from synthetic lignin‐model dimers, enzymatic‐selective synthesis of platform monomers from natural ...
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PMC10762816
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{ "abstract": "Background The anaerobic digestion process degrades organic matter into simpler compounds and occurs in strictly anaerobic and microaerophilic environments. The process is carried out by a diverse community of microorganisms where each species has a unique role and it has relevant biotechnological appl...
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PMC8151373
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{ "abstract": "Terrestrial plants evolution occurred in the presence of microbes, the phytomicrobiome. The rhizosphere microbial community is the most abundant and diverse subset of the phytomicrobiome and can include both beneficial and parasitic/pathogenic microbes. Prokaryotes of the phytomicrobiome have evolved r...
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{ "abstract": "Background Methylotrophic (methanol-utilizing) bacteria offer great potential as cell factories in the production of numerous products from biomass-derived methanol. Bio-methanol is essentially a non-food substrate, an advantage over sugar-utilizing cell factories. Low-value products as well as fine ch...
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{ "abstract": "Inspired by biological motor proteins, that efficiently convert chemical fuel to unidirectional motion, there has been considerable interest in developing synthetic analogues. Among the synthetic motors created thus far, DNA motors that undertake discrete steps on RNA tracks have shown the greatest pro...
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PMC9700206
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{ "abstract": "Wood is an abundant and renewable feedstock for the production of pulp, fuels, and biobased materials. However, wood is recalcitrant toward deconstruction into cellulose and simple sugars, mainly because of the presence of lignin, an aromatic polymer that shields cell-wall polysaccharides. Hence, numer...
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{ "abstract": "Abstract Corals of the family Acroporidae are key structural components of reefs that support the most diverse marine ecosystems. Due to increasing anthropogenic stresses, coral reefs are in decline. Along the coast of Okinawa, Japan, three different color morphs of Acropora tenuis have been recogniz...
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PMC6706786
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{ "abstract": "Metabolic flexibility in aerobic methane oxidizing bacteria (methanotrophs) enhances cell growth and survival in instances where resources are variable or limiting. Examples include the production of intracellular compounds (such as glycogen or polyhydroxyalkanoates) in response to unbalanced growth co...
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PMC5799258
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{ "abstract": "Coral reefs are significant ecosystems. The ecological success of coral reefs relies on not only coral-algal symbiosis but also coral-microbial partnership. However, microbiome assemblages in the South China Sea corals remain largely unexplored. Here, we compared the microbiome assemblages of reef-buil...
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PMC5048046
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{ "abstract": "Inhibition by ammonium at concentrations above 1000 mgN/L is known to harm the methanogenesis phase of anaerobic digestion. We anaerobically digested swine waste and achieved steady state COD-removal efficiency of around 52% with no fatty-acid or H 2 accumulation. As the anaerobic microbial community ...
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PMC3715687
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{ "abstract": "Following a strategy similar to that used in baker’s yeast (Herrgård et al. Nat Biotechnol 26:1155–1160, 2008 ). A consensus yeast metabolic network obtained from a community approach to systems biology (Herrgård et al. 2008 ; Dobson et al. BMC Syst Biol 4:145, 2010 ). Further developments towards a...
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{ "abstract": "Silk-elastin-like-protein polymers (SELPs) are genetically engineered recombinant protein sequences consisting of repeating units of silk-like and elastin-like blocks. By combining these entities, it is shown that both the characteristic strength of silk and the temperature-dependent responsiveness of ...
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PMC11680959
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{ "abstract": "Reservoir computing is a machine learning framework that exploits nonlinear dynamics, exhibiting significant computational capabilities. One of the defining characteristics of reservoir computing is that only linear output, given by a linear combination of reservoir variables, is trained. Inspired by r...
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PMC5322298
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{ "abstract": "Geobacter sulfurreducens uses at least two different pathways to transport electrons out of the inner membrane quinone pool before reducing acceptors beyond the outer membrane. When growing on electrodes poised at oxidizing potentials, the CbcL-dependent pathway operates at or below redox potentials o...
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PMC6478937
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{ "abstract": "Large reservoirs of natural gas in the oceanic subsurface sustain complex communities of anaerobic microbes, including archaeal lineages with potential to mediate oxidation of hydrocarbons such as methane and butane. Here we describe a previously unknown archaeal phylum, Helarchaeota, belonging to the ...
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PMC11764364
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1,186
{ "abstract": "Legumes play a pivotal role in addressing global challenges of food and nutrition security by offering a sustainable source of protein and bioactive compounds. The capacity of legumes to establish symbiotic relationships with rhizobia bacteria enables biological nitrogen fixation (BNF), reducing the de...
