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Food Science & Technology
Fuat Aydin, Tuba Kayman, Secil Abay, Harun Hizlisoy, Izzet Burcin Saticioglu, Emre Karakaya, Orhan Sahin
Summary: This study investigated the genetic diversity, prevalence, and mechanisms of resistance to quinolone antibiotics in 178 Campylobacter jejuni isolates from humans, cattle, dogs, and chickens in Turkey. The results showed that there were 21 clonal complexes (CCs) and 78 different sequence types (STs) among the isolates, with CC21, CC353, CC206, and CC257 being the predominant clones. Quinolone resistance was detected in 41% of the isolates, and all resistant isolates had a specific mutation in the gyrA gene. The study provided important insights into the transmission pathways of C. jejuni in Turkey, suggesting that broiler meat and dogs may be the most important sources of human campylobacteriosis in the country.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF FOOD MICROBIOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Neurosciences
Zoltan Nagy, Chloe Hutton, Gergely David, Natalie Hinterholzer, Ralf Deichmann, Nikolaus Weiskopf, S. Johanna Vannesjo
Summary: Sampling the BOLD response with high temporal resolution provides new opportunities to study the functioning of the human brain. This study presents a method that combines a sparse event-related stimulus paradigm with data reshuffling to achieve high temporal resolution while maintaining high signal levels.
Review
Environmental Sciences
Burcu Sayinli, Yujiao Dong, Yuri Park, Amit Bhatnagar, Mika Sillanpaa
Summary: This paper presents concepts, principles, advantages, and challenges of ballast water treatment systems, highlighting the influence of various organisms and external factors on inactivation efficiency. The comprehensive review can assist in selecting suitable treatment systems and understanding the responses of different organisms to different treatment techniques.
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Microbiology
A. M. Hasanthi Abeykoon, Megan Poon, Simon M. Firestone, Mark A. Stevenson, Anke K. Wiethoelter, Gemma A. Vincent
Summary: This study assessed the efficacy of three air samplers (AirPort MD8, BioSampler, and Coriolis Micro) in detecting aerosolized C. burnetii. The results showed that all three devices were able to effectively detect the bacteria. However, at high concentrations, the AirPort performed better than the other two devices in terms of recovery probability. At intermediate and low concentrations, the AirPort detected at a level higher than or similar to that of other samplers. These findings are important for estimating the risk of Q fever transmission from likely sources to nearby communities.
MICROBIOLOGY SPECTRUM
(2022)
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Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Solenn Stoeckel, Barbara Porro, Sophie Arnaud-Haond
Summary: The study demonstrates two complementary behaviors in the probability distributions of genotypic and genetic indices with increasing rates of clonality. Genotypic indices provide reliable estimates of clonality, while genetic descriptors perform poorly for clonality levels below 0.95.
MOLECULAR ECOLOGY RESOURCES
(2021)
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Veterinary Sciences
Marianna Doman, Laszlo Makrai, Balazs Vasarhelyi, Gyula Balka, Krisztian Banyai
Summary: Fungal infections, particularly Candida albicans, can cause economic losses in the poultry industry. This study used MLST to analyze C. albicans isolated from geese and ducks in Hungary, revealing the intra-species transmission of three known genotypes and the identification of two novel allele combinations. Phylogenetic analysis showed the relationship between these genotypes, indicating that C. albicans is exposed to lesser selective pressure in animal hosts. The increasing genetic information in the MLST database can help disease prevention strategies.
FRONTIERS IN VETERINARY SCIENCE
(2023)
Article
Horticulture
Meng-Chieh Yu, Chih-Yao Hou, Chang-Wei Hsieh, Jyh-Shyan Tsay, Hsin-Ying Chung, Yu-Shen Liang
Summary: The addition of D-limonene nanoemulsion coating can delay papaya ripening and reduce microbial infection, thus extending the storage life of papayas.
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Ki Joon Heo, Hyun Sik Ko, Sang Bin Jeong, Sang Bok Kim, Jae Hee Jung
Summary: A novel method for obtaining enriched bioaerosol samples with high efficiency and concentration enhancement ratio has been developed through unique aerosol-liquid interaction. This method shows significant potential for air monitoring in occupational and public-health applications with low detection limit and high collection efficiency.
