Community structure and diversity of myxobacteria in soils from Inner Mongolia, China by Zhihua Wu, Zhihua Wu, Songyuan Li, Xuehan Wang, Xuehan Wang, Huirong Liu

“…Myxobacteria are a special kind of Gram-negative bacteria that can slide and produce a variety of bioactive substances against bacteria, fungi, and viruses. …”
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Phenotypic and genetic extended spectrum beta lactamase profiles of bacterial isolates from ICU in tertiary level hospital in Kenya [version 2; peer review: 2 approved] by Edwin O. Magomere, Lucy Muchiri, Leon Otieno, Frank G. Onyambu, Ali Kassim, Job Mwale, Brian Maina

“…Their vulnerable immunity predisposes them to developing bacteria-associated sepsis, deteriorating their already fragile health. …”
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Dose-dependent effects of apple pectin on alleviating high fat-induced obesity modulated by gut microbiota and SCFAs by Yuanyuan Zhao, Jinfeng Bi, Jianyong Yi, Jian Peng, Qiancheng Ma

“…Moreover, abundance of obesity-related bacteria Coriobacteriaceae, and pectin-degradating bacteria, Faecalibaculum, Ruminococcus were significantly increased with pectin dosage increased, and the R2 were 0.936, 0.963 and 0.937, respectively. …”
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The Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae protein Mhp274 elicits mucosal and systemic immune responses in mice by Mengqi Xie, Zhongshun Huang, Yun Zhang, Yujie Gan, Huiying Li, Dan Li, Honglei Ding

“…Finally, lymphocyte proliferation after stimulation with corresponding proteins or crude extract of M. hyopneumoniae J strain was assessed.ResultsWe successfully constructed recombinant bacteria expressing rMhp170, rMhp274, and rMhp336. …”
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Comparative Genomics Analysis of Plasmid pPV989-94 from a Clinical Isolate of Pantoea vagans PV989 by Lei Xu, Min Yin, Tingyuan Zhu, Yabo Liu, Yuanyuan Ying, Junwan Lu, Chaoqing Lin, Jianchao Ying, Teng Xu, Liyan Ni, Qiyu Bao, Shunfei Lu

“…Homologues of R4′ were found in other plasmids or chromosomes, suggesting that horizontal gene transfer (HGT) occurred among different bacteria of various species or genera. The acquired functional genes may play important roles in the adaptation of bacteria to different hosts or environmental conditions.…”
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Biofilmed-PGPR: Next-Generation Bioinoculant for Plant Growth Promotion in Rice under Changing Climate by Jeberlin Prabina Bright, Hemant S. Maheshwari, Sugitha Thangappan, Kahkashan Perveen, Najat A. Bukhari, Debasis Mitra, Riyaz Sayyed, Andrea Mastinu

“…The exopolysaccharide matrix of diazotrophic cyanobacteria was used to integrate phosphorus (P) and potassium (K) solubilizing bacteria, enhancing the survival of plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria, and ultimately the survival of bacteria in the rhizosphere for better plant growth. …”
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Effects of Yam Powder Produced by Different Drying Ways on the Quality and Antioxidant Activity of Greek Style Yogurt during Refrigeration by Rongkun MA, Zhongyi ZHANG, Shangzhen CHENG

“…Compared to the blank (control) group, the three types of yam powder significantly increased the acidity, cohesion, viscosity, polyphenol content, iron reducing ability, and DPPH radical scavenging rate of Greek style yogurt (P<0.05), increased the water holding capacity and lactic acid bacteria count to some extent, but significantly reduced its total solid content (P<0.05). …”
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The Vibrio type VI secretion system induces intestinal macrophage redistribution and enhanced intestinal motility by Julia S. Ngo, Piyush Amitabh, Jonah G. Sokoloff, Calvin Trinh, Travis J. Wiles, Karen Guillemin, Raghuveer Parthasarathy

“…In addition to illuminating host-directed actions of the widespread T6SS protein apparatus, our findings highlight how localized bacteria-induced injury can reshape neuro-immune cellular dynamics to impact whole-organ physiology.IMPORTANCEGut microbes, whether beneficial, harmful, or neutral, can have dramatic effects on host activities. …”
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Metagenomic Sequencing Combined with Metabolomics to Explore Gut Microbiota and Metabolic Changes in Mice with Acute Myocardial Infarction and the Potential Mechanism of Allicin by Gao Y, Qin G, Liang S, Yin J, Wang B, Jiang H, Liu M, Luo F, Li X

“…Further analysis demonstrated that the administration of allicin has the potential to ameliorate intestinal flora disorder following AMI by modulating the abundance of beneficial bacteria, such as g_Lactobacillus, g_Prevotella, g_Alistipes, and g_Limosilactobacillus, while reducing the abundance of harmful bacteria g_Parasutterella. …”
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Multi-omics mechanical analysis of gut microbiota, carboxylic acids, and cardiac gene expression interaction triggering diabetic cardiomyopathy by Meixin Shi, Bingbing Zhao, Wenjie Cai, Hui Yuan, Xiao Liang, Zhitao Li, Xinyu Liu, Ye Jin, Xi Liu, Can Wei

