Search results for "Bion"
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Groundwater biodiversity in Europe
2009
18 páginas, 7 figuras, 4 tables et al
Multicomponent bionanocomposites based on clay nanoarchitectures for electrochemical devices
2019
[EN] Based on the unique ability of defibrillated sepiolite (SEP) to form stable and homogeneous colloidal dispersions of diverse types of nanoparticles in aqueous media under ultrasonication, multicomponent conductive nanoarchitectured materials integrating halloysite nanotubes (HNTs), graphene nanoplatelets (GNPs) and chitosan (CHI) have been developed. The resulting nanohybrid suspensions could be easily formed into films or foams, where each individual component plays a critical role in the biocomposite: HNTs act as nanocontainers for bioactive species, GNPs provide electrical conductivity (enhanced by doping with MWCNTs) and, the CHI polymer matrix introduces mechanical and membrane pr…
Macromolecular engineering of hydrogels: from macro to nano scalar materials for different levels of biointeraction
2009
Bionanocomposites Based on Pectins and Halloysite Nanotubes: from the Structure to the Properties
2010
Bacterial symbionts in Lepidoptera: Their diversity, transmission, and impact on the host
2018
The insect's microbiota is well acknowledged as a “hidden” player influencing essential insect traits. The gut microbiome of butterflies and moths (Lepidoptera) has been shown to be highly variable between and within species, resulting in a controversy on the functional relevance of gut microbes in this insect order. Here, we aim to (i) review current knowledge on the composition of gut microbial communities across Lepidoptera and (ii) elucidate the drivers of the variability in the lepidopteran gut microbiome and provide an overview on (iii) routes of transfer and (iv) the putative functions of microbes in Lepidoptera. To find out whether Lepidopterans possess a core gut microbiome, we com…
Influence of Site and Check Dam Characteristics on Sediment Retention and Structure Conservation in a Mexican River
2020
Previously, in a large river of Mexico regulated by more than 200 check dams, we demonstrated that vegetation cover and channel characteristics were the dominant factors on the structure conditions and capacity to store sediments. This study focuses on other categorical (i.e., check dam type and location, soil texture and land use) and numerical (i.e. water discharge, check dam dimensions) variables, to whom statistical analysis is applied, in order to assess their influence on sediment filling degree and conditions (functional or destroyed) of the check dams in the same river. ANOVA has shown that: (i) check dam type (gabion or stone) and location (headwater, middle or valley reaches), and…
Chrząszcze w soli
2018
Kopalnia Soli „Wieliczka” jest obiektem sztucznie stworzonym przez człowieka, dawniej eksploatowanym, obecnie intensywnie odwiedzanym. Dzięki kopalni powstała nowa nisza ekologiczna, którą zaczęły zasiedlać troglofilne organizmy żywe. Jednymi z ciekawszych zwierząt żyjących w tej kopalni są chrząszcze Niptus hololeucus. Naturalnie występują w miejscach niezwiązanych z solnymi systemami podziemnymi, jednak zawleczone przystosowały się do troglobiontycznego trybu życia. Obecnie prowadzone badania ukierunkowane są m.in. na biologiczne i morfologiczne porównanie populacji troglofilnych z kopalni i żyjących poza nią. W tym celu przy pomocy pułapek Barbera pobierane są próby z 13 stanowisk z pozi…
A rapid and simple multiparameter assay to quantify spike-specific CD4 and CD8 T cells after SARS-CoV-2 vaccination: A preliminary report
2021
mRNA and Adenovirus vaccines for COVID-19 are used to induce humoral and cell-mediated immunity, with the aim to generate both SARS-CoV-2 B and T memory cells. In present study, we described a simple assay to detect and quantify Spike-specific CD4+ and CD8+ T cell responses induced by vaccination in healthy donors and in subjects with B cell compart impairment, in which antibody response is absent due to primary immunodeficiencies or CD20 depleting therapy. We detect and quantified memory T cell immune responses against SARS-CoV-2 evocated by vaccination in both groups, irrespective to the humoral response. Furthermore, we identified TNF-α as the main cytokine produced by T memory cells, af…
L’holobionte vigne, un levier biologique pour lutter contre les dépérissements ?
2021
National audience; Le concept d’organisme pluricellulaire isolé montre actuellement ses limites. En effet, unorganisme interagit avec différentes communautés microbiennes (constituant son microbiote)qui modulent ses propriétés, telles que sa physiologie (ex. réponse à une attaque pathogène).L’association hôte-microorganismes définit un holobionte, dont le fonctionnement est influencépar la dynamique spatio-temporelle de leurs interactions. Ainsi, un dysfonctionnement del’holobionte vigne (par exemple lié à des pratiques culturales inadaptées ou aux changementsclimatiques) pourrait entraîner le développement de maladies ou de désordres physiologiques,sources de dépérissements, de la même man…
Massive presence of insertion sequences in the genome of SOPE, the primary endosymbiont of the rice weevil Sitophilus oryzae
2008
Bacteria that establish an obligate intracellular relationship with eukaryotic hosts undergo an evolutionary genomic reductive process. Recent studies have shown an increase in the number of mobile elements in the first stage of the adaptive process towards intracellular life, although these elements are absent in ancient endosymbionts. Here, the genome of SOPE, the obligate mutualistic endosymbiont of rice weevils, was used as a model to analyze the initial events that occur after symbiotic integration. During the first phases of the SOPE genome project, four different types of insertion sequence (IS) elements, belonging to well-characterized IS families from γ-proteobacteria, were identif…