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... The peptidoglycan (PG) cell wall is an extra-cytoplasmic glycopeptide polymeric structure that protects bacteria from osmotic lysis and determines cellular shape. Since the cell wall surrounds the cytoplasmic membrane, bacteria must add new material to the PG matrix during cell elongation and division. The lipid-linked precursor for PG biogenesis, Lipid II, is synthesized in the inner leaflet of t ...
... This study evaluated the mortality rate, histopathology and haematological parameters of Arapaima gigas against Aeromonas hydrophila after 68 days of dietary probiotic supplementation with autochthonous bacterium Enterococcus faecium. Three experiments were carried out: the first assay evaluated the lethality of A. hydrophila, the second and the third assay evaluated the fish supplemented subjecte ...
Arthrobacter; Litopenaeus vannamei; antibiotics; antioxidant activity; antioxidants; aquaculture; bacteria; body weight; crude protein; dietary supplements; feed conversion; fish meal; glutathione peroxidase; growth performance; innate immunity; lipids; lysozyme; shrimp; specific growth rate; standard deviation; superoxide dismutase; weight gain
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... The red-pink pigments produced by Arthrobacter bussei reportedly possess antioxidant and antibiotic properties, in addition to serving as food colorants and providing nutritional benefits. Despite the industrial potential of A. bussei, research on this bacterium has remained limited since it was first identified. This study evaluated the effects of dietary supplementation with A. bussei isolated f ...
... Halomonas sp. MT13, a moderately psychrotolerant, piezotolerant and exopolysaccharide-producing bacterium, was isolated from deep-sea sediment of the Mariana Trench at the depth of 8300 m. Here, we report the complete genome sequence of strain MT13 and its genomic characteristics related to deep-sea environmental adaptation by comparing with its three closely related Halomonas species. The genome ...
Archaea; DNA viruses; Salinivibrio; Virgibacillus; bacteria; bacteriophages; chloroform; coat proteins; fluorescence; genome; host range; lipids; nucleic acids; pH; protein composition; salinity; salt lakes; salt tolerance; temperature; China
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... Halophilic phage are a type of virus that exist in salty environments within halophilic archaeal or bacterial hosts. However, relatively few reports on halophilic bacteriophages exist, and our overall understanding of halophilic bacteriophages is quite limited. We used SYBR Green I fluorescent staining to detect the abundance of viruses in Yuncheng Saline Lake, China. Using the double-layer plate ...
... The bacterial wilt caused by Ralstonia solanacearum is a destructive plant disease globally. Since a completely non-biological control measure could be a matter of environmental concern, investigations of developing eco-friendly strategies are required to control this phytopathogen. Attenuation of the bacterial virulence in addition to destroying the pathogen may be an alternative and overarching ...
... BACKGROUND: Ticks, which are ectoparasites of animals, may carry multiple pathogens. The cattle tick Rhipicephalus microplus is an important bovine parasite in China. However, the midgut microbiome of R. microplus from China has not been characterized via metagenomic methods. METHODS: Rhipicephalus microplus were collected from cattle in the city of Changsha in Hunan province, China. The DNA of th ...
... The increasing global burden of mosquito-borne diseases require targeted, environmentally friendly, and sustainable approaches for effective vector control without endangering the non-target beneficial insect population. Biological interventions such as biopesticides, Wolbachia-mediated biological controls, or sterile insect techniques are used worldwide. Here we review Binary or BinAB toxin—the m ...
... Columnaris is a bacterial disease, found in freshwater fish, caused by Flavobacterium oreochromis. The disease has a devastating impact on a range of cultured and wild freshwater fish species e.g. Lates calcarifer (Asian sea bass), which is a serious economic losses to the freshwater aquaculture in Thailand. The disease can be prevented by an efficacious vaccine, however, no licensed effective vac ...
