Antibacterial and Antifungal Activities of Linear and Cyclic Peptides Containing Arginine, Tryptophan, and Diphenylalanine by David Salehi, Eman H. M. Mohammed, Naiera M. Helmy, Keykavous Parang

“…</i> [DipR]₅ and ((DipR)₂(WR)₃) showed MIC values of 0.39–25 µM and 0.78–12.5 µM against Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria strains, respectively. …”
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Bacteriocin-Producing Staphylococci and Mammaliicocci Strains for Agro-Food and Public Health Applications with Relevance of Micrococcin P1 by Rosa Fernández-Fernández, Carmen Lozano, Allelen Campaña-Burguet, Carmen González-Azcona, Tamara Álvarez-Gómez, Rocío Fernández-Pérez, Raquel Peña, Myriam Zarazaga, Jaime Carrasco, Carmen Torres

“…Thus, the aim of this study was to evaluate the inhibitory activity of 15 bacteriocin-producing staphylococci and mammaliicocci (BP-S/M) strains and their pre-purified extracts with butanol (BT) against a collection of 27 harmful or zoonotic strains (including Gram-positive/-negative bacteria and molds) with relevance in the public health and agro-food fields. …”
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Influence of Aging and Immune Alterations on Susceptibility to Pneumococcal Pneumonia in the Elderly by Nathan Kang, Veedamali S. Subramanian, Anshu Agrawal

“…<i>Streptococcus pneumoniae</i>, a Gram-positive diplococcus, is the leading cause of pneumonia-related deaths in older adults. …”
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ANTIMICROBIAL EFFECT OF ORGANOTIN COMPOUNDS DERIVED FROM PHENOLIC SCHIFF BASES by Ane Francielly da Silva Santos, José Roberto da Silveira Maia

“…These compounds were bioassayed to evaluate their bacterial effect against Gram-positive (Staphylococcus aureus and Bacillus subtilis) and Gram-negative (Escherichia coli and Salmonella typhimurium) microorganisms. …”
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Achromobacter xylosoxidans Relapsing Peritonitis and Streptococcus suis Peritonitis in Peritoneal Dialysis Patients: A Report of Two Cases by Rafał Donderski, Magdalena Grajewska, Agnieszka Mikucka, Beata Sulikowska, Eugenia Gospodarek-Komkowska, Jacek Manitius

“…It is usually caused by Gram positive Staphylococcus epidermidis. Achromobacter xylosoxidans (A. xylosoxidans) and Streptococcus suis (S. suis) are rare pathogens, but there is emerging evidence that they may be also responsible for PD related peritonitis. …”
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Clinical Outcome with Oral Linezolid and Rifampin Following Recurrent Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Bacteremia Despite Prolonged Vancomycin Treatment by Jon-David Schwalm, Philippe El-Helou, Christine H Lee

“…Drug-resistant Gram-positive bacteria, especially Staphylococcus aureus, are emerging as the predominant organisms involved in both nosocomial and community-acquired infections. …”
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Antioxidant Functions of Nitric Oxide Synthase in a Methicillin Sensitive Staphylococcus aureus by Manisha Vaish, Vineet K. Singh

“…Nitric oxide and its derivative peroxynitrites are generated by host defense system to control bacterial infection. However certain Gram positive bacteria including Staphylococcus aureus possess a gene encoding nitric oxide synthase (SaNOS) in their chromosome. …”
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Antifungal Activity and Composition of Essential Oils of Conyza canadensis Herbs and Roots by Katalin Veres, Boglárka Csupor-Löffler, Andrea Lázár, Judit Hohmann

“…The antimicrobial activities of the oils were tested on Gram-positive (Enterococcus faecalis, Staphylococcus aureus, and Streptococcus pyogenes), Gram-negative (Escherichia coli, Pseudomonas aeruginosa) bacteria, reference fungal strains, and fungal strains isolated from patients (Candida, Cryptococcus, Trichophyton, Rhodotorula, and Aspergillus) by agar disc diffusion and broth dilution methods. …”
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Protein Machineries Involved in the Attachment of Heme to Cytochrome c: Protein Structures and Molecular Mechanisms by Carlo Travaglini-Allocatelli

“…In this review, the structural and functional properties of the main maturation apparatuses found in gram-negative and gram-positive bacteria and in the mitochondria of eukaryotic cells will be presented, dissecting the Cyt c maturation process into three functional steps: (i) heme translocation and delivery, (ii) apoCyt thioreductive pathway, and (iii) apoCyt chaperoning and heme ligation. …”
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ANALYZING THE CHARACTERISTICS AND BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITIES OF METHANOLIC EXTRACTS FROM STACHYS BYZANTINE LEAVES by Ali Q. Khazaal, Zainab F. Mahmood, Sanaa A. Hammood

