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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Efficient Synthesis of <i>cis</i>,<i>cis</i>-Muconic Acid by Catechol Oxidation of Ozone in the Presence of a Base by Kohtaro Katayama, Hiroki Hotta, Yoshio Tsujino

“…Biochemical methods face scale-up challenges due to microorganism sensitivity and complex extraction processes, while chemical methods involve environmentally harmful substances and have low yields. …”
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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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Polysaccharides of Aspergillus cristatus attenuate obesity by regulating gut microbiota and gut microbiota-related metabolites by Mingzhi Zhu, Bohao Shang, Fang Zhou, Yong Yuan, Feiyan Yin, Jin Cao, Jianan Huang, Kunbo Wang, Xin Zeng, Maiquan Li, Zhonghua Liu

“…Golden-flower fungus, the only dominant microorganism determining the Fu-brick tea quality through fermentation and the important microbe in Liupao tea, is considered a potential probiotic fungus based on its anti-obesity effect. …”
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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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Development of hyaluronic acid-based edible film for alleviating dry mouth by Dong-Keon Kweon, Jung-Ah Han

“…All of the HA films showed safety against microorganism during 28 storage day at 40 °C with 60 % humidity. …”
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Correction to: The genus Arthrinium (Ascomycota, Sordariomycetes, Apiosporaceae) from marine habitats from Korea, with eight new species by Michael Sun Lul Kwon, Myung Soo Park, Seokyoon Jang, Young Min Lee, Young Mok Heo, Joo-Hyun Hong, Hanbyul Lee, Yeongseon Jang, Ji-Hyun Park, Changmu Kim, Gyu-Hyeok Kim, Young Woon Lim, Jae-Jin Kim

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Clinical and Microbiological Efficacy of Adjunctive Systemic Quinolones to Mechanical Therapy in Periodontitis: A Systematic Review of the Literature by Carlos-M. Ardila, Jader-Alexander Bedoya-García

“…After six months of follow-up, adjunctive MOX reduced the presence of Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans to imperceptible levels, while LV markedly reduced this microorganism. Some adverse events were reported in the LV group and none in the MOX group. …”
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Real-World Experience of Imipenem–Relebactam Treatment as Salvage Therapy in Difficult-to-Treat Pseudomonas aeruginosa Infections (IMRECOR Study) by Isabel Machuca, Arantxa Dominguez, Rosario Amaya, Cristina Arjona, Irene Gracia-Ahufinger, Maravillas Carralon, Rosa Giron, Isabel Gea, Natividad De Benito, Andres Martin, Fatima Galan, Jose Antonio Martinez, Rayden Iglesias, Jaume Revuelto, Juan Jose Caston, Angela Cano, Elisa Ruiz-Arabi, Luis Martínez-Martínez, Julian Torre-Cisneros

“…Abstract Introduction Difficult-to-treat-resistant (DTR) infections caused by Pseudomonas aeruginosa represent a global public health threat, prioritizing the search and development of new antibiotics for this microorganism. Methods We present the real-life experience of the compassionate use of imipenem/cilastatin/relebactam in a descriptive study involving 14 patients with DTR-P. aeruginosa infection and limited treatment options. …”
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Salmonella enteridis Septic Arthritis: A Report of Two Cases by Esat Uygur, Krishna Reddy, Feyza Ünlü Özkan, Salih Söylemez, Özlem Aydin, Serkan Şenol

“…The inflammatory response can be deficient, or the microorganism may be atypical. Conclusion. Atypical bacteria such as Salmonella species in immune compromised patients can cause joint infections. …”
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