Microbiome turnover during offspring development varies with maternal care, but not moult, in a hemimetabolous insect by Cheutin, Marie-Charlotte, Boucicot, Manon, Meunier, Joël

“…The ecological success of insects often depends on their association with beneficial microbes. However, insect development involves repeated moults, which can have dramatic effects on their microbial communities. …”
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Efficacy of vermicompost amended and bacterial diversity on plant growth and pathogen control by Raghda Zuhair, Abdel Naeim Al-Assiuty, Mohamed Khalil, Wesam Salama

“…Purpose Organic solid wastes contain tremendous amounts of nutrients and beneficial microbes that cause environmental problems, such as pollution and shortage of dumping sites. …”
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Evaluation of different levels of effective microorganism treated teff straw supplementation with concentrate feed on nutrient utilization and performance of yearling local lambs by Abito Asres, Yeshambel Mekuriaw, Likawent Yeheyis

“…Results: According to the results of the study, the CP content of the teff straw treated with different concentrations of beneficial microbes was marginally higher than that of the teff straw that was left untreated. …”
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The impact of aging on neutrophil functions and the contribution to periodontitis by Zi Wang, Anish Saxena, Wenbo Yan, Silvia M. Uriarte, Rafael Siqueira, Xin Li

“…Neutrophils are crucial in maintaining a balanced response between host and microbes to prevent periodontal diseases in periodontal tissues. …”
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In Vitro Antioxidant and Antimicrobial Properties of Composite Flour Formulations Developed Using Selected Local Grain Varieties by T. P. Sathsara S. Perera, Pahan I. Godakumbura, M. A. B. Prashantha, S. B. Navaratne

“…The ethanol extracts of flour formulations exhibited higher susceptibility to tested microbes than that of water extracts while agar well diffusion resulted significantly high inhibition against pathogenic bacteria than that of agar disk diffusion method (p<0.05). …”
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Biogenic Synthesis of Copper and Silver Nanoparticles Using Green Alga Botryococcus braunii and Its Antimicrobial Activity by Anju Arya, Khushbu Gupta, Tejpal Singh Chundawat, Dipti Vaya

“…The spread of infectious diseases and the increase in the drug resistance among microbes has forced the researchers to synthesize biologically active nanoparticles. …”
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Ethnopharmacology, Biological Evaluation, and Chemical Composition of Ziziphus spina-christi (L.) Desf.: A Review by Mahmoud Dogara Abdulrahman, Ali Muhammad Zakariya, Harmand A. Hama, Saber W. Hamad, Sawsan S. Al-Rawi, Sarwan W. Bradosty, Ahmad H. Ibrahim

“…From the 186 research articles reviewed, we revealed the leaf extract to be significant against free radicals, microbes, parasites, inflammation-related cases, obesity, and cancer. …”
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Priming of prosopis cineraria (L.) druce and acacia tortilis (forssk) seeds with fulvic acid extracted from compost to improve germination and seedling vigor by S. Gill, A. Al-Shankiti

“…The material was inoculated with a consortium of microbes leading to form stable and mature compost with high organic matter (38%). …”
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Effect of weed residue application on rice-straw decomposition and soil fungi-to-bacteria ratios by Jin-Feng Lin, Yoshitaka Uchida

“…The objective of this study was to evaluate whether the addition of weeds that naturally grow in rice paddy ecosystems could accelerate the decomposition rate of rice straw. The microbes that contribute to the decomposition process were also investigated.Method Trifolium pratense (clover) and Rumex obtusifolius (bitter dock) both alone and in combination were decomposed along with rice-straw litterbags in rice paddy soils. …”
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Separating and Characterizing Functional Nitrogen Degraders via Magnetic Nanoparticle-Mediated Isolation by Yujiao Sun, Meng Yin, Danyang Zheng, Lei Wang, Xiaohui Zhao, Jie Li

“…Magnetic nanoparticle-mediated isolation (MMI) is a new method for isolating active functional microbes from complex microorganisms without substrate labeling. …”
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Characterizing the hindgut microbiome in healthy and ketotic cows by Zhihua Ju, Rongling Li, Wenhao Liu, Qiang Jiang, Jinpeng Wang, Yaran Zhang, Xiuge Wang, Yao Xiao, Chunhong Yang, Xiaochao Wei, Yaping Gao, Jinming Huang

