Repairing and destructive effects of microorganisms in buildings DOI Creative Commons
Liliana Carolina Córdova-Albores, Carlos Ríos-Llamas

ESTOA, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 13(26), P. 109 - 122

Published: July 31, 2024

In architecture, microorganisms can act as heroes or villains. However, research on has been delegated to engineering sciences and is usually conducted in parallel with architecture. This study analyzes scientific advances biomaterials, including that benefit materials degrade buildings. The methodology consisted of a literature review, followed by classification description the facilitate analysis findings. results revealed some provide positive characteristics, such greater durability, self-repair, increased compression absorption, most importantly, environmental sustainability. During destructive processes, primarily affect heritage buildings because their properties. biodegradation be slowed, delayed, inhibited microorganisms; therefore, this an opportunity advance research.

Language: Английский

The International Space Station has a unique and extreme microbial and chemical environment driven by use patterns DOI Creative Commons
Rodolfo A. Salido, Haoqi Zhao, Daniel McDonald

et al.

Cell, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: Feb. 1, 2025

Language: Английский

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Revolutionizing concrete: Unveiling bio-concrete's advantages and challenges in self-healing through microbial-induced calcium carbonate precipitation DOI
Nikita Verma, Satya Eswari Jujjavarapu, Chinmaya Mahapatra

et al.

Sustainable materials and technologies, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown, P. e01465 - e01465

Published: May 1, 2025

Language: Английский

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Tackling transmission of infectious diseases: A probiotic‐based system as a remedy for the spread of pathogenic and resistant microbes DOI Creative Commons
Maria D’Accolti, Irene Soffritti,

Francesca Bini

et al.

Microbial Biotechnology, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 17(7)

Published: July 1, 2024

Built environments (BEs) currently represent the areas in which human beings spend most of their life. Consistently, microbes populating BEs mostly derive from occupants and can be easily transferred BE to occupants. The hospital microbiome is a paradigmatic example, representing reservoir for harmful pathogens that transmitted susceptible patients, causing healthcare-associated infections (HAIs). Environmental cleaning crucial pillar controlling preventing related infections, chemical disinfectants have been largely used so far towards this aim. However, despite immediate effect, chemical-based disinfection unable prevent recontamination, has high environmental impact, select/increase antimicrobial resistance (AMR) treated microbes. To overcome these limitations, probiotic-based sanitation (PBS) strategies were recently proposed, built on use detergents added with selected probiotics able displace surrounding by competitive exclusion. PBS was reported as an effective low-impact alternative disinfection, providing stable rebalance significantly reducing HAIs compared disinfectants, without exacerbating AMR pollution concerns. This minireview summarizes significant results obtained applying sanitary non-sanitary settings, overall suggest may effectively tackle infectious risk meanwhile further spread pathogenic resistant

Language: Английский

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DipR, a GntR/FadR-family transcriptional repressor: regulatory mechanism and widespread distribution of the dip cluster for dipicolinic acid catabolism in bacteria DOI Creative Commons

Yinhu Jiang,

Kexin Wang, Lu Xu

et al.

Nucleic Acids Research, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 52(18), P. 10951 - 10964

Published: Aug. 24, 2024

Abstract Dipicolinic acid is an essential component of bacterial spores for stress resistance, which released into the environment after spore germination. In a previous study, dip gene cluster was found to be responsible catabolism dipicolinic in Alcaligenes faecalis JQ135. However, transcriptional regulatory mechanism remains unclear. The present study characterized new GntR/FadR family factor DipR, showing that transcribed as six units, dipR, dipA, dipBC, dipDEFG, dipH and dipJKLM. purified DipR protein has binding sites sharing 6-bp conserved motif sequence 5′-GWATAC-3′. Site-directed mutations indicated these sequences are binding. Moreover, four key amino residues R63, R67, H196 H218 examined by site-directed mutagenesis, played crucial roles regulation. Bioinformatics analysis showed clusters including dipR genes widely distributed bacteria, taxon-related, co-evolved with their hosts. This paper provides insights degradation bacteria.

Language: Английский

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Pan-genome-scale metabolic modeling of Bacillus subtilis reveals functionally distinct groups DOI Creative Commons
M J Neal,

William Brakewood,

Michael J. Betenbaugh

et al.

mSystems, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 9(11)

Published: Oct. 4, 2024

ABSTRACT Bacillus subtilis is an important industrial and environmental microorganism known to occupy many niches produce compounds of interest. Although it one the best-studied organisms, much this focus including reconstruction genome-scale metabolic models has been placed on a few key laboratory strains. Here, we substantially expand these prior pan-genome-scale, representing 481 genomes B. with 2,315 orthologous gene clusters, 1,874 metabolites, 2,239 reactions. Furthermore, incorporate data from carbon utilization experiments for eight strains refine validate its predictions. This comprehensive pan-genome model enables assessment strain-to-strain differences related nutrient utilization, fermentation outputs, robustness, other aspects. Using phenotypic predictions, divide into five groups distinct patterns behavior that correlate across features. The offers deep insights subtilis’ metabolism as varies environments provides understanding how different have adapted dynamic habitats. IMPORTANCE As volume genomic computational power increased, so number models. These encapsulate totality functions given organism. strain 168 first bacteria which network was reconstructed. Since then, several updated reconstructions generated microorganism. single pan-genome-scale model, consists individual By evaluating between strains, identified allowing rapid classification any particular strain. aids identification suitable application.

Language: Английский

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Structural characteristics of pathogenic bacteria in split-type air conditioners and environmental factors related to their pathogenicity DOI
Yan Liu, Zhichao Wang, Xiaofeng Li

et al.

Building and Environment, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 265, P. 111924 - 111924

Published: Aug. 8, 2024

Language: Английский

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An interdisciplinary perspective of the built-environment microbiome DOI Creative Commons

John S. McAlister,

Michael J. Blum, Yana Bromberg

et al.

FEMS Microbiology Ecology, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: Dec. 19, 2024

Abstract The built environment provides an excellent setting for interdisciplinary research on the dynamics of microbial communities. system is simplified compared to many natural settings, and some extent entire can be manipulated, from architectural design materials use, air flow, human traffic, capacity disrupt communities through cleaning. Here we provide overview ecology microbiome in environment. We address niche space refugia, population community (metagenomic) dynamics, spatial within a building, including major transmission mechanisms, as well evolution. also landscape ecology, connecting microbiomes between physically separated buildings. At each stage pay particular attention actual potential interface disciplines, such epidemiology, science, social behavior. end by identifying opportunities future

Language: Английский

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Repairing and destructive effects of microorganisms in buildings DOI Creative Commons
Liliana Carolina Córdova-Albores, Carlos Ríos-Llamas

ESTOA, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 13(26), P. 109 - 122

Published: July 31, 2024

In architecture, microorganisms can act as heroes or villains. However, research on has been delegated to engineering sciences and is usually conducted in parallel with architecture. This study analyzes scientific advances biomaterials, including that benefit materials degrade buildings. The methodology consisted of a literature review, followed by classification description the facilitate analysis findings. results revealed some provide positive characteristics, such greater durability, self-repair, increased compression absorption, most importantly, environmental sustainability. During destructive processes, primarily affect heritage buildings because their properties. biodegradation be slowed, delayed, inhibited microorganisms; therefore, this an opportunity advance research.

Language: Английский

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0