• The purpose of this review is to provide an overview of the different types of omics data: genomics, epigenomics, transcriptomics, proteomics, metabolomics and illustrate how a multi-omics approach can be fundamental for the implementation of precision obesity management. (springermedizin.at)
  • I use a range of approaches (including field sampling, ecological genomics, and lab experimentation) to characterise population-level diversity and to understand how diversity shapes species interactions (e.g. predation) and species responses to environmental variation. (exeter.ac.uk)
  • 2003) Opportunities to improve fiber degradation in the rumen: microbiology, ecology, and genomics. (concordia.ca)
  • She uses molecular microbial ecology and ecological genomics approaches to explore bacterial processes and their regulation. (imber.info)
  • Broad-range rDNA polymerase chain reaction (PCR) provides an alternative, cultivation-independent approach for identifying pathogens. (cdc.gov)
  • These microbial communities are home to helpful germs and pathogens (harmful germs). (cdc.gov)
  • We live in an intimate symbiosis with our intestinal microbiota - the microbial community that lives inside us and provides us important services such as vitamin production, immune training, and protection against pathogens. (microbial-ecology.net)
  • Even when microfilariae have been eliminated in an individual, persisting adult worms and external microbial pathogens can continue to induce lymphatic pathology and secondary infection. (who.int)
  • Complete genomic sequences of microbial pathogens and hosts offer sophisticated new strategies for studying host-pathogen interactions. (medscape.com)
  • My major teaching interests are in marine microbiology, marine biology, ecology, evolution and diversity. (plymouth.ac.uk)
  • The research activities within this multidisciplinary school include the areas of Biochemistry, Biotechnology, Biomedical Sciences, Organic Chemistry, Marine Ecology and Microbiology. (fems-microbiology.org)
  • 6.Morrison M, Daugherty SC, Nelson WC, Davidsen T, Nelson KE (2010) The FibRumBa database: a resource for biologists with interests in gastrointestinal microbial ecology, plant biomass degradation, and anaerobic microbiology. (concordia.ca)
  • The most significant recent advances in plant microbiology involve interdisciplinary approaches that link different methodological approaches including omics-technologies. (frontiersin.org)
  • Dr Enright is a microbiologist with research experience in Environmental Microbiology, Molecular biology, Microbial Ecology and Bioremediation. (itcarlow.ie)
  • Hons) degree in Microbiology in 2002, she began her PhD studies, and investigated low-temperature anaerobic treatment of synthetic pharmaceutical wastewaters, with reference to both the microbial ecology and process technology. (itcarlow.ie)
  • Subsequent focus on functional genes, those that encode enzymes that catalyze biogeochemical transformations, and current work on larger DNA fragments and entire genomes make it possible to link microbial diversity to ecosystem function. (princeton.edu)
  • Questions raised by the molecular revolution, which are now the focus of microbial ecology research, include the significance of microbial diversity and redundancy to biogeochemical processes and ecosystem function. (princeton.edu)
  • Through iterative cycles that advance our understanding of the coupling across scales and processes, we can reliably predict how perturbations to microbial systems impact ecosystem-scale processes or vice versa. (frontiersin.org)
  • Artificial Microbial Ecosystem for Determining Effects and Fate of Toxicants in a Salt-Marsh Environment. (epa.gov)
  • Understanding how population-level dynamics contribute to ecosystem-level processes is a primary focus of ecological research and has led to important breakthroughs in the ecology of macroscopic organisms. (osti.gov)
  • However, the inability to measure population-specific rates, such as growth, for microbial taxa within natural assemblages has limited ecologists' understanding of how microbial populations interact to regulate ecosystem processes. (osti.gov)
  • 1.Flint HJ (1997) The rumen microbial ecosystem-some recent developments. (concordia.ca)
  • The majority of studies in aquatic microbial ecology focus on the separate segments of aquatic ecosystem. (irb.hr)
  • The overall strategy of the work plan is to implement a multidisciplinary approach for the examination of the complex bacterial ecosystem in the aquatic environment. (irb.hr)
