Top Research Papers on Microbiology

In the dynamic landscape of today’s energy sector, the shift from fossil fuels to sustainable energy sources has become a focal point of exploration and innovation. Yet, microorganisms continue to be a dominant player amid this transition period. In a series of enlightening interviews, we engage with experts who stand at the forefront of this research, offering valuable perspectives on the pivotal role of microorganisms in the ongoing energy transition. These conversations provide a unique window into the intricate relationships between microbiology and the energy transition, shedding light on...

The principles of microbiology are applied to the study of infectious disease in the context of food and wound healing.

Introduction to Solid Waste Decomposition, A.A. Barlaz Microbiology of Solid Waste Landfills, and Testing the Biodegradability of Synthetic Polymeric Materials in Solid Waste.

Food microbiology has seen enormous growth in the last decade, fueled by the global pandemic of COVID-19 and continual routine outbreaks with traditional foodborne pathogens. In addition, climate change and global warming also affect agriculture and food production, in turn shifting microbial ecology. Such changes will affect pathogen behavior, spoilage, and microbial growth, impacting food safety and quality. Health-conscious consumers are also looking for foods with alternative protein sources from plants and insects, such as fermented, antioxidant, and micronutrient-rich superfoods. All thr...

This Primer examines the adaptation of Raman microspectroscopy for microbiology, outlining potential applications and technical limitations, and describes a new database for sharing Raman spectral data to enhance reproducibility.

The aim of this review is to identify key points required to start the journey of becoming an effective machine learning practitioner and evaluate how machine learning has been applied so far in a broad scope of real-life microbiology examples.

Stenotrophomonas maltophilia is an opportunistic pathogen of significant concern to susceptible patient populations and has applications in biotechnology, including agriculture, biocontrol, and bioremediation.

"Written by leading experts in their respective fields, Principles and Applications of Soil Microbiology 3e, provides a comprehensive, balanced introduction to soil microbiology, and captures the rapid advances in the field such as recent discoveries regarding habitats and organisms, microbially mediated transformations, and applied environmental topics. Carefully edited for ease of reading, it aids users by providing an excellent multi-authored reference, the type of book that is continually used in the field. Background information is provided in the first part of the book for ease of compre...

Kombucha is a sparkling sugared tea commonly prepared using a sugared tea infusion and fermented at ambient temperature for several days using a cellulose pellicle also called tea fungus that is comprised of acetic acid bacteria and yeast. Consumption of Kombucha has been reported as early as 220 B.C. with various reported potential health benefits and appealing sensory properties. During Kombucha fermentation, sucrose is hydrolysed by yeast cells into fructose and glucose, which are then metabolised to ethanol. The ethanol is then oxidised by acetic acid bacteria (AAB) to produce acetic acid ...

Following the EMMI guidelines will improve comparability and reproducibility among qPCR and dPCR studies in environmental microbiology, better inform engineering and public health actions for preventing disease transmission through environmental pathways, and for the most pressing issues in the discipline, focus the weight of evidence in the direction toward solutions.

Articles in these two volumes cover current knowledge of the origins of various salivary compounds, their normal values, age dependency, relation to flow rate, diseases or hormonal status, and assay problems regarding human saliva.

The microbiology of diabetic foot infections is diverse, but S. aureus predominates and a correlation between the prevalence of Gram positive and negative organisms and Gross National Income could reflect differences in healthcare provision and sanitation.

The aim of this review is to provide an update into the current knowledge of water kefir, a sparkling, slightly acidic fermented beverage produced by fermenting a solution of sucrose, to which dried fruits have been added, with water keFir grains.

The major goal of this article was to summarize the most recent articles on SD, specifically related to underlying pathophysiology, to establish a paucity of studies looking at the relationship between SD and systemic disease.

This book provides an assessment of the understanding of soil microbiology and biochemistry as part of reclamation processes. It attempts to assemble more specialized literature on reclamation, where application of microbiological concepts has provided the understanding of the process.

The role of the gut microbiome in the conversion of primary to secondary bile acids and critically evaluates biochemical pathways that are less well understood are discussed.

The most common and updated microbiological diagnostic methods currently available for the laboratory diagnosis of brucellosis are reviewed and reported.

This review highlights critical non-biological aspects of MIC that can sometimes be overlooked by microbiologists working on MIC but are highly relevant for an overall understanding of this phenomenon.

