More-Than-Human Footprints by Victor Muñoz Sanz, Nikos Katsikis

“…While amplifying the precarity of human labour, this process relies on appropriating the work of more-than-human assemblages of machines, plants, animals and microorganisms. Central to the focus of this issue is understanding the way these processes are grounded in specific architectural and landscape configurations. …”
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Storage Artifact Masquerading as Yeast: Presenting a Diagnostic Pitfall by Elena M. Fenu, Tawfeq Naal, Elizabeth Palavecino

“…Pathologists are frequently asked to examine body fluid smears which are thought to contain microorganisms, and the presence of an unexpected organism can be especially concerning. …”
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Synthesis and In Vitro Antibacterial Activity of New 2-(1-Methyl-4-nitro-1H-imidazol-5-ylsulfonyl)-1,3,4-thiadiazoles by Bahram Letafat, Negar Mohammadhosseini, Ali Asadipour, Alireza Foroumadi

“…Compounds 6a-c were tested in vitro by the conventional agar dilution method against a panel of microorganisms including gram-negative and gram-positive bacteria. …”
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Estradiol metabolism by gut microbiota in women’s depression pathogenesis: inspiration from nature by Wei Zhang, Jinghan Jia, Yuhang Yang, Dawei Ye, Yan Li, Di Li, Jinxi Wang

“…Integrating existing studies on the regulation of estradiol metabolism by microorganisms in nature and the relevance of its degradation products to depression, recent scientific explorations have further elucidated the key mechanisms by which gut microbiota catabolize estradiol through specific metabolic pathways. …”
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How Can the Microbiologist Help in Diagnosing Neonatal Sepsis? by Michela Paolucci, Maria Paola Landini, Vittorio Sambri

“…These definitions have contributed greatly to diagnosis and treatment by identifying which microorganisms are likely to be responsible for sepsis during these periods and the expected outcomes of infection. …”
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Synthesis, Spectroscopic, and Antimicrobial Studies on Bivalent Nickel and Copper Complexes of Bis(thiosemicrbazone) by Sulekh Chandra, Smriti Raizada, Monika Tyagi, Archana Gautam

“…The free ligand and its metal complexes have been tested in vitro against a number of microorganisms in order to assess their antimicrobial properties.…”
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Anti-Quorum Sensing in Pathogenic Microbes Using Plant-Based Bioactive Phytochemicals by Kumaran Subramanian, Harshni Selvaraj, Balakrishnan K, Pugazhvendan Sampath Renuga, Velmurugan S, Wilson Aruni

“…Infectious disease-causing pathogenic microorganisms grow rapidly within quorum sensing mediated biofilms. …”
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How to Start a Food Business: Basic Food Technology: Food Acidity by Soohyoun Ahn, Jayna Goldstein, George Baker, Matthew Krug

“…Most people know that food acidity influences flavor, but more importantly, food acidity can affect the ability of microorganisms to grow in food. Food acidity, or the amount of acid that is present in the food, is used to classify a food product, and that classification determines the regulatory requirements for the specific food product. …”
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Bioethanol from Lignocellulosic Biomass: Current Findings Determine Research Priorities by Qian Kang, Lise Appels, Tianwei Tan, Raf Dewil

“…Recent advances in genetically engineered microorganisms are promising for higher alcohol tolerance and conversion efficiency. …”
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How to Start a Food Business: Basic Food Technology: Food Acidity by Soohyoun Ahn, Jayna Goldstein, George Baker, Matthew Krug

“…Most people know that food acidity influences flavor, but more importantly, food acidity can affect the ability of microorganisms to grow in food. Food acidity, or the amount of acid that is present in the food, is used to classify a food product, and that classification determines the regulatory requirements for the specific food product. …”
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Death and taphonomy of Holocene stromatolites from Lagoa Vermelha, Brazil by Keim, Carolina Neumann, Farina, Marcos

“…Stromatolites are laminated rocks, comprising both authigenic and allochthonous materials, which arise under strong influence of both microorganisms and environmental conditions. Growing stromatolites are rare nowadays, limiting our understanding on how microbial mats produce stromatolites. …”
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The heterogeneity of Pinus yunnanensis plantation growth was driven by soil microbial characteristics in different slope aspects by Zhongmu Li, Yong Chai, Chengjie Gao, Jin Li, Kai Cui

