Gut bacterial communities assist host animals with numerous functions such as food digestion, nutritional provision, or immunity. Some social mammals and insects are unique in that their gut microbial communities are stable among individuals. In this...
Disentangling factors influencing suspended bacterial community structure across distribution system and building plumbing provides insight into microbial control strategies from source to tap. Water quality parameters (residence time, chlorine, and...
Alfalfa is a perennial herbaceous forage legume that is significantly and adversely affected by monocropping. Crop rotation is the most effective measure to overcome continuous cropping obstacles. However, the mechanisms of how bacterial communities...
Being regarded as one of the environmental problems endangering biodiversity and ecosystem health, acid rain has attracted wide attention. Here, we studied the effects of nitric acid rain (NAR) on the structure and diversity of microbial communities...
Neisseria gonorrhoeae is an obligate human pathogenic bacterium responsible for gonorrhea, a sexually transmitted disease. The bacterial peroxidase, an enzyme present in the periplasm of this bacterium, detoxifies the cells against hydrogen peroxide...
Stringent cleanliness standards govern process fluid transport in integrated circuit (IC) manufacturing. Cavitation-induced surface defects on flow control components promote bacterial adhesion, thereby compromising wafer fabrication. To elucidate th...
Epistasis refers to the way in which genetic interactions between some genetic loci affect phenotypes and fitness. In this study, we propose the concept of “structural epistasis” to emphasize the role of the variable physical interactions...
Pine wilt disease (PWD) caused by the nematode Bursaphelenchus xylophilus is a devastating disease in conifer forests in Eurasia. However, information on the effect of PWD on the host microbial community is limited. In this study, the bacterial commu...
Land subsidence caused by underground coal mining critically influences the structure and function of ecosystems in mining areas. However, knowledge on the aquatic bacterial community structure and interspecies interactions in subsidence lakes are st...
Bacterial communities associated with medicinal plants are an essential part of ecosystems. The rhizosphere effect is rather important in the cultivation process. The purpose of the study was to analyze the rhizosphere effect of oregano (Origanum vul...
Bacterial communities are important components of reservoir ecosystems, participating in and determining the material–energy transformations within reservoirs. The intense material–energy transport during the flood season can cause pertur...
The Yellow River is a valuable resource in the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region and plays a vital role in local human activities and biodiversity. Bacteria are a crucial component of river ecosystems, but the driving factors and assembly mechanisms of b...
Afforestation plays a pivotal role in ecosystem restoration, exemplified by the Saihanba Mechanized Forest Farm, the world’s largest planted forest; however, the assembly mechanisms and interactions of soil microbial communities in such forests...
2 October 2018
Increased exploitation and use of petroleum resources is leading to increased risk of petroleum contamination of soil and groundwater. Although phytoremediation is a widely-used and cost-effective method for rehabilitating soils polluted by petroleum...
Development of three-dimensional scaffolds mimicking in vivo cells’ environment is an ongoing challenge for tissue engineering. Bacterial nano-cellulose (BNC) is a well-known biocompatible material with enormous water-holding capacity. However,...
Despite increasing investigations having studied the changing patterns of soil microbial communities along forest plantation development age sequences, the underlying phylogenetic assemblages are seldom studied for microbial community. Here, the soil...
Odontolabis fallaciosa (Coleoptera: Lucanidae) is a giant and popular stag beetle with striking sexual dimorphism and male trimorphism. However, little is known about their intestinal microbiota, which might play an indispensable role in shaping the...
Changes in crop types and long-term monoculture substantially impact soil microbial communities. Exploring these changes and their influencing factors is of great significance for addressing the challenges posed by continuous cropping. Soil surface l...
The crop rhizosphere is the main site of soil microbial activities. Understanding the structure and diversity of microbial communities in the crop rhizosphere will help us reveal interactions between rhizosphere microorganisms and plant growth. In th...
Diflufenican is a herbicide widely used in agricultural systems, but its effects on soil bacterial communities across different soil depths remain insufficiently understood. In this study, we investigated depth-resolved bacterial community responses...
Different fertilization measures affect the soil’s physical and chemical properties and bacterial community structure, which in turn affects the growth environment and yield of maize seed production. Therefore, rational fertilization measures a...
Remediating water eutrophication is critical for maintaining healthy and sustainable development of lakes. The aim of this study was to explore the seasonal variation in phosphorus (P) speciation and bacterial community structure in sediments of Qin...
The soil microbiome is an important component of wetland ecosystems and plays a pivotal role in nutrient cycling and climate regulation. Nitrogen (N) addition influences the soil’s microbial diversity, composition, and function by affecting the...
Glycosyltransferase (GTs) is a wide class of enzymes that transfer sugar moiety, playing a key role in the synthesis of bacterial exopolysaccharide (EPS) biopolymer. In recent years, increased demand for bacterial EPSs has been observed in pharmaceut...
Phage therapy may represent a viable alternative to antibiotics to inactivate fish pathogenic bacteria. Its use, however, requires the awareness of novel kinetics phenomena not applied to conventional drug treatments. The main objective of this work...
