Pub Date : 2026-03-20DOI: 10.1186/s12866-026-04866-3
Zeyu Xu, Jie Li, Jia Su, Jingran Wang, Zhanglei Cao, Yuhong Liu, Depei Wang, Xianli Xue
{"title":"Identification and characterization of a novel transcriptional factor Spt7 involved in conidia formation and mycelium development in Aspergillus niger.","authors":"Zeyu Xu, Jie Li, Jia Su, Jingran Wang, Zhanglei Cao, Yuhong Liu, Depei Wang, Xianli Xue","doi":"10.1186/s12866-026-04866-3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s12866-026-04866-3","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":9233,"journal":{"name":"BMC Microbiology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.2,"publicationDate":"2026-03-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147490753","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Thiosulfate serves as a critical intermediate in the sulfur biogeochemical cycle and is frequently oxidized by the sulfur oxidation (Sox) system to sulfate in bacteria. Cupriavidus pinatubonensis JMP134 employs a complete Sox system to oxidize S2O32- to SO42-, yet the regulatory mechanisms underlying this process remain unclear. A regulator gene located adjacent to the sox genes cluster encodes an ArsR-type transcriptional regulator (SoxR). Here we report the regulation of the sox genes by SoxR in C. pinatubonensis JMP134. The sox genes are transcribed as an operon from a promoter in the front of soxR. SoxR binds to DNA 23-bp downstream of the transcription start site, blocking the sox transcription. We present evidence that SoxR does not directly respond to S2O32- but instead reacts with reactive sulfane sulfur via Cys43 and Cys98, and this interaction is contingent upon a functional Sox system. These findings will deepen our understanding of the regulation of the Sox system in bacteria.
{"title":"An ArsR-type transcriptional regulator, SoxR, regulates sulfur oxidization (Sox) system in Cupriavidus pinatubonensis JMP134.","authors":"Rui Gao, Honglei Liu, Huiyuan Yu, Fulin Ge, Xia Lu, Huaiwei Liu, Yongzhen Xia, Yutao Wang, Luying Xun","doi":"10.1186/s12866-026-04764-8","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s12866-026-04764-8","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Thiosulfate serves as a critical intermediate in the sulfur biogeochemical cycle and is frequently oxidized by the sulfur oxidation (Sox) system to sulfate in bacteria. Cupriavidus pinatubonensis JMP134 employs a complete Sox system to oxidize S<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub><sup>2-</sup> to SO<sub>4</sub><sup>2-</sup>, yet the regulatory mechanisms underlying this process remain unclear. A regulator gene located adjacent to the sox genes cluster encodes an ArsR-type transcriptional regulator (SoxR). Here we report the regulation of the sox genes by SoxR in C. pinatubonensis JMP134. The sox genes are transcribed as an operon from a promoter in the front of soxR. SoxR binds to DNA 23-bp downstream of the transcription start site, blocking the sox transcription. We present evidence that SoxR does not directly respond to S<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub><sup>2-</sup> but instead reacts with reactive sulfane sulfur via Cys43 and Cys98, and this interaction is contingent upon a functional Sox system. These findings will deepen our understanding of the regulation of the Sox system in bacteria.</p>","PeriodicalId":9233,"journal":{"name":"BMC Microbiology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.2,"publicationDate":"2026-03-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147484446","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Synergistic regulation of selenium yeast and vitamin E on the rumen microbiota-VFA-liver axis in lambs.","authors":"Shangwu Ma, Yuzhu Sha, Xiaoyong Ma, Haibo Wang, Shengguo Zhao, Ting Jiao","doi":"10.1186/s12866-026-04785-3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s12866-026-04785-3","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":9233,"journal":{"name":"BMC Microbiology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.2,"publicationDate":"2026-03-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147484418","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2026-03-18DOI: 10.1186/s12866-026-04940-w
David Fernández-Salvatierra, Carmen María González-Domenech, Gabriel Morey-León, Juan Carlos Fernández-Cadena
{"title":"Co-occurrence of bla<sub>KPC</sub> and bla<sub>OXA-48</sub> genes in Klebsiella pneumoniae isolates from a tertiary-care hospital in Ecuador and evidence of emerging genotypic-phenotypic AMR inconsistencies.","authors":"David Fernández-Salvatierra, Carmen María González-Domenech, Gabriel Morey-León, Juan Carlos Fernández-Cadena","doi":"10.1186/s12866-026-04940-w","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s12866-026-04940-w","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":9233,"journal":{"name":"BMC Microbiology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.2,"publicationDate":"2026-03-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147472671","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Effects of grazing and housing system on growth performance, serum indices, rumen fermentation parameters, and microbial community in Gangba sheep.","authors":"Yining Xie, Xiaokang Jing, Zhaohan Zhan, Yongqi Tan, Liang Chen, Hongfu Zhang","doi":"10.1186/s12866-026-04936-6","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s12866-026-04936-6","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":9233,"journal":{"name":"BMC Microbiology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.2,"publicationDate":"2026-03-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147479584","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2026-03-18DOI: 10.1186/s12866-026-04961-5
Hanan Al-Jawabreh, Suheir Ereqat, Amer Al-Jawabreh, Lina Dana, Abedelmajeed Nasereddin
{"title":"Diagnosis of human cutaneous leishmaniasis: comparison between ITS1-PCR and ITS1-219 next generation sequencing.","authors":"Hanan Al-Jawabreh, Suheir Ereqat, Amer Al-Jawabreh, Lina Dana, Abedelmajeed Nasereddin","doi":"10.1186/s12866-026-04961-5","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s12866-026-04961-5","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":9233,"journal":{"name":"BMC Microbiology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.2,"publicationDate":"2026-03-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147479586","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2026-03-18DOI: 10.1186/s12866-026-04947-3
Alejandro Moreno-León, Ane López-Morales, Ursula Höfle, Marta Barral, Natàlia Majó, José Luis Lavín
{"title":"Respiratory microbiota maturation enables machine learning based age prediction in chickens.","authors":"Alejandro Moreno-León, Ane López-Morales, Ursula Höfle, Marta Barral, Natàlia Majó, José Luis Lavín","doi":"10.1186/s12866-026-04947-3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s12866-026-04947-3","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":9233,"journal":{"name":"BMC Microbiology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.2,"publicationDate":"2026-03-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147472706","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}