Plastics become rapidly colonized by microbes when released into marine environments.
This microbial community—the Plastisphere—has recently sparked a multitude of scientific …

Immunometabolism explores how the intracellular metabolic pathways in immune cells can
regulate their function under different micro-environmental and (patho-)-physiological …

In general, seawater-immersed wounds are associated with tissue necrosis, infection,
prolonged healing period, and high mortality because of high salinity, hyperosmosis, and …

It is now indisputable that plastics are ubiquitous and problematic in ecosystems globally.
Many suggestions have been made about the role that biofilms colonizing plastics in the …

Vibrio vulnificus is a Gram‐negative aquatic bacterium first isolated by the United States
(US) Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in 1964. This bacterium is part of …

Abstract Background. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention monitors vibriosis
through 2 surveillance systems: the nationwide Cholera and Other Vibrio Illness …

Seafood products are widely consumed all around the world and play a significant role on
the economic market. Bacteria of the Vibrio genus can contaminate seafood and thus pose a …

Transition metals are required cofactors for many proteins that are critical for life, and their
concentration within cells is carefully maintained to avoid both deficiency and toxicity. To …

Vibrio vulnificus is a Gram negative, rod shaped bacterium that belongs to the family
Vibrionaceae. It is a deadly, opportunistic human pathogen which is responsible for the …

Background Necrotizing skin and soft-tissue infections (NSTI) are rare but potentially life-
threatening and disabling infections that often require intensive care unit admission …