Published in Frontiers of Environmental Science & Engineering
Airborne bacteria play key roles in terrestrial and marine ecosystems and human health, yet our understanding of bacterial communities and their response to the environmental variables lags significantly behind that of other components of PM2.5 Here, atmospheric fine particles obtained from urban and suburb Shanghai were analyzed by using the qPCR ...
Published in Water, Air, & Soil Pollution
Plants establish symbiosis with arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMFs) for nutrient exchange and also for tolerance to contaminants. During February 2019, soil and rhizosphere samples of Laguncularia racemosa (Lr) and Avicennia germinans (Ag) were collected on 4.15 hectares of a mangrove forest established in Histosol affected since 1967 by chronic oi...
Published in Cell Communication and Signaling
The cytokine release syndrome or cytokine storm, which is the hyper-induction of inflammatory responses has a central role in the mortality rate of COVID-19 and some other viral infections. Interleukin-6 (IL-6) is a key player in the development of cytokine storms. Shedding of interleukin-6 receptor (IL-6Rα) results in the accumulation of soluble i...
Published in Animal Microbiome
BackgroundImportant changes in microbial composition related to sexual maturation have been already reported in the gut of several vertebrates including mammals, amphibians and fish. Such changes in fish are linked to reproduction and growth during developmental stages, diet transitions and critical life events. We used amplicon (16S rRNA) high-thr...
Published in Proceedings on Privacy Enhancing Technologies
Existing anonymity systems sacrifice anonymity for efficient communication or vice-versa. Onion-routing achieves low latency, high bandwidth, and scalable anonymous communication, but is susceptible to traffic analysis attacks. Designs based on DC-Nets, on the other hand, protect the users against traffic analysis attacks, but sacrifice bandwidth. ...
Published in Journal of Animal Science and Biotechnology
BackgroundHypothermic preservation of boar semen is considered a potential method for omitting antibiotics from insemination doses, thereby contributing to the global antibiotic resistance defence strategy. The main challenges are chilling injury to spermatozoa and bacterial growth during semen storage leading to reduced fertility.ObjectivesTo exam...
Published in Neurological Research and Practice
IntroductionDespite antibiotic therapy, adjunctive treatment with dexamethasone, and care on modern intensive care units, bacterial meningitis remains a life-threatening disease with a high mortality and morbidity. One of most critical factors that influences outcome is a targeted quick but profound workup and early initiation of therapy in the Eme...
Published in BMC Microbiology
BackgroundAn aquaponic system couples cultivation of plants and fish in the same aqueous medium. The system consists of interconnected compartments for fish rearing and plant production, as well as for water filtration, with all compartments hosting diverse microbial communities, which interact within the system. Due to the design, function and ope...
Published in Environmental Monitoring and Assessment
The study highlights the presence of pathogenic strains of microorganisms in two swimming pools, highly frequented in the city of Yaounde. Thus, the water samples from these swimming pools have undergone physicochemical and biological treatments using conventional techniques. Three groups of microorganisms (Bacteria, Protozoa, and Helminths) were i...
Published in BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies
BackgroundPatients with lymphoedema are at high risk of getting bacterial and fungal wound infections leading to acute inflammatory episodes associated with cellulitis and erysipelas. In Ethiopia, wound infections are traditionally treated with medicinal plants.MethodsAgar well diffusion and colorimetric microdilution methods were used to determine...
