Emergence of Highly Multidrug-Resistant Bacteria Isolated from Patients with Infections Admitted to Public Hospitals in Southwest Iran by Sepide Namdari, Ali Farhadi, Aida Khademalhoseini, Abbas Behzad-Behbahani, Afsaneh Moaddeb

“…Of these, 1401 (78.8%) were Gram-negative and the remaining were Gram-positive bacteria. Escherichia coli (37.1%), Klebsiella spp. (13.9%), and Acinetobacter species (10.4%) were the most common isolated bacteria. …”
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Synthesis, Characterization, and Biological Evaluation of Gabapentinoid Hybrids with Isoindole-1,3(2H)-Dione Moiety as Potential Antioxidant, Antimicrobial, and Anticancer Agents by Mirna Jabbour, Mohammad Ammar Al-Khayat, Mahmoud Al-Ktaifani

“…The antibacterial activity of synthesized compounds and parent compounds was evaluated against two microbial Gram-positive and Gram-negative strains by the well diffusion method. …”
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Antifungal and Antibacterial Activity of Aqueous and Ethanolic Extracts of Different <i>Rosa rugosa</i> Parts by Žaneta Maželienė, Jolita Kirvaitienė, Kamilė Kaklauskienė, Rasa Volskienė, Asta Aleksandravičienė

“…Antimicrobial activity was tested against one fungus, four Gram-positive, and four Gram-negative bacteria. The leaf extracts exhibited the strongest antimicrobial activity, followed by the extracts from the petals and rose hips, while weaker activity was observed in the root extracts. …”
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<i>Ajuga reptans</i> L. Herb Extracts: Phytochemical Composition and Pharmacological Activity Screening by Svitlana Maliuvanchuk, Andriy Grytsyk, Oksana Popadynets, Taras Kotyk, Ain Raal, Oleh Koshovyi

“…<i>A. reptans</i> extracts are capable of inhibiting the growth of microorganisms and showing higher activity against Gram-positive bacteria. <i>A. reptans</i> herb extracts are promising agents for implementation in official medicine as wound healing and hepatoprotective remedies after further preclinical and clinical studies.…”
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Research Progress on Bacteriocins Produced by Lactic Acid Bacteria and Their Inhibitory Effect on the Biofilm of Staphylococcus aureus by Xiaoge XUE, Yuanyuan LIU, Lina ZHANG, Rui FAN, Yu XIN, Jiage MA, Wei YU, Libo LIU

“…Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) is a Gram-positive opportunistic pathogen that can form biofilm on the surface of food. …”
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Transcriptional induction of the IMD signaling pathway and associated antibacterial activity in the digestive tract of cat fleas (Ctenocephalides felis) by Katie Weber, Dhruva Karnik, Lisa D. Brown

“…Methods In the present study, we measured the expression of target genes comprising the IMD pathway, as well as corresponding AMP transcripts, in the digestive tract of C. felis following exposure to three different species of bacteria: Gram-negative Bartonella henselae (a flea-borne pathogen), Gram-negative Serratia marcescens (a model laboratory species), and Gram-positive Micrococcus luteus (a model laboratory species). …”
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Isolation and Identification of Dominant Bacteria from Raw Donkey Milk Produced in a Region of Morocco by QIIME 2 and Evaluation of Their Antibacterial Activity by Reda Derdak, Javier Quinteiro, Souraya Sakoui, Boutaina Addoum, Jorge Rodríguez Castro, Manuel Rey Méndez, Abdelaziz Soukri, Bouchra El Khalfi

“…Among 44 strains identified, 43 are Gram-positive, and most are catalase-negative and cocci-shaped. …”
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ICD Pocket-Site Infection Secondary to Gonococcal Bacteremia: The First Reported Case by Sardar Hassan Ijaz, Ali Haider Jafry, Areeba Shahnawaz, Mark Allee

“…Tissue cultures were negative, but isolation of N. gonorrhoeae in blood cultures confirmed it as the causative agent of the pocket-site infection in the absence of prior Gram-positive coverage. He was started on a prolonged course of ceftriaxone for 4 weeks with reimplantation of ICD at a different site after completion of treatment. …”
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Neutropenic Sepsis in the ICU: Outcome Predictors in a Two-Phase Model and Microbiology Findings by Jan M. Kruse, Thomas Jenning, Sibylle Rademacher, Renate Arnold, Clemens A. Schmitt, Achim Jörres, Philipp Enghard, Michael Oppert

“…Early antimicrobial treatment of Gram-positive cocci may improve the outcome of these patients.…”
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Fabrication of nano‐encapsulated angelica (Heracleum persicum) essential oil for enriching dairy dessert: Physicochemical, rheological and sensorial properties by Narin Mhemmedamin Nanakali

“…Droplet size, free radical scavenging capacity, antimicrobial activity against gram‐positive (Staphylococcus aureus (25923 ATCC)) and gram‐negative (Escherichia coli H7 O157 (700728 ATCC)) were evaluated for produced nanoemulsions. …”
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Evaluating antibacterial and antioxidant properties of sericin recovered from cocoons of Bombyx mori, Gonometa postica and Samia ricini in Kenya. by Mwangi G Kanyora, Timothy M Kegode, Justus Kurgat, Harrison Kibogo, George Asudi, Chrysantus M Tanga, Workneh Ayalew, Subramanian Sevgan, Nelly Ndungu

