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... Triumph For Captain D'inzeo, U.S. Launch Syncom II Into Orbit, O.E.C.D. Invitation ...
1963 - Gale Group | TDA
Li Mei, Jie Hu, Zhong Wei, Alexandre Jousset, Thomas Pommier, Xiangyang Yu, Yangchun Xu, Qirong Shen,
We summarize here the use of SynComs in improving various dimensions of soil health, including fertility, pollutant removal, soil-borne disease suppression, and soil resilience; as well as a ... to assess and understand the principles for designing SynComs to enhance soil health. Finally, we discuss the next stages of SynComs applications, including highly diverse and multikingdom SynComs targeting several functions simultaneously. In nature, diverse microorganisms ... challenge is to use simplified, synthetic microbial communities (SynComs). SynComs are artificial combinations of two or more ...
Tópico(s): Bacteriophages and microbial interactions
2024 - Wiley | iMeta
Yizhu Qiao, Zhendong Wang, Hong Sun, Hanyue Guo, Yang Song, He Zhang, Yang Ruan, Qicheng Xu, Qiwei Huang, Qirong Shen, Ning Ling,
... remains unclear. Here, we constructed a synthetic community (SynCom) of 16 core bacterial strains obtained from the rhizosphere of grafted watermelon plants. We further simplified SynCom and investigated the role of bacteria with synergistic ... synthetic community. Results Our results demonstrated that the SynCom significantly enhanced the growth and disease resistance of ... abundance and biofilm-forming pathways of Pseudomonas post-SynCom inoculation. Based on in vitro co-culture experiments ... Pseudomonas along with seven other members of the SynCom that exhibited synergistic effects with Pseudomonas . It enabled ...
Tópico(s): Plant Pathogenic Bacteria Studies
2024 - BioMed Central | Microbiome
Maria Isabella Prigigallo, Carmen Gómez‐Lama Cabanás, Jesús Mercado‐Blanco, Giovanni Bubici,
... step forward by designing a synthetic microbial community (SynCom) for the control of Fusarium wilt of banana ( ... In pot experiments, a large community such as SynCom 1.0 (44 isolates with moderate to high antagonistic activity) or a small one such as SynCom 1.1 (seven highly effective isolates) provided similar ... An in vitro study of the interactions among SynCom 1.1 isolates and between them and Foc ... antagonized the pathogen but also some of the SynCom constituents. Furthermore, Foc defended itself by antagonizing the ...
Tópico(s): Nematode management and characterization studies
2022 - Frontiers Media | Frontiers in Microbiology
Xinwei Hao, Xiao Wang, Chunlei Chen, Ruirui Liu, Yanling Yin, Jun Yao, Zhibo Xiao, Xiaozhen Liu, Xihui Shen, Xingyu Liu,
... gradually destroying soil carbon accumulation. Synthetic bacterial communities (SynComs) are a healthy solution capable of improving the microbiome for plant growth. However, the effect of SynCom on nutrient functions in desertified land remains poorly ... two years of different treatments (control, chemical fertilizer, SynCom, combined SynCom-Chemical fertilizer) were conducted on desertified land in ... we aimed to reveal the effects of introducing SynCom on bacterial communities and nutrient multifunctionality. The SynCom ...
Tópico(s): Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics
2023 - Elsevier BV | Applied Soil Ecology
Simranjit Kaur, Eleonora Egidi, Zhiguang Qiu, Catriona A. Macdonald, Jay Prakash Verma, Pankaj Trivedi, Juntao Wang, Hongwei Liu, Brajesh K. Singh,
Abstract Introduction Harnessing synthetic communities (SynCom) of plant growth‐promoting (PGP) microorganisms is considered a promising approach to improve crop fitness and productivity. However, biotic mechanisms that ... critical knowledge gaps that constrain field efficacy of SynCom and hence large‐scale adoption by the farming community. Material & Methods In this study, a SynCom of four PGP microbial species was constructed and ... different cotton ( Gossypium hirsutum ) cultivars. The impact of SynCom on plant growth, rhizosphere microbiome and soil nutrient ...