“…These results improve our understanding of rectal microbes, and may help prevent ketosis in cows.…”
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Probiotics in the Management of Atopic Dermatitis for Children: A Case-Based Review by Ashila Putri Disamantiaji, Endang Farihatul Izza, Muhamad Faza Soelaeman, Tannia Sembiring, Melva Louisa

“…Several studies have hypothesized that alteration of gut-colonizing microbes might have induced and conditioned the development of the disease. …”
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Drug Target Identification and Elucidation of Natural Inhibitors for : An Study by Surya Narayan Rath, Manisha Ray, Animesh Pattnaik, Sukanta Kumar Pradhan

“…Environmental microbes like Bordetella petrii has been established as a causative agent for various infectious diseases in human. …”
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Production of Toxic Volatile Trimethylbismuth by the Intestinal Microbiota of Mice by Britta Huber, Philip Dammann, Christine Krüger, Petra Kirsch, Beatrix Bialek, Roland A. Diaz-Bone, Reinhard Hensel

“…The biotransformation of metals and metalloids into their volatile methylated derivatives by microbes growing under anaerobic conditions (e.g., the mammalian intestinal microbiota) plays an important role in spreading these compounds in the environment. …”
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Differences in immune status and fecal SCFA between Indonesian stunted children and children with normal nutritional status. by Ingrid S Surono, Fasli Jalal, Syukrini Bahri, Andreas Romulo, Pratiwi Dyah Kusumo, Erida Manalu, Yusnita, Koen Venema

“…These metabolites correlated with a number of different microbial taxa, but due to extensive cross-feeding between microbes, did not show a specific pattern. However, the energy-loss due to higher excretion in stunted children of these metabolites, which can be used as substrate for the host, is striking. …”
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Host dispersal relaxes selective pressures in rafting microbiomes and triggers successional changes by William S. Pearman, Grant A. Duffy, Robert O. Smith, Kim I. Currie, Neil J. Gemmell, Sergio E. Morales, Ceridwen I. Fraser

“…We find that once dislodged from coastal shores and adrift, kelp-associated microbial communities change profoundly—the core microbes found on attached kelp give way to a few abundant taxa and many rare taxa. …”
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Alterations of the Gut Microbiome in Chinese Zhuang Ethnic Patients with Sepsis by Jieyang Yu, Hongping Li, Jingjie Zhao, Yanhua Huang, Chunlei Liu, Pengfei Yang, Dinggui Lu, Jian Song, Lingzhang Meng

“…In particular, the enrichment of Bilophila, Burkholderia, Corynebacterium, and Porphyromonas, along with the reduced abundance of a large number of short-chain fatty acid-producing microbes, including Roseburia, Bifidobacterium, Faecalibacterium, Coprococcus, Blautia, Clostridium, Ruminococcus, and Anaerostipe was observed in patients with sepsis compared to the control group. …”
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Long-term impact of tillage on microbial communities of an Eastern European Chernozem by Horia Domnariu, Kristin M. Trippe, Florina Botez, Elena Partal, Carmen Postolache

“…Abstract As conservation agricultural practices continue to spread, there is a need to understand how reduced tillage impacts soil microbes. Effects of no till (NT) and disk till (DT) relative to moldboard plow (MP) were investigated in a long-term experiment established on Chernozem. …”
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Functional diversity of bacteria in various saline soil plant vegetations around Sialang Buah Coast, North Sumatra, Indonesia by Mariani Sembiring, Juli M. Hutahuruk, Dwi Ningsih Susilowati, Erny Yuniarti, T. Sabrina, Luthfi A. Mahmud Siregar

“…For optimal growth, soil microbes face limiting factors such as temperature, moisture, pH, and salinity levels. …”
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Recent Advances in Biopesticide Research and Development with a Focus on Microbials [version 4; peer review: 3 approved, 1 approved with reservations] by Dennis Ndolo, Jing Ge, Debbie Muir, Lawrence Malinga, Kahsay Tadesse Mawcha

“…Biopesticides are pest control products derived from natural sources such as microbes, macro-organisms (insects and pathogens), plant extracts, and certain minerals. …”
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