A new lexicon in the age of microbiome research

TCG Bosch, MJ Blaser, E Ruby… - … Transactions of the …, 2024 - royalsocietypublishing.org
At a rapid pace, biologists are learning the many ways in which resident microbes influence,
and sometimes even control, their hosts to shape both health and disease. Understanding …

From Saccharomyces cerevisiae to Candida glabrata in a few easy steps: important adaptations for an opportunistic pathogen

A Roetzer, T Gabaldón, C Schüller - FEMS microbiology letters, 2011 - academic.oup.com
The opportunistic human fungal pathogen Candida glabrata is closely related to
Saccharomyces cerevisiae, yet it has evolved to survive within mammalian hosts. Which …

[图书][B] Geomicrobiology

HL Ehrlich, DK Newman - 2008 - taylorfrancis.com
Uncovers the Key Role Microbes Play in the Transformation of Oxidizable and Reducible
MineralsMany areas of geomicrobial processes are receiving serious attention from …

Major role of surrounding environment in shaping biofilm community composition on marine plastic debris

M Basili, GM Quero, D Giovannelli, E Manini… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Plastic debris in aquatic environments is colonized by microbes, yet factors influencing
biofilm development and composition on plastics remain poorly understood. Here, we …

Meta-omic characterization of the marine invertebrate microbial consortium that produces the chemotherapeutic natural product ET-743

CM Rath, B Janto, J Earl, A Ahmed, FZ Hu… - ACS chemical …, 2011 - ACS Publications
In many macroorganisms, the ultimate source of potent biologically active natural products
has remained elusive due to an inability to identify and culture the producing symbiotic …

Comparative genomic analyses of 17 clinical isolates of Gardnerella vaginalis provide evidence of multiple genetically isolated clades consistent with subspeciation …

A Ahmed, J Earl, A Retchless, SL Hillier… - Journal of …, 2012 - Am Soc Microbiol
Gardnerella vaginalis is associated with a spectrum of clinical conditions, suggesting high
degrees of genetic heterogeneity among stains. Seventeen G. vaginalis isolates were …

Biogeography of the Sulfolobus islandicus pan-genome

ML Reno, NL Held, CJ Fields… - Proceedings of the …, 2009 - National Acad Sciences
Variation in gene content has been hypothesized to be the primary mode of adaptive
evolution in microorganisms; however, very little is known about the spatial and temporal …

Intestinal immune responses to commensal and pathogenic protozoa

A Sardinha-Silva, EVC Alves-Ferreira… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
The physical barrier of the intestine and associated mucosal immunity maintains a delicate
homeostatic balance between the host and the external environment by regulating immune …

The birth of a deadly yeast: tracing the evolutionary emergence of virulence traits in Candida glabrata

T Gabaldón, L Carreté - FEMS yeast research, 2016 - academic.oup.com
The yeast Candida glabrata is an opportunistic human fungal pathogen whose incidence
has increased in the last two decades. Despite its name, this yeast is only distantly related to …

Generation of Genic Diversity among Streptococcus pneumoniae Strains via Horizontal Gene Transfer during a Chronic Polyclonal Pediatric Infection

NL Hiller, A Ahmed, E Powell, DP Martin… - PLoS …, 2010 - journals.plos.org
Although there is tremendous interest in understanding the evolutionary roles of horizontal
gene transfer (HGT) processes that occur during chronic polyclonal infections, to date there …