Electron-momentum dependence of electron-phonon coupling underlies dramatic phonon renormalization in YNiBC.

Electron-phonon coupling, i.e., the scattering of lattice vibrations by electrons and vice versa, is ubiquitous in solids and can lead to emergent ground states such as superconductivity and charge-density wave order.

Effects of a skin neuropeptide (substance p) on cutaneous microflora.

Background: Skin is the largest human neuroendocrine organ and hosts the second most numerous microbial population but the interaction of skin neuropeptides with the microflora has never been investigated. We studied the effect of Substance P (SP), a peptide released by nerve endings in the skin on bacterial virulence.

Methodology/principal Findings: Bacillus cereus, a member of the skin transient microflora, was used as a model.

Comparative study of normal and sensitive skin aerobic bacterial populations.

The purpose of this study was to investigate if the sensitive skin syndrome, a frequent skin disorder characterized by abnormal painful reactions to environmental factors in the absence of visible inflammatory response, could be linked to a modification in the skin bacterial population. A total of 1706 bacterial isolates was collected at the levels of the forehead, cheekbone, inner elbow, and lower area of the scapula on the skin of normal and sensitive skin syndrome-suffering volunteers of both sexes and of different ages. Among these isolates, 21 strains were randomly selected to validate in a first step the Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption/Ionization (MALDI)-Biotyper process as an efficient identification tool at the group and genus levels, by comparison to API(®) strips and 16S ribosomal RNA gene sequencing identification techniques.

Antimicrobial peptides and pro-inflammatory cytokines are differentially regulated across epidermal layers following bacterial stimuli.

The skin is a natural barrier between the body and the environment and is colonised by a large number of microorganisms. Here, we report a complete analysis of the response of human skin explants to microbial stimuli. Using this ex vivo model, we analysed at both the gene and protein level the response of epidermal cells to Staphylococcus epidermidis (S.

WhiB5, a transcriptional regulator that contributes to Mycobacterium tuberculosis virulence and reactivation.

The proteins belonging to the WhiB superfamily are small global transcriptional regulators typical of actinomycetes. In this paper, we characterize the role of WhiB5, a Mycobacterium tuberculosis protein belonging to this superfamily. A null mutant was constructed in M.

Sequence diversity of the OprD protein of environmental Pseudomonas strains.

OprD has been widely described for Pseudomonas aeruginosa at both structural and functional levels. Here, we describe the sequence diversity of the OprD proteins from other fluorescent Pseudomonads. We analysed the sequence of the oprD gene in each of the 49 Pseudomonas isolates, mostly putida and fluorescens species, obtained from various environmental sources, including soil, rhizosphere and hospitals.

Pore size dependence on growth temperature is a common characteristic of the major outer membrane protein OprF in psychrotrophic and mesophilic Pseudomonas species.

Pseudomonas species adapt well to hostile environments, which are often subjected to rapid variations. In these bacteria, the outer membrane plays an important role in the sensing of environmental conditions such as temperature. In previous studies, it has been shown that in the psychrotrophic strain P.