Bacillus amyloliquefaciens FG14 as a potential biocontrol strain against rusty root rot of Panax ginseng, and its impact on the rhizosphere microbial community

J Wang, J Wang, T Liu, X Li, J Gao, Y Jiang, CQ Chen - Biological Control, 2023 - Elsevier
Rusty root rot is the most destructive disease in ginseng production. The bacterial strain
FG14 isolated from the rhizosphere of Panax ginseng was characterised as Bacillus …

Nonionic surfactant Tween 80-facilitated bacterial transport in porous media: A nonmonotonic concentration-dependent performance, mechanism, and machine …

D Zhang, J Jiang, H Shi, L Lu, M Zhang, J Lin… - Environmental …, 2024 - Elsevier
The surfactant-enhanced bioremediation (SEBR) of organic-contaminated soil is a
promising soil remediation technology, in which surfactants not only mobilize pollutants, but …

Evolution and regulation of microbial secondary metabolism

G Santamaria, C Liao, C Lindberg, Y Chen, Z Wang… - Elife, 2022 - elifesciences.org
Microbes have disproportionate impacts on the macroscopic world. This is in part due to
their ability to grow to large populations that collectively secrete massive amounts of …

Capillary Condensation Mediated Fluidic Straining for Enhanced Bacterial Inactivation

Y Zhao, YH Cheung, Y Lam, J Tang, H Li… - Advanced Functional …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Biomaterials capable of continuously inactivating pathogens are essential for suppressing
transmission of infectious diseases, such as epidemic cerebrospinal meningitis and …

Long‐range alteration of the physical environment mediates cooperation between Pseudomonas aeruginosa swarming colonies

M Deforet - Environmental Microbiology, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Pseudomonas aeruginosa makes and secretes massive amounts of rhamnolipid surfactants
that enable swarming motility over biogel surfaces. But how these rhamnolipids interact with …

Plant growth‐promoting rhizobacteria mediate soil hydro‐physical properties: An investigation with Bacillus subtilis and its mutants

F Kaniz, W Zheng, H Bais, Y Jin - Vadose Zone Journal, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Plant growth‐promoting rhizobacteria and other soil bacteria have the potential to improve
soil hydro‐physical properties and processes through the production of extracellular …

Metagenomics reveals the characteristics and potential spread of microbiomes and virulence factor genes in the dairy cattle production system

Y Zhuang, S Liu, J Xiao, T Chen, D Gao, Y Xu… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2024 - Elsevier
Virulence factor genes (VFGs) pose a potential threat to ecological security and animal
health, and have attracted increasing attention in the livestock industry. As one of the …

Quantifying bacterial concentration in water and sand media during flow-through experiments using a non-invasive, real-time, and efficient method

X Zhang, F Chen, L Yang, F Qin, J Zhuang - Frontiers in Microbiology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Monitoring the dynamics of bacteria in porous media is of great significance to understand
the bacterial transport and the interplay between bacteria and environmental factors. In this …

Soft matter physics of the ground beneath our feet

A Voigtländer, M Houssais, KA Bacik, IC Bourg… - Soft matter, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
The soft part of the Earth's surface–the ground beneath our feet–constitutes the basis for life
and natural resources, yet a general physical understanding of the ground is still lacking. In …

Cyclic olefin copolymer (COC) as a promising biomaterial for affecting bacterial colonization: investigation on Vibrio campbellii

M Cesaria, M Calcagnile, V Arima, M Bianco… - International Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
Cyclic olefin copolymer (COC) has emerged as an interesting biocompatible material for
Organ-on-a-Chip (OoC) devices monitoring growth, viability, and metabolism of cells …