Anti-Biofilm Agents to Overcome <i>Pseudomonas aeruginosa</i> Antibiotic Resistance by Marie Hanot, Elodie Lohou, Pascal Sonnet

“…<i>Pseudomonas aeruginosa</i> is one of world’s most threatening bacteria. In addition to the emerging prevalence of multi-drug resistant (MDR) strains, the bacterium also possesses a wide variety of virulence traits that worsen the course of the infections. …”
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Profile of outer membrane proteins of carbapenem-resistant Gram-negative bacilli in Ghana by Francis S. Codjoe, Fleischer C. N. Kotey, Eric S. Donkor

“…This study aimed to profile outer membrane proteins (OMPs) of 111 carbapenem-resistant Gram-negative bacteria recovered from a broad spectrum of clinical specimens from Ghana. …”
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Comparative Pharmacokinetics of Levofloxacin in Healthy and Renal Damaged Muscovy Ducks following Intravenous and Oral Administration by Mohamed Aboubakr, Ahmed Soliman

“…Oral administration of levofloxacin at 10 mg kg−1 bwt may be highly efficacious against susceptible bacteria in ducks. Also, the dose of levofloxacin should be reduced in renal damaged ducks. …”
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Effect of Antimicrobial Photodynamic Therapy on Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans Biofilm using Confocal Fluorescence Imaging—An In vitro Study by R Sindhujaa, PL Ravi Shankar, K Raja Pandian, Deepak Chandrasekharan, A Sheryl Dolly, KM Mohamed Rashik

“…Photodynamic therapy (PDT) has emerged as a potential treatment modality for periodontitis, utilizing visible light combined with a photosensitizer to inactivate bacteria. Aim: The aim of the current in vitro study is to investigate the effect of antimicrobial photodynamic therapy on Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans (A.a) biofilm using confocal fluorescence imaging. …”
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Effect of Packaging on Microbial Quality of Edible Flowers During Refrigerated Storage by Aleksandra Wilczyńska, Anita Kukułowicz, Anna Lewandowska

“…The counts of selected pathogenic bacteria, total yeasts and moulds on the day of harvesting and after 1–3 days of refrigerated storage were determined. …”
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Abcesso hepático e Bacteriemia Causada por Desulfovibrio Desulfuricans by Tiago Guimarães Costa, Raquel Moura, Luís Rocha, Sara Pinto, Paula Ferreira

“…Desulfovibrio spp. are gram-negative, sulfate-reducing anaerobic bacteria that are typically found in the environment and can also be normal inhabitants of the oral cavity and intestinal tract. …”
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Antioxidant and Antimicrobial Activity of New Amide Compounds Containing Azo Group Using Dicyclohexylcarbodiimide (DCC) as Coupling Agent by Dania Mohammed Saleh, Bushra Kamel Al-Salami

“…The antibacterial activities for all new synthetic compounds was estimated accurately depending on selected bacteria such as Staphylococcus aureus (Gram-positive) and Escherichia coli (Gram-negative) using different concentrations to calculate minimum inhibition concentration. …”
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In silico identification of silent primycin biosynthetic gene clusters within the family Pseudonocardiaceae by Márk Kovács-Valasek, Csaba Fekete, Andrea Kovács-Valasek

“…In the global effort to discover or design new effective antibiotics to fight infectious diseases, the increasingly available multi-omics data with novel bioinformatics tools open up new horizons for the exploration of the genetic potential of bacteria to synthesize bioactive secondary metabolites. …”
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The Role of Cell Surface Architecture of Lactobacilli in Host-Microbe Interactions in the Gastrointestinal Tract by Ranjita Sengupta, Eric Altermann, Rachel C. Anderson, Warren C. McNabb, Paul J. Moughan, Nicole C. Roy

“…Strain variations may be related to diversity of the cell surface architecture of lactobacilli and the bacteria's ability to express certain surface components or secrete specific compounds in response to the host environment. …”
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Evaluating Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae (Xoo) infection dynamics in rice for distribution routes and environmental reservoirs by molecular approaches by Onchira Ritbamrung, Phithak Inthima, Kumrop Ratanasut, Kawee Sujipuli, Tepsuda Rungrat, Kittisak Buddhachat

“…Results showed that Xoo infection decreased from the leaves to the roots, but the bacteria persisted in soil and water for up to 12 and 6 weeks, respectively. …”
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Role of nutritional factors at the irritable bowel syndrome by Yu. O. Shulpekova, A. V. Sedova

