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AGAR a Microbial Colony Dataset for Deep Learning Detection
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Accumulation of volatile constituents in agar and bioreactor shoot cultures of Verbena officinalis L.
PublicationIn vitro shoot cultures of common vervain (Verbena officinalis L., Verbenaceae) were established and evaluated for essential oil content. The shoots were maintained as stationary microshoot culture, grown on Schenk–Hildebrandt medium supplemented with 9.84 µM of 2-isopentenyladenine and 1.0 µM of thidiazuron. The shoots were further adapted to grow in two temporary immersion bioreactors (RITA and Plantform), using Schenk–Hildebrandt...
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Double-Layer Agar (DLA) Modifications for the First Step of the Phage-Antibiotic Synergy (PAS) Identification
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The Influence of Nasturtium officinale R. Br. Agar and Agitated Microshoot Culture Media on Glucosinolate and Phenolic Acid Production, and Antioxidant Activity
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ENG AGR-JABOTICABAL
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Object-oriented approach to oil spill detection using ENVISAT ASAR images
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Method-Dependent Epidemiological Cutoff Values for Detection of Triazole Resistance in Candida and Aspergillus Species for the Sensititre YeastOne Colorimetric Broth and Etest Agar Diffusion Methods
PublicationAlthough the Sensititre Yeast-One (SYO) and Etest methods are widely utilized, interpretive criteria are not available for triazole susceptibility testing of Candida or Aspergillus species. We collected fluconazole, itraconazole, posaconazole, and voriconazole SYO and Etest MICs from 39 laboratories representing all continents for (method/agent-dependent) 11,171 Candida albicans, 215 C. dubliniensis, 4,418 C. glabrata species complex,...
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The agr function and polymorphism: Impact on Staphylococcus aureus susceptibility to photoinactivation
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AJAR-African Journal of AIDS Research
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Apatite-coated Ag/AgBr/TiO2 nanocomposites: Insights into the antimicrobial mechanism in the dark and under visible-light irradiation
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Ager-Revista de Estudios sobre Despoblacion y Desarrollo Rural
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Optical method for verification of homogeneity of phantoms for calibration of magnetic resonance
PublicationThe primary purpose of this study was to develop a laboratory photonic set-up for characterisation of homogeneity of gel phantoms for calibration of magnetic resonance. In this system, optical coherence tomography allows the detection of micro- and macroscopic heterogeneities of a structure. The set-up was used to perform measurements of agar and agar-carrageenan gels, which are the basis for more complex phantoms for magnetic...
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Hydrogels Based on Natural Polymers for Cardiac Applications
PublicationIn this work agar- and borax-based hydrogels with and without the addition of poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVA) at different concentrations were synthesized. Hydrogels were modified by the same amount of acetylsalicylic acid (ASA) which exhibits antithrombotic properties. The effect of modification by ASA on the properties of hydrogels was analyzed.
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Dariusz Mikielewicz prof. dr hab. inż.
PeopleProfessor Dariusz Mikielewicz – born on February 6, 1967. in Gdansk. Here in 1974 he enrolled first to the Elementary School No. 17, and then in the Grammar School No. 5, named after Stefan Żeromski in Gdansk-Oliwa. After graduating from the Secondary School, with honors, in 1985 he successfully passed the entrance exams to the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering of Technical University of Gdansk, where he graduated with a very good...
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An MTA-phosphorylase gene discovered in the metagenomic library derived from Antarctic top soil during screening for lipolytic active clones confers strong pink fluorescence in the presence of rhodamine B.
PublicationIn this work, we present the construction of a metagenomic library in Escherichiacoli using the pUC19 vector and environmental DNA directly isolated fromAntarctic topsoil and screened for lipolytic enzymes. Unexpectedly, the screeningon agar supplemented with olive oil and rhodamine B revealed one unusual pinkfluorescent clone (PINKuv) out of 85 000 clones. This clone harbored a plasmid,pPINKuv, which has an insert of 8317 bp that...
