Activity of a foam in preventing rebound of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium-containing droplets generated from the toilet bowl
Arch Microbiol. 2024 Jan 8;206(2):57. doi: 10.1007/s00203-023-03775-7.ABSTRACTIn hospital environments, droplets generated by urination within shared toilets may represent a route of dissemination for bacteria such as vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium (VREfm), which contributes significantly to the burden of hospital-acquired infections. We investigated the potential activity of a foam in preventing the generation of droplets containing Enterococcus spp. during urination. A uniform layer of foam was deposited in the inner walls and at the bottom of an experimental toilet contaminated with suspensions of Enterococcu...
Source: Archives of Microbiology - January 8, 2024 Category: Microbiology Authors: Felice Valzano Anna Rita Daniela Coda Marianna Marangi Gianfranco La Bella Arcangelo Liso Fabio Arena Source Type: research

Allelopathic effects of phenolic acid extracts on Morchella mushrooms, pathogenic fungus, and soil-dominant fungus uncover the mechanism of morel continuous cropping obstacle
Arch Microbiol. 2024 Jan 6;206(1):55. doi: 10.1007/s00203-023-03790-8.ABSTRACTThe prominent problem of continuous cropping obstacle has been frustrating the morel farming. To deepen the understanding on morel continuous cropping obstacle, the allelopathic effects of phenolic acid extracts from morel continuous cropping soils on growth and development of Morchella sextelata, M. eximia, M. importuna, pathogenic fungus Fusarium sp. and soil-dominant fungus Chaetomium sp. were investigated. These effects were expressed as response index (RI). Under actual content of phenolic acids (6.150 μg/g fresh mixed continuous cropping s...
Source: Archives of Microbiology - January 6, 2024 Category: Microbiology Authors: Qi Yin Zhuo Chen Peixin He Wei Liu Wenye Zhang Xiumin Cao Source Type: research

Allelopathic effects of phenolic acid extracts on Morchella mushrooms, pathogenic fungus, and soil-dominant fungus uncover the mechanism of morel continuous cropping obstacle
Arch Microbiol. 2024 Jan 6;206(1):55. doi: 10.1007/s00203-023-03790-8.ABSTRACTThe prominent problem of continuous cropping obstacle has been frustrating the morel farming. To deepen the understanding on morel continuous cropping obstacle, the allelopathic effects of phenolic acid extracts from morel continuous cropping soils on growth and development of Morchella sextelata, M. eximia, M. importuna, pathogenic fungus Fusarium sp. and soil-dominant fungus Chaetomium sp. were investigated. These effects were expressed as response index (RI). Under actual content of phenolic acids (6.150 μg/g fresh mixed continuous cropping s...
Source: Archives of Microbiology - January 6, 2024 Category: Microbiology Authors: Qi Yin Zhuo Chen Peixin He Wei Liu Wenye Zhang Xiumin Cao Source Type: research

Effect of conA-unbound proteins from Melipona beecheii honey on the formation of Pseudomonas aeruginosa ATCC 27853 biofilm
Arch Microbiol. 2024 Jan 5;206(1):54. doi: 10.1007/s00203-023-03783-7.ABSTRACTPseudomonas aeruginosa is an opportunistic bacterium that can form a biofilm with the ability to colonize different surfaces and for increasing resistance to antibiotics. An alternative to solve this problem may be the use of non-glucose/mannose glycosylated proteins from Melipona beecheii honey, which are capable of inhibiting the growth of this pathogen. In this work, the antibiofilm activity of the conA-unbound protein fraction (F1) from M. beecheii was evaluated. The crude protein extract (CPE) and the F1 fraction inhibited the P. aeruginosa ...
Source: Archives of Microbiology - January 5, 2024 Category: Microbiology Authors: Luis Pool-Yam Jes ús Ramón-Sierra A I Oliva Roberto Zamora-Bustillos Elizabeth Ortiz-V ázquez Source Type: research

Analysis of phenotypic changes in high temperature and low pH extreme conditions of Alicyclobacillus sendaiensis PA2 related with the cell wall and sporulation genes
In this study, we analyze the A. sendaiensis PA2 genome. The genome was assembled and annotated. The A. sendaiensis PA2 genome structure consists of a 2,956,928 bp long chromosome and 62.77% of G + C content. 3056 CDSs were predicted, and 2921 genes were assigned to a putative function. The ANIm and ANIb value resulted in 97.17% and 96.65%, the DDH value was 75.5%, and the value of TETRA (Z-score) was 0.98. Comparative genomic analyses indicated that three systems are enriched in A. sendaiensis PA2. This strain has phenotypic changes in cell wall during batch culture at 65 °C, pH 5.0 and without carbon and nitrogen source...
Source: Archives of Microbiology - January 5, 2024 Category: Microbiology Authors: Lourdes Yaret Ortiz-Cort és Elva Teresa Ar échiga-Carvajal Luc ía María Cristina Ventura-Canseco Victor Manuel Ru íz-Valdiviezo Federico Antonio Guti érrez-Miceli Peggy Elizabeth Alvarez-Guti érrez Source Type: research

