Microorganisms rule the functioning of our planet and each one of the individual
macroscopic living creature. Nevertheless, microbial activity and growth status have always …

Potential of hydrogen (pH) is one of the most relevant parameters characterizing aqueous
solutions. In biology, pH is intrinsically linked to cellular life since all metabolic pathways are …

Extracellular vesicles (EVs), including exosomes and microvesicles, are 30–800 nm vesicles
that are released by most cell types, as biological packages for intercellular communication …

Two-dimensional molybdenum disulfide (MoS2) based nanosheets functionalized or loaded
with an antimicrobial agent have recently attracted attention as highly efficient antibacterial …

Bifidobacterium species are essential members of a healthy human gut microbiota. Their
presence in the gut is associated with numerous health outcomes such as protection against …

Tuberculosis (TB) is the leading cause of death from an infectious bacterial disease. Poor
diagnostic tools to detect active disease plague TB control programs and affect patient care …

Self-assembled polymer nanoparticles are promising antibacterials, with nonspherical
morphologies of particular interest as recent work has demonstrated enhanced antibacterial …

Microbial hydrolysis of polysaccharides is critical to ecosystem functioning and is of great
interest in diverse biotechnological applications, such as biofuel production and …

Flow cytometry (FC) is a powerful technique for the rapid analysis of single cells in a mixture,
by means of light-scattering and fluorescence measurements. In biotechnology, the power of …

Fast and accurate monitoring of chemical and microbiological parameters in drinking water
is essential to safeguard the consumer and to improve the understanding of treatment and …