New biofilm discovery may pave way to undermining antibiotic-resistant Pseudomonas
The bacterium known as Pseudomonas aeruginosa is an unwelcome visitor in the human body. Serious infections can result…
High-resolution profiling of bacterial and fungal communities using pangenome-informed taxon-specific long-read amplicons | Microbiome
Song S, Liu Y, Wang NR, Haney CH. Mechanisms in plant-microbiome interactions: lessons from model systems. Curr Opin…
Scientists uncover the gut’s hidden hydrogen engine and how it falters in Crohn’s disease
A global research team has pinpointed the enzyme fueling hydrogen production in healthy guts and shown how its…
Natural sex reversal imparts permanent compositional changes to the swamp eel gonadal microbiome | Microbiome
Fish maintenance and trial design The sourcing of swamp eel and the rearing procedures employed in this study…
Endophytic bacterial communities associated with halophytic plants in kebili and Gabes regions of Southern Tunisia | BMC Microbiology
Physicochemical characteristics of soil of five locations in Tunisia As described in the Materials and Methods, we assessed…
Whole-genome sequencing reveals resistance mechanisms and molecular epidemiology of carbapenem-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa bloodstream infections | BMC Microbiology
Risk factors and outcomes of patients with CRPA BSIs The baseline characteristics of 61 patients with P. aeruginosa…
Leveraging the microbiome to promote healthy living and aging
From probiotic pills to skincare products to dedicated meal plans, the microbiome is all the rage in the…
Gut microbiota related steroid hormone biosynthesis provide novel insights into high-salt diet related renal injury vit gut-kidney axis | BMC Microbiology
High salt intake is a risk factor for CKD and even hypertension [16]. The non-pharmacological strategy of diet…
The effects of the secondary metabolites of the citrus endophytic fungus Nemania sp. LJZ-Y-11 on the citrus canker disease-causing pathogen Xanthomonas citri subsp. citri | BMC Microbiology
Reagents and equipment Beef extract and bacteriological peptone purchased from Guangdong Huankai Microbial Sci. & Tech. Co., Ltd.,…
Quorum quenching by endophytic Bacillus cereus AL1: a lactonase-based anti-virulence strategy against Pseudomonas aeruginosa | BMC Microbiology
Collection of plant samples A total of ten plants were collected from the Orman Botanical Garden (30°01′45.12″ N,…
Study reveals how gut fungi influence the brain’s dopamine response to alcohol
Researchers at Tufts University School of Medicine and Tufts Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences have found a surprising…
Determinants of timely malaria treatment among under-five children attending public health facilities in Kisumu East sub-county, Kenya: a health facility-based cross-sectional study | Malaria Journal
Conceptual framework This study employed Levesque et al. Conceptual Framework for Patient-centred access to health to define access…