Metal–Organic Framework‐Based Antimicrobial Touch Surfaces to Prevent Cross‐Contamination
Advanced Materials, Volume 37, Issue 52, December 29, 2025.A MOF‐based antimicrobial door handle cover is developed. It completely inhibits the cross‐contamination of Gram‐positive bacterial species (Staphylococcus aureus, and Enterococcus faecalis), Gram‐negative bacterial species (Escherichia coli, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, and Acinetobacter baumannii), and fungi (Candida albicans). Abstract Infection diseases
Javier Fonseca +8 more
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Legionella spp. Colonization on Non-Passenger Ships Calling at Belgian Ports
Medical Sciences Forum, 2022 The association of cases of Legionnaires’ disease and ships has been well documented. Results from potable water samples collected for microbiological analysis during SSC inspections conducted from 2010 to 2018 at Belgian ports were analyzed in order to ...
Leonidas Kourentis +11 more
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Robert Koch, Creation, and the Specificity of Germs [PDF]
, 2010 Microbiology is dominated by evolution today. Just look at any text, journal article, or the topics presented at professional scientific meetings. Darwin is dominant. Microbiology is dominated by evolution today.
Gillen, Alan L. +2 more
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Poder para os repórteres da saúde: a literacia em saúde como uma ferramenta para evitar as pressões das fontes de informação [PDF]
, 2017 The second biggest Legionnaires’ disease outbreak worldwide occurred in Portugal in 2014. It was classified by the WHO as a “great public health emergency,” and it was subject to a unique media coverage in Portugal.
Araújo, Rita Alexandra Manso +1 more
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ChemBioChem, Volume 26, Issue 21, November 8, 2025.We show the optimization and application of a fluorogenic assay to monitor Legionella SdeA activity in a High‐Throughput‐Screening campaign. Ubiquitination of proteins is one of the most crucial post‐translational modifications in eukaryotic cells, typically involving conjugation of ubiquitin to a lysine residue in a substrate using a three‐enzyme ...
Halana C. Vlaming +6 more
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Is a Proactive Approach to Controlling Legionella in the Environment Justified?
Food Technology and Biotechnology, 2021 Research background. Legionella are Gram-negative bacteria that are ubiquitous in the natural environment. Contaminated water in man-made water systems is a potential source of transmission of legionnaires’ disease.
Daniela Glažar Ivče +9 more
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A community outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease caused by outdoor hot tubs for private use in a hotel
Frontiers in Microbiology, 2023 During the period October–November 2017, an outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease involving 27 cases occurred in the tourist area of Palmanova (Mallorca, Spain).
Mercedes Gumá +9 more
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Legionella pneumonia cases over a five-year period: a descriptive, retrospective study of outcomes in a UK district hospital [PDF]
, 2013 As the recent outbreaks in Edinburgh and Camarthen, UK, have shown, Legionella pneumonia (LP) remains a significant public health problem, which is not only confined to those who have travelled abroad.
Guleri, Achyut +5 more
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Diversity and assembly of the microbiome of a leguminous plant along an urbanization gradient
Oikos, Volume 2025, Issue 11, November 2025.Interactions between plants and bacterial communities are essential for host physiology and broader ecosystem functioning, but plant–microbiome interactions can be disrupted by environmental change like urbanization. Here, we evaluated how urbanization affected the diversity and assembly of soil and white clover Trifolium repens microbiome communities.
David Murray‐Stoker +2 more
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Risk for Travel-associated Legionnaires’ Disease, Europe, 2009
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2012 Legionnaires’ disease is underreported in Europe; notification rates differ substantially among countries. Approximately 20% of reported cases are travel-associated.
Julien Beauté +2 more
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