Quantum dot: Lightning invisible foodborne pathogens

H Du, X Wang, Q Yang, W Wu - Trends in Food Science & Technology, 2021 - Elsevier
Background Foodborne pathogens pose many threats to human life and health. Rapid,
sensitive, and easy detection is urgently needed to avert the threat early. Quantum dots are …

In vivo imaging with genetically encoded redox biosensors

AI Kostyuk, AS Panova, AD Kokova, DA Kotova… - International journal of …, 2020 - mdpi.com
Redox reactions are of high fundamental and practical interest since they are involved in
both normal physiology and the pathogenesis of various diseases. However, this area of …

Thiol-based redox switches in the major pathogen Staphylococcus aureus

N Linzner, VV Loi, VN Fritsch, H Antelmann - Biological Chemistry, 2021 - degruyter.com
Staphylococcus aureus is a major human pathogen, which encounters reactive oxygen,
nitrogen, chlorine, electrophile and sulfur species (ROS, RNS, RCS, RES and RSS) by the …

[HTML][HTML] Antimicrobial activity of Apis mellifera L. and Trigona sp. propolis from Nepal and its phytochemical analysis

P Okińczyc, E Paluch, R Franiczek, J Widelski… - Biomedicine & …, 2020 - Elsevier
In this study, we evaluated antimicrobial activity, antimicrobial activity in combination with
antibiotics, and chemical composition of Nepalese propolis 70% ethanolic extracts. Propolis …

Advances in menaquinone biosynthesis: sublocalisation and allosteric regulation

JM Johnston, EMM Bulloch - Current opinion in structural biology, 2020 - Elsevier
Highlights•Menaquinones (MKs) are involved in bacterial electron transport and
adaptation.•The Men pathway is the most predominant of two bacterial pathways to make …

[HTML][HTML] The plant-derived naphthoquinone lapachol causes an oxidative stress response in Staphylococcus aureus

N Linzner, VN Fritsch, T Busche, QN Tung… - Free Radical Biology …, 2020 - Elsevier
Staphylococcus aureus is a major human pathogen, which causes life-threatening systemic
and chronic infections and rapidly acquires resistance to multiple antibiotics. Thus, new …

Quinones: more than electron shuttles

T Franza, P Gaudu - Research in Microbiology, 2022 - Elsevier
Bacterial quinones are lipophilic redox compounds involved in important cellular roles such
as electron transport in respiratory and photosynthetic chains. However, a growing body of …

Detailed genomic and biochemical characterization and plant growth promoting properties of an arsenic-tolerant isolate of Bacillus pacificus from contaminated …

A Kabiraj, U Halder, AS Panja, A Chitikineni… - Biocatalysis and …, 2023 - Elsevier
In this study, arsenic tolerating bacteria Bacillus pacificus (AKS1a) was isolated from arsenic
contaminated groundwater of Purbasthali, Purba Bardhaman, West Bengal, India and its …

A neoteric antibacterial ceria-silver nanozyme for abiotic surfaces

AS Pugazhendhi, CJ Neal, KM Ta, M Molinari, U Kumar… - Biomaterials, 2024 - Elsevier
Community-associated and hospital-acquired infections caused by bacteria continue to yield
major global challenges to human health. Bacterial contamination on abiotic surfaces is …

How to recruit a promiscuous enzyme to serve a new function

SD Copley, MS Newton, KA Widney - Biochemistry, 2022 - ACS Publications
Promiscuous enzymes can be recruited to serve new functions when a genetic or
environmental change makes catalysis of a novel reaction important for fitness or even …