Volume 90(4); 2024 Apr

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Spotlight

Articles of Significant Interest in This Issue

Appl Environ Microbiol. 2024 Apr; 90(4): e00664-24. Published online 2024 Apr 17. doi: 10.1128/aem.00664-24

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Minireviews

Toward the development of a molecular toolkit for the microbial remediation of per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances

Miao Hu, Colin Scott

Appl Environ Microbiol. 2024 Apr; 90(4): e00157-24. Published online 2024 Mar 13. doi: 10.1128/aem.00157-24

PMCID:: PMC11022551

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Sulfate-reducing bacteria unearthed: ecological functions of the diverse prokaryotic group in terrestrial environments

Konstantin A. Demin, Evgeniya V. Prazdnova, Tatiana M. Minkina, Andrey V. Gorovtsov

Appl Environ Microbiol. 2024 Apr; 90(4): e01390-23. Published online 2024 Mar 29. doi: 10.1128/aem.01390-23

PMCID:: PMC11022543

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Genetics and Molecular Biology

Combining CRISPR/Cas9 and natural excision for the precise and complete removal of mobile genetic elements in bacteria

Pengxia Wang, Xiaofei Du, Yi Zhao, Weiquan Wang, Tongxuan Cai, Kaihao Tang, Xiaoxue Wang

Appl Environ Microbiol. 2024 Apr; 90(4): e00095-24. Published online 2024 Mar 18. doi: 10.1128/aem.00095-24

PMCID:: PMC11022536

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Development of a genetic system for Haloferax gibbonsii LR2-5, model host for haloarchaeal viruses

Colin Tittes, Jeroen Nijland, Anna M. C. Schoentag, Thomas Hackl, Nadia Di Cianni, Anita Marchfelder, Tessa E. F. Quax

Appl Environ Microbiol. 2024 Apr; 90(4): e00129-24. Published online 2024 Mar 12. doi: 10.1128/aem.00129-24

PMCID:: PMC11022537

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A gold speciation that adds a second layer to synergistic gold-copper toxicity in Cupriavidus metallidurans

Niklas Hirth, Nicole Wiesemann, Stephanie Krüger, Michelle-Sophie Gerlach, Kilian Preußner, Diana Galea, Martin Herzberg, Cornelia Große, Dietrich H. Nies

Appl Environ Microbiol. 2024 Apr; 90(4): e00146-24. Published online 2024 Apr 1. doi: 10.1128/aem.00146-24

PMCID:: PMC11022561

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Protein disulfide isomerase 1 is required for RodA assembling-based conidial hydrophobicity of Aspergillus fumigatus

Xiaotao Hu, Yao Zhou, Renning Liu, Jing Wang, Lingyan Guo, Xiaofei Huang, Jingyi Li, Yunfeng Yan, Feiyun Liu, Xueying Li, Xinyu Tan, Yiqing Luo, Ping Wang, Shengmin Zhou

Appl Environ Microbiol. 2024 Apr; 90(4): e01260-23. Published online 2024 Mar 19. doi: 10.1128/aem.01260-23

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Histone acetyltransferase Sas3 contributes to fungal development, cell wall integrity, and virulence in Aspergillus fumigatus

Yamei Wang, Jialu Fan, Zhengyu Zhou, Gustavo H. Goldman, Ling Lu, Yuanwei Zhang

Appl Environ Microbiol. 2024 Apr; 90(4): e01885-23. Published online 2024 Mar 7. doi: 10.1128/aem.01885-23

PMCID:: PMC11022558

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Efficient markerless genetic manipulation of Pasteurella multocida using lacZ and pheSm as selection markers

Jinfei Jiang, Yishan Zhao, Aihua Chen, Juan Sun, Mengruo Zhou, Jialian Hu, Xuewei Cao, Ning Dai, Zhaoping Liang, Saixiang Feng

Appl Environ Microbiol. 2024 Apr; 90(4): e02043-23. Published online 2024 Mar 28. doi: 10.1128/aem.02043-23

