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1. Comparison of the Antimicrobial Activity of Hibiscus sabdariffa Calyx Extracts, Six Commercial Types of Mouthwashes, and Chlorhexidine on Oral Pathogenic Bacteria, and the Effect of Hibiscus sabdariffa Extracts and Chlorhexidine on Permeability of the Bacterial Membrane

Author:
Baena-Santillán, Elena Saraí; Piloni-Martini, Javier; Santos-López, Eva María; Gómez-Aldapa, Carlos Alberto; Rangel-Vargas, Esmeralda; Castro-Rosas, Javier
Source:
Journal of medicinal food 2021 v.24 no.1 pp. 67-76
ISSN:
1557-7600
Subject:
Streptococcus mutans; Streptococcus sanguinis,   etc   ; Capnocytophaga gingivalis; Hibiscus sabdariffa; Staphylococcus aureus; agar; antibacterial properties; calyx; chlorhexidine; ethyl acetate; gentian violet; minimum inhibitory concentration; permeability; plant extracts; virulent strains; Mexico;     Show all 16 Subjects
Abstract:
... To determine and compare the antimicrobial effect of Hibiscus sabdariffa calyx extracts, six types of commercial mouthwashes, and chlorhexidine on Streptococcus mutans, Streptococcus sanguinis, Capnocytophaga gingivalis, and Staphylococcus aureus. Two varieties of H. sabdariffa cultivated in Mexico were used. Aqueous, methanolic, ethanolic, acetonic, and ethyl acetate extracts were obtained from H ...
DOI:
10.1089/jmf.2019.0273

2. Effect of supplementation of a dairy-originated probiotic bacterium, Propionibacterium freudenreichii subsp. freudenreichii, on the cecal microbiome of turkeys challenged with multidrug-resistant Salmonella Heidelberg

Author:
Nair, D.V.T.; Johnson, T.J.; Noll, S.L.; Kollanoor Johny, A.
Source:
Poultry science 2021 v.100 no.1 pp. 283-295
ISSN:
0032-5791
Subject:
Streptococcus,   etc   ; Propionibacterium freudenreichii subsp. freudenreichii; Salmonella Heidelberg; cecum; finishing; inflammation; microbiome; multiple drug resistance; poults; probiotics; species richness; turkeys;     Show all 12 Subjects
Abstract:
... A dairy-originated probiotic bacterium, Propionibacterium freudenreichii subsp. freudenreichii B3523 (PF) was found to be effective in reducing multidrug-resistant Salmonella Heidelberg (MDR SH) colonization in turkey poults (2-week-old) and growing (7-week-old) and finishing (12-week-old) turkeys. In this study, we explored the potential for microbiome modulation in the cecum of turkeys of differ ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.psj.2020.09.091

3. The benefits of blend essential oil for GIFT tilapia on the digestion, antioxidant, and muscle quality during cold storage

Author:
Ning, Lijun; Zhang, Xiaoyong; Zhang, Dongwei; Hu, Yanru; Li, Yanyou
Source:
Aquaculture 2021 v.533 pp. 736097
ISSN:
0044-8486
Subject:
Streptococcus agalactiae; Streptococcus iniae,   etc   ; Bacillus subtilis; albumins; amylases; antibacterial properties; antioxidants; blood serum; carvacrol; cold storage; digestion; disease resistance; enzyme activity; essential oils; feed additives; fish; fish fillets; florfenicol; freezing; freezing quality; growth retardation; hypoxia; immunity; intestines; livestock; mortality; muscles; pathogens; superoxide dismutase; thymol;     Show all 30 Subjects
Abstract:
... Essential oils have been used commercially as feed additives on livestock and poultry due to their broad spectrum antioxidant and disease resistance effects. However, their effects have not been well studied in fish. To this end, this study was conducted in two parts to evaluate the roles of blend essential oil (BEO, cinnamaldehyde, thymol, carvacrol) in fish. First, the growth inhibition effects ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.aquaculture.2020.736097

4. Haematological, biochemical and immunological biomarkers, antibacterial activity, and survival in Nile tilapia Oreochromis niloticus after treatment using antimicrobial peptide LL-37 against Streptococcus agalactiae

