Development and characterization of active edible Opuntia mucilage/locust bean gum packaging incorporated with Opuntia cladodes polyphenols by Badreddine Moussaoui, Abdallah Rahali, Tahar Hanafi, Laid Guemou, Kamel Zemour, Ali Riazi, Othmane Merah, Sarra Halis, Ilham Hassouni

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Genetic and Nutritional Dynamics of SynCom in Suppressing Apple Fire Blight by Yejin Lee, Youn Min Ko, Youn-Sig Kwak

“…This study demonstrates that genetic selection using metagenomics can effectively identify microorganisms with potential functional capabilities.…”
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Dissolved organic matter fosters core mercury-methylating microbiomes for methylmercury production in paddy soils by Q. Pu, B. Meng, J.-H. Huang, K. Zhang, K. Zhang, J. Liu, Y. Liu, M. A. Abdelhafiz, M. A. Abdelhafiz, M. A. Abdelhafiz, X. Feng, X. Feng

“…Surprisingly, a core Hg-methylating microbiome was identified that was exclusively associated with MeHg concentration. …”
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Biological and geological characterization of modern biofilms and microbial mats and comparison with similar lithified structures in Colombian Cretaceous formations by Daniela Osorio-Rodriguez, Carlos Alberto Sanchez-Quiñónez

“…Biofilms are microbial aggregates that, in a mature stage, can develop into microbial mats, fibrillar networks that irreversibly bind filaments of cyanobacteria and sediments, inside which it has been identified a stratification with functional groups of microorganisms that coexist, generate symbiotic relationships and potentially modify the characteristics of sediments and sedimentary rocks, particularly in extreme environments. …”
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Biosynthesis of Selenium Nanoparticles and Evaluation of Its Antibacterial Activity against Pseudomonas aeruginosa by Fatemeh Shakeri, Fatemeh Zaboli, Esmail Fattahi, Hamid Babavalian

“…MNPs exhibited antimicrobial functionality against a variety of microbes. Amidst MNPs, SeNPs are one of the most extensively studied. …”
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Metabolic power, volatile compounds, and flavor marker formation mechanisms of three fungi isolated from Fengxiangxing Daqu by Dan Cao, Jiali Lv, Cui Liu, Chengyong Jin, Yongli Zhang, Yuhang Zhang, Wen Zhang

“…IntroductionChinese Daqu is a naturally formed microbial complex, which is the fermenter of Chinese Baijiu. The microorganisms in Chinese Daqu determine the flavor of Chinese Baijiu.MethodsBased on PacBio SMRT ITS sequencing technology, fungal genome de novo sequencing, and Headspace Solid-Phase Micro-extraction/Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry analyzed and identified three fungi, their abundance, volatile compounds, and flavor markers in Daqu.ResultsAspergillus chevalieri, Saccharomycopsis fibuligera, and Thermoascus aurantiacus were the three most abundant fungi, with relative abundances of 5.702, 31.686, and 62.256%, respectively. …”
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Effects of rotation corn on potato yield, quality, and soil microbial communities by Zhicheng Zhang, Zhicheng Zhang, Jiying Sun, Dan Wang, Tuanrong Lin, Yuhe Yin, Wei Wang, Yufeng Wang, Zhen Wang, Longqiu Fan, Xinlei Jiao

“…Additionally, KEGG functional annotation of different treatments revealed that K00239, K00626, K01681, and K01915 were involved in three key metabolic pathways related to carbon and nitrogen. …”
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Integrated microbiome and metabolome approaches reveal the resistant mechanisms of leaf blight resistant plum cultivar by Xinyan Zhou, Yufei Wei, Yu Zhu, Jiaoming Li, Runche Zhou, Qingju Xiao, Ruihong Luo, Shangdong Yang

“…Meanwhile, positive correlations between potential functional microorganisms, metabolites and leaf blight resistant plum cultivar also had been identified. …”
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Application of Technological Solutions for Bioremediation of Soils Contaminated with Heavy Metals by Chernysh Y., Plyatsuk L., Roubik H., Yakhnenko O., Skvortsova P.

