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Open AccessHost defence peptide plectasin targets bacterial cell wall precursor lipid II by a calcium-sensitive supramolecular mechanism
Antimicrobial resistance is a leading cause of mortality, calling for the development of new antibiotics. The fungal antibiotic plectasin is a eukaryotic host defence peptide that blocks bacterial cell wall sy...
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Agricultural waste rice husk/poly(vinylidene fluoride) composite: a wearable triboelectric energy harvester for real-time smart IoT applications
The ever-expanding demand for smart, wearable, and self-powered devices raises concerns regarding desirable power supplies. Again, this growing use of smart electronics continuously increases the burden on ele...
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Isothermal and Kinetics Modeling Approach for the Bioremediation of Potentially Toxic Trace Metal Ions Using a Novel Biosorbent Acalypha wilkesiana (Copperleaf) Leaves
The presence of trace metals in wastewater brings serious environmental pollution that threatens human health as well as the ecosystem throughout the world due to their non-biodegradability nature. The present...
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Techno-economic feasibility and life cycle assessment analysis for a developed novel biosorbent-based arsenic bio-filter system
Significant aquifers around the world is contaminated by arsenic (As), that is regarded as a serious inorganic pollution. In this study, a biosorbent-based bio-filter column has been developed using two differ...
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Assessment of SiO2-B2O3-Na2O-TiO2-Fe2O3 Glass System for the Vitrification of High-Level Acidic Radioactive Liquid Waste
A five-component glass system, SiO2-B2O3-Na2O-TiO2-Fe2O3, has been assessed as a durable host to immobilize High-level Liquid Waste (HLW) generated during the reprocessing of spent nuclear fuel. Simulated vitrifi...
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Visualizing Molecular Dynamics by High-Speed Atomic Force Microscopy
Dynamic processes and structural changes of biological molecules are essential to life. While conventional atomic force microscopy (AFM) is able to visualize molecules and supramolecular assemblies at sub-nano...
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Biofilm-Mediated Heavy Metal Removal from Aqueous System by Multi-Metal-Resistant Bacterial Strain Bacillus sp. GH-s29
Worldwide ever-augmenting urbanization, modernization, and industrialization have contributed to the release of pernicious compounds and a variety of pollutants into the environment. The pollutants discharged ...
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Open AccessLateral membrane organization as target of an antimicrobial peptidomimetic compound
Antimicrobial resistance is one of the leading concerns in medical care. Here we study the mechanism of action of an antimicrobial cationic tripeptide, AMC-109, by combining high speed-atomic force microscopy,...
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Microbial community composition analysis to decipher the possible role of inherent bacteria for in-situ arsenic (As) bioremediation
Biogeochemical reduction and mobilization of sediment-bound arsenic (As) is the major concern for widespread groundwater As contamination in the middle Gangetic plains. The present work examines a microcosm ba...
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Influence of Antinutrients on Bacterial Growth and Bioethanol Production by Klebsiella sp. SWET4 Through Direct Fermentation of Fruit Wastes: a Novel Perspective for Substrate Selection
The sustainability of bioethanol production depends on substrate selection. Since direct fermentation allows the interaction between antinutrients and microbes, antinutrient content becomes a crucial factor fo...
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Microbial and Biosorbent-Mediated Hexavalent Chromium Removal from the Tailing Waters Released from Chromite Mines
Chromium (chromite) mining operations can generate specific problems related to tailing water. There is a serious threat to human health and ecosystems when chromium-contaminated tailing water is released into...
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Structural basis of CHMP2A–CHMP3 ESCRT-III polymer assembly and membrane cleavage
The endosomal sorting complex required for transport (ESCRT) is a highly conserved protein machinery that drives a divers set of physiological and pathological membrane remodeling processes. However, the struc...
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Potential human health risk assessment of microplastic exposure: current scenario and future perspectives
The vast usage of synthetic plastics has led to the global problem of plastic pollution which in turn has positively impacted the concerns regarding microplastic pollution. The major factor responsible for the...
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Open AccessTeixobactin kills bacteria by a two-pronged attack on the cell envelope
Antibiotics that use novel mechanisms are needed to combat antimicrobial resistance1–3. Teixobactin4 represents a new class of antibiotics with a unique chemical scaffold and lack of detectable resistance. Teixob...
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Colocasia esculenta stem as novel biosorbent for potentially toxic metals removal from aqueous system
Biosorption is an ingenious technique that uses biological materials to acquire trace metal ions from wastewater. In the present study, the ability of Colocasia esculenta stem biomass was explored for the biosorp...
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Role of biogeochemical parameters in delineating suitable habitats of juvenile Hilsa (Tenualosa ilisha) within an estuary
This investigation characterized the relationship between percentage occurrences of three size classes of Hilsa juveniles (3–5, 5.1–10, and 10.1–15 cm) and six biogeochemical parameters (water temperature, chl...
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Open AccessThe ESCRT-III isoforms CHMP2A and CHMP2B display different effects on membranes upon polymerization
ESCRT-III proteins are involved in many membrane remodeling processes including multivesicular body biogenesis as first discovered in yeast. In humans, ESCRT-III CHMP2 exists as two isoforms, CHMP2A and CHMP2B...
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Potential Fishing Zone Characterization in the Indian Ocean by Machine Learning Approach
Potential fishing zone (PFZ) advisory is an essential guideline for the fishing community of India. Several studies have shown that high sea surface temperature (SST) gradient and high chlorophyll concentratio...
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Thermo-physical behavior of borosilicate glasses in the presence of high-level radioactive liquid waste constituents
Elemental composition of high-level radioactive liquid waste (HLW) from samples of various batches was assessed by using side-on-view inductively coupled plasma-atomic emission spectroscopy (ICP-AES). Under ro...
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Open AccessAuthor Correction: Human ESCRT-III polymers assemble on positively curved membranes and induce helical membrane tube formation
An amendment to this paper has been published and can be accessed via a link at the top of the paper.
