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The results of the present investigation will be added to the existing literature of red pigment production and its optimization by T. purpureogenus.Flagella occur on many prokaryotes, which primarily propel cells to move from detrimental to favorable environments. A variety of species-specific flagellation patterns have been identified. Although it is presumed that for each of these flagellated microorganisms, an evolutionarily fixed flagellation pattern is favored under the normal living conditions, direct evidence is lacking. Here, we use Shewanella oneidensis, a rod-shaped Gram-negative bacterium with a monotrichous polar flagellum (MR-1, the wild-type), as a research model. The investigation has been enabled by multiple mutants with diverse flagellation patterns that had been generated by removing FlhF and FlhG proteins that control flagellar location and number, respectively. Growth assays, as a measure of fitness, revealed that the wild-type strain predominated in spreading on swim plates and in pellicles which form at the air-liquid interface. However, under the pellicles where oxygen is limited, both aflagellated and monotrichous lateral strains showed similar increase in fitness, whereas strains with multiple flagella were less competitive. Moreover, under shaking culturing conditions, the aflagellated strain outcompeted all other strains, including the wild-type, suggesting that cells devoid of flagella would be more likely enriched upon agitation. Overall, these data support the presumption that the monotrichous polar flagellum, as evolutionarily fixed in the wild-type strain, is optimal for the growth fitness of S. oneidensis over any other mutants under most test conditions. However, upon specific changes of environmental conditions, another form could come to predominate. These findings provide insight into the impacts of flagellation patterns and function on bacterial adaptation to differing environments.Considering the economic importance of the probiotics, industrial production of their biomass became important. Cane molasses, as an industrial byproduct, was used in this study to design a medium for biomass overproduction of a functionally probiotic strain, designated as Lactobacillus plantarum strain RPR42. The results showed that strain RPR42 can be best grown anaerobically in 22.5% cane molasses solution. Also, the findings of the single variable at a time experiments and either factorial design indicated that the optimal growth of strain RPR42 can be observed when beef extract, casein hydrolysate, and yeast extract were added into the medium. GNE-781 purchase The central composite design experiments suggested a medium which was designated as cane molasses medium (CMM). Eventually, this medium contained 21.9% cane molasses, 30.72 g/L of a combined mixture of nitrogenous compounds 0.0754% of a 111 mixture of polysorbates 20, 60, and 80, and 18.53 gr/L of the combined minerals. Such an optimized cane molasses-based medium supported a significant biomass production since a considerably high cell density, 13.8 g/L/24 h of dry biomass, of the strain was produced. Hence, cane molasses can be regarded as a promising substrate for industrial production purposes.In case of Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae infection, the increased prominence of multidrug-resistance strains has become the greatest challenge in the urinary tract disease treatment. Therefore, the 16S rRNA sequencing of multidrug-resistant strains was performed, in addition to those of plasmids and genes responsible for multidrug resistance. These strains showed containing responsible genes Sulfonamides sul1, Tetracycline Tet(A), Tetracycline Tet(B), chloramphenicol catA1, β-lactams blaSHV, and cmlA. Also, the strains demonstrated resistance to at least 10 types of antibiotics or more due to carrying various plasmids. For increasing the level of public health in daily life and treatment of multidrug-resistant bacteria, the nanomedicine was employed. Consequently, ZnO nanoparticles (ZnONPs-E) were synthesized by employing supernatant of Escherichia hermannii strain isolated from raw milk source. The E. hermannii strain produces high concentration of ZnONPs-E compared to other strains so we used it in this study. This ZnONPs-E has a minimal inhibitory concentration (MIC) ranged from the concentration 10 μg/ml to 40 μg/ml against E. coli and K. pneumoniae, respectively. The antimicrobial efficiency of ZnONPs-E was 40 µg/ml and it was superior to the reported values in literature. Moreover, SEM results evident for distorted membrane morphology, blebbing of membrane, cell elongation, and leakage of cellular contents due to ZnONPs-E activity against tested bacteria. These results indicated that the ZnONPs-E exhibited interesting antimicrobial activity against pathogenic extended-spectrum β-lactamases (ESBLs) strains. The present study revealed that the active components entered in biosynthesis of ZnONPs-E pave the way to lead its effective nano-medical and drug delivery applications.PURPOSE Much of the current literature on the associations between diet and depression focus on single nutrients rather than nutrient patterns (NPs). We investigated the association between NPs and depressive symptoms (DepS) in an Australian adult population. METHODS DepS were examined at two different time points, in 2010 (Stage 3, n = 1743, 49.0% males) and 2015 [North West 2015 (NW15), n = 1,024, 46.6% males] of the North West Adelaide Health Study (NWAHS). Dietary habits were evaluated using a food frequency questionnaire (FFQ) at Stage 3. DepS were assessed using the Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression (CES-D) scale at Stage 3 and NW15. Principal component analysis was used to identify NPs as well as the factor structure of the CES-D. Log- and negative binomial regression analyses were used to assess the association between NPs and DepS scores. Ordinal logistic regression analysis was undertaken between the NPs and identified factors of the CES-D score. RESULTS Three NPs (from the FFQ) and two-factors (from the CES-D score) were obtained. After adjusting for known confounding variables, a 'plant-sourced' NP (β-carotene, fibre, vitamin C, potassium and α-carotene) was inversely associated with DepS at Stage 3 [prevalence ratio (PR)Q4VsQ1, 0.78; 95% CI 0.66-0.92; p = 0.003], whereas an 'animal-sourced' (ω-3 fatty acid, monounsaturated fat, vitamin E and cholesterol) or 'mixed-source' (phosphorous, protein, vitamin B2, iodine and zinc) NP was not associated with DepS. There was an inverse relationship between the 'plant-sourced' NP and the '(absence of) positive-affect' factor from the CES-D in both stages. CONCLUSION The 'plant-sourced' NP is consistently and inversely associated with DepS; however, longitudinal studies are recommended to confirm these results.