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Ján Király, Vanda Hajducková, Gabriela Gregová, Tatiana Szabóová and Emil Pilipcinec
Staphylococcus spp. is the most common cause of mastitis, with a significantly low cure rate. Bacterial characteristics like adhesion and biofilm formation, as well as extracellular factors, can affect the pathogenesis of staphylococcal mastitis. The stu...
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Agnieszka Wiszniewska-Laszczych, Joanna Szteyn, Marta Soltysiuk, Jaroslaw Kowalik and Monika Modzelewska-Kapitula
The prevalence of staphylococci in the environment of humans, including food, may lead to the production of toxins and food poisoning in consumers. Additionally, staphylococci constitute a reservoir of genes determining antibiotic resistance. The study a...
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Maarten Glibert, Carine Matthys, Aurélie Van Lancker, Amber Segers and Hugo De Bruyn
The influence of implant surface roughness on implant treatment outcome is still under debate. A rougher implant surface improves osseointegration but yields greater plaque accumulation and biofilm formation. Hybrid implants have a minimally rough compon...
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Riccardo Fontana, Eva Sánchez-Hernández, Pablo Martín-Ramos, Jesús Martín-Gil and Peggy Marconi
Smilax aspera L. (commonly known as sarsaparilla) is recognized for its composition rich in flavonoids, phenylpropanoids, steroidal saponins, stilbenoids, and tannins, exhibiting anti-inflammatory, cytotoxic, and antimicrobial properties. This study inve...
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Rudy Benetti, Tobia Politi, Marco Bartoli and Nerijus Nika
In situ evaluations of the metabolic rates (i.e., respiration and excretion) of salmonid eggs are mostly indirect, focusing on the sampling of hyporheic water from wild or artificial nests. Comparatively, experimental studies carried out under controlled...
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Edamkue Israel, Selvarajan Ramganesh, Akebe Luther King Abia and Chioma Blaise Chikere
The marine environment possesses diverse and complex characteristics, representing a significant challenge for microbial survival. Therefore, bacteria must develop adaptive mechanisms to thrive in such environments. Quorum sensing (QS), a well-establishe...
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Rojarani Pallavali, Donghyeok Shin and Jeongdong Choi
The presence of antibiotic-resistant bacteria (ARB) in receiving water can severely threaten the aquatic environment and human health. The treated effluent containing ARB in some livestock wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) is returned to the municipal ...
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Sanam Bhatti, Tanveer A. Gadhi, Rasool Bux Mahar, Imran Ali, Najeebullah Channa, Junaid Ahmed Kori and Barbara Bonelli
Biofilms in water distribution lines strongly affect water safety as they are the main carriers of pathogens. The current study investigated the biofilm formation and identification of selected pathogens in different distribution pipeline materials and t...
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Xuya Lv, Yingwen Zhong, Geyi Fu, Yuehong Wu and Xuewei Xu
Polymetallic nodules and polymetallic sulfides are currently the major mineral resources found on the seabed. The motivation behind deep-sea mining arises from the pursuit of valuable metals, driven by both economic and geopolitical considerations. Howev...
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You Lv, Yubing Cheng, Xiangzhe Meng, Xu Jiao, Zehua Dong and Xinxin Zhang
The limited antifouling capability of Ti-based components could jeopardize their applications in petroleum engineering. In this work, a Cu-enriched TiO2 coating has been fabricated using an ultrasound-auxiliary micro-arc oxidation (UMAO) method. The Cu e...
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