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Death at the interface: Nanotechnology’s challenging frontier against microbial surface colonization

Frontiers in Chemistry, 2022
The emergence of antimicrobial-resistant bacterial strains has led to novel approaches for combating bacterial infections and surface contamination. More specifically, efforts in combining nanotechnology and biomimetics have led to the development of ...
Kiran Deep Kaur, Olivier Habimana
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Converting rain into drinking water: Quality issues and technological advances

, 2011
With growing pressures on water supplies worldwide, rainwater harvesting is increasingly seen as a viable option to provide drinking water to an ever expanding population, particularly in developing countries.
Hudson-Edwards, KA, Campos, LC, Adler, I., Hudson-Edwards, Karen A., Adler, I, Bai, R., Campos, L., Zhang, L.   +7 more
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Modulation of Homer1 EVH1 domain internal dynamics by putative autism‐associated mutations

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
The putative autism‐associated M65I and S97L variants of the EVH1 domain of the postsynaptic scaffold protein Homer1 do not exhibit substantial changes in their overall structure or partner binding. Both of them, but especially the M65I variant, show altered internal dynamics relative to the wild‐type domain on the μs‐ms timescale, indicated by the ...
Fanni Farkas, Brigitta Maruzs, Zsófia E. Kálmán, Tomas Klumpler, Gyula Batta, Bálint Péterfia, Zoltán Gáspári   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Safety of Yam-Derived (Dioscorea rotundata) Foodstuffs—Chips, Flakes and Flour: Effect of Processing and Post-Processing Conditions

Foods, 2019
The production of yam-derived (Dioscorea rotundata) foodstuffs is mainly performed by small and medium scale processors that employ old traditional methods.
Celestina Omohimi, Clara Piccirillo, Vincenza Ferraro, Mariana C. Roriz, Mobolaji A. Omemu, Sandra M. Dias Santos, Sandrine Da Ressurreição, Louise Abayomi, Abdulraqaz Adebowale, Marta W. Vasconcelos, Oluwasegun Obadina, Lateef Sanni, Maria M. E. Pintado   +12 more
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Everything but the Kitchen Sink: An Analysis of Bacterial and Chemical Contaminants Found in Syringe Residue From People Who Inject Drugs

Open Forum Infectious Diseases, 2023
Abstract Background People who inject drugs (PWID) are at high risk of severe wounds, invasive infections, and overdoses. To date, there are few data on the bacterial and chemical contaminants PWID are exposed to when using illicitly manufactured fentanyls and stimulants.
John A Wildenthal, Drew J Schwartz, Nathanial S Nolan, Lingxia Zhao, John I Robinson, Erin Jones, Raagini Jawa, Jeffrey P Henderson, Laura R Marks   +8 more
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Identifying human and animal faecal contamination in surface and drinking water : new concepts and approaches [PDF]

, 2011
Waterborne disease outbreaks caused by various pathogens have been reported from all over the world. They also play an important role in industrialized countries, despite good sanitation and high standards of hygiene.
Wicki, Melanie
core   +1 more source

Salmonella lipopolysaccharide‐containing supported lipid bilayers as platforms to study bacteriophage interactions

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
We present robust protocols for the preparation of supported lipid bilayers (SLBs) incorporating either Salmonella smooth LPS or outer membrane vesicles (OMVs). We use a combination of quartz crystal microbalance with dissipation (QCM‐D) and fluorescence microscopy to both characterize the SLBs of various compositions and to probe their interactions ...
Hudson P. Pace, Alyssa Borges, Charles Arnaud, Tove Karlsson, Nina K. Bröker, Stefanie Barbirz, Marta Bally   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Reconstructing enzyme evolution by protein engineering

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Natural enzyme evolution can be retraced by protein engineering methods such as directed evolution, rational design, and ancestral sequence reconstruction. These approaches reveal how enzymes emerged from ligand‐binding scaffolds, developed varying substrate preferences, formed oligomeric complexes, adapted to environmental changes, and evolved novel ...
Lukas Drexler, Markus R. Busch, Reinhard Sterner   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Ecological Dynamics of Fecal Contamination and Salmonella Typhi and Salmonella Paratyphi A in Municipal Kathmandu Drinking Water.

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2016
One of the UN sustainable development goals is to achieve universal access to safe and affordable drinking water by 2030. It is locations like Kathmandu, Nepal, a densely populated city in South Asia with endemic typhoid fever, where this goal is most ...
Abhilasha Karkey, Thibaut Jombart, Alan W Walker, Corinne N Thompson, Andres Torres, Sabina Dongol, Nga Tran Vu Thieu, Duy Pham Thanh, Dung Tran Thi Ngoc, Phat Voong Vinh, Andrew C Singer, Julian Parkhill, Guy Thwaites, Buddha Basnyat, Neil Ferguson, Stephen Baker   +15 more
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Fate of Escherichia coli O157:H7 and bacterial diversity in corn silage contaminated with the pathogen and treated with chemical or microbial additives [PDF]

Journal of Dairy Science, 2017
Inhibiting the growth of Escherichia coli O157:H7 (EC) in feeds may prevent the transmission or cycling of the pathogen on farms. The first objective of this study was to examine if addition of propionic acid or microbial inoculants would inhibit the growth of EC during ensiling, at silo opening, or after aerobic exposure.
Department of Animal Sciences, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida, Gainesville 32608 ( host institution ), Ogunade, I.M. ( UF author ), Jiang, Y. ( UF author ), Kim, D.H. ( author ), Cervantes, A.A. Pech ( UF author ), Arriola, K.G. ( UF author ), Vyas, D. ( UF author ), Weinberg, Z.G. ( author ), Jeong, K.C. ( UF author ), Adesogan, A.T. ( UF author )   +9 more
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