Silver Nanoparticles: Biosynthesis Using an ATCC Reference Strain of Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Activity as Broad Spectrum Clinical Antibacterial Agents by Melisa A. Quinteros, Ivana M. Aiassa Martínez, Pablo R. Dalmasso, Paulina L. Páez

“…This work demonstrates the first helpful use of biosynthesized Ag-NPs as broad spectrum bactericidal agents for clinical strains of pathogenic multidrug-resistant bacteria such as methicillin-resistant S. aureus, A. baumannii, and E. coli. In addition, these Ag-NPs showed negligible cytotoxic effect in human neutrophils suggesting low toxicity to the host.…”
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Application of sewage sludge for cereal production in a Mediterranean environment (Lebanon) by Danny Romanos, Nabil Nemer, Yara Khairallah, Marie Therese Abi Saab

“…Heavy metals outcome increased significantly after amendment, microbiological analysis didn’t show any contamination by Salmonella, E.Coli, Staphylococcus Aureus and Helminth eggs. As for wheat plants' evaluation, fiber and protein contents presented an increase similar to nitrogen and phosphorus. …”
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UV-C Radiation as a Factor Reducing Microbiological Contamination of Fish Meal by Krzysztof Skowron, Justyna Bauza-Kaszewska, Zbigniew Dobrzański, Zbigniew Paluszak, Karolina Jadwiga Skowron

“…Samples of the fish meals were inoculated with suspensions of Salmonella, E. coli, enterococci, and C. sporogenes spores and exposed to the following surface UV-C fluencies: 0–400 J·m−2 for bacteria and 0–5000 J·m−2 for spores. …”
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Effect of Adding Silica Nanoparticles on the Physicochemical Properties, Antimicrobial Action, and the Hardness of Dental Stone Type 4 by Navid Aghbolaghi, Solmaz Maleki Dizaj, Ramin Negahdari, Amir Reza Jamei Khosroshahi, Yashar Rezaei, Sepideh Bohlouli, Mohammad Ali Ghavimi

“…Agar diffusion test was carried out for the prepared samples against the Escherichia coli (E. coli) and Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) to test the average growth inhibition zones. …”
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Molecular detection of Escherichia coli from ovine aborted fetuses in Mosul city, Iraq by Aamer Y. Al-Chalaby, Omer K. Alhankawe, Balsam Y. Rasheed

“…The PCR results for all five isolates were positive for E. coli, with a product size of 232 bp. Furthermore, all isolates possessed the uidA gene 100%. …”
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Bacterial and Parasitic Assessment from Fingernails in Debre Markos, Northwest Ethiopia by Abeba Mengist, Yibeltal Aschale, Alemayehu Reta

“…Coagulase-negative Staphylococcus was the predominant bacteria species (12.3%) followed by Staphylococcus aureus (5%), E. coli (2.7%), Klebsiella species (2.7%), Enterococcus species (1.8%), Pseudomonas aeruginosa (1.8%), Proteus species (1.4%), Citrobacter species (1.4%), and Serratia species (0.9%). …”
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Bioactive phytochemical compounds characterization, anti-oxidant and anti-microbial activity of the methanol and acetonitrile leaf extracts of Pithecellobium dulce by M. Kiranmayee, K. Riazunnisa

“…Methanolic and acetonitrile leaf extracts exhibited the highest zone of inhibition against E. coli (21 ± 1.1 mm) and B. subtilis (20.6 ± 0.5 mm). …”
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Citric acid vapor-assisted crosslinking of zein/PEG composite nanofiber membrane embedded with nisin by electrospinning for the cooled goose meat preservation by Lanlan Wei, Shuaijie Zhu, Guoyuan Xiong, Jingjun Li, Wangang Zhang

“…Antibacterial experiments have shown that the antibacterial effect of zein/PEG/nisin/C on Escherichia coli (E. coli) and Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) and the diameters of the bacteriostatic circle were 11.52 ± 0.44 mm and 10.67 ± 0.46 mm, respectively. …”
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New Biofunctional Loading of Natural Antimicrobial Agent in Biodegradable Polymeric Films for Biomedical Applications by Bakhtawar Ghafoor, Murtaza Najabat Ali, Umar Ansari, Muhammad Faraz Bhatti, Mariam Mir, Hafsah Akhtar, Fatima Darakhshan

“…The films were screened for antibacterial and antifungal activity against bacterial (E. coli, P. aeruginosa) and fungal strains (Aspergillus flavus and Aspergillus tubingensis) screened. …”
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Supercritical fluid extraction and encapsulation of Rivas (Rheum ribes) flower: Principal component analysis (PCA) by Seyyed Ali Hoseini, Mohsen Vazifedoost, Bahareh Hajirostamloo, Zohreh Didar, Mohamad Mehdi Nematshahi

“…The extract bioactivity was as follows: antioxidant activity of 89.6 ± 1.39 %; total phenolic content of 306.19 ± 13.59 mg GAE/g; total flavonoid content of179.84 ± 5.77 mg QE/g and a comparable antimicrobial effect to synthetic antimicrobials against E. coli, L. monocytogenes, and A. fumigatus. The encapsulation efficiency of microparticles was 90.53 % for MD to 93.23 % for GA + MD (P < 0.05). …”
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Novel Zinc(II) Complexes of Heterocyclic Ligands as Antimicrobial Agents: Synthesis, Characterisation, and Antimicrobial Studies by Ramesh S. Yamgar, Y. Nivid, Satish Nalawade, Mustapha Mandewale, R. G. Atram, Sudhir S. Sawant

