• Microbial volatile organic compounds (MVOCs) are a variety of compounds formed in the metabolism of fungi and bacteria. (nih.gov)
  • Stefanie Lutz, a PhD student at the School of Earth and Environment at the University of Leeds, and lead author of the study, said: Our three-week field trip revealed a microbial garden of life forms flourishing in this cold environment, including snow algae, bacteria, fungi and even invertebrates. (leeds.ac.uk)
  • The book series Developments in Microbial Cell Factories: From Design to Commercial Production publishes the latest research findings and technological developments in the area of isolation and characterization of microbial strains, strain development and improvement, optimization bioprocesses and large-scale production of valuable products by prokaryotic and eukaryotic microorganisms such as archaea, bacteria, yeasts, fungi, microalgae, and protozoa. (elsevier.com)
  • By analysing the overall microbial community composition (bacteria, fungi, archaea) across a terrestrial-freshwater gradient, the aim of this study was to understand the spatial distribution patterns of populations and identify taxa capable of crossing biome borders. (nature.com)
  • Bacterial Cellulose (BC) is still the most renewable available biopolymer produced in fine nature from alternative microbial sources as bacteria. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Our objective is to develop techniques for the optimization of enzymes and microbial strains, resulting in significantly improved target performance, for example higher enzyme activity, higher thermo-tolerance, faster production and/or secretion of target molecules such as biochemicals, proteins, enzymes, or polyesters by microbial strains (e.g. bacteria, yeasts). (wur.nl)
  • In microbial catalysis, whole microorganisms (usually yeast or bacteria) are used to convert biomass into the desired product. (lu.se)
  • Microbial Cell Factories presents the 'Microbial food biotechnology' series to cover the cell factory aspects of the exploitation of microorganisms or their parts and enzymes in food production. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Today, microorganisms are considered as microbial cell factories or biorefineries for the production of a wide range of valuable metabolites and products such as pharmaceuticals, nutraceuticals, cosmetics, agrochemicals, biofuels/bioenergy, fine and bulk biochemicals. (elsevier.com)
  • Books in this series cover recent advances and future trends in microbial cell factories and provide an overview from design and improvement of microbial strains to commercial production of valuable products and allowing us to move towards a bio-based economy. (elsevier.com)
  • Microbial Cell Factories invites you to read our collection featuring Microbial synthesis of natural products originating from medicinal plants and fungi . (biomedcentral.com)
  • Communities of microbial organisms -- species such as nematodes, protists and fungi -- on beaches along the Gulf of Mexico changed significantly following the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in April 2010, research from the University of New Hampshire's Hubbard Center for Genome Studies (HCGS) and partners found. (eponline.com)
  • The subsequent development of the "ability to detect and manipulate these nucleic acid molecules in microorganisms has created a powerful means for identifying previously unknown microbial pathogens and for studying the host-parasite relationship. (wikipedia.org)
  • vi) Tissue-sequence correlates should be sought at the cellular level: efforts should be made to demonstrate specific in situ hybridization of microbial sequence to areas of tissue pathology and to visible microorganisms or to areas where microorganisms are presumed to be located. (wikipedia.org)
  • Potential topics include, but are not limited to, microbial physiology, biochemical engineering, genetic and metabolic engineering and systems biotechnology of food microorganisms. (biomedcentral.com)
  • One such set of requirements identified concerns the substantial technological challenges faced in obtaining sufficient information about many microorganisms, and the development of more reliable techniques for distinguishing between intentional, accidental, and natural microbial outbreaks. (news-medical.net)
  • Therefore, we hypothesized that rhizospheres of Allium plants harbor unique microbial communities and that some of the predominant microorganisms are involved in the suppression of Fusarium wilt induced by Allium cultivation. (nature.com)
  • Isolating high-quality genomic DNA from tough, food cultured microorganisms is easy with the DNeasy PowerFood Microbial Kit. (qiagen.com)
  • The use of microorganisms to produce microbial products has long historical roots. (elsevier.com)
