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Autor:
Leon M. T. Dicks
Publikováno v:
Gut Microbes, Vol 16, Iss 1 (2024)
Most of the short-chain fatty acids (SCFAs) are produced by Bifidobacterium, Lactobacillus, Lachnospiraceae, Blautia, Coprococcus, Roseburia, Facealibacterium and Oscillospira. Butyrate (C4H7O2−) supplies 70% of energy to intestinal epithelial cell
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https://doaj.org/article/7b92c52100e845be92482529b7dd781f
Publikováno v:
Microbial Cell Factories, Vol 22, Iss 1, Pp 1-21 (2023)
Abstract Background Lanthipeptides are a rapidly expanding family of ribosomally synthesized and post-translationally modified natural compounds with diverse biological functions. Lanthipeptide structural and biosynthetic genes can readily be identif
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https://doaj.org/article/51e0173d36434f538d6a99497726f7c9
Autor:
Leon M. T. Dicks, Wian Vermeulen
Publikováno v:
Viruses, Vol 16, Iss 3, p 478 (2024)
Healthcare faces a major problem with the increased emergence of antimicrobial resistance due to over-prescribing antibiotics. Bacteriophages may provide a solution to the treatment of bacterial infections given their specificity. Enzymes such as end
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https://doaj.org/article/807013d9d7d94f7ca972ca396058f18f
Autor:
Leon M. T. Dicks
Publikováno v:
Microorganisms, Vol 11, Iss 9, p 2161 (2023)
Clostridioides difficile is considered a nosocomial pathogen that flares up in patients exposed to antibiotic treatment. However, four out of ten patients diagnosed with C. difficile infection (CDI) acquired the infection from non-hospitalized indivi
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https://doaj.org/article/7c0e5930fcb3492cb7f3424edbc92006
Thermophilin 13: In Silico Analysis Provides New Insight in Genes Involved in Bacteriocin Production
Publikováno v:
Microorganisms, Vol 11, Iss 3, p 611 (2023)
Bacteriocins are a large family of ribosomally synthesised proteinaceous toxins that are produced by bacteria and archaea and have antimicrobial activity against closely related species to the producer strain. Antimicrobial proteinaceous compounds ar
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https://doaj.org/article/19e2ba1d7944441f8a9f0a50cee96c17
Autor:
Leon M. T. Dicks
Publikováno v:
Microorganisms, Vol 10, Iss 10, p 1969 (2022)
The human gut is host to almost 3000 microbial species, of which 90% are bacteria. Quorum sensing (QS) molecules generated by intestinal bacteria are important in establishing species- and strain-level structures within the gut microbiome but are als
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https://doaj.org/article/1e90ef85be48408e93b62c8f313a8763
Autor:
Leon M. T. Dicks
Publikováno v:
Microorganisms, Vol 10, Iss 9, p 1838 (2022)
Gut bacteria play an important role in the digestion of food, immune activation, and regulation of entero-endocrine signaling pathways, but also communicate with the central nervous system (CNS) through the production of specific metabolic compounds,
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https://doaj.org/article/e23d1ccf489e4cfc9a82ce3d58709746
Do Bacteria Provide an Alternative to Cancer Treatment and What Role Does Lactic Acid Bacteria Play?
Autor:
Leon M. T. Dicks, Wian Vermeulen
Publikováno v:
Microorganisms, Vol 10, Iss 9, p 1733 (2022)
Cancer is one of the leading causes of mortality and morbidity worldwide. According to 2022 statistics from the World Health Organization (WHO), close to 10 million deaths have been reported in 2020 and it is estimated that the number of cancer cases
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https://doaj.org/article/93ce042fe0ee4af08164f319e22ebff7
Publikováno v:
Frontiers in Chemistry, Vol 9 (2021)
Species from the genus Xenorhabdus, endosymbiotic bacteria of Steinernema nematodes, produce several antibacterial and antifungal compounds, some of which are anti-parasitic. In this study, we report on the effect growth conditions have on the produc
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https://doaj.org/article/6d780a3117ee4da581827191907f5820
Publikováno v:
Viruses, Vol 14, Iss 6, p 1309 (2022)
Proteus mirabilis is frequently associated with complicated urinary tract infections (UTIs) and is the main cause of catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTIs). Treatment of such infections is complicated and challenging due to the biofilm
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https://doaj.org/article/9ac24911862d45049436d5273a51aaa8