“…The structural equation model showed that the influence of soil bacteria and fungi on soil characteristics was much greater than that on tree growth, and the influence of soil characteristics on tree growth was much greater than that of soil microorganisms. The slope aspect caused the difference of soil microorganisms, further affected the soil characteristics and led to the heterogeneity of aboveground forest growth. …”
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Effects of polyamines and indole on the expression of ribosome hibernation factors in <i>Escherichia coli</i> at the translational level by E. A. Khaova, A. G. Tkachenko

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Enhancement of Streptomyces aureoverticillatus HN6 through mutagenesis for improved biocontrol of banana wilt disease: an WGS approach by Xiangnan Yan, Shakil Ahmad, Nazia Manzar, Yunfei Zhang, Coline C. Jaworski, Abhijeet Shankar Kashyap, Lanying Wang, Yanping Luo

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Antibiotics Resistance Pattern of Food-Borne Bacteria Isolated from Ice Cream in Bangladesh: A Multidisciplinary Study by Md Sohel, Moushumi Akter, Md. Fahmid Hasan, Shahin Mahmud, Mohammod Johirul Islam, Ashekul Islam, Khairul Islam, Abdullah Al Mamun

“…The demographic characteristics showed that the degree of symptoms regarding microorganisms mediated disorders and rate of antibiotics intake in ice cream consumers were significantly higher than the nonconsumers. …”
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The impact of nutrient deficiency on the structure of soil microbial communities within a double-cropping system by Rulan Yang, Zheng Sun, Yu Gong, Peng Zhou, Xinping Zhang, Jie Wang, Qiang Dong, Fei Gao

“…To clarify the specific response of soil microorganisms to the absence of key nutrients in the ecosystems of the annual double cropping system, this study investigated how the lack of essential nutrients affected the diversity, abundance, and functional dynamics of microorganisms in the soil, and designed five treatment methods: (1) CK, nofertilizer treatment; (2) NPK, adequate nitrogen fertilizer, phosphorus fertilizer, and potassium fertilizer treatment; (3) PK, nitrogen deficiency treatment; (4) NK, phosphorus deficiency treatment; and (5) NP, potassium deficiency treatment. …”
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Differences in gut microbial diversity and composition between growth phenotypes of farmed juvenile sandfish, Holothuria scabra by Joselito A. Tabardillo, Marie Antonette Juinio-Meñez, Adam M. Reitzel, Rachel Ravago-Gotanco

“…Understanding the roles that these microorganisms play in sandfish growth could support the development of strategies to manage size variation in captive-bred sea cucumbers, or for the promotion and selection for faster-growing individuals.…”
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New methods of local medical treatment of purulent wounds by A. Yu. Grigoryan, A. I. Bezhin, T. A. Pankrusheva, L. V. Zhilyaeva

“…All test combinations showed high growth retardation areas for all test strains of microorganisms. Objectively, the highest results were observed with a combination of polyethylene oxide (Staphylococcus aureus 30 (29; 30), Bacillus cereus 27 (27; 28), Escherichia coli 20.5 (20; 21), Proteus vulgaris 21.5 (20; 22), Pseudomonas aeruginosa 17 (16; 17), Candida albicans 25.5 (25; 26)). …”
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Biofilm as a supracellular organization of pathogenic bacteria by B.P. Kuzminov, K.D. Mazhak

“…The subject of the search was: microbial landscape of hospital strains of microorganisms, biofilm formation by microorganisms – pathogens of infectious diseases, regulation of virulence factors in bacterial biofilm. …”
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Evaluation of Leea rubra Leaf Extract for Oxidative Damage Protection and Antitumor and Antimicrobial Potential by Nibedita Das, Sanowar Hossain, Jaytirmoy Barmon, Shahnaj Parvin, Mahadi Hasan, Masuma Akter, Ekramul Islam

“…Antimicrobial activity was evaluated against two pathogenic resistant microorganisms (Escherichia coli and Pseudomonas aeruginosa), and the highest antimicrobial activity was observed against Pseudomonas spp. …”
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