  • Most studies on distribution of microorganisms, as well as structure and turn-over of microbial communities focus on one biome and little is known about the processes mediating and controlling transfers across a landscape gradient involving terrestrial and aquatic biomes, and the resulting biogeographical patterns of microbial community distribution. (nature.com)
  • Of special note are 2 chapters that are often missing in traditional medical microbiology books: 1 describes how long-term experimental evolutionary studies in the laboratory can contribute to our understanding of microbial pathogen evolution in the environment and clinics, and the other describes how gene inactivation and gene loss can be creative forces during the evolution of many microorganisms, especially obligate intracellular pathogens. (cdc.gov)
  • The fields of epidemiology and microbial forensics are generally used in combination: epidemiologists focus on the causative agent, the outbreak, disease spread, potential reservoirs of infection, and at-risk populations, while forensic experts focus on the characterization of the microbial agent or toxin and how it was produced or spread. (news-medical.net)
  • The research showed that, compared to pure snow and ice, the reflectivity of the glacier (known as the albedo ) can be reduced by up to 80% in places where coloured microbial populations are extremely dense, leading to the darkening of the glacier surface. (leeds.ac.uk)
  • Contributors discuss the origins of new microbial populations, the evolutionary and ecological mechanisms that keep species separate once they have diverged, and the challenges of constructing phylogenetic trees that accurately reflect their relationships. (cshlpress.com)
  • In finding few broadly distributed populations, our study points to biome specialization within microbial communities with limited potential for dispersal and colonization of new habitats along the terrestrial-freshwater continuum. (nature.com)
  • Liu S, Suflita JM (1993) Ecology and evolution of microbial populations for bioremediation. (springer.com)
  • From those samples, we were able to sequence the genes from microbial populations that live in these sites. (eurasiareview.com)
  • Microbial pathogenesis is a field of microbiology that started at least as early as 1988, with the identification of the triune Falkow's criteria, aka molecular Koch's postulates. (wikipedia.org)
  • Microbial Applications operates with a deep understanding of microbiology and cultivation to deliver products that aid in the restoration of healthy soil. (arbico-organics.com)
  • This book is one of the first to provide an up-to-date view on a fundamental issue in medical microbiology research: how the accumulated genetic and genomic information is contributing to our understanding of virulence factors and the evolution of virulence in microbial pathogens. (cdc.gov)
  • In 1996, Fredricks and Relman suggested the following postulates for the novel field of microbial pathogenesis. (wikipedia.org)
  • The editors should be commended for assembling 35 outstanding contributors, who specialize in various areas of microbial pathogenesis and evolution. (cdc.gov)
  • Our study illustrates that warming-induced respiratory adaptation is subject to the adaptive changes in microbial community functional structure, so that the positive feedback of soil microbial respiration in response to climate warming may be less than previously expected. (sciencedaily.com)
  • Our timing was serendipitous, as it meant we were able to see changes in microbial processes over an extremely fast melting season and observe a process from start to end across all habitats on a glacier surface. (leeds.ac.uk)
  • Yet, to our knowledge, no comprehensive literature search has defined when microbial biogeographic patterns conform to those expected by various macroecological rules or the mechanisms driving microbial biogeographic patterns. (frontiersin.org)
  • The optimization may be used for the improvement of microbial production of feed and food ingredients and (biochemicals). (wur.nl)
  • Ed van Niel is a researcher in chemical engineering and quantitative microbial physiology. (lu.se)
  • Over recent decades, advances in technologies such as massive parallel sequencing, atomic force microscopy, mass spectrometry and bioinformatics now enable high-level microbial characterization for various applications including the identification of perpetrator(s), body fluid assessment, and the tracking of infectious agents. (news-medical.net)
  • Below we describe eight expert tips on how to handle microbial strains to prevent culture contamination and promote the safety of laboratory personnel. (genengnews.com)
  • Obtain microbial strains from an authenticated, trusted source. (genengnews.com)
  • Research laboratories run the risk of misidentified or contaminated strains when using microbial cultures obtained from colleagues. (genengnews.com)
  • Avoid passaging and subculturing microbial strains too many times. (genengnews.com)
