The bacterial outer membrane (OM) is a barrier containing membrane proteins and liposaccharides that fulfill crucial functions for Gram-negative bacteria. With the advent of drug-resistant bacteria, it is necessary to understand the functional role of this membrane and its constituents to enable novel drug designs. Here we report a simple method to form an OM-like supported bilayer (OM-SB), whi...

Rhizobia are soil bacteria able to establish a nitrogen-fixing symbiosis with leguminous plants. Most of them belong to the Alphaproteobacteria based on the sequences of the gene coding for 16S rRNA [1,2]. However, over the last 15 years studies have reported the presence of legume-nodulating bacteria in the genera Burkholderia and Cupriavidus (Burkholderiaceae) in the Betaproteobacteria [3-21]...

conclusions these extracts can be used as antibacterial agents in treating infectious diseases. further studies are needed for considering this plant as an antibacterial plant and benefit from its clinical applications for routine use. background tagetes genus contains 56 species and is native in north and south america, but some have become widespread around the world. objectives this study wa...

background: most of the population in the different areas of world is affected by bacterial infections responsible for dental caries. due to the importance of traditional medicines derived from herbs used for dental problems, this study investigated in vitro antibacterial activity of mentha longifolia essential oil from ardabil, iran, on streptococcus mutans, lactobacillus rhamnosus and actinom...

Abstract K9CATH is the sole cathelicidin in canines (dogs) and exhibits broad antimicrobial activity against both Gram-positive Gram-negative bacteria. also modulates inflammatory responses binds to LPS. These activities depend on secondary structure a net-positive charge of peptide. Peptidylarginine deiminases (PAD) convert cationic peptidyl arginine neutral citrulline. Thus, we hypothesized t...

In the context of global warming, changes in phytoplankton-associated bacterial communities have potential to change biogeochemical cycling and food webs marine ecosystems. Skeletonema is a cosmopolitan diatom genus coastal waters worldwide. Here, we grew strain with its native assemblage at different temperatures examined cell concentrations sp. free-living bacteria, dissolved organic carbon (...

background and objectives: sodium dodecyl sulfate (sds) is one of the most widely used anionic detergents. the present study deals with isolation and identification of sds-degrading bacteria from a detergent contaminated pond situated in varanasi city, india. materials and methods : employing enrichment technique in minimal medium (pbm), sds-degrading bacteria were isolated from pond water samp...

We report on an experimental study of the processing of noun-noun compounds by native and non-native speakers of English, based on Event-Related Potentials recorded during a maskprimed lexical decision task. Analysis was by generalised linear mixed-effect modelling and generalised additive mixed modelling. Non-native processing is found to display headedness effects induced by the mothertongue....

Although the term “digital native” by Prensky is not appreciated by all pedagogical researchers, it perfectly describes the nowadays students that continuously deal with technology. Over the last ten years, the way in which education and training are delivered has considerably changed due to the introduction of new technologies. One of them, very promising, is Game-Based Learning. The work prop...

Inspired by the success of digital-native companies such as Google or Salesforce, established companies such as car manufacturers, equipment manufacturers, or banks strive for value co-creation via open IT platforms. However, literature on value co-creation does not cater to the specific situation of established companies. Addressing this gap, we seek to improve our understanding of how establi...