PMCID:: PMC11022533

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Biotechnology

Conditional expression of FumA in Aspergillus niger enhances synthesis of L-malic acid

Chi Zhang, Man Shi, Yingyan Xu, Dongdong Yang, Ling Lu, Feng Xue, Qing Xu

Appl Environ Microbiol. 2024 Apr; 90(4): e00008-24. Published online 2024 Mar 20. doi: 10.1128/aem.00008-24

PMCID:: PMC11022578

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An NADH/NAD⁺-favored aldo-keto reductase facilitates avilamycin A biosynthesis by primarily catalyzing oxidation of avilamycin C

Derundong Zhang, Yaotong Wang, Qunyan Tang, Qinglin Zhang, Xiaowei Ji, Xiangqi Qiu, Dandan Chen, Wen Liu

Appl Environ Microbiol. 2024 Apr; 90(4): e00150-24. Published online 2024 Mar 29. doi: 10.1128/aem.00150-24

PMCID:: PMC11022570

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Biodegradation

Identification and characterization of a fungal cutinase-like enzyme CpCut1 from Cladosporium sp. P7 for polyurethane degradation

Jiawei Liu, Kaiyuan Xin, Tianyang Zhang, Yuan Wen, Ding Li, Ren Wei, Jie Zhou, Zhongli Cui, Weiliang Dong, Min Jiang

Appl Environ Microbiol. 2024 Apr; 90(4): e01477-23. Published online 2024 Mar 6. doi: 10.1128/aem.01477-23

PMCID:: PMC11022569

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The white rot basidiomycete Gelatoporia subvermispora produces fatty aldehydes that enable fungal manganese peroxidases to degrade recalcitrant lignin structures

Alexander N. Kapich, Hideki Suzuki, Kolby C. Hirth, Elena Fernández-Fueyo, Angel T. Martínez, Carl J. Houtman, Kenneth E. Hammel

Appl Environ Microbiol. 2024 Apr; 90(4): e02044-23. Published online 2024 Mar 14. doi: 10.1128/aem.02044-23

PMCID:: PMC11022559

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Enzymology and Protein Engineering

Directed evolution of the fluorescent protein CGP with in situ biosynthesized noncanonical amino acids

Yanhong Yang, Jing Zhang, Jian Yang, Huiwen Luo, Yingjie Sun, Famin Ke, Qin Wang, Xiaowei Gao

Appl Environ Microbiol. 2024 Apr; 90(4): e01863-23. Published online 2024 Mar 6. doi: 10.1128/aem.01863-23

PMCID:: PMC11022568

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A novel glycoside hydrolase 43-like enzyme from Clostridium boliviensis is an endo-xylanase and a candidate for xylooligosaccharide production from different xylan substrates

Daniel Martin Salas-Veizaga, Leonardo Roberto Rocabado-Villegas, Javier A. Linares-Pastén, Elisabet Eik Gudmundsdottir, Gudmundur Oli Hreggvidsson, María Teresa Álvarez-Aliaga, Patrick Adlercreutz, Eva Nordberg Karlsson

Appl Environ Microbiol. 2024 Apr; 90(4): e02223-23. Published online 2024 Mar 18. doi: 10.1128/aem.02223-23

PMCID:: PMC11022575

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The S–S bridge mutation between the A2 and A4 loops (T416C-I432C) of Cel7A of Aspergillus fumigatus enhances catalytic activity and thermostability

Subba Reddy Dodda, Musaddique Hossain, Sudipa Mondal, Shalini Das, Sneha Khator (Jain), Kaustav Aikat, Sudit S. Mukhopadhyay

Appl Environ Microbiol. 2024 Apr; 90(4): e02329-23. Published online 2024 Mar 5. doi: 10.1128/aem.02329-23

PMCID:: PMC11022540

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Environmental Microbiology

Triazole resistance in Aspergillus fumigatus isolated from a tomato production environment exposed to propiconazole

Alejandra M. Jimenez Madrid, Raees A. Paul, Francesca Rotondo, Loic Deblais, Gireesh Rajashekara, Sally A. Miller, Melanie L. Lewis Ivey

