Publications by authors named "Adeel Farooq"

Unlabelled: Nitrification is a core process in the global nitrogen (N) cycle mediated by ammonia-oxidizing microorganisms, including ammonia-oxidizing archaea (AOA) as a key player. Although much is known about AOA abundance and diversity across environments, the genetic drivers of the ecophysiological adaptations of the AOA are often less clearly defined. This is especially true for AOA within the genus , which have several unique physiological traits (e.

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  • TLR13 is a special protein that helps keep our intestines healthy by recognizing harmful germs and helping the body defend against them.
  • Without TLR13, mice showed signs of serious stomach problems and were more likely to develop colon cancer.
  • The study found that TLR13 is important for balancing good and bad germs in our intestines and preventing diseases like colitis and cancer.
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A bacterial strain, designated as S8, was isolated from the gut contents of Seriola quinqueradiata from the coastal sea area of Jeju Island, South Korea. The strain is a Gram-staining positive, non-motile, non-spore-forming, facultative anaerobic coccus. Optimal growth was observed at 30 °C, pH 8.

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  • Scientists found a new type of bacteria called JHP9 in horse poop and studied how it works compared to other bacteria.
  • They used DNA tests to understand how similar this new bacteria is to its relatives and discovered many unique features, like how it processes food and fights off germs.
  • This research helps us learn more about how this bacteria can survive in different places, showing it has special skills to adapt and thrive in various environments.
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In this study, sp. strain S8 was isolated from the gut of a marine fish, Seriola quinqueradiata, and the draft genome was sequenced. Various genes responsible for pathogenesis, metabolite biosynthesis, defense, and lactic acid production were predicted.

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Aggregation is a very efficient indispensable tool in which several input values are transformed into a single output value that further supports dealing with different decision-making situations. Additionally, note that the theory of m-polar fuzzy (mF) sets is proposed to tackle multipolar information in decision-making problems. To date, several aggregation tools have been widely investigated to tackle multiple criteria decision-making (MCDM) problems in an m-polar fuzzy environment, including m-polar fuzzy Dombi and Hamacher aggregation operators (AOs).

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Interactions between metals and microbes are critical in geomicrobiology and vital in microbial ecophysiological processes. Methane-oxidizing bacteria (MOB) and ammonia-oxidizing microorganisms (AOM) are key members in aerobic environments to start the C and N cycles. Ammonia and methane are firstly oxidized by copper-binding metalloproteins, monooxygenases, and diverse iron and copper-containing enzymes that contribute to electron transportation in the energy gain pathway, which is evolutionally connected between MOB and AOM.

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This paper develops the ELiminating Et Choice Translating REality (ELECTRE) method under the generalized environment of complex spherical fuzzy $ N $-soft sets ($ CSFN\mathcal{S}_{f}Ss $) that have distinctive and empirical edge of non-binary parametrization and also indeed overcome the limitations and flaws of existing ELECTRE I methods. We propose an innovatory decision-making technique, namely, $ CSFN\mathcal{S}_{f} $-ELECTRE I method where the data and information are in modern modes. The proposed $ CSFN\mathcal{S}_{f} $-ELECTRE I method enjoys all the distinct and modern attributes of uncertain information which mainly comprises of parameterizations, neutral perspective, multi-valuation and two-dimensional representations.

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Antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) are now viewed as emerging contaminants posing a potential worldwide human health risk. The degree to which ARGs are transferred to other bacteria via mobile genetic elements (MGEs), including insertion sequences (ISs), plasmids, and phages, has a strong association with their likelihood to function as resistance transfer determinants. Consequently, understanding the structure and function of MGEs is paramount to assessing future health risks associated with ARGs in an environment subjected to strong antibiotic pressure.

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Energy consumption is widely regarded as the primary driver of economic development and environmental degradation. The current study examines how energy use is related to technological innovation, human resources, energy pricing, economic development, and trade openness. For this context, the data set of OECD economies' indicators as mentioned above has been compiled for the period 1991-2019.

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The abuse or misuse of antibiotics is directly linked to the emergence of antibiotic-resistant bacteria and antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) in the environment. Most fish farms located on Jeju Island operate a flow-through system that pumps in seawater for fish farming and discharges it back to the ocean. To investigate the amount of ARGs that these fish farm effluents discharge into the marine environment, we conducted a metagenomic-based resistome analysis.

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Topological indices correlate certain physicochemical properties like boiling point, stability, and strain energy of chemical compounds. In this report, we compute M-polynomials for PAMAM dendrimers and polyomino chains. Moreover, by applying calculus, we compute nine important topological indices of under-study dendrimers and chains.

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Topological indices are numerical parameters used to study the physical and chemical properties of compounds. In quantitative structure⁻activity relationship QSARs, topological indices correlate the biological activity of compounds with their physical properties like boiling point, stability, melting point, distortion, and strain energy etc. In this paper, we determined the M-polynomials of the crystallographic structure of the molecules Cu₂O and TF₂ [].

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Many degree-based topological indices can be obtained from the closed-off M-polynomial of a carbon nanocone. These topological indices are numerical parameters that are associated with a structure and, in combination, determine the properties of the carbon nanocone. In this paper, we compute the closed form of the M-polynomial of generalized carbon nanocone and recover many important degree-based topological indices.

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Objectives: The aim of this study is to evaluate the effect of four triterpenoids such as oleanolic acid, ursolic acid, cycloastragenol, and beta-boswellic acid alone and in combination with antibiotics against strains.

Materials And Methods: Sixteen clinical strains of from infected wounds were isolated. Eight were methicillin-sensitive (MSSA), and the other eight were methicillin-resistant (MRSA).

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