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Open AccessRecent advances in the pathogenesis and prevention strategies of dental calculus
Dental calculus severely affects the oral health of humans and animal pets. Calculus deposition affects the gingival appearance and causes inflammation. Failure to remove dental calculus from the dentition res...
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Open AccessLysobacter chang**ensis sp. nov., a novel species of the genus Lysobacter isolated from a rhizosphere soil of strawberry in China
In the present work, we characterized in detail strain CM-3-T8T, which was isolated from the rhizosphere soil of strawberries in Bei**g, China, in order to elucidate its taxonomic position. Cells of strain CM-3-...
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Open AccessAmplicon-based metagenomic association analysis of gut microbiota in relation to egg-laying period and breeds of hens
The gut microbiota plays an essential role in maintaining gut homeostasis and improving performance, with the composition of microbial communities visibly differing across different laying stages in hens and s...
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Bacterial communities associated with mushrooms in the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau are shaped by soil parameters
Fungi capable of producing fruit bodies are essential food and medicine resources. Despite recent advances in the study of microbial communities in mycorrhizospheres, little is known about the bacterial commun...
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Siccirubricoccus soli sp. nov., a novel bacterial species isolated from Jiaozi Mountain soil
An isolate of Gram-stain-negative and strictly aerobic bacterium, designated KC 17139T, was isolated from Jiaozi Mountain sample in Yunnan, China. Cells were non-motile cocci to oval, catalase-positive and oxidas...
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rpeA, a global regulator involved in mupirocin biosynthesis in Pseudomonas fluorescens NCIMB 10586
Mupirocin, a polyketide antibiotic produced by Pseudomonas fluorescens, is used as a topical antimicrobial treatment to cure various skin infections. Quorum sensing system plays an important role in regulation of...
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Fungal diversity notes 1387–1511: taxonomic and phylogenetic contributions on genera and species of fungal taxa
This article is the 13th contribution in the Fungal Diversity Notes series, wherein 125 taxa from four phyla, ten classes, 31 orders, 69 families, 92 genera and three genera incertae sedis are treated, demonstrat...
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Colonization Characteristics of Poplar Fungal Disease Biocontrol Bacteria N6-34 and the Inhibitory Effect on Pathogenic Fungi by Real-Time Fluorescence Quantitative PCR Detection
Botryosphaeria dothidea is one of the most important diseases which can cause poplar canker. In our previous study, the endophytic Bacillus subtilis N6-34 screened from poplar tissue was found to be an antagonist...
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Fusarium solani G6, a novel vitexin-producing endophytic fungus: characterization, yield improvement and osteoblastic proliferation activity
The study aimed to characterize a novel vitexin-producing endophytic fungus Fusarium solani G6 from Cajanus cajan, improve its capability for producing vitexin and evaluate its osteoblastic proliferation activity...
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Open AccessLotus leaf flavonoids induce apoptosis of human lung cancer A549 cells through the ROS/p38 MAPK pathway
Leaves of the natural plant lotus are used in traditional Chinese medicine and tea production. They are rich in flavonoids.
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Arbuscular mycorrhizal colonization rate of an exotic plant, Galinsoga quadriradiata, in mountain ranges changes with altitude
Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) are suggested to be important for invasions by many exotic plants. However, it is not yet known how associations between AMF and invasive plant populations change in mountain...
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Open AccessUncovering fungal community composition in natural habitat of Ophiocordyceps sinensis using high-throughput sequencing and culture-dependent approaches
The fungal communities inhabiting natural Ophiocordyceps sinensis play critical ecological roles in alpine meadow ecosystem, contribute to infect host insect, influence the occurrence of O. sinensis, and are repe...
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Open AccessRefined families of Dothideomycetes: orders and families incertae sedis in Dothideomycetes
Numerous new taxa and classifications of Dothideomycetes have been published following the last monograph of families of Dothideomycetes in 2013. A recent publication by Honsanan et al. in 2020 expanded inform...
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Open AccessSPP1 promotes Schwann cell proliferation and survival through PKCα by binding with CD44 and αvβ3 after peripheral nerve injury
Schwann cells (SCs) play a crucial role in Wallerian degeneration after peripheral nerve injury. The expression of genes in SCs undergo a series of changes, which greatly affect the proliferation and apoptosis...
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The numbers of fungi: is the descriptive curve flattening?
The recent realistic estimate of fungal numbers which used various algorithms was between 2.2 and 3.8 million. There are nearly 100,000 accepted species of Fungi and fungus-like taxa, which is between 2.6 and ...
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Engineering of glycerol utilization in Pseudomonas chlororaphis GP72 for enhancing phenazine-1-carboxylic acid production
Glycerol is a by-product of biodiesel, and it has a great application prospect to be transformed to synthesize high value-added compounds. Pseudomonas chlororaphis GP72 isolated from the green pepper rhizosphere ...
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Open AccessFungal diversity notes 1151–1276: taxonomic and phylogenetic contributions on genera and species of fungal taxa
Fungal diversity notes is one of the important journal series of fungal taxonomy that provide detailed descriptions and illustrations of new fungal taxa, as well as providing new information of fungal taxa wo...
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Fungal diversity notes 1036–1150: taxonomic and phylogenetic contributions on genera and species of fungal taxa
This article is the tenth series of the Fungal Diversity Notes, where 114 taxa distributed in three phyla, ten classes, 30 orders and 53 families are described and illustrated. Taxa described in the present st...
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Bacterial community in cold and alkaline environments of Hoh **l basin in Qinghai–Tibet Plateau and isolation of potential sources of microbiota
The Hoh **l basin is the largest Cenozoic sedimentary basin in the Qinghai–Tibet Plateau (QTP) with an average altitude of above 5000 m. It is also the coldest region in the QTP. However, due to the difficulty...
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Open AccessFungal diversity notes 929–1035: taxonomic and phylogenetic contributions on genera and species of fungi
This article is the ninth in the series of Fungal Diversity Notes, where 107 taxa distributed in three phyla, nine classes, 31 orders and 57 families are described and illustrated. Taxa described in the presen...
