Construction of a multienzyme cascade reaction system and its application in D-tagatose biosynthesis by Xiaoxiao Zhang, Jie Chu, Yuanqiang Lv, Xuan Li, Aijiao Yin, Yanhua Huang

“…Abstract D-tagatose, a low-calorie rare sugar, has significant potential in food, medicine, cosmetics, and other industries owing to its high application value and market potential. In this study, Escherichia coli BL21 was used as the starting strain to express the β-galactosidase (β-Gal) gene—BgaB—derived from Bacillus stearothermophilus and the L-arabinose isomerase (L-AI) gene—araA—derived from Thermus sp., yielding the genetically engineered strains E. coli BL21-pET28a-BgaB and E. coli BL21-pET28a-araA. …”
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Virulence of Bacteria Causing Mastitis in Dairy Cows: A Literature Review by Xiaofang Tong, Herman W. Barkema, Diego B. Nobrega, Chuang Xu, Bo Han, Chenyibo Zhang, Jingyue Yang, Xiaoping Li, Jian Gao

“…., <i>Streptococcus</i> spp.) and Gram-negative bacilli (e.g., <i>Escherichia coli</i>, <i>Klebsiella pneumoniae</i>). These pathogens induce mastitis through diverse mechanisms, intricately linked to the virulence factors they carry. …”
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Effect of the Application of Cold Plasma Energy on the Inactivation of Microorganisms, Proteins, and Lipids Deterioration in Adobera Cheese by Blanca Rosa Aguilar Uscanga, Montserrat Calderón Santoyo, Juan Arturo Ragazzo Sánchez, Mario Iván Alemán Duarte, Julia Aurora Pérez Montaño, Edgar Balcázar-López, Josué Raymundo Solís Pacheco

“…Plasma as a nonthermal inactivation technique has been a current research topic for food preservation, so the objective of this work was to study the effect of plasma energy against microorganisms in Adobera cheese (traditional Mexican cheese) as well as evaluate the possible degradation of lipids and protein. 108 CFU/mL of Escherichia coli ATCC 25922, Salmonella ATCC13076, and Staphylococcus aureus ATCC 6538 were inoculated at 0.5 g of Adobera cheese and were subjected to an energy of 30 volts, in a dielectric barrier discharge reactor (DBDR) at intervals of times 1, 3, 5, 7, 10, and 15 min. …”
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Magnetic core‐shell Fe3O4@TiO2 nanocomposites for broad spectrum antibacterial applications by Nisha Rani, Brijnandan S. Dehiya

“…The antibacterial studies of magnetic nanoparticles and the titania‐coated magnetic nanocomposite were carried out against gram+ve, and gram–ve bacteria (Staphylococcus aureus, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Shigella flexneri, Escherichia coli, and Salmonella typhi) using well diffusion technique. …”
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Evaluation of Routine Enteric Pathogens in Hospitalized Patients: A Canadian Perspective by Kevin Gough, Michelle Alfa, Godfrey Harding

“…Since nosocomial spread of routine enteric pathogens such as Salmonella species, Shigella species, Campylobacter species and Escherichia coli O:157 H:7 seldom occurs, testing for these organisms in patients hospitalized for longer than three days has been questioned. …”
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Isolation, identification, and characterisation of the malachite green detoxifying bacterial strain Bacillus pacificus ROC1 and the azoreductase AzrC by Shanza Bibi, Callum W. Breeze, Vusqa Jadoon, Anum Fareed, Alina Syed, Rebecca L. Frkic, Habiba Zaffar, Muhammad Ali, Iftikhar Zeb, Colin J. Jackson, Tatheer Alam Naqvi

“…These were cloned, expressed and purified from Escherichia coli, with one (AzrC), catalyzing the reduction of MG to leuco-MG in vitro. …”
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Epidemiological Study of Hospital-Acquired Bacterial Conjunctivitis in a Level III Neonatal Unit by Catarina Dias, Márcia Gonçalves, Anabela João

“…Predominant pathogens included Serratia marcescens (27,9%), Escherichia coli (23%), and Pseudomonas aeruginosa (18%). …”
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Contrastive-learning of language embedding and biological features for cross modality encoding and effector prediction by Yue Peng, Junze Wu, Yi Sun, Yuanxing Zhang, Qiyao Wang, Shuai Shao

“…All experimentally verified effectors in Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli and 41 of 43 experimentally verified T3SEs of Salmonella Typhimurium are recognized. …”
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ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction in the Presence of Septic Shock by Leah Ishmael, Joseph Zalocha

“…This case describes a 54-year-old female who presented with septic shock secondary to pyelonephritis and Escherichia coli bacteremia. The patient was admitted to the intensive care unit on norepinephrine and required mechanical ventilation. …”
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Bioactive Components and Characterization of Extracted Paeonia officinalis using Ultrasonic and Microwave Assisted Maceration: Potential Evaluation as a Preservative in Panna Cotta by Farnaz Fallahpour Sichani, Hajar Abbasi

“…The extract had the highest levels of phenolic compounds (52.64±1.18 mg of gallic acid/g), antioxidant properties (76.33±0.47%), and antimicrobial activity against Escherichia coli, Staphylococcus aureus, and Candida albicans. …”
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Multidrug Resistant Enteric Bacterial Pathogens in a Psychiatric Hospital in Ghana: Implications for Control of Nosocomial Infections by Kwabena O. Duedu, George Offei, Francis S. Codjoe, Eric S. Donkor