As solar photovoltaic (PV) infrastructure expands across open landscapes, understanding its belowground effects in grassland ecosystems is important for sustainable solar development. PV panels can create spatially heterogeneous microsites by alterin...
The process of bacterial reproduction on surfaces conducive to growth forms colonies, which are defined as physical bodies with functional and environmental effects. This phenomenon can be conceptualized as transforming biological processes into phys...
In the present study, one of the possible methods of the bacterial cellulose processing is proposed via its dissolution in N-methylmorpholine-N-oxide using the stage of mechano-chemical activation of the solid polymer–solvent system. Preliminar...
The root-knot nematode (RKN) disease is a highly destructive soilborne disease that significantly affects peanut yield in Northern China. The composition of the soil microbiome plays a crucial role in plant disease resistance, particularly for soilbo...
Although peanut shells represent an abundant agricultural waste, their high-value utilization potential as a horticultural substrate has not been fully recognized. Meanwhile, horticultural crops such as tomatoes are in urgent demand for high-quality...
Forest fires are one of the significant factors affecting forest ecosystems globally, with their impacts on soil microbial community structure and function drawing considerable attention. This study focuses on the short-term effects of different fire...
12 April 2022
The objective of this study was to explore the seasonal characteristics of rhizoremediation and the bacterial community structure over the course of a year in soil contaminated with diesel oil. The soil was contaminated with diesel oil at a total pet...
Dynamics of bacterial community abundance and structure of a newly established horizontal subsurface flow (HSSF) pilot-scale wetland were studied using high-throughput sequencing and quantitative polymerase chain reaction (PCR) methods. Bacterial com...
Bacteria, like humans, face diverse kinds of stress during life. Oxidative stress, which is produced by cellular metabolism and environmental factors, can significantly damage cellular macromolecules, ultimately negatively affecting the normal growth...
The South-to-North Water Diversion Project (SNWDP) is the largest water transfer project in the world, and its purpose is to relax water constraints in a region facing severe water scarcity. Bacterial communities from these reservoirs are important t...
This paper aims to preliminarily understand the structure and diversity of the bacterial community in the sediments of the Qingshui River, and analyze the differences of dominant bacteria in different river reaches, and identify the influence degree...
Biofilm-associated infections caused by an accumulation of micro-organisms and pathogens significantly impact the environment, health risks, and the global economy. Currently, a non-biocide-releasing superhydrophobic surface is a potential solution f...
Soil texture is a key determinant shaping bacterial communities in vineyard ecosystems, yet how different soil textures modulate bacterial characteristics in rhizosphere versus bulk soils during grapevine growth remains poorly understood. This study...
Biochar has been widely used to ameliorate soil quality and increase crop productivity through enhancement of nutrient availability and microbial community. The Karst yellow soil in China is characterized by severe soil degradation owing to intensive...
Straw returning is an effective means of improving soil structure and increasing soil organic matter content. However, few studies have been conducted on the effects of corn straw returning on the soil microorganism community in soybean crops. In thi...
This study evaluates the effects of a broad-spectrum antibiotic (florfenicol) on antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) and bacterial community structure in aquatic environments. We constructed an indoor aquatic microcosm model, adding different concentr...
To assess the effects of prolonged no-tillage practices on soil health and crop output, an 18-year field study was carried out in the black soil region of Northeast China. We investigated the variations in soil physicochemical properties, bacterial c...
Machine transplanting technology of biodegradable films has solved the problems of the higher cost of artificial film and the serious environmental pollution of polyethylene film residue. Previous studies have shown the positive impact of mulching on...
16 February 2020
The water-level fluctuation zone (WLFZ) is a transitional zone between terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems. Plant communities that are constructed artificially in the WLFZ can absorb and retain nutrients such as nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P). Howeve...
The aim of the present study was to investigate structural modifications and physicochemical properties of bacterial nanocellulose (BNC) pellicles produced statically in a beetroot peel medium as a mixture of C-sources (8% sucrose, 2% glucose, and 0....
The aggregation of proteins compromises cell fitness, either because it titrates functional proteins into non-productive inclusions or because it results in the formation of toxic assemblies. Accordingly, computational proteome-wide analyses suggest...
The emergence of phytopathogenic bacteria resistant to antibacterial agents has rendered previously manageable plant diseases intractable, highlighting the need for safe and environmentally responsible agrochemicals. Inhibition of bacterial cell divi...
Taxodium hybrid Zhongshanshan has been widely planted in the Yangtze River Basin (YRB) for soil and carbon conservation, with quantities over 50 million. The objective of this study was to determine how T. hybrid Zhongshanshan plantations affected so...
Poly-γ-glutamic acid (γ-PGA) can regulate soil physicochemical properties and enhance crop yield. However, the effect of γ-PGA molecular weight (Mw) on plant growth remains unclear. In this study, we investigated the effects of &gam...
In order to achieve the efficient utilization of agricultural by-products and overcome the bottleneck of animal feed shortages in dry seasons, this study utilized corn stover (CS; Zea mays L.) as a material to systematically investigate the dynamic c...
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