“…Efficacy of functional food products containing bacteria of probiotic strain Bifidobacterium animalis sp. lactis DN-173 010 for treatment of IBS symptoms is demonstrated in clinical trials. …”
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Rare Case of Aspergillus ochraceus Osteomyelitis of Calcaneus Bone in a Patient with Diabetic Foot Ulcers by Farhang Babamahmoodi, Tahereh Shokohi, Fatemeh Ahangarkani, Mojtaba Nabili, Elham Afzalian Ashkezari, Sosan Alinezhad

“…The most common causes of infection which have been reported in these patients are bacteria and fungi such as Candida, Aspergillus, and Rhizopus species. …”
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Ecofriendly Synthesis of Silver Nanoparticles Using Ananas comosus Fruit Peels: Anticancer and Antimicrobial Activities by Ayşe Baran, Cumali Keskin, Mehmet Fırat Baran, Irada Huseynova, Rovshan Khalilov, Aziz Eftekhari, Sevgi Irtegun-Kandemir, Deniz Evrim Kavak

“…The nanoparticles showed promising inhibitory activity on the Gram-positive and Gram-negative pathogen microorganisms (Escherichia coli ATCC25922, Staphylococcus aureus ATCC29213, Bacillus subtilis ATCC11774, Pseudomonas aeruginosa ATCC27833 bacteria, and Candida albicans yeast) at low concentrations. …”
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The Role of Immune Defense in Serratia marcescens Nosocomial Infections by Ihsan A. Raheem, Fatima R. Abdul, Hanan T. Subhi

“… Developing resistance mechanisms leads to various nosocomial infections caused by opportunistic bacteria. Serratia marcescens are well known to be opportunistic and are equipped with an armory of virulence factors against host immune response. …”
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Solitary Pyomyositis of the Left Rhomboideus Muscle Caused by Streptococcus anginosus and Streptococcus intermedius in an Immunocompetent Person by Yasuhiro Tanaka, Kenichi Takaya, Go Yamamoto, Isaku Shinzato, Toshiro Takafuta

“…However, pyomyositis caused by anaerobic bacteria is rare in adults. Here, we report a case of solitary Pyomyositis of the left rhomboideus muscle in an immunocompetent person. …”
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NOD Dendritic Cells Stimulated with Lactobacilli Preferentially Produce IL-10 versus IL-12 and Decrease Diabetes Incidence by Jean N. Manirarora, Sarah A. Parnell, Yoon-Hyeon Hu, Michele M. Kosiewicz, Pascale Alard

“…NOD DCs were stimulated with Lactobacilli (nonpathogenic bacteria targeting TLR2) or lipoteichoic acid (LTA) from Staphylococcus aureus (TLR2 agonist). …”
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Microbial Safety of Low Water Activity Foods: Study of Simulated and Durban Household Samples by O. A. Ijabadeniyi, Y. Pillay

“…Spices had the highest number of aerobic bacteria, aerobic spore-formers, anaerobic spore-formers, and S. aureus. …”
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Characterization of Enterobacter phage vB_EcRAM-01, a new Pseudotevenvirus against Enterobacter cloacae, isolated in an urban river in Panama. by Ednner E Victoria-Blanco, Jean Pierre González-Gómez, Juan Raúl Medina-Sánchez, Alexander A Martínez, Nohelia Castro Del Campo, Cristóbal Chaidez-Quiroz, Jordi Querol-Audi, Alex Omar Martínez-Torres

“…Therefore, bacteriophages have again attracted the attention of the science and medical community as an alternative to control Multidrug resistant bacteria. In this study, water samples from Río Abajo River, in Panama City, Panama, were collected, for phage isolation, purification, characterization and propagation against the E. cloacae complex. …”
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GREEN SYNTHESIS OF SULFUR NANOPARTICLES USING ZIZIPHUS-SPINA TREE LEAVES AND THEIR ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY by R. M. Hasan, M. M. Sirhan, H. Kh. Ali

“…The antibacterial activity of the prepared SNPs was tested against 2 species each of gram-positive (Staphylococcus aureus and Staphylococcus epidermidis) and gram-negative (Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumonia) bacteria using the agar well diffusion method. The results show that the SNPs have antibacterial activity…”
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Development of water-soluble zein colloid particles and in situ antibacterial evaluation by multiple headspace extraction gas chromatography by Yan Yin, Fuzhen Zhou, Yechong Yin, Yonghong Peng

“…To investigate the antimicrobial properties of zein/SC particles, Escherichia coli and Bacillus subtilis, Listeria monocytogenes were selected as gram-negative and gram-positive indicator bacteria. CO2 produced by incubated germs was detected by headspace gas chromatography. …”
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