Appl Environ Microbiol. 2024 Apr; 90(4): e00017-24. Published online 2024 Mar 27. doi: 10.1128/aem.00017-24

PMCID:: PMC11022574

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Antibacterial insights into alternariol and its derivative alternariol monomethyl ether produced by a marine fungus

Rongmei Li, Zhenjie Su, Chaomin Sun, Shimei Wu

Appl Environ Microbiol. 2024 Apr; 90(4): e00058-24. Published online 2024 Mar 12. doi: 10.1128/aem.00058-24

PMCID:: PMC11022538

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Impacts of litter microbial community on litter decomposition in the absence of soil microorganisms

Jiaying Liu, Changjun Ding, Chao Teng, Weixi Zhang, Xiaohua Su, Wenxu Zhu

Appl Environ Microbiol. 2024 Apr; 90(4): e00239-24. Published online 2024 Mar 14. doi: 10.1128/aem.00239-24

PMCID:: PMC11022580

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A novel phage putative depolymerase, Depo16, has specific activity against K1 capsular-type Klebsiella pneumoniae

Rihong Zhao, Shanshan Jiang, Siyu Ren, Li Yang, Wenyu Han, Zhimin Guo, Jingmin Gu

Appl Environ Microbiol. 2024 Apr; 90(4): e01197-23. Published online 2024 Mar 29. doi: 10.1128/aem.01197-23

PMCID:: PMC11022553

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Plasmalogen, a glycerophospholipid crucial for Streptococcus mutans acid tolerance and colonization

Rong Mu, Stephanie Momeni, Madeline Krieger, Baotong Xie, Xixi Cao, Justin Merritt, Hui Wu

Appl Environ Microbiol. 2024 Apr; 90(4): e01500-23. Published online 2024 Mar 8. doi: 10.1128/aem.01500-23

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Pyoluteorin regulates the biosynthesis of 2,4-DAPG through the TetR family transcription factor PhlH in Pseudomonas protegens Pf-5

Li-Ming Luo, Hang Xu, Nannan Zhang, Honghua Ge, Yun Xiang, Hao Yang, Yong-Xing He

Appl Environ Microbiol. 2024 Apr; 90(4): e01743-23. Published online 2024 Mar 12. doi: 10.1128/aem.01743-23

PMCID:: PMC11022555

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Composting reduces the risks of resistome in beef cattle manure at the transcriptional level

Yuepeng Sun, Zachery R. Staley, Bryan Woodbury, Jean-Jack Riethoven, Xu Li

Appl Environ Microbiol. 2024 Apr; 90(4): e01752-23. Published online 2024 Mar 6. doi: 10.1128/aem.01752-23

PMCID:: PMC11022583

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Pan-azole- and multi-fungicide-resistant Aspergillus fumigatus is widespread in the United States

B. N. Celia-Sanchez, B. Mangum, L. F. Gómez Londoño, C. Wang, B. Shuman, M. T. Brewer, M. Momany

Appl Environ Microbiol. 2024 Apr; 90(4): e01782-23. Published online 2024 Apr 1. doi: 10.1128/aem.01782-23

PMCID:: PMC11022549

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The microbiome dynamics and interaction of endosymbiotic Symbiodiniaceae and fungi are associated with thermal bleaching susceptibility of coral holobionts

Biao Chen, Yuxin Wei, Kefu Yu, Yanting Liang, Xiaopeng Yu, Zhiheng Liao, Zhenjun Qin, Lijia Xu, Zeming Bao

Appl Environ Microbiol. 2024 Apr; 90(4): e01939-23. Published online 2024 Mar 6. doi: 10.1128/aem.01939-23

PMCID:: PMC11022545

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Constraining activity and growth substrate of fungal decomposers via assimilation patterns of inorganic carbon and water into lipid biomarkers

Stanislav Jabinski, Wesley d. M. Rangel, Marek Kopáček, Veronika Jílková, Jan Jansa, Travis B. Meador

