Volume 93, Issue 7, July 2017
Perspective
In defence of Bacillus thuringiensis, the safest and most successful microbial insecticide available to humanity—a response to EFSA
This article critically examines the available evidence on whether Bacillus thuringiesis, a species commericially important in biocontrol, is capable of infecting vertebrates.
Research Articles
Sequence of inoculation influences the nature of extracellular polymeric substances and biofilm formation in Azotobacter chroococcum and Trichoderma viride
This study provides new information on characterisation and significance of extracellular substances (EPS) during biofilm development, resulting from sequential inoculation of Azotobacter chrooococcum and a filamentous fungus (Trichoderma viride).
Greater diversity of soil fungal communities and distinguishable seasonal variation in temperate deciduous forests compared with subtropical evergreen forests of eastern China
Soil fungal diversity increased linearly or parabolically with latitude, depending on the season, taxonomic and functional groups of analysis.
Interplay between stochastic and deterministic processes in the maintenance of alternative community states in Verrucomicrobia-dominated shallow lakes
Bacterioplankton-structuring processes in hypertrophic shallow lakes with contrasting alternative equilibria.
Temporal variation of the microbiome is dependent on body region in a wild mammal (Tamiasciurus hudsonicus)
The buccal and gut microbial communities, or microbiomes, of North American red squirrels were sampled to investigate the impact of temporal variation on the characterization of microbiomes in a wild mammal.
Complex interactions between potentially pathogenic, opportunistic, and resident bacteria emerge during infection on a reef-building coral
To better understand the dynamics of microbes on corals infected with white band disease, we identified potentially beneficial bacteria, disease-associated foreign colonizers and disease-associated responders already present on the corals.
Effects of alternative electron acceptors on the activity and community structure of methane-producing and consuming microbes in the sediments of two shallow boreal lakes
Anaerobic methane oxidation did not have any ecological relevance in the methane consumption in the sediments of two shallow boreal lakes.
Patterns and drivers of fungal community depth stratification in Sphagnum peat
Fungi living in peat are influenced by depth and vegetation.
Bacterial community composition and diversity in Kalakuli, an alpine glacial-fed lake in Muztagh Ata of the westernmost Tibetan Plateau
Bacterial community composition and diversity in Kalakuli Lake.
Genomic characterization of two novel SAR11 isolates from the Red Sea, including the first strain of the SAR11 Ib clade
Two novel strains of the world's most abundant bacteria have been isolated from the Red Sea, including one from an uncultured lineage.
Life inside a gall: closeness does not favour horizontal transmission of Rickettsia between a gall wasp and its parasitoid
Despite intimate contact and close phylogenetic relationship, Leptocybe invasa and its specific parasitoid Quadrastichus mendeli do not share the same Rickettsia endosymbiont, indicating absence of horizontal transmission.
The CTX-M-14 plasmid pHK01 encodes novel small RNAs and influences host growth and motility
The CTX-M-14 plasmid pHK01 manipulates bacterial host physiology via motility and sRNA regulation.
Short-term effect of oral amoxicillin treatment on the gut microbial community composition in farm mink (Neovison vison)
Amoxicillin affects the intestinal mucosa-associated bacterial community in mink despite the very fast gastrointestinal transit time of these carnivorous animals.
