Sedum alfredii Hance: A cadmium and zinc hyperaccumulating plant by Mingying Liu, Ying Feng, Miao Wang, Xinglin Sun, Chen Yinfei Qi, Xiaoe Yang, Dayi Zhang

“…Numerous studies have been conducted to uncover the mystery of its hypertolerance and hyperaccumulation using high-throughput sequencing, biochemical and molecular techniques, mainly pointing to the root-microorganism interaction, restrained Cd storage in roots, efficient root-shoot translocation, effective cellular detoxification, and phloem-mediated metal remobilization. …”
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Pseudomonas mendocina bacteraemia secondary to cellulitis – a report and brief series of cases by Jorge Reis, Francisca Carmo, Inês Soares, Catarina Salvado, Mariana Fidalgo

“…Conclusion: Damage to the skin barrier as in cellulitis provides a point of entry for P. mendocina, a microorganism that lives in soil and water. The source of contamination is rarely identified, but immunocompromised people present a higher risk of infection and severe disease. …”
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A Case of Brucellosis Presenting with Multiple Hypodense Splenic Lesions and Bilateral Pleural Effusions by Emine Dilek Eruz, Serhat Birengel, Alpay Azap, Gulden Yilmaz Bozkurt

“…However any organ system can be attacked by the microorganism. In this paper we present a 52-year-old female patient who was admitted to the Infectious Diseases Department with complaints of fatigue, arthralgias, fever, and weight loss. …”
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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

“…We propose to utilize the microorganism ability to induce tolerogenic DCs to abrogate the proinflammatory process and prevent diabetes development. …”
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Modulation of Stat-1 in Human Macrophages Infected with Different Species of Intracellular Pathogenic Bacteria by Giuditta Fiorella Schiavano, Sabrina Dominici, Laura Rinaldi, Alfonsina Mariarosaria Cangiano, Giorgio Brandi, Mauro Magnani

“…The infection of human macrophages by pathogenic bacteria induces different signaling pathways depending on the type of cellular receptors involved in the microorganism entry and on their mechanism(s) of survival and replication in the host cell. …”
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Diagnostic Accuracy of Immunologic Biomarkers for Accurate Diagnosis of Bloodstream Infection in Patients with Malignancy: Procalcitonin in Comparison with C-Reactive Protein by Mansoureh Shokripour, Navid Omidifar, Kourosh Salami, Mohsen Moghadami, Babak Samizadeh

“…Despite statistically nonsignificant results, PCT seems to be a superior indicator to CRP for rejecting the presence of microorganism in bloodstream. For PCT, the cutoff value of 1.17 ng/ml (bacteremia from nonbacteremia) had the highest NPV value of 91.5% in malignant patients, suspicion of sepsis.…”
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Current approaches to minimize the late blowing defect of cheese by Raquel Velasco, María Concepción Cabeza, Juan Antonio Ordóñez

“…Several Clostridium spp. have been characterized as responsible bacteria, but C. tyrobutyricum is the microorganism most commonly isolated from affected cheeses. …”
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Advances and Challenges in Islet Transplantation: Islet Procurement Rates and Lessons Learned from Suboptimal Islet Transplantation by Annette Plesner, C. Bruce Verchere

“…Islets are delicate microorgans that are susceptible to apoptosis, hypoxia, and ischemia during isolation, culture, and the peritransplant period. …”
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Evaluation of Salt Influence on Sugar Consumption by Suspension Cells Based on Spectroscopic Analysis by Ken-ichiro Suehara, Takaharu Kameoka, Atsushi Hashimoto

“…The living cells activity in fresh food may act to prevent microbial contamination and to suppress the growth of the contaminated microorganism. Both the simple and detailed analyses based on the spectroscopic method presented in this study might be useful for risk management of food.…”
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Safety and efficacy of a feed additive consisting of Lactiplantibacillus plantarum NCIMB 30094 for all animal species (Volac International Ltd) by EFSA Panel on Additives and Products or Substances used in Animal Feed (FEEDAP), Roberto Edoardo Villa, Giovanna Azimonti, Eleftherios Bonos, Henrik Christensen, Mojca Durjava, Birgit Dusemund, Ronette Gehring, Boet Glandorf, Maryline Kouba, Marta López‐Alonso, Francesca Marcon, Carlo Nebbia, Alena Pechová, Miguel Prieto‐Maradona, Ilen Röhe, Katerina Theodoridou, Montserrat Anguita, Nicole Bozzi Cionci, Rosella Brozzi, Joana P. Firmino, Matteo L. Innocenti, Joana Revez, Jordi Tarrés‐Call, Piera Valeri, Yolanda García‐Cazorla

