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45 Citations
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11 Pages

The Current Level of MALDI-TOF MS Applications in the Detection of Microorganisms: A Short Review of Benefits and Limitations

  • Ali Haider,
  • Marianna Ringer,
  • Zsolt Kotroczó,
  • Csilla Mohácsi-Farkas and
  • Tamás Kocsis

The available literary data suggest the general applicability and benefits of the Matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization (MALDI) time-of-flight (TOF) mass spectrometry (MS) in the field of microbiological identification. Due to its high reliabil...

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44 Citations
21,239 Views
30 Pages

Microorganisms and Climate Change: A Not So Invisible Effect

  • Ana Ibáñez,
  • Sonia Garrido-Chamorro and
  • Carlos Barreiro

The effect of climate change on flora and fauna has been widely discussed for years. However, its consequences on microorganisms are generally poorly considered. The main effect of climate change on microbiota is related to biodiversity changes in di...

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  • Open Access
33 Citations
10,017 Views
19 Pages

How Do Diet Patterns, Single Foods, Prebiotics and Probiotics Impact Gut Microbiota?

  • Andrea Piccioni,
  • Marcello Covino,
  • Marcello Candelli,
  • Veronica Ojetti,
  • Annunziata Capacci,
  • Antonio Gasbarrini,
  • Francesco Franceschi and
  • Giuseppe Merra

The human gastrointestinal tract hosts a complex and dynamic population of commensal bacterial species, which have coevolved with the host, generating a symbiotic relationship. Some compounds present in foods, such as polyols, prebiotic fibers, or ph...

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28 Citations
17,006 Views
18 Pages

Tick Diversity and Distribution of Hard (Ixodidae) Cattle Ticks in South Africa

  • Tsireledzo G. Makwarela,
  • Nkululeko Nyangiwe,
  • Tracy Masebe,
  • Sikhumbuzo Mbizeni,
  • Lucky T. Nesengani,
  • Appolinaire Djikeng and
  • Ntanganedzeni O. Mapholi

Ticks are amongst the important ectoparasites where livestock are concerned, as they adversely affect the animals through bloodsucking. In tropical and subtropical countries, they transmit pathogens such as babesiosis, theileriosis, ehrlichiosis, and...

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28 Citations
10,400 Views
17 Pages

The Interaction between the Oral Microbiome and Systemic Diseases: A Narrative Review

  • Massimo Pisano,
  • Francesco Giordano,
  • Giuseppe Sangiovanni,
  • Nicoletta Capuano,
  • Alfonso Acerra and
  • Francesco D’Ambrosio

9 November 2023

Background: The human being is defined as a ‘superorganism’ since it is made up of its own cells and microorganisms that reside inside and outside the human body. Commensal microorganisms, which are even ten times more numerous than the c...

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26 Citations
4,684 Views
18 Pages

Bioremediation of Azo Dye Brown 703 by Pseudomonas aeruginosa: An Effective Treatment Technique for Dye-Polluted Wastewater

  • Asad Ullah Khan,
  • Muhammad Zahoor,
  • Mujaddad Ur Rehman,
  • Muhammad Ikram,
  • Daochen Zhu,
  • Muhammad Naveed Umar,
  • Riaz Ullah and
  • Essam A. Ali

Dye-polluted wastewater poses a serious threat to humans’, animals’ and plants’ health, and to avoid these health risks in the future, the treatment of wastewater containing dyes is necessary before its release to environment. Herei...

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25 Citations
9,387 Views
36 Pages

The inherent capacity of all organisms to evolve under selective pressure has created multidrug-resistant microbes and cells that are now threatening decades of progress in human health introduced by the advent of antibiotics. This resistance is deve...

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24 Citations
2,910 Views
19 Pages

14 February 2023

With the rapid development of industry, Cr has become one of the major heavy metal pollutants in soil, severely impacting soil microecology, among which rhizosphere microorganisms can improve the soil microenvironment to promote plant growth. However...

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23 Citations
11,352 Views
26 Pages

Microbial Cell Factories: Biodiversity, Pathway Construction, Robustness, and Industrial Applicability

  • Rida Chaudhary,
  • Ali Nawaz,
  • Mireille Fouillaud,
  • Laurent Dufossé,
  • Ikram ul Haq and
  • Hamid Mukhtar

12 February 2024

The microbial biosynthesis of proteins, primary metabolites, and chemicals is gaining extraordinary momentum and is presently viewed as an advancing approach in the industrial research sector. Increased threats to the environment and the possibility...

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22 Citations
6,684 Views
17 Pages

Biocontrol Efficiency of Rhizospheric Bacillus against the Plant Pathogen Fusarium oxysporum: A Promising Approach for Sustainable Agriculture

  • Sarah Boulahouat,
  • Hafsa Cherif-Silini,
  • Allaoua Silini,
  • Ali Chenari Bouket,
  • Lenka Luptakova,
  • Faizah N. Alenezi and
  • Lassaad Belbahri

Among plant disease management strategies, biological control is a sustainable alternative to the use of chemicals for the control of vascular wilt caused by Fusarium oxysporum. Fusarium wilt is the most devastating disease affecting a wide variety o...