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  • ...acts. A major contributor to gut flora, <i>Lactobacilli</i> have numerous beneficial roles in the human gastrointestinal tract, including immunomodulation and n ...s M. Kitahara, S. Sakata and Y. Benno Microbe Division Japan Collection of Microorganisms, RIKEN Bio Resource Center, Wako, Saitama, Japan 2004]</ref>
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  • ...er and thus prevent of the over infestation by undesirable colonization of microorganisms. ...temperature and proper nutrients, the eye is a great and prized niche for microorganisms.
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  • ...disease can be environmental or genetic. Certain lifestyle choices can be beneficial to preventing heart disease such as increased exercise, reduced salt or fat ...lly due to the presence of bacteria).<ref name=ww/> Invasive or pathogenic microorganisms and host immune system interaction with bacteraemia sometimes results in in
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  • ...unrestrained growth are defined as “pathogenic” [9]. The majority of the microorganisms that live in the epidermis live in its most superficial layer, known as the ...wiki/Image:HairFollicle.png Wikimedia Commons Online]]]. Other examples of beneficial interactions include staphylococci producing lactate that is used as a carb
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  • ...P. (2012). The arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis: origin and evolution of a beneficial plant infection. <i>PLoS Pathogens, 8</i>(4), e1002600. doi: 10.1371/journa ...1995). Effects of a vesicular-arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus and other soil microorganisms on growth, mineral nutrient acquisition, and root exudation of soil-grown m
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  • ...etween gut microbiota and behavior. GF mice are raised without exposure to microorganisms, giving us insight into what behaviors and processes are impacted without a ...ty in adults: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study.” 2019. Beneficial Microbes. 10:4, 355-373.]</ref> This study took course over 12 weeks, but e
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  • ...0.00 while optimum growth occurs around 20C. [[#References |[1.4]]]. These microorganisms are able to survive and grow at these extreme temperatures because they hav ...n the northern part of Lake Vostok possibly delivering nutrients and other microorganisms into the lake.[[#References |[2.2]]]
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  • ...over the past decade has demonstrated that exercise for CF patients can be beneficial to their overall health. In medicine the ability to exercise is related to ...f exercise into the therapeutic regimen of CF patients has proven to be so beneficial that researchers around the world have investigated the advantages of diffe
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  • ...P., & Bermúdez-Humarán, L. g. (2014). Gut ecosystem: How microbes help us. Beneficial Microbes, 5(3), 219–233.] </ref> Surveys of any global ecosystem will dem ...ulture. In D. G. Panpatte, Y. K. Jhala, H. N. Shelat, & R. V. Vyas (Eds.), Microorganisms for Green Revolution: Volume 2: Microbes for Sustainable Agro-ecosystem (pp
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  • Synthesis of both PHA and cyanophycin-like compounds is beneficial to the psychrophilic habitat to ensure the intracellular reserves of carbon .../journal/v7/n4/abs/7400662.html D’Amico, ''et al.'' (2006). "Psychrophilic microorganisms: challenges for life." ''EMBO Reports'' 12.]
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  • ...mdpi.com/microorganisms/microorganisms-06-00035/article_deploy/html/images/microorganisms-06-00035-g001.png]] ...microscopic residents' and human’s health and physiology. The trillions of microorganisms living mostly symbiotically within and on the human body are most commonly
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  • ...use manganese as a catalase to lower the concentration of oxygen, which is beneficial to the aerotolerant bacterium [4]. <i>L. plantarum</i> can produce a variet ...hase of the fermentation resulted in the inhibition on the growth of other microorganisms. These two starter bacteria improved the final product of sauerkraut by re
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  • ...also human disease. The human intestinal tract contains a wide variety of microorganisms, all of which have a large impact on health and disease <ref name==ab>Eckbu ...opulation <ref name==cc> Madigan, M., Martinko J. (2005). Brock Biology of Microorganisms. 11th ed. Prentice Hall.</ref>. Prevotella is another Gram-negative bacteri
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  • ...tant role in extracellular electron transfer. A biofilm is when a group of microorganisms stick to each other on a surface. Biofilms form for a number of reasons, bu ...uitous, the ability to acquire electrons from solid-phase materials can be beneficial in environments that are nutrient poor and uninhabitable to more basic micr
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  • <DD>- Up to 115<sup>o</sup>C: Thermophilic microorganisms can live. ...as an above average capability of going through CO<sub>2</sub> fixation, a beneficial process for other organisms within the habitat.
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  • ...membrane [[#References|[14]]]. This process is thought to be nutritionally beneficial to S. hominis, as it releases nitrogen, amino acids, and a carbon source in ...ferences|[13]]], [[#References|[17]]]. AMPs are known to control growth of microorganisms residing on the skin’s surface. Hominicin is heat-tolerant up 121˚C to a
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  • ...ia like <i>Myxococcus xanthus</i>. It was hard to believe that unicellular microorganisms could be capable of such complex multicellular behaviours (Hagen, 1978; Cla Under favorable food and spatial conditions, it is common to see these microorganisms, under a microscope, grow by swarming, a directional dispersion of small or
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  • ...bbe4cf3d8f51c76a0d16 7]. The asymptomatic presence of the bacteria can be beneficial to the human host since it allows antibodies to develop that can be useful ...s genomes go, ''N. meningitidis'' has a fairly small one compared to other microorganisms such as ''E. coli''. Their genome is approximately 2, 200 kb long and is p
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  • 2. If archaea and bacteria are present, it is beneficial for them to form a syntrophic relationship and divide the labour; in an eve ...d nitrate were widely available during the Archaen Eon as strong oxidants. Microorganisms using nitrate-dependent oxidation of methane could have thrived in such con
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  • ...f normal nonpathogenic microbial flora, and can even play a protective and beneficial role in the host. Recent research has found that biofilm formation by vagin ...versity of a biofilm, the better the polymicrobial communities can develop beneficial synergistic relationships to increase its chance of survival.<br>
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