We include articles that focus on at least one of the Sustainable Development Goals, at the local, regional or global scale, and we are pleased to invite submissions of studies framed in a similar way. With a growing overview of where we stand and which measures make a difference, we can...
Bacterial biofilms are often defined as communities of surface-attached bacteria and are typically depicted with a classic mushroom-shaped structure characteristic of Pseudomonas aeruginosa. However, it has become evident that this is not how all biofilms develop, especially in vivo, in clinical and in...
Furthermore, selected bacteria belonging to this genus have been classified as plant-growth-promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) of various crops (Manter et al., 2010, Sang et al., 2011, Sang and Kim, 2012). Bacteroidota are ecologically important for the proper functioning of soil; therefore, it ...
Bacteria undergo a process calledbinary fission, where any one cell divides into two identical cells, and so on. Fission occurs quickly. In minutes, populations can double rapidly, eventually forming a community of genetically identical microbes called acolony. Colonies can be visible to the human ...
Use membrane filters having a nominal pore size not greater than 0.45 µm. The type of filter material is chosen in such a way that the bacteria-retaining efficiency is not affected by the components of the sample to be investigated. For each of the microorganisms listed, one membrane filte...
These stressors usually had deleterious impacts on the fertilization, development, growth and distribution of echinoderms, as well as marine biota (Lamare et al., 2011; Pinsino and Matranga, 2015). Particularly in the context of climate change, adaptation to rising temperature was inevitable for ...
Upon rewetting, bacterial growth and respiration was measured repeatedly at 17 °C during one week. Drought periods of ≤2 weeks resulted in a type 1 response whereas drought periods of ≥4 weeks resulted in a type 2 response. The lag period increased with drought duration and reached a ...
Colorectal cancer (CRC) is one of the most commonly diagnosed cancers, posing a serious public health challenge that necessitates the development of new therapeutics, therapies, and prevention methods. Among the various therapeutic approaches, interventions involving lactic acid bacteria (LAB) as probiot...
Lowering GI intake and response has been shown to reduce risk factors for diseases such as type II diabetes and cardiovascular disease43. 4. Removing toxins: Microbial consortia can also act by removing toxic compounds and inhibiting the growth of pathogenic species. For example, Aflatoxin, a ...
bacteria contain different amounts of phosphorus, which leads to different levels of phosphorus at the beginning of the test. All error bars represent Standard Deviation. *** indicatesp < 0.001. Significance analyses are conducted using one-side one-way ANOVA tests.eThe comparison of the pH...