Microorganisms, Vol. 7, Pages 683: Thriving in Wetlands: Ecophysiology of the Spiral-Shaped Methanotroph Methylospira mobilis as Revealed by the Complete Genome Sequence Microorganisms doi: 10.3390/microorganisms7120683 Authors: Oshkin Miroshnikov Danilova Hakobyan Liesack Dedysh Candidatus Methylospira mobilis is a recently described spiral-shaped, micro-aerobic methanotroph, which inhabits northern freshwater wetlands and sediments. Due to difficulties of cultivation,...
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Microorganisms, Vol. 7, Pages 680: EpiExploreR: A Shiny Web Application for the Analysis of Animal Disease Data Microorganisms doi: 10.3390/microorganisms7120680 Authors: Lara Savini Luca Candeloro Samuel Perticara Annamaria Conte Emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases are a significant public and animal health threat. In some zoonosis, the early detection of virus spread in animals is a crucial early warning for humans. The analyses of animal surveillance data are therefore...
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Microorganisms, Vol. 7, Pages 681: Physiological and Proteomic Approaches to Address the Active Role of Botrytis cinerea Inoculation in Tomato Postharvest Ripening Microorganisms doi: 10.3390/microorganisms7120681 Authors: Tzortzakis Botrytis cinerea is an unbearable postharvest threat with significant economic impacts. Necrotrophic B. cinerea can readily infect ripe fruit resulting in the rapid progression of symptoms of the disease. To unravel the mechanism by which tomato fruit opposes...
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Microorganisms, Vol. 7, Pages 679: Attenuation of Vibrio parahaemolyticus Virulence Factors by a Mixture of Natural Antimicrobials Microorganisms doi: 10.3390/microorganisms7120679 Authors: Laurette Pinkerton Mark Linton Carmel Kelly Patrick Ward Gratiela Gradisteanu Pircalabioru Ioan Pet Lavinia Stef Filip Sima Tabita Adamov Ozan Gundogdu Nicolae Corcionivoschi Reducing acute mortality in aquatic crustaceans using natural alternatives to antibiotics has...
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Microorganisms, Vol. 7, Pages 678: Insights into Antagonistic Interactions of Multidrug Resistant Bacteria in Mangrove Sediments from the South Indian State of Kerala Microorganisms doi: 10.3390/microorganisms7120678 Authors: Madangchanok Imchen Ravali Krishna Vennapu Preetam Ghosh Ranjith Kumavath Antibiotic resistance is a global issue which is magnified by interspecies horizontal gene transfer. Understanding antibiotic resistance in bacteria in a natural setting is crucial...
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Molecules, Vol. 24, Pages 4542: The Meta-Position of Phe4 in Leu-Enkephalin Regulates Potency, Selectivity, Functional Activity, and Signaling Bias at the Delta and Mu Opioid Receptors Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules24244542 Authors: Robert J. Cassell Krishna K. Sharma Hongyu Su Benjamin R. Cummins Haoyue Cui Kendall L. Mores Arryn T. Blaine Ryan A. Altman Richard M. van Rijn As tool compounds to study cardiac ischemia, the endogenous δ-opioid receptors...
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Molecules, Vol. 24, Pages 4541: Covalent Inhibition of the Histamine H3 Receptor Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules24244541 Authors: Wágner Mocking Kooistra Slynko Ábrányi-Balogh Keserű Wijtmans Vischer de Esch Leurs Covalent binding of G protein-coupled receptors by small molecules is a useful approach for better understanding of the structure and function of these proteins. We designed, synthesized and characterized a series of 6 potential covalent...
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Molecules, Vol. 24, Pages 4538: Correction: Łyczko, J. et al. HS-SPME Analysis of True Lavender (Lavandula angustifolia Mill.) Leaves Treated by Various Drying Methods. Molecules 2019, 24, 764 Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules24244538 Authors: Jacek Łyczko Klaudiusz Jałoszyński Mariusz Surma Klaudia Masztalerz Antoni Szumny The author wishes to make the following corrections to this paper [...]