“…The expediency of using biological methods lies in the possibility of breeding strains of microorganisms that destroy soil toxicants. However, the efficiency of microbial cultures is not equally high due to a narrow range of favorable conditions for functioning, the risk of manifestation of the phenomenon of degeneration of microorganisms until the required level of soil purification is achieved. …”
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Enhancing Microwave Disinfection: Impact of Sodium Chloride on Microbial Inactivation by Saleh A. Alfawaz, Ibrahim N. Alquaydheb, Amirreza Ghadimi Avval, Sara Ghayouraneh, Samir M. El-Ghazaly, Jianhong Zhou, Yuchun Du

“…The experimental design includes three different power levels to assess their impact on disinfection rates, with durations determined based on extensive preliminary experiments to identify the most effective combinations for microorganism elimination. …”
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Small but crucial: the novel small heat shock protein Hsp21 mediates stress adaptation and virulence in Candida albicans. by François L Mayer, Duncan Wilson, Ilse D Jacobsen, Pedro Miramón, Silvia Slesiona, Iryna M Bohovych, Alistair J P Brown, Bernhard Hube

“…Small heat shock proteins (sHsps) have multiple cellular functions. However, the biological function of sHsps in pathogenic microorganisms is largely unknown. …”
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Bloodstream infections in different stage of reconstitution after first allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation by M. I. Akhmedov, G. A. Klyasova, E. N. Parovichnikova, L. A. Kuzmina, A. V. Fedorova, V. A. Vasil’eva, M. Yu. Drokov, S. M. Kulikov, V. G. Savchenko

“…In total 134 microorganisms were identified: 61.2 % – gram-negative and 38.8 % – gram-positive bacteria. …”
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Gut and intraocular fluid dysbiosis in people with type 2 diabetes-related retinopathy in India: A case for further research by Taraprasad Das, Brijesh Takkar, Shalem R Padakandala, Sisinthy Shivaji

“…Generally, there was an increased abundance of pro-inflammatory and pathogenic microorganisms and a decreased abundance of anti-inflammatory and probiotic microorganisms. …”
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New fungal core microbiome members of the ground nesting bee Andrena vaga: The key to oligolecty? by Hanna Gardein, Silvio Erler, Henri Greil, Andrey Yurkov

“…Hence, yeast associates might be a key factor enabling oligolectic bees to specialise on toxic pollen sources. Other identified yeasts, such as Starmerella bombicola, are discussed in terms of their ecology and functionality. …”
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Clinical Significance of Lung Microbiota and Experience of the Inhaled Antibacterial Therapy in Children of the Omsk Cystic Fibrosis Center (Сase Series) by Elena B. Pavlinova, Aleksandra G. Mingairova, Tat’yana I. Safonova, Irina A. Kirshina, Zul’fiya A. Zakirova, Tat’yana Yu. Korneeva, Anna A. Shevlyakova, Tat’yana Ya. Lapunova, Ol’ga P. Arkhipova, Natal’ya Yu. Vlasenko, Natal’ya A. Polyanskaya, Ol’ga A. Savchenko, Veniamin I. Demchenko

“…An association of microorganisms was identified from the majority of bacterial cultures of cystic fibrosis patients’ sputum (66.7%). …”
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Dynamic development of gut microbiota and metabolism during and after weaning of kittens by Hong Zhang, Yang Ren, Siyu Wei, Hongli Jin, Yizhen Wang, Mingliang Jin

“…Conclusion Our study demonstrated that the composition and function of intestinal microorganisms as well as serum metabolic profiles of weaned kittens presented dynamic changes. …”
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Secondary metabolite biosynthetic gene clusters and microbial diversity as predicted by shotgun metagenomic sequencing approach in hospitals and pharmaceutical industry wastes by Niguse Kelile Lema, Mesfin Tafesse Gemeda, Adugna Abdi Woldesemayat

“…Across all samples, Pedobacter and Pseudomonas were consistently the most dominant bacterial genera. Functional analysis using gene ontology (GO) annotations highlighted the predominance of metabolic and biosynthetic processes. …”
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IL-4 Receptor-Alpha Signalling of Intestinal Epithelial Cells, Smooth Muscle Cells, and Macrophages Plays a Redundant Role in Oxazolone Colitis by Jennifer Claire Hoving, Roanne Keeton, Maxine A. Höft, Mumin Ozturk, Patricia Otieno-Odhiambo, Frank Brombacher

“…However, the cell populations responsible for regulating the severity of disease onset through IL-4Rα in colitis are yet to be identified. By deleting IL-4Rα on specific cell subsets shown to play a role in mediating colitis, we determined their role in a loss of function approach. …”
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Features of Microbiocenoses of Various Biotopes in Women as Potential Miscarriage Risk Factor by A. E. Goncharov, S. V. Rischuk, B. I. Aslanov, E. A. Lebedeva, D. V. Azarov, A. S. Mokhov, Yu. A. Artemova, M. V. Tabolkina, A. A. Meltser, T. V. Osmirko, A. V. Tushina

“…As a result of the study, a number of taxonomic groups of microorganisms in the vagina and intestines associated with miscarriage. …”
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Disinfection Performance Improvement of UV Reactor by Baffle Design by Nakwon Jo, Woochul Hwang

“…This method was implemented as a user-defined function and integrated into the commercial CFD software ANSYS CFX 2023R1. …”
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