Recent studies suggest that animals and people alike have close and complex relationships with the bacteria around and within ...

How does the gut talk to the brain? A new study identifies polysaccharides and peptidoglycans as the key bacterial signals ...

natural products; prodigiosin; Serratia marcescens (S. marcescens) NJZT-1; anticancer activity; LAMTSC2-null cells In this study, a special Serratia strain was established. The natural product of this ...

PRODIGIOSIN—the red pigment produced by S. marcescens—is a linear tripyrrole which has been studied by many workers. Previously the prodigiosin has been isolated by drastic methods—such as extraction ...

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ABSTRACT: This study was prepared due to a lack of studies on the immune modulatory effects of prodigiosin in mice against bacterial infection and the increased demand for natural resources. This ...

The bacterium Serratia rubidaea plays a bit of a Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde role in healthcare and bioprocessing. For the Mr. Hyde side of Serratia rubidaea, Alexandra Chiaverini, DMV, PhD, of the ...

This work was supported by grants from the National Institute of Arthritis and Metabolic Diseases, U. S. Public Health Service, and from the National Science Foundation. It was also supported in part ...

European space researchers are turning to an interesting place to find new antimicrobial coatings to keep the insides of future space suits from becoming stinky, bacteria-laden biohazards: the ...

One of the environment's most toxic heavy metals and frequent industrial pollution is cadmium (Cd) (Almeer et al., 2018). Cigarette smoking, polluted water, and air pollution are the main sources of ...