Article
Microbiology
Bibhuti Bhusan Pal, Debasish Samal, Smruti Ranjan Nayak, Swatishree Pany
Summary: This study presents a comprehensive analysis of Vibrio cholerae O1 and non-O1/non-O139 serogroups isolated from environmental water sources in Odisha, India between 2007 and 2019. The strains were analyzed for their genotypes, antibiogram profiles, and pulsotypes. The results showed that the O1 strains carried ctxB1, ctxB3, and ctxB7 genotypes, while the non-O1/non-O139 strains only had ctxB1 genotype. Both O1 and non-O1/non-O139 strains exhibited multiple antibiotic resistances, with the latter showing higher prevalence of resistance-associated genes. The study highlights the changing epidemiology and antibiogram patterns of Vibrio cholerae strains in Odisha.
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
S. K. Finsterwalder, I Loncaric, A. Cabal, M. P. Szostak, L. M. Barf, M. Marz, F. Allerberger, I. A. Burgener, A. Tichy, A. T. Fessler, S. Schwarz, S. Monecke, R. Ehricht, W. Ruppitsch, J. Spergser, F. Kuenzel
Summary: This study investigates whether dogs are carriers of resistant and/or virulent C. difficile strains. The results indicate that dogs may carry C. difficile strains that are both virulent and resistant to antibiotics.
ZOONOSES AND PUBLIC HEALTH
(2022)
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Microbiology
Ina Maria Deutschmann, Anders K. Krabberod, Francisco Latorre, Erwan Delage, Celia Marrase, Vanessa Balague, Josep M. Gasol, Ramon Massana, Damien Eveillard, Samuel Chaffron, Ramiro Logares
Summary: This study investigates the dynamics of microbial associations in a 10-year marine time series in the Mediterranean Sea. The results show that marine microbial associations exhibit recurrent seasonal changes and collapse and reassemble when transitioning between colder and warmer waters. Additionally, the study finds that microbial associations are more repeatable in colder months. These findings contribute to a better understanding of the functioning of the ocean microbiome.
Article
Physics, Applied
Baptiste Chomet, Djamal Gacemi, Angela Vasanelli, Carlo Sirtori, Yanko Todorov
Summary: The research presents an alternative detection scheme for terahertz signals based on an optomechanical detector, combining a split-ring resonator and a mechanical resonator to read arbitrary periodic modulations on terahertz beams. Two Fourier sampling methods for the envelope of the terahertz signal are demonstrated, utilizing the mechanical resonator as a reference oscillator.
APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS
(2021)
Article
Agronomy
Xiaoshuang Xia, Hongfu Li, Bo Liu, Li Gao, Wanquan Chen, Taiguo Liu
Summary: This study collected samples of Puccinia triticina from different provinces in China and tested them using 13 simple sequence repeat (SSR) primers. The results revealed frequent gene exchange within P. triticina populations in China, but also showed distinct population divergence between those in Xinjiang and Yunnan provinces. Additionally, Inner Mongolia was found to be a possible source of P. triticina for other regions, and the linkage disequilibrium test indicated clonal reproduction of urediniospores in P. triticina populations.
Article
Neurosciences
Samso Chota, Phillipe Marque, Rufin VanRullen
Summary: Recent advances in neuroscience have challenged the notion of conscious visual perception as a continuous process, suggesting that oscillatory brain activity may play a role in influencing behavioral performance and visual illusions within the visual system. By investigating the causal relationship between occipital alpha oscillations and Temporal Order Judgements using neural entrainment via rhythmic TMS, the study demonstrates that the phase of entrained oscillations can both facilitate and hinder temporal order perception of visual stimuli. The findings support the idea that visual processing is discrete rather than continuous, and can be modulated by cortical rhythms, providing causal evidence for endogenous periodic modulation of time perception through TMS.
Article
Genetics & Heredity
Megan Hitchcock, Jianping Xu
Summary: This study analyzes the global population structure and genetic diversity of Cryptococcus neoformans species complex (CNSC) using multilocus sequence data. The results reveal evidence for historical differentiation, frequent gene flow, clonal expansion and recombination within and between lineages of the global CNSC population.
Article
Plant Sciences
Adel Pordel, Sebastien Ravel, Florian Charriat, Pierre Gladieux, Sandrine Cros-Arteil, Joelle Milazzo, Henri Adreit, Mohammad Javan-Nikkhah, Amir Mirzadi-Gohari, Ali Moumeni, Didier Tharreau
Summary: Blast disease is a notorious fungal disease causing dramatic yield losses on major food crops like rice and wheat. The emergence of blast disease on maize in Iran, as well as epidemics on barnyard grass, raises concerns about potential yield losses and geographic expansion of the disease. Phylogenetic analyses indicate independent host-range expansion events from barnyard grass to maize.
