Isolation and Identification of Endophytic Fungi from Syzygium cumini Linn and Investigation of Their Pharmacological Activities by Mst. Mabiya Sultana Samapti, Farhana Afroz, Satyajit Roy Rony, Suriya Sharmin, Fatema Moni, Shammi Akhter, Sheikh Feroz Uddin Ahmed, Md. Hossain Sohrab

“…Penicillium sp. were found sensitive to all test bacteria, but only extracts from the leaf and bark showed significant antifungal activity along with their antimicrobial activity. …”
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Ensiling characteristics of prickly pear (opuntia-ficus indica) rejects with and without molasses for animal feed by L El Hajji, H Azzouzi, M Achchoub, K Elfazazi, S Salmaoui

“…Also, the 10% concentration has the highest number of lactic acid bacteria. The number of yeast and total aerobic mesophiles decreased continuously during silage. …”
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Bacterial phyla: microbiota of kingdom animalia by Dinesh Nalage, Rahul Kale, Tejswini Sontakke, Vidya Pradhan, Ashwini Biradar, Jayan Duminda Mahesh Senevirathna, Reshma Jaweria, Tara Dighe, Prashant Dixit, Rohit Patil, P. S. Kudnar

“…Firmicutes, known for their health-promoting properties, can counteract the effects of harmful bacteria, such as Clostridium difficile. Notably, the host’s diet exerts a significant influence on microbiome composition, as evidenced by the division of gut microbiomes into two distinct groups: herbivores in one and carnivores/omnivores in the other. …”
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Population fluctuation of Diaphorina citri Kuwayama (Hemiptera: Liviidae) and survey of some natural enemies in Ecuador by Y. CHAVEZ, C. CASTRO, G.F. GONZÁLEZ, J. CASTRO, S. PEÑARRIETA, I. PEREZ-ALMEIDA, D.T. CHIRINOS, T. KONDO

“…Diaphorina citri, especie detectada en Ecuador por primera vez en 2013, es una plaga de relevancia mundial debido a que es el principal vector de la bacteria Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus, agente causal del Huanglongbing (HLB), una devastadora enfermedad de los cítricos. …”
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Is the BCG Vaccine Safe for Undernourished Individuals? by Larissa Lumi Watanabe Ishikawa, Larissa Camargo da Rosa, Thais Graziela Donegá França, Raphael Sanches Peres, Fernanda Chiuso-Minicucci, Sofia Fernanda Gonçalves Zorzella-Pezavento, Alexandrina Sartori

“…In addition, only undernourished animals had bacteria in the lungs and thymus. Concomitant with higher mycobacterial loads and more widespread BCG dissemination in undernourished mice, production of TNF-α, IFN-γ, and IL-10 was also diminished in these mice. …”
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Innate Immune Response of Human Embryonic Stem Cell-Derived Fibroblasts and Mesenchymal Stem Cells to Periodontopathogens by Gopu Sriram, Vaishali Prakash Natu, Intekhab Islam, Xin Fu, Chaminda Jayampath Seneviratne, Kai Soo Tan, Tong Cao

“…Periodontitis involves complex interplay of bacteria and host immune response resulting in destruction of supporting tissues of the tooth. …”
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Nano-Azo Ligand and Its Superhydrophobic Complexes: Synthesis, Characterization, DFT, Contact Angle, Molecular Docking, and Antimicrobial Studies by Gehad G. Mohamed, Walaa H. Mahmoud, Ahmed M. Refaat

“…The biological activities of the ligand, as well as its metal complexes, have been tested in vitro against some bacteria and fungi species. The results showed that all the tested compounds have significant biological activities with different sensitivity levels. …”
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Incidence of extended spectrum beta-lactamase (ESBL) producing Escherichia coli isolated from women with urinary tract infections in Jordan by Rania Al-Groom

“…In addition, clinical disorders may result from the presence of bacteria or fungi in urine. The aim of this study was to isolate Escherichia coli (E. coli) strains from midstream urine samples, and to determine molecular characterization of encoded Extended Spectrum Beta-Lactamase (ESBL) genes. …”
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Adaptation of Archaeal Communities to Summer Hypoxia in the Sediment of Bohai Sea by Xiaoxiao Guo, Yanying Li, Guisheng Song, Liang Zhao, Jing Wang

“…Microbial networks revealed that Bathyarchaeia played a key role in interacting with both bacteria and other archaeal groups. Furthermore, adaptions to hypoxia of archaea were also displayed by variation in relative abundance of the predicted ecological functions and the metabolic pathways. …”
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Efficacy of 0.5% Levofloxacin and 5.0% Povidone-Iodine Eyedrops in Reducing Conjunctival Bacterial Flora: Metagenomic Analysis by Caixia Fan, Baoxia Yang, Yusen Huang

