Understanding the impacts of bacteriophage viruses: from laboratory evolution to natural ecosystems

B Koskella, CA Hernandez… - Annual Review of …, 2022 - annualreviews.org
Viruses of bacteria (bacteriophages or phage) have broad effects on bacterial ecology and
evolution in nature that mediate microbial interactions, shape bacterial diversity, and …

Microfluidics as an emerging platform for exploring soil environmental processes: a critical review

X Zhu, K Wang, H Yan, C Liu, X Zhu… - … Science & Technology, 2022 - ACS Publications
Investigating environmental processes, especially those occurring in soils, calls for
innovative and multidisciplinary technologies that can provide insights at the microscale …

Interactions between virus surrogates and sewage sludge vary by viral analyte: Recovery, persistence, and sorption

W Yang, C Cai, X Dai - Water research, 2022 - Elsevier
Sewage sludge, as a reservoir of viruses, may pose threats to human health. Understanding
how virus particles interact with sludge is the key to controlling virus exposure and …

Phage co-transport with hyphal-riding bacteria fuels bacterial invasion in a water-unsaturated microbial model system

X You, R Kallies, I Kühn, M Schmidt, H Harms… - The ISME …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Nonmotile microorganisms often enter new habitats by co-transport with motile
microorganisms. Here, we report that also lytic phages can co-transport with hyphal-riding …

Efficient transport system of cultivated mushroom mycelium enables its derived carbon with high performance electrochemical desalination capability

C Zhao, Q Wang, S Chang, S Zhang, Z Li, Z Shen, X Jin… - Carbon, 2022 - Elsevier
Capacitive deionization (CDI) is regarded as a promising desalination technology because
of its high efficiency and low energy consumption. Electrode materials with high surface …

Hitchhiking behavior in bacteriophages facilitates phage infection and enhances carrier bacteria colonization

Z Yu, C Schwarz, L Zhu, L Chen… - … Science & Technology, 2020 - ACS Publications
Interactions between bacteriophages (phages) and biofilms remain poorly understood
despite the broad implications for microbial ecology, water quality, and microbiome …

[HTML][HTML] Exposure to polystyrene nanoplastics reduces bacterial and fungal biomass in microfabricated soil models

PM Mafla-Endara, V Meklesh, JP Beech… - Science of The Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Nanoplastics have been proven to induce toxicity in diverse organisms, yet their effect on
soil microbes like bacteria and fungi remains largely unexplored. In this paper, we used …

[PDF][PDF] Fungi-on-a-Chip: microfluidic platforms for single-cell studies on fungi

F Richter, S Bindschedler… - FEMS Microbiology …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
This review highlights new advances in the emerging field of 'Fungi-on-a-Chip'microfluidics
for single-cell studies on fungi and discusses several future frontiers, where we envisage …

Plastisphere-hosted viruses: A review of interactions, behavior, and effects

G Kutralam-Muniasamy, VC Shruti… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2024 - Elsevier
Microbial communities, including bacteria, diatoms, and fungi, colonize plastic surfaces,
forming biofilms known as the" plastisphere." Recent research has revealed that …

[HTML][HTML] Numerical study of the flow of pollutants during air purification, taking into account the use of eco-Friendly material for the filter—Mycelium

V Vaišis, A Chlebnikovas, R Jasevičius - Applied Sciences, 2023 - mdpi.com
To improve air quality, it is customary to apply technological measures to isolate or retain
pollutants by influencing the polluted stream in various ways to effectively remove the …