Acinetobacter is a vast bacterial genus comprising of numerous species with variable
characteristics. The enigma associated with clinical strains that have been implicated in …

Caenorhabditis elegans is a model organism for the study of different molecular,
biochemical, microbial and immunity-related mechanisms. In its natural habitat, C. elegans …

Culminating in the 1950's, bananas, the world's most extensive perennial monoculture,
suffered one of the most devastating disease epidemics in history. In Latin America and the …

Plant-parasitic nematodes are associated with specifically attached soil bacteria. To
investigate these bacteria, we employed culture-dependent methods to isolate a …

Background Human schistosomiasis is a highly prevalent neglected tropical disease (NTD)
caused by Schistosoma species. Research on the molecular mechanisms influencing the …

Genome plasticity is a key determinant that Acinetobacter johnsonii could widely distribute in
natural and clinical environments. However, little attention has been paid to figure out the …

Over the past decades, accumulating evidences have highlighted the gut microbiota as a
key player in the brain functioning via microbiota–gut–brain axis, and accordingly, the …

Acinetobacter johnsonii is a critical threat to aquatic products. However, the complete
genome sequences and metabolome knowledge of A. johnsonii are still limited with respect …

Invasive scarab beetles, like the Japanese beetle Popillia japonica Newman (JB), spend
most of their lives as larvae feeding in the soil matrix. Despite the potential importance of the …

The microbiome associated with an animal's gut and other organs is considered an integral
part of its ecological functions and adaptive capacity. To better understand how microbial …