Effect of conA-unbound proteins from Melipona beecheii honey on the formation of Pseudomonas aeruginosa ATCC 27853 biofilm
Arch Microbiol. 2024 Jan 5;206(1):54. doi: 10.1007/s00203-023-03783-7.ABSTRACTPseudomonas aeruginosa is an opportunistic bacterium that can form a biofilm with the ability to colonize different surfaces and for increasing resistance to antibiotics. An alternative to solve this problem may be the use of non-glucose/mannose glycosylated proteins from Melipona beecheii honey, which are capable of inhibiting the growth of this pathogen. In this work, the antibiofilm activity of the conA-unbound protein fraction (F1) from M. beecheii was evaluated. The crude protein extract (CPE) and the F1 fraction inhibited the P. aeruginosa ...
Source: Archives of Microbiology - January 5, 2024 Category: Microbiology Authors: Luis Pool-Yam Jes ús Ramón-Sierra A I Oliva Roberto Zamora-Bustillos Elizabeth Ortiz-V ázquez Source Type: research

Analysis of phenotypic changes in high temperature and low pH extreme conditions of Alicyclobacillus sendaiensis PA2 related with the cell wall and sporulation genes
In this study, we analyze the A. sendaiensis PA2 genome. The genome was assembled and annotated. The A. sendaiensis PA2 genome structure consists of a 2,956,928 bp long chromosome and 62.77% of G + C content. 3056 CDSs were predicted, and 2921 genes were assigned to a putative function. The ANIm and ANIb value resulted in 97.17% and 96.65%, the DDH value was 75.5%, and the value of TETRA (Z-score) was 0.98. Comparative genomic analyses indicated that three systems are enriched in A. sendaiensis PA2. This strain has phenotypic changes in cell wall during batch culture at 65 °C, pH 5.0 and without carbon and nitrogen source...
Source: Archives of Microbiology - January 5, 2024 Category: Microbiology Authors: Lourdes Yaret Ortiz-Cort és Elva Teresa Ar échiga-Carvajal Luc ía María Cristina Ventura-Canseco Victor Manuel Ru íz-Valdiviezo Federico Antonio Guti érrez-Miceli Peggy Elizabeth Alvarez-Guti érrez Source Type: research

A comprehensive review on antibacterial analysis of natural extract-based metal and metal oxide nanoparticles
Arch Microbiol. 2024 Jan 4;206(1):52. doi: 10.1007/s00203-023-03743-1.ABSTRACTPharmaceutical, food packing, cosmetics, agriculture, energy storage devices widely utilize metal and metal oxide nanoparticles prepared via different physical and chemical methods. It resulted in the release of several dangerous compounds and solvents as the nanoparticles were being formed. Currently, Researchers interested in preparing nanoparticles (NPs) via biological approach due to their unique physiochemical properties which took part in reducing the environmental risks. However, a number of microbial species are causing dangerous illnesse...
Source: Archives of Microbiology - January 4, 2024 Category: Microbiology Authors: M Shandhiya B Janarthanan S Sharmila Source Type: research

Exoproteome analysis of Pseudomonas aeruginosa response to high alkane stress
Arch Microbiol. 2024 Jan 4;206(1):51. doi: 10.1007/s00203-023-03749-9.ABSTRACTMicrobial biodegradation serves as an effective approach to treat oil pollution. However, the application of such methods for the degrading long-chain alkanes still encounters significant challenges. Comparative proteomics has extensively studied the intracellular proteins of bacteria that degrade short- and medium-chain alkanes, but the role and mechanism of extracellular proteins in many microorganism remain unclear. To enhance our understanding of the roles of extracellular proteins in the adaptation to long-chain alkanes, a label-free LC-MS/M...
Source: Archives of Microbiology - January 4, 2024 Category: Microbiology Authors: Yue Dou Xuefeng Zhou Xipeng Liu Jingli Hou Source Type: research

A comprehensive review on antibacterial analysis of natural extract-based metal and metal oxide nanoparticles
Arch Microbiol. 2024 Jan 4;206(1):52. doi: 10.1007/s00203-023-03743-1.ABSTRACTPharmaceutical, food packing, cosmetics, agriculture, energy storage devices widely utilize metal and metal oxide nanoparticles prepared via different physical and chemical methods. It resulted in the release of several dangerous compounds and solvents as the nanoparticles were being formed. Currently, Researchers interested in preparing nanoparticles (NPs) via biological approach due to their unique physiochemical properties which took part in reducing the environmental risks. However, a number of microbial species are causing dangerous illnesse...
Source: Archives of Microbiology - January 4, 2024 Category: Microbiology Authors: M Shandhiya B Janarthanan S Sharmila Source Type: research

