Plant growth-promoting bacteria (PGPB) are among the most promising alternatives to mineral fertilizers. However, little is known about the effects of applied bacteria on the native microbiota, including the rhizobacterial community, which plays a crucial role in bacteria-plant interactions. Therefore, this study is aimed at assessing the effects of PGPB not only on plants but also, importantly, on the native rhizobacterial community of winter oilseed rape.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFOilseed rape is one of the most important oilseed crops, requiring high levels of nitrogen fertilization. Excessive nitrogen use, however, leads to numerous negative environmental impacts, spurring the search for sustainable, environmentally friendly alternatives to reduce reliance on mineral nitrogen fertilizers. One promising approach involves plant-growth-promoting bacteria (PGPB), which can support oilseed rape growth and lessen the need for traditional nitrogen fertilizers.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFControl of fungal phytopathogens is a significant challenge in modern agriculture. The widespread use of chemical fungicides to control these pathogens often leads to environmental and food contamination. An eco-friendly alternative that can help reduce reliance on these chemicals is plant growth-promoting bacteria (PGPB), particularly those of the genus Paenibacillus, which appear to be highly effective.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIn agricultural environments, plants are often exposed to abiotic stresses including temperature extremes, salt stress, drought, and heavy metal soil contamination, which leads to significant economic losses worldwide. Especially salt stress and drought pose serious challenges since they induce ionic toxicity, osmotic stress, and oxidative stress in plants. A potential solution can be the application of bacteria of the spp.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFEnviron Sci Pollut Res Int
January 2024
Since reservoirs perform many important functions, they are exposed to various types of unfavorable phenomena, e.g., eutrophication which leads to a rapid growth of algae (blooms) that degrade water quality.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPlant growth-promoting bacteria are one of the most interesting methods of controlling fungal phytopathogens. These bacteria can participate in biocontrol via a variety of mechanisms including lipopeptide production, hydrolytic enzymes (e.g.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPlant growth-promoting bacteria (PGPB) appear to be a sensible competitor to conventional fertilization, including mineral fertilizers and chemical plant protection products. Undoubtedly, one of the most