Author:
de Sousa, Elielma Lima; Assane, Inácio Mateus; Santos-Filho, Norival Alves; Cilli, Eduardo Maffud; de Jesus, Raphael Barbetta; Pilarski, Fabiana
Source:
Aquaculture 2021 v.533 pp. 736181
ISSN:
0044-8486
Subject:
Streptococcus agalactiae,   etc   ; Aeromonas hydrophila; Oreochromis niloticus; adverse effects; antibacterial properties; antibiotic resistance; antibiotics; biomarkers; cathelicidins; chemotaxis; cytotoxicity; erythrocytes; fish; florfenicol; hemolysis; humans; intraperitoneal injection; minimum inhibitory concentration; oral administration; pathogens; survival rate;     Show all 21 Subjects
Abstract:
... Among the antimicrobial peptides (AMPs), which act as natural antibiotics in preventing the colonization of pathogens, LL-37 is noteworthy. It is a human cathelicidin characterized as a broad-spectrum antibiotic, with chemotactic and immunomodulatory properties. This study aimed to evaluate the antimicrobial activity and therapeutic effectiveness of peptide LL-37 against streptococcosis caused by ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.aquaculture.2020.736181

5. Advancing Genetic Tools in Streptococcus pneumoniae

Author:
Echlin, Haley; Rosch, Jason W.
Source:
Genes 2020 v.11 no.9
ISSN:
2073-4425
Subject:
Streptococcus pneumoniae,   etc   ; gene deletion; loci; pathogens; phenylalanine;     Show all 5 Subjects
Abstract:
... Streptococcus pneumoniae is the causative agent of a multitude of diseases, and further study into its pathogenies is vital. The pneumococcus is genetically malleable, and several tools are available to manipulate this pathogen. In this study, we attempted to utilize one such tool, the Sweet Janus cassette, to replace the capsule locus with other capsule loci in our strain background and found tha ...
DOI:
10.3390/genes11090965

6. The use of PCR and BsmAI restriction combination targeting wciP gene to determine serotype 6A, 6B, 6C and 6D Streptococcus pneumoniae

Author:
Tafroji, Wisnu; Bernadette, Felicia Monica; Giri Rachman, Ernawati A.; Safari, Dodi
Source:
Journal of microbiological methods 2020 v.172 pp. 105909
ISSN:
0167-7012
Subject:
Streptococcus pneumoniae,   etc   ; genes; polymerase chain reaction; serotypes;     Show all 4 Subjects
Abstract:
... We designed a sensitive and reliable method to distinguish serogroup 6 using PCR followed by enzymatic restriction digest. We discovered that this serotyping method was able to distinguish serotypes 6A, 6B, 6C, and 6D based on the recognition site of BsmAI in the wciP region. ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.mimet.2020.105909

7. Bioorthogonal human milk oligosaccharide probes for antimicrobial target identification within Streptococcus agalactiae

Author:
Chambers, Schuyler A.; Townsend, Steven D.
Source:
Carbohydrate research 2020 v.488 pp. 107895
ISSN:
0008-6215
Subject:
Streptococcus agalactiae,   etc   ; antibacterial properties; breast milk; oligosaccharides;     Show all 4 Subjects
Abstract:
... Human milk oligosaccharides (HMOs) are a structurally diverse class of carbohydrates that possess strong antibacterial activity against Streptococcus agalactiae (Group B Strep, GBS). This work highlights the design, synthesis, and retained biological activity of several HMO bioorthogonal probes within GBS, a first in class advance. The use of such probes will assist in identifying HMO-protein inte ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.carres.2019.107895

8. Measuring Streptococcus mutans, Streptococcus sanguinis and Candida albicans biofilm formation using a real-time impedance-based system

Author:
Abrantes, Pedro M.D.S.; Africa, Charlene W.J.
Source:
Journal of microbiological methods 2020 v.169 pp. 105815
ISSN:
0167-7012
Subject:
Streptococcus mutans; Streptococcus sanguinis,   etc   ; Candida albicans; adhesion; biofilm; fungi; monitoring; mouth;     Show all 8 Subjects
Abstract:
... Candida albicans and streptococci are amongst the most common fungal and bacterial organisms present in the oral cavity, with a growing body of evidence implicating C. albicans in increased caries severity and in the formation of the cariogenic biofilm. However, the interactive mechanisms between cariogenic streptococci and Candida are yet to be elucidated. In this study, the real-time biofilm for ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.mimet.2019.105815

9. Mobilization of IMEs Integrated in the oriT of ICEs Involves Their Own Relaxase Belonging to the Rep-Trans Family of Proteins

