Plants are functional macrobes living in a close association with diverse communities of microbes and viruses as complex systems that continuously interact with the surrounding environment. The microbiota within the plant holobiont serves various ess...
Abdominal sepsis triggers the transition of microorganisms from the gut to the peritoneum and bloodstream. Unfortunately, there is a limitation of methods and biomarkers to reliably study the emergence of pathobiomes and to monitor their respective d...
The discovery of profound differences in the brain microbiota of Alzheimer’s disease (AD) patients and age-matched controls (AMCs) raised questions of postmortem contamination and bacterial transport processes which could be informed by microsp...
Wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) are recognised as key hotspots for the dissemination of antimicrobial-resistant bacteria and antimicrobial resistance genes (ARGs). However, studies addressing the role of domestic WWTPs in the spread of resistance...
Walnut dieback can be caused by several fungal pathogenic species, which are associated with symptoms ranging from branch dieback to fruit necrosis and blight, challenging the one pathogen–one disease concept. Therefore, an accurate and extensi...
The intestinal microbiome plays a critical role in host immune function and homeostasis. Patients suffering from—as well as models representing—multiple traumatic injuries, isolated organ system trauma, and various severities of traumatic...
Bartonella bacilliformis (B. bacilliformis), Bartonella henselae (B. henselae), and Bartonella quintana (B. quintana) are bacteria known to cause verruga peruana or bacillary angiomatosis, vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF)-dependent cutaneous...
Foliar fungal diseases are a serious threat to winter wheat production and climate change appears to favor pathogens associated with leaf blotch and tan spot symptoms in the Mediterranean area. The present work aimed to highlight these risks and prop...
This work introduces an alternative workflow for the discovery of novel bacterial biocontrol agents in wheat against Fusarium head blight (FHB). Unlike the mass testing of isolate collections, we started from a diverse inoculum by extracting microbio...
Fusarium basal rot disease (FBR) is a destructive threat to onion crops around the globe. It causes seedlings’ death, development disruption, and pre- and post-harvest bulb infection and rotting, with a concern for toxin infestation. It is an e...
Olive knot disease (OKD) induced by the bacterium Pseudomonas savastanoi pv. savastanoi seriously affects olive production in the Mediterranean basin. Nowadays, the only strategies to control the disease are pruning and the application of cupric...
Phytoplasmas are wall-less, phloem-restricted bacteria responsible for numerous significant plant diseases worldwide. An increasing body of evidence indicates that phytoplasmas can coexist with other pathogens in mixed infections, including various 1...
Microbiota play a pivotal role in holobionts, influencing nutrient intake, growth, and overall health. In this context, microbial dysbiosis of Penaeus stylirostris larvae seem to be associated with huge larval mortalities in hatcheries in New Caledon...
White-gill disease has emerged as one of the major health threats in large yellow croaker Larimichthys crocea (Richardson, 1846) aquaculture, yet its underlying microbial mechanisms remain poorly understood. In this study, we investigated the gut mic...
Critically ill patients have an alteration in the microbiome in which it becomes a disease-promoting pathobiome. It is characterized by lower bacterial diversity, loss of commensal phyla, like Firmicutes and Bacteroidetes, and a domination of pathoge...
Maintaining the high overall health of farmed animals is a central tenant of their well-being and care. Intense animal crowding in aquaculture promotes animal morbidity especially in the absence of straightforward methods for monitoring their health....
Superelongation disease (SED) is a fungal disease that affects cassava in the Caribbean. The symptoms include the appearance of dry necrotic spots and lesions on the leaves, which may severely affect the plant yield. However, the primary causal patho...
The average American today undergoes three inpatient and two outpatient surgical procedures during one’s life, each of which carries with it a risk of post-operative infection. It has long been known that post-operative infections cause signifi...
Antimicrobial multidrug resistance (MDR) is a global challenge, not only for public health, but also for sustainable agriculture. Antibiotics used in humans should be ruled out for use in veterinary or agricultural settings. Applying antimicrobial pe...
Fusarium basal rot (FBR) places a significant limitation on Allium production worldwide. The damage caused by the disease can be observed throughout the entire crop cycle. This research aimed to further our understanding of the impact of FBR on the c...