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Understanding the rapid increase in life expectancy in shanghai, China: a pop...
Abstract Background Life expectancy at birth (LE) is a comprehensive measure that accounts for age-specific death rates in a population. Shanghai has ranked first in LE in China... -
Correction to: A comprehensive fungi-specific 18S rRNA gene sequence primer t...
Following publication of the original article [1], we have been notified that three of the primer names identified as most promising candidates for fungal community surveys were... -
Divergent transcriptomic responses underlying the ranaviruses-amphibian inter...
Abstract Background Ranaviruses (family Iridoviridae, nucleocytoplasmic large DNA viruses) have been reported as promiscuous pathogens of cold-blooded vertebrates. Rana grylio... -
The discriminative value of inflammatory back pain in patients with persisten...
Objectives: To estimate the prevalence of inflammatory back pain (IBP) characteristics and analyse the discriminative value of IBP relative to axial spondyloarthritis (SpA)... -
Flying ticks: anciently evolved associations that constitute a risk of infect...
Abstract Ticks are important vectors of emerging zoonotic diseases affecting human and animal health worldwide. Ticks are often found on wild birds, which have been long... -
Dynamic changes of the fecal bacterial community in dairy cows during early l...
Abstract The dynamics of the community structure and composition of the dairy cow fecal bacterial communities during early lactation is unclear, therefore this study was... -
Bacterial communities and metabolic activity of faecal cultures from equol pr...
Abstract Background Isoflavones are polyphenols with estrogenic activity found mainly in soy and soy-derived products that need to be metabolised in the intestine by the gut... -
Ubiquitous giants: a plethora of giant viruses found in Brazil and Antarctica
Abstract Background Since the discovery of giant viruses infecting amoebae in 2003, many dogmas of virology have been revised and the search for these viruses has been... -
Effects of intestinal colonization by Clostridium difficile and Staphylococcu...
Abstract Background Intestinal colonization by pathogenic bacteria is a risk factor for infection, and contributes to environmental contamination and disease dissemination.... -
Synthesis and biological activity of myricetin derivatives containing 1,3,4-t...
Abstract Background Myricetin and 1,3,4-thiadiazole derivatives were reported to exhibit favorable antiviral and antibacterial activities. Aiming to discover novel myricetin... -
ABO antigen and secretor statuses are not associated with gut microbiota comp...
Abstract Background Host genetics is one of several factors known to shape human gut microbiome composition, however, the physiological processes underlying the heritability are... -
Increasing outdoor host-seeking in Anopheles gambiae over 6 years of vector c...
Abstract Background Vector control through indoor residual spraying (IRS) has been employed on Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea, under the Bioko Island Malaria Control Project... -
The putative β-glucosidase BGL3I regulates cellulase induction in Trichoderma...
Abstract Background The filamentous fungus Trichoderma reesei (anamorph of Hypocrea jecorina) displays increased cellulase expression while growing on inducers such as lactose... -
Fecal metatranscriptomics of macaques with idiopathic chronic diarrhea reveal...
Abstract Background Idiopathic chronic diarrhea (ICD) is a common cause of morbidity and mortality among juvenile rhesus macaques. Characterized by chronic inflammation of the... -
Chemostat culture systems support diverse bacteriophage communities from huma...
Abstract Background Most human microbiota studies focus on bacteria inhabiting body surfaces, but these surfaces also are home to large populations of viruses. Many are... -
Preemptive intrathecal administration of endomorphins relieves inflammatory p...
Abstract Background Preemptive administration of analgesic drugs reduces perceived pain and prolongs duration of antinociceptive action. Whereas several lines of evidence... -
Major differential gene regulation in Coxiella burnetii between in vivo and i...
Abstract Background Coxiella burnetii is the causative agent of the zoonotic disease Q fever. As it is an intracellular pathogen, infection by C. burnetii requires adaptation to... -
Draft genome sequences of eight bacteria isolated from the indoor environment...
Abstract We report here the draft genome sequences of eight bacterial strains of the genera Staphylococcus, Microbacterium, Mycobacterium, Plantibacter, and Pseudomonas. These... -
Capturing the diversity of the human gut microbiota through culture-enriched ...
Abstract Background The human gut microbiota has been implicated in most aspects of health and disease; however, most of the bacteria in this community are considered... -
Construction of enhanced transcriptional activators for improving cellulase p...
Abstract Enhancing cellulase production in Trichoderma reesei is of great interest for an economical biorefinery. Artificial transcription factors are a potentially powerful...