  • The aim of this project is to develop methodologies for a landscape approach for forested areas, demonstrate how synergies and trade-offs between ecosystem services can be analyzed using this approach and highlight the advantages compared to business as usual approaches. (lu.se)
  • Though the collaboration between INES, CEC and SLU, a novel landscape approach for forests will be developed, that will benefit from the expertise on landscape approaches and ecosystem services in agricultural land at CEC. (lu.se)
  • For admission to the course, 90 credits of studies in natural sciences are required including knowledge equivalent to BIOC02 Ecology 15 credits, or NGEA04 Ecosystem analysis 15 credits. (lu.se)
  • Initially based on sequences from the 16S rRNA gene, this revolution made it possible to identify microorganisms without first cultivating them, to discover and characterize the immense previously unsuspected diversity of the microbial world, and to reconstruct the evolutionary relationships among microbes. (princeton.edu)
  • Microbial communities comprise an interwoven matrix of biological diversity modified by physical and chemical variation over space and time. (nih.gov)
  • I am a lecturer in evolutionary ecology with a range of interests related to understanding diversity in aquatic eukaryotic microbes. (exeter.ac.uk)
  • My work focuses on assessing the processes that shape diversity and the ecological implications of variation within microbial species. (exeter.ac.uk)
  • Microbial Diversity in the Genomic Era, pp. 37-46 Elsevier, ISBN:9780128148495. (unifi.it)
  • Although the sputum microbiome likely reflects the respiratory microbiome only in part, there is increasing evidence that microbial community structure and diversity are associated with disease severity and clinical outcomes, both in stable COPD and during the exacerbations. (bmj.com)
  • In this study, a metatranscriptomic approach was used to investigate the functional diversity of the eukaryotic microorganisms within the rumen of muskoxen (Ovibos moschatus), with a focus on plant cell wall degrading enzymes. (concordia.ca)
  • Therefore, to maintain and support microbial diversity is of interest to stabilize ecosystems and their resilience toward biotic and abiotic stressors. (frontiersin.org)
  • Microbial alpha diversity of heterospecific hosts was highest in the Mediterranean forest bioclimatic zone, followed by the Irano-Turanian shrubland, and was lowest in the Sudanian savanna tropical zone. (microbial-ecology.net)
  • Siggins, A., Enright, A. -M., Abram, F., Botting, C. and O'Flaherty, V. (2012) Impact of Trichloroethylene Exposure on the Microbial Diversity and Protein Expression in Anaerobic Granular Biomass at 37°C and 15°C. Archaea Volume 2012, Article ID 940159. (itcarlow.ie)
  • Despite advances made in the fields of DNA sequencing and analysis, researchers have barely begun to scratch the tip of the iceberg in cataloging the planet's microbial diversity, mainly because only a minute fraction of the millions of species of microbes have been cultured in the laboratory. (doe.gov)
  • DOC is a basic nutrient, supporting growth of microorganisms and plays an important role in the global carbon cycle through the microbial loop. (wikipedia.org)
  • I study the biology, ecology and evolution of marine microorganisms. (plymouth.ac.uk)
  • The interdisciplinary research combines a range of approaches to study microorganisms both in the field and laboratory. (plymouth.ac.uk)
  • The study of interactions between microorganisms has led to numerous discoveries, from novel antimicrobials to insights in microbial ecology. (nih.gov)
  • We study the metabolism, physiology, and evolutionary ecology of microbial symbioses and uncultured microorganisms. (ncsu.edu)
  • Dispersal is one mechanism expected to affect microbial succession, yet the difficult nature of manipulating microorganisms in the environment has limited our understanding of its contribution. (bvsalud.org)
  • We study the ecology of microorganisms in natural and engineered soil systems. (lu.se)
  • We are interested in the factors that influence the spatial and temporal variability in microbial communities and how the microorganisms, in turn, control biogeochemistry in soil. (lu.se)
  • We firmly believe that the secret to unlocking the ecology of microorganisms is to study how microbial growth rates respond to change, and we have a particular interest in comparing the roles of fungi and bacteria in their contribution to biogeochemical cycles. (lu.se)
  • To this end we develop and use cultivation-independent approaches such as metagenomics, metaproteomics, and metabolomics, as well as more targeted approaches such as enzyme assays, single-cell imaging methods, and stable isotope-based experiments. (ncsu.edu)
