Effector translocation in soil beneficial bacteria

Beneficial bacteria inhibit cachexia

Muscle wasting, known as cachexia, is a debilitating condition associated with chronic inflammation such as during cancer. Beneficial microbes have been shown to optimize systemic inflammatory tone during good health; however, interactions between microbes and host immunity in the context of cachexia are incompletely understood. Here we use mouse models to test roles for bacteria in muscle wast...

Regulatory consequences of gene translocation in bacteria

Gene translocations play an important role in the plasticity and evolution of bacterial genomes. In this study, we investigated the impact on gene regulation of three genome organizational features that can be altered by translocations: (i) chromosome position; (ii) gene orientation; and (iii) the distance between a target gene and its transcription factor gene ('target-TF distance'). Specifica...

Beneficial effects of antioxidative lactic acid bacteria

Oxidative stress is caused by exposure to reactive oxygen intermediates. The oxidative damage of cell components such as proteins, lipids, and nucleic acids one of the important factors associated with diabetes mellitus, cancers and cardiovascular diseases. This occurs as a result of imbalance between the generations of oxygen derived radicals and the organism’s antioxidant potential. The amoun...

Enumeration and Isolation of Beneficial Soil Microflora

5.1 Background Isolation of appropriate microbes is very essential before putting them through screening procedure. The initial step for isolation is to obtain the organism in pure culture without which, it cannot be considered for characterization. Enrichment of isolation culture is essential to isolate desired class of microorganisms where selective media is utilized for the pure culture of r...

Pathogenic and Beneficial Plant-associated Bacteria