Marine microorganisms as potential biofactories for synthesis of metallic nanoparticles.

abstract：:The use of many rapid detection technologies could be expanded if the bacteria were separated, concentrated, and purified from the sample matrix before detection. Specific advantages of bacterial concentration might include facilitating the detection of multiple bacterial strains; removal of matrix-associated assay in...

journal_title：Critical reviews in microbiology

authors： Stevens KA,Jaykus LA

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Eugenol is a hydroxyphenyl propene, naturally occurring in the essential oils of several plants belonging to the Lamiaceae, Lauraceae, Myrtaceae, and Myristicaceae families. It is one of the major constituents of clove (Syzygium aromaticum (L.) Merr. & L.M. Perry, Myrtaceae) oil and is largely used in both foods and c...

journal_title：Critical reviews in microbiology

authors： Marchese A,Barbieri R,Coppo E,Orhan IE,Daglia M,Nabavi SF,Izadi M,Abdollahi M,Nabavi SM,Ajami M

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Toxin-antitoxin (TA) systems consist of a bicistronic operon, encoding a toxin and an antitoxin. They are widely distributed in the prokaryotic kingdom, often in multiple numbers. TAs are implicated in contradicting phenomena of persistence and programmed cell death (PCD) in bacteria. mazEF TA system, one of the widel...

journal_title：Critical reviews in microbiology

authors： Ramisetty BC,Natarajan B,Santhosh RS

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：:Microbially synthesized iron oxide nanoparticles (FeONPs) hold great potential for biomedical, clinical, and environmental applications owing to their several unique features. Biomineralization, a process that exists in almost every living organism playing a significant role in the fabrication of FeONPs through the in...

journal_title：Critical reviews in microbiology

authors： Ashraf N,Ahmad F,Da-Wei L,Zhou RB,Feng-Li H,Yin DC

更新日期：2019-05-01 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：: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：:Resuscitation promoting factors (Rpf) are peptidoglycan-hydrolyzing enzymes that are pivotal in the resuscitation of quiescent actinobacteria including Mycobacterium tuberculosis. From the published data, it is clear that Rpf are required for the resuscitation of non-replicating bacilli and pathogenesis in murine infe...

journal_title：Critical reviews in microbiology

authors： Rosser A,Stover C,Pareek M,Mukamolova GV

更新日期：2017-09-01 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：: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：:Since the first documented outbreak of hemorrhagic colitis caused by Escherichia coli O157:H7 in 1982, numerous publications have demonstrated or proposed putative components implicated in the pathogenesis of this gastrointestinal infection. Indeed, Escherichia coli O157:H7 pathogenesis is linked to several potential ...

journal_title：Critical reviews in microbiology

authors： LeBlanc JJ

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tuberculosis (TB) is an air-born, transmissible disease, having an estimated 9.4 million new TB cases worldwide in 2009. Eventual control of this disease by developing a safe and efficient new vaccine able to detain its spread will have an enormous impact on public health policy. Selecting potential antigens to be inc...

journal_title：Critical reviews in microbiology

authors： Ocampo M,Patarroyo MA,Vanegas M,Alba MP,Patarroyo ME

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The approach to this article will be the review of experimental developments achieved in recent years in the fields of biochemistry, molecular biology, ultrastructure, etc. and that have suggested models and hypothesis in order to understand the regulation of the molecular mechanisms involved in fungal differentiation...

journal_title：Critical reviews in microbiology

authors： San-Blas G,San-Blas F

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The environmental health-related relevance of cyanobacteria is primarily related to their ability to produce a wide range of toxins, which are known to be hazardous to many organisms, including human beings. The occurrence of cyanobacterial blooms has been related to eutrophic surface water. In the bloom-forming proce...

journal_title：Critical reviews in microbiology

authors： Baptista MS,Vasconcelos MT

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The genus Aureobasidium spp. have been divided into three species, A. pullulans. A. leucospermi and A. proteae, and A. pullulans has been known to have five varieties. However, after analysis of many strains of this yeast isolated from different environments, they do not belong to any of the three species or the five ...

journal_title：Critical reviews in microbiology

authors： Li Y,Chi Z,Wang GY,Wang ZP,Liu GL,Lee CF,Ma ZC,Chi ZM

更新日期：2015-06-01 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：: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：: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：:In terms of genetically determined susceptibility to the clinical antifungal agent 5-fluorocytosine (5-FC), Candida albicans may be homozygous sensitive (FCY/FCY), homozygous resistant (fcy/fcy), or heterozygous (fcy/FCY). Although heterozygotes are only slightly resistant, they occur at significant frequency among cl...

journal_title：Critical reviews in microbiology

authors： Whelan WL

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nanotechnology, the engineering and art of manipulating matter at the nanoscale (1-100 nm), offers the potential of novel nanomaterials for treatment of surface water, groundwater, and wastewater contaminated by toxic metal ions, organic and inorganic solutes, and microorganisms. Due to their unique activity toward re...

journal_title：Critical reviews in microbiology

authors： Theron J,Walker JA,Cloete TE

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Escherichia coli enterotoxigenic strains produce one or more toxins which action result in production of diarrhea in animals including Man. One of these toxins, STb, has been mainly associated with colibacillosis in swine. Although highly prevalent in pigs with diarrhea, a relation between STb and disease was arduous ...

journal_title：Critical reviews in microbiology

authors： Dubreuil JD

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The bacteria having a unique ring-like morphology first isolated from nasal mucus by Weibel in 1887 were classified as a new genus Spirosoma by Migula in 1894. However, because these bacteria were not completely described for taxonomic purposes and their cultures were no longer available, the genus was deleted from th...

journal_title：Critical reviews in microbiology

authors： Raj HD,Maloy SR

更新日期：1990-01-01 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：: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：: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：:Toxic shock syndrome (TSS) was first described in 1978 and since that year over 2990 cases have been reported to the Communicable Disease Center. The estimated case-fatality rate is 5.6%. The disease is characterized by fever, hypotension, rash, desquamation, and involvement of at least three other organ systems. Appr...

journal_title：Critical reviews in microbiology

authors： Quimby F,Nguyen HT

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The use of successive generations of beta-lactams has selected successive generations of beta-lactamases including CTX-M ESBLs, AmpC beta-lactamases, and KPC carbapenamases in Enterobacteriaceae. Moreover, this cephalosporin resistance, along with rising resistance to fluoroquinolones, is now driving the use of carbap...

journal_title：Critical reviews in microbiology

authors： Shahid M,Sobia F,Singh A,Malik A,Khan HM,Jonas D,Hawkey PM

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bacterial populations that are exposed to rapidly changing and sometimes hostile environments constantly switch between growth, survival, and death. Understanding bacterial survival and death are therefore cornerstones in a full comprehension of microbial life. During the last few years, new insights have emerged rega...

journal_title：Critical reviews in microbiology

authors： Aertsen A,Michiels CW

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Renewed interest in the acetone-butanol-ethanol (ABE) fermentation as a route for industrial production of butanol has been evident since the oil crisis of the 1970s. The present review includes an historical recap of the traditional industrial process and culturing practices useful in maintaining viable solvent-produ...

journal_title：Critical reviews in microbiology

authors： Awang GM,Jones GA,Ingledew WM

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The female genital tract is an intricate, yet balanced ecosystem that hosts a variety of different residential microflora. The physiological changes that occur during pregnancy may disrupt this balanced ecosystem and predispose women to a potentially pathogenic microbiota. Bacteria that are associated with bacterial v...

journal_title：Critical reviews in microbiology

authors： Redelinghuys MJ,Ehlers MM,Dreyer AW,Kock MM

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00