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Effect of Hormones and Biogenic Amines on Growth and Survival of Enterococcus durans
Lactic acid bacteria (LAB) are important components of the human microbiome. While they are capable both of synthesis and response to the signals of the human humoral regulatory system (hormones and neuromedia...
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Binary Biofilms of Staphylococcus aureus 209P and Kytococcus schroeteri H01: Dualistic Role of Kytococci and Cell Adhesion Alterations in the Presence of the A-Type Natriuretic Peptide
Investigation of the interactions between Staphylococcus aureus 209P and Kytococcus schroeteri H01 in binary biofilms revealed the sensitivity of these bacteria to the atrial natriuretic peptide (ANP) in a concen...
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Effect of Epinephrine, Norepinephrine, and Estradiol on Persister Formation in the Cultures of Staphylococci from the Human Microbiota and Their Resistance to Starvation and New Medium Stresses
Effects of the human hormones and human microbiota on the growth of symbiotrophic and saprotrophic bacteria are well-known. However, no information is available on the effects of hormones on formation and surv...
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Microplastics as a New Ecological Niche For Multispecies Microbial Biofilms within the Plastisphere
The distribution, colonization, and biodegradation of primary and secondary microplastics, as well as were effect on the plastisphere ecological systems, are analyzed. The pathways of microplastic contaminatio...
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Inhibitory Effect of Norepinephrine on Biofilm Growth of the Human Skin Commensal Kytococcus schroeteri H01
This is the first report on the effect of norepinephrine on biofilms and planktonic cultures of a human skin commensal Kytococcus schroeteri H01. A dose-depending inhibitory effect of norepinephrine on K. schroet...
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Biocorrosion of Synthetic Plastics: Degradation Mechanisms and Methods of Protection
The mechanisms of microbial action on synthetic plastics are analyzed, with the focus on the most widespread polymers produced on an industrial scale. The effect of microbial enzymes on plastic biodegradation ...
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Stimulatory Effect of Epinephrine on Biofilms of Micrococcus luteus C01
This is the first report on biofilm formation by Micrococcus luteus C01 in model systems stimulated by epinephrine. In the presence of 900 pg/mL of epinephrine in the medium, a 52.3% increase in the metabolic act...
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Specific Features of Formation of Multispecies Microbial Biofilms on Polyethylene Surface
Patterns of formation of three-species biofilms on the surface of an LDPE-based composite material were studied using a mixture of pure planktonic cultures of microorganisms capable of degrading this polymer. ...
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Dynamics of Biological Processes during Composting of Anaerobically Digested Wastewater Sludge
Microbiological processes occurring in the course of controlled thermophilic composting of dehydrated wastewater sludge anaerobically digested in a reactor at the Lyubertsy waste treatment plant (Moscow, Russi...
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Formation and Properties of Persister Cells of Staphylococcus capitis and Staphylococcus epidermidis, Bacteria Inhabiting Human Skin
Persisters (P) are the cells surviving, but not reproducing in the presence of lethal doses of antibiotics (AB). These are the cells of a scarce (0.001–1.0%) subpopulation, emerging due to a phenotypic transit...
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Determination of the Mycelium and Antigens of a Number of Micromycetes in Soil Extracts via Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay
Sixteen variants of test systems (two-site sandwich and competitive enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA)) were studied to determine the concentration of microfungi, some of which are known opportunistic p...
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Express Method for Determining the Relation between Polyethylene Biocorrosion by Chromobacterium violaceum Biofilms and Their Ability to Form Extracellular Matrix
An express method for measuring biocorrosion of the surface of polyethylene by mono- and multi-species microbial biofilms was developed. The method involves massive inoculation of polyethylene samples with pur...
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Antibiofilm Agents: Therminological Ambiguity and Strategy for Search
The concepts on the nature of antibiofilm agents and strategies for their search, which exist in modern literature, are analyzed. A new classification of these compounds is proposed, with subdivision into four...
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A New Approach to Detection of the Protective Effect of Escherichia coli on Gram-Positive Bacteria in Binary Biofilms in the Presence of Antibiotics
Binary biofilms containing gram-positive bacteria Micrococcus thailandicus HB or Kocuria rhizophila strain 4A-2G and gram-negative bacteria Escherichia coli strain K-12 or strain ET12567 pRAG56 were obtained. Str...
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Regulation of Formation of Monospecies and Binary Biofilms by Human Skin Microbiota Components, Staphylococcus epidermidis and Staphylococcus aureus, by Human Natriuretic Peptides
Human natriuretic peptides (NUPs) types A and C were shown have different effects on the growth of monospecies and binary biofilms of human skin commensal microorganisms Staphylococcus epidermidis and Staphylococ...
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Niclosamide as a promising antibiofilm agent
Search for inexpensive efficient compounds with antibiofilm activity, which could be applied both for treatment of biofilm-associated infections and in other cases requiring biofilm elimination, is presently o...
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Regulation of biofilm formation by Pseudomonas chlororaphis in an in vitro system
The mutants of Pseudomonas chlororaphis 449 with completely or partially suppressed accumulation of N-acyl homoserine lactones exhibited the absence or a pronounced decrease of their capacity for stimulation of b...
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Composition and functions of the extracellular polymer matrix of bacterial biofilms
The data on the composition and structure of the components comprising the extracellular polymer matrix of bacterial biofilms, the role of these components, and their functions in the biofilm are reviewed. The...