Review
Plant Sciences
Fanny E. Hartmann, Marine Duhamel, Fantin Carpentier, Michael E. Hood, Marie Foulongne-Oriol, Philippe Silar, Fabienne Malagnac, Pierre Grognet, Tatiana Giraud
Summary: Genomic regions determining sexual compatibility often display recombination suppression, which can extend beyond the genes determining sexes or mating types, maintaining the multiallelic combinations required for correct compatibility determination. Recent evidence shows expansions of recombination suppression beyond mating-type genes in fungi, which have been little studied and may be more pervasive than commonly thought. The study of recombination suppression in fungi could contribute to our understanding of recombination suppression expansion across a broader range of organisms.
Article
Ecology
Roger K. Butlin, Maria R. Servedio, Carole M. Smadja, Claudia Bank, Nicholas H. Barton, Samuel M. Flaxman, Tatiana Giraud, Robin Hopkins, Erica L. Larson, Martine E. Maan, Joana Meier, Richard Merrill, Mohamed A. F. Noor, Daniel Ortiz-Barrientos, Anna Qvarnstrom
Summary: Felsenstein introduced a model in 1981 to explore the role of genetic constraints in speciation. He described the process of speciation through the accumulation of linkage disequilibrium, showing that recombination inhibits speciation. These insights have laid the foundation for empirical and theoretical studies of speciation.
Article
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Flavia Rogerio, Cock Van Oosterhout, Maisa Ciampi-Guillardi, Fernando Henrique Correr, Guilherme Kenichi Hosaka, Sandrine Cros-Arteil, Gabriel Rodrigues Alves Margarido, Nelson S. Massola Junior, Pierre Gladieux
Summary: Invasions by fungal plant pathogens pose a significant threat to agricultural ecosystems. Through population genomics study of Colletotrichum truncatum, a polyphagous and invasive pathogen of soybean in Brazil, it was found that the pathogen is subdivided into three phylogenetically distinct lineages that exchange genetic variation through hybridization. Introgressed regions, which comprise secreted protein-encoding genes, may be the targets of co-evolutionary selection. Population genomic studies can help identify high-risk geographical areas and pathogens, providing valuable information for future crop protection strategies.
Article
Plant Sciences
Valerie Caffier, Jason Shiller, Marie-Noelle Bellanger, Jerome Collemare, Pascale Expert, Pierre Gladieux, Claire Pascouau, Melanie Sannier, Bruno Le Cam
Summary: Hybridization and adaptation to new hosts are important mechanisms of fungal disease emergence. Evaluating the risk of emergence of hybrids with enhanced virulence is crucial for sustainable crop disease management. In this study, the risk of hybridization and its effect on pathogenicity were evaluated in Venturia inaequalis, the fungus responsible for scab disease on Rosaceae hosts. The results showed that there is strict host specificity between isolates from different hosts, but some isolates were still able to cause disease on new hosts. Interestingly, none of the hybrids between different isolates could infect apple, suggesting a potential novel biocontrol strategy.
Article
Ecology
Marine Duhamel, Fantin Carpentier, Dominik Begerow, Michael E. Hood, Ricardo C. Rodriguez de la Vega, Tatiana Giraud
Summary: Researchers found that recombination suppression between mating-type chromosomes occurred in multiple steps and at least nine independent events linked the mating-type loci together in Microbotryum fungi. Chromosomal rearrangements and recombination suppression are evolutionary mechanisms leading to phenotypic convergence.
JOURNAL OF EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Biophysics
Mounia Lahfa, Andre Padilla, Karine de Guillen, Joana Pissarra, Mouna Raji, Stella Cesari, Thomas Kroj, Pierre Gladieux, Christian Roumestand, Philippe Barthe
Summary: This study reports the NMR resonance assignment and secondary structure analysis of three putative MAX effectors (MAX47, MAX60, and MAX67), revealing a high content of beta-strands consistent with the canonical ss-sandwich structure of MAX effectors. These findings lay the foundation for further structural characterization and sequence predictions of other MAX effectors.