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PMC10217856
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{ "abstract": "The persistent challenge of removing viscous oil on water surfaces continues to pose a major concern and requires immediate attention. Here, a novel solution has been introduced in the form of a superhydrophobic/superoleophilic PDMS/SiO 2 aerogel fabric gathering device (SFGD). The SFGD is based on th...
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PMC10805104
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{ "abstract": "Complex and fluid\nbacterial community compositions are\ncritical\nto diversity, stability, and function. However, quantitative and mechanistic\ndescriptions of the dynamics of such compositions are still lacking.\nHere, we develop a modularized design framework that allows for bottom-up\nconstruction ...
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PMC7231361
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{ "abstract": "Conductance quantization (QC) phenomena occurring in metal oxide based memristors demonstrate great potential for high-density data storage through multilevel switching, and analog synaptic weight update for effective training of the artificial neural networks. Continuous, linear and symmetrical modula...
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PMC12012298
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{ "abstract": "In recent years, the rapid progression of artificial intelligence and the Internet of Things has led to a significant increase in the demand for advanced computing capabilities and more robust data storage solutions. In light of these challenges, neuromorphic computing, inspired by human brain’s archit...
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PMC8477758
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{ "abstract": "Porous membranes with special wetting properties have attracted great interest due to their various functions and wide applications, including water filtration, selective oil/water separation and oil skimming. Special wetting properties such as superhydrophobicity can be achieved by controlling the sur...
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PMC10166085
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{ "abstract": "As one of the most amazing aspects of life, all living\norganisms\nare formed by self-assembly, a fundamental biological design process\nin which ordered nanostructures are assembled from small parts. For\nexample, most of the biological tissues contain structurally soft\nand hard parts that are usuall...
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PMC4709512
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{ "abstract": "Spider major ampullate gland silks (MAS) vary greatly in material properties among species but, this variation is shown here to be confined to evolutionary shifts along a single universal performance trajectory. This reveals an underlying design principle that is maintained across large changes in both...
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PMC5360037
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{ "abstract": "Background The feasibility of heterotrophic–phototrophic symbioses was tested via pairing of yeast strains Cryptococcus curvatus , Rhodotorula glutinis , or Saccharomyces cerevisiae with a sucrose-secreting cyanobacterium Synechococcus elongatus . Results The phototroph S. elongatus showed no gr...
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PMC7332420
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{ "abstract": "Many corals harbour symbiotic dinoflagellate algae. The algae live inside coral cells in a specialized membrane compartment known as the symbiosome, which shares the photosynthetically fixed carbon with coral host cells while host cells provide inorganic carbon to the algae for photosynthesis 1 . This ...
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{ "abstract": "Abstract Anthranilate and its derivatives are important basic chemicals for the synthesis of polyurethanes as well as various dyes and food additives. Today, anthranilate is mainly chemically produced from petroleum‐derived xylene, but this shikimate pathway intermediate could be also obtained biotechn...
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PMC6718569
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{ "abstract": "The ubiquitous chlorophyll a (Chl a ) pigment absorbs both blue and red light. Yet, in contrast to green algae and higher plants, most cyanobacteria have much lower photosynthetic rates in blue than in red light. A plausible but not yet well-supported hypothesis is that blue light results in limited...
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PMC4758251
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{ "abstract": "Microbial communities can show astonishing ecological and phylogenetic diversity. What is the role of pervasive horizontal gene transfer (HGT) in shaping this diversity in the presence of clonally expanding “killer strains”? Does HGT of antibiotic production and resistance genes erase phylogenetic stru...
4,039
35423676
PMC8693398
pmc
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{ "abstract": "Piezoelectric polymers have aroused tremendous attention in self-powered flexible wearable electronics. However, conventional plate-like piezoelectric devices demonstrated insufficient output power and monotonous piezoelectric energy harvesting performance only in one direction, failing to accommodate ...
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PMC5466132
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1,202
{ "abstract": "Methanotrophs are a biological resource as they degrade the greenhouse gas methane and various organic contaminants. Several non-methanotrophic bacteria have shown potential to stimulate growth of methanotrophs when co-cultured, and however, the ecology is largely unknown. Effects of Sphingopyxis sp....
3,210
31758008
PMC6874547
pmc
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{ "abstract": "Biogenic volatile organic compounds (BVOCs) influence organism fitness by promoting stress resistance and regulating trophic interactions. Studies examining BVOC emissions have predominantly focussed on terrestrial ecosystems and atmospheric chemistry – surprisingly, highly productive marine ecosystems...
