Cardiac Tamponade from Purulent Pericarditis due to Cutibacterium acnes by Ardalon Farhat-Sabet, Robert Hull, Dustin Thomas

“…Cutibacterium acnes (formerly Propionibacterium acnes) is an anaerobic bacteria that is ubiquitous in skin flora and is commonly thought of as a culture contaminant; however, it does have pathogenic potential. …”
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Interactions between Bacteriophages and Eukaryotic Cells by Ramendra Dirgantara Putra, Diana Lyrawati

“…., indirect and direct interactions, with the involvement of bacteriophages, bacteria, and eukaryotes. We discuss bacteriophage-related diseases, transcytosis of bacteriophages, bacteriophage interactions with cancer cells, collaboration of bacteriophages and eukaryotes against bacterial infections, and horizontal gene transfer between bacteriophages and eukaryotes. …”
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Extraction and Characterization of Natural Dye from Green Walnut Shells and Its Use in Dyeing Polyamide: Focus on Antibacterial Properties by Mohammad Mirjalili, Loghman Karimi

“…The dyed fabrics were evaluated for antibacterial activity against pathogenic strains of Gram-positive (Staphylococcus aureus) and Gram-negative (Escherichia coli) bacteria. As such, the relationship between antibacterial activity and dye concentration is investigated. …”
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Messenger RNA Turnover Processes in Escherichia coli, Bacillus subtilis, and Emerging Studies in Staphylococcus aureus by Kelsi L. Anderson, Paul M. Dunman

“…The regulation of mRNA turnover is a recently appreciated phenomenon by which bacteria modulate gene expression. This review outlines the mechanisms by which three major classes of bacterial trans-acting factors, ribonucleases (RNases), RNA binding proteins, and small noncoding RNAs (sRNA), regulate the transcript stability and protein production of target genes. …”
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A Rare Localization of Actinomycosis Mimicking Ulcerative Malignancy by Luca Volpi, Fabio Ferreli, Maurizio Bignami, Andrea Pistochini, Francesco Meloni, Apostolos Karligkiotis, Paolo Castelnuovo

“…Actinomycosis is a chronic, suppurative, and granulomatous process caused by Actinomycetes, saprophytic bacteria normally residing in the oral cavity. It can involve any organ, but the cervicofacial disease is the most frequent. …”
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Poly(3-hydroxybutyrate): Promising biomaterial for bone tissue engineering by Dariš Barbara, Knez Željko

“…Poly(3-hydroxybutyrate) is a natural polymer, produced by different bacteria, with good biocompatibility and biodegradability. …”
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Determination of butyric acid dosage based on clinical and experimental studies – a literature review by Tomasz Banasiewicz, Dorota Domagalska, Katarzyna Borycka-Kiciak, Grażyna Rydzewska

“…Short-chain fatty acids produced by bacteria living in the large intestine are the main energy substrate for the colonocytes. …”
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Pulmonary Nocardiosis in an Immunocompetent Patient with Cystic Fibrosis by Lucy Schoen, Jonathan D. Santoro, Carlos Milla, Sumit Bhargava

“…Nocardia spp. are bacteria of low virulence that cause infection classically in immunocompromised hosts with the lungs as the primary site of infection in the majority of cases. …”
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Synthesis Characterization and Biological Activity Study of New Schiff and Mannich Bases and Some Metal Complexes Derived from Isatin and Dithiooxamide by Ahlam J. Abdulghani, Nada M. Abbas

“…The biological activity of the prepared compounds and some selected metal complexes was tested against three types of bacteria and against cell line of human epidermoid larynx carcinoma (Hep-2).…”
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Carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii and Ventilator-associated Pneumonia; Epidemiology, Risk Factors, and Current Therapeutic Approaches by Malihe Kazemi Najafabadi, Rasool Soltani