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Molecules, Vol. 24, Pages 4540: Lectin PLL3, a Novel Monomeric Member of the Seven-Bladed β-Propeller Lectin Family Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules24244540 Authors: Lukáš Faltinek Eva Fujdiarová Filip Melicher Josef Houser Martina Kašáková Nikolay Kondakov Leonid Kononov Kamil Parkan Sébastien Vidal Michaela Wimmerová The Photorhabdus species is a Gram-negative bacteria of the family Morganellaceae that is known for its mutualistic relationship with Heterorhabditis...
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Molecules, Vol. 24, Pages 4539: Cytisus scoparius and Ulex europaeus Produce Volatile Organic Compounds with Powerful Synergistic Herbicidal Effects Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules24244539 Authors: María Pardo-Muras Carolina G. Puig Nuria Pedrol New herbicides based on natural products are claimed to address weed resistance and environmental concerns related to synthetic herbicides. In our previous studies, certain volatile organic compounds (VOCs) produced by Ulex europaeus and...
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Molecules, Vol. 24, Pages 4537: Nano-(Q)SAR for Cytotoxicity Prediction of Engineered Nanomaterials Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules24244537 Authors: Buglak Zherdev Dzantiev Although nanotechnology is a new and rapidly growing area of science, the impact of nanomaterials on living organisms is unknown in many aspects. In this regard, it is extremely important to perform toxicological tests, but complete characterization of all varying preparations is extremely laborious. The...
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Molecules, Vol. 24, Pages 4535: Common Secondary and Tertiary Structural Features of Aptamer–Ligand Interaction Shared by RNA Aptamers with Different Primary Sequences Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules24244535 Authors: Muslum Ilgu Shuting Yan Ryan M. Khounlo Monica H. Lamm Marit Nilsen-Hamilton Aptamer selection can yield many oligonucleotides with different sequences and affinities for the target molecule. Here, we have combined computational and experimental approaches to...
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Molecules, Vol. 24, Pages 4536: Antileishmanial Compounds Isolated from Psidium Guajava L. Using a Metabolomic Approach Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules24244536 Authors: Chiobouaphong Phakeovilay Sandra Bourgeade-Delmas Pierre Perio Alexis Valentin François Chassagne Eric Deharo Karine Reybier Guillaume Marti With an estimated annual incidence of one million cases, leishmaniasis is one of the top five vector-borne diseases. Currently available medical treatments...
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Molecules, Vol. 24, Pages 4534: Adsorption and Desorption Performance and Mechanism of Tetracycline Hydrochloride by Activated Carbon-Based Adsorbents Derived from Sugar Cane Bagasse Activated with ZnCl2 Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules24244534 Authors: Yixin Cai Liming Liu Huafeng Tian Zhennai Yang Xiaogang Luo Adsorption and desorption behaviors of tetracycline hydrochloride by activated carbon-based adsorbents derived from sugar cane bagasse modified with ZnCl2 were investigated....
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Molecules, Vol. 24, Pages 4533: Intramolecular Hydrogen Bonds in Normal and Sterically Compressed o-Hydroxy Aromatic Aldehydes. Isotope Effects on Chemical Shifts and Hydrogen Bond Strength Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules24244533 Authors: Poul Erik Hansen Fadhil S. Kamounah Bahjat A. Saeed Mark J. MacLachlan Jens Spanget-Larsen A number of o-hydroxy aromatic aldehydes have been synthesized to illustrate the effect of steric compression and O···O...
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Molecules, Vol. 24, Pages 4532: Obtaining and Characterization of the PLA/Chitosan Foams with Antimicrobial Properties Achieved by the Emulsification Combined with the Dissolution of Chitosan by CO2 Saturation Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules24244532 Authors: Szymon Mania Karolina Partyka Joanna Pilch Ewa Augustin Mateusz Cieślik Jacek Ryl Jia-Rong Jinn Ya-Jane Wang Anna Michałowska Robert Tylingo A new method of obtaining functional foam material has been...
