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Plant Dis 2022 Mar 31. Epub 2022 Mar 31.

Changsha, China;

Litsea cubeba, an important industrial plant species that originated in China, produces fruit essential oil extensively applied in the chemical industry (Xiang et al. 2020). In July 2020, a large-scale outbreak of leaf spot disease on Litsea cubeba was first observed and then monitored over time in Yueyang (29°37'N; 113°13'E) and Changsha (28°06'N; 113°02'E), Hunan province, China. Read More

Antibiotics (Basel) 2022 Jan 25;11(2). Epub 2022 Jan 25.

Biofood and Nutraceutics Research and Development Group, Faculty of Engineering in Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Technical University of the North, Av. 17 de Julio s-21. Barrio El Olivo, Ibarra 100150, Ecuador.

The occurrence of multidrug-resistant pathogens in the food chain causes health problems in humans, thus, research for novel antimicrobials to combat their growth is of interest. This study evaluates the antimicrobial potential of several combinations of peptide-protein extracts (PCs) consisting of peptide extracts from three native probiotic strains, UTNGt2, UTNGt28, and UTNGt21A, alone or in combination with EDTA (ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid) against multidrug-resistant ATCC1026 and UTNB3Sm1. Based on the antimicrobial assay, among the 19 tested PCs, two (PC11 and PC17) produced a greater zone of inhibition against both pathogens in vitro. Read More

Front Microbiol 2021 2;12:780864. Epub 2021 Dec 2.

Department of Biology, Indiana University Bloomington, Bloomington, IN, United States.

The bacterial FtsZ-ring initiates division by recruiting a large repertoire of proteins (the divisome; Z-ring) needed for septation and separation of cells. Although FtsZ is essential and its role as the main orchestrator of cell division is conserved in most eubacteria, the regulators of Z-ring presence and positioning are not universal. This study characterizes factors that regulate divisome presence and placement in the ovoid-shaped pathogen, (), focusing on FtsZ, EzrA, SepF, ZapA, and ZapJ, which is reported here as a partner of ZapA. Read More

Nat Chem Biol 2021 08 27;17(8):878-887. Epub 2021 May 27.

Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Molecular Genetics, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, USA.

In ovoid-shaped, Gram-positive bacteria, MapZ guides FtsZ-ring positioning at cell equators. The cell wall of the ovococcus Streptococcus mutans contains peptidoglycan decorated with serotype c carbohydrates (SCCs). In the present study, we identify the major cell separation autolysin AtlA as an SCC-binding protein. Read More

World J Clin Cases 2020 Jun;8(11):2350-2358

Department of CT/MRI, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Fujian Medical University, Quanzhou 362000, Fujian Province, China.

Background: A myxofibrosarcoma (MFS) is a malignant fibroblastic tumor that tends to occur in the lower and upper extremities. The reported incidence of head and neck MFSs is extremely rare. We report a 46-year-old male with "a neoplasm in the scalp" who was hospitalized and diagnosed with an MFS (highly malignant with massive necrotic lesions) based on histologic and immunohistochemistry evaluations. Read More