Tsetse flies (Glossina spp.; Diptera: Glossinidae) are viviparous flies that feed on blood and are found exclusively in sub-Saharan Africa. They are the only cyclic vectors of African trypanosomes, responsible for human African trypanosomiasis (HAT)...
Global warming leads to the melting of permafrost, affects changes in soil microbial community structures and related functions, and contributes to the soil carbon cycle in permafrost areas. Located at the southern edge of Eurasia’s permafrost...
Black soils are globally important for agricultural productivity, yet most studies of soil microbial communities are confined to the plow layer, leaving the deep regolith–bedrock interface largely unexplored. Here, we investigated bacterial div...
Culture-independent molecular techniques have advanced the characterization of environmental and human samples including the human milk (HM) bacteriome. However, extraction of high-quality genomic DNA that is representative of the bacterial populatio...
A discrepancy between cytology and bacterial culture methods is sometimes observed in canine otitis externa. The objective of this study was to compare results from cytology, bacterial culture and 16S amplicon profiling. Twenty samples from 16 dogs w...
This study aimed to investigate the impacts of three organic acid salts and two bacterial additives on the fermentation profile, in vitro digestibility and gas production, and aerobic stability of total mixed ration (TMR) silage prepared with 10% fre...
Bacterial taxonomic profiles associated with freshwater fish in Kazakhstan remain poorly characterized. We characterized bacterial sequence profiles from 193 apparently healthy wild freshwater fish representing six families and six major hydrographic...
Dietary fiber intake during pregnancy may improve offspring intestinal development. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of maternal high fiber intake during late gestation on intestinal morphology, microbiota, and intestinal proteome of...
SARS-CoV-2 infections, commonly referred to as COVID-19, remain a critical risk to both human life and global economies. Particularly, COVID-19 patients with weak immunity may suffer from different complications due to the bacterial co-infections/sup...
Assessing bacterial communities across water resources is crucial for understanding ecological dynamics and improving water quality management. This study examines the functional profiles of bacterial communities in drinking water resources in Mega M...
Rice is currently the most important food crop in the world and we are only just beginning to study the bacterial associated microbiome. It is of importance to perform screenings of the core rice microbiota and also to develop new plant-microbe model...
Background/Objectives: Oral and maxillofacial infections present polybacterial profiles, including both aerobic and anaerobic bacteria. Increasing antibiotic resistance poses a significant challenge to pharmacological treatment of these infections. T...
Arid and semi-arid soils represent extreme habitats where microbial life is constrained by high temperature, low water availability, salinity, and nutrient limitation, yet these ecosystems harbor unique bacterial communities that sustain key ecologic...
The chicken egg is one of nature’s flawlessly preserved biological products, recognized as an excellent source of nutrients for humans. Selenium (Se) is an essential micro-element that plays a key role in biological processes. Organic selenium can be...
Human milk is a complex and variable ecosystem fundamental to the development of newborns. This study aimed to investigate relationships between human milk oligosaccharides (HMO) and human milk bacterial profiles and infant body composition. Human mi...
An archaeological exposure near Hachum, featuring a ditch profile interpreted as part of a Neolithic earthwork, was characterized using DNA analyses of bacterial 16S rRNA from soil samples. The NGS data from 13 sampling points at different positions...
The objective of this study was to track the dynamic variations in fecal bacterial composition and fermentation profile of finishing steers in response to three stepwise diets varied in energy and protein density. A total of 18 Holstein steers were d...
Complex disease states, like bacterial chondronecrosis with osteomyelitis (BCO), not only result in physiological symptoms, such as lameness, but also a complex systemic reaction involving immune and growth factor responses. For the modern broiler (m...
The soil profile is a strong and complex physicochemical gradient that greatly affects bacterial community structure and function between soil layers. However, little is known about molecular ecological network structure and bacterial community funct...
Ticks are important vectors of pathogens affecting humans and animals, posing a serious threat to health. For the first time, we studied the metagenomic profile of the microbial composition of Hyalomma scupense and Hyalomma asiaticum ticks in Kazakhs...
Diatoms are responsible for the fixation of ca. 20% of the global CO2 and live associated with bacteria that utilize the organic substances produced by them. Current research trends in marine microbial ecology show which diatom and bacteria interact...
The Asian tiger mosquito Aedes albopictus is a highly invasive species capable of transmitting human pathogens. For population management, the sterile insect technique (SIT) is considered an effective and sustainable alternative to conventional metho...
COVID-19 patients with severe or critical symptoms are often treated with corticosteroids, per contemporary guidelines. Due to their immunosuppressive and immunomodulatory properties, corticosteroids are associated with the development of superinfect...
Canine periodontal disease is a highly prevalent chronic inflammatory condition with a multifactorial etiology, influenced by host factors and complex subgingival bacterial communities; however, evidence from populations in underrepresented regions r...
4 December 2019
Research of bacterial communities and metabolism potential of paddy soils contaminated by antimony (Sb) and arsenic (As) are vital to acquire understanding for their bioremediation. Here, the relative abundance of Sb and As metabolism genes, the dive...
