High-throughput analysis of microbiomes in a meat processing facility: are food processing facilities an establishment niche for persisting bacterial communities? by Zhaohui S. Xu, Vi D. Pham, Xianqin Yang, Michael G. Gänzle

“…Results Culture-dependent and culture-independent approaches revealed a large diversity of microbes within the meat facility, including 74 undescribed bacterial taxa and multiple spoilage-associated microbes. …”
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Microbial Contamination, an Increasing Threat to the Consumption of Fresh Fruits and Vegetables in Today’s World by Gadafi Iddrisu Balali, Denis Dekugmen Yar, Vera Gobe Afua Dela, Priscilla Adjei-Kusi

“…Microbes are found all over the globe with some few exceptions, including sterilized surfaces. …”
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Degradation of High-Concentration Nitrate Nitrogen in Groundwater: A Laboratory Study by Manxi Liu, Lu Xia, Ruinan Liu, Zongjun Gao, Cong Han, Jianguo Feng, Jing Wang, Wanlong Qu, Tongju Xing

“…To investigate effective and reasonable methods for the remediation of nitrate nitrogen pollution in groundwater, two groups of laboratory denitrification experiments were conducted: one on the effect of native denitrifying microbes in groundwater and another on the effect of artificially added denitrifying microbes. …”
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Discovery of reproductive tissue-associated bacteria and the modes of microbiota acquisition in male honey bees (drones) by Alexis Burks, Patrick Gallagher, Kasie Raymann

“…To our knowledge, the existence of microbes in drone reproductive tissues has never been investigated. …”
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The dynamic oral–gastric microbial axis connects oral and gastric health: current evidence and disputes by Mengying Xia, Lei Lei, Linyong Zhao, Wenqing Xu, Hongyu Zhang, Mingming Li, Jiankun Hu, Ran Cheng, Tao Hu

“…Abstract Emerging evidence indicates that oral microbes are closely related to gastric microbes and gastric lesions, including gastric atrophy, intestinal metaplasia and gastric cancer (GC). …”
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The Mycobacterium ulcerans toxin mycolactone causes destructive Sec61-dependent loss of the endothelial glycocalyx and vessel basement membrane to drive skin necrosis by Louise Tzung-Harn Hsieh, Belinda S Hall, Jane Newcombe, Tom A Mendum, Sonia Santana Varela, Yagnesh Umrania, Michael J Deery, Wei Q Shi, Josué Diaz-Delgado, Francisco J Salguero, Rachel E Simmonds

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The contrasted impacts of grasshoppers on soil microbial activities in function of primary production and herbivore diet by Ibanez, Sébastien, Foulquier, Arnaud, Brun, Charles, Colace, Marie-Pascale, Piton, Gabin, Bernard, Lionel, Gallet, Christiane, Clément, Jean-Christophe

“…Herbivory can have contrasted impacts on soil microbes and nutrient cycling, which has stimulated the development of conceptual frameworks exploring the links between below- and aboveground processes. …”
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A mouse model of immunosuppression facilitates oral Candida albicans biofilms, bacterial dysbiosis and dissemination of infection by Raja Veerapandian, Anuja Paudyal, Sarah M. Schneider, Sonny T. M. Lee, Govindsamy Vediyappan, Govindsamy Vediyappan

“…Targeted 16S rRNA and ITS2 amplicon sequencing of microbes from the fecal samples of mice confirmed the above results in the stool samples and revealed an inverse correlation of beneficial microbes in the dysbiosis condition. …”
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Impacts of Floods on the Indoor Air Microbial Burden by Akila Muthalagu, Yang Lian, Rekha M Ravindran, Asif Qureshi

“…Abstract Floods create a conducive environment for the proliferation of microbes in the indoor air by providing nutrients and moisture and by introducing new microbes from outdoors to indoors. …”
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Design and Construction of a Plasma Sterilizing Machine Using Locally Available Materials. by Kule, Joseph Muhana

“…The spread of pathogenic microbes from one individual to another has become a serious problem for many health workers and civilians even when some sources are taken for granted in many developing countries like Uganda. …”
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Bioremediation of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon contaminated Aqueous-Soil matrix: Effect of co-contamination by CN Owabor, OC Onwuemene, I Enaburekhan