  • The colonic microbiome view is controversial, some people Metagenomics of the Human Intes- is the most diverse and also the best consider the gut microbiota to be tinal Tract (MetaHIT) consortium re- characterized microbial community. (who.int)
  • In this talk I will summarize some recent developments in how we are studying mixotrophic protists and some advances we are making in understanding of the ecology, physiology and evolution of protists derived from transcriptomic studies of cultured strains and natural communities. (oist.jp)
  • Her research program at USC focuses on genomic and physiological underpinnings of marine microbial communities and extreme microbes. (oist.jp)
  • Over the last century, leaps in technology for imaging, sampling, detection, high-throughput sequencing, and -omics analyses have revolutionized microbial ecology to enable rapid acquisition of extensive datasets for microbial communities across the ever-increasing temporal and spatial scales. (frontiersin.org)
  • The present challenge is capitalizing on our enhanced abilities of observation and integrating diverse data types from different scales, resolutions, and disciplines to reach a causal and mechanistic understanding of how microbial communities transform and respond to perturbations in the environment. (frontiersin.org)
  • We describe an approach and potential applications for using the FICSME to elucidate the mechanisms of globally important ecological and physical processes, toward attaining the goal of predicting the structure and function of microbial communities in chemically complex natural environments. (frontiersin.org)
  • Microbial communities serve critical roles in all ecosystems and have a profound impact on human health, environmental health, and industrial capabilities. (frontiersin.org)
  • This disconnect between basic and translational science in microbial ecology stems largely from the intractability of most microbes and microbial communities- in situ in their natural habitat and in the laboratory, due to challenges with cultivation and genetic manipulation. (frontiersin.org)
  • As a result, most of our understanding of microbial ecology is patchwork, synthesized from model microbes that often do not represent the full set of capabilities of the microbial communities associated with real-world phenomena. (frontiersin.org)
  • Measures of microbial presence (microscopy, pigments and lipids) indicate that during rare bloom events after exceptionally rainy seasons, the microbial communities can reach high densities. (nature.com)
  • Acclimation of Aquatic Microbial Communities to Hg(II) and CH3Hg(+) in Polluted Freshwater Ponds. (epa.gov)
  • Adaptation of Aquatic Microbial Communities to Hg(2+) Stress. (epa.gov)
  • Adaptation of Aquifer Microbial Communities to the Biodegradation of Xenobiotic Compounds: Influence of Substrate Concentration and Preexposure. (epa.gov)
  • Better understanding the ecology of microbes- relationships within and across these communities-is just the beginning of public health's scientific journey. (cdc.gov)
  • We all have our own microbial communities, called microbiomes, on our skin and in our gut that help us maintain good health. (cdc.gov)
  • Although these communities are the major drivers of biosphere processes, relatively little is known about their structure and function, and predictive modeling is limited by a dearth of comprehensive ecological principles that describe microbial community processes. (nih.gov)
  • Here we discuss working definitions of central ecological terms that have been used in various fashions in microbial ecology, provide a framework by focusing on different types of interactions within communities, review the status of the interface between evolutionary and ecological study, and highlight important similarities and differences between macro- and microbial ecology. (nih.gov)
  • Microbes live almost exclusively in complex communities, and it remains a major challenge to identify the activity of microbial cells under natural conditions. (microbial-ecology.net)
  • A grand challenge in microbial ecology is disentangling the traits of individual populations within complex communities. (researchgate.net)
  • This project will investigate the molecular mechanisms employed by marine bacteria carrying out proteorhodopsin-mediated photoheterotrophy in an experimental context of natural mixed microbial communities (e.g. mesocosm experiment). (fems-microbiology.org)
  • Molecular characterization of microbial communities and quantification of Mycobacterium immunogenum in metal removal fluid s and their associated biofilms. (cdc.gov)
