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PubMed Articles
Presence of bacteria in aqueous solution influences virus adsorption on nanoparticles.
Virus contamination in wastewater is usually accompanied by the existence of various bacteria. Nanoparticles (NPs) have been shown to efficiently remove virus. In this study, bacterial cells, supernat...
Colonization of Madagascar periwinkle (Catharanthus roseus), by endophytes encoding gfp marker.
This study reports the introduction of gfp marker in two endophytic bacterial strains (Pantoea agglomerans C33.1, isolated from cocoa, and Enterobacter cloacae PR2/7, isolated from citrus) to monitor...
Respiratory tract infections (RTIs) are a leading cause of morbidity and also represent a cause of death in some parts of the world. The treatment of RTIs implies a continuous search for stronger ther...
Since fungi and bacteria are the dominant decomposers in soil, their distinct physiologies are likely to differentially influence rates of ecosystem carbon (C) and nitrogen (N) cycling. We used meta-a...
Research on renewable fuels has to assess possible adverse health and ecological risks as well as conflicts with global food supply. This investigation compares the two newly developed biogenic diesel...
Expeditious synthesis of bacterial, rare sugar building blocks to access the prokaryotic glycome.
Bacteria have unusual glycans which are not accessible by isolation. Herein, we describe a general and divergent strategy for the synthesis of the rare, bacterial deoxy amino hexopyranoside building b...
To incorporate durable resistance against bacterial blight, a major disease rice, three resistance genes, xa 5, xa13 and Xa21, from IRBB 60 were transferred through marker-assisted backcrossing using...
Lactobacillus is normally present in animals and humans colonizing several epithelia, mainly those belonging to the upper gastrointestinal tract. Most of the information about the distribution of Lact...
Serine proteases exist in eukaryotic and prokaryotic organisms and have emerged during evolution as the most abundant and functionally diverse group. In Gram-negative bacteria, there is a growing fami...
Rapid single cell detection of Staphylococcus aureus by aptamer-conjugated gold nanoparticles.
Staphylococcus aureus is one of the most important human pathogens, causing more than 500,000 infections in the United States each year. Traditional methods for bacterial culture and identification ta...
News Articles
Antibiotics: A new understanding of sulfonamide nervous system side effects
Since the discovery of Prontosil in 1932, sulfonamide antibiotics have been used to combat a wide spectrum of bacterial infections, from acne to chlamydia and pneumonia. However, their side effects ca...
The Fungus Among Us: Your Skin Is Crawling With Fungi, Especially Your Feet
Brett Smith for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online Your skin is literally covered with almost 200 different kinds of fungi. This isn’t the scene out of some twisted horror movie – it’s the co...
Topographic diversity of fungal and bacterial communities in human skin
Traditional culture-based methods have incompletely defined the microbial landscape of common recalcitrant human fungal skin diseases, including athlete’s foot and toenail infections. Skin protects...
Antibiotic Resistance And The Immune System
Bacteria resistant to the antibiotic colistin are also commonly resistant to antimicrobial substances made by the human body, according to a study in mBio®, the online open-access journal of the Amer...
Bacterium from Canadian High Arctic offers clues to possible life on Mars
(McGill University) The recent discovery by a McGill University led team of scientists of a bacterium that is able to thrive at -15ºC, the coldest temperature ever reported for bacterial growth, is e...
Animal models: Multiplexed mouse mutants
Animals carrying mutations in multiple genes can be engineered in a single step with the help of a bacterial protein and targeted RNA.Introducing a number of mutations to mice is usually tedious and t...
Fluoride Loosens Bacterial Enamel Grip
Fluoride helps fight cavities. That’s why it’s in our drinking water and toothpaste. But how this mineral works its dental magic is still somewhat mysterious. Now, researchers offer an i...
BARDA awards GSK up to $200M for antibacterials
HHS's Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA) awarded GlaxoSmithKline plc (LSE:GSK; NYSE:GSK) $40 million for an initial 18-month period to develop GSK's portfolio of antibacter...