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Test of the antimicrobial properties against Staphylococcus aureus of the innovative CS-2a preservative.
Open Research DataThe dataset contains the results of a single series of determinations of the antimicrobial properties against Staphylococcus aureus of the innovative CS-2 a preservative in the solution of model fluids.During the test, the infected product is inoculated (on Baird-Parker Agar) at specified intervals (0 min. and after 1 day-24 h of incubation ). This...
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Test of the antimicrobial properties against Listeria monocytogenes of the innovative CS-2b preservative.
Open Research DataThe dataset contains the results of a single series of determinations of the antimicrobial properties against Listeria monocytogenes of the innovative CS-2 b preservative in the solution of model fluids.During the test, the infected product is inoculated (on Oxford Agar) at specified intervals (0 min. [Listeria cs2b 0] and after 1 day-24 h of incubation...
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Natalia Anna Wójcik dr hab. inż.
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Test of the antimicrobial properties against E. coli of the innovative CS-2a preservative.
Open Research DataThe dataset contains the results of a single series of determinations of the antimicrobial properties against E. coli of the innovative CS-2 a preservative in the solution of model fluids.During the test, the infected product is inoculated (on chromogenic Coliform Agar) at specified intervals (0 min. [cs2a 0] and after 1 day-24 h of incubation [cs2a...
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Test of the antimicrobial properties against E. coli of the innovative CS-2b preservative.
Open Research DataThe dataset contains the results of a single series of determinations of the antimicrobial properties against E. coli of the innovative CS-2 b preservative in the solution of model fluids.During the test, the infected product is inoculated (on chromogenic Coliform Agar) at specified intervals (0 min. [cs2b 0] and after 1 day-24 h of incubation [cs2b...
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Test of the antimicrobial properties against Listeria monocytogenes of the innovative CS-2a preservative.
Open Research DataThe dataset contains the results of a single series of determinations of the antimicrobial properties against Listeria monocytogenes of the innovative CS-2 a preservative in the solution of model fluids.During the test, the infected product is inoculated (on Oxford Agar) at specified intervals (0 min. [Listeria cs2a 0] and after 1 day-24 h of incubation...
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Investigation of Microbes in the Stratosphere – Stardust Project
PublicationThe stratospheric microbiota has been investigated many times using the methods of classical microbiology. In this research a few modern methods, including NGS sequencing and multiple displacement amplification of DNA, were in use. The analysis of metagenome helped to determine the content of various species of bacteria in the sample collected in the stratosphere by a hydrogen-filled balloon holding...
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Killing kinetics analysis of C-1311 derivative with octaarginine (Compound 1-R8) against Candida albicans
Open Research DataThe datasets contain the results of killing kinetics analysis of imidazoacridinone derivative and fluconazole against C. albicans ATCC 10231. The suspensions of Candida albicans ATCC 10231 cells (500 µL) in RPMI 1640 at cell density of 104 cells /mL were added to 500 µL of RPMI 1640 medium with various concentrations of the compounds, corresponding...
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Detection of UPEC IH11128 ability to form biofilm in a standard congo red (CR) method of colony staining.
Open Research DataA standard method of testing E. coli's ability to form biofilm is based on the analysis of morphologyof bacterial colonies grown on yeast extract/casamino acids (YESCA) nutrient agar medium containing congored (CR) as an indicator dye of ECM production. The CR dye adsorbed from the culture medium bybacteria binds to the components of the ECM, including...
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Effect of neoteric solvents on the activated sewage sludge activity
PublicationCiecze jonowe (ILs) cieszą sie rosnącym zainteresowaniem z uwagi na fakt, iż znajdują coraz więcej zastosowań jako alternatywa dla rozpuszczalników organicznych. W związku z zaistnieniem możliwości zastosowania ILs w nowych czystych technologiach nastała potrzeba zbadania ich toksyczności w stosunku do organizmów żywych i środowiska. Celem badań było oszacowanie wpływu cieczy jonowych na wyselekcjonowane mikroorganizmy osadu czynnego....
