Microbiology (medical)


Publications
287

“Candidatus Intestinibacterium parameciiphilum”—member of the “Candidatus Paracaedibacteraceae” family (Alphaproteobacteria, Holosporales) inhabiting the ciliated protist Paramecium

Citation
Lanzoni et al. (2023). International Microbiology
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Ca. Intestinibacterium Ca. Intestinibacterium nucleariae Ca. Intestinibacterium parameciiphilum “Paracaedibacteraceae”
Abstract
AbstractProtists frequently host diverse bacterial symbionts, in particular those affiliated with the order Holosporales (Alphaproteobacteria). All characterised members of this bacterial lineage have been retrieved in obligate association with a wide range of eukaryotes, especially multiple protist lineages (e.g. amoebozoans, ciliates, cercozoans, euglenids, and nucleariids), as well as some metazoans (especially arthropods and related ecdysozoans). While the genus Paramecium and other ciliates

Phenotypic and genomic characterization of Bathyarchaeum tardum gen. nov., sp. nov., a cultivated representative of the archaeal class Bathyarchaeia

Citation
Khomyakova et al. (2023). Frontiers in Microbiology 14
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Bathyarchaeum tardum Ts Bathyarchaeum Bathyarchaeia Bathyarchaeales Bathyarchaeaceae Methanocrinis Methanocrinis harundinaceus Ts Methanocrinis alkalitolerans Methanocrinis natronophilus
Abstract
Bathyarchaeia are widespread in various anoxic ecosystems and are considered one of the most abundant microbial groups on the earth. There are only a few reports of laboratory cultivation of Bathyarchaeia, and none of the representatives of this class has been isolated in pure culture. Here, we report a sustainable cultivation of the Bathyarchaeia archaeon (strain M17CTs) enriched from anaerobic sediment of a coastal lake. The cells of strain M17CTs were small non-motile cocci, 0.4–0.7 μm in dia

Preliminary landscape of Candidatus Saccharibacteria in the human microbiome

Citation
Naud et al. (2023). Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology 13
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Ca. Saccharibacteria
Abstract
IntroductionCandidate Phyla Radiation (CPR) and more specifically Candidatus Saccharibacteria (TM7) have now been established as ubiquitous members of the human oral microbiota. Additionally, CPR have been reported in the gastrointestinal and urogenital tracts. However, the exploration of new human niches has been limited to date.MethodsIn this study, we performed a prospective and retrospective screening of TM7 in human samples using standard PCR, real-time PCR, scanning electron microscopy (SE

An Overview of the Emergence of Plant Pathogen ‘Candidatus Liberibacter solanacearum’ in Europe

Citation
Trkulja et al. (2023). Microorganisms 11 (7)
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“Liberibacter solanacearum”
Abstract
In this paper, a comprehensive overview of the ‘Candidatus Liberibacter solanacearum’ presence in Europe was provided. The analyzed findings revealed that, since the first appearance of this pathogen in Finland and Spain in 2008, it has spread to 13 new European countries. Therefore, ‘Ca. L. solanacearum’ has spread very quickly across the European continent, as evident from the emergence of new host plants within the Apiaceae, Urticaceae, and Polygonaceae families, as well as new haplotypes of

Pathogenicity and Transcriptomic Analyses of Two “ Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus” Strains Harboring Different Types of Phages

Citation
Zheng et al. (2023). Microbiology Spectrum 11 (3)
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Ca. Liberibacter asiaticus
Abstract
Citrus Huanglongbing (HLB), also called citrus greening disease, is a highly destructive disease threatening citrus production worldwide. “ Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus” is one of the most common putative causal agents of HLB. Phages of “ Ca . Liberibacter asiaticus”

Synthase-selected sorting approach identifies a beta-lactone synthase in a nudibranch symbiotic bacterium

Citation
Džunková et al. (2023). Microbiome 11 (1)
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Doriopsillibacter californiensis Ts Doriopsillibacter Perseibacteraceae
Abstract
Abstract Background Nudibranchs comprise a group of > 6000 marine soft-bodied mollusk species known to use secondary metabolites (natural products) for chemical defense. The full diversity of these metabolites and whether symbiotic microbes are responsible for their synthesis remains unexplored. Another issue in searching for undiscovered natural products is that computational analysis of genomes of uncultured microbes can result in detection of novel biosynthe

Endophytes and Plant Extracts as Potential Antimicrobial Agents against Candidatus Liberibacter Asiaticus, Causal Agent of Huanglongbing

Citation
Dominguez et al. (2023). Microorganisms 11 (6)
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Liberibacter Ca. Liberibacter asiaticus
Abstract
Huanglongbing (HLB), also known as citrus greening, is an insidious disease in citrus and has become a threat to the sustainability of the citrus industry worldwide. In the U.S., Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus (CLas) is the pathogen that is associated with HLB, an unculturable, phloem-limited bacteria, vectored by the Asian Citrus Psyllid (ACP, Diaphorina citri). There is no known cure nor treatment to effectively control HLB, and current control methods are primarily based on the use of inse

Candidatus Alkanophaga archaea from Guaymas Basin hydrothermal vent sediment oxidize petroleum alkanes

Citation
Zehnle et al. (2023). Nature Microbiology 8 (7)
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Ca. Alkanophaga Ca. Syntrophoarchaeum Ca. Thermodesulfobacterium syntrophicum
Abstract
AbstractMethanogenic and methanotrophic archaea produce and consume the greenhouse gas methane, respectively, using the reversible enzyme methyl-coenzyme M reductase (Mcr). Recently, Mcr variants that can activate multicarbon alkanes have been recovered from archaeal enrichment cultures. These enzymes, called alkyl-coenzyme M reductase (Acrs), are widespread in the environment but remain poorly understood. Here we produced anoxic cultures degrading mid-chain petroleum n-alkanes between pentane (

A biotroph sets the stage for a necrotroph to play: ‘Candidatus Phytoplasma solani’ infection of sugar beet facilitated Macrophomina phaseolina root rot

Citation
Duduk et al. (2023). Frontiers in Microbiology 14
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Ca. Phytoplasma solani
Abstract
‘Candidatus Phytoplasma solani’ (stolbur phytoplasma) is associated with rubbery taproot disease (RTD) of sugar beet (Beta vulgaris L.), while Macrophomina phaseolina is considered the most important root rot pathogen of this plant in Serbia. The high prevalence of M. phaseolina root rot reported on sugar beet in Serbia, unmatched elsewhere in the world, coupled with the notorious tendency of RTD-affected sugar beet to rot, has prompted research into the relationship between the two diseases. Th