“…The methanolic extracts obtained from S. byzantine showed antibacterial activity against Gram-negative and Gram-positive bacteria. The extract inhibited Staphylococcus aureus with 15, 20, and 22 mm inhibition zones at 100, 200, and 400 mg/ml, respectively.  …”
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Diagnostic Challenges in the Detection of Actinomycotic Osteomyelitis of the Mandible: A Case Report by Elitsa G. Deliverska, Dimitar T. Yovchev, Marusia Zh. Genadieva, Sadeta J. Parusheva

“…Actinomycosis is a rare chronic granulomatous infection and can be caused by Gram-positive anaerobic bacteria which are normal commensals of the oral cavity and pharynx. …”
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Linezolid and serotonin syndrome by Haytham A. Wali

“…Linezolid, a synthetic oxazolidinone antibiotic, is used to treat gram-positive bacterial infections, including methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus . …”
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Meningitis due to Streptococcus suis in Two Patients with Occupational Exposure from Northeastern Brazil by Francisco Breno Ponte de Matos, Luís Arthur Brasil Gadelha Farias, Camila Negreiro Dias, Lorena Pinho Mendes, Pedro Pinheiro de Negreiros Bessa

“…S. suis is an encapsulated Gram-positive, facultative anaerobic bacterium. This infection usually manifests in humans as meningitis, endocarditis, septicemia, and/or arthritis. …”
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Effect of Sodium Salicylate on the Viscoelastic Properties and Stability of Polyacrylate-Based Hydrogels for Medical Applications by Zuzana Kolarova Raskova, Martina Hrabalikova, Vladimir Sedlarik

“….%), in Carbomer-based hydrogel systems, on processing conditions, rheological and antimicrobial properties in tests against Gram-positive (Staphylococcus aureus) and Gram-negative (Escherichia coli) bacterial strains, and examples of yeast (Candida albicans) and mould (Aspergillus niger). …”
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Spectral Characterization and Antibacterial Activities of Benzyloxybenzaldehydethiosemicarbazone, 3,4-Dihydroxybenzaldehydeisonicotinoylhydrazone and their Transitional Metal Compl... by Lakshmi Narayana Suvarapu, A. Varada Reddy, G. Satheesh Kumar, Sung Ok Baek

“…., Cu(II)-BBTSC, Pd(II)-BBTSC, Cr(VI)- 3,4-DHBINH, Ti(IV)- 3,4-DHBINH and Pd(II)-3,4-DHBINH were studied against two gram positive bacteria and two gram negative bacteria. …”
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Study on Europium-Doped Hydroxyapatite Nanoparticles by Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy and Their Antimicrobial Properties by Simona-Liliana Iconaru, Mikael Motelica-Heino, Daniela Predoi

“…The antimicrobial properties of Eu:HAp nanoparticles with 0≤xEu≤0.2 on Gram-negative (E. coli ATCC 25922, Pseudomonas aeruginosa 1397) and Gram-positive (Staphylococcus aureus 0364, Enterococcus faecalis ATCC 29212) bacteria systems and a species of fungus (Candida albicans ATCC 10231) were reported. …”
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Streptococcus pseudoporcinus: Case Reports and Review of the Literature by Shanza Khan, Ting Ting Wong, Nishant Prasad, Benjamin Lee, Carl Urban, Sorana Segal-Maurer, Glenn Turett

“…Streptococcus pseudoporcinus is a beta-hemolytic Gram-positive, catalase-negative, nonmotile coccus arranged in short chains, usually found in the female genitourinary tract and differentiated from Streptococcus porcinus in 2006. …”
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Transcription termination and antitermination are critical for the fitness and function of the integrative and conjugative element Tn916. by Erika S Wirachman, Alan D Grossman

“…Tn916, the founding member of a large family of integrative and conjugative elements (ICEs; aka conjugative transposons), confers tetracycline-resistance and is found in several Gram-positive bacterial species. We identified a transcription terminator near one end of Tn916 that functions as an insulator that prevents expression of element genes when Tn916 is integrated downstream from an active host promoter. …”
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Priestia megaterium cells are primed for surviving lethal doses of antibiotics and chemical stress by Manisha Guha, Abhyudai Singh, Nicholas C. Butzin

“…Here, we show the existence of “primed cells” in the Gram-positive bacterium Priestia megaterium, formerly known as Bacillus megaterium. …”
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Synthesis of Silver Abietate as an Antibacterial Agent for Textile Applications by A. Yıldız, M. Değirmencioğlu

“…The new Ag abietate complex has no environmental hazard, its antibacterial activities were evaluated after being applied to cotton fabric by padding process according to the JIS L 1902-2008 agar diffusion test method and against three Gram-negative and three Gram-positive bacteria, respectively. Stability of antibacterial effect after repeated washings (3, 5, 10, and 20) was also tested which indicated that the synthesized silver abietate compound could be used as a new antibacterial agent in textile industry. …”
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