  • In this study, culture-based methods and small subunit ribosomal RNA gene clone library approach were used to characterize microbial communities in MRF bulk fluid and associated biofilm samples collected from fluid systems in an automobile engine plant. (cdc.gov)
  • Such an approach could commence with a telemedicine-delivered clinic office visit for pharmacotherapy guidance, and continue with telephone or real-time video counseling delivered via mobile phones to flexibly deliver behavioral support to patients where they most need it-in their homes and communities. (who.int)
  • Microbial communities are ubiquitous in all environments on Earth that support life, and they play crucial roles in global biogeochemical cycles, plant and animal health, and biotechnological processes. (ncsu.edu)
  • In particular, low-cost culture-independent sequencing has made metagenomic and metatranscriptomic surveys of microbial communities practical, including bacteria, archaea, viruses, and fungi associated with the human body, other hosts, and the environment. (iscb.org)
  • Finally, as sequencing technologies deliver more data for the same price, our ability to examine complex microbial communities using sequencing grows. (iscb.org)
  • Use of CMEIAS image analysis software to accurately compute attributes of cell size, morphology, spatial aggregation and color segmentation that signify in situ ecophydiological adaptations in microbial biofilm communities. (bashanfoundation.org)
  • 2014. Accuracy of biovolume formulas for CMEIAS computer-assisted microscopy and body size analysis of morphologically diverse microbial populations and communities. (bashanfoundation.org)
  • 2013. In situ ecophysiology of microbial biofilm communities analysed by CMEIAS computer-assisted microscopy at single-cell resolution. (bashanfoundation.org)
  • Genome Insider: Methane Makers in Yosemite's Lakes Meet researchers who sampled the microbial communities living in the mountaintop lakes of the Sierra Nevada mountains to see how climate change affects freshwater ecosystems, and how those ecosystems work. (doe.gov)
  • Further, dispersal significantly contributed to the reassembly of leaf litter microbial communities after the fire, producing an increasingly distinct assembly trajectory. (bvsalud.org)
  • IMPORTANCE Identifying the mechanisms underlying microbial community succession is necessary for predicting how microbial communities, and their functioning, will respond to future environmental change. (bvsalud.org)
  • The work demonstrates the potential to quantify dispersal impacts on soil microbial communities over time and test how dispersal might further interact with other assembly processes in response to environmental change. (bvsalud.org)
  • By applying this model to phylogenetic marker sequencing data collected from stable-isotope probing studies, we estimate rates of growth, mortality, and turnover for individual microbial populations within soil assemblages. (osti.gov)
  • First, we will test a wide range of individual microbial strainsas well as naturally-occurring soil biota for the ability to induce MDH. (ncsu.edu)
  • My overarching research interests revolve around microbial ecology in soil and the cryosphere, and their geochemical environment. (gfz-potsdam.de)
  • I use metagenomic and -transcriptomic approaches in laboratory and field experiments and combine them with a diverse range of analytical techniques (quantitative PCR, wet chemistry, gas chromatography and soil structure analysis) to answer the who, where, how and how fast questions in microbial ecology. (gfz-potsdam.de)
  • Since all of the approaches mentioned above have both, shortcomings and undeniable merits, it seems that the time has come for a unifying "theory of everything" for soil carbon turnover. (confex.com)
  • If traditions, contradictions and new insights are to be succesfully reconciled into a new unified theory of soil carbon turnover, the question to be resolved must be: How and where may mineral protection, substrate quality, microbial ecology and plant physiology converge to determine the residence time of soil carbon? (confex.com)
  • Thus the evolution of root systems involved the development of sophisticated plant-microbial relationships covering the full scope of the mutualism-symbiosis-parasitismus continuum, effectively forming a plant-microbial metaorganism or holobiont that coevolves with the soil system it continues to create even today, when soil formation starts afresh on newly exposed or deposited mineral parent materials. (confex.com)
  • Agricultural Engineering and PSM Faculty working in soil science, weed science, plant breeding and genetics and agricultural ecology. (msu.edu)
