In the last 10 years, extended-spectrum β-lactamase-producing enterobacteria (ESBL-E)
have become one of the main challenges for antibiotic treatment of enterobacterial …

Pectins are natural complex heteropolysaccharides, composed of (1, 4)-linked α-d-
galacturonic acid residues and variety of neutral sugars such as rhamnose, galactose and …

Orally delivered antibiotics can reach the caecum and colon, and induce gut dysbiosis. Here
we show that the encapsulation of antibiotics in orally administered positively charged …

The gut microbiota is increasingly considered as a symbiotic partner in the maintenance of
good health. Metagenomic approaches could help to discover how the complex gut …

Background Antibiotics are life-saving drugs but severely affect the gut microbiome with
short-term consequences including diarrhea and selection of antibiotic-resistant bacteria …

A new kind of biocomposite fibers, graphene oxide doped calcium alginate (GO/CA), was
prepared by a wet spinning method. The adsorption properties of ciprofloxacin onto the …

Water pollution, particularly the contamination of surface water due to industrial and hospital
discharges, has emerged as a significant environmental concern. A variety of methods and …

In case of colon-specific delivery of therapeutic agents through oral route, microbial/enzyme-
triggered release approach has several advantages over other approaches due to unique …

Antimicrobial therapy promotes resistance emergence in target infections and in off-target
microbiota. Off-target resistance emergence threatens patient health when off-target …

Increasing understanding of the normal commensal microorganisms in humans suggests
that restoring and maintaining the microbiome may provide a key to preventing colonization …