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Antimicrobial Photodynamic Therapy: Self-Disinfecting Surfaces for Controlling Microbial Infections

Microorganisms
Microbial infections caused by bacteria, viruses, and fungi pose significant global health threats in diverse environments. While conventional disinfection methods are effective, their reliance on frequent chemical applications raises concerns about ...
Edith Dube
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Optimization of Strength Factors in Microbial Solidification of Uranium Tailings Using Response Surface Methodology

Applied Sciences
Once the uranium tailings dam collapses, it will cause great harm to the surrounding ecological environment and people’s safety. This study experimentally investigates microbial grouting reinforcement of uranium tailings to advance microbial ...
Sucheng Hu, Zhijun Zhang, Huaimiao Zheng, Qing Yu, Yakun Tian, Lin Hu, Lingling Wu   +6 more
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Rumen microbial (meta)genomics and its application to ruminant production

Animal, 2013
Meat and milk produced by ruminants are important agricultural products and are major sources of protein for humans. Ruminant production is of considerable economic value and underpins food security in many regions of the world. However, the sector faces
D.P. Morgavi, W.J. Kelly, P.H. Janssen, G.T. Attwood   +3 more
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By dawn or dusk—how circadian timing rewrites bacterial infection outcomes

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
The circadian clock shapes immune function, yet its influence on infection outcomes is only beginning to be understood. This review highlights how circadian timing alters host responses to the bacterial pathogens Salmonella enterica, Listeria monocytogenes, and Streptococcus pneumoniae revealing that the effectiveness of immune defense depends not only
Devons Mo, Catherine S. Palmer, Jacqueline M. Kimmey   +2 more
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Functional Roles of the Seagrass (Zostera marina) Holobiont Change with Plant Development

Plants
Seagrass meadows play a critical role in biogeochemical cycling, especially in nitrogen and sulphur processes, driven by their associated microbiome. This study provides a novel functional analysis of microbial communities in seagrass (Zostera marina ...
Sam Gorvel, Bettina Walter, Joe D. Taylor, Richard K. F. Unsworth   +3 more
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Structural insights into lacto‐N‐biose I recognition by a family 32 carbohydrate‐binding module from Bifidobacterium bifidum

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Bifidobacterium bifidum establishes symbiosis with infants by metabolizing lacto‐N‐biose I (LNB) from human milk oligosaccharides (HMOs). The extracellular multidomain enzyme LnbB drives this process, releasing LNB via its catalytic glycoside hydrolase family 20 (GH20) lacto‐N‐biosidase domain.
Xinzhe Zhang, Naoki Sunagawa, Toma Kashima, Kiyohiko Igarashi, Akimasa Miyanaga, Shinya Fushinobu   +5 more
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Disordered but rhythmic—the role of intrinsic protein disorder in eukaryotic circadian timing

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Unstructured domains known as intrinsically disordered regions (IDRs) are present in nearly every part of the eukaryotic core circadian oscillator. IDRs enable many diverse inter‐ and intramolecular interactions that support clock function. IDR conformations are highly tunable by post‐translational modifications and environmental conditions, which ...
Emery T. Usher, Jacqueline F. Pelham
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Comparative Effects of Hibiscus Leaves and Potato Peel Extracts on Characteristics of Fermented Orange Juice

Journal of Food Quality and Hazards Control, 2023
Background: Fermented foods are gaining interest because of their ability to improve health, as well as their good taste, and the desire of many to eat them.
A.R.E. El-Hadary, A.M. Sulieman, G.A. El-Shorbagy   +2 more
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Detection of Waterborne and Airborne Microorganisms in a Rodent Facility

Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências, 2022
This study aimed to evaluate the air and water contamination level and to identify the microbes isolated from a rodent facility located at the Federal University of Uberlândia, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
LUIZ MARCIO DA SILVA, MARIANA B. SANTIAGO, PAULA AUGUSTA F. DE AGUIAR, SALVADOR B. RAMOS, MURILO V. DA SILVA, CARLOS HENRIQUE G. MARTINS   +5 more
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Function‐driven design of a surrogate interleukin‐2 receptor ligand

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Interleukin (IL)‐2 signaling can be achieved and precisely fine‐tuned through the affinity, distance, and orientation of the heterodimeric receptors with their ligands. We designed a biased IL‐2 surrogate ligand that selectively promotes effector T and natural killer cell activation and differentiation. Interleukin (IL) receptors play a pivotal role in
Ziwei Tang, Zelin Cheng, Teng Li, Fulian Wang, Liangminghui Zhang, Xiuxiu He, Lili Liu, Wei Wang, Aibin Liang, Guang Yang   +9 more
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