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    Repurposing harmaline as a novel approach to reverse tmexCD1-toprJ1-mediated tigecycline resistance against klebsiella pneumoniae infections

    A novel plasmid-mediated resistance–nodulation–division (RND) efflux pump gene cluster tmexCD1-toprJ1 in Klebsiella pneumoniae tremendously threatens the use of convenient therapeutic options in the post-antibiot...

    **dian Yang#, Lei Xu#, Yonglin Zhou, Minhe Cui, Dejun Liu in Microbial Cell Factories (2024)

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    The combination of osthole with baicalin protects mice from Staphylococcus aureus pneumonia

    We reported the inhibition of α-Hemolysin (Hla) production in methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus USA300 by osthole and further investigated the combination of osthole and baicalin in the treatment of sta...

    Shui Liu, Bowen Liu, Zhao-Qing Luo in World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechn… (2016)

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    The use of chlorogenic acid and its analogues as inhibitors: an investigation of the inhibition of sortase A of Staphylococcus aureus using molecular docking and dynamic simulation

    To use molecular docking and dynamic simulation to investigate the inhibitory action of chlorogenic acid (CHA) and its analogues against sortase A of Staphylococcus aureus.

    Chongwei Bi, Lin Wang, **aodi Niu, Hongjun Cai, **aobo Zhong in Biotechnology Letters (2016)

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    Phloretin derived from apple can reduce alpha-hemolysin expression in methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus USA300

    Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) has become increasingly important because it is the most common cause of hospital-acquired infections, which have become globally epidemic. Our study specificall...

    Xuan Zhou, Shui Liu, Wenhua Li, Bing Zhang in World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechn… (2015)

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    Chemical composition of fennel essential oil and its impact on Staphylococcus aureus exotoxin production

    In this study, fennel oil was isolated by hydrodistillation, and the chemical composition was determined by gas chromatography/mass spectral analysis. The antimicrobial activity of fennel oil against Staphylococc...

    Jiazhang Qiu, Hongen Li, Hongwei Su in World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechn… (2012)

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    In vitro synergistic activity between 8-methoxypsoralen and ethambutol, isoniazid, and rifampin when used in combination against Mycobacterium tuberculosis

    8-Methoxypsoralen (8-MOP), a naturally occurring furocoumarin found in many plant species, has been reported to have antimycobacterial activity against Mycobacterium tuberculosis strain H37Rv (ATCC 27294). In the...

    Fa Ge, Fanli Zeng, Na Guo, Junwen Fan in World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechn… (2010)