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Chapter
Prokaryotic Basis of Eukaryotic Eco-Evo Development
To date, we know of two types of cellular organisms: prokaryotes (Bacteria and Archaea) and eukaryotes (protists, fungi, plants and animals). How are, or were, they evolutionarily related? Contemporary eukaryotes...
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Article
Effectiveness of low concentration of sodium hypochlorite activated by Er,Cr:YSGG laser against Enterococcus faecalis biofilm
Bacteria living in biofilms exhibit altered growth phenotypes, while the biofilm provides benefits, the foremost of which is a certain protection against both immune system and killing effect by antimicrobials...
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Chapter
Horizontal Gene Transfer Between Bacteriophages and Bacteria: Antibiotic Resistances and Toxin Production
Antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) are ubiquitous among microorganisms living in a wide variety of environments and can be detected by several molecular techniques. Similarly, toxins and genes encoding toxins ...
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Chapter
Horizontal Gene Transfer in Obligate Parasites
Parasitism entails a tight interaction between host, parasites, and the host’s commensal organisms; this derives into a coevolution process that in turn represents an extreme parasite specialization, associate...
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Chapter
Mechanisms of Drug Efflux and Strategies to Overcome Them as a Way to Control Microbial Growth
The discovery of antibacterials during the twentieth century has been one of the most important events in the history of medicine. The development, production, and use of these new drugs revolutionized clinica...
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Article
Open AccessEffects of photodynamic therapy on Enterococcus faecalis biofilms
Microbial biofilms are involved in almost all infectious pathologies of the oral cavity. This has led to the search for novel therapies specifically aimed at biofilm elimination. In this study, we used atomic ...
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Article
Enhanced Biodegradation of Casablanca Crude Oil by A Microbial Consortium in Presence of a Rhamnolipid Produced by Pseudomonas Aeruginosa AT10
The biodegradation of oil products in the environment is often limited by their low water solubility and dissolution rate. Rhamnolipids produced by Pseudomonas aeruginosa AT10 were investigated for their potentia...
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Article
Biodegradation of a crude oil by three microbial consortia of different origins and metabolic capabilities
Microbial consortia were obtained three by sequential enrichment using different oil products. Consortium F1AA was obtained on a heavily saturated fraction of a degraded crude oil; consortium TD, by enrichment...
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Article
Isolation and characterization of a 2-methylphenanthrene utilizing bacterium: identification of ring cleavage metabolites
A bacterial strain capable of utilizing 2-methylphenanthrene (2-MP) as its sole source of carbon and energy for growth was isolated from creosote contaminated soil. The isolate was identified as a strain of Sphi...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Origin and Spread of Penicillin-Resistance in Neisseria meningitidis
Moderate penicillin resistance in the human pathogen Neisseria meningitidis emerged seven years ago in Spain (Saez-Nieto and Campos 1988). Since the first isolate in 1985, the frequency of PenR strain isolation i...