Appl Environ Microbiol. 2024 Apr; 90(4): e02065-23. Published online 2024 Mar 25. doi: 10.1128/aem.02065-23

PMCID:: PMC11022577

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Novel Alphaproteobacteria transcribe genes for nitric oxide transformation at high levels in a marine oxygen-deficient zone

Claire E. Elbon, Frank J. Stewart, Jennifer B. Glass

Appl Environ Microbiol. 2024 Apr; 90(4): e02099-23. Published online 2024 Mar 6. doi: 10.1128/aem.02099-23

PMCID:: PMC11022542

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Microbiome analysis of the restricted bacteria in radioactive element-containing water at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station

Tomoro Warashina, Asako Sato, Hiroshi Hinai, Nurislam Shaikhutdinov, Elena Shagimardanova, Hiroshi Mori, Satoshi Tamaki, Motofumi Saito, Yukihisa Sanada, Yoshito Sasaki, Kozue Shimada, Yuma Dotsuta, Toru Kitagaki, Shigenori Maruyama, Oleg Gusev, Issay Narumi, Ken Kurokawa, Teppei Morita, Toshikazu Ebisuzaki, Akihiko Nishimura, Yoshikazu Koma, Akio Kanai

Appl Environ Microbiol. 2024 Apr; 90(4): e02113-23. Published online 2024 Mar 12. doi: 10.1128/aem.02113-23

PMCID:: PMC11022576

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Accounting for the microbial assembly of each process in wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs): study of four WWTPs receiving similar influent streams

Hong Cheng, Mohammad K. Monjed, Yevhen Myshkevych, Tiannyu Wang, Pei-Ying Hong

Appl Environ Microbiol. 2024 Apr; 90(4): e02253-23. Published online 2024 Mar 5. doi: 10.1128/aem.02253-23

PMCID:: PMC11022531

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Mitigation of Vibrio coralliilyticus-induced coral bleaching through bacterial dysbiosis prevention by Ruegeria profundi

Meiting Xu, Zhonghua Cai, Keke Cheng, Guofu Chen, Jin Zhou

Appl Environ Microbiol. 2024 Apr; 90(4): e02274-23. Published online 2024 Mar 12. doi: 10.1128/aem.02274-23

PMCID:: PMC11022554

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Halocin H4 is activated through cleavage by halolysin HlyR4

Shaoxing Chen, Yongpei Dai, Juntao Ke, Yuqing Luo, Chuangming Wang, Yuling Hao, Aodi Zhang, Jing Han, Hua Xiang

Appl Environ Microbiol. 2024 Apr; 90(4): e02284-23. Published online 2024 Mar 6. doi: 10.1128/aem.02284-23

PMCID:: PMC11022586

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Tartrate fermentation with H₂ production by a new member of Sporomusaceae enriched from rice paddy soil

Luciana Pereira-Mora, Leandro D. Guerrero, Leonardo Erijman, Ana Fernández-Scavino

Appl Environ Microbiol. 2024 Apr; 90(4): e02351-23. Published online 2024 Mar 22. doi: 10.1128/aem.02351-23

PMCID:: PMC11026083

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Long-duration environmental biosensing by recording analyte detection in DNA using recombinase memory

Prashant Bharadwaj Kalvapalle, Swetha Sridhar, Jonathan J. Silberg, Lauren B. Stadler

Appl Environ Microbiol. 2024 Apr; 90(4): e02363-23. Published online 2024 Mar 29. doi: 10.1128/aem.02363-23

PMCID:: PMC11022584

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Microbial Ecology

Growth and mortality of aerobic anoxygenic phototrophs in the North Pacific Subtropical Gyre

Michal Koblížek, Isabel Ferrera, Eva Kolářová, Solange Duhamel, Kimberly J. Popendorf, Josep M. Gasol, Benjamin A. S. Van Mooy

Appl Environ Microbiol. 2024 Apr; 90(4): e00032-24. Published online 2024 Mar 29. doi: 10.1128/aem.00032-24