“…Antimicrobial activity of the Schiff base ligand and its metal complexes was studied against Gram negative bacteria: E. coli and Pseudomonas fluorescens, Gram positive bacteria: Staphylococcus aureus, and also against fungi, that is, C. albicans and A. niger. …”
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Antimicrobial and antiproliferative activity of biosynthesized manganese nanocomposite with amide derivative originated by endophytic Aspergillus terreus by Nashwa El-Gazzar, Reem Farouk, Nervana S. Diab, Gamal Rabie, Basel Sitohy

“…The minimum inhibitory concentrations (MICs) determined for MnNCs were 10 µg/mL against C. albicans and E.coli. Furthermore, MnNCs were reduced hepatocellular carcinoma viability. …”
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A Comparative Study of Antibacterial Activity of CuO/Ag and ZnO/Ag Nanocomposites by R. B. Asamoah, E. Annan, B. Mensah, P. Nbelayim, V. Apalangya, B. Onwona-Agyeman, A. Yaya

“…The Kirby–Bauer disc diffusion test results had the same minimum inhibition concentration (MIC) value for both CuO/Ag and ZnO/Ag against E. coli and S. aureus, which was 0.25 mg/ml. The applied nanocomposites using microdilution showed that CuO/Ag had approximately 98.8% and 98.7% efficiency on the respective Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacterial species, while ZnO/Ag achieved 91.7% and 89.3% efficiency, respectively, against the Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacterial species. …”
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Enhanced biocidal efficacy of alcohol based disinfectants with salt additives by Euna Oh, Hyerin Shin, Sumin Han, Soo Jee Do, Younseo Shin, Ji Hee Pi, Youngjin Kim, Dae-Hong Ko, Kyu Hyoung Lee, Hyo-Jick Choi

“…Specifically, the disinfection capability of the isopropanol (IPA) and ethanol (EtOH) solutions containing NaCl salts was evaluated by measuring (1) antibacterial activity against Gram-positive bacteria (methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus), Gram-negative bacteria (Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Escherichia coli), and an alcohol-tolerant strain of E. coli; (2) sporicidal activity against Clostridioides difficile; (3) the antiviral activity against enveloped A/PR8/34 H1N1 influenza virus and non-enveloped adenovirus VR-5; and (4) the antifungal efficacy against Aspergillus niger and Cryptococcus neoformans from the time-dependent viability assays. …”
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Optimization of Conditions for Expression of Dengue Serotype 2 EDIII Protein in <i>Escherichia coli</i> and Immune Responses of Adjuvant-Free EDIII Ferritin Nanoparticles Against D... by M.S.B.W.T.M. Nipuna Sudaraka Tennakoon, Kyoung-Ho Lee, Hye-Mi Lee, Jae-Yeon Park, Hyun-Jin Shin

“…In this study, we optimized the conditions for the expression of the EDIII protein in <i>E. coli</i>, protein purification, and refolding, and these optimization techniques were applied for the purification of EDIII ferritin nanoparticles. …”
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Effectiveness of a Commercial Lactic Acid Bacteria Intervention Applied to Inhibit Shiga Toxin-Producing Escherichia coli on Refrigerated Vacuum-Aged Beef by Katie R. Kirsch, Tamra N. Tolen, Jessica C. Hudson, Alejandro Castillo, Davey Griffin, T. Matthew Taylor

“…The objectives of this study were to assess the antimicrobial utility of a commercial LAB intervention against O157 and non-O157 Shiga-toxigenic E. coli (STEC) on intact beef strip loins during refrigerated vacuum aging and determine intervention efficacy as a function of mode of intervention application. …”
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Digestive Fermentation, Antioxidant Status, and Haemato-Biochemical Indices of Growing Rabbits Fed on Diets Supplemented with Ziziphus spina-christi Leaf by Suha Hashim Abduljawad

“…The addition of a high level of ZL to rabbit diets led to a decrease (P<0.05) in the total count of bacteria as well as the number of E. coli and Clostridium spp. However, the number of Enterococcus bacteria was not affected by supplementation. …”
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Discovery of Novel Caeridins from the Skin Secretion of the Australian White’s Tree Frog, Litoria caerulea by Lei Li, Qing Wu, Xi Wang, Huimin Lu, Xinping Xi, Mei Zhou, Chris J. Watson, Tianbao Chen, Lei Wang

“…Moreover, Caeridin-a1 was shown to potently inhibit the growth of the planktonic Gram-positive bacteria Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus), methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA), and Enterococcus faecalis (E. faecalis), the Gram-negative bacterium, Escherichia coli (E. coli), and the yeast, Candida albicans (C. albicans). …”
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Antibiotics Resistance Pattern of Food-Borne Bacteria Isolated from Ice Cream in Bangladesh: A Multidisciplinary Study by Md Sohel, Moushumi Akter, Md. Fahmid Hasan, Shahin Mahmud, Mohammod Johirul Islam, Ashekul Islam, Khairul Islam, Abdullah Al Mamun

“…A total of 12 different bacterial species were identified, including Proteus spp, E. coli, V.cholera, Pseudomonas spp, Shigella spp, Klebsiella spp, Aeromonas spp, V. …”
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A new approach to off-gas analysis for shaken bioreactors showing high CTR and RQ accuracy by Andreas Schulte, Janik Brockmann, Nina Müller, Tibor Anderlei, Jochen Büchs

“…The system was applied to the microbial model systems S. cerevisiae, G. oxydans, and E. coli. Physiological states, such as growth vs. protein production, could be revealed, and quantitative analysis of metabolites was performed, putting focus on RQ measurements. …”
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