Author:
Libante, Virginie; Sarica, Nazim; Mohamad Ali, Abbas; Gapp, Chloé; Oussalah, Anissa; Guédon, Gérard; Leblond-Bourget, Nathalie; Payot, Sophie
Source:
Genes 2020 v.11 no.9
ISSN:
2073-4425
Subject:
Streptococcus,   etc   ; DNA nucleotidyltransferases; Staphylococcus aureus; antibiotic resistance genes; hosts; proteins;     Show all 6 Subjects
Abstract:
... Integrative mobilizable elements (IMEs) are widespread but very poorly studied integrated elements that can excise and hijack the transfer apparatus of co-resident conjugative elements to promote their own spreading. Sixty-four putative IMEs, harboring closely related mobilization and recombination modules, were found in 14 Streptococcus species and in Staphylococcus aureus. Fifty-three are integr ...
DOI:
10.3390/genes11091004

10. Study on a novel antibacterial light-cured resin composite containing nano-MgO

Author:
Wu, Zhongyuan; Xu, Haiping; Xie, Wei; Wang, Meimei; Wang, Cunjin; Gao, Cheng; Gu, Fang; Liu, Jie; Fu, Jing
Source:
Colloids and surfaces 2020 v.188 pp. 110774
ISSN:
0927-7765
Subject:
Streptococcus mutans,   etc   ; antibacterial properties; compression strength; mechanical properties;     Show all 4 Subjects
Abstract:
... A new type of photocurable resin composite containing nano-MgO was synthesized in order to reduce the occurrence of secondary caries. Different mass ratios (0 %, 1 %, 2 %, 4 %, 8 %) of nano-MgO were added into resin composites. The antibacterial properties of nano-MgO powder and modified resin composites against Streptococcus mutans (S. mutans) were detected by antibacterial ring test and film con ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.colsurfb.2020.110774

11. The risk of febrile seizures following influenza and 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccines

Author:
Baker, Meghan A.; Jankosky, Christopher; Yih, W. Katherine; Gruber, Susan; Li, Lingling; Cocoros, Noelle M.; Lipowicz, Hana; Coronel-Moreno, Claudia; DeLuccia, Sandra; Lin, Nancy D.; McMahill-Walraven, Cheryl N.; Menschik, David; Selvan, Mano S.; Selvam, Nandini; Chen Tilney, Rong; Zichittella, Lauren; Lee, Grace M.; Kawai, Alison Tse
Source:
Vaccine 2020 v.38 no.9 pp. 2166-2171
ISSN:
0264-410X
Subject:
Streptococcus pneumoniae,   etc   ; children; influenza; influenza vaccines; risk; seizures;     Show all 6 Subjects
Abstract:
... Evidence on the risk of febrile seizures after inactivated influenza vaccine (IIV) and 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV13) is mixed. In the FDA-sponsored Sentinel Initiative, we examined risk of febrile seizures after IIV and PCV13 in children 6–23 months of age during the 2013–14 and 2014–15 influenza seasons.Using claims data and a self-controlled risk interval design, we compared t ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.vaccine.2020.01.046

12. Effectiveness of 10-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine estimated with three parallel study designs among vaccine-eligible children in Finland

Author:
Rinta-Kokko, Hanna; Auranen, Kari; Toropainen, Maija; Nuorti, J. Pekka; Nohynek, Hanna; Siira, Lotta; Palmu, Arto A.
Source:
Vaccine 2020 v.38 no.6 pp. 1559-1564
ISSN:
0264-410X
Subject:
Streptococcus pneumoniae,   etc   ; children; monitoring; serotypes; vaccination; vaccines; Finland;     Show all 7 Subjects
Abstract:
... Ten-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV10) was introduced into the Finnish National Vaccination Programme (NVP) in 9/2010. We estimated the individual-level effectiveness (VE) of PCV10 in children during eight years of vaccine implementation.Data on invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD) were collected from national, population-based surveillance, and vaccination status from the vaccination re ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.vaccine.2019.11.049

13. Automated glycan assembly of Streptococcus pneumoniae type 14 capsular polysaccharide fragments

Author:
Louçano, João; Both, Peter; Marchesi, Andrea; Bino, Linda del; Adamo, Roberto; Flitsch, Sabine; Salwiczek, Mario
Source:
RSC advances 2020 v.10 no.40 pp. 23668-23674
ISSN:
2046-2069
Subject:
Streptococcus agalactiae; Streptococcus pneumoniae,   etc   ; animal pathogens; antibiotic resistance; automation; enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay; epitopes; galactose; polysaccharides; sialic acid; vaccines;     Show all 11 Subjects
Abstract:
... S. pneumoniae is a major human pathogen with increasing antibiotic resistance. Pneumococcal vaccines consist of capsular polysaccharide (CPS) or their related fragments conjugated to a carrier protein. The repeating unit of S. pneumoniae type 14 CPS shares a core structure with the CPS of Group B Streptococcus (GBS) type III: the only difference is that the latter exhibits a sialic acid unit, with ...
DOI:
10.1039/d0ra01803a