PMCID:: PMC11022572

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The prokaryotic and eukaryotic microbiome of Pacific oyster spat is shaped by ocean warming but not acidification

Kevin Xu Zhong, Amy M. Chan, Brenna Collicutt, Maxim Daspe, Jan F. Finke, Megan Foss, Timothy J. Green, Christopher D. G. Harley, Amelia V. Hesketh, Kristina M. Miller, Sarah P. Otto, Kate Rolheiser, Rob Saunders, Ben J. G. Sutherland, Curtis A. Suttle

Appl Environ Microbiol. 2024 Apr; 90(4): e00052-24. Published online 2024 Mar 11. doi: 10.1128/aem.00052-24

PMCID:: PMC11022565

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Queen bee gut microbiota extends honeybee lifespan by inhibiting insulin signaling

Hongfang Wang, Wenfeng Chen, Li Lei, Wei Zhang, Zhenguo Liu, Ying Wang, Baohua Xu

Appl Environ Microbiol. 2024 Apr; 90(4): e01799-23. Published online 2024 Mar 12. doi: 10.1128/aem.01799-23

PMCID:: PMC11022582

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Exploring associations between the teat apex metagenome and Staphylococcus aureus intramammary infections in primiparous cows under organic directives

C. J. Dean, F. Peña-Mosca, T. Ray, T. J. Wehri, K. Sharpe, A. M. Antunes, Jr., E. Doster, L. Fernandes, V. F. Calles, C. Bauman, S. Godden, B. Heins, P. Pinedo, V. S. Machado, L. S. Caixeta, N. R. Noyes

Appl Environ Microbiol. 2024 Apr; 90(4): e02234-23. Published online 2024 Mar 18. doi: 10.1128/aem.02234-23

PMCID:: PMC11022539

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Continuous planting of euhalophyte Suaeda salsa enhances microbial diversity and multifunctionality of saline soil

Shuai Zhao, Xu Liu, Samiran Banerjee, Martin Hartmann, Bin Peng, Rylie Elvers, Zhen-Yong Zhao, Na Zhou, Jun-Jie Liu, Baozhan Wang, Chang-Yan Tian, Jiandong Jiang, Teng-Xiang Lian

Appl Environ Microbiol. 2024 Apr; 90(4): e02355-23. Published online 2024 Mar 27. doi: 10.1128/aem.02355-23

PMCID:: PMC11022556

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Food Microbiology

Exploring functional genes’ correlation with (S)-equol concentration and new daidzein racemase identification

Yun-Fei Hu, Shu Luo, Sheng-Qi Wang, Ke-Xin Chen, Wei-Xuan Zhong, Bai-Yuan Li, Lin-Yan Cao, Hua-Hai Chen, Ye-Shi Yin

Appl Environ Microbiol. 2024 Apr; 90(4): e00007-24. Published online 2024 Mar 19. doi: 10.1128/aem.00007-24

PMCID:: PMC11022573

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Comparison of the performance of multiple whole-genome sequence-based tools for the identification of Bacillus cereus sensu stricto biovar Thuringiensis

Taejung Chung, Abimel Salazar, Grant Harm, Sophia Johler, Laura M. Carroll, Jasna Kovac

Appl Environ Microbiol. 2024 Apr; 90(4): e01778-23. Published online 2024 Mar 12. doi: 10.1128/aem.01778-23

PMCID:: PMC11026089

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Pediococcus spp.-mediated competition interaction within Daqu microbiota determines the temperature formation and metabolic profiles

Shenglu Wu, Jun Lu, Changwen Li, Hai Du, Yan Xu

Appl Environ Microbiol. 2024 Apr; 90(4): e01790-23. Published online 2024 Mar 20. doi: 10.1128/aem.01790-23

PMCID:: PMC11022566

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Refermentation and maturation of lambic beer in bottles: a necessary step for gueuze production

Dries Bongaerts, Arne Bouchez, Jonas De Roos, Margo Cnockaert, Anneleen D. Wieme, Peter Vandamme, Stefan Weckx, Luc De Vuyst