“…Regarding user safety, the additive consists of a microorganism, and any exposure through skin and respiratory tract is considered a risk. …”
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Rapid Determination of Escherichia coli Concentration in Water Using Multiwavelength Transmission Spectroscopy by Yuxia Hu, Ruixiang Zhang, Liye Guo, Dun Hu

“…Escherichia coli (E. coli) is selected because it is a common indicator microorganism for assessing water pollution status, and it is easy to handle. …”
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Recycling of Waste Streams of the Biotechnological Poly(hydroxyalkanoate) Production by Haloferax mediterranei on Whey by Martin Koller

“…In addition, 29% of the expensive yeast extract, needed as nitrogen and phosphate source for efficient cultivation of the microorganism, can be replaced by cell debris from prior cultivations. …”
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Metastatic Calcinosis of Aortic Valve Secondary to Renal Failure Mimicking Infective Endocarditis by Noman Ahmed Jang Khan, Masroor A. Khan, Guillermo Juan Morell Chardon

“…Infective endocarditis was suspected but blood cultures were negative for any microorganism and the patient did not meet the Duke criteria. …”
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A STUDY OF WINE FERMENTATION FROM MUCILAGE OF COCOA BEANS (Theobroma cacao L.) by Nguyễn Thị Thanh Tịnh, Nguyễn Tiến An, Hồ Thị Thu Hòa, Nguyễn Thị Tươi

“…The aim of this research is to ferment cocoa bean mucilage to produce a beverage with alcohol concentration of 11.2%. The fundamental microorganism for ethanolic fermentation is Saccharomyces cerevisiae with a density of 2x107cfu/ml in conjunction with 1% (w/v) of commercial fermentation powder product. …”
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Lie symmetry analysis of bio-nano-slip flow in a conical gap between a rotating disk and cone with Stefan blowing by Hamadneh Nawaf N., Uddin Mohammed Jashim, Khan Waqar, Tanjila Rubina, Tamanna Nadia, Jaber Jamil J.

“…The governing system constitutes the continuity, momentum, energy, conservation of nanoparticle volume fraction (NPVF) equation, and density of the motile microorganism (DMM) equations. The Lie group approach is used to obtain invariant transformations. …”
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Lactococcus garvieae: An Uncommon Human Pathogen Causing Infective Endocarditis in a Valve-in-Valve Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement by Diego H. González-Bravo, Sergio Alegre-Boschetti, Richard Silva-Cantillo, Joshua Mercado-Maldonado, Reyshley Ramos-Márquez, Gabriel Torres-Rivera, Carlos Cortés, Josue Mercado-Crespo

“…We aim to emphasize that despite not being recognized as a typical endocarditis microorganism by the Duke Criteria, the possibility of endocarditis needs to be highly entertained in patients with L. garvieae bacteremia, especially when prosthetic valves are present. …”
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Non-targeted Metabolomic Analysis of Differences in the Composition of Different Rice Varieties for Baijiu Production by LIU Maoke, TIAN Xinhui, LIU Yao, TANG Yuming, QIN Jian, FENG Jun, LIU Chengyuan

“…A comparison between PXY and JKY yielded 326 differential metabolites (variable importance in projection (VIP) > 1 and P < 0.05), including the major components of Baijiu, such as lactic acid, ferulic acid and fumaric acid, as well as important substrates that supported brewing microorganism growth, such as melibiose, maltose, glucose and lactulose. …”
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An Exhaled Breath Sampler Based on Condensational Growth and Cyclone Centrifugation (BSCC) by Lebing Wang, Jianguo Deng, Dongbin Wang, Menghao Chen, Xue Li, Yun Lu, Jingkun Jiang

“…This enables rapid sample collection and eliminates certain pre-treatment steps for pathogenic microorganism analysis. Laboratory-generated aerosols were mixed with saturated water vapor to simulate exhaled breath, and the collection efficiency and the virus infectivity conservation efficiency of the BSCC were evaluated. …”
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Investigation of the Proportion of Brucella abortus and Brucella melitensis in Sheep and Goat Milk by Saeid Rostami, Ehsan Rashidian, Amin Jaydari, Heidar Rahimi

“…The information provided in the present study is important for the surveillance program, as eradication programs and strategies to prevent the spread of B. abortus among small ruminants that have not been vaccinated against this microorganism may be adapted accordingly.…”
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The Influencing Effect of Silver Nitrate Fillers on the hardness of Flexible Resin by Huda Abed Hasson, Lateef Essa Alwan

“… The development of polymer chemically produces alternative materials to polymethyl methacrylate, such as nylon, and epoxy resin, these resins are modified by thermoplastic process, and This Received The disadvantage of acrylic resin is the colonization of microorganism growth of fungi and candida adhesion. This study is designed to evaluate and compared the consequence of silver nitrate fillers reinforcement Accepted flexible acrylic hardness as one of the mechanical properties to find the effect of various concentrations.  …”
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