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Molecules, Vol. 24, Pages 4530: Much More Than a Pleasant Scent: A Review on Essential Oils Supporting the Immune System Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules24244530 Authors: Agnes Peterfalvi Eva Miko Tamas Nagy Barbara Reger Diana Simon Attila Miseta Boldizsár Czéh Laszlo Szereday The augmenting acceptance and application of herbal medicine in prevention and treatment of diseases also involve the use of plant essential oils (EOs) through different routes of administration...
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Molecules, Vol. 24, Pages 4531: Investigation of Anti-Inflammatory Potential of N-Arylcinnamamide Derivatives Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules24244531 Authors: Jan Hošek Jiří Kos Tomáš Strhársky Lucie Černá Pavel Štarha Ján Vančo Zdeněk Trávníček Ferdinand Devínsky Josef Jampílek A series of sixteen ring-substituted N-arylcinnamanilides, previously described as highly antimicrobially effective against a wide spectrum of bacteria and fungi, together with two new...
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Nanomaterials, Vol. 9, Pages 1768: Design and Simulation of a Multi-Sheet Beam Terahertz Radiation Source Based on Carbon-Nanotube Cold Cathode Nanomaterials doi: 10.3390/nano9121768 Authors: Yifan Zu Xuesong Yuan Xiaotao Xu Matthew T. Cole Yu Zhang Hailong Li Yong Yin Bin Wang Yang Yan Carbon nanotube (CNT) cold cathodes are proving to be compelling candidates for miniaturized terahertz (THz) vacuum electronic devices (VEDs) owning to their superior field-emission...
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Nanomaterials, Vol. 9, Pages 1767: Carbon Nanotubes Incorporated Z-Scheme Assembly of AgBr/TiO2 for Photocatalytic Hydrogen Production under Visible Light Irradiations Nanomaterials doi: 10.3390/nano9121767 Authors: Shezad Maafa Johari Hafeez Akhter Shabir Raza Anjum Hussain Tahir Photocatalytic H2 production is a promising strategy toward green energy and alternative to carbon-based fuels which are the root cause of global warming and pollution....
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Nanomaterials, Vol. 9, Pages 1766: Melt-Mixed 3D Hierarchical Graphene/Polypropylene Nanocomposites with Low Electrical Percolation Threshold Nanomaterials doi: 10.3390/nano9121766 Authors: Thomas Gkourmpis Karolina Gaska Davide Tranchida Antonis Gitsas Christian Müller Aleksandar Matic Roland Kádár Graphene-based materials are a family of carbonaceous structures that can be produced using a variety of processes either from graphite or other precursors. These materials...
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Nanomaterials, Vol. 9, Pages 1765: Quantification of Carbon Nanotube Doses in Adherent Cell Culture Assays Using UV-VIS-NIR Spectroscopy Nanomaterials doi: 10.3390/nano9121765 Authors: Septiadi Rodriguez-Lorenzo Balog Spuch-Calvar Spiaggia Taladriz-Blanco Barosova Chortarea Clift Teeguarden Sharma Petri-Fink Rothen-Rutishauser The overt hazard of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) is often assessed using in vitro methods, but determining a dose–response...
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Nanomaterials, Vol. 9, Pages 1764: Guidelines for Selecting Interlayer Spacers in Synthetic 2D-Based Antiferromagnets from First-Principles Simulations Nanomaterials doi: 10.3390/nano9121764 Authors: Ramón Cuadrado Miguel Pruneda Following the recent synthesis of graphene–based antiferromagnetic ultrathin heterostructures made of Co and Fe, we analyse the effect of the spacer between both ferromagnetic materials. Using density functional calculations, we carried out an exhaustive...
