The root-knot nematode Meloidogyne incognita poses a major challenge to global crop production, yet sustainable management options remain limited. We evaluated a collection of Clonostachys rosea isolates for their antagonistic potential using a stepw...
The earthquake doublet on 6 February 2023 served as an important test in Türkiye. It helped assess the vulnerability of Türkiye’s building stock under different seismic loading conditions across a large region. The widespread destruct...
Understanding the impact of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) upon the nitrogen (N) uptake of tomato (Lycopersicum esculentum L.) plants is crucial for effectively utilizing these beneficial microorganisms in industrial hydroponic tomato production....
Fungal pathogens, including Colletotrichum gloeosporioides and Pestalotiopsis spp., are significant threats to global cacao production. Understanding their varying responses to novel antifungal agents is crucial for developing sustainable plant prote...
The symbiosis and beneficial effects of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AM fungi) on plants have been widely reported; however, the effects might be unascertained in tomato industry production with coconut coir due to the nutrition solution supply, or...
Human mannose receptor 1 (hMRC1) is a transmembrane glycoprotein that belongs to the C-type lectin family and is expressed on the surface of most tissue macrophages. hMRC1 contributes to the binding and transmission of HIV-1 and is involved in the en...
In this study, we aimed to isolate indigenous plant-growth-promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) with high indole-3-acetic acid (IAA)-producing capacity from alfalfa rhizospheres in arid regions of Northwest China and systematically evaluate their bioaccele...
Quantifying the growth of entomopathogenic fungi is crucial for understanding their virulence and pathogenic potential. Traditional methods for determining growth, such as biomass determination or colony growth area, are time-consuming and quantitati...
Major resistance (R) genes are widely used to protect potato against Phytophthora infestans, but their effectiveness may differ between foliage and tubers. Based on our previous findings, we used two contrasting models of organ-dependent resistance:...
Currently, global efforts are being intensified towards the discovery of local Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) isolates with unique anticancer properties. Parasporins (PS) are a group of Bt non-insecticidal crystal proteins with potential and specific in...
Pear ring rot, caused by Botryosphaeria kuwatsukai, is a major threat to pear production. The resistance of four pear F1 populations to three B. kuwatsukai isolates was evaluated using detached leaf inoculations, assessed by the Area Under the Diseas...
Bacteriophage exposure can impose strong selective pressure on bacterial populations and may alter antimicrobial susceptibility beyond direct lytic effects. However, the persistence of such changes after the removal of phage pressure remains insuffic...
Duckweed-associated plant growth-promoting bacteria have attracted attention for their potential to enhance duckweed biomass production. However, the mechanisms underlying isolate-specific growth promotion are unclear. This study compared the effects...
Objectives: The aim of our study was to investigate the in vitro activity and in vivo efficacy of rezafungin, anidulafungin, caspofungin and micafungin against Candida auris isolates belonging to clade V. Methods: Five clinical isolates were evaluate...
Sargassum horneri (S. horneri) is a well-known brown seaweed widely distributed worldwide. Several biological activities of S. horneri have been reported. However, its effects on lipid metabolism and the underlying mechanisms remain elusive. In the p...
Objective: This study investigates the association between consumers’ perceived readability of Multiple Traffic Light (MTL) label print size—a theoretical structural gatekeeper for visual salience—and self-reported food consumption...
Jelly fig (Ficus awkeotsang Makino) is used to prepare drinks and desserts in Asia, owing to the gelling capability of its pectin via endogenous pectin methylesterase (PE) catalyzation. Meanwhile, substances with PE inhibitory activity (SPEI) in jell...
Background: Leptin is an obesity-associated adipokine that has been implicated in cardiac protection against ischemia-reperfusion injury (IRI). In this study, concentration-dependent effects of leptin on myocardial IRI were investigated in the isolat...
Phytoplankton is fundamental to life on Earth. Their productivity is influenced by the microbial communities residing in the phycosphere surrounding algal cells. Expanding our knowledge on how algal-bacterial interactions affect algal growth to more...
The detailed characterization of antigen-specific serum antibodies is hindered by the lack of efficient, gentle isolation methods. In this context, standard column affinity chromatography, although a powerful purification tool, presents practical cha...
Mycorrhizal specificity, i.e., the range of fungi allowing mycorrhizal partnerships, differs among orchid species, but that at early developmental stages is unclear. We investigated whether mycorrhizal specificity during seed germination and seedling...
Rhizoctonia solani is a necrotrophic plant pathogen with a wide host range. R. solani is a species complex consisting of thirteen anastomosis groups (AGs) defined by compatibility of hyphal fusion reaction and subgroups based on cultural morphology....
Lifeline structures such as hospital buildings need to be specifically designed such that they experience reduced vibrations when subjected to earthquake excitations because it will be difficult to vacate hospital buildings under the event of any ear...
The aim of this study was to isolate phage enzymes and apply them in vitro for eradication of the dominant saprophytic bacteria isolated from minimally processed food. Four bacteriophages—two Enterobacter-specific and two Serratia-specific, whi...
Bacterial kiwifruit vine disease (Pseudomonas syringae pv. actinidiae, Psa) and halo blight of bean (P. syringae pv. phaseolicola, Pph) are routinely treated with copper, leading to environmental pollution and bacterial copper resistance. An alt...
