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Microbiology
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Prevalence of Indigenous Antibiotic-Resistant Salmonella Isolates and Their Application to Explore a Lytic Phage vB_SalS_KFSSM with an Intra-Broad Specificity
The consumption of fresh produce has led to increase in antibiotic-resistant (AR) Salmonella outbreaks. In this study, indigenous Salmonella was isolated from a total of two hundred-two samples including fresh pr...
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Outer membrane protein of OmpF contributes to swimming motility, biofilm formation, osmotic response as well as the transcription of maltose metabolic genes in Citrobacter werkmanii
Bacterial outer membrane proteins (Omps) are essential for environmental sensing, stress responses, and substance transport. Our previous study discovered that OmpA contributes to planktonic growth, biocide re...
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Open AccessMetagenomic analysis reveals the different characteristics of microbial communities inside and outside the karst tiankeng
Karst tiankengs serve as a reservoir of biodiversity in the degraded karst landscape areas. However, the microbial diversity of karst tiankengs is poorly understood. Here, we investigated the composition and f...
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Roles of ompA of Citrobacter werkmanii in bacterial growth, biocide resistance, biofilm formation and swimming motility
The genus Citrobacter is commonly found in environmental and industrial settings, some members of which have been used for bioremediation of heavy metals owing to the absorption ability of their biofilms. Althoug...
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Open AccessSMYD2 promotes cervical cancer growth by stimulating cell proliferation
Cervical cancer is the most common gynecological malignancy with low terminal cure rate, and therefore new therapeutic targets are urgently needed to combat this disease. SMYD2, as an oncogene, is abnormal hig...
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Severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome phlebovirus non-structural protein activates TPL2 signalling pathway for viral immunopathogenesis
Severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome phlebovirus (SFTSV), listed in the World Health Organization Prioritized Pathogens, is an emerging phlebovirus with a high fatality1–4. Owing to the lack of therapies a...
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Deep Dermatophytosis Caused by Zoophilic Strain of Trichophyton interdigitale with Successful Treatment of Itraconazole
We report a 66-year-old female patient with deep dermatophytosis caused by zoophilic strain of Trichophyton interdigitale, a rare granulomatous presentation of Trichophyton species infection in patients with unde...
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**akemycin A, a novel pyranonaphthoquinone antibiotic, produced by the Streptomyces sp. CC8-201 from the soil of a karst cave
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Characterization of alginate lyase gene using a metagenomic library constructed from the gut microflora of abalone
A metagenomic fosmid library was constructed using a genomic DNA mixture extracted from the gut microflora of abalone. The library gave an alginate lyase positive clone (AlyDW) harboring a 31.7-kbp insert. The...
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Development of fluorescent probes for the detection of fucosylated N-glycans using an Aspergillus oryzae lectin
The α(1,6)-fucose attached to the core N-glycan (core fucose) of glycoproteins has been known to play essential roles in various pathophysiological events, including oncogenesis and metastasis. Aspergillus oryzae
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Polyopes affinis alleviates airway inflammation in a murine model of allergic asthma
Marine algae have been utilized in food as well as medicine products for a variety of purposes. The purpose of this study was to determine whether an ethanol extract of Polyopes affinis (P. affinis) can inhibit t...
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Antimycin A18 produced by an endophytic Streptomyces albidoflavus isolated from a mangrove plant
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Reproductive biology of the spiny lobster, Panulirus Penicillatus, in the southeastern coastal waters off Taiwan
The reproductive biology of spiny lobster, Panulirus penicillatus, was studied based on 2,068 lobsters, ranging from 34.28 to 131.60 mm carapace length (CL), sampled in Taitung coastal waters from September 2003 ...
