Endophytes: Colonization, Behaviour, and Their Role in Defense Mechanism by Anteneh Ademe Mengistu

“…Microbes enhance disease resistance through induced systemic resistance (ISR), and Bacillus cereus triggers ISR against Botrytis cinerea through an accumulation of the PR1 protein and activates MAPK signaling and WRKY53 gene expression by the JA/ET signaling pathway. …”
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How Bacteria-Induced Apoptosis of Intestinal Epithelial Cells Contributes to Mucosal Inflammation by Martin Hausmann

“…If autophagy is directed against microbes it is termed xenophagy. Inhibition of xenophagy has been shown to decrease cell survival. …”
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Rhizospheric Microflora Escalating Aroma Constituents and Yield Attributes in Ocimum tenuiflorum (L.) cv. CIM-Ayu by Shilpi Khare Saikia, Rakesh Pandey

“…The exploration of rhizospheric microbial flora for crop yield enhancement is well established. Rhizospheric microbes influence the plant physiology by imparting several beneficial effects, namely, Nitrogen fixation, increased nutrient uptake, and secondary metabolites production on their host plants. …”
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Uropygial gland microbiota of nearctic−neotropical migrants vary with season and migration distance by Leanne A. Grieves, Gregory B. Gloor

“…The uropygial gland is an important source of chemical cues and harbours diverse microbes that could mediate chemical communication in birds, so determining the factors most important in shaping host microbiota should improve our understanding of microbially-mediated chemical communication. …”
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Vaginal Microbiota and the Use of Probiotics by Sarah Cribby, Michelle Taylor, Gregor Reid

“…The human vagina is inhabited by a range of microbes from a pool of over 50 species. Lactobacilli are the most common, particularly in healthy women. …”
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Immune Evasion Strategies of Trypanosoma cruzi by Ana Flávia Nardy, Célio Geraldo Freire-de-Lima, Alexandre Morrot

“…Microbes have evolved a diverse range of strategies to subvert the host immune system. …”
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Clot Formation in the Sipunculid Worm Themiste petricola: A Haemostatic and Immune Cellular Response by Tomás Lombardo, Guillermo A. Blanco

“…During formation of the clot, microbes or small particles are entrapped. Phagocytosis of self and non-self particles shed from the clot occurs at the clot neighbourhood, demonstrating that clotting is the initial phase of a well-orchestrated dual haemostatic and immune cellular response.…”
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Guards and decoys: RIPoptosome and inflammasome pathway regulators of bacterial effector-triggered immunity. by Haleema Sadia Malik, James B Bliska

“…Virulent microbes produce proteins that interact with host cell targets to promote pathogenesis. …”
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Isolation, Identification, and Characterization of Bacterial Isolates in Garlic, Ginger, Pepper, and Turmeric Commonly Traded Within Ilorin, Kwara State, Nigeria by A. E. Ajiboye, M. O. Jimoh, B. A. Hammed, T. E. Adesokan

“… Food condiments/spices consisting of leaves, flowers, seeds or stems of plants are food additives that add special aromas and flavors to food thereby increasing its taste but could harbor an array of microbes. Hence, the objective of this paper was to isolate, identify, and characterize the bacterial isolates in food condiments (Garlic, Ginger, Pepper, and Turmeric) commonly traded within Ilorin, Kwara State, Nigeria using various standard microbial techniques. …”
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Toxicity of Ulva lactuca and green fabricated silver nanoparticles against mosquito vectors and their impact on the genomic DNA of the dengue vector Aedes aegypti by Al Thabiani Aziz

“…This could further contribute to further research helping future generations to be free from these deadly disease‐causing vectors and pathogenic microbes.…”
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Plant-Derived Iron Nanoparticles for Removal of Heavy Metals by Deepika Thilakan, Jaie Patankar, Srushti Khadtare, Nilesh S. Wagh, Jaya Lakkakula, Khalid Mohamed El-Hady, Saiful Islam, Md. Rabiul Islam, Mohd Shahnawaz Khan, Nouf Omar Alafaleq, Mohammad Tarique

