Prokaryotes play crucial roles in hydrothermal vent ecosystems, yet their interactions with heavy metals are not well understood. This study explored the diversity of prokaryotic communities and their correlations with heavy metals and nutrient elements in hydrothermal sediments from Okinawa Trough. A total of 117 bacterial genera in 26 bacterial phyla and 10 archaeal classes in 3 archaeal phyla were identified, including dominant prokaryotic phyla Planctomycetes, Acidobacteria, Verrucomicrobia, and Euryarchaeota.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBovine Parainfluenza virus Type 3 (BPIV3) is one of the most important pathogens in cattle, capable of causing severe respiratory symptoms. Numerous studies have shown that autophagy plays a diverse role in the infection process of various pathogens. The influence of autophagy machinery on BPIV3 infection has not yet been confirmed.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFFormation of inclusion bodies (IBs) is a hallmark of infections with negative-strand RNA viruses. Although the Newcastle disease virus (NDV) IBs had been observed in the 1950s, the characteristics of NDV IBs remained largely unknown. Here, we show that NDV infection triggers the formation of IBs that contain newly synthesized viral RNA.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe paramyxoviruses represent a large family of human and animal pathogens that cause significant health and economic burdens worldwide. However, there are no available drugs against the virus. β-carboline alkaloids are a family of naturally occurring and synthetic products with outstanding antiviral activities.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPseudorabies virus (PRV) is a swine herpesvirus with a broad host range that causes significant economic losses worldwide. The Wnt/β-catenin signaling pathway is reportedly involved in multiple viruses' proliferation. In this study, we demonstrated that PRV infection significantly activated the Wnt/β-catenin signaling and promoted the nuclear translocation of β-catenin.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFCoriolis mass flowmeter (CMF) often suffers from two-phase flowrate which may cause flowtube stalling. To solve this problem, a digital drive method and a digital signal processing method of CMF is studied and implemented in this paper. A positive-negative step signal is used to initiate the flowtube oscillation without knowing the natural frequency of the flowtube.
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