“…CRAB was placed on the critical group of the universal priority list of the World Health Organization for antibiotic-resistant bacteria, to mention the importance of research development and the urgency of new antibiotics. …”
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Enterococcus avium: A Rare Opportunistic and Multidrug Resistant Pathogen in Healthcare Setting by Peetam Singh, Anita Pandey, Gaurav Saini

“… The enterococci are Gram positive and catalase negative bacteria usually inhabiting the gastrointestinal tract of animals and humans. …”
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INVESTIGATION OF HYDROCARBON CONTAMINANTS DESTRUCTING MICROORGANISMS AS A METHOD OF WATER PURIGICATION INTENSYING by Irina I. Ivanenko, Antonina M. Novikova, Elena Y. Lapatina

“…In terms of the degree of hydrophobicity, the bacteria strains involved in the decomposition process are placed in a series of activities that allows more successfully establishing the ratios of microorganismsdestructors in spatial communities for biological treatment of wastewater.…”

Vibrio parahaemolyticus: The protagonist of foodborne diseases by Vengadesh Letchumanan, Ke-Yan Loo, Jodi Woan-Fei Law, Sunny Hei Wong, Bey-Hing Goh, Nurul-Syakima Ab Mutalib, Learn-Han Lee

“…Food products can be tainted by bacteria at any level of food production to human consumption, subsequently developing gastroenteritis. …”
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Technologies for Proteome-Wide Discovery of Extracellular Host-Pathogen Interactions by Nadia Martinez-Martin

“…This review discusses available technologies for the high throughput study of extracellular protein interactions between pathogens and their hosts, with a focus on mammalian viruses and bacteria. Emerging work illustrates a rich landscape for extracellular host-pathogen interaction and points towards the evolution of multifunctional pathogen-encoded proteins. …”
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Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Prostatic Abscess with Bacteremia by Daniel J. Lachant, Michael Apostolakos, Anthony Pietropaoli

“…Prostatic abscess is traditionally considered a rare disease that is caused by Gram-negative bacteria. Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) has recently emerged as an important cause of prostatic abscesses. …”
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Detection of Salmonella and several common Salmonella serotypes in food by loop-mediated isothermal amplification method by Zhongqiang Chen, Ke Zhang, Huan Yin, Qi Li, Lan Wang, Zhiguo Liu

“…Choleraesuis as example, the detection limit of LAMP assay was 1.33 × 101 CFU/mL for bacteria culture and 2.0 × 101 CFU/mL for simulated pork sample. …”
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The Bacterial Type III Secretion System as a Broadly Applied Protein Delivery Tool in Biological Sciences by Liyu Jia, Lihua Zhu

“…The type III secretion system (T3SS) is a nano-machine that allows Gram-negative bacteria to alter eukaryotic host biology by directly delivering effector proteins from the bacterial cytoplasm. …”
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Role of Leukotrienes on Protozoan and Helminth Infections by Alexandre P. Rogerio, Fernanda F. Anibal

“…Pharmacologic or genetic inhibition of 5-LO biosynthesis in animals is associated with increased mortality and impaired clearance of bacteria, fungi, and parasites. LTs play a role in the control of helminth and protozoan infections by modulating the immune system and/or through direct cytotoxicity to parasites; however, LTs may also be associated with pathogenesis, such as in cerebral malaria and schistosomal granuloma. …”
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Cooperative Bacterial Foraging Optimization by Hanning Chen, Yunlong Zhu, Kunyuan Hu

“…Bacterial Foraging Optimization (BFO) is a novel optimization algorithm based on the social foraging behavior of E. coli bacteria. This paper presents a variation on the original BFO algorithm, namely, the Cooperative Bacterial Foraging Optimization (CBFO), which significantly improve the original BFO in solving complex optimization problems. …”
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Blastomycosis of the scrotum: Not a fun guy by Duncan Petrik, Dylan Hoare, Megan MacGillivray, Daniel Ricciuto

“…Tissue culture is essential as anerobic bacteria and fungi grow more reliably through this medium, than with tissue swabs. …”
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