Study on Europium-Doped Hydroxyapatite Nanoparticles by Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy and Their Antimicrobial Properties by Simona-Liliana Iconaru, Mikael Motelica-Heino, Daniela Predoi

“…The antimicrobial properties of Eu:HAp nanoparticles with 0≤xEu≤0.2 on Gram-negative (E. coli ATCC 25922, Pseudomonas aeruginosa 1397) and Gram-positive (Staphylococcus aureus 0364, Enterococcus faecalis ATCC 29212) bacteria systems and a species of fungus (Candida albicans ATCC 10231) were reported. …”
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Guidance for Processing Reduced Oxygen Packaged (ROP) of Raw, Frozen Seafood in Retail Operations by Keith R. Schneider, Victor Garrido, W. Steve Otwell, Ray Mobley

“…This condition can alter the growth of spoilage bacteria that normally requires atmospheric oxygen levels (aerobic conditions) for growth. …”
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Metabolic Changes after Urinary Diversion by Frank Van der Aa, Steven Joniau, Marcel Van Den Branden, Hein Van Poppel

“…Urinary diversion can affect hepatic metabolism, certainly in the presence of urea-splitting bacteria. The kidney function has to be monitored prior to and lifelong after urinary diversion. …”
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Streptococcus pseudoporcinus: Case Reports and Review of the Literature by Shanza Khan, Ting Ting Wong, Nishant Prasad, Benjamin Lee, Carl Urban, Sorana Segal-Maurer, Glenn Turett

“…We describe two novel cases of Streptococcus pseudoporcinus causing endocarditis in one and pneumonia with empyema in another, illustrating the potential of these bacteria to cause severe invasive and life-threatening disease.…”
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Inhibitory Effects of Antimicrobial Peptides on Lipopolysaccharide-Induced Inflammation by Yue Sun, Dejing Shang

“…On the one hand, AMPs can readily penetrate the cell wall barrier by neutralizing LPS to remove Gram-negative bacteria that can lead to infection. On the contrary, AMPs can also inhibit the production of biological inflammatory cytokines to reduce the inflammatory response through neutralizing circulating LPS. …”
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Role of plasmids in antibiotic resistance in clinical infections and implications for epidemiological surveillance: a review by Ayodele Oluwaseun Ajayi, Olajide Joseph Akinjogunla, Adebowale Toba Odeyemi, Akinyomade Oladipo Owolabi

“…The global upsurge in antibiotic resistant bacteria (ARB) is putting immense pressure on healthcare. …”
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A Prebiotic Formula Improves the Gastrointestinal Bacterial Flora in Toddlers by Ya-Ling Chen, Fang-Hsuean Liao, Shyh-Hsiang Lin, Yi-Wen Chien

“…Our results revealed that the consumption of 3-prebiotic formula three times per day giving total intake of 1.8 g prebiotic ingredients significantly showed the increased number of probiotic Bifidobacterium spp. colonies and the reduced populations of both C. perfringens and total anaerobic bacteria on the fecal bacterial flora in toddlers at 18~36 months. …”
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Antibiotic Resistant Salmonella and Vibrio Associated with Farmed Litopenaeus vannamei by Sanjoy Banerjee, Mei Chen Ooi, Mohamed Shariff, Helena Khatoon

“…Farm owners should be concerned about the presence of these pathogenic bacteria which also contributes to human health risk and should adopt best management practices for responsible aquaculture to ensure the quality of shrimp.…”
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Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease, Bile Acids and Intestinal Microbiota by R. V. Maslennikov, Yu. V. Evsyutina

“…NAFLD is accompanied by a change in the intestinal microbiotic composition: the proportion of taxa deconjugating BAs increases, while the proportion of taxa converting primary BAs to secondary ones decreases. The number of bacteria forming lipopolysaccharide (LPS) also increases. …”
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Effect of Methylation on Storage Properties of Lacticaseibacillus paracasei as Analyzed by Untargeted Metabolomics by YOU Mingkun, ZHANG Wenyi

