Entamoeba histolytica is the causative agent of human amoebiasis; it affects 50 million
people worldwide and causes approximately 100,000 deaths per year. Entamoeba …

Entamoeba histolytica has neither Krebs cycle nor oxidative phosphorylation activities;
therefore, glycolysis is the main pathway for ATP supply and provision of carbon skeleton …

Parasitic infections contribute significantly to worldwide morbidity and mortality. Antibiotic
treatment is essential for managing patients infected with these parasites since control is …

Clostridium thermocellum and Thermoanaerobacterium saccharolyticum are thermophilic
bacteria that have been engineered to produce ethanol from the cellulose and …

Highlights•We highlight recent applications of metabolomics in Entamoeba biology and
biochemistry.•Metabolomic revealed novel pathways not predicted by other omics …

Background Alcohol dehydrogenase (ADH) activity is widely distributed in the three domains
of life. Currently, there are three non-homologous NAD (P)+-dependent ADH families …

Adhesion to cells, cytotoxicity and proteolysis are functions required for virulence and
pathogenicity of E ntamoeba histolytica. However, there was no correlation between these in …

Thermoanaerobacterium saccharolyticum has been engineered to produce ethanol at about
90% of the theoretical maximum yield (2 ethanol molecules per glucose equivalent) and a …

Salmonella is gram-negative foodborne zoonotic bacteria which triggers disease in humans.
Our previous studies showed 1, 8-cineole possessed remarkable antimicrobial effects on …

Entamoeba histolytica is the protozoan causative of human amoebiasis. The EhADH
adhesin (687 aa) is a protein involved in tissue invasion, phagocytosis and host-cell lysis …