Tópico(s): Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity
2022 - Wiley | Journal of Sustainable Agriculture and Environment
Marie Simonin, Anne Préveaux, Coralie Marais, Tiffany Garin, Gontran Arnault, Alain Sarniguet, Matthieu Barret,
... of individual seed-borne strains and synthetic communities (SynComs) under in vitro conditions. The SynComs were composed of highly abundant and prevalent, sub- ... on germination and seedling phenotype. All strains and SynComs successfully colonized seedlings and we were able to ... rhizophila became dominant on seedlings of the three SynComs but most strains had variable transmission success (i. ... to seedling transition) that also depended on the SynCom richness. Most individual strains had no effect on ... development. Abnormal seedling morphologies were also observed with SynComs but their proportions decreased at the highest richness ...
Tópico(s): Plant Pathogenic Bacteria Studies
2023 - | Peer Community Journal
Olga Lucía Zapata Marin, Bernardo González, María Josefina Poupin,
Synthetic microbial communities (SynComs) are a useful tool for a more realistic understanding of the outcomes of multiple biotic interactions where microbes, plants, ... of the knowledge that has been achieved using SynComs in the rhizosphere, a systematic review of the literature on SynComs was performed to identify the overall rationale, design ... for further analysis, grouping them by their reported SynCom size. The reported SynComs were constituted with a highly variable number of ... Only four articles did not reference experiments with SynCom on plants, as they considered only microbial in ...
Tópico(s): Nematode management and characterization studies
2021 - Frontiers Media | Frontiers in Plant Science
Pim J. van Leeuwen, Stanley Brul, Jianbo Zhang, Meike T. Wortel,
... forming a highly complex ecosystem. Synthetic microbial communities (SynComs) of the human gut are an assembly of ... golden age’’ for harnessing the beneficial potential of SynComs to fight gastrointestinal disorders, such as infections and ... bowel diseases. As simplified and completely defined microbiota, SynComs offer a promising reductionist approach to understanding the ... challenges to overcome before we can precisely construct SynComs of designed function and efficacy that allow the ... strategies used to design, assemble, and test a SynCom, and address the significant challenges, which are of ...
Tópico(s): Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
2023 - Oxford University Press | FEMS Microbiology Reviews
Esaú De la Vega-Camarillo, Josimar Sotelo-Aguilar, Bibiana Rios-Galicia, Yuridia Mercado-Flores, Ramón Ignacio Arteaga-Garibay, Lourdes Villa‐Tanaca, César Hernández‐Rodríguez,
... maize landraces. In this study, synthetic microbial communities (SynCom) were assembled with a set of PGPB isolated ... stimulation of plant-induced systemic resistance (ISR). Three SynCom were designed considering the phenotypic traits of bacterial ... the control to 16 tons/ha inoculated with SynCom 3. In addition, the incidence of rust fungal ... the control to 8% in the treatment with SynCom 3. All SynCom designs promoted the growth of maize in all assays. However, SynCom 3 formulated with A. xylosoxidans Z2K8, Burkholderia sp. ...
Tópico(s): Studies on Chitinases and Chitosanases
2023 - Frontiers Media | Frontiers in Microbiology
Noris J. Flores-Duarte, Eloísa Pajuelo, Enrique Mateos‐Naranjo, Salvadora Navarro‐Torre, Ignacio D. Rodríguez‐Llorente, Susana Redondo‐Gómez, José A. Carrasco,
... was to test two different bacterial synthetic communities (SynComs) from the microbiome of Mesembryanthemum crystallinum, a moderate halophyte with cosmetic, pharmaceutical, and nutraceutical applications. The SynComs were composed of specific metal-resistant plant-growth- ... with selected bacteria was tested. One of the SynComs was isolated on standard tryptone soy agar (TSA), ... produce two different consortiums (denominated TSA- and MA-SynComs, respectively), whose effect on plant growth and physiology, ...
Tópico(s): Nanoparticles: synthesis and applications
2023 - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute | International Journal of Molecular Sciences
Hongwei Liu, Zhiguang Qiu, Jun Ye, Jay Prakash Verma, Jiayu Li, Brajesh K. Singh,
... this study, we constructed a bacterial synthetic community (SynCom) using eight plant‐growth‐promoting bacteria isolated from ... production and fungal pathogen suppression. We inoculated this SynCom in a soil with reduced microbial diversity, and investigated the ability of the SynCom to colonise wheat plants, and interact with soil ... pathogen Fusarium pseudograminearum ( Fp ). Results We found that SynCom significantly increased the wheat plant growth, root development ... reduced and plant survival rates increased following the SynCom inoculation. Soil microbial community structure was altered by ...