Appl Environ Microbiol. 2024 Apr; 90(4): e01869-23. Published online 2024 Mar 6. doi: 10.1128/aem.01869-23

PMCID:: PMC11022581

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Physiology

Functional analysis of feedback inhibition-insensitive aspartate kinase identified in a threonine-accumulating mutant of Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Shota Isogai, Akira Nishimura, Akiko Inoue, Shino Sonohara, Takashi Tsugukuni, Tomoyuki Okada, Hiroshi Takagi

Appl Environ Microbiol. 2024 Apr; 90(4): e00155-24. Published online 2024 Mar 8. doi: 10.1128/aem.00155-24

PMCID:: PMC11022571

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CslA and GlxA from Streptomyces lividans form a functional cellulose synthase complex

Xiaobo Zhong, Simone Nicolardi, Ruochen Ouyang, Manfred Wuhrer, Chao Du, Gilles van Wezel, Erik Vijgenboom, Ariane Briegel, Dennis Claessen

Appl Environ Microbiol. 2024 Apr; 90(4): e02087-23. Published online 2024 Apr 1. doi: 10.1128/aem.02087-23

PMCID:: PMC11022532

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Plant Microbiology

Enhanced transport of bacteria along root systems by protists can impact plant health

Jamie L. Micciulla, Leslie M. Shor, Daniel J. Gage

Appl Environ Microbiol. 2024 Apr; 90(4): e02011-23. Published online 2024 Mar 27. doi: 10.1128/aem.02011-23

PMCID:: PMC11022564

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Invertebrate Microbiology

Dietary potential of the symbiotic fungus Penicillium herquei for the larvae of a nonsocial fungus-cultivating weevil Euops chinensis

Wenfeng Guo, Yu Song, Hu Chen, Xiaoqiong Li

Appl Environ Microbiol. 2024 Apr; 90(4): e01537-23. Published online 2024 Mar 6. doi: 10.1128/aem.01537-23

PMCID:: PMC11022562

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Public and Environmental Health Microbiology

Persistence and free chlorine disinfection of human coronaviruses and their surrogates in water

Mengyang Zhang, Michelle Wei Leong, William A. Mitch, Catherine A. Blish, Alexandria Boehm

Appl Environ Microbiol. 2024 Apr; 90(4): e00055-24. Published online 2024 Mar 21. doi: 10.1128/aem.00055-24

PMCID:: PMC11022552

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Investigating the association between nitrate dosing and nitrite generation by the human oral microbiota in continuous culture

Thomas Willmott, Hannah J. Serrage, Elizabeth C. Cottrell, Gavin J. Humphreys, Jenny Myers, Paul M. Campbell, Andrew J. McBain

Appl Environ Microbiol. 2024 Apr; 90(4): e02035-23. Published online 2024 Mar 5. doi: 10.1128/aem.02035-23

PMCID:: PMC11022587

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Eye infection risks from Pseudomonas aeruginosa via hand soap and eye drops

Anna Gitter, Kristina D. Mena, Karla S. Mendez, Fuqing Wu, Charles P. Gerba

Appl Environ Microbiol. 2024 Apr; 90(4): e02119-23. Published online 2024 Mar 18. doi: 10.1128/aem.02119-23

PMCID:: PMC11022585

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Persistence of human respiratory viral RNA in wastewater-settled solids

Mengyang Zhang, Laura Roldan-Hernandez, Alexandria Boehm

Appl Environ Microbiol. 2024 Apr; 90(4): e02272-23. Published online 2024 Mar 19. doi: 10.1128/aem.02272-23

PMCID:: PMC11022535

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Evolutionary and Genomic Microbiology

Plasmid-free cheater cells commonly evolve during laboratory growth

Amber M. Bedore, Christopher M. Waters

Appl Environ Microbiol. 2024 Apr; 90(4): e02311-23. Published online 2024 Mar 6. doi: 10.1128/aem.02311-23

PMCID:: PMC11022567

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