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SARS-CoV-2 surrogate (Phi6) environmental persistence within free-living amoebae

Journal of Water and Health, 2022
The reported persistence of SARS-CoV-2 virions in aquatic environments highlights the need to better understand potential mechanisms that may prolong its dissemination.
Rafik Dey, Elena Dlusskaya, Nicholas J. Ashbolt   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Modulus‐Switchable Miniature Robots for Biomedical Applications: A Review

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
Materials, robot designs, proof‐of‐concept functions, and biomedical applications of modulus‐switchable miniature robots. Miniature soft robots have shown great potential in biomedical applications due to their excellent controllability and suitable mechanical properties in biological environments.
Chunyun Wei, Yibin Wang, Jiangfan Yu
wiley   +1 more source

Information Transmission Strategies for Self‐Organized Robotic Aggregation

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
In this review, we discuss how information transmission influences the neighbor‐based self‐organized aggregation of swarm robots. We focus specifically on local interactions regarding information transfer and categorize previous studies based on the functions of the information exchanged.
Shu Leng, Zihan Li, Yifeng Shao, Jinhao Liu, Li Yu, Shuguang Li   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Presence of rotavirus and free-living amoebae in the water supplies of Karachi, Pakistan

Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo
Rotavirus and pathogenic free-living amoebae are causative agents of important health problems, especially for developing countries like Pakistan where the population has limited access to clean water supplies.
Farzana Abubakar Yousuf, Ruqaiyyah Siddiqui, Naveed Ahmed Khan   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Environmental stress promotes the persistence of facultative bacterial symbionts in amoebae

Ecology and Evolution, 2023
Amoebae are one major group of protists that are widely found in natural and engineered environments. They are a significant threat to human health not only because many of them are pathogenic but also due to their unique role as an environmental shelter
Zihe Wang, Wei Huang, Yingwen Mai, Yuehui Tian, Bo Wu, Cheng Wang, Qingyun Yan, Zhili He, Longfei Shu   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Nasal Carriage of Free-Living Amoebae [PDF]

Microbial Ecology in Health and Disease, 1988
South Australia has had a relatively high frequency of human disease caused by free-living amoebae. The prevalence of these organisms in the nasal mucosa of 262 asymptomatic adult volunteers was determined. Acanthamoeba was isolated from six (2.3 per cent) subjects.
Badenoch, P. R., Grimmond, T. R., Cadwgan, J., Deayton, S. E., Essery, M. S. L., Hill, B. D.   +5 more
openaire   +3 more sources

3D Printing of Soft Robotic Systems: Advances in Fabrication Strategies and Future Trends

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
Collectively, this review systematically examines 3D‐printed soft robotics, encompassing material selections, function integration, and manufacturing methodologies. Meanwhile, fabrication strategies are analyzed in order of increasing complexity, highlighting persistent challenges with proposed solutions.
Changjiang Liu, Bin Cui, Xumin Huang, Xiaoyu (Rayne) Zheng, T. Thang Vo‐Doan, Ruirui Qiao   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Parachlamydiaceae: Potential Emerging Pathogens

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2002
Parachlamydiaceae, which naturally infect amoebae, form a sister taxon to the Chlamydiaceae on the basis of the Chlamydia-like cycle of replication and 80% to 90% homology of ribosomal RNA genes.
Gilbert Greub, Didier Raoult
doaj   +1 more source

Technobiological Pathways for High‐CO₂ Capture Using Micro‐/Macroalgae: Genetic Engineering, Process Automation, and Value‐Added Bioproducts

Asia-Pacific Journal of Chemical Engineering, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions have emerged as one of the most critical drivers of climate change; this is primarily due to high concentrations and long atmospheric life of carbon dioxide (CO2). For a significant amount of time, various biological processes such as microalgal cultivation, cyanobacterial systems, photosynthetic microorganisms ...
Sadhana Semwal, Harish Chandra Joshi
wiley   +1 more source

Discovery of an Atypical Arp2/3 Complex in Malaria Parasites Sheds New Light on Nuclear Actin

Cytoskeleton, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The Arp2/3 complex is a key actin nucleator essential for cytoskeletal dynamics in eukaryotes. Previously believed absent in apicomplexan parasites, we recently identified an atypical Arp2/3 complex in malaria parasites consisting of five divergent subunits and a putative kinetochore‐associated factor.
Franziska Hentzschel, Friedrich Frischknecht, Matthias Marti   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source