  • Many microbial cultures, particularly bacterial strains, quickly succumb to genetic drift, often resulting in major phenotypic changes. (genengnews.com)
  • Enzymes and other microbial products are crucial for a large range of food, feed, biorefinery, 'green' chemical and technical applications, ensuing a large demand for improvement of production strains and enzymes. (wur.nl)
  • Accurate microbial identification is the key to detecting the root cause of contamination and tracking antibiotic resistance. (biomerieux.com)
  • Stachybotrys chartarum, Cladosporium, and A. sydowii were the predominant fungal species identified in the ceiling tile bulk samples collected in the unoccupied 3rd floor, executive wing, which indicates past or present microbial contamination. (cdc.gov)
  • Microbial food biotechnology research is critical for advances in food production, food safety, food security, value-added food products, functional foods and human nutrition, as well as furthering fundamental research in biotechnology and the agricultural sciences. (biomedcentral.com)
  • The 14 chapters are grouped into 3 broad sections: general concepts in microbial evolution, environment and the evolution of microbial pathogens, and the evolution of selected pathogenic species and mechanisms. (cdc.gov)
  • In the second section, the 5 chapters review how interactions between microbes and various natural biotic and abiotic factors can influence the origin and evolution of virulence in microbial pathogens. (cdc.gov)
  • The first is an overall evolutionary framework of the distribution of microbial pathogens on the phylogenetic tree. (cdc.gov)
  • Second, although base substitutions, insertions and deletions, homologous recombination, and lateral gene transfer are discussed throughout the book, a generalized quantitative review of the relative contributions of these processes during the evolution of certain groups of microbial pathogens (e.g. (cdc.gov)
  • These processes are fundamental to the evolution of all groups of organisms, and the analysis of the unparalleled datasets in microbial pathogens can teach us much about the evolution of other groups of organisms. (cdc.gov)
  • Therefore, the spatial and temporal patterns of distribution of microbial pathogens within a species and at the species level across the globe are highly relevant to the evolution of microbial pathogens. (cdc.gov)
  • The role of microbial metabolites in diabetic kidney disease. (bvsalud.org)
  • Growing evidence suggests a complex bidirectional interaction between gut microbes, gut-derived microbial metabolites, and diabetic kidney disease (DKD), known as the "gut- kidney axis" theory. (bvsalud.org)
  • The present study aimed to characterize the role of microbial metabolites in DKD. (bvsalud.org)
  • Overall, 78% of microbial macroecology studies focused on free living, aquatic organisms. (frontiersin.org)
  • Bik and senior author W. Kelley Thomas, director of the HCGS, as well as collaborators from Auburn University and the University of Texas, San Antonio, found that the communities of microbial eukaryotes (organisms not visible to the naked eye whose cells contain nuclei) in the sediments shifted dramatically from highly diverse communities dominated by nematodes - "what you would expect on a beach," says Bik -- to an almost exclusively fungal community. (eponline.com)
  • Products for use in the clinical diagnosis of a variety of microbial infections. (fishersci.com)
  • Microbial infections were observed in 30% (155/519) of all patients consecutively admitted in 1993 to the adult intensive care unit in the Jordan University Hospital in Amman. (who.int)
  • Des infections microbiennes ont été observées chez 30% (155/519) de l'ensemble des malades admis au service de soins intensifs pour adultes de l'Hôpital universitaire de Jordanie à Amman en 1993. (who.int)
  • Of more than 200 compounds identified as MVOCs in laboratory experiments, none can be regarded as exclusively of microbial origin or as specific for certain microbial species. (nih.gov)
  • Few habitat generalists but a high number of specialists were detected indicating that microbial community composition was mainly regulated by species sorting and niche partitioning. (nature.com)
  • Because we found a lack of studies for many microbial groups and habitats, we conclude our review by outlining several outstanding questions and creating recommendations for future studies in microbial ecology. (frontiersin.org)
  • In 1996, Fredricks and Relman proposed a seven-point list of "Molecular Guidelines for Establishing Microbial Disease Causation," because of "the discovery of nucleic acids" by Watson and Crick "as the source of genetic information and as the basis for precise characterization of an organism. (wikipedia.org)
  • Banat IM, Nigam P, Singh D, Marchant R (1996) Microbial decolorization of textile dye containing effluents: a review. (springer.com)
