Genomic insights into a blaNDM-5-carrying Escherichia coli ST167 isolate recovered from faecal sample of a healthy individual in China by Lirong Li, Yawen Zhang, Hao Guo, Jing Yang, Fang He

“…Seven ARGs were identified, including carbapenem resistance gene blaNDM-5 which was located in an IncFIA/IncFII type plasmid. A total of 164 E. coli ST167 strains related to 25 countries across four continents can be retrieved from the NCBI database, 95 of them carrying the blaNDM gene with blaNDM-5 the most (N = 79). …”
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Multiple Mechanisms of Tigecycline Resistance in Enterobacteriaceae from a Pig Farm, China by Jing Wang, Han Wu, Cai-Yue Mei, Yan Wang, Zhen-Yu Wang, Meng-Jun Lu, Zhi-Ming Pan, Xinan Jiao

“…E. coli SH19PTE6 contained an IncFIA18/IncFIB(K)/IncX1 hybrid plasmid pYUSHP6-tetX, highly similar to other tet(X)-bearing hybrid plasmids from E. coli in China. …”
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HCV Infection and Liver Cirrhosis Are Associated with a Less-Favorable Serum Cholesteryl Ester Profile Which Improves through the Successful Treatment of HCV by Kilian Weigand, Georg Peschel, Jonathan Grimm, Martina Müller, Marcus Höring, Sabrina Krautbauer, Gerhard Liebisch, Christa Buechler

“…<b>Methods</b>: Free cholesterol (FC) and 15 CE species were quantified by flow injection analysis high-resolution Fourier Transform mass spectrometry (FIA-FTMS) in the serum of 178 patients with chronic HCV before therapy and during treatment with DAAs. …”
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Modeling the impacts of hot drought on forests in Texas by Shakirudeen Lawal, Jennifer Costanza, Frank H. Koch, Robert M. Scheller

“…We used 2004–2019 Forest Inventory and Analysis (FIA) data and state-wide weather data to examine the climatic conditions associated with this elevated tree mortality.MethodsWe measured moisture extremes (wet to dry) using the Standardized Precipitation Evapotranspiration Index (SPEI) at two timescales (12- and 36-month). …”
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Clinical evaluation of a compomer in the restoration of class I and II cavities in permanent posterior teeth: 1-year results by Toh, C.G., Abu Kasim, N. H.

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Clinical evaluation of a compomer in the restoration of class I and II cavities in permanent posterior teeth: 1-year results by Toh, C.G., Abu Kasim, N.H.

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Oral administration assessment of outer membrane proteins of Vibrio alginolyticus on the growth of giant freshwater prawns (Macrobrachium rosenbergii De Man) by Abiodun, Ajadi Abdullateef

“…Group A was fed with OMPs-mixed diet, group B with OMPs-FIA (Freund's incomplete adjuvants) mixed diet while group C was fed with OMPs or adjuvant-free diet (control diet). …”
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NLRP3 Inflammasome Expression and Activation in Human Atherosclerosis by Geena Paramel Varghese, Lasse Folkersen, Rona J. Strawbridge, Bente Halvorsen, Arne Yndestad, Trine Ranheim, Kirsten Krohg‐Sørensen, Mona Skjelland, Terje Espevik, Pål Aukrust, Mariette Lengquist, Ulf Hedin, Jan‐Håkan Jansson, Karin Fransén, Göran K. Hansson, Per Eriksson, Allan Sirsjö

“…The Swedish First‐ever myocardial Infarction study in Ac‐county (FIA) cohort consisting of DNA from 555 myocardial infarction patients and 1016 healthy individuals was used to determine the frequency of 4 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) from the downstream regulatory region of NLRP3. …”
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Feasibility and Effectiveness Assessment of SARS-CoV-2 Antigenic Tests in Mass Screening of a Pediatric Population and Correlation with the Kinetics of Viral Loads by Marcello Lanari, Giovanni Battista Biserni, Matteo Pavoni, Eva Caterina Borgatti, Marta Leone, Ilaria Corsini, Tiziana Lazzarotto