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35425300
PMC8979045
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{ "abstract": "Triboelectric nanogenerators (TENGs) based on ferroelectric organic materials have advantages of high flexibility, biocompatibility, controllable ferroelectric properties, etc. However, this has limited the electrical output performance due to their lower ferroelectric characteristics than those of i...
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PMC8489724
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{ "abstract": "The increased complexity of synthetic microbial biocircuits highlights the need for distributed cell functionality due to concomitant increases in metabolic and regulatory burdens imposed on single-strain topologies. Distributed systems, however, introduce additional challenges since consortium composi...
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PMC5850073
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{ "abstract": "An enduring theme in microbial ecology is the interdependence of microbial community members. Interactions between community members include provision of cofactors, establishment of redox gradients, and turnover of key nutrients to drive biogeochemical cycles." }
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{ "abstract": "Most microorganisms live in complex communities, where they interact both synergistically and competitively. To explore the relationship between environmental heterogeneity and the spatial structure of well-defined biofilms, single- and mixed-species biofilms of Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO1 and Flavobac...
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PMC11369814
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{ "abstract": "Abstract Cyanobacteria play a key role in primary production in both oceans and fresh waters and hold great potential for sustainable production of a large number of commodities. During their life, cyanobacteria cells need to acclimate to a multitude of challenges, including shifts in intensity and qua...
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PMC8690404
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{ "abstract": "Through connecting genomic and metabolic information, metaproteomics is an essential approach for understanding how microbiomes function in space and time. The international metaproteomics community is delighted to announce the launch of the Metaproteomics Initiative (www.metaproteomics.org), the goal ...
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PMC466958
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{ "abstract": "Recent progress in the development of synthetic polymer networks has enabled the next generation of hydrogel-based machines and devices. The ability to mimic the mechanical and electrical properties of human tissue gives great potential toward the fields of bioelectronics and soft robotics. However, fa...
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PMC11420864
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{ "abstract": "Two-dimensional graphene and graphene-based materials\nare attracting\nincreasing interest in neuromorphic computing applications by the\nimplementation of memristive architectures that enable the closest\nsolid-state equivalent to biological synapses and neurons. However,\nthe state-of-the-art fabrica...
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{ "abstract": "Stimuli-responsive color-changing hydrogels, commonly colored using embedded photonic crystals (PCs), have potential applications ranging from chemical sensing to camouflage and anti-counterfeiting. A major limitation in these PC hydrogels is that they require significant deformation (>20%) in order to...
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PMC8643692
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{ "abstract": "Abstract Recent advances in DNA nanotechnology led the fabrication and utilization of various DNA assemblies, but the development of a method to control their global shapes and mechanical flexibilities with high efficiency and repeatability is one of the remaining challenges for the realization of the ...
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PMC10459513
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{ "abstract": "A spiking neural network (SNN) is a type of artificial neural network that operates based on discrete spikes to process timing information, similar to the manner in which the human brain processes real-world problems. In this paper, we propose a new spiking neural network (SNN) based on conventional, b...
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PMC8795499
pmc
1,221
{ "abstract": "Significance It is well known that c-di-GMP concentration rises in surface-sensing bacteria and functions as a “molecular switch” for biofilm formation. Here, we provide an important recasting of this picture: Intracellular c-di-GMP signals do not just increase in surface-sensing bacteria; such signals...
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PMC5050174
pmc
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{ "abstract": "Biological technologies for recycling rare metals, which are essential for high-tech products, have attracted much attention because they could prove to be more environmentally friendly and energy-saving than other methods. We have developed biological recycling technologies by cell surface engineering...
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PMC11334424
pmc
1,224
{ "abstract": "ABSTRACT Metagenomic sequencing has advanced our understanding of biogeochemical processes by providing an unprecedented view into the microbial composition of different ecosystems. While the amount of metagenomic data has grown rapidly, simple-to-use methods to analyze and compare across studies have ...
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PMC9082551
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{ "abstract": "Sediment microbial fuel cells (SMFCs) is a promising technology for bioremediation, environmental monitoring and remote power supply in various water environments. Optimizing the anode/cathode surface area ratio (SAR a/c ) is important to enhance the power and decrease the cost of SMFCs. However, in fa...
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PMC10103077
pmc
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{ "abstract": "The corrosion of materials severely limits the application scenarios of triboelectric nanogenerators (TENGs), especially in laboratories, chemical plants and other fields where leakage of chemically corrosive solutions is common. Here, we demonstrate a chemical-resistant triboelectric nanogenerator (CR...
