Beta lactamase-producing Neisseria gonorrhoeae alleviates Amoxicillin-induced chlamydial persistence
Highlights • #Chlamydia trachomatis (CT) and $Neisseria gonorrhoeae (NG) co-infections are common. • N. gonorrhoeae may cause a...
Welcome to Mostly Microbes and Infectious Diseases. David Ojcius posts newspaper and journal articles in the broad field of microbiology.
Highlights • #Chlamydia trachomatis (CT) and $Neisseria gonorrhoeae (NG) co-infections are common. • N. gonorrhoeae may cause a...
In healthy people, #probiotic supplements offer little benefit & can potentially do more harm than good. Studies show that taking...
Study found mucins shape oral #microbiota by serving as nutrients to support metabolic diversity, organizing spatial structure thru...
#exercise has many benefits—strengthening muscles and bones, preventing disease and extending lifespan. It is also known to change the...
Scientists know our gut influences our brain. So psychobiotic drugs that shift the composition of microbes in the gut may be able to help...
University of the Pacific’s McGeorge School of Law is launching an innovative program to help local governments make transformative...
by Cassio Luiz Coutinho Almeida-da-Silva, Luiz Eduardo Baggio Savio, Robson Coutinho-Silva and David M. Ojcius The innate immune system...
by David M. Ojcius, John Ding-E Young Over the past decade or so, pore-forming proteins (PFPs) have been isolated from various immune...
Highlights •LinCas4 is a metal dependent endonuclease. •Mutation of metal interacting residues (Asp74 and Glu87) curtails the DNase...
Highlights •We report the transcriptome profiling of Caco-2 cells upon interaction with membrane vesicles of #Listeria monocytogenes....
The pandemic caused by Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (#SARSCoV2) is receiving worldwide attention, due to the severity...
Highlights •Rice sheath blight is caused by necrotrophic dreadful fungus Rhizoctonia solani. •Forward genetics tools identified RSS1...
Background The usefulness of available vaccine and serological tests for leptospirosis is limited by the low cross-reactivity of antigens...
by Cássio Luiz Coutinho Almeida-da-Silva , Harmony Matshik Dakafay , Kenji O'Brien , Dallin Montierth , Nan Xiao , David M Ojcius...
The microbiomes of physically active people can be quite different from those of people who rarely #exercise #microbiome #microbiota Your...
Najwane Said-Sadier, Batoul Sayegh, Raymond Farah, Linda Abou Abbas, Rania Dweik, Norina Tang and David M. Ojcius Introduction:...
Jarrod N. Cortez (1), Ignacio O. Romero (1), Md Sayed Tanveer (3), Chuang Niu (3), Cássio Luiz Coutinho Almeida-da-Silva (2), Leticia...
Researchers trawling genetic databases discovered a distant relative of #influenza viruses in sturgeon. The wider #flu virus family that...
by Matthew A. Pettengill,Verissa W. Lam,Ikechukwu Ollawa,Camila Marques-da-Silva,David M. Ojcius. #Ivermectin is currently approved for...
by Cassio Luiz Coutinho Almeida-da-Silva, Leticia Ferreira Cabido, Wei-Chun Chin, Ge Wang, David M. Ojcius and Changqing Li. Engineered...