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Ben Ep**er
Biochemistry, general
Microbiology
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Open AccessEnhancing Pisum sativum growth and symbiosis under heat stress: the synergistic impact of co-inoculated bacterial consortia and ACC deaminase-lacking Rhizobium
The 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylate (ACC) deaminase is a crucial bacterial trait, yet it is not widely distributed among rhizobia. Hence, employing a co-inoculation approach that combines selected plant grow...
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Prenatal double-hit with aluminium and cadmium mediate testicular atrophy and hypothalamic hypoplasia: the role of oxido-nitrergic stress and endocrine perturbations
There is limited experimental evidence on the biochemical consequences of aluminium (Al) and cadmium (Cd) co-exposures during pregnancy and postnatal life.This study investigated the impacts of perinatal Al ch...
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Implication of Mn-cofactored superoxide dismutase in the tolerance of swarmer Pseudomonas aeruginosa to polymixin, ciprofloxacin and meropenem antibiotics
The protective role of superoxide dismutase (Sod) against oxidative stress, resulting from the common antibiotic pathway of action, has been studied in the wild type and mutant strains of swarmer Pseudomonas aeru...
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Biodiversity and biotechnological properties of lactic acid bacteria isolated from traditional Moroccan sourdoughs
The present study aimed at characterizing lactic acid bacteria (LAB) strains isolated from traditional sourdoughs collected in different regions of Morocco. Isolated strains were firstly identified using Gram ...
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Künstliche Intelligenz erkennt Monoklonalität von Zelllinien
Traditional methods for confirming the monoclonality of cell lines are time-consuming, subjective, limited in scalability, and susceptible to false positives. We have developed a novel approach that can detect...
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Isolation and characterization of two glycolipopeptids biosurfactants produced by a Lactiplantibacillus plantarum OL5 strain isolated from green olive curing water
Microbial surfactants are natural amphiphilic compounds with high surface activities and emulsifying properties. Due to their structural diversity, low toxicity, biodegradability, and chemical stability in dif...
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Effect of honey bee forage plants in Tunisia on diversity and antibacterial potential of lactic acid bacteria and bifidobacteria from Apis mellifera intermissa and its products
Lactic acid bacteria and bifidobacteria (LAB and Bifido), isolated from the gastrointestinal tract of Apis mellifera intermissa (BGIT), honey (H), propolis (P) and bee bread (BB) of hives set in different vegetat...
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Alpha-amylase and alphaglucosidase inhibitory properties, beta-galactosidase activity, and probiotic potential of lactic acid bacteria and bifidobacteria from Apis mellifera intermissa and its products
The present study aimed to evaluate the probiotic potential, α-amylase and α-glucosidase inhibitory effects, and β-galactosidase production of 19 non haemolytic lactic acid bacteria and bifidobacteria previous...
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The promise of probiotics in honeybee health and disease management
Over the last decades, losses of bee populations have been observed worldwide. A panoply of biotic and abiotic factors, as well as the interplay among them, has been suggested to be responsible for bee decline...
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Biosynthesis MgO and ZnO nanoparticles using chitosan extracted from Pimelia Payraudi Latreille for antibacterial applications
Chitosan (CS) is one of the most abundant biopolymers in nature with superior properties such as biocompatibility, biodegradability, lack of toxicity, antimicrobial activity, acceleration of wound healing, and...
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Methyl jasmonate induces oxidative/nitrosative stress and the accumulation of antioxidant metabolites in Phoenix dactylifera L.
The present study aimed to explore the eliciting effects of increasing concentrations (50, 100, and 200 µM) of methyl jasmonate (MeJA). We cultivated actively proliferating buds of Phoenix dactylifera L. cv. Barh...
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Mitochondria-targeted cyclometalated iridium (III) complex for H2S-responsive intracellular redox regulation as potent photo-oxidation anticancer agent
Owing to the safety and low toxicity, photodynamic therapy (PDT) for cancer treatment has received extensive attention. However, the excess H2S in cancer cells reduces the PDT efficiency, because H2S indirectly d...
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The value of West Nile virus RNA detection by real-time RT-PCR in urine samples from patients with neuroinvasive forms
Routine laboratory screening is based on the detection of WNV specific IgM and IgG in blood and cerebrospinal fluid. Confirmation is then classically applied by real time RT-PCR (rRT-PCR) in Cerebrospinal flui...
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Multidrug-resistant epi-endophytic bacterial community in Posidonia oceanica of Mahdia coast as biomonitoring factor for antibiotic contamination
Faced with the significant disturbances, mainly of anthropogenic origin, which affect the Mediterranean coastal ecosystem, Posidonia oceanica (L.) Delile has often been used to assess the state of health of this ...
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Green synthesis of silver nanoparticles using mixed leaves aqueous extract of wild olive and pistachio: characterization, antioxidant, antimicrobial and effect on virulence factors of Candida
In this study, a successfully rapid, simple approach was applied for biosynthesis of silver nanoparticles AgNPs using for the first time the mixed leaves extract of Olea europaea subsp. europaea var. sylvestris a...
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Antibacterial and antibiofilm activity of Peganum harmala seed extract against multidrug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa pathogenic isolates and molecular mechanism of action
Biofilm formation of the opportunistic pathogen Pseudomonas (P). aeruginosa is one of the major global challenges to control nosocomial infections due to their high resistance to antimicrobials and host defense m...
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Assessment of population structure, genetic diversity and relationship of Mediterranean olive accessions using SSR markers and computational tools
Olive tree is an emblematic crop of the Mediterranean region, mainly renowned for its fruit oil, although the species provides several industrial purposes. The Mediterranean basin constitutes the origin of oli...
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A novel probiotic strain, Lactiplantibacillus plantarum LC38, isolated from Tunisian camel milk promoting wound healing in Wistar diabetic rats
Antimicrobial and probiotic properties were sought in Tunisian raw camel milk. One hundred and forty strains were isolated for this purpose. Initially, a screening based on growth kinetics under gastrointestin...
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Collinsella ihumii sp. nov., a new anaerobic bacterium isolated from human stool
Strain GD8 is a new species belonging to the order Coriobacteriales that was isolated from fresh stool of a French volunteer. It is an anaerobic Gram-positive bacterium isolated from human gut microbiota. The seq...
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Bacterial consortium biotransformation of pentachlorophenol contaminated wastewater
The aims of this study were (i) to compare PCP removal (100 mg L−1) by two bacterial consortia B1 and B2 in sterile wastewater (STWW) and liquid mineral medium (MSM), (ii) PCP effect in biofilm formation and anti...