Exoproteome analysis of Pseudomonas aeruginosa response to high alkane stress
Arch Microbiol. 2024 Jan 4;206(1):51. doi: 10.1007/s00203-023-03749-9.ABSTRACTMicrobial biodegradation serves as an effective approach to treat oil pollution. However, the application of such methods for the degrading long-chain alkanes still encounters significant challenges. Comparative proteomics has extensively studied the intracellular proteins of bacteria that degrade short- and medium-chain alkanes, but the role and mechanism of extracellular proteins in many microorganism remain unclear. To enhance our understanding of the roles of extracellular proteins in the adaptation to long-chain alkanes, a label-free LC-MS/M...
Source: Archives of Microbiology - January 4, 2024 Category: Microbiology Authors: Yue Dou Xuefeng Zhou Xipeng Liu Jingli Hou Source Type: research

An extremely rare serovar of Salmonella enterica (Yopougon) discovered in a Western Whip Snake (Hierophis viridiflavus) from Montecristo Island, Italy: case report and review
Arch Microbiol. 2024 Jan 3;206(1):49. doi: 10.1007/s00203-023-03772-w.ABSTRACTReptiles, including snakes, can be asymptomatically infected with multiple pathogen microorganisms, including Salmonella spp., which is considered an important concern for public and animal health. Small and uninhabited isles are quite ecologically different from mainland and represent interesting fields of study, to discover unexpected biological and microbiological aspects of their wild inhabitants. This work reports the presence of the very rare Salmonella enterica serovar Yopougon, isolated in a carcass of a native wild snake (Hierophis virid...
Source: Archives of Microbiology - January 3, 2024 Category: Microbiology Authors: Andrea Francesco De Bene Valeria Russini Carlo Corradini Silvia Vita Sabrina Pecchi Maria Laura De Marchis Giuliana Terracciano Claudia Focardi Alessandro Montemaggiori Marco Alberto Luca Zuffi Fran çois-Xavier Weill Teresa Boss ù Source Type: research

Identification and characterization of a novel decalin derivative with anti-Candida activity from Streptomyces chrestomyceticus strain ADP4
Arch Microbiol. 2024 Jan 3;206(1):50. doi: 10.1007/s00203-023-03788-2.ABSTRACTA novel decalin derivative, trans-1-oxo-2,4-diacetylaminodecalin (1) with anti-Candida activity, had been isolated from Streptomyces chrestomyceticus strain ADP4. The structure of the compound was determined from the analysis of spectral data (LCMS/MS, UV, FTIR, 1D- and 2D-NMR). The anti-Candida activity of 1 was specific to Candida albicans and Candida auris. Further, it displayed inhibition of the early-stage biofilm of C. albicans. In-silico analysis of the compound revealed its drug likeness properties without any violations and PAINS alert w...
Source: Archives of Microbiology - January 3, 2024 Category: Microbiology Authors: Radha Singh Mohd Ali Ashok K Dubey Source Type: research

Characterization of Priestia megaterium S1, a polymer degrading gut microbe isolated from the gut of Tenebrio molitor larvae fed on Styrofoam
This study reveals that Tenebrio molitor larvae are fed with two different feeds i.e., barley bran along with Styrofoam, and barley bran without Styrofoam, the survival percentage of mealworms shows 86 and 89%, respectively. Five isolates namely S1, S2, S3, S4, and S5 were isolated from the gut of Styrofoam-feeding Tenebrio molitor larvae and tested for Hydrophobicity percentage, clear zone assay and turbidity measurement. S1 isolate showed best (turbidity percentage of 19.65%, 13.54% hydrophobicity percentage, and 37% zone of clearance) when compared to other isolates, respectively. 16S rRNA characterization of S1 isolate...
Source: Archives of Microbiology - December 30, 2023 Category: Microbiology Authors: Krishnamoorthi Akash Rengasamy Parthasarathi Rajavel Elango Subramanian Bragadeeswaran Source Type: research

Aureispira anguillae sp. nov., isolated from Japanese eel Anguilla japonica leptocephali
Arch Microbiol. 2023 Dec 30;206(1):47. doi: 10.1007/s00203-023-03771-x.ABSTRACTA novel filamentous eel-leptocephalus pathogenic marine bacterium, designated strain EL160426T, was isolated from Japanese eel, Anguilla japonica, leptocephali reared at a laboratory in Mie, Japan. In experimental infection studies on eel larvae, the strain EL160426T caused massive larval mortality and was reisolated from moribund leptocephali. Characteristically, observations of infected larvae found that EL160426T forms columnar colonies on the cranial surface of larvae. The novel isolate exhibited growth at 15-30 °C, pH 7-9, and seawater con...
Source: Archives of Microbiology - December 30, 2023 Category: Microbiology Authors: Kei Yuasa Tohru Mekata Ikunari Kiryu Kazuharu Nomura Ryusuke Sudo Masataka Satomi Source Type: research