  • This includes plant, soil, microbial, and invertebrate ecology as influenced by agronomic practices that affect productivity and environmental sustainability. (msu.edu)
  • In our research group, we combine approaches from atmospheric turbulence and climate modelling, micrometeorology, biogeochemistry, and soil microbial ecology. (lu.se)
  • To do so, we typically employ a range of isotope-based approaches which allow us to examine the microbial use and transformations of carbon and nitrogen in soil systems. (lu.se)
  • Soil ecology 15 credits. (lu.se)
  • Ahmed Nawaz 2020 "Microbial colonisation and degradation of plastic pollution in the marine environment" Open University. (plymouth.ac.uk)
  • 2020. Movement ecology and sex are linked to barn owl microbial community composition. (lu.se)
  • In this study, in an effort to characterize the perennial microbial community of the Dead Sea and compare it with bloom assemblages, we performed metagenomic analyses of concentrated biomass from hundreds of liters of brine and of microbial material from the last massive Dead Sea bloom. (nature.com)
  • By understanding the molecular details of this interaction, we can identify virulence-associated microbial genes and host-defense strategies and characterize the cues to which they respond and mechanisms by which they are regulated. (medscape.com)
  • A revolution in microbial ecology has occurred in the past 15-20 years with the advent of rapid methods for discovering and sequencing the genes of uncultivated microbes from natural environments. (princeton.edu)
  • CDC invests in microbial ecology research to study the interactions of microbes among people, animals, plants, food, and surfaces (e.g., counter tops), all of which can serve as sources of microbes that can lead to infection. (cdc.gov)
  • Second, we will map the genetic architecture of MDH to identify genomic loci whose effect on heterosis is dependent on the microbial environment, and test for a genetic correlation with loci underlying resistance to a variety of pathogenic microbes in the field. (ncsu.edu)
  • This course uses a hands-on approach to investigate microbial growth and factors that impact growth and the interactions of microbes with biotic and abiotic environments. (uoguelph.ca)
  • Gas Chromatographic Approach to Evaluate the Efficacy of Organotin Degrading Microbes. (itcarlow.ie)
  • The distributional patterns of microbial genes suggested Dead Sea community trends in mono- and divalent cation metabolisms as well as in transposable elements. (nature.com)
  • Various cultivation-independent approaches have been used to infer traits based on the presence of marker genes. (researchgate.net)
  • However, the nature of the genes encoded by eukaryotic protozoa and fungi within these environments has not been explored using metagenomic or metatranscriptomic approaches. (concordia.ca)
  • The recent success gut microbial genes, obtained after has fantastic potential, it has only of faecal microbiota transplantation, sequencing whole faecal microbiota been about 10 years since the sci- especially in the context of Clostridi- metagenomes from 124 European indi- entific community first realized its im- um difficile infection, argues for such viduals [4]. (who.int)
  • By monitoring microbial gene expression, one can predict the functions of uncharacterized genes, probe the physiologic adaptations made under various environmental conditions, identify virulence-associated genes, and test the effects of drugs. (medscape.com)
  • Adaptation by Microbial Populations. (epa.gov)
  • Because it can be applied to environmental samples, the approach we present is broadly applicable to measuring population growth, mortality, and associated biogeochemical process rates of microbial taxa for a wide range of ecosystems and can help reveal how individual microbial populations drive biogeochemical fluxes. (osti.gov)
  • Although a number of halophilic Archaea have been previously isolated from the Dead Sea, polar lipid analyses of biomass collected during Dead Sea blooms suggested that these isolates were not the major components of the microbial community of these blooms. (nature.com)
  • However, polar lipid analyses of biomass collected during Dead Sea blooms suggested that these isolates were not the major components of the microbial community at the time ( Oren and Gurevich, 1993 ). (nature.com)
  • To discern drivers of microbial community assembly and function, we recognize the need for a conceptual, quantitative framework that connects measurements of genomic potential, the environment, and ecological and physical forces to rates of microbial growth at specific locations. (frontiersin.org)