“…These findings uncovered sufficient antibacterial efficacy of all three silk sericin extracts against both Gram-positive and negative bacteria, however, in depth research is still required to guarantee the aforementioned bioactivities to boost the therapeutic potential of silk sericin-based biomaterials.…”
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Microbial Contamination and Antimicrobial Resistance in Use of Ophthalmic Solutions at the Department of Ophthalmology, Jimma University Specialized Hospital, Southwest Ethiopia by Lemlem Tamrat, Yeshigeta Gelaw, Getenet Beyene, Addisu Gize

“…Tips of the bottles were more often contaminated than the content of the eye drop. Majority of both Gram-positive and Gram-negative organisms were sensitive for most of the broad-spectrum antibiotics; however, there were a significant number of Gram-negative organisms resistant to almost all antibiotics used. …”
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Characterization of Pathogenic Bacteria Isolated from Sudanese Banknotes and Determination of Their Resistance Profile by Noha Ahmed Abd Alfadil, Malik Suliman Mohamed, Manal M. Ali, El Amin Ibrahim El Nima

“…Klebsiella pneumoniae was found to be the most frequent isolate (23%), whereas Bacillus mycoides (15%) was the most abundant Gram-positive isolate. There was a significant relationship between the number of isolates and the banknote denomination with p value <0.05 (the lower denomination showed higher contamination level). …”
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Emulsion electrospinning of lemongrass essential Oil-Loaded Ferula haussknechtii gum/ Polyethylene oxide as bioactive coating by Saeedeh Jafari, Abdollah Hematian Sourki, Safoora Pashangeh

“…The antimicrobial efficacy of the electrospun coating was tested against Gram-positive Gram-negative, and Aspergillus niger. The highest antimicrobial activity was observed with the electrospun coating containing 9 % LGEO. …”
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Analysis of Liposoluble Composition, Antibacterial and Antioxidant Activities of Artemisia argyi in Zhangjiakou by Yongbin XU, Xinmin XIONG, Youduo HE, Jia CUI, Jiangang TUO, Hongyu ZHAO

“…The antibacterial activity against Gram-negative bacteria and Gram-positive bacteria was determined by filter paper disk test. …”
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Optimization and characterization of bioactive secondary metabolites from Streptomyces sp CMSTAAHL-4 isolated from mangrove sediment by Selvaraj Jeraldin Nisha, Ganapathi Uma, Ramamoorthy Sathishkumar, Vincent Samuel Gnana Prakash, Rimal Isaac, Thavasimuthu Citarasu

“…The potent strain was selected based on their primary screening against Gram positive Staphylococcus aureus, Enterococcus faecalis and Gram negative Klebsiella pneumoniae, Escherichia coli, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Salmonella typhi bacterial pathogens. …”
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INVESTIGATING THE ACTIVE CHEMICALS IN BAY LEAVES IN SUPPRESSING MICROBES AND IMPROVING THE SENSORY PROPERTIES OF CHILLED CHICKEN MEAT by M. A. Qasim, A. A. Al-Azzami, N. T. Khaleel, A. A. Yaseen, M. M. Fahad

“…The investigation showed that the alcoholic extract (ethanol 99.8%) outperformed the aqueous extract in preventing the development and activities of four different types of gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria. The space created by the alcoholic extract was surrounded by a clear zone measuring 18.8, 15.5, 19.48, and 16.8 mm in diameter for the Escherichia coli, Salmonella typhi, Staphylococcus aureus, and Bacillus cereus culture media, respectively compared to the 10.5, 8.5, 9.4, and 9.1 mm for the aqueous extract. …”
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Molecular characterization and functional annotation of a hypothetical protein (SCO0618) of A3(2) by Nadim Ferdous, Mahjerin Nasrin Reza, Md. Tabassum Hossain Emon, Md. Shariful Islam, A. K. M. Mohiuddin, Mohammad Uzzal Hossain

“…Streptomyces coelicolor is a gram-positive soil bacterium which is well known for the production of several antibiotics used in various biotechnological applications. …”
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Biosynthesis of ZnO nanoparticles using banana peel pectin for antibacterial and photocatalytic applications by Kazi Suraiya Islam, Md. Hasnain Mustak, Md. Khalid Hossain Shishir, Md. Minnatul Karim, Gazi Md. Arifuzzaman Khan

“…Moreover, the p-ZnO NPs exhibited a significant bactericidal effect against drug-resistant gram-positive Staphylococcus aureus but were ineffective against gram-negative Escherichia coli.…”
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Incorporation of recombinant proteins into extracellular vesicles by Lactococcus cremoris by Tina Vida Plavec, Kristina Žagar Soderžnik, Giulia Della Pelle, Špela Zupančič, Robert Vidmar, Aleš Berlec

“…In contrast to mammalian cell-derived EVs, the study of EVs from bacteria, particularly Gram-positive bacteria, received less research attention. …”
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