“…The soil was sterilized by heating at 120oC for one hour. 100g of the soil was contaminated with lead, chromium, nickel and mercury (40-200mg/l), 200mg/l of naphthalene and finally inoculated with microbes (Bacillus spp and Aspergillus niger). A control experiment containing these microbes, naphthalene but without heavy metals served was also setup. …”
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Bioremediation of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon contaminated Aqueous-Soil matrix: Effect of co-contamination by CN Owabor, OC Onwuemene, I Enaburekhan

“…The soil was sterilized by heating at 120oC for one hour. 100g of the soil was contaminated with lead, chromium, nickel and mercury (40-200mg/l), 200mg/l of naphthalene and finally inoculated with microbes (Bacillus spp and Aspergillus niger). A control experiment containing these microbes, naphthalene but without heavy metals served was also setup. …”
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A Comprehensive Resource for Exploring Antiphage Defense: DefenseFinder Webservice,Wiki and Databases by Tesson, Florian, Planel, Rémi, Egorov, Artyom A, Georjon, Héloïse, Vaysset, Hugo, Brancotte, Bryan, Néron, Bertrand, Mordret, Ernest, Atkinson, Gemma Catherine, Bernheim, Aude, Cury, Jean

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Study of endophytic fungi of Ipomoea pes-caprae reveals the superiority of in situ plant conservation over ex situ conservation from a mycological view by Yu-Hung Yeh, Roland Kirschner

“…However, the impacts of these strategies on the microbes associated with these species are rarely considered. …”
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Influence of the polysaccharide capsule on virulence and fitness of Klebsiella pneumoniae by Lisa Zierke, Rodi Mourad, Thomas P. Kohler, Mathias Müsken, Sven Hammerschmidt

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Identification of Sphingomyelinase on the Surface of Chlamydia pneumoniae: Possible Role in the Entry into Its Host Cells by Tuula A. Peñate Medina, Juha T. Korhonen, Riitta Lahesmaa, Mirja Puolakkainen, Oula Peñate Medina, Paavo K. J. Kinnunen

“…We have recently suggested a novel mechanism, autoendocytosis, for the entry of certain microbes into their hosts, with a key role played by the sphingomyelinase-catalyzed topical conversion of sphingomyelin to ceramide, the differences in the biophysical properties of these two lipids providing the driving force. …”
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Microbial alpha diversity in the intestine negatively correlated with disease duration in patients with Meniere’s disease by Fumihiro Mochizuki, Manabu Komori, Jun Shimizu, Yoshiyuki Sasano, Yusuke Ito, Michael E. Hoffer, Yoshishige Miyabe, Izumi Koizuka

“…Thus, these compositional alterations of gut microbes in patients with MD are associated with inner ear pathologies, such as endolymphatic hydrops, by changing the metabolite profiles in the intestine.…”
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Photo‐inactivation of bacteria in hospital effluent via thiolated iron‐doped nanoceria by Sara Khan, Sulaiman Faisal, Dilawar Farhan Shams, Maryam Zia, Akhtar Nadhman

“…Hospital wastewater is a major contributor of disease‐causing microbes and the emergence of antibiotic resistant bacteria. …”
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Species- and strain-specific microbial modulation of interferon, innate immunity, and epithelial barrier in 2D air–liquid interface respiratory epithelial cultures by Mian Horvath, Ruoyu Yang, Diana Cadena Castaneda, Megan Callender, Elizabeth S. Aiken, Anita Y. Voigt, Ryan Caldwell, José Fachi, Blanda Di Luccia, Zoe Scholar, Peter Yu, Andrew Salner, Marco Colonna, Karolina Palucka, Julia Oh

“…To explore how the microbiome’s biodiversity affects microbe-epithelial interactions, we screened 58 phylogenetically diverse microbes for their transcriptomic effect on human primary bronchial air–liquid interface (ALI) cell cultures. …”
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Toxicity and Bioremediation of Heavy Metals Contaminated Ecosystem from Tannery Wastewater: A Review by Bernard E. Igiri, Stanley I. R. Okoduwa, Grace O. Idoko, Ebere P. Akabuogu, Abraham O. Adeyi, Ibe K. Ejiogu

“…In this regard, recent advances in microbes-base heavy metal have propelled bioremediation as a prospective alternative to conventional techniques. …”
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