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Nanomaterials, Vol. 9, Pages 1763: Core Nanoparticle Engineering for Narrower and More Intense Band-Edge Emission from AgInS2/GaSx Core/Shell Quantum Dots Nanomaterials doi: 10.3390/nano9121763 Authors: Hoisang Uematsu Yamamoto Torimoto Kuwabata Highly luminescent silver indium sulfide (AgInS2) nanoparticles were synthesized by dropwise injection of a sulfur precursor solution into a cationic metal precursor solution. The two-step reaction including the formation of...
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Nanomaterials, Vol. 9, Pages 1759: Facile Synthesis of Mn4+-Activated Double Perovskite Germanate Phosphors with Near-Infrared Persistent Luminescence Nanomaterials doi: 10.3390/nano9121759 Authors: Jiaren Du Dirk Poelman Tetravalent manganese doped phosphors are emerging as a new class of efficient near-infrared emitters for applications in a variety of areas, such as bioimaging and night-vision surveillance. Novel double perovskite-type La2MgGeO6:Mn4+ phosphors were successfully...
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Nanomaterials, Vol. 9, Pages 1761: Upgrading the Properties of Reduced Graphene Oxide and Nitrogen-Doped Reduced Graphene Oxide Produced by Thermal Reduction toward Efficient ORR Electrocatalysts Nanomaterials doi: 10.3390/nano9121761 Authors: Carolina S. Ramirez-Barria Diana M. Fernandes Cristina Freire Elvira Villaro-Abalos Antonio Guerrero-Ruiz Inmaculada Rodríguez-Ramos N-doped (NrGO) and non-doped (rGO) graphenic materials are prepared by oxidation and further thermal...
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Nanomaterials, Vol. 9, Pages 1762: Nitridation Temperature Effect on Carbon Vanadium Oxynitrides for a Symmetric Supercapacitor Nanomaterials doi: 10.3390/nano9121762 Authors: Ndeye M. Ndiaye Ndeye F. Sylla Balla D. Ngom Bridget K. Mutuma Julien K. Dangbegnon Sekhar C. Ray Ncholu Manyala In this work, porous carbon-vanadium oxynitride (C-V2NO) nanostructures were obtained at different nitridation temperature of 700, 800 and 900 °C using a thermal decomposition...
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Nanomaterials, Vol. 9, Pages 1760: Single-Source Vapor-Deposited Cs2AgBiBr6 Thin Films for Lead-Free Perovskite Solar Cells Nanomaterials doi: 10.3390/nano9121760 Authors: Ping Fan Huan-Xin Peng Zhuang-Hao Zheng Zi-Hang Chen Shi-Jie Tan Xing-Ye Chen Yan-Di Luo Zheng-Hua Su Jing-Ting Luo Guang-Xing Liang Lead-free double perovskites have been considered as a potential environmentally friendly photovoltaic material for substituting the hybrid lead halide perovskites...
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Nanomaterials, Vol. 9, Pages 1758: Graphenic Materials for Biomedical Applications Nanomaterials doi: 10.3390/nano9121758 Authors: Daniela Plachá Josef Jampilek Graphene-based nanomaterials have been intensively studied for their properties, modifications, and application potential. Biomedical applications are one of the main directions of research in this field. This review summarizes the research results which were obtained in the last two years (2017–2019), especially...
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Nutrients, Vol. 11, Pages 3032: Effects of Vitamin D Status and Supplements on Anthropometric and Biochemical Indices in a Clinical Setting: A Retrospective Study Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu11123032 Authors: Myriam Abboud Xiaoying Liu Flavia Fayet-Moore Kaye E. Brock Dimitrios Papandreou Tara C. Brennan-Speranza Rebecca S. Mason Context: Obesity and low vitamin D status are linked. It is not clear that weight loss through lifestyle intervention is influenced by vitamin...
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Nutrients, Vol. 11, Pages 3033: Exploring the Benefit of 2-Methylbutyric Acid in Patients Undergoing Hemodialysis Using a Cardiovascular Proteomics Approach Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu11123033 Authors: Ping-Hsun Wu Yi-Wen Chiu Hsin-Bai Zou Cheng-Chih Hsu Su-Chu Lee Yi-Ting Lin Yi-Chun Tsai Mei-Chuan Kuo Shang-Jyh Hwang Short-chain fatty acids (SCFAs) can reduce pro-inflammatory parameters and oxidative stress, providing potential cardiovascular (CV) benefits. Although...