“…According to metagenomics, the gut microbiota of mice in the db/db group were disrupted, and particularly Lachnospiraceae bacteria and Oscillospiraceae bacteria significantly decreased. …”
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Effect of cooked rice with added fructo-oligosaccharide on faecal microorganisms investigated by in vitro digestion and fermentation by Fei Pei, Wen Li, Xiaolei Ni, Xinyang Sun, Yijun Yao, Yong Fang, Wenjian Yang, Qiuhui Hu

“…In addition, the FCR showed the advantage of promoting beneficial bacteria, such as Bifidobacterium and Lactobacillus, and inhibiting harmful bacteria, such as Bacteroides and Klebsiella compared to the CR. …”
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Shaping the human gut microbiota: The role of canine companionship, lifestyle choices, and Blastocystis sp. by Zuzana Pavlíčková, Barbora Pafčo, Vladislav Ilík, Lee O'Brien Andersen, Milan Jirků, Kristýna Brožová, David Modrý, Oldřiška Kadlecová, Christen Rune Stensvold, Kateřina Jirků

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Increased TLR4 Expression Aggravates Sepsis by Promoting IFN-γ Expression in CD38−/− Mice by Qi Li, Chenyi Wu, Zhenlong Liu, Huiqing Zhang, Yuna Du, Yuxiang Liu, Kuangyu Song, Qiaofa Shi, Rong Li

“…Lipopolysaccharide (LPS) is an endotoxin in Gram-negative bacteria and is recognized specifically by TLR4, which initiates innate immune response. …”
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Bloodstream Infections in Critical Care Units in England, April 2017 to March 2023: Results from the First Six Years of a National Surveillance Programme by Olivia D. Conroy, Andrea Mazzella, Hannah Choi, Jocelyn Elmes, Matt Wilson, Dimple Y. Chudasama, Sarah M. Gerver, Miroslava Mihalkova, Andrew Rhodes, A. Peter R. Wilson, Nicholas Brown, Jasmin Islam, Russell Hope

“…Results: The rates of CCU-BSIs and CCU-CVC-BSIs were stable for the first three years (3.6 and 1.7 per 1000 bed-days in 2019/20), before increasing by 75% and 94% in 2020/21, respectively, and returning to near pre-pandemic levels by 2022/23. Gram-negative bacteria accounted for 50.3% of all CCU-BSIs, followed by Gram-positive bacteria (39.6%) and <i>Candida</i> spp. (8.6%). …”
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Valorization of vermicompost with bacterial fermented chicken feather hydrolysate for the yield improvement of tomato plant: A novel organic combination by Ishita Biswas, Debasis Mitra, Ansuman Senapati, Debanjan Mitra, Sourav Chattaraj, Murshed Ali, Goutam Basak, Periyasamy Panneerselvam, Pradeep K. Das Mohapatra

“…Method Feather degrading bacteria were isolated and characterized using 16s-rDNA sequencing, and assessed for biochemical reactions, growth-promoting attributes and keratinase activity. …”
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Antimicrobial and ADME properties of methoxylated, methylated and nitrated 2-hydroxynaphthalene-1 carboxanilides by Lucia Vrablova, Tomas Gonec, Tereza Kauerova, Michal Oravec, Izabela Jendrzejewska, Peter Kollar, Alois Cizek, Josef Jampilek

“…All the compounds were evaluated for antibacterial activities against Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria and mycobacteria. Cytotoxicity on human cells was also tested. …”
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Direct and indirect effects of land use on microbiomes of trap-nesting solitary bee larvae and nests by Birte Peters, Birte Peters, Birte Peters, Sara Diana Leonhardt, Michael Schloter, Alexander Keller

“…The Shannon diversity of bacteria in nest materials (larval pollen provision, soil nest enclosure) and larval guts decreased with increasing land use intensity. …”
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Banana plant waste composting through microbial inoculation and its performance in spinach by Likhesh Kumar Verma, Kishan Kumar Raj, Dippal, Safina Ismail, Tapas Chowdhury, Ravindra Soni

“…Method: Banana plant waste and vegetable waste composting were evaluated through microbial inoculation with bacteria Pseudomonas aeruginosa AMBCD-1 and yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae) for about 45 days. …”
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Methionine-driven methylation modification overcomes plasmid-mediated high-level tigecycline resistance by Dan Fang, Tianqi Xu, Fulei Li, Yue Sun, Jingyi Sun, Yanqing Yin, Haijie Zhang, Zhiqiang Wang, Yuan Liu

“…Consistently, the potentiation of Met to tigecycline is abolished in tet(X4)-carrying E. coli Δdcm but restored in dcm-complementary bacteria, which encodes DNA-cytosine methyltransferase. …”
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Four Novel <i>Caudoviricetes</i> Bacteriophages Isolated from Baltic Sea Water Infect Colonizers of <i>Aurelia aurita</i> by Melissa Stante, Nancy Weiland-Bräuer, Urska Repnik, Almut Werner, Marc Bramkamp, Cynthia M. Chibani, Ruth A. Schmitz

“…While the crucial relevance of bacteria to host fitness is well known, bacteriophages have often been neglected. …”
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