Tópico(s): Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis
2021 - Wiley | Journal of Sustainable Agriculture and Environment
Chuntao Yin, Christina H. Hagerty, Timothy C. Paulitz,
Synthetic microbial communities (SynComs) could potentially enhance some functions of the plant microbiome and emerge as a promising inoculant for improving crop performance. ... their antifungal activity against soilborne fungal pathogens. Ten SynComs with different compositions from 14 bacterial strains were created. Seven SynComs protected wheat from Rhizoctonia solani AG8 infection, although SynComs were not more effective than single strains in ... explored. We found that nine bacteria and nine SynComs impacted the root growth of Arabidopsis. Nine bacteria ...
Tópico(s): Nematode management and characterization studies
2022 - Frontiers Media | Frontiers in Microbiology

Samuel J. Martins, Josephine Pasche, Hiago Antonio Oliveira da Silva, Gijs Selten, Noah Savastano, Lucas M. Abreu, Harsh P. Bais, Karen A. Garrett, Nattapol Kraisitudomsook, Corné M. J. Pieterse, Tomislav Cernava,
... for improved plant health. Such synthetic microbial communities (SynComs) contain carefully chosen microbial species to produce the ... of the microbial traits to consider when designing SynComs. Plant-associated microbial communities are not assembled randomly. ... are more likely to lead to a stable SynCom that thrives under environmental stressors as compared with ... still one of the challenges to overcome with SynComs, as the synthetic community may change over time ... mutations. Here, we explored the advances made in SynCom research regarding plant health, focusing on bacteria, as ...
Tópico(s): Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis
2023 - American Phytopathological Society | Phytopathology
Ritian Jin, Jing Song, Chang Liu, Rong Lin, Duo Liang, Jude Juventus Aweya, Wuyin Weng, Longji Zhu, Jiaqi Shang, Shen Yang,
... problems by modifying microbial behaviors. Synthetic microbial communities (SynComs) have been shown to simplify complex microbial communities ... foods. Herein, we describe the theoretical information of SynComs, particularly microbial physiological processes and their interactions. This paper discusses current approaches to creating SynComs, including designing, building, testing, and learning, with typical ... food innovation demands, the potential and application of SynComs in enhancing the quality of traditional fermented foods ...
Tópico(s): Microbial Metabolites in Food Biotechnology
2024 - Wiley | Comprehensive Reviews in Food Science and Food Safety
Xinyi Jiang, Zheng Peng, Juan Zhang,
... used for exogenous restructuring into synthetic microbial communities (SynComs). These SynComs simulate ecological systems or function as adjuncts or ... still the main limiting factors for implementing theoretic SynComs, as desired strains cannot be effectively obtained and integrated. To expand strain screening methods suitable for SynComs in food fermentation, this review summarizes the recent research trends in using SynComs to study community evolution or interaction and improve ...
Tópico(s): Bioinformatics and Genomic Networks
2024 - Elsevier BV | Food Research International
Gontran Arnault, Coralie Marais, Anne Préveaux, Martial Briand, Anne-Sophie Poisson, Alain Sarniguet, Matthieu Barret, Marie Simonin,
Abstract Synthetic Communities (SynComs) are being developed and tested to manipulate plant microbiota and improve plant health. To date, only few studies proposed the use of SynCom on seed despite its potential for plant microbiota ... simple and effective seedling microbiota engineering method using SynCom inoculation on seeds. The method was successful using a wide diversity of SynCom compositions and bacterial strains that are representative of ... of seed microbiota composition and community size. Then, SynComs strongly outcompeted native seed and potting soil microbiota ...
Tópico(s): Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity
2024 - Oxford University Press | FEMS Microbiology Ecology
Jing Yuan, Kankan Zhao, Xiangfeng Tan, Rui Xue, Yuan Zeng, Carlo Ratti, Pankaj Trivedi,
Synthetic microbial community (SynCom) biosensors are a promising technology for detecting and responding to environmental cues and target molecules. SynCom biosensors use engineered microorganisms to create a more ... and accuracy. Here, we give a definition of SynCom biosensors, outline their construction workflow, and discuss current ... the challenges and future for developing and optimizing SynCom biosensors and the potential applications in agriculture and ... monitoring, and the One Health foundation. We believe SynCom biosensors could be used in a real-time ...