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Nutrients, Vol. 11, Pages 3031: Evaluation of a Novel Tool for Screening Inadequate Food Intake in Age-Related Macular Degeneration Patients Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu11123031 Authors: Diana Tang Paul Mitchell Gerald Liew George Burlutsky Victoria Flood Bamini Gopinath Diet assessment tools provide valuable nutrition information in research and clinical settings. With growing evidence supporting dietary modification to delay development and progression of age-related macular...
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Nutrients, Vol. 11, Pages 3030: Social Support, but Not Perceived Food Environment, Is Associated with Diet Quality in French-Speaking Canadians from the PREDISE Study Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu11123030 Authors: Elise Carbonneau Benoît Lamarche Julie Robitaille Véronique Provencher Sophie Desroches Marie-Claude Vohl Catherine Bégin Mathieu Bélanger Charles Couillard Luc Pelletier Luigi Bouchard Julie Houle Marie-France Langlois Louise Corneau Simone...
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Nutrients, Vol. 11, Pages 3028: If You Don’t Eat Meat… You’ll Die. A Mixed-Method Survey of Health-Professionals’ Beliefs Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu11123028 Authors: McHugh Smith Wright Bush Pullon Despite an ever-increasing burden of non-communicable diseases and overwhelming evidence that good nutrition improves outcomes it is difficult to know whether this evidence is reaching the general population. The purpose of this study was to investigate whether health professionals...
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Nutrients, Vol. 11, Pages 3029: Vegetarian Diet during Pregnancy Is Not Associated with Poorer Cognitive Performance in Children at Age 6–7 Years Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu11123029 Authors: Crozier Godfrey Calder Robinson Inskip Baird Gale Cooper Sibbons Fisk Burdge Compared with omnivorous mothers, vegetarian mothers have lower intakes of some nutrients required for neurological development. However, there is a lack of information about the impact...
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Nutrients, Vol. 11, Pages 3027: Diet Quality among Cancer Survivors and Participants without Cancer: A Population-Based, Cross-Sectional Study in the Atlantic Partnership for Tomorrow’s Health Project Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu11123027 Authors: Gu Dummer Spinelli Murphy Cancer survivors are encouraged to have a healthy lifestyle to reduce health risks and improve survival. An understanding of health behaviors, such as diet, is also important for informing post-diagnosis support....
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Nutrients, Vol. 11, Pages 3026: Association between Depressive Symptoms and Food Insecurity among Indonesian Adults: Results from the 2007–2014 Indonesia Family Life Survey Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu11123026 Authors: Isaura Chen Adi Fan Li Yang Background: Depressive symptoms and food insecurity are two of the public health concerns in developing countries. Food insecurity is linked to several chronic diseases, while little is known about the association between food...
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Nutrients, Vol. 11, Pages 3024: Variability of Water-Soluble Forms of Choline Concentrations in Human Milk during Storage, after Pasteurization, and among Women Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu11123024 Authors: Sara Moukarzel Alejandra M. Wiedeman Lynda S. Soberanes Roger A. Dyer Sheila M. Innis Yvonne Lamers Choline is critical for infant development and mother’s milk is the sole source of choline for fully breastfed infants until six months of age. Human milk choline...
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Nutrients, Vol. 11, Pages 3025: Why Do Children in Slums Suffer from Anemia, Iron, Zinc, and Vitamin A Deficiency? Results from a Birth Cohort Study in Dhaka Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu11123025 Authors: Mustafa Mahfuz Laura E. Murray-Kolb S. M. Tafsir Hasan Subhasish Das Shah Mohammad Fahim Mohammed Ashraful Alam Laura Caulfield Tahmeed Ahmed Considering the high burden of micronutrient deficiencies in Bangladeshi children, this analysis aimed to identify the factors...
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