When President Bill Clinton and Francis Collins, then the director of the National Human
Genome Research Institute, celebrated the near completion of the human genome …

Iron and light are recognized as limiting factors controlling Southern Ocean phytoplankton
growth. Recent field-based evidence suggests, however, that manganese availability may …

Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a nosocomial pathogen with a prevalence in
immunocompromised individuals and is particularly abundant in the lung microbiome of …

Manganese (Mn) pollution is an important environmental problem because of the potential
toxicity to human and animal health. However, the effects of Mn on energy metabolism and …

Microbiome research is currently gaining tremendous interest on the impact of diets and
environment to influence life traits of several hosts. Full understanding of the insect ecology …

Riemerella anatipestifer is an important pathogen of waterfowl, causing septicemic and
exudative diseases. In our previous study, we demonstrated that bacterial virulence and …

The opportunistic human pathogen Pseudomonas aeruginosa causes chronic infections that
involve multicellular aggregates called biofilms. Biofilm formation is modulated by the host …

Methane is a potent greenhouse gas in the atmosphere, and its concentration has continued
to increase in recent decades. Aerobic methanotrophs, bacteria that use methane as the …

Trichodesmium spp. is a colonial diazotrophic cyanobacterium found in the oligotrophic
(sub) tropical oceans, where dissolved inorganic phosphorus (DIP) can be depleted. To …

Agmatine is a neurotransmitter with anticonvulsant, anti-neurotoxic and antidepressant-like
effects, in addition it has hypoglycemic actions. Agmatine is converted to putrescine and …