Objective: Extracellular vesicles derived from oral cancer cells, which include Exosomes and Oncosomes, are membranous vesicles secreted into the surrounding extracellular environment. These extracellular vesicles can regulate and modulate oral squam...
In order to diagnose a respiratory disease in a pig farm, the lungs, spleen, and lymph nodes of three dead pigs were collected for pathogen detection by PCR and isolation on the basis of preliminary clinical diagnosis. The virus isolate was identifie...
To enhance the floating raft vibration isolation system’s effect, a new two-stiffness floating raft vibration isolation experimental was constructed. First, the system’s mathematical model was established. The vibration transfer function...
The synthetic analogs of regulatory peptides radiolabeled with adequate radionuclides are perspective tools in nuclear medicine. However, undesirable uptake and retention in the kidney limit their application. Specific in vitro methods are used to ev...
Environmentally sound insect pest management strategies require continuous isolation and identification of effective biocontrol agents from different ecosystems. The quest for fungal isolates that are adapted to high temperatures is particularly sign...
Background and Objectives: Antimicrobial resistance in Neisseria gonorrheae threatens the effectiveness of empirical gonorrhoea treatment. Although global surveillance evidence is increasingly available, resistance data are not consistently reported...
O-glycosylation of mammalian proteins is one of the important posttranslational modifications. We applied a support vector machine (SVM) to predict whether Ser or Thr is glycosylated, in order to elucidate the O-glycosylation mechanism. O-glycosylate...
Increasing numbers of studies seek to characterize the different cellular sub-populations present in mammalian tissues. The techniques “Isolation of Nuclei Tagged in Specific Cell Types” (INTACT) or “Fluorescence-Activated Nuclei Sorting” (FANS) are...
Stellera chamaejasme L. is a widely distributed poisonous plant in Chinese degraded grasslands. To investigate the role of endophytic fungi (EF) in S. chamaejasme’s quick spread in grasslands, the endophytic fungal community of S. chamaejasme w...
In this study, a seismic isolator placed on the base of a structure was optimized under various earthquake records using an adaptive harmony search algorithm (AHS). As known, the base-isolation systems with very low stiffness provide a rigid response...
Earthquakes and ambient vibrations can cause serious problems for cultural heritage objects; consequently, preserving these objects against mentioned sources of vibration has received more attention in recent years. To address this problem, in this p...
The loofah sponge has a complex, three-dimensional, porous mesh fiber structure characterized by markedly low density and excellent vibration isolation properties. In this study, loofah sponges made from dried Luffa cylindrica were divided into two c...
Lactobacilli are employed in probiotic food preparations and as feed additives in poultry and livestock, due to health benefits associated with their consumption. The objective of this study was to evaluate and compare the probiotic potential of ten...
Colibacillosis is a chicken disease caused by avian pathogenic Escherichia coli (APEC). Pathogenicity in birds is determined by the occurrence of bacterial genes encoding virulence factors in APEC strains. Furthermore, APEC and other bacterial infect...
The advancement of sensor, actuator, and flight control technologies has increasingly expanded the possibilities for drone utilization. Among the technologies related to drone applications, the vibration isolator technology for payload has a signific...
In this study, we used a multifaceted approach to select robust bioaugmentation candidates for enhancing biogas production and to demonstrate the usefulness of a genome-centric approach for strain selection for specific bioaugmentation purposes. We a...
Gas explosions bring severe hazards and threats to coal mine safety. To prevent such explosions and mitigate their consequences, research on the mechanism of gas explosions and isolation-suppression technology has been conducted using theoretical ana...
Vibration control is important in maintaining the silence of the underwater vehicle. Among the many methods of vibration control, isolation is by far the most efficient approach. However, as one of the major vibration sources in underwater vehicle, t...
Monitoring changes in the prevalence of Fusarium species and toxin production is an important tool for the integrated control of Fusarium head blight (FHB). However, methods for the high-throughput screening of Fusarium populations have been develope...
Nucleocapsid (N) protein of severe acute respiratory syndrome-associated coronavirus (SARS-CoV) is a major pathological determinant in the host that may cause host cell apoptosis, upregulate the proinflammatory cytokine production, and block innate i...
(1) Background: Social isolation is a major risk factor for suicidal ideation. In this study, we investigated whether the evaluation of both depression and social isolation in combination could effectively predict suicidal ideation; (2) Methods: A to...
This paper reviews state-of-the-art approaches for galvanically isolated DC-DC converters based on radio frequency (RF) micro-transformer coupling. Isolation technology, integration level and fabrication issues are analyzed to highlight the pros and...
Orthohantaviruses are globally emerging zoonotic pathogens. While the reservoir host role of several rodent species is well-established, detailed research on the mechanisms of host-othohantavirus interactions has been constrained by the lack of an ex...
The traditional passive base isolation is the most widely used method in the engineering practice for structural control, however, it has the shortcoming that the optimal control frequency band is significantly limited and narrow. For the seismic iso...
Bio-control agents are the best alternative to chemicals for the successful management of plant diseases. Among them, Trichoderma is commonly used as a biological control agent in plant disease management due to its ability to suppress soil-borne pla...
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