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BIODIVERSITY OF YEASTS ISOLATED FROM CAVES OF THE POLISH TATRA MOUNTAINS, AND ITS BIOTECHNOLOGICAL POTENTIAL
PublicationMost of the Earth’s biosphere is permanently or periodically exposed to temperatures below 5°C. Cold habitats harbor a wide diversity of psychrophiles. For many years Antarctica has been the geographic area preferred for studying the diversity and properties of cold-adapted microorganisms. However, the non-Antarctic habitats like Himalayas or Alps are also extensively explored. The Tatra Mountains are Europe’s second-highest massif...
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Ocena degradacji cieplnej powłok metodami termoanalitycznymi
Publicationw rozdziale przedstawiono ocenę degradacji powłok emalii, stanowiącej izolację przewodu nawojowego, wskutek starzenia cieplnego. przedstawiono również wyniki badań termoanalitycznych emalii w różnych stadiach degradacji. badania wykonywano przy zastosowaniu skomputeryzowanego analizatora aga/dsc1.
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Detection of cellulose production capacity of recombinant Escherichia coli strains BL21(DE3) and AAEC191A
Open Research DataBacteria that form biofilms generate an extracellular matrix (ECM), where cellulose stands out as a key constituent. An approach for assessing microorganisms' cellulose production involves using calcofluor white staining on colonies. In this method, a fluorescent dye (calcofluor-white) is introduced to a stable YESCA substrate composed of casamino acids,...
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Detection of cellulose production capacity of recombinant Escherichia coli strains BL21(DE3) and AAEC191A
Open Research DataBacteria that form biofilms generate an extracellular matrix (ECM), where cellulose stands out as a key constituent. An approach for assessing microorganisms' cellulose production involves using calcofluor white staining on colonies. In this method, a fluorescent dye (calcofluor-white) is introduced to a stable YESCA substrate composed of casamino acids,...
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Detection of cellulose production capacity of recombinant Escherichia coli strains BL21(DE3) and AAEC191A
Open Research DataBacteria that form biofilms generate an extracellular matrix (ECM), where cellulose stands out as a key constituent. An approach for assessing microorganisms' cellulose production involves using calcofluor white staining on colonies. In this method, a fluorescent dye (calcofluor-white) is introduced to a stable YESCA substrate composed of casamino acids,...
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Detection of cellulose production capacity of recombinant Escherichia coli strains BL21(DE3) and AAEC191A
Open Research DataBacteria that form biofilms generate an extracellular matrix (ECM), where cellulose stands out as a key constituent. An approach for assessing microorganisms' cellulose production involves using calcofluor white staining on colonies. In this method, a fluorescent dye (calcofluor-white) is introduced to a stable YESCA substrate composed of casamino acids,...
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Spatial Distribution of Eucalyptus Plantation and its Impact on the Depletion of Groundwater Resources of Tehsil Swat Ranizai, District Malakand
PublicationNative to the continent of Australia, eucalyptus is a tall, evergreen tree belonging to the Myrtaceae family. Malakand district has the largest eucalyptus plantation in the province, covering an area of 22,071.29 ha. The present study aims to evaluate its impact on the groundwater table (GWT) in three selected union councils (UCs) of the study area, i.e., Agra, Totakan, and Kot. Both primary and secondary data support the study....
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Identification and molecular modeling of a novel lipase from an Antarctic soil metagenomic library.
PublicationIn this work, we present the construction of a metagenomic library in Escherichia coli using pUC19 vector and environmental DNA directly isolated from Antarctic topsoil and screened for lipolytic enzymes. The screening on agar supplemented with olive oil and rhodamine B revealed one clone with lipolytic activity (Lip1) out of 11,000 E. coli clones. This clone harbored a plasmid, pLip1, which has an insert of 4722 bp that has been...