“…DNA methylation is an important epigenetic mechanism that plays a key role in many physiological processes in bacteria. In order to better utilize the strain, this study focused on the effect of methylation on the storage properties of two starter cultures of L. paracasei Zhang and its DNA methylation mutant (ΔpglX) at 30 ℃. …”
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Lock-Out Valve to Decrease Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections by Amir Shbeeb, Jennifer L. Young, Scott A. Hart, Juliet C. Hart, Joel Gelman

“…There is increased interest in the financial impact of CAUTI as Medicare no longer provides reimbursement for nosocomial CAUTIs. Ascending bacteria may in part enter the closed drainage system when the patient switches between leg and night collection bags. …”
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Gammarus-Microbial Interactions: A Review by Daniel Nelson

“…In freshwater habitats leaf litter is colonized rapidly (within ∼1-2 weeks) by aquatic fungi and bacteria, making the leaves more palatable and nutritious to consumers. …”
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Determination of Sorbic Acid in Cheese Samples by Rapid HPLC-DAD Method by Ayşe Özdemir, Senem Şanlı, Barış Sardoğan, Seyfi Sardoğan

“…The sorbic acid and its salts have been widely used in the food industries for many years as important food preservatives in order to inhibit the growth of various bacteria, yeasts, and fungi in acidic media. The health effects have led to limitation on the concentrations that can be used in food. …”
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Intestinal microbiome as effective regulator of enteral and central nervous system activity by V. T. Ivashkin, K. V. Ivashkin

“…Objective data indicate the ability of enteric bacteria to regulate electrophysiologic thresholds of enteric neurons and to produce a spectrum of neurotransmitters. …”
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Ethiopian Indigenous Traditional Fermented Beverage: The Role of the Microorganisms toward Nutritional and Safety Value of Fermented Beverage by Niguse Hotessa, Jedala Robe

“…The most common fermenting microorganisms, lactic acid bacteria and yeast, are used as probiotics, for improvement of organoleptic properties, for provision of nutritional quality and biopreservative. …”
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The causes for inefficacy of antihelicobacter therapy by I. V. Mayev, Yu. A. Kucheryavyy, D. N. Andreyev

“…Efficacy of eradication therapy (ET) can depend on a lot of factors which generally can be divided in three main groups in relation to origin: factors determined by microorganism (bacteria); factors determined by macroorganism (patient); the factors determined by doctor. …”
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Laparoscopic Techniques: What is the Role in Inflammatory Bowel Disease? by Tracy L Hull

“…Reasons surround the fact that the bowel is a continuous organ (versus an end organ like the gallbladder) laden with bacteria and it has a rich blood supply. These differences make laparoscopic bowel surgery more difficult and challenging. …”
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Synthesis of Silver Abietate as an Antibacterial Agent for Textile Applications by A. Yıldız, M. Değirmencioğlu

“…The new Ag abietate complex has no environmental hazard, its antibacterial activities were evaluated after being applied to cotton fabric by padding process according to the JIS L 1902-2008 agar diffusion test method and against three Gram-negative and three Gram-positive bacteria, respectively. Stability of antibacterial effect after repeated washings (3, 5, 10, and 20) was also tested which indicated that the synthesized silver abietate compound could be used as a new antibacterial agent in textile industry. …”
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Purple Urine Bag Syndrome: An Alarming Hue? A Brief Review of the Literature by Fahad Khan, Muhammad A. Chaudhry, Noorulain Qureshi, Benjamin Cowley

“…Purple urine bag syndrome (PUBS) is a unique disease entity characterized by an alarming purple discoloration of the urine secondary to recurrent urinary tract infections with indigo- and indirubin-producing bacteria. It is usually associated with prolonged urinary catheterization and chronic debilitated states. …”
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Biotechnological melanin synthesized from tyrosine vs other precursors significantly affects its electrochemical response by J. Sayago, L. M. Martinez, G. Hernández, G. Gosset

“…Melanin is a natural black-brown pigment found in animals, plants, bacteria, and human body. In its solid state, it conducts electric charge, shows photoconductivity, switches between high and low resistive states, and under certain conditions retains electric charge. …”
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