Microbial transformations have been unnoticeably exploited by mankind for centuries especially in the context of early food industries. The modern biotechnology uses microbial cells in a more directed approach to produce enzymes, antibiotics, amino acids and other metabolites of economical interest. Food and mining industries are also sustained by natural microbial activities tailored in a way ...

SUMMARY The microbial protein interaction database (MPIDB) aims to collect and provide all known physical microbial interactions. Currently, 22,530 experimentally determined interactions among proteins of 191 bacterial species/strains can be browsed and downloaded. These microbial interactions have been manually curated from the literature or imported from other databases (IntAct, DIP, BIND, MI...

Abstract The PspC and Hic proteins of Streptococcus pneumoniae are some the most variable microbial immune evasion identified to date. Due structural similarities conserved binding profiles, it was assumed for a long time that these pneumococcal surface represent protein family comprised eleven subgroups. Recently, however, evaluation more revealed greater diversity individual proteins. In cont...

In order to unravel the effect of aerated irrigation on soil dissolved organic matter (DOM) fluorescence characteristics, and humification degree, a randomized block experiment was conducted with three factors two-level design, i.e., two rates (0.6 1.0 times crop evaporation pan coefficient, W1 W2), nitrogen application (225 300 kg hm−2, N1 N2), aeration (15% 0% in control treatment, A1 A0). Fl...

Abstract Key message Woody plants have salt-tolerant mechanisms similar to those developed by non-woody plants. Among others, compartmentalization of ions, production compatible solutes, synthesis specific proteins and metabolites, induction transcriptional factors are the most relevant. plant-associated microbial interactions as well naturally stress-adapted trees resources that deserve be dee...

Artificial modification of Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) proteins can effectively improve their resistance to target pests, but the effect such on diversity rhizosphere microorganisms remains unclear. Transgenic maize 2A-7 contains two artificially modified Bt proteins, mCry1Ab and mCry2Ab. These enter soil pose a potential threat microbial diversity. To assess impacts bacteria communities, conte...

The Nek family of cell-cycle kinases is widely represented in eukaryotes and includes numerous proteins that were described only recently and remain poorly characterized. Comparing Neks in the context of clades allows us to examine the question of whether microbial eukaryotic Neks, although not strictly orthologs of their vertebrate counterparts, can provide clues to ancestral functions that mi...