Tópico(s): Bacterial biofilms and quorum sensing
2023 - Elsevier BV | Trends in biotechnology
Víctor M. Flores‐Núñez, David A. Camarena‐Pozos, Jose Daniel Chávez‐González, Raúl Alcalde-Vázquez, M.N. Vázquez-Sánchez, Alan G. Hernández-Melgar, Jorge Xool-Tamayo, Aldo Moreno‐Ulloa, Laila P. Partida‐Martínez,
... Agave species. Here, we tested if synthetic communities (syncoms), based on microbial hubs or taxa with enriched ... and productivity in A. tequilana. We applied 10 syncoms to the phyllospheres of 6-month-old plants ... rRNA-V4 and ITS2 revealed that the inoculated syncoms played a negligible or minor role in the ... phyllospheric communities associated with A. tequilana, respectively. However, syncoms based on microbial hubs, particularly those observed in ... communities with higher alpha diversity. Some of these syncom-derived phyllospheric communities consumed a greater variety of ...
Tópico(s): Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions
2023 - American Phytopathological Society | Phytobiomes Journal
Abstract Introduction Microbial synthetic communities (SynComs) are commonly commercialised to improve crop yield and restoration outcomes. However, many times, these SynComs are over‐simplistic and are far from being ... potential of the soil microbiome to fuel new SynComs is highly complex. Materials and Methods Here, I ... with the development of the next generation of SynComs. The same approach could be used to identify ... approach presented here, along with the use of SynComs, can help unlock the soil microbiome's full ...
Tópico(s): Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics
2022 - Wiley | Journal of Sustainable Agriculture and Environment
Lucas Schmitz, Zhichun Yan, Martinus Schneijderberg, Martijn de Roij, Rick Pijnenburg, Qi Zheng, Carolien Franken, Annemarie Dechesne, Luisa M. Trindade, Robin van Velzen, Ton Bisseling, René Geurts, Xu Cheng,
... be simplified by constructing synthetic bacterial communities or SynComs from the root microbiome. Furthermore, SynComs can be applied as biocontrol agents to protect ... is little knowledge on the design of a SynCom that offers a consistent protection against salt stress ... an agricultural setting. Here we show that a SynCom of five bacterial strains, originating from the root ... and ion accumulation in tomato. Quantification of the SynCom strains indicated a low penetrance into the natural ... desert microbiome could be engineered into a simplified SynCom that protected tomato plants growing in a natural ...
Tópico(s): Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
2022 - Springer Nature | The ISME Journal
Jun Liu, Xia Li, Xu Yanliang, Yutian Wu, Ruili Wang, Xiujuan Zhang, Yaguang Hou, Haoli Qu, Li Wang, Mingxiong He, Anne Kupczok, Jing He,
... on a synthetic lactic acid bacteria community (LAB SynCom). The LAB SynCom possessed a wide carbon source spectrum and pH ... the test and performance by adjusting the LAB SynCom inoculation ratio and the adding frequency of carbon ... rDNA amplicon sequencing analysis revealed that the LAB SynCom treatment reshaped the manure microbial community structure. Importantly, ... urea hydrolysis were notably inhibited by the LAB SynCom treatment during the treatment process. These findings provide ...
Tópico(s): Biofuel production and bioconversion
2023 - Elsevier BV | Environment International
Meitong Jiang, Manuel Delgado‐Baquerizo, Mengting Yuan, Jixian Ding, Étienne Yergeau, Jizhong Zhou, Thomas W. Crowther, Yuting Liang,
... plant growth responses to native synthetic microbial community (SynCom) and commercial plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR). We ... field advantages for native microbial inoculants. A native SynCom of 21 bacterial strains, originating from three typical ... of fresh weight increased by 78-121% with SynCom but only 23-86% with PGPRs. This phenotype correlated with the potential robust colonization of SynCom and positive interactions with the resident community. Niche breadth analysis revealed that SynCom inoculation induced a neutral disturbance to the niche ...