“…Nanoparticle synthesis has seen exponential development recently as its characteristics of high surface area, high rate of adsorption, and easy, cost-effective synthesis have been exploited for the purpose of ground water purification via the removal of organic and inorganic compounds, along with the removal of heavy metals and microbes. The synthesis of Zero-Valent Iron Nanoparticles (ZVI NPs) by green methods has proved to be environmentally friendly in many ways as it employs the use of naturally occurring plant extracts. …”
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Resistance and resilience of soil microbiomes under climate change by Julia A. Boyle, Bridget K. Murphy, Ingo Ensminger, John R. Stinchcombe, Megan E. Frederickson

“…Additionally, we found evidence that symbiotic groups of microbes important to plant performance respond in diverse ways to climate treatments and their legacy, suggesting plants may be impacted by past climatic events like drought and warming, even if they do not experience the event themselves.…”
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Using moss as a bio-indicator to evaluate soil quality in litchi orchard. by Siyu Chen, Yan Sun, Da Yang, Shangdong Yang, Tian Liang, Hongwei Tan

“…Therefore, soil chemical and biological properties, microbial community structures and the metabolic functions of microbes in soils between moss- and non-moss-growth areas were analyzed using traditional and high-throughput sequencing technologies. …”
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Pest Status of Subfamily Lymantriinae (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Noctuoidea): Review by Amritpal Singh Kaleka, Gagan Preet Kour Bali

“…Mango fruit rot caused by insects and microbes has become a significant threat to mango production in Southeast Asia and worldwide. …”
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Microbially produced imidazole propionate impairs prostate cancer progression through PDZK1 by Shengkai Jin, Yuhua Zhou, Jing Lv, Yichen Lu, Yuwei Zhang, Menglu Li, Ninghan Feng

“…Abstract Background A close relationship exists between castration-resistant prostate cancer (CRPC) and histidine metabolism by gut microbes. However, the effects of the histidine metabolite imidazole propionate (IMP) on prostate cancer (PCa) and its underlying mechanisms are not well understood. …”
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Enteric coating of granules containing the probiotic Lactobacillus acidophilus by Pyar Hassan, Peh Kok-Khiang

“…In addition, the enteric coating using Eudragit L30D-55 could protect probiotics from the acidic gastric environment and enhance the bioactivity of probiotics along with replacement of pathogenic microbes in human intestine…”
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Defining Established and Emerging Microbial Risks in the Aquatic Environment: Current Knowledge, Implications, and Outlooks by Neil J. Rowan

“…It specifically focuses on current knowledge, future outlooks and offers some potential alleviation strategies that may reduce or eliminate the risk of problematic microbes in their viable but nonculturable (VBNC) state and Cryptosporidium oocysts in the aquatic environment. …”
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Prevalence and dynamics of antimicrobial resistance in pioneer and developing Arctic soils by Shamik Roy, Robin A. Dawson, James A. Bradley, Marcela Hernández

“…Our analyses suggest a strong positive relationship between soil age and ARGs and ARB, which we attribute to increased competition between microbes in older soils. We also observed a strong negative relationship between soil age and ARG diversity mediated by soil organic matter – suggesting facilitation due to the alleviation of nutrient limitation. …”
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Geographic Distribution Patterns of Soil Microbial Community Assembly Process in Mangrove Constructed Wetlands, Southeast China by Ping Hu, Qiong Yang

“…Wetland plants, on the other hand, together with their inter-root microbes, significantly affect the ecological functions of constructed wetlands. …”
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The Biosorption of Copper(II) Using a Natural Biofilm Formed on the Stones from the Metro River, Malang City, Indonesia by Andi Kurniawan, Siti Mariyah Ulfa, Chamidah Chamidah

“…Biofilm is the predominant habitat of microbes in aquatic ecosystems. Microhabitat inside the biofilm matrix is a nutrient-rich environment promoted by the adsorption of nutrient ions from the surrounding water. …”
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