... The main localization of nucleolin is the nucleolus, but this protein is present in multiple subcellular sites, and it is unconventionally secreted. On the cell surface, nucleolin acts as a receptor for various viruses, some bacteria, and some toxins. Aim of this review is to discuss the characteristics that make nucleolin able to act as receptor or co-receptor of so many and different pathogens. ...
... Biointerfaces are regions where biomolecules, cells, and organic materials are exposed to environmental media or come in contact with other biomaterials, cells, and inorganic/organic materials. In this review article, six research topics on biointerfaces are described to show examples of state-of-art research approaches. First, biointerface design of nanoparticles for molecular detection is descri ...
... Pelletized liquid cultivation has been widely explored because of its advantages in biomanufacturing, such as easier biomass harvesting, higher product yield, and lower medium viscosity and energy consumption. In this study, we discovered that the nonfilamentous bacterium Rhodococcus opacus PD630 could form pellets during the fermentation of alkaline pretreatment liquor containing lignin as a carb ...
... Full details on the design, strategies and tactics for development of a novel synthetic sequence to farnesyl lipid I and II analogs is reported. The modular route was based on a three coupling strategy involving an efficient solid phase synthesis of the elaborate peptide fragment, which proceeded with excellent yield and stereoselectivity and was efficiently applied for the convergent synthesis of ...
... Donkey's milk (DM) has been extensively investigated as a valuable substitute of breast milk, often suitable to manage cow's milk protein allergy in infants. DM exhibits potent inhibitory properties against numerous microbial species. Although oligosaccharides and lipids might contribute to the antimicrobial potential, the current inventory of proteins is not able to justify the low count of micro ...
... The human phosphatidylinositol 4-phosphate 5-kinase type I α (hPIP5K1α) plays a major role in the PI3K/AKT/mTOR signaling pathway. As it has been shown before that hPIP5K1α is involved in the development of different types of cancer in particular prostate cancer, inhibitors of the enzyme might be a new option for the treatment of this disease. Here we report on the expression of hPIP5K1α on the su ...
... Despite the widespread utilization of onium salts as photoacid generators (PAGs) in semiconductor photolithography, their environmental, health, and safety (EHS) properties remain poorly understood. The present work reports the bioconcentration potential of five representative onium species (four sulfonium and one iodonium compound) by determining the octanol–water partition coefficient (POW) and ...
... Improving the replacement percentage of fish meal by plant proteins is of value for the aquaculture industry. Cetobacterium is the dominant commensal bacterium in many fish species. However, the function and potential beneficial effects of Cetobacterium is unknown. In this study, carps were fed with a practical basal diet with partial fish meal replacement by plant proteins (Control), basal diet w ...
... Contamination of almonds with pathogenic Salmonella can be detrimental to consumers’ health and causes deterioration of the product. This study evaluated the effect of gaseous chlorine dioxide (ClO₂) with mild heat and moisture against pathogenic Salmonella enterica and its surrogate inoculated on almonds. Almonds were inoculated with pathogenic Salmonella enterica and nonpathogenic surrogate Ente ...
... Cutibacterium acnes is the most abundant bacterium living in human, healthy and sebum-rich skin sites, such as the face and the back. This bacterium is adapted to this specific environment and therefore could have a major role in local skin homeostasis. To assess the role of this bacterium in healthy skin, this review focused on (i) the abundance of C. acnes in the skin microbiome of healthy skin ...
Annette Brandel; Sahaja Aigal; Simon Lagies; Manuel Schlimpert; Ana Valeria Meléndez; Maokai Xu; Anika Lehmann; Daniel Hummel; Daniel Fisch; Josef Madl; Thorsten Eierhoff; Bernd Kammerer; Winfried Römer
... The opportunistic pathogen Pseudomonas aeruginosa has gained precedence over the years due to its ability to develop resistance to existing antibiotics, thereby necessitating alternative strategies to understand and combat the bacterium. Our previous work identified the interaction between the bacterial lectin LecA and its host cell glycosphingolipid receptor globotriaosylceramide (Gb3) as a cruci ...