  • Nigam P, Banat IM, Marchant R (1996) Decolorisation of effluent from the textile industry by a microbial consortium. (springer.com)
  • Integrating microbial omics information to inform global climate change models is extremely challenging," Zhou said. (sciencedaily.com)
  • They describe the organization of microbial genomes, the various mutations that occur, including the birth of new genes de novo and by duplication, and how natural selection acts on those changes. (cshlpress.com)
  • In collaboration with the charity In2Science and funding from King's Health Partners, the School of Immunology & Microbial Sciences hosted 19 students for two weeks in a Summer School. (kcl.ac.uk)
  • 19 students spent two weeks in the School of Immunology & Microbial Sciences shadowing researchers, receiving essential employment skills training and creating their own podcasts as part of an inaugural Summer School. (kcl.ac.uk)
  • In collaboration with the charity in2science and sponsorship from King's Health Partners Widening Participation committee, school students were hosted at the School of Immunology & Microbial Sciences and paired with researchers to shadow in their labs. (kcl.ac.uk)
  • Microbial forensics is a subfield of forensics that involves the application of scientific techniques to characterize microbial evidence related to an act of bioterrorism, biocrime or the accidental release of a microbial agent or toxin. (news-medical.net)
  • But G.sulfurreducens can be used in microbial fuel cells that are much more efficient than the yeast cells above. (science20.com)
  • Lennox LB is a highly-referenced microbial growth medium used for the cultivation of E. coli . (sigmaaldrich.com)
  • LB Broth (Lennox), Highly-referenced microbial growth powder medium, low salt, suitable for salt-sensitive E.coli culture. (sigmaaldrich.com)
  • Soil microbial respiration, which is the carbon dioxide flux from the soil to the atmosphere, is an important source of uncertainty in projecting future climate and carbon cycle feedbacks," said Zhou. (sciencedaily.com)
  • Here we interrogated the functional structure of soil microbial communities across different land uses. (hindawi.com)
  • In a multivariate regression tree analysis of soil physicochemical properties and genes detected by functional microarrays, the main factor that explained the different microbial community functional structures was C : N ratio. (hindawi.com)
  • Most of the studies related to the impact of land use change on microbes have focused on the phylogenetic composition of the soil microbial community. (hindawi.com)
  • A large amount of knowledge is becoming available concerning the microbial enzymes responsible for the key steps of the major nutrient cycles in soil (i.e., carbon, nitrogen, sulphur, etc. (hindawi.com)
  • Barcoded 454 pyrosequencing of taxonomic gene markers was used to describe the microbial communities in adjacent soil, freshwater and sediment samples and study the role of biotic and spatial factors in shaping their composition. (nature.com)
  • Does your company use enzymes and/or other microbial products for its production processes, and would you like to improve the production and performance of those enzymes and products? (wur.nl)
  • (http://www.who.int/globalchange/publications/biodiversity-human-health/en/, accessed 21 February 2018). (who.int)
  • (https://www.cbd.int/doc/decisions/cop-11/cop-11-dec-06-en.pdf, accessed 21 February 2018). (who.int)
  • In the first section, the 5 chapters introduce the basic processes affecting microbial evolution, from the individual molecular level to the genomic, cellular, and population levels. (cdc.gov)
  • The roots of microbial forensics are well established since they have been used in the investigation of disease outbreaks in epidemiology and public health studies for many decades. (news-medical.net)
  • Microbial skin disease : its epidemiology / W. C. Noble. (who.int)
  • Microbial community composition seems to be governed by both deterministic and stochastic processes 30 . (nature.com)
  • The goal of this biocomplexity research project is to investigate the functional relationship between complexity in microbial communities and the biogeochemical cycles of natural ecosystems. (carleton.edu)
  • This is the most comprehensive study of microbial communities living on a glacier to date, said Lutz. (leeds.ac.uk)
  • We have shown that albedo is strongly affected by and dependent upon the development and dominance of microbial communities. (leeds.ac.uk)
  • Land use change alters the structure and composition of microbial communities. (hindawi.com)
  • With help from an experienced underwater cave-diving team, Northwestern University researchers have constructed the most complete map to date of the microbial communities living in the submerged labyrinths beneath Mexico's Yucatán Peninsula. (eurasiareview.com)
