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Preparation of Red Palm Weevil Rhynchophorus Ferrugineus (Olivier) (Coleoptera: Dryophthoridae) Germ-free Larvae for Host-gut Microbes Interaction Studies

Authors: Abrar Muhammad, Prosper Habineza, Youming Hou and Zhanghong Shi, date: 12/20/2019, view: 512, Q&A: 0

[Abstract] Red palm weevil (RPW), Rhynchophorus ferrugineus Olivier, is a devastating pest of palm trees worldwide. RPW gut is colonized by diverse bacterial species which profoundly influence host development and nutritional metabolism. However, the molecular mechanisms behind the interactions between RPW and its gut microbiota remain mostly ...

Amplex Red Assay for Measuring Hydrogen Peroxide Production from Caenorhabditis elegans

Authors: Ozgur Karakuzu, Melissa R. Cruz, Yi Liu and Danielle A. Garsin, date: 11/05/2019, view: 876, Q&A: 0

[Abstract] Reagents such as Amplex^® Red have been developed for detecting hydrogen peroxide (H₂O₂) and are used to measure the release of H₂O₂ from biological samples such as mammalian leukocytes undergoing the oxidative burst. Caenorhabditis elegans is commonly used as a model host in the study ...

Visualizing Hypoxia in a Murine Model of Candida albicans Infection Using in vivo Biofluorencence

Authors: José Pedro Lopes and Constantin F. Urban, date: 08/05/2019, view: 848, Q&A: 0

[Abstract] Candida albicans is a leading human fungal pathogen that uses several metabolic adaptations to escape immune cells and causes systemic disease. Here, we describe a protocol for measuring one of these adaptations, the ability to thrive in hypoxic niches. Hypoxia was generated after successful subdermal infection with C. albicans ...

Tracking Root Interactions System (TRIS) Experiment and Quality Control

Authors: Hassan Massalha, Elisa Korenblum, Orr H. Shapiro and Asaph Aharoni, date: 04/20/2019, view: 2163, Q&A: 0

[Abstract] Soil organisms are diverse taxonomically and functionally. This ecosystem experiences highly complex networks of interactions, but may also present functionally independent entities. Plant roots, a metabolically active hotspot in the soil, take an essential part in shaping the rhizosphere. Tracking the dynamics of root-microbe interactions at high ...

Use of Gas Chromatography to Quantify Short Chain Fatty Acids in the Serum, Colonic Luminal Content and Feces of Mice

Authors: Willian Rodrigues Ribeiro, Marco Aurélio Ramirez Vinolo, Leandro Augusto Calixto and Caroline Marcantonio Ferreira, date: 11/20/2018, view: 5504, Q&A: 0

[Abstract] Short-Chain Fatty Acids (SCFAs) are a product of the fermentation of resistant starches and dietary fibers by the gut microbiota. The most important SCFA are acetate (C2), propionate (C3) and butyrate (C4). These metabolites are formed and absorbed in the colon and then transported through the hepatic vein to the liver. SCFAs are more concentrated ...

Quantification of the Composition Dynamics of a Maize Root-associated Simplified Bacterial Community and Evaluation of Its Biological Control Effect

Authors: Ben Niu and Roberto Kolter, date: 06/20/2018, view: 3650, Q&A: 0

[Abstract] Besides analyzing the composition and dynamics of microbial communities, plant microbiome research aims to understanding the mechanism of plant microbiota assembly and their biological functions. Here, we describe procedures to investigate the role of bacterial interspecies interactions in root microbiome assembly and the beneficial effects of the ...

Transplantation of Fecal Microbiota Shaped by Diet

Authors: Keiran H. McLeod, Linda Mason and Eliana Mariño, date: 01/05/2018, view: 4470, Q&A: 0

[Abstract] Alterations in diet and gut microbial ecology underlie the pathogenesis of type 1 diabetes (T1D). In the non-obese diabetic (NOD) mouse, we found high concentrations of bacterial metabolites acetate and butyrate in blood and faeces correlated with protection from disease. We reconstituted germ free (GF) NOD mice with fecal bacteria from protected ...

Oral Microbiome Characterization in Murine Models

Authors: Loreto Abusleme, Bo-Young Hong, Anilei Hoare, Joanne E. Konkel, Patricia I. Diaz and Niki M. Moutsopoulos, date: 12/20/2017, view: 4598, Q&A: 0

[Abstract] The oral microbiome has been implicated as a trigger for immune responsiveness in the oral cavity, particularly in the setting of the inflammatory disease periodontitis. The protocol presented here is aimed at characterizing the oral microbiome in murine models at steady state and during perturbations of immunity or physiology. Herein, we describe ...

Capturing Z-stacked Confocal Images of Living Bacteria Entering Hydathode Pores of Cauliflower

Authors: Aude Cerutti and Alain Jauneau, date: 10/20/2017, view: 4987, Q&A: 0

[Abstract] The present protocol to visualize living bacteria at the pore level of cauliflower hydathodes is simple and trained users in confocal microscopy can execute it successfully. It can be easily adapted to capture images with other plant-microorganism interactions at the leaf surface and should be useful to obtain important information on pore and ...

Multicolor Stimulated Emission Depletion (STED) Microscopy to Generate High-resolution Images of Respiratory Syncytial Virus Particles and Infected Cells

Authors: Masfique Mehedi, Margery Smelkinson, Juraj Kabat, Sundar Ganesan, Peter L. Collins and Ursula J. Buchholz, date: 09/05/2017, view: 4623, Q&A: 0

[Abstract] Human respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infection in human lung epithelial A549 cells induces filopodia, cellular protrusions consisting of F-actin, that extend to neighboring uninfected cells (Mehedi et al., 2016). High-resolution imaging via stimulated emission depletion (STED) microscopy revealed filamentous RSV particles along these ...

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