The aims of this study were to select microbial isolates from phyllosphere of maize and to examine their antagonistic activity against Exserohilum turcicum. Selection was performed through the ability of isolates to compete with the pathogen using an index of dominance and to affect growth parameters of E. turcicum. Most of the epiphytic populations obtained for the screening were bacteria. The...

Abstract Neisseria gonorrhoeae is a human-specific pathogen, causing the sexually transmitted disease gonorrhea. Gonococci are adapted at evading immune response, but although an uncomplicated infection can be easily treated, increase in antibiotic resistance cause of concern. Here we present our latest contributions to N. research, elucidating various aspects and role known novel pathogenicity...

In the context of global issues concerning pathogen contamination surface and ground waters, this pioneering study describes fabrication screen-printed carbon electrodes modified with polymers molecularly imprinted lipopolysaccharide in an attempt to detect endotoxins derived from specific Gram-negative bacteria. The biosensors detected lipopolysaccharides Pseudomonas Aeruginosa high specificit...

Studying the relationship between rhizosphere microorganisms and root exudates is of great significance for interaction plants, prevention control soil-borne diseases. This article analyzed effects different on tobacco microorganisms. It was found that bacterial wilt pathogen can greatly increase acids amines, while probiotic B. amyloliquefaciens ZM9 eliminate some amines. The results study sho...

Environmentally-friendly methods for controlling microbial pathogenesis in aquaculture with probiotic bacteria are becoming increasingly preferred over the use of chemical means, such as disinfectants or antibiotics. Previous research at the Milford Laboratory has shown that naturally-occurring bacteria isolated from the digestive glands of adult oysters (Crassostrea virginica) show promise as ...

Interactions with bacteria play a major role in immune responses, ecology, and evolution of all animals, but they have been neglected until recently in the case of C. elegans. We report a genetic investigation of the interaction of C. elegans with the nematode-specific pathogen Microbacterium nematophilum, which colonizes the rectum and causes distinctive tail swelling in its host. A total of 1...

Health and wellbeing are challenged constantly by pathogens. A number of defence mechanisms exist to protect the body from pathogen colonisation and invasion, with an important role to play for the natural intestinal bacterial flora (mainly by bifidobacteria and lactobacilli). The present paper reviews the evidence on the effects of inulin and oligofructose on colonisation and translocation of ...

Trees and woody plants can be attacked by many pests pathogens either individually or as polymicrobial infections. In particular, infections caused tree-specific bacterial have become more common during the last decade, causing serious concern for important tree plant species in horticulture, urban environments, forests. For example, Xylella Pseudomonas bacteria are significant economic ecologi...

Plants are host to a large amount of pathogenic bacteria. Fire blight, caused by the bacterium Erwinia amylovora, is an important disease in Rosaceae. Pathogenicity of E. amylovora is greatly influenced by the production of exopolysaccharides, such as amylovoran, and the use of the type III secretion system, which enables bacteria to penetrate host tissue and cause disease. When infection takes...

Foodborne illnesses associated with pathogenic bacteria are a global public health and economic challenge. The diversity of microorganisms (pathogenic and nonpathogenic) that exists within the food and meat industries complicates efforts to understand pathogen ecology. Further, little is known about the interaction of pathogens within the microbiome throughout the meat production chain. Here, a...