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{ "abstract": "Bacteria frequently live in densely populated surface-bound communities, termed biofilms [1-4]. Biofilm-dwelling cells rely on secretion of extracellular substances to construct their communities and to capture nutrients from the environment [5]. Some secreted factors behave as cooperative public goods...
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PMC4847037
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{ "abstract": "This study investigated the mechanism and key factors influencing concurrent phosphorus (P) recovery and energy generation in microbial fuel cells (MFC) during wastewater treatment. Using a mediator-less dual chamber microbial fuel cell operated for 120 days; P was shown to precipitate as struvite when...
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PMC10653274
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{ "abstract": "Memtransistors that combine the properties of transistor\nand memristor\nhold significant promise for in-memory computing. While superior data\nstorage capability is achieved in memtransistors through gate voltage-induced\nconductance modulation, the lateral device configuration would not\nonly result ...
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PMC4594100
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{ "abstract": "Aerobic methane-oxidizing bacteria (MOB) are a diverse group of microorganisms that are ubiquitous in natural environments. Along with anaerobic MOB and archaea, aerobic methanotrophs are critical for attenuating emission of methane to the atmosphere. Clearly, nitrogen availability in the form of ammon...
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PMC11833320
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{ "abstract": "Abstract Iron plays a pivotal role in regulating ocean primary productivity. Iron is supplied from diverse sources such as the atmosphere and the geosphere, and hence iron biogeochemical research has focused on identifying and quantifying such sources of “new” iron. However, the recycling of this new i...
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PMC11742687
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{ "abstract": "Biological neural systems seamlessly integrate perception and action, a feat not efficiently replicated in current physically separated designs of neural-imitating electronics. This segregation hinders coordination and functionality within the neuromorphic system. Here, we present a flexible device tai...
1,530
35857470
PMC9258956
pmc
1,236
{ "abstract": "Bacteria commonly form aggregates in a range of coral species [termed coral-associated microbial aggregates (CAMAs)], although these structures remain poorly characterized despite extensive efforts studying the coral microbiome. Here, we comprehensively characterize CAMAs associated with Stylophora pi...
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{ "abstract": "Caribbean coral reefs are declining due to a mosaic of local and global stresses, including climate change-induced thermal stress. Species and assemblage responses differ due to factors that are not easily identifiable or quantifiable. We calculated a novel species-specific metric of coral bleaching re...
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{ "abstract": "The spatially controlled positioning of functional materials by self-assembly is one of the fundamental visions of nanotechnology. Major steps towards this goal have been achieved using DNA as a programmable building block. This tutorial review will focus on one of the most promising methods: DNA origa...
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PMC11166942
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{ "abstract": "It has been previously shown that devices based on microbial biofilms can generate hydrovoltaic energy from water evaporation. However, the potential of hydrovoltaic energy as an energy source for microbial growth has remained unexplored. Here, we show that the electroautotrophic bacterium Rhodopseudo...
3,035
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PMC10809701
pmc
1,242
{ "abstract": "The demand for clean-energy\ncollection has gradually increased\nin recent years, making triboelectric nanogenerators a promising research\nfield, because of their advantages in convenient manufacturing, diversified\nmaterials, and diverse synthesis and modification possibilities. However,\nrecent stud...
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{ "abstract": "Quorum sensing (QS), where bacteria secrete and respond to chemical signals to coordinate population-wide behaviors, has revealed that bacteria are highly social. Here, we investigate how diversity in QS signals and receptors can modify social interactions controlled by the QS system regulating bacteri...
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PMC8973260
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{ "abstract": "Abstract The one‐pot synthesis of 2,5‐furandicarboxylic acid from 2‐furoic acid with a yield of 57 % was achieved for the first time using a Pd‐catalyzed bromination‐hydroxycarbonylation tandem reaction in HOAc‐NaOAc buffer. This synthetic protocol shows major improvements compared to previously report...
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{ "abstract": "Self-healing polymeric materials are systems that after damage can revert to their original state with full or partial recovery of mechanical strength. Using scaling theory we study a simple model of autonomic self-healing of unentangled polymer networks. In this model one of the two end monomers of ea...
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PMC9436828
pmc
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{ "abstract": "Rhizosphere microbiomes have received growing attention in recent years for their role in plant health, stress tolerance, soil nutrition, and invasion. Still, relatively little is known about how these microbial communities are altered under plant competition, and even less about whether these shifts a...
3,907
35548758
PMC9085526
pmc
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{ "abstract": "Gamma (γ)-terpinene, a monoterpene compound, which is generally used in the pharmaceutical and cosmetics industries, due to its physical and chemical properties, is expected to become one of the more influential compounds used as an alternative biofuel in the future. It is necessary to seek more sustai...