“…Overall, 232 enteric bacteria were isolated. Escherichia coli was the most common (38.3%), followed by Proteus (19.8%), Klebsiella (17.7%), Citrobacter (14.7%), Morganella (8.2%), and Pseudomonas (1.3%). …”
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Enhancement of the Antibacterial Efficiency of Silver Nanoparticles against Gram-Positive and Gram-Negative Bacteria Using Blue Laser Light by Anes Al-Sharqi, Kasing Apun, Micky Vincent, Devagi Kanakaraju, Lesley Maurice Bilung

“…The present study was aimed at enhancing the antibacterial efficiency of Ag-NPs using visible laser light against Escherichia coli and Staphylococcus aureus in vitro. Four concentrations of Ag-NPs (12.5, 25, 50, and 100 μg/ml), synthesized by the chemical reduction method, were utilized to conduct the antibacterial activity of prepared Ag-NPs. …”
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Dexamethasone Suppressed LPS-Induced Matrix Metalloproteinase and Its Effect on Endothelial Glycocalyx Shedding by Na Cui, Hao Wang, Yun Long, Longxiang Su, Dawei Liu

“…Male Sprague-Dawley rats were given either a bolus intraperitoneal injection of a nonlethal dose of LPS (Escherichia coli 055:B5, 10 mg/kg, Sigma) or vehicle (pyrogen-free water). …”
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Phytochemical components and antibacterial activity of two populations of Senecio vulgaris L. essential oils as traditional medicine plant by Fatemeh Hajmoradi, Hamed Fathi, Foozieh Moghadami

“…The findings indicated that the essential oil displayed heightened activity against Escherichia coli in both populations. Furthermore, minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) and minimum bactericidal concentration (MBC) tests indicated that Pseudomonas aeruginosa with concentrations of 400 µg/mL for both tests, was the most susceptible bacteria, while Streptococcus pyogenes with MIC = 800 and MBC>800 µg/mL was the most resistant in both populations of S. vulgaris. …”
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Antimicrobial Efficacy and Cell Adhesion Inhibition of In Situ Synthesized ZnO Nanoparticles/Polyvinyl Alcohol Nanofibrous Membranes by Jian Li, Qun Zhang, Minjing Xu, Changzhu Wu, Ping Li

“…ZnO NPs/PVA nanofibrous membranes showed a broad spectrum of antimicrobial activities and cell adhesion inhibiting effects against four microorganisms including Gram-positive Staphylococcus aureus, Gram-negative Escherichia coli, fungi Candida albicans, and spores of Aspergillus niger. …”
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Antibacterial activity of palm heart extracts collected from Iraqi Phoenix dactylifera L by Sameer Mohammed Yaseen, Hussein Adil Abid, Anwar Ali Kadhim, Entesar Emhamed Aboglida

“…All extracts were investigated to determine their inhibitory activity against Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus), Streptococcus pyogenes (S. pyogenes), Streptococcus mutans (S. mutans), Escherichia coli (E. coli), Klebsiella pneumoniae (K. pneumoniae), Proteus mirabilis (P. mirabilis), Enterobacter aerogenes (E. aerogenes), Morganella morganii (M. morganii), and Pseudomonas aeruginosa (P. aeruginosa) using agar well diffusion method, ceftriaxone (CTR) was used as a positive control. …”
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Vitamin D and Tinospora cordifolia modulate TLR3 and TLR4 pathways, reduce inflammation, and maintain antimicrobial peptide levels in infected mice by Jamil Ahmad Shobrun, Widyarti Sri, Setiawan Meddy, Rifa’i Muhaimin

“…This study aimed to investigate the effects of vitamin D (VD) and Tinospora cordifolia ethanol extract (TC) on TLR3 and TLR4 receptor protein expression, proinflammatory cytokine (IL1 and IL-6) production, and antimicrobial peptide cathelicidin (CAP) production in CD11b+ cells of mice infected with Escherichia coli. The treatments consisted of administration of VD (0.325 µg/kg bw), TC (100 mg/kg bw), and a combination of both in the same dose for 28 days, followed by induction of E. coli infection on day 29. …”
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The Bacterial Profile and Antimicrobial Susceptibility Patterns of Urinary Tract Infection Patients at Pawe General Hospital, Northwest Ethiopia by Abayeneh Girma, Aleka Aemiro

“…Among the 141 study participants, twenty-nine (20.6%) showed significant bacteriuria. Escherichia coli (42.6%) had the highest proportion of isolated uropathogen followed by Klebsiella spp. and Pseudomonas spp. each (10.7%); Proteus spp. (9.3%); coagulase negative staphylococci, Staphylococcus aureus, and Enterobacter spp. each (6.7%); Citrobacter spp. (4%); and Enterococcus faecalis and Streptococcus spp. each (1.3%). …”
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Profiling bacterial communities of irrigation water and leafy green vegetables produced by small-scale farms and sold in informal settlements in South Africa by D. M. Kgoale, J. K. Gokul, S. Duvenage, E. M. Du Plessis, L. Korsten

“…Specific Enterobacteriaceae Serratia, Enterobacter, Salmonella, Shigella, Escherichia coli, Buchnera, Citrobacter, Klebsiella and Proteus were identified, in addition to unique communities associated with plant or irrigation water source. …”
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Actinorhodopsin: an efficient and robust light-driven proton pump for bionanotechnological applications by Nooraldeen Ayoub, Nadia Djabeur, Daniel Harder, Jean-Marc Jeckelmann, Zöhre Ucurum, Stephan Hirschi, Dimitrios Fotiadis

“…RlActR was efficiently overexpressed in Escherichia coli in milligram amounts and isolated with high purity and homogeneity. …”
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