  • Given increased wildfire activity, there is growing interest in understanding the drivers of microbial succession after fire. (bvsalud.org)
  • I use metagenomic and metatranscriptomic approaches to study snow and ice biomes of the Greenland Ice Sheet. (gfz-potsdam.de)
  • These approaches have yielded insights into the regulation of microbial activity and proof of the microbial role in biogeochemical processes previously unknown. (princeton.edu)
  • Biogeochemical Cycling of Organic Matter in Acidic Environments: Are Microbial Degradative Processes Adapted to Low pH. (epa.gov)
  • Microbial community dynamics are dictated by both abiotic environmental conditions and biotic interactions. (researchgate.net)
  • My research is thus aimed at disentangling the microscale chemistry of complex biotic and abiotic microbial interactions by taking use of advanced microspectroscopy methods at home laboratories and at synchrotron facilities. (lu.se)
  • I study a range of topics in microbial biology, ecology, and evolution. (plymouth.ac.uk)
  • Applicants should have a minimum of an advanced level undergraduate degree (240hp/240ECTS) degree in biology, ecology or microbial ecology. (fems-microbiology.org)
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Computational_Biology/ISMB_2014 - this includes the course materials and an outline as well as some suggestions on how you could prepare for the hands-on part of the tutorial (AKA homework). (iscb.org)
  • Analysis approaches include state-of-the-art experimental methods in marine microbial ecology, along with bioinformatics analyses of gene expression profiling of bacterioplankton in relation to environmental conditions. (fems-microbiology.org)
  • Applicants should have documented expertise in performing mesocosm or microcosm experiments with natural mixed bacterial assemblages, and experience in carrying out analyses of microbial abundance, and bacterial production and respiration along with sampling for dissolved organic matter. (fems-microbiology.org)
  • Metagenomic approaches in microbial ecology: an update on whole-genome and marker gene sequencing analyses. (cdc.gov)
  • The student will employ bioinformatics approaches to process the sequence data and carry out multivariate analyses in R. (lu.se)
  • The ecological and economic importance of fungi will be demonstrated by considering fungal ecology, symbiotic relationships, mycotoxins and pathogenic fungi and industrial applications of fungi and yeasts. (uoguelph.ca)
  • Mycobacteria (more specifically MI) were found in all biofilm samples, including biofilms collected from inside the MRF systems and from adjacent environmental surfaces, suggesting that biofilms may play an important role in microbial ecology in MRFs. (cdc.gov)
  • D. (2012) Microbial analysis of anodic biofilm in a microbial fuel cell using slaughterhouse wastewater, Bioelectrochemistry, 87, 164-171. (itcarlow.ie)
  • Culture-independent microbial sequencing techniques have revealed that the respiratory tract harbours a complex microbiome not detectable by conventional culturing methods. (bmj.com)
  • Due to the new methods available and interdisciplinary research cooperation we have the chance to solve many problems of a changing world, but also to address basic hypotheses and questions of microbial ecology and host microbe interactions. (frontiersin.org)
  • His research relates broadly to the development and application of fisheries stock assessment techniques, bioeconomic modelling, and evaluating the performance of stock assessment methods and harvest control rules using the Management Strategy Evaluation approach. (imber.info)
  • His interests are in the development and use of molecular methods for pathogen discovery, human microbial ecology, genomewide host and microbial responses to infection, and Bordetella pathogenesis. (medscape.com)
  • Under healthy conditions, the in- nomes obtained from individuals crobiota resembles the mother's skin testinal microbiota is considered to on three continents, including 760 microbial community, composed of be a stable community, influenced samples from Europe. (who.int)
  • Microbial rhodopsins are widely distributed in aquatic environments and may significantly contribute to phototrophy and energy budgets in global oceans. (researchgate.net)
  • The research group Aquatic Ecology studies, among other things, climate change effects on aquatic systems, regime shifts in shallow lakes, dispersal, and migration of aquatic organisms, population genetics, predator-prey interactions, effects of pesticides and endocrine disruptors and sustainable fisheries. (lu.se)