14. Proteomic analysis of bEnd.3 cells infected with wild-type and stk-deficient strains of Streptococcus suis serotype 2 reveals protein and pathway regulation

Author:
Li, Weiyi; Yin, Yifan; Meng, Yu; Zhou, Hong; Ma, Zhe; Lin, Huixing; Fan, Hongjie
Source:
Journal of proteomics 2021 v.230 pp. 103983
ISSN:
1874-3919
Subject:
Streptococcus suis,   etc   ; RNA; Western blotting; bacteria; blood-brain barrier; cytoskeleton; gene expression regulation; genes; human diseases; immune response; meningitis; models; pathogens; protein synthesis; protein-serine-threonine kinases; proteins; proteomics; quantitative polymerase chain reaction; serine; serotypes; swine; threonine; tight junctions; transcription (genetics);     Show all 24 Subjects
Abstract:
... Streptococcus suis serotype 2 (SS2) is a zoonotic pathogen causing meningitis in humans and pigs. However, information on the comparative protein expression of the blood-brain barrier (BBB) following SS2 infection is limited. Deletion of the serine/threonine kinase (stk) gene can decrease the ability of SS2 to invade the BBB. In the present study, bEnd.3 cells were used as the BBB model, and a SIL ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.jprot.2020.103983

15. Gut microbiota composition influences outcomes of skeletal muscle nutritional intervention via blended protein supplementation in posttransplant patients with hematological malignancies

Author:
Ren, Guangxu; Zhang, Jianping; Li, Minghua; Tang, Zhenchuang; Yang, Zhenni; Cheng, Guangyan; Wang, Jiaqi
Source:
Clinical nutrition 2021 v.40 no.1 pp. 94-102
ISSN:
0261-5614
Subject:
Streptococcus,   etc   ; Ruminococcus; Veillonella; algorithms; amino acids; biosynthesis; case-control studies; cell transplantation; clinical trials; hematopoietic stem cells; intestinal microorganisms; leukemia; multidimensional scaling; muscle strength; muscles; muscular atrophy; nutritional intervention; patients; pentoses; phosphates; principal component analysis; protein supplements; ribosomal DNA; sequence analysis; skeletal muscle; soy protein;     Show all 26 Subjects
Abstract:
... Skeletal muscle atrophy is an important and independent predictor of survival after hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT). Our previous study found that soy-whey blended protein (SWP) can improve muscle mass in acute leukemia patients.We aimed to explore potential factors that influence muscle outcomes after nutritional intervention.In this case-control study, 13 patients who received HSC ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.clnu.2020.04.030

16. Roles of membrane vesicles from Streptococcus mutans for the induction of antibodies to glucosyltransferase in mucosal immunity

Author:
Nakamura, Tomoyo; Iwabuchi, Yusuke; Hirayama, Satoru; Narisawa, Naoki; Takenaga, Fumio; Nakao, Ryoma; Senpuku, Hidenobu
Source:
Microbial pathogenesis 2020 v.149 pp. 104260
ISSN:
0882-4010
Subject:
Streptococcus mitis; Streptococcus mutans; Streptococcus oralis,   etc   ; Toll-like receptor 3; agonists; antibodies; antibody formation; antigens; biofilm; blood serum; dental caries; immunization; immunogenicity; immunoglobulin A; immunoglobulin G; mice; mucosal immunity; nose; saliva; scanning electron microscopy; transferases; ultracentrifugation; virulence;     Show all 23 Subjects
Abstract:
... Glucosyltransferase (Gtf) B and GtfC from Streptococcus mutans are key enzymes for the development of biofilm-associated diseases such as dental caries. Gtfs are involved in membrane vesicles (MVs) and function in the formation of biofilms by initial colonizers such as Streptococcus mitis and Streptococcus oralis on the tooth surface. Therefore, MVs may be important virulence factors and targets f ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.micpath.2020.104260

