Bifidobacteria and their role as members of the human gut microbiota

A O'Callaghan, D Van Sinderen - Frontiers in microbiology, 2016 - frontiersin.org
Members of the genus Bifidobacterium are among the first microbes to colonize the human
gastrointestinal tract and are believed to exert positive health benefits on their host. Due to …

Ethanolamine and phosphatidylethanolamine: partners in health and disease

D Patel, SN Witt - Oxidative medicine and cellular longevity, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Phosphatidylethanolamine (PE) is the second most abundant phospholipid in mammalian
cells. PE comprises about 15–25% of the total lipid in mammalian cells; it is enriched in the …

Genomic features of bacterial adaptation to plants

A Levy, I Salas Gonzalez, M Mittelviefhaus… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
Plants intimately associate with diverse bacteria. Plant-associated bacteria have ostensibly
evolved genes that enable them to adapt to plant environments. However, the identities of …

The structure and function of the global citrus rhizosphere microbiome

J Xu, Y Zhang, P Zhang, P Trivedi, N Riera… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
Citrus is a globally important, perennial fruit crop whose rhizosphere microbiome is thought
to play an important role in promoting citrus growth and health. Here, we report a …

Randomised clinical trial: gut microbiome biomarkers are associated with clinical response to a low FODMAP diet in children with the irritable bowel syndrome

BP Chumpitazi, JL Cope, EB Hollister… - Alimentary …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Background A low fermentable oligosaccharides, disaccharides, monosaccharides and
polyols (FODMAP) diet can ameliorate symptoms in adult irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) …

An overview on transcriptional regulators in Streptomyces

A Romero-Rodríguez, I Robledo-Casados… - … et Biophysica Acta (BBA …, 2015 - Elsevier
Streptomyces are Gram-positive microorganisms able to adapt and respond to different
environmental conditions. It is the largest genus of Actinobacteria comprising over 900 …

A genome-wide approach for identification and characterisation of metabolite-inducible systems

EKR Hanko, AC Paiva, M Jonczyk, M Abbott… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Inducible gene expression systems are vital tools for the advancement of synthetic biology.
Their application as genetically encoded biosensors has the potential to contribute to …

Experimental strategies for functional annotation and metabolism discovery: targeted screening of solute binding proteins and unbiased panning of metabolomes

MW Vetting, N Al-Obaidi, S Zhao, B San Francisco… - Biochemistry, 2015 - ACS Publications
The rate at which genome sequencing data is accruing demands enhanced methods for
functional annotation and metabolism discovery. Solute binding proteins (SBPs) facilitate the …

In vivo biosensors: mechanisms, development, and applications

S Shi, EL Ang, H Zhao - Journal of Industrial Microbiology and …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
In vivo biosensors can recognize and respond to specific cellular stimuli. In recent years,
biosensors have been increasingly used in metabolic engineering and synthetic biology …

Strategies for improving small-molecule biosensors in bacteria

CA Miller, JML Ho, MR Bennett - Biosensors, 2022 - mdpi.com
In recent years, small-molecule biosensors have become increasingly important in synthetic
biology and biochemistry, with numerous new applications continuing to be developed …