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Ecological dependencies and the illusion of cooperation in microbial communities
(2024)Ecological dependencies - where organisms rely on other organisms for survival - are a ubiquitous feature of life on earth. Multicellular hosts rely on symbionts to provide essential vitamins and amino acids. Legume plants ... -
Ecological selection of siderophore-producing microbial taxa in response to heavy metal contamination
(2018)Some microbial public goods can provide both individual and community-wide benefits, and are open to exploitation by non-producing species. One such example is the production of metaldetoxifying siderophores. Here, we ... -
Effect of intranasal administration of Semliki Forest virus recombinant particles expressing interferon-beta on the progression of experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Microbiology, 2006)Multiple sclerosis (MS) is an autoimmune demyelinating disease of the CNS, characterized by the presence of sclerotic lesions throughout the brain. MS is thought to be a CD4+ T helper 1 disease caused by the infiltration ... -
Emergence of the Epidemic Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Strain USA300 Coincides with Horizontal Transfer of the Arginine Catabolic Mobile Element and speG-mediated Adaptations for Survival on Skin.
(2013)The arginine catabolic mobile element (ACME) is the largest genomic region distinguishing epidemic USA300 strains of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) from other S. aureus strains. However, the functional ... -
Engineering Saccharomyces pastorianus for the co-utilisation of xylose and cellulose from biomass.
(2015)Background Lignocellulosic biomass is a viable source of renewable energy for bioethanol production. For the efficient conversion of biomass into bioethanol, it is essential that sugars from both the cellulose and ... -
Epidemiology of Streptococcus agalactiae (Group B Streptococci) in Dublin Maternity Hospitals
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Microbiology, 2002)Streptococcus agalactiae (Group B Streptococci) are Gram-positive encapsulated cocci distinguished from other streptococci by their narrower zones of P-haemolysis. Group B Streptococci (GBS) was first described as an ... -
Establishing Boundaries: The Relationship That Exists between Intestinal Epithelial Cells and Gut-Dwelling Bacteria.
(2019)The human gastrointestinal (GI) tract is a highly complex organ in which various dynamic physiological processes are tightly coordinated while interacting with a complex community of microorganisms. Within the GI tract, ... -
Evolutionary Genomics of Staphylococcus aureus Reveals Insights into the Origin and Molecular Basis of Ruminant Host Adaptation
(Oxford University Press, 2010)Phenotypic biotyping has traditionally been used to differentiate bacteria occupying distinct ecological niches such as host species. For example, the capacity of Staphylococcus aureus from sheep to coagulate ruminant ... -
Expression of a cloned Staphylococcus aureus alpha-hemolysin determinant in Bacillus subtilis and Staphylococcus aureus
(1983)A DNA sequence encoding Staphylococcus aureus alpha-hemolysin, which had been previously cloned and mapped in Escherichia coli K-12, was introduced into Bacillus subtilis BD170 and several strains of S. aureus by using ... -
Extracellular enzyme synthesis in a sporulation-deficient strain of Bacillus licheniformis.
(American Society for Microbiology, 1995)A deletion of the spoIIAC gene of Bacillus licheniformis was prepared in vitro by using the splicing-by-overlapextension technique. This gene was introduced into B. licheniformis on a temperature-sensitive plasmid, and ... -
A family of cyclophilin-like molecular chaperones in Plasmodium falciparum
(2012)The cyclophilins are a large family of proteins implicated in folding, transport and regulation of other proteins and are potential drug targets in cancer and in some viral and parasitic infections. The functionality of ... -
Fermentation innovation through complex hybridization of wild and domesticated yeasts
(2019)The most common fermented beverage, lager beer, is produced by interspecies hybrids of the brewing yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae and its wild relative S. eubayanus. Lager-brewing yeasts are not the only example of hybrid ... -
Ferret airway epithelial cell cultures support efficient replication of influenza B virus but not mumps virus.
(2015)Ferrets have become the model animal of choice for influenza pathology and transmission experiments as they are permissive and susceptible to human influenza A viruses. However, inoculation of ferrets with mumps virus (MuV) ...