Glaxo, US partnering to develop new antibiotics
GlaxoSmithKline PLC says it's starting an unusual collaboration with the U.S. government to develop several antibiotics for both bioterrorism threats and bacterial infections resistant to current medi...
Hard To Beat Feet For Fostering Fungus
Do fungi have a foot fetish? When researchers mapped the fungal species living on the surface of the human body, they found the skin on the feet harbors the most diverse fungal community. The work is...
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Universal Detection Technology
Universal Detection Technology is a developer of monitoring technologies, including bioterrorism detection devices. The Company on its own and with development partners is positio...
GlycoVaxyn is developing a broad portfolio of novel conjugate vaccines against common severe bacterial infections based on its unique, proprietary in-vivo glycosylation platform....
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Clinical Trials
Overall Aim: To describe and to assess the change in the temporal profile and transmission of microorganisms between patients and environmental surfaces after admission into a newly disinf...
Study Evaluating Emergency-Use Tigecycline in Subjects With Resistant Pathogens.
The purpose of this study is to provide a mechanism for the emergency use of tigecycline in the appropriate clinical situations. The secondary objective is to evaluate the safety and effi...
ANTEAB: a Study of Early Antibiotherapy in the ICU Management of Acute Exacerbations of COPD
Intensive Care Unit (ICU) admission for acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive lung disease (COLD) is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in such patients. Although bacterial of mo...
Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) infection is perceived not only as a common secondary complication of atopic dermatitis (AD), but also as a culprit in the worsening of this condition. I...
The purpose of this study is to demonstrate the effect of IgPro10 on the prevention of serious bacterial infections in patients with primary immunodeficiency. As secondary endpoints the r...
The purpose of this study is to demonstrate the effect of IVIG-F10 on the prevention of serious bacterial infections in patients with primary immunodeficiency. As secondary endpoints the...
Clinical Trial of Pentoxifylline in Patient With Cirrhosis
In patients with cirrhosis and liver failure, pro-inflammatory cytokines (TNF alpha) might be responsible of severe complications and death. Thus, the prevention of cytokine production sho...
Antibody Responses to Pneumococcal Vaccines Among HIV-Infected Adults.
Streptococcus pneumoniae is the major cause of bacterial infection in HIV-infected patients. The current pneumococcal vaccine is poorly efficacious in patients with a CD4 cell count lower...
Evaluation of Antibacterial Soap for Treatment of Lymphedema in a Filariasis-Endemic Area
Introduction. Lymphatic filariasis is a devastating mosquito-transmitted parasitic disease that causes lymphedema or elephantiasis of the leg in 15 million persons, the majority of whom a...
Monoclonal Antibody for Treatment of Inhalation Anthrax
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the safety and pharmacokinetics (how long a drug stays in the bloodstream and how high the levels of the drug are at different times) of ETI-204 fo...
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Medical and Biotech [MESH] Definitions
Transferrin-binding Protein A
A subtype of bacterial transferrin-binding protein found in bacteria. It forms a cell surface receptor complex with TRANSFERRIN-BINDING PROTEIN B.
Transferrin-binding Protein B
A subtype of bacterial transferrin-binding protein found in bacteria. It forms a cell surface receptor complex with TRANSFERRIN-BINDING PROTEIN A.
Bacterial Transferrin Receptor Complex
A complex of proteins that forms a receptor for TRANSFERRIN in BACTERIA. Many pathogenic bacteria utilize the transferrin-binding complex to acquire their supply of iron from serum.
Periplasmic Binding Proteins
Periplasmic proteins that scavenge or sense diverse nutrients. In the bacterial environment they usually couple to transporters or chemotaxis receptors on the inner bacterial membrane.
Integration Host Factors
Bacterial proteins that are used by BACTERIOPHAGES to incorporate their DNA into the DNA of the "host" bacteria. They are DNA-binding proteins that function in genetic recombination as well as in transcriptional and translational regulation.