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{ "abstract": "Biology often provides the inspiration for functional soft matter, but biology can do more: it can provide the raw materials and mechanisms for hierarchical assembly. Biology uses polymers to perform various functions, and biologically derived polymers can serve as sustainable, self-assembling, and hig...
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PMC9426491
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{ "abstract": "ABSTRACT Improving the availability of representative isolates from the coral microbiome is essential for investigating symbiotic mechanisms and applying beneficial microorganisms to improve coral health. However, few studies have explored the diversity of bacteria which can be isolated from a single s...
5,225
34835306
PMC8623284
pmc
1,250
{ "abstract": "Stony coral tissue loss disease (SCTLD) is an emergent and often lethal coral disease that was first reported near Miami, FL (USA) in 2014. Our objective was to determine if coral colonies showing signs of SCTLD possess a specific microbial signature across five susceptible species sampled in Florida’s...
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{ "abstract": "The conversion of biomass to CH4 (biomethanation) involves an anaerobic microbial food chain composed of at least three metabolic groups of which the first two decompose the complex biomass primarily to acetate, formate, and H2. The thermodynamics of these conversions are unfavorable requiring a symbio...
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{ "abstract": "Bacteria deploy a range of chemistries to regulate their behaviour and respond to their environment. Quorum sensing is one method by which bacteria use chemical reactions to modulate pre-infection behaviour such as surface attachment. Polymers that can interfere with bacterial adhesion or the chemical ...
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PMC5561142
pmc
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{ "abstract": "Living organisms constantly maintain their structural and biochemical integrity by the critical means of response, healing, and regeneration. Inanimate objects, on the other hand, are axiomatically considered incapable of responding to damage and healing it, leading to the profound negative environment...
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PMC7392205
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{ "abstract": "In the animal kingdom, various forms of swarming enable groups of autonomous individuals to transform uncertain information into unified decisions which are probabilistically beneficial. Crossing scales from individual to group decisions requires dynamically accumulating signals among individuals. In s...
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PMC5943517
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{ "abstract": "Spiders produce multiple silks with different physical properties that allow them to occupy a diverse range of ecological niches, including the underwater environment. Despite this functional diversity, past molecular analyses show a high degree of amino acid sequence similarity between C-terminal regi...
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PMC3027613
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{ "abstract": "Biogas production from renewable resources is attracting increased attention as an alternative energy source due to the limited availability of traditional fossil fuels. Many countries are promoting the use of alternative energy sources for sustainable energy production. In this study, a metagenome fro...
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PMC9168828
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{ "abstract": "Superamphiphobic coatings may significantly change the wettability of a substrate, and so are attractive for applications in aero/marine engineering, biotechnology, and heat transfer. However, the coatings are caught in a double bind when their durability is considered, as they are vulnerable to mechan...
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23269911
PMC3529302
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{ "abstract": "This paper presents a digital silicon neuronal network which simulates the nerve system in creatures and has the ability to execute intelligent tasks, such as associative memory. Two essential elements, the mathematical-structure-based digital spiking silicon neuron (DSSN) and the transmitter release b...
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36134138
PMC9417048
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{ "abstract": "Artificial synapses based on electrolyte gated transistors with conductance modulation characteristics have demonstrated their great potential in emulating the memory functions in the human brain for neuromorphic computing. While previous studies are mostly focused on the emulation of the basic memory ...
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PMC9545801
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{ "abstract": "Abstract The global impacts of climate change are evident in every marine ecosystem. On coral reefs, mass coral bleaching and mortality have emerged as ubiquitous responses to ocean warming, yet one of the greatest challenges of this epiphenomenon is linking information across scientific disciplines an...
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PMC3750612
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{ "abstract": "Background Contemporary coral reef research has firmly established that a genomic approach is urgently needed to better understand the effects of anthropogenic environmental stress and global climate change on coral holobiont interactions. Here we present KEGG orthology-based annotation of the complete...
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PMC8609437
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{ "abstract": "Significance Life on Earth depends on ecologically driven nutrient cycles to regenerate resources. Understanding how nutrient cycles emerge from a complex web of ecological processes is a central challenge in ecology. However, we lack model ecosystems that can be replicated, manipulated, and quantified...
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PMC4797299
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{ "abstract": "Lignin-derived (e.g. phenolic) compounds can compromise the bioconversion of lignocellulosic biomass to fuels and chemicals due to their toxicity and recalcitrance. The lipid-accumulating bacterium Rhodococcus opacus PD630 has recently emerged as a promising microbial host for lignocellulose conversi...
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