Urease, a nickel-dependent metalloenzyme produced by diverse pathogens, catalyses the hydrolysis of urea into ammonia and carbon dioxide, a reaction central to microbial survival in hostile ...

Since they are so non-selective, they can kill or control beneficial microbes as well as both targeted and non-targeted ...

Awareness and interest in improved Nutrient Use Efficiency (NUE) has never been greater. Driven by a growing public belief that crop nutrients are excessive in the environment and farmer concerns ...

Helicobacter pylori is a Gram-negative, spiral-shaped, flagellated bacterium, that colonizes the gastric mucosa. Although the gastric mucosa is protected against bacterial infections, H. pylori adapts ...

Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, United States Department of Bioengineering, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, ...

Abstract: A patient at the fifth stage of chronic kidney disease usually needs dialysis or transplantation. The adequacy of dialysis can be assessed by the dimensionless parameter Kt/V, which depends ...

School of Chemical Engineering, Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU), Suwon 16419, Republic of Korea Biomedical Institute for Convergence at SKKU (BICS), Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU), Suwon 16419, ...

In both matrices, increasing concentration substantially reduced the extent of urea hydrolysis, with only 1–20% of urea converted at the highest investigated CFs. Suppression of urease activity ...

Altered mental status. When P mirabilis infects the bladder, it can quickly cause urolithiasis (bladder or kidney stones). Up to 70% of bacteria isolated from patients with bacteria-induced stone ...