Frontiers in Microbiology | Microbial Physiology and Metabolism

Original Research

Accepted on 14 Oct 2025

Requirement of ClpX for CtsR dissociation from its operator elements upon heat stress in Bacillus subtilis

in Microbial Physiology and Metabolism

Marco Harms
Chelsea Kaden
Larissa Milena Busch
Vishnu Mukund Dhople
Ulf Gerth
Manuela Gesell Salazar
Stephan Michalik
Zhanetta Zhatarova
Uwe Völker
Alexander Reder

Frontiers in Microbiology

doi 10.3389/fmicb.2025.1699655

Original Research

Accepted on 14 Oct 2025

Multi-Omics Reveals the Regulatory Effects of Chinese Herbal medicine Substrates on Secondary Metabolite Biosynthesis in Inonotus glomeratus

in Microbial Physiology and Metabolism

Chengbo Peng
Meng Meng
Xiaolong Yuan
Jiaojun Yu
Boyi Wang
Li Zhong
Yi Wang
Lu Li
Tingwen He
Yuan Zheng

Frontiers in Microbiology

doi 10.3389/fmicb.2025.1658730

Review

Accepted on 13 Oct 2025

Hyperoxia as a driver of gut dysbiosis

in Microbial Physiology and Metabolism

Hang Wu
Wenxia Zeng
Ninan Dai
Juan Gu
Ying He
Han Qin
Long Lin
Xiaoyun Fu
Bao Fu
Zhouxiong Xing

Frontiers in Microbiology

doi 10.3389/fmicb.2025.1675652

198 views

Original Research

Accepted on 13 Oct 2025

A two-component system MechNtrB/MechNtrC related to nitrogen metabolism regulation in Micromonospora echinospora DSM43816

in Microbial Physiology and Metabolism

Yuxin Long
Jiayi Lu
Siyi Leng
Congsi Li
Haiyan Ni
Long Zou
Zhiming Wu
Zhong-er Long

Frontiers in Microbiology

doi 10.3389/fmicb.2025.1678324

Review

Published on 13 Oct 2025

From mechanisms to precision medicine: the role of organoids in studying the gut microbiota-tumor microenvironment axis

in Microbial Physiology and Metabolism

Si-yang Zheng
You-yu Su
Fu-liang Cai
Da-fang Xu
Yong-qiang Xu

Frontiers in Microbiology

doi 10.3389/fmicb.2025.1669482

803 views

Original Research

Published on 10 Oct 2025

Whole genome sequence of Penicillium kloeckeri and insight into its growth-promoting, saline alkaline tolerance properties

in Microbial Physiology and Metabolism

Wenxiao Cui
Yafen Wu
Bin Ni
Jia Cao

Frontiers in Microbiology

doi 10.3389/fmicb.2025.1675497

1,990 views

Original Research

Accepted on 08 Oct 2025

Lactobacillus reuteri-derived HDCA suppresses PEDV replication while alleviating virus-triggered inflammation in piglets

in Microbial Physiology and Metabolism

Zhibiao Bian
Hongchao Gou
Yan Li
Zhiyong Jiang
Pinpin Chu
Shao-Lun Zhai
Huahua Kang
Chunling Li
Guanghui Zhao

Frontiers in Microbiology

doi 10.3389/fmicb.2025.1669658

185 views

Original Research

Accepted on 07 Oct 2025

The acetylation of the histone-like protein HBsu at specific sites alters gene expression during sporulation in Bacillus subtilis

in Microbial Physiology and Metabolism

Liya Popova
Hritisha Pandey
Olivia R Schreiber
Charalampos Papachristou
Valerie J. Carabetta

Frontiers in Microbiology

doi 10.3389/fmicb.2025.1629989

Review

Accepted on 06 Oct 2025

Stereospecific lactylation in bacteriology: L/D-Lactate partitioning shapes host metabolic-disease axis

in Microbial Physiology and Metabolism

Sirui Wang
Leiliang Zhang

Frontiers in Microbiology

doi 10.3389/fmicb.2025.1693700

Original Research

Accepted on 06 Oct 2025

Pig-L Mediates Virulence, Biofilm Formation, and oxidative stress tolerance in Clostridioides difficile

in Microbial Physiology and Metabolism

Yumei Cheng
Tingyu Huang
Huilin Hu
Xiang Luo
Fahui Chen
Peng Shi
Weihao Ma
Yingjun Lu
Siyu Lan
Guzhen Cui

Frontiers in Microbiology

doi 10.3389/fmicb.2025.1691769

166 views

Original Research

Accepted on 03 Oct 2025

Prevalence, sequence diversity and amplification of an IS-associated enterotoxin gene, astA, in Escherichia coli

in Microbial Physiology and Metabolism

Tadasuke Ooka
Sakura Arai
Ken-ichi Lee
Yasuhiro Gotoh
Akiko Kubomura
Naoko Imuta
Yukiko Hara-Kudo
Sunao Iyoda
Tetsuya Hayashi
Junichiro Nishi

Frontiers in Microbiology

doi 10.3389/fmicb.2025.1635769

350 views

Original Research

Accepted on 03 Oct 2025

A Two-Stage Strategy for Methanogenesis Suppression and Rapid Acetogenic Biofilm Formation in Microbial Electrosynthesis

in Microbial Physiology and Metabolism

Jacopo Ferretti
Marika A J Zegers
Marco Zeppilli
Ludovic Jourdin

Frontiers in Microbiology

doi 10.3389/fmicb.2025.1655259

291 views

Original Research

Accepted on 02 Oct 2025

Type IV minor pilin ComN predicted the USS-receptor in Pasteurellaceae

in Microbial Physiology and Metabolism

Stian Aleksander Helsem
Kristian Alfsnes
Stephan A. Frye
Alexander Hesselberg Løvestad
Ole Herman Ambur

Frontiers in Microbiology

doi 10.3389/fmicb.2025.1647523

156 views

Original Research

Accepted on 29 Sep 2025

Mfd deficiency decreases the abundance of complete transcripts of sporulation genes and alters sporogenesis and the structure of dormant Bacillus subtilis spores

in Microbial Physiology and Metabolism

Holly Martin
Robert Heron
Hilda C Leyva-Sánchez
Ryan King Perez
Amber Callaway
Tatiana Ermi
Aude Picard
Jessica Grifaldo
Jesse L Barnes
Mario Pedraza-Reyes

Frontiers in Microbiology

doi 10.3389/fmicb.2025.1680580

512 views

Original Research

Accepted on 29 Sep 2025

Integrated morphological, proteomic and metabolomic analyses reveal response mechanisms of microalgae under uranium exposure

in Microbial Physiology and Metabolism

Mengwei Han
Xu Yang
Dong Bin
Jinlong Lai
Sanping Zhao
Hailing Xi

Frontiers in Microbiology

doi 10.3389/fmicb.2025.1679056

487 views

Original Research

Published on 29 Sep 2025

Transcriptomic and metabolomic analysis of a non-cyp51A mutant azole-resistant Aspergillus fumigatus isolated from Ningxia, China

in Microbial Physiology and Metabolism

Wanting Ma
Yuting Kang
Qiujie Li
Pengtao Wang
Wei Jia

Frontiers in Microbiology

doi 10.3389/fmicb.2025.1666905

2,452 views