“…Results were obtained from 1146 patients. The COVID-19 Ag FIA kit showed a baseline sensitivity of 53.8% (CI 35.4–71.4%), baseline specificity 99.7% (CI 98.4–100%) and overall accuracy of 80% (95% CI 0.68–0.91); the AFIAS COVID-19 Ag kit, baseline sensitivity of 86.4% (CI 75.0–93.9%), baseline specificity 98.3% (CI 97.1–99.1%) and overall accuracy of 95.3% (95% CI 0.92–0.99). …”
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“…Academic sermons and exercises from the University of Leipzig, 1435–1438 (Bo Lindberg) Klara Arnberg, Pia Laskar & Fia Sundevall (red.): Sexualpolitiska nyckeltexter (Anders Ahlbäck) Michael Azar: Amerikas födelse. …”
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In silico analyses of diversity and dissemination of antimicrobial resistance genes and mobile genetics elements, for plasmids of enteric pathogens by Suad Algarni, Suad Algarni, Jing Han, Dereje D. Gudeta, Bijay K. Khajanchi, Steven C. Ricke, Young Min Kwon, Douglas D. Rhoads, Steven L. Foley, Steven L. Foley

“…A collection of 1,309 complete plasmid sequences from Gammaproteobacterial species, including 100 plasmids from each of the following 14 incompatibility (Inc) types: A/C, BO, FIA, FIB, FIC, FIIA, HI1, HI2, I1, K, M, N, P except W, where only 9 sequences were available, was extracted from the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) GenBank database using BLAST tools. …”
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The Urinary Metabolome of Newborns with Perinatal Complications by Yamilé López-Hernández, Victoria Lima-Rogel, Rupasri Mandal, Jiamin Zheng, Lun Zhang, Eponine Oler, David Alejandro García-López, Claudia Torres-Calzada, Ana Ruth Mejía-Elizondo, Jenna Poelsner, Jesús Adrián López, Ashley Zubkowski, David S. Wishart

“…We used an in-house-developed targeted tandem mass spectrometry (MS/MS)-based metabolomic assay (TMIC Mega) combining liquid chromatography (LC-MS/MS) and flow injection analysis (FIA-MS/MS) to quantitatively analyze up to 26 classes of compounds. …”
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A MULTICENTRIC STUDY ON GENOMIC INSIGHTS OF ESBL PRODUCING ESCHERICHIA COLI CAUSING COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED URINARY TRACT INFECTION IN CHILDREN IN INDIA: PREDICTING NEAR FUTURE by S. Mohapatra, S. Venugopal, S. Chunchanur, R. Panigrahi, V. Tak, V. Perumal, D. Ghosh, T. Sharma, S. Pundir, S. Chaudhuri, P. Hari, S. Kant

“…ST131phylogroup was the most prevalent. Plasmid IncFIB and IncFIA found in more than 50% isolates. Composite transposon, IS26 was found in many isolates carrying blaOxa-1, blaNDM-5, blaCTX-M-15/14, blaTEM, aac(3′)-lb with at least 98% identity and coverage. …”
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Whole genome-based genetic insights of bla NDM producing clinical E. coli isolates in hospital settings of Pakistant by Sabahat Abdullah, Abdulrahman Almusallam, Mei Li, Muhammad Shahid Mahmood, Muhammad Ahmad Mushtaq, Nahla O. Eltai, Mark A. Toleman, Mashkoor Mohsin

“…E. coli sequence types: ST405, ST361, and ST167 were prominent, and plasmid Inc types: FII, FIA, FIB, FIC, X3, R, and Y, were observed among all isolates. …”
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Diagnostic Performance of Six Rapid Antigen Tests for SARS-CoV-2 by Jessica Navero-Castillejos, Climent Casals-Pascual, Sofía Narváez, Genoveva Cuesta, Juan Carlos Hurtado, Mariana Fernandez, Mireia Navarro, Aida Peiró-Mestres, Ma Victoria Lasheras, Patricia Rodriguez, Andrea Pulgarín, Ma Ángeles Marcos, Jordi Vila, Miguel Julián Martínez

