Viruses participate in the organomineralization of travertines

M Słowakiewicz, E Perri, E Tagliasacchi, P Działak… - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
Travertines, which precipitate from high temperature water saturated with calcium carbonate,
are generally considered to be dominated by physico-chemical and microbial precipitates …

Antibacterial and antiviral activities of transparent PVA coating films prepared by using solutions containing eluted ions from rare earth iodates

K Abe, K Sunada, Y Mochizuki, T Isobe, T Nagai… - Journal of Coatings …, 2024 - Springer
After powders of three rare earth iodates (Ce (IO3) 4, Ce (IO3) 3, δ-La (IO3) 3) were
dispersed in water, the constituent ions were eluted. After filtration, polyvinyl alcohol was …

Surface modification of magnetic nanoparticles by bacteriophages and ionic liquids precursors

P Działak, MD Syczewski, A Błachowski, K Kornaus… - RSC …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Magnetic nanoparticles (MNPs) have recently been a point of interest for many researchers
due to their properties. However, the studies on the influence of bacteriophages on the …

Mechanism of bacteriophage-induced vaterite formation

A Borkowski, P Działak, K Berent, M Gajewska… - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
This study shows how bacterial viruses (bacteriophages, phages) interact with calcium
carbonate during precipitation from aqueous solution. Using electron microscopy …

Experimental studies reveal bacteriophages can affect precipitation of mineral phases

P Działak, A Borkowski, A Błachowski… - Journal of …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Interesting properties and abundance of bacteriophages suggest their potential effect on
precipitation of various minerals. Here we present an experimental study regarding the …

Influence of different sample preparation techniques on imaging viruses and virus-like particles by scanning electron and scanning transmission electron microscopes

M Kąkol, E Tagliasacchi, A Borkowski… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and scanning transmission electron microscopy
(STEM) were applied in many laboratories to visualize and image viruses and virus-like …

[HTML][HTML] Antiviral and antibacterial activities of yttria-stabilized zirconia

R Kiribayashi, R Nakane, K Sunada, Y Mochizuki… - Materials Letters, 2024 - Elsevier
Antiviral and antibacterial activities of yttria stabilized zirconia (YSZ) powder were evaluated
against Escherichia coli, Staphylococcus aureus, bacteriophage Qβ, and bacteriophage Φ6 …

Viruses participate in the organomineralization of travertines

E Perri, E Tagliasacchi, A Borkowski, S Kele - Scientific Reports, 2023 - gcris.pau.edu.tr
Travertines, which precipitate from high temperature water saturated with calcium carbonate,
are generally considered to be dominated by physico-chemical and microbial precipitates …