Recent developments in therapeutic applications of Cyanobacteria.

abstract：:Following a brief review of the ecology of Escherichia coli in general, the role of Shiga-Toxigenic (Verocytotoxigenic) E. coli (STEC) as pathogens is addressed. While STEC belonging to the serogroup O157 have been extensively studied and shown to be involved in many cases and outbreaks of human disease, the importanc...

journal_title：Critical reviews in microbiology

authors： Bettelheim KA

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Programmed cell death (PCD), also referred to as apoptosis, is a cellular "suicide" mechanism, based on information from its own internal metabolism, environment, developmental history, and genome. This system was described in eukaryotes continuously along evolution, through amoebae, nematodes, insects, and animals. P...

journal_title：Critical reviews in microbiology

authors： Hochman A

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Brucellosis is a worldwide zoonosis causing reproductive failures in livestock and a severe multi-organ disease in humans. The genus Brucella is divided into seven species and various biotypes differing in pathogenicity and host specificity. Although Brucella spp. represent a highly homogenous group of bacteria, RFLPs...

journal_title：Critical reviews in microbiology

authors： Al Dahouk S,Tomaso H,Prenger-Berninghoff E,Splettstoesser WD,Scholz HC,Neubauer H

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Macrophomina phaseolina (Tassi) Goid. is an important phytopathogenic fungus, infecting a large number of plant species and surviving for up to 15 years in the soil as a saprophyte. Although considerable research related to the biology and ecology of Macrophomina has been conducted, it continues to cause huge economic...

journal_title：Critical reviews in microbiology

authors： Kaur S,Dhillon GS,Brar SK,Vallad GE,Chand R,Chauhan VB

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Urease activity is a physiological function of many bacteria that enables these organisms to utilize urea as a source of nitrogen. The association of ureolytic bacteria with human or animal hosts varies widely from a commensal relationship as demonstrated with skin microflora, a symbiotic relationship in the gastroint...

journal_title：Critical reviews in microbiology

authors： McLean RJ,Nickel JC,Cheng KJ,Costerton JW

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Highly significant evidence of the intellectual and cultural efforts of the human race is contained in documents. They take many forms, from papyri through paper to modern magnetic media and optical records. These items are mainly made of organic materials many of which contain polymers, which span from cellulose and ...

journal_title：Critical reviews in microbiology

authors： Cappitelli F,Sorlini C

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pathogens in soil play a tremendous role in soil health and subsequent food production. Soil-borne pathogens can cause serious losses to global harvest and are considered as a difficult problem to manage worldwide. The emergence of soil disease is largely dependent on the pathogen-host-environment complex, which can b...

journal_title：Critical reviews in microbiology

authors： Wang L,Li X

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Legionella spp. are the causative agent of Legionnaire's disease and an opportunistic pathogen of significant public health concern. Identification and quantification from environmental sources is crucial for identifying outbreak origins and providing sufficient information for risk assessment and disease prevention. ...

journal_title：Critical reviews in microbiology

authors： Whiley H,Taylor M

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Biofilms are complex microbial architectures that encase microbial cells in a matrix comprising self-produced extracellular polymeric substances. Microorganisms living in biofilms are much more resistant to hostile environments than their planktonic counterparts and exhibit enhanced resistance against the microbicides...

journal_title：Critical reviews in microbiology

authors： Yin W,Xu S,Wang Y,Zhang Y,Chou SH,Galperin MY,He J

更新日期：2020-12-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Nanotechnology has revolutionized almost all the fields of science and technology, particularly the food packaging industry. Accordingly, some nanoparticles can be used in food contact materials to preserve food products for longer periods. To date, many inorganic and metal nanoparticles have been implemented to synth...

journal_title：Critical reviews in microbiology

authors： Hoseinnejad M,Jafari SM,Katouzian I

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although bacteria have historically been considered to play a major role in cystic fibrosis (CF) airway damage, a strong impact of respiratory viral infections (RVI) is also now recognized. Emerging evidence confirms that respiratory viruses are associated with deterioration of pulmonary function and exacerbation and ...

journal_title：Critical reviews in microbiology

authors： Billard L,Le Berre R,Pilorgé L,Payan C,Héry-Arnaud G,Vallet S

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antibiotic resistance in Gram-negative pathogens has emerged and constituted a global crisis, thereby novel antibiotics and other anti-infective strategies are urgently needed. However, the growing gap between clinical need and drug innovation, coupled with the membrane permeability barrier in Gram-negative bacteria r...

journal_title：Critical reviews in microbiology

authors： Liu Y,Li R,Xiao X,Wang Z

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lectins are natural bioactive ubiquitous proteins or glycoproteins of non-immune response that bind reversibly to glycans of glycoproteins, glycolipids and polysaccharides possessing at least one non-catalytic domain causing agglutination. Some of them consist of several carbohydrate-binding domains which endow them w...

journal_title：Critical reviews in microbiology

authors： Singh RS,Thakur SR,Bansal P

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Well publicized outbreaks of foodborne illness have occurred in recent years due to consumption of commercial, nonpasteurized ("fresh" or "unpasteurized") fruit juices. Nonpasteurized and heat treated juices have been associated with at least 15 foodborne illness outbreaks since the early 1900s. Disease syndromes have...

journal_title：Critical reviews in microbiology

authors： Parish ME

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The agriculture industry is in need of novel biopesticides and development of large-scale production of mycopesticide, either fungal cells themselves or cell-free fungal components. The identification of a fungal strain with pesticide activity, and its improvement, is the primary step in developing infective propagule...