  • We will study the phylogeny, anatomy, physiology, and ecology of the major extinct and extant taxa of vertebrates and discuss how each group solves the problems of finding food, finding mates, and avoiding predators. (middlebury.edu)
  • The laboratory will emphasize plant identification, various aspects of plant ecology and physiology, plant morphology, and plant use by humans. (middlebury.edu)
  • However, more research is needed in the field of microbial ecology to expand upon and develop new therapeutic strategies that address colonization, healthcare-associated infections (HAIs), and antimicrobial resistance, all while considering patient safety and the implications for a patient's microbiome. (cdc.gov)
  • This co-culture approach is applicable to antibiotic discovery as well as culture-based microbiome research and has already been successfully applied to both applications. (nih.gov)
  • However, the multiscale, stochastic, spatio-temporal, and diverse nature of microbial processes makes it difficult to achieve predictive understanding of microbial systems, despite the large body of microbial ecology research. (frontiersin.org)
  • confirming basic theories of ecology that a loss of native species enhances the probability of invasive species to colonize new environments. (frontiersin.org)
  • CMEIAS JFrad: a new computing toolkit to discriminate the fractal geometry of landscape architecture and spatial patterns of individual cells in microbial biofilms. (bashanfoundation.org)
  • CMEIAS bioimage informatics that define the landscape ecology of immature microbial biofilms developed on plant rhizoplane surfaces. (bashanfoundation.org)
  • CMEIAS-aided microscopy of the spatial ecology of individual bacterial interactions involving cell-to-cell communication within biofilms. (bashanfoundation.org)
  • We will discuss the challenges associated with precisely quantifying members of a microbial community and functional analysis of the gene families in a community, the association of those gene families with their source organisms, and the combination of gene families into pathways for metabolic profiling. (iscb.org)
  • The diverse community of organisms inhabiting the rhizosphere revealed by genomic approaches provides insight into their functional significance. (msu.edu)
  • The book's 8 chapters discuss of microbial organisms. (cdc.gov)
  • My research group addresses these areas by applying molecular approaches to understanding microbial ecology of corals and coral reefs. (oceanexpert.org)
  • The variation in study outcomes might be due to inter-individual (or inter-population) variation or to the details of the interventions including the types of fiber, length of study, size of cohort, and molecular approaches. (bvsalud.org)
  • This work provides a substantiated framework to guide environmental microbiologists in the construction and interpretation of co-occurrence networks from microbial survey datasets ( Berry and Widder, 2014 ). (microbial-ecology.net)
  • After a postdoc, she became an AAAS Science Policy Fellow at the U.S. State Department in the Office of Oceans Affairs followed by coordinating a global research expedition to evaluate marine microbial biodiversity at the J. Craig Venter Institute. (oist.jp)
  • I have a student-centred approach to teaching and a passion for research-informed teaching. (plymouth.ac.uk)
  • A Feature Paper should be a substantial original Article that involves several techniques or approaches, provides an outlook for future research directions and describes possible research applications. (mdpi.com)
  • From 2007 to May 2010, she worked as a postdoctoral research scientist in both the Microbial Ecology Lab (MEL) and the Microbial Ecophysiology Research Group (MERG). (itcarlow.ie)
  • We operate three research stations in Sweden's forests where we apply our multidisciplinary approaches to investigate the impacts of forest management and natural disturbances such as wildfires. (lu.se)
  • Our research is primarily focused on the ecology and evolution of animal flight. (lu.se)
  • Our research lies at the interface of development, ecology, and evolution. (lu.se)
  • Approaches for Measuring Stable Carbon and Nitrogen Isotopes in Bacteria. (epa.gov)
  • iPHoP: A Matchmaker for Phages and their Hosts Building on existing virus-host prediction approaches, a new tool combines and evaluates multiple predictions to reliably match viruses with their archaea and bacteria hosts. (doe.gov)
  • Collectively, these results demonstrate that dispersal explicitly alters the course of microbial community succession following a wildfire and may impact bacteria and fungi in parallel ways, despite differing in traits expected to alter dispersal patterns. (bvsalud.org)