“…Bacteria associated with postoperative endophthalmitis mostly originate from the normal bacterial flora of the patient’s conjunctiva and eyelids, so the incidence of endophthalmitis may be reduced by eliminating the ocular and adnexal flora before surgery. …”
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Herbaspirillum Infection in Humans: A Case Report and Review of Literature by Rashmi Dhital, Anish Paudel, Nidrit Bohra, Ann K. Shin

“…More recently, some Herbaspirillium species have transitioned from environment to human hosts, mostly as opportunistic (pathogenic) bacteria. We present a 58-year-old female with non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) who presented with pneumonia and was found to have Herbaspirillum seropedicae bacteremia. …”
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Discovery of two novel Flavobacterium species with potential for complex polysaccharide degradation by Xu-Dong Lian, Yong Guan, Yue Jiang, Dong-Heui Kwak, Mi-Kyung Lee, Zhun Li

“…These strains, which belong to the phylum Bacteroidota, are Gram-stain-negative, non-motile, aerobic, rod-shaped bacteria and have shown polysaccharide-degrading capabilities. …”
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Pneumoscrotum as Complication of Blunt Thoracic Trauma: A Case Report by Eftychios Lostoridis, Konstantinos Gkagkalidis, Nikolaos Varsamis, Nikolaos Salveridis, Georgios Karageorgiou, Spyridon Kampantais, Paraskevi Tourountzi, Konstantinos Pouggouras

“…Pneumoscrotum has three major etiologies: (a) local introduction of air or infection from gas-producing bacteria, (b) pneumoperitoneum, and (c) air accumulation from lungs, mediastinum, or retroperitoneum. …”
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Gram-Negative Bacterial Lipopolysaccharide Stimulates Activin A Secretion from Human Amniotic Epithelial Cells by Yumiko Abe, Risa Marukawa, Nami Tsuru, Maki Sato, Hiroko Matsuda, Hisanobu Sadakata, Takashi Kameda, Takashi Minegishi

“…The present study was performed to clarify if lipopolysaccharide, a component of Gram-negative bacteria, stimulates activin A secretion from human amniotic epithelial cells and to determine if activin A plays a role in amnionitis. …”
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Innovative fertilization strategies for in-situ pollution control and carbon negativity enhancement in agriculture by Ya-Zhen Huang, You-Yi Lee, Chihhao Fan

“…The washed-away phosphate demonstrated a different trend because adding microbial agents, including phosphorus-solubilizing bacteria, converted fixed inorganic phosphorus in the soil into water-soluble phosphorus. …”
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SOLARIS project: a portable 3D-printed bioaerosol sampler for environmental bacterial collection by Pedro Henrique Dobroes Fonseca, Filipe Miguel Borgas Henriques Duarte, Frederico Silva de Sousa Alves, Jose Alberto de Jesus Borges, Susana Isabel Pinheiro Cardoso, Vania Cristina Henriques Silverio, Wilson David Talhao Antunes

“…Our sampler’s laboratory testing demonstrated the successful separation of viable Escherichia coli bacteria from artificially generated bioaerosols. Collected samples were found suitable for downstream analysis methods such as culturing, mass spectrometry, molecular detection and electron microscopy. …”
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Dynamic changes in physicochemical property, biogenic amines content and microbial diversity during the fermentation of Sanchuan ham by Zhongai Chen, Hong Chen, Huan Du, Cong Chen, Kaixiang Lu, Qiaoli Xue, Yongjin Hu

“…Simultaneously, the change trends and composition of bacteria in the interior have slight discrepancies with those of the exterior of Sanchuan ham.…”
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Microbiota, Prostatitis, and Fertility: Bacterial Diversity as a Possible Health Ally by Jenniffer Puerta Suárez, Walter D. Cardona Maya

“…Less microbial diversity could be associated with chronic prostatitis symptoms. The presence of bacteria in the genitourinary tract is not always associated with the disease. …”
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A plasmid-chromosome crosstalk in multidrug resistant enterobacteria by Laura Toribio-Celestino, Alicia Calvo-Villamañán, Cristina Herencias, Aida Alonso-del Valle, Jorge Sastre-Dominguez, Susana Quesada, Didier Mazel, Eduardo P. C. Rocha, Ariadna Fernández-Calvet, Alvaro San Millan

“…However, plasmid acquisition can produce physiological alterations in the bacterial host, leading to potential fitness costs that determine the clinical success of bacteria-plasmid associations. In this study, we use a transcriptomic approach to characterize the interactions between a globally disseminated carbapenem resistance plasmid, pOXA-48, and a diverse collection of multidrug resistant (MDR) enterobacteria. …”
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Microbiological Hazard Identification and Exposure Assessment of Poultry Products Sold in Various Localities of Hyderabad, India by Rao V. Sudershan, R. Naveen Kumar, L. Kashinath, V. Bhaskar, K. Polasa

“…The most prevalent pathogenic bacteria isolated were S. aureus (3.4 log 10 cfu/g) and B. cereus (3.4 log 10 cfu/g). …”
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