17. Identification of hyperglycemia-associated microbiota alterations in saliva and gingival sulcus

Author:
Wei, Yu-Shan; Hsiao, Ya-Chun; Su, Guan-Wei; Chang, Yi-Ru; Lin, Hsiu-Pin; Wang, Yi-Shiuan; Tsai, Yi-Ting; Liao, En-Chi; Chen, Hsin-Yi; Chou, Hsiu-Chuan; Ko, Mei-Lan; Kuo, Wen-Hung; Chang, Shing-Jyh; Cheng, Wen-Chi; Chan, Hong-Lin
Source:
Archives of biochemistry and biophysics 2020 v.682 pp. 108278
ISSN:
0003-9861
Subject:
Streptococcus gordonii; Streptococcus mitis; Streptococcus salivarius,   etc   ; Campylobacter rectus; Prevotella melaninogenica; Veillonella parvula; anaerobes; bacteria; bacterial culture; blood glucose; flora; hyperglycemia; insulin resistance; matrix-assisted laser desorption-ionization mass spectrometry; mouth; saliva;     Show all 16 Subjects
Abstract:
... Oral microbes are a contributing factor to hyperglycemia by inducing an increase in insulin resistance resulting in uncontrolled blood glucose levels. However, the relationship between the distribution of oral flora and hyperglycemia is still controversial. Combining the power of MALDI-Biotyper with anaerobic bacterial culture, this study explores the correlation between anaerobic bacteria in the ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.abb.2020.108278

18. Phylogenetic distribution of the bacteriocin repertoire of lactic acid bacteria species associated with artisanal cheese

Author:
Gontijo, Marco Túlio Pardini; Silva, Jackson de Sousa; Vidigal, Pedro Marcus Pereira; Martin, José Guilherme Prado
Source:
Food research international 2020 v.128 pp. 108783
ISSN:
0963-9969
Subject:
Streptococcus agalactiae; Streptococcus macedonicus; Streptococcus thermophilus,   etc   ; Bayesian theory; Enterococcus faecalis; Enterococcus faecium; Lactococcus lactis; artisan cheese; bacteriocins; biopreservation; computer software; intraspecific competition; lactic acid bacteria; monophyly; peptides; probability; ribosomal DNA; ribosomal RNA; structural genes;     Show all 19 Subjects
Abstract:
... The microbiota contributes to artisanal cheese bioprotection and biopreservation through inter and intraspecific competition. This work aimed to investigate the phylogenetic distribution of the repertoire of bacteriocin structural genes of model lactic acid bacteria (LAB) in order to investigate its respective role in the artisanal cheeses microenvironment. A phylogenetic analysis of the rRNA 16S ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.foodres.2019.108783

19. Identification of bacterial pathogens in cultured fish with a custom peptide database constructed by matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF MS)

Author:
Piamsomboon, Patharapol; Jaresitthikunchai, Janthima; Hung, Tran Quang; Roytrakul, Sittiruk; Wongtavatchai, Janenuj
Source:
BMC veterinary research 2020 v.16 no.1 pp. 52
ISSN:
1746-6148
Subject:
Streptococcus agalactiae; Streptococcus iniae,   etc   ; Aeromonas hydrophila; Aeromonas veronii; Edwardsiella tarda; databases; farmed fish; fish diseases; infectious diseases; peptides; ribosomal DNA; sequence analysis; species identification;     Show all 13 Subjects
Abstract:
... BACKGROUND: The majority of infectious diseases of cultured fish is caused by bacteria. Rapid identification of bacterial pathogens is necessary for immediate management. The present study developed a custom Main Spectra Profile (MSP) database and validate the method using matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF MS) for rapid identification of fish b ...
DOI:
10.1186/s12917-020-2274-1
PubMed:
32046727
PubMed Central:
PMC7014616

20. The effect of brushing with Salvadora persica (miswak) sticks on salivary Streptococcus mutans and plaque levels in children: a clinical trial

Author:
Sabbagh, Heba J.; AlGhamdi, Khalil S.; Mujalled, Hattan T.; Bagher, Sara M.
Source:
BMC complementary medicine and therapies 2020 v.20 no.1 pp. 53
ISSN:
2662-7671
Subject:
Streptococcus mutans; Streptococcus sanguinis,   etc   ; Salvadora persica; bacteria; brushes; clinical trials; fluorides; oral hygiene; saliva; school children; students; tooth diseases; toothpaste; Saudi Arabia;     Show all 14 Subjects
Abstract:
... BACKGROUND: The aim of the randomized double-blinded clinical trial was to evaluate the effect of tooth brushing with Salvadora persica (miswak) sticks on Streptococcus mutans count and the mean plaque score relative to brushing with fluoridated tooth paste (FTP). METHODS: Our sample included 94 healthy, high caries-risk, 8 to 9-year-old students recruited from a government school, in Jeddah, Saud ...
DOI:
10.1186/s12906-020-2847-3
PubMed:
32054468
PubMed Central:
PMC7076868