  • Similar to a stereotypical high school lunchroom, microbial communities within the cave system tend to cluster into well-defined cliques. (eurasiareview.com)
  • So, whatever happens with the microbial communities there has the potential to be felt by humans. (eurasiareview.com)
  • Next, back at Northwestern, they identified microbial communities by sequencing their DNA. (eurasiareview.com)
  • The microbial communities form distinct niches," Osburn said. (eurasiareview.com)
  • The authors also explore the geologic evidence for early microbial evolution and describe the use of microbial evolution experiments to examine phenomena like natural selection. (cshlpress.com)
  • With respect to microbial functions in soils, most studies have traditionally been based on enzyme activity screening, with relatively little attention paid to functional marker gene screening [ 5 ]. (hindawi.com)
  • It is likely that patterns of microbial infection and antibiotic resistance in ICU patients differ widely from one hospital or country to another and are often facilitated by the increasing use of invasive techniques, immunosuppressive drugs and inappropriate antibiotic therapy [1,4-7]. (who.int)
  • The objective of this study was to investigate the incidence of microbial infection in association with antibiotic resistance among patients consecutively admitted to the adult ICU in the Jordan University Hospital in Amman over a one-year period. (who.int)
  • The DNeasy PowerFood Microbial Kit is intended for molecular biology applications. (qiagen.com)
  • You'll pick from a range of topics offered by the molecular plant and microbial sciences research groups. (imperial.ac.uk)
  • SUNNYVALE, Calif., Sept. 10, 2012 - Molecular Devices LLC has launched the QPix 420 microbial colony picker. (photonics.com)
  • The DNeasy PowerFood Microbial Kit is available with either 0.5 ml bead tubes containing 0.15 mm garnet beads (21000-100) or with 2 ml bead tubes containing 0.15 mm garnet beads (21000-100-MON). The 0.5 ml bead tubes are best for DNA isolation from food cultures, while the 2 ml bead tubes work best for isolation of DNA from uncultured food. (qiagen.com)
  • The role of horizontal gene transfer as a strong driver of microbial evolution is emphasized throughout. (cshlpress.com)
  • For each site, the researchers considered the environmental context of each microbial community, including cave type (pit or conduit), cave system, distance from the Caribbean coast, geochemistry and position in the water column. (eurasiareview.com)
  • In that short time period, we saw a drastic change in the microbial community," says lead author Holly Bik, a postdoctoral researcher at UNH's HCGS when the research was conducted, now at the Genome Center at the University of California, Davis. (eponline.com)
  • This suggested the microbial community of grapevines played a critical role. (lincoln.ac.nz)
  • Despite the advances in microbial forensics, a 2014 report regarding the tools and methods used in microbial forensics, issued by the National Research Council, prioritized areas that require improvement for more effective identification of the source and preparation for global biological outbreaks. (news-medical.net)
  • Effective analysis requires validation across all aspects of forensic investigations including the collection of evidence, the handling and preservation of samples, the extraction of microbial targets, evidence analysis, and the interpretation of results. (news-medical.net)
  • Results from the automated sampler demonstrate the dynamic nature of the household water quality, especially with regard to microbial targets, which were shown to vary 1 to 2 orders of magnitude during a single sampling event. (usgs.gov)
  • Marie Gorwa-Grauslund has a background in microbial and metabolic engineering. (lu.se)
  • The SMASHER® is a high-performance bag blender that ensures homogenous samples prior to microbial detection or identification tests. (biomerieux.com)
  • Biotic interactions within microbial groups based on an association network underlined the importance of Actinobacteria , Sordariomycetes , Agaricomycetes and Nitrososphaerales in connecting among biomes. (nature.com)
  • vii) These sequence-based forms of evidence for microbial causation should be reproducible. (wikipedia.org)
  • This volume will thus be essential reading for all microbial ecologists, population geneticists, and evolutionary biologists. (cshlpress.com)
  • Microbial forensics seeks to provide robust results that enable reliable conclusions to be drawn quickly to help protect public health. (news-medical.net)
  • The working groups decided that, in the absence of a widely accepted procedure for evaluating the integrity of the sterile package, the best way forward was to carry out separate tests for seal integrity, the package materials and films integrity, and the microbial barrier integrity of the porous materials. (mddionline.com)