BIOMOLECULAR NMR ASSIGNMENTS
(2022)
Article
Microbiology
Maud Thierry, Florian Charriat, Joelle Milazzo, Henri Adreit, Sebastien Ravel, Sandrine Cros-Arteil, Sonia Borron, Violaine Sella, Thomas Kroj, Renaud Ioos, Elisabeth Fournier, Didier Tharreau, Pierre Gladieux
Summary: The genetic and phenotypic diversity of the rice blast fungus was analyzed, revealing population subdivision, niche separation, and reproductive isolation between distinct lineages. Partial specialization to rice subgroups and differences in putative virulence effectors contributed to population subdivision.
Review
Microbiology
Jeanne Ropars, Tatiana Giraud
Summary: This article reviews the phenomenon of phenotypic convergence during the domestication of fungi, focusing on several fungi involved in cheese making and dry-cured meat making. Adaptation to similar ecological niches led to convergence in aspects such as colony aspect, metabolism, and competitive ability.
CURRENT OPINION IN MICROBIOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Sajid Ali, Pierre Gladieux, Sebastien Ravel, Henri Adreit, Isabelle Meusnier, Joelle Milazzo, Sandrine Cros-Arteil, Francois Bonnot, Baihui Jin, Thomas Dumartinet, Florian Charriat, Alexandre Lassagne, Xiahong He, Didier Tharreau, Huichuan Huang, Jean-Benoit Morel, Elisabeth Fournier
Summary: By investigating the genetic and phenotypic relationship between rice landraces and their rice blast pathogen in traditional flooded rice paddies, it was found that specific lineages of rice blast coexisted in the Yuanyang terraces. The study suggests that disease control strategies based on the emergence or maintenance of a generalist lifestyle in pathogens may sustainably reduce the burden of disease in crops.
Editorial Material
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Tatiana Giraud, Jeanne Ropars, Eva H. H. Stukenbrock, Katherine Ryan Amato, Ricardo Rodriguez de la Vega
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Mathematical & Computational Biology
Melina Ribaud, Edith Gabriel, Joseph Hughes, Samuel Soubeyrand
Summary: In this article, a permutation-based approach is proposed to identify factors significantly correlated with zero-inflated proportion data (ZIPD) which are dependent, continuous and bounded. A performance indicator is introduced to quantify the percentage of correlation explained by the subset of significant factors. The methodology is demonstrated on simulated data and two real data sets in epidemiology, dealing with Influenza transmission probabilities between horses and COVID-19 mortality dynamics in geographic entities.
STATISTICS IN MEDICINE
(2023)
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Genetics & Heredity
Nina Vittorelli, Ricardo Rodriguez de la Vega, Alodie Snirc, Emilie V. Levert, Valerie Gautier, Christophe Lalanne, Elsa De Filippo, Pierre E. Gladieux, Sonia Guillou, Yu Zhang, Sravanthi Tejomurthula, Igor Grigoriev, Robert Debuchy, Philippe Silar, Tatiana Giraud, Fanny Hartmann
Summary: Recombination suppression is observed at sex-determining loci in plants and animals, as well as at self-incompatibility or mating-type loci in plants and fungi. In this study, we found that Schizothecium tetrasporum, a fungus from the Sordariales order, also produces mostly self-fertile dikaryotic spores carrying the two opposite mating types due to recombination suppression around the mating-type locus. Our findings indicate a convergent evolution of self-fertile dikaryotic sexual spores across multiple ascomycete fungi and provide insights into the evolutionary causes of recombination suppression.
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Evolutionary Biology
Ewen Crequer, Jeanne Ropars, Jean-Luc Jany, Thibault Caron, Monika Coton, Alodie Snirc, Jean-Philippe Vernadet, Antoine Branca, Tatiana Giraud, Emmanuel Coton
Summary: This study identified a new population of Penicillium roqueforti specifically found in French Termignon cheeses, which provides a novel source of genetic diversity for cheese making. Additionally, two non-cheese populations that adapt to different ecological niches have not been investigated yet. The results suggest that domestication and adaptation to anthropized environments have occurred in cheese fungi.
EVOLUTIONARY APPLICATIONS
(2023)
Article
Microbiology
Lucas Bonometti, Fabien De Bellis, Sandrine Cros-Arteil, Elise Gueret, Pierre Gladieux
Summary: This article presents the draft genome sequences of four isolates of N. crassa clade B, providing a valuable resource for investigating the population biology and evolutionary history of N. crassa sensu lato.
MICROBIOLOGY RESOURCE ANNOUNCEMENTS
(2023)