“…In this study, we evaluated the diagnostic performance of six different commercial rapid antigen tests (Coronavirus antigen [Ag] rapid test cassette [Healgen Scientific, Houston, TX, USA], COVID-19 Ag FIA [Vircell, SD Biosensor Inc., Gyeonggi-do, Republic of Korea], Clinitest rapid COVID-19 antigen test [Siemens, Healthineers, Erlangen, Germany], SARS-CoV-2 rapid antigen test [SD Biosensor; Roche Diagnostics, Basel, Switzerland], Panbio COVID-19 Ag rapid test device [Abbott, Chicago, IL, USA], and SARS-CoV-2 test [MonLab, Barcelona, Spain]) in 130 nasopharyngeal swab samples tested previously by RT-PCR. …”
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Definition criteria determine the success of old-growth mapping by Jamis M. Bruening, Ralph O. Dubayah, Neil Pederson, Benjamin Poulter, Leonardo Calle

“…In the first part of our analysis, we classify forests throughout the eastern US as old or not with respect to each old-growth dimension using existing old-growth definitions and data from the US Forest Inventory and Analysis (FIA) program. We estimate the proportion of forest classified as old within a hexagon grid, resulting in a unique map of old forest proportion (OFP) for each dimension. …”
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The Complete Sequence and Comparative Analysis of a Multidrug Resistance and Virulence Multireplicon IncFII Plasmid pEC302/04 from an Extraintestinal Pathogenic Escherichia coli EC... by Ho, W.S., Yap, K.P., Yeo, C.C., Rajasekaram, G., Thong, Kwai Lin

“…The 140,232 bp pEC302/04 is a multireplicon plasmid that bears three replication systems (FII, FIA, and FIB) with subtype of F2:A1:B1. The plasmid is self-transmissible with a complete transfer region. pEC302/04 also carries antibiotic resistance genes such as blaTEM−1 and a class I integron containing sul1, cml and aadA resistance genes, conferring multidrug resistance (MDR) to its host, E. coli EC302/04. …”
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Co-transfer of IncFII/IncFIB and IncFII plasmids mediated by IS26 facilitates the transmission of mcr-8.1 and tmexCD1-toprJ1 by Qian Wang, Meng Zhang, Yue Liu, Jinmei Li, Ran Chen, Yueling Wang, Yan Jin, Yuanyuan Bai, Zhen Song, Xinglun Lu, Changyin Wang, Yingying Hao

“…In clinical strain TGC-05, TmexCD1-toprJ1 was found on a 300-Kb IncFIB/IncHI1B/IncR-type plasmid, and mcr-8 was identified on a 137-Kb IncFII/IncFIA-type plasmid. Conjugation experiments assessed the transferability of these plasmids. …”
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Modulatory Effect of Polyphenolic Compounds from the Mangrove Tree Rhizophora mangle L. on Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease and Insulin Resistance in High-Fat Diet Obese Mice by Leonardo Mendes de Souza Mesquita, Cíntia Rabelo e Paiva Caria, Paola Souza Santos, Caio Cesar Ruy, Natalia da Silva Lima, Débora Kono Taketa Moreira, Claudia Quintino da Rocha, Daniella Carisa Murador, Veridiana Vera de Rosso, Alessandra Gambero, Wagner Vilegas

“…The main chemical constituents of the extract were analyzed by high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) and flow injection analysis electrospray-iontrap mass spectrometry (FIA-ESI-IT-MS/MS). High-fat diet (HFD)-fed mice were used as model of type 2 diabetes associated with obesity. …”
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Genomic characterization of a multidrug-resistant uropathogenic <i>Escherichia coli</i> and evaluation of <i>Echeveria</i> plant extracts as antibacterials by Ana M. Castañeda-Meléndrez, José A. Magaña-Lizárraga, Marcela Martínez-Valenzuela, Aldo F. Clemente-Soto, Patricia C. García-Cervantes, Francisco Delgado-Vargas, Rodolfo Bernal-Reynaga

“…Identified plasmids belonged to the IncF group (IncFIA, IncFIB, and IncFII), alongside several prophage-like elements. …”
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