Tópico(s): Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics
2023 - Wiley | New Phytologist
Cunhu Wang, Yanjun Li, Ming-Jia Li, Kefei Zhang, Wenjing Ma, Lei Zheng, Hanyu Xu, Baofeng Cui, Ran Liu, Yongqing Yang, Yongjia Zhong, Hong Liao,
... plant growth and nutrient acquisition. Three synthetic communities (SynComs) were constructed based on functional screening of 1, ... associated compartments of soybean plants. Functional assemblage of SynComs promoted significant plant growth and nutrient acquisition under ... conditions. Field trials further revealed that application of SynComs stably and significantly promoted plant growth, facilitated N ... two field sites. Further RNA-seq implied that SynCom application systemically regulates N and P signaling networks ...
Tópico(s): Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism
2021 - Wiley | Journal of Integrative Plant Biology
Raees Khan, Nazish Roy, Hussain Ali, Muhammad Naeem,
... safe and less sustainable. Defined synthetic microbial communities (SynCom) have been used to dissect the host-microbiota- ... This review focuses on the potential use of SynCom in IBD and its advantages and relative safety ... how various technological advances could be combined with SynCom to have a better understanding of the complex ... would further make the design and utilization of SynCom more feasible. Taken together, the combined use of ... recent technological advances and the development of defined SynCom seem to be a promising, safe, and sustainable ...
Tópico(s): Gastrointestinal motility and disorders
2022 - Hindawi Publishing Corporation | Gastroenterology Research and Practice
The 24-hour Syncom 2 satellite has been under periodic observation by range and range rate radar and Minitrack Radio Interferometer stations since ... November 1963, the figure-eight ground track of Syncom 2 drifted from 55°W to 59°W, ... On November 28, 1963, the westward drift of Syncom 2 was stopped by ground command firing of ...
Tópico(s): Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations
1965 - American Geophysical Union | Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres
Wim L. Noorduin, Hugo Meekes, W.J.P. van Enckevort, Alessia Millemaggi, Michel Leeman, Bernard Kaptein, Richard M. Kellogg, Elias Vlieg,
... more papers by this authorMichel Leeman, Michel Leeman Syncom BV, Kadijk 3, 9747 AT Groningen (The Netherlands), ... Dr., Richard M. Kellogg Prof. Dr. [email protected] Syncom BV, Kadijk 3, 9747 AT Groningen (The Netherlands), ... more papers by this authorMichel Leeman, Michel Leeman Syncom BV, Kadijk 3, 9747 AT Groningen (The Netherlands), ... Dr., Richard M. Kellogg Prof. Dr. [email protected] Syncom BV, Kadijk 3, 9747 AT Groningen (The Netherlands), ...
Tópico(s): Photoreceptor and optogenetics research
2008 - Wiley | Angewandte Chemie
Bernard Kaptein, Wim L. Noorduin, Hugo Meekes, W.J.P. van Enckevort, Richard M. Kellogg, Elias Vlieg,
... Richard M. Kellogg Prof. Dr. r.m.kellogg@syncom.nl Syncom BV, Kadijk 3, 9747 AT Groningen (The Netherlands), ... Richard M. Kellogg Prof. Dr. r.m.kellogg@syncom.nl Syncom BV, Kadijk 3, 9747 AT Groningen (The Netherlands), ...
Tópico(s): Protein Structure and Dynamics
2008 - Wiley | Angewandte Chemie
The SYNCOM process involves oxygen enrichment of underfire air, recirculation of flue gas and a combustion control system using ... in Coburg, operational reliability and plant availability using SYNCOM could be proven under real disposal conditions with ... the bottom ash and flue gas from the SYNCOM unit. The flue gas concentrations of organic pollutants ...
Tópico(s): Catalytic Processes in Materials Science
2001 - Elsevier BV | Chemosphere
Jiayi Jing, Paolina Garbeva, Jos M. Raaijmakers, Marnix H. Medema,
... biotic stress factors. Designing simplified microbial synthetic communities (SynComs) helps reduce this complexity to unravel the molecular ... basis and interplay of specific microbiome functions. While SynComs have been successfully employed to dissect microbial interactions ... Here, we review recent studies on designing functional SynComs to reveal common principles and discuss multidimensional approaches ... a strategy for tailoring the design of functional SynComs based on integration of high-throughput experimental assays ...
Tópico(s): Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity
2024 - Springer Nature | The ISME Journal