Despite changes in antibiotic prophylaxis guidelines, the crude incidence of infective endocarditis has remained stable, however, the incidence rate in patients >80 years of age has doubled, particularly in the elderly.

The microbiologic aspects of endodontic infections are reviewed and perspectives for future research and directions in the field are provided.

The fundamentals of oral microbiome and oral mucosal immunity in regard to their barrier properties will be addressed, and their importance in development of new diagnostic, prophylactic and therapeutic strategies for certain diseases as well as in the application for personalized medicine will be discussed.

Fermentation is one of the oldest preservation techniques used by mankind with known actions of fermentation dating back to several millennia before the common era. From this came the fermentation of tea beverages which we commonly call kombucha. The origins of fermented teas, and ultimately the concept of kombucha, has a multitude of backstories and derivations stemming back several thousand years. Kombucha is made by fermenting sweetened black or green tea using a mixed fermenting culture of yeast and acetic acid bacteria. This review gives a holistic overview of the fermented tea beverage k...

This document is intended to serve as a reference to guide physicians in choosing tests that will aid them to diagnose infectious diseases in their patients.

Among many soil problems, heavy metal accumulation is one of the major agronomic challenges that has seriously threatened food safety.

This review focuses on the microbial nano-techniques that were used to produce various metallic and non-metallic nanoparticles and their “signal jamming effects” to inhibit biofilm formation.

This paper uses recent research findings with a wide range of study models to describe the antimicrobial potential of phenolic compounds and serves to highlight the role of olive leaf extract as an antioxidants and presents methods for determination of antioxidant potential.

Joint age, presence of a sinus tract, and revision arthroplasties influenced PJI microbiology, and the probability of isolation of more than one microorganism by almost three-fold.

This review will highlight seminal works that have brought into light the importance of the mucosa-associated microbiota in health and diseases, emphasizing the challenges and promises of expending the mucosal microbiology field of research.

In this review, the necessary data are compiled to understand the reactions or measurements performed in many of the assays commonly used in various aspects of microbiology.

After defining the key compounds that shape the characteristic sensory properties of kombucha, the impact of different production parameters is discussed and the type and amount of sweeteners play a role in the sweetness and influences the production kinetics.

Global population growth poses a threat to food security in an era of increased ecosystem degradation, climate change, soil erosion, and biodiversity loss. In this context, harnessing naturally-occurring processes such as those provided by soil and plant-associated microorganisms presents a promising strategy to reduce dependency on agrochemicals. Biofertilizers are living microbes that enhance plant nutrition by either by mobilizing or increasing nutrient availability in soils. Various microbial taxa including beneficial bacteria and fungi are currently used as biofertilizers, as they success...

The present review discusses performances, limitations and use of current and future diagnostic tests for SARS-CoV-2 and real-time RT-PCR remains the reference method for diagnosis.

This study indicated that leafy vegetable crops can produce safe, edible, fresh food to supplement to the astronauts’ diet, and provide baseline data for continual operation of the Veggie plant growth units on ISS.

The epidemiology, pathophysiology, and clinical features of listeriosis in humans and animals are summarized and information from different fields crucial for a comprehensive understanding of the pathogenesis of L. monocytogenes is gathered.

The aim of this review is to incorporate microbiological insights of E. faecium into practical infection control recommendations, to reduce the spread of hospital-acquired VREfm (carriage and infections).

This study reviewed in this study how these methods made dried products efficient of microbial inactivation and microbiologically safe.

The evaluation and implementation processes represent the main gap of existing ML systems, requiring a focus on their interpretability and potential integration into real-world settings.

This narrative review summarizes the collective knowledge on periodontal microbiology, through a historical timeline that highlights the European contribution in the global field. The etiological concepts on periodontal disease culminate to the ecological plaque hypothesis and its dysbiosis-centered interpretation. Reference is made to anerobic microbiology and to the discovery of select periodontal pathogens and their virulence factors, as well as to biofilms. The evolution of contemporary molecular methods and high-throughput platforms is highlighted in appreciating the breadth and depth of ...

Bacterial abundance and distribution across different devices and body sites and on the role of environmental features, such as the presence of fluid flow and properties of the implant surface, as well as the interplay between bacterial colonization and the response of the human immune system are focused on.

Comparing the two probiotic kefir grains finds that MK and WK contain broad spectra of probiotic microorganisms, which may help improve overall health and immunity and may help protect against COVID-19 and especially in the elderly.