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Scientists report new insights into what makes Candida auris such a sticky problem

The fungus Candida auris has become an urgent clinical problem at a shocking speed. It was not even mentioned in the U.S. CDC’s 2013 reports on antimicrobial threats, but was one of five pathogens on the agency’s 2019 top-tier Urgent Threat List. ....

Urgent Threat , University Of Michigan , Candida Auris , Fungal Diseases ,

Could next-generation antimicrobial agents act as an alternative to standard antibiotics?

Next-generation antimicrobial agents (NGAs) as a potential alternative to standard antibiotics ....

Antimicrobial Resistance , Cell Wall ,

Bacteriophage cocktail can effectively disrupt Klebsiella pneumoniae biofilms on medical equipment

Researchers investigated whether a cocktail of bacteriophages coding for the depolymerase polysaccharide could effectively disrupt Klebsiella pneumoniae biofilms. ....

Clinical Laboratories Standards Institute , European Committee On Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing , Scientific Reports , Cell Explorer , European Committee , Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing , Brain Heart Infusion , Electron Microscopy , N Vitro , Intensive Care ,

Repellant and Hostile to Bacteria - Zwitterionic polymeric sulfur ylides: antifouling coating with a synergistic effect

Bacteria that gather into biofilms on the surfaces of implants, catheters, breathing tubes, and other medical components are a serious health hazard. In the journal Angewandte Chemie, a research t . ....

Belab Berking , Angewandte Chemie , Danielaa Wilson , Kevin Neumann , Dimitrios Karagrigoriou , Radboud University , Georgia Poulladofonou , Polymeric Sulfur Ylides , Minimal Charge Separation Open , New Generation , Ntifouling Products , Bacterial Biofilms , Witterionic Detergents ,

Bacteria cause iron to rust - Anaerobic "rusting" of iron by bacteria with current-conducting pili

Iron does not only rust through contact with oxygen and water. Certain bacteria can also decompose iron anaerobically, i.e. in the absence of oxygen. The sediment bacterium Geobacter uses electric . ....

Angewandte Chemie , Dake Xu , Northeastern University , Microbial Corrosion , Electrically Conductive Pili , Microbe Electron ,