Advances in photocatalytic disinfection of bacteria: development of photocatalysts and mechanisms

W Wang, G Huang, CY Jimmy, PK Wong - Journal of Environmental …, 2015 - Elsevier
Photocatalysis has attracted worldwide attention due to its potential in solar energy
conversion. As a “green” advanced oxidation technology, it has been extensively used for …

Mechanistic insights into nanoparticle surface-bacterial membrane interactions in overcoming antibiotic resistance

SK Modi, S Gaur, M Sengupta, MS Singh - Frontiers in Microbiology, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) raises a serious concern as it contributes to the global
mortality by 5 million deaths per year. The overall impact pertaining to significant membrane …

Precise control of liposome size using characteristic time depends on solvent type and membrane properties

S Choi, B Kang, E Yang, K Kim, MK Kwak, PS Chang… - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
Controlling the sizes of liposomes is critical in drug delivery systems because it directly
influences their cellular uptake, transportation, and accumulation behavior. Although …

Integrative omics identifies conserved and pathogen-specific responses of sepsis-causing bacteria

A Mu, WP Klare, SL Baines, CN Ignatius Pang… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Even in the setting of optimal resuscitation in high-income countries severe sepsis and
septic shock have a mortality of 20–40%, with antibiotic resistance dramatically increasing …

Expanding small-molecule functional metagenomics through parallel screening of broad-host-range cosmid environmental DNA libraries in diverse proteobacteria

JW Craig, FY Chang, JH Kim… - Applied and …, 2010 - Am Soc Microbiol
The small-molecule biosynthetic diversity encoded within the genomes of uncultured
bacteria is an attractive target for the discovery of natural products using functional …

Lactobacillus casei combats acid stress by maintaining cell membrane functionality

C Wu, J Zhang, M Wang, G Du… - Journal of Industrial …, 2012 - academic.oup.com
Lactobacillus casei strains have traditionally been recognized as probiotics and frequently
used as adjunct culture in fermented dairy products where lactic acid stress is a frequently …

The Staphylococcus aureus two-component regulatory system, GraRS, senses and confers resistance to selected cationic antimicrobial peptides

SJ Yang, AS Bayer, NN Mishra, M Meehl… - Infection and …, 2012 - Am Soc Microbiol
The two-component regulatory system, GraRS, appears to be involved in staphylococcal
responses to cationic antimicrobial peptides (CAPs). However, the mechanism (s) by which …

Effects of exposure to quaternary-ammonium-based biocides on antimicrobial susceptibility and tolerance to physical stresses in bacteria from organic foods

R Gadea, MÁF Fuentes, RP Pulido, A Gálvez… - Food microbiology, 2017 - Elsevier
In the present study, a collection of 76 biocide-sensitive bacterial strains isolated from
organically produced food were adapted by repeated exposure to increasing concentrations …

Disinfection of Legionella pneumophila by photocatalytic oxidation

YW Cheng, RCY Chan, PK Wong - Water research, 2007 - Elsevier
Photocatalytic oxidation (PCO) was proven to be efficacious in the inactivation of Legionella
pneumophila serogroup 1 Strains 977, 1009, 1014 and ATCC 33153. The local (Strains 997 …

Mapping Live Cell Viscosity with an Aggregation‐Induced Emission Fluorogen by Means of Two‐Photon Fluorescence Lifetime Imaging

S Chen, Y Hong, Y Zeng, Q Sun, Y Liu… - … A European Journal, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Intracellular viscosity is a crucial parameter that indicates the functioning of cells. In this
work, we demonstrate the utility of TPE‐Cy, a cell‐permeable dye with aggregation‐induced …