27 October 2015
The growth of the bacterial community harbored in indoor drinking water taps is regulated by external environmental factors, such as indoor temperature. However, the effect of indoor heating on bacterial regrowth associated with indoor drinking wate...
The available data on antimicrobial resistance in pets are limited compared to those collected for food-producing animals. Bacterial urinary tract infections are some of the most important indications for antimicrobial use in pets, and empiric antimi...
Low-salt shrimp paste, or terasi, is an Indonesian fermented food made from planktonic shrimp mixed with a low concentration of salt. Since high daily intake of sodium is deemed unhealthy, reduction of salt content in shrimp paste production is desir...
Bacterial contamination of semen has become an important contributor to the reduced shelf life of insemination doses in the poultry industry, which is why antibiotics (ATBs) are an important component of semen extenders. Due to a global rise in antim...
Ribosome profiling, or Ribo-Seq, is a powerful tool for studying translation. It maps the positions of translating ribosomes on mRNAs, providing insights into actively expressed genes. Unlike mass spectrometry, Ribo-Seq is not affected by the same bi...
Background: Secondary (nosocomial) bacterial meningitis remains a serious problem in patients with severe brain damage. The aim of this study was to assess the differences in the aromatic metabolites of tryptophan, phenylalanine, and tyrosine, in ser...
Introduction: Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a critical global public health issue, leading to prolonged illness, increased morbidity and mortality, and rising healthcare costs. The effectiveness of antibiotics is diminishing due to the emergence...
Ambient ionization mass spectrometry (AIMS) is both labor and time saving and has been proven to be useful for the rapid delineation of trace organic and biological compounds with minimal sample pretreatment. Herein, an analytical platform of probe s...
Background: Coronary heart disease (CHD) is the leading cause of death and disability worldwide. The human microbiota, particularly gut bacteria, plays a role in the development of CHD. However, determining the contribution of gut bacteria translocat...
This study aimed to investigate the impact of storage time on the bacterial community and fermentation profile of silage prepared with alfalfa, whole-plant corn, and their mixture. Fresh alfalfa and whole-plant corn were chopped and combined in fresh...
18 November 2024
Antarctica has attracted increasing interest in understanding its microbial communities, metabolic potential, and as a source of microbial hydrolytic enzymes with industrial applications, for which advances in next-generation sequencing technologies...
Background/Aim: Diabetic foot infection (DFI) occurs frequently in patients, followed up with diabetic foot ulcers (DFU). For this reason, antibiotic treatment is often used in patients followed with DFU. Inappropriate use of antibiotics and increasi...
The comprehensive bacterial populations and metabolites profile in fermented feed is unclear, which may have significant effects on the stability of fermented feed quality and animal gut health. In this study, 16S rRNA gene sequencing and liquid chro...
Cancer patients are at high risk of antibiotic resistant bacterial urinary tract infections (UTIs). In this study, we assessed the bacterial profile and antibiotic resistance among cancer patients suspected of UTI in B.P. Koirala Memorial Cancer Hosp...
Straw retention, an alternative to artificial fertilization, commonly mitigates soil degradation and positively affects soil fertility. In this study, we investigated the succession of soil bacteria during two sugarcane straw retention treatments (co...
The aim of this study was to evaluate different doses of bacterial inoculants and the inclusion of 8% ground corn grain (GCG) on fermentative characteristics, chemical composition, and in situ ruminal degradability of low-DM elephant grass (cv. BRS C...
This study focused on the identification of naturally occurring bacteria in the reproductive fluid and impact on the quality of ejaculates obtained from the turkey breed British United Turkeys (BUT) Big 6 (n = 60). We determined possible relationship...
Low phosphorus (P) availability in tropical soils is one of the main constraints to agricultural productivity and the sustainability of cropping systems. In this study, we evaluated the functional potential of four bacterial strains, including those...
This study was initiated to assess whether the supposedly axenic plant cell cultures harbored any cultivation-recalcitrant endophytic bacteria (CREB). Adopting live-cell imaging with bright-field, fluorescent and confocal microscopy and bacterial 16S...
Background: Microbial derivatives are pivotal in research because of their structural heterogeneity and diverse biological significance, including antitumor and antimicrobial activities. Aims and Objectives: This study aimed to evaluate the molecular...
Myxobacteria are unique predatory microorganisms with a distinctive social lifestyle. These taxa play key roles in the microbial food webs in different ecosystems and regulate the community structures of soil microbial communities. Compared with cond...
Microbial symbioses play crucial roles in insect physiology, contributing to nutrition, detoxification, and metabolic adaptations. However, the microbial communities associated with the lac insect Llaveia axin axin, an economically significant specie...
Riparian forests were frequently cleared and converted to agricultural pastures, but in recent times these pastures are often revegetated in an effort to return riparian forest structure and function. We tested if there is a change in the soil bacter...
Vertical environmental gradients are important in structuring marine microbial communities, yet microbial responses to localized reversals within vertical environmental profiles remain less well resolved. We investigated bacterial and microeukaryotic...
Microcystins (MCs), which are produced by harmful cyanobacteria blooms, pose a serious threat to environmental health. However, the effect of MCs on the bacterial community under anaerobic conditions is still unclear. This study examined the dynamic...
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