  • The results of these experiments will clarify the microbial features and patterns of plant immune activity that result in MDH. (ncsu.edu)
  • However, most microbial species from a given habitat cannot be cultured and thus cannot be experimentally characterized in the laboratory. (ncsu.edu)
  • We describe current approaches to study microbial ecology and progress toward predictive modeling. (nih.gov)
  • Many approaches used for the study of microbial interactions require specialized equipment and are expensive and time intensive. (nih.gov)
  • We study soils from across the globe, but have been particularly interested in subarctic ecosystems which are undergoing rapid environmental change, leading to pronounced changes in microbial resource use and biogeochemistry. (lu.se)
  • This review focuses on microarray-based approaches for studying transcription response because they hold exceptional promise for the study of infectious disease. (medscape.com)
  • In M.Alexander (ed)Advances in Microbial Ecology, Vol. 4 Plenum Publishing Corporation. (hawaii.edu)
  • Microbial ecology is one of many fields that have benefitted greatly from technical advances in DNA sequencing. (iscb.org)
  • Systematic monitoring since 1980 ( Oren, 1999 ) has shown that microbial blooms consisting of the unicellular green alga Dunaliella and extremely halophilic Archaea of the Halobacteriaceae family develop only after significant dilution of the upper meters of the water column after exceptionally rainy winters. (nature.com)
  • Here I describe some of the different forms of what has been called NEC and make some comments on its pathophysiology, where available studies suggest involvement of genetic factors, intestinal immaturity, hemodynamic instability, inflammation and a dysbiotic microbial ecology. (karger.com)
  • The complex interaction between a microbial pathogen and a host is the underlying basis of infectious disease. (medscape.com)
  • Alternatives to antibiotics for growing pigs will be assessed through the evaluation of compounds which have the potential to affect gastrointestinal function and microbial ecology which would, therefore, affect pig performance. (usda.gov)
  • all of which have been suggested to affect gastrointestinal function and microbial ecology. (usda.gov)
  • Also lacking is an effective laboratory-based surveillance system for the early detection of exotic microbial agents that might be used for biological warfare or terrorist activities. (cdc.gov)
  • Currently utilized approaches for the diagnosis of NEC are presented and innovative technologies for the development of diagnostic and predictive biomarkers are described. (karger.com)
  • I have a particular interest in using newest development in sequencing technologies and bioinformatical analysis to gain a mechanistic understanding of microbial community function at a genome resolved level. (gfz-potsdam.de)
  • The design and construction of a DNA microarray for any given microbial genome are straightforward. (medscape.com)
  • Integrating multi-omics approaches will enable a paradigm shift from the one size fits all approach towards precision obesity management, i.e. (1) precision prevention of the onset of obesity, (2) precision medicine and tailored treatment of obesity, and (3) precision risk reduction and prevention of secondary diseases related to obesity. (springermedizin.at)
  • We describe the Framework for Integrated, Conceptual, and Systematic Microbial Ecology (FICSME), an experimental design framework for conducting process-focused microbial ecology studies that incorporates biological, chemical, and physical drivers of a microbial system into a conceptual model. (frontiersin.org)
  • This type of causal and mechanistic understanding will make predictions of microbial community behavior more robust and actionable in addressing microbially mediated global problems. (frontiersin.org)
  • Exploring marine microbial community dynamics on natural and synthetic polymers" University of Warwick. (plymouth.ac.uk)
  • Enhancing Cleanup of Environmental Pollutants: Volume 1: Biological Approaches, pp. 275-288 Springer International Publishing, ISBN:978-3-319-55426-6. (unifi.it)
  • Operons aiding microbial survival are crucial in understanding the gene regulation, identification of new pathways and novel products in diverse environmental settings. (biomedcentral.com)
  • The specific tools used and the time required to block transmission (generally four to six years) will depend on local parasite-vector densities and ecology, existing health care services and infrastructure, availability of financial resources, and the local culture. (who.int)