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Sporosarcina jeotgali sp. nov., Sporosarcina oncorhynchi sp. nov., and Sporosarcina trichiuri sp. nov., Isolated from Jeotgal, a Traditional Korean Fermented Seafood
Three novel, Gram-stain-positive, obligate aerobic, catalase- and oxidase-positive bacterial strains, designated B2O-1T, T2O-4T, and 0.2-SM1T-5T, were isolated from jeotgal, a traditional Korean fermented seafood...
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Open AccessHost phylogeny, habitat, and diet are main drivers of the cephalopod and mollusk gut microbiome
Invertebrates are a very attractive subject for studying host-microbe interactions because of their simple gut microbial community and host diversity. Studying the composition of invertebrate gut microbiota an...
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Pathogenomics of Streptococcus ilei sp. nov., a newly identified pathogen ubiquitous in human microbiome
Viridans group streptococci are a serious health concern because most of these bacteria cause life-threatening infections, especially in immunocompromised and hospitalized individuals. We focused on two alpha-...
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Open AccessHost habitat is the major determinant of the gut microbiome of fish
Our understanding of the gut microbiota of animals is largely based on studies of mammals. To better understand the evolutionary basis of symbiotic relationships between animal hosts and indigenous microbes, i...
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Omics in gut microbiome analysis
Our understanding of the interactions between microbial communities and their niche in the host gut has improved owing to recent advances in environmental microbial genomics. Integration of metagenomic and met...
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Open AccessLongitudinal evaluation of fecal microbiota transplantation for ameliorating calf diarrhea and improving growth performance
Calf diarrhea is associated with enteric infections, and also provokes the overuse of antibiotics. Therefore, proper treatment of diarrhea represents a therapeutic challenge in livestock production and public ...
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Open AccessFirst identification of Anaplasma phagocytophilum in both a biting tick Ixodes nipponensis and a patient in Korea: a case report
Human granulocytic anaplasmosis (HGA) is a tick-borne infectious disease caused by Anaplasma phagocytophilum. To date, there have been no reported cases of A. phagocytophilum infection found in both the biting ti...
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Reverse genetics analysis of the 55-kDa B regulatory subunit of 2A serine/threonine protein phosphatase (PP2A) related to self-incompatibility in Chinese cabbage
The type 2A serine/threonine protein phosphatases (PP2As) are key components in regulating signal transduction and controlling cell metabolism. In particular, PP2A has a role in pollen-pistil interaction durin...
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Open AccessThe effects of sequencing platforms on phylogenetic resolution in 16 S rRNA gene profiling of human feces
High-quality and high-throughput sequencing technologies are required for therapeutic and diagnostic analyses of human gut microbiota. Here, we evaluated the advantages and disadvantages of the various commerc...
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Open AccessChronic Repression of mTOR Complex 2 Induces Changes in the Gut Microbiota of Diet-induced Obese Mice
Alterations in the gut microbiota play a crucial role in host physiology and metabolism; however, the molecular pathways underlying these changes in diet-induced obesity are unclear. Mechanistic target of rapa...
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Acinetobacter apis sp. nov., isolated from the intestinal tract of a honey bee, Apis mellifera
A novel Gram-negative, obligate aerobic, non-motile, and both coccobacillus- and bacillus-shaped bacterium, designated strain HYN18T, was isolated from the intestinal tract of a honey bee (Apis mellifera). The is...
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Endoscopic resection of gastrointestinal lipomas: a single-center experience
Gastrointestinal (GI) lipomas are benign, slow-growing subepithelial tumors. Most lipomas are detected incidentally at endoscopy, but they can cause GI bleeding, abdominal pain, intestinal obstruction, and int...
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Rhodopirellula rosea sp. nov., a novel bacterium isolated from an ark clam Scapharca broughtonii
A novel Gram-negative, motile, and ovoid-shaped strain, LHWP3T, which belonged to the family Planctomycetaceae in the phylum Planctomycetes, was isolated from a dead ark clam Scapharca broughtonii collected durin...
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Paenibacillus marinisediminis sp. nov., a bacterium isolated from marine sediment
A Gram-negative, nonmotile, endospore-forming, rod-shaped bacterial strain LHW35T, which belonged to the genus Paenibacillus, was isolated from marine sediment collected from the south coast of the Republic of Ko...
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Open AccessGenome sequence of the moderately halophilic bacterium Salinicoccus carnicancri type strain CrmT (= DSM 23852T)
Salinicoccus carnicancri Jung et al. 2010 belongs to the genus Salinicoccus in the family Staphylococcaceae. Members of the Salinicoccus are moderately halophilic and originate from various salty environments. Th...
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Open AccessMarginal turbid band and light blue crest, signs observed in magnifying narrow-band imaging endoscopy, are indicative of gastric intestinal metaplasia
Gastric intestinal metaplasia (IM) usually appears in flat mucosa and shows few morphologic changes, making diagnosis using conventional endoscopy unreliable. Magnifying narrow-band imaging (NBI) endoscopy ena...
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Open AccessOverexpression of Snail is associated with lymph node metastasis and poor prognosis in patients with gastric cancer
Epithelial–mesenchymal transition (EMT) plays a significant role in tumor progression and invasion. Snail is a known regulator of EMT in various malignant tumors. This study investigated the role of Snail in g...
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Ornithinibacillus scapharcae sp. nov., isolated from a dead ark clam
A novel Gram-positive, aerobic, motile, hemolytic, endospore-forming and rod-shaped bacterium TW25T was isolated from a dead ark clam during a mass mortality event on the South coast of Korea. The strain grew opt...
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Controlled release ofBordetella bronchiseptica dermonecrotoxin (BBD) vaccine from BBD-loaded chitosan microspheresIn Vitro
Chitosan microspheres were prepared by ionic gelation process with sodium sulfate for nasal vaccine delivery.Bordetella Bronchiseptica Dermonecrotoxin (BBD) as a major virulence factor of a causative agent of atr...