journal_title：Critical reviews in microbiology

authors： Deshpande MV

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A chronically weak area in research papers, reports, and reviews is the complete identification of important background reference documents that formed the building blocks for the research. A method for systematically determining these important references is presented. Citation-Assisted Background (CAB) is based on t...

journal_title：Critical reviews in microbiology

authors： Kostoff RN

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Polymyxins are important lipopeptide antibiotics that serve as the last-line defense against multidrug-resistant (MDR) Gram-negative bacterial infections. Worryingly, the clinical utility of polymyxins is currently facing a serious threat with the global dissemination of mcr, plasmid-mediated polymyxin resistance. The...

journal_title：Critical reviews in microbiology

authors： Nang SC,Li J,Velkov T

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The use of marine microorganisms as potential biofactories for green synthesis of metallic nanoparticles is a relatively new field of research with considerable prospects. This method is eco-friendly, time saving, and inexpensive and can be easily scaled up for large-scale synthesis. The increasing need to develop sim...

journal_title：Critical reviews in microbiology

authors： Manivasagan P,Nam SY,Oh J

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Due to the rise of multidrug-resistant infections in humans, phage therapy is gaining renewed attention in Western medicine. Despite the increasing number of publications focussed on the isolation, characterization and in vitro performance of different phages, there is still a lack of concise pre-clinical information ...

journal_title：Critical reviews in microbiology

authors： Melo LDR,Oliveira H,Pires DP,Dabrowska K,Azeredo J

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Within Gram-positive bacteria, the expression of target genes is controlled at the population level via signaling peptides, also known as pheromones. Pheromones control a wide range of functions, including competence, virulence, and others that remain unknown. Until now, their role in bacterial gene regulation has pro...

journal_title：Critical reviews in microbiology

authors： Monnet V,Juillard V,Gardan R

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mycobacteria are endowed with substances that profoundly affect the immune system. Leprosy and tuberculosis exemplify broad spectra of useful and detrimental immune responses of mycobacterial infections that range from intense potentiation to severe specific adn nonspecific suppression of humoral and cellular immune e...

journal_title：Critical reviews in microbiology

authors： Chaparas SD

更新日期：1982-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The brucellae are α-Proteobacteria causing brucellosis, an important zoonosis. Although multiplying in endoplasmic reticulum-derived vacuoles, they cause no cell death, suggesting subtle but efficient use of host resources. Brucellae are amino-acid prototrophs able to grow with ammonium or use glutamate as the sole ca...

journal_title：Critical reviews in microbiology

authors： Ronneau S,Moussa S,Barbier T,Conde-Álvarez R,Zuniga-Ripa A,Moriyon I,Letesson JJ

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Botulinum neurotoxin (BoNT), which cause the deadly neuroparalytic disease, botulism, is the most toxic substance known to man. BoNT can be used as potential bioterrorism agents, and therefore, pose great threat to national security and public health. Rapid and sensitive detection of BoNTs using molecular and biochemi...

journal_title：Critical reviews in microbiology

authors： Cai S,Singh BR,Sharma S

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pneumococcal surface adhesin A (PsaA) is a surface-exposed common 37-kilodalton multi-functional lipoprotein detected on all known serotypes of Streptococcus pneumoniae. This lipoprotein belongs to the ABC-type transport protein complex that transports Mn2+; it is also an adhesin that plays a major role in pneumococca...

journal_title：Critical reviews in microbiology

authors： Rajam G,Anderton JM,Carlone GM,Sampson JS,Ades EW

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Staphylococcus aureus biofilms represent a unique micro-environment that directly contribute to the bacterial fitness within hospital settings. The accumulation of this structure on implanted medical devices has frequently caused the development of persistent and chronic S. aureus-associated infections, which represen...

journal_title：Critical reviews in microbiology

authors： Figueiredo AMS,Ferreira FA,Beltrame CO,Côrtes MF

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gonorrhea is a major, global public health problem for which there is no vaccine. The continuing emergence of antibiotic-resistant strains raises concerns that untreatable Neisseria gonorrhoeae may become widespread in the near future. Consequently, there is an urgent need for increased efforts towards the development...

journal_title：Critical reviews in microbiology

authors： Edwards JL,Jennings MP,Apicella MA,Seib KL

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The human fungal pathogen Candida albicans switches from a budding yeast form to a polarized hyphal form in response to various external signals. This morphogenetic switching has been implicated in the development of pathogenicity. Several signaling pathways that regulate morphogenesis have been identified, including ...

journal_title：Critical reviews in microbiology

authors： Dhillon NK,Sharma S,Khuller GK

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The numbers and diversity of microbes in ecosystems within and around us is unmatched, yet most of these microorganisms remain recalcitrant to in vitro cultivation. Various high-throughput molecular techniques, collectively termed multi-omics, provide insights into the genomic structure and metabolic potential as well...

journal_title：Critical reviews in microbiology

authors： Gutleben J,Chaib De Mares M,van Elsas JD,Smidt H,Overmann J,Sipkema D

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Humans ingest large numbers of microbes daily. Food provides distinctly different physical and physiological conditions from drinking water. With high concentrations of carbohydrate, protein, and ionic strength, food is much closer to the human physiological state than drinking water, which is essentially devoid of nu...

journal_title：Critical reviews in microbiology

authors： Wadhwa SG,Khaled GH,Edberg SC

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Emerging infectious diseases remain among the leading causes of global mortality. Traditional laboratory diagnostic approaches designed to detect and track infectious disease agents provide a framework for surveillance of bio threats. However, surveillance and outbreak investigations using such time-consuming approach...

journal_title：Critical reviews in microbiology

authors： Bokhari H

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00