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A comparative analysis of phenotypic and genotypic methods for the determination of the biofilm-forming abilities of Staphylococcus epidermidis
PublicationThe collection of 146 Staphylococcus epidermidis strains isolated from the nasopharynx of lung cancer patients has been studied for the ability of slime secretion and biofilm formation using the Congo red agar (CRA) test and the microtiter plate (MtP) method, respectively. The prevalence of the icaAD and the aap genes was also analyzed. Some isolates (35.6%) were biofilm positive by the MtP method, while 58.9% of isolates exhibited...
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A study on the interaction of rhodamine B with methylthioadenosine phosphorylase protein sourced from an Antarctic soil metagenomic library.
PublicationThe presented study examines the phenomenon of the fluorescence under UV light excitation (312 nm) of E. coli cells expressing a novel metagenomic-derived putative methylthioadenosine phosphorylase gene, called rsfp, grown on LB agar supplemented with a fluorescent dye rhodamine B. For this purpose, an rsfp gene was cloned and expressed in an LMG194 E. coli strain using an arabinose promoter. The resulting RSFP protein was purified...
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A comparative analysis of phenotypic and genotypic methods for the determination of the biofilm-forming abilities of Staphylococcus epidermidis
PublicationThe collection of 146 Staphylococcus epidermidis strains isolated from the nasopharynx of lung cancer patients has been studied for the ability of slime secretion and biofilm formation using the Congo red agar (CRA) test and the microtiter plate (MtP) method, respectively. The prevalence of the icaAD and the aap genes was also analyzed. Some isolates (35.6%) were biofilm positive by the MtP method, while 58.9% of isolates exhibited...
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Aga Bugiel
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Evaluation of antimicrobial activities of powdered cuttlebone against Klebsiella oxytoca, Staphylococcus aureus, and Aspergillus flavus
PublicationBackground: The presence of medicines in the environment is considered as a serious threat to the human health. The entrance of these substances into the water sources causes soil pollution, which eventually leads to the environmental pollution and it creates some problems for the public health. Also, increasing antibiotic resistant bacteria has attracted the attention of researchers to the use of natural resources such as marine...
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Spectroscopy and Dynamics of Cryptolepine in the Nanocavity of Cucurbit[7]uril and DNA
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A new B-D-galactosidase with a low temperature optimum isolated from the Antarctic Arthrobacter sp. 20B: gene cloning, purification and characterization.
PublicationA psychrotrophic bacterium producing a coldadaptedB-galactosidase upon growth at low temperatureswas classiWed as Arthrobacter sp. 20B. A genomic DNAlibrary of strain 20B introduced into Escherichia coliTOP10F' and screening on X-Gal (5-bromo-4-chloro-3-indolyl-B-D-galactopyranoside)-containing agar plates ledto the isolation of B-galactosidase gene. The B-galactosidasegene (bgaS) encoding a protein of 1,053 amino acids,with a...
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Bovine Serum Albumin – Hydroxyapatite Nanoflowers as Potential Local Drug Delivery System of Ciprofloxacin
PublicationIntroduction: Hybrid nanoflowers are structures consisting of organic (enzymes, proteins, nucleic acids) and inorganic components (mostly metal phosphates) with a flower-like hierarchical structure. Novel hybrid nanoflowers based on bovine serum albumin (BSA) and hydroxyapatite (HA) were obtained and characterized. Study on BSA-HA nanoflowers as potential drug delivery system is reported for the first time. Methods: Embedding ciprofloxacin...
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Correlation between the number of Pro-Ala repeats in the EmrA homologue of Acinetobacter baumannii and resistance to netilmicin, tobramycin, imipenem and ceftazidime
PublicationAcinetobacter baumannii coccobacilli are dangerous to patients in intensive care units because of their multidrug resistance to antibiotics, developed mainly in the past decade. This study aimed to examine whether there is a significant correlation between the number of Pro-Ala repeats in the CAP01997 protein, the EmrA homologue of A. baumannii, and resistance to antibiotics. A total of 79 multidrug-resistant A. baumannii strains...
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Structural determinants of imidazoacridinones facilitating antitumor activity are crucial for substrate recognition by ABCG2
PublicationW pracy zidentyfikowaliśmy elementy struktury chemicznej dla 23 pochodnych imidazoakrydonu odpowiedzialne za ich rozpoznawanie przez transporter typu ABC, białko ABCG2. za transport tych związków przez pompę ABCG2 odpowiedzialne jest grupa hydroksylowa w pozycjach R1, R2 i R3 chromoforu. Stwierdziliśmy także, że zwiększanie ilości grup metylenowych łańcucha bocznego imidazoakrydonów powodowało zmniejszenie aktywnego transportu...
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Agro‐industrial wastes for production of paclitaxel by irradiated Aspergillus fumigatus under solid‐state fermentation
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Antioxidant and antimicrobial activity of fermented beverages obtained from fruit pomace
PublicationFruit pomace should not be considered as a waste product but as a by-product as it contains a lot of valuable components such as dietary fiber, bioactive compounds and a source of nutrients. The reasonable way to utilize these by-products, both fresh or dried, could be the fermentation of its extracts, leading to beverages with functional properties. In our research, we checked the possibility of using chokeberry, apple and...
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Elucidation of chemical compounds in different extracts of two Lavandula taxa and their biological potentials: Walking with versatile agents on the road from nature to functional applications
PublicationDue to their health-promoting and nutraceutical properties, lavenders are frequently employed in the food and pharmaceutical industries. Here, we focused on investigate the chemical profile of hexane, MeOH, and water extracts of leaf, flower, and root of L. pedunculata and L. stoechas and to assess their antioxidant, enzyme inhibitory, and antibacterial properties. The highest total polyphenolic and flavonoids contents were recorded...
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The Quantum Efficiency Roll-Off Effect in Near-Infrared Organic Electroluminescent Devices with Iridium Complexes Emitters
PublicationThe electroluminescence quantum efficiency roll-off in iridium(III)-based complexes, namely Ir(iqbt)2(dpm) and Ir(iqbt)3(iqbt=1 (benzo[b]thiophen-2-yl)-isoquinolinate, dpm=2,2,6,6-tetramethyl-3,5-heptanedionate) utilized as near-infrared emitters in organic light emitting diodes with remarkable external quantum efficiencies, up to circa 3%, 1.5% and 1%, are measured and analyzed. With a 5–6 weight % of emitters embedded...
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Curing epoxy with electrochemically synthesized Zn Fe3-O4 magnetic nanoparticles
PublicationCathodic electrodeposition (CED) was applied in synthesis of undoped and zinc (Zn) doped Fe3O4 nanoparticles. Changes in the lattice structure of nanoparticles were monitored using X-ray diffraction (XRD), field-emission scanning electron microscopy (FE-SEM) supported by dispersive X-ray spectrometry (EDS), and vibrating sample magnetometry (VSM). Detailed analyses explored the formation of ZnxFe3–xO4 nanoparticles with x ≈ 0.1,...
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Remarkable visible-light induced hydrogen generation with ZnIn2S4 microspheres/CuInS2 quantum dots photocatalytic system
PublicationA new and active material in the form of ZnIn2S4 microspheres decorated by CuInS2 quantum dots have been obtained by hydrothermal method for the first time. The optimum amount of CuInS2 quantum dots (1.13 wt.%) introduced into rection medium during ZnIn2S4 microspheres synthesis increased the photocatalytic H2 generation rate by 2.5 times than that of bare ZnIn2S4 photocatalysis under visible light irradiation. This sample exhibited...
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Receptor for advanced glycation end‐products: Biological significance and imaging applications
PublicationThe receptor for advanced glycation end-products (RAGE or AGER) is a transmembrane, immunoglobulin-like receptor that, due to its multiple isoform structures, binds to a diverse range of endo- and exogenous ligands. RAGE activation caused by the ligand binding initiates a cascade of complex pathways associated with producing free radicals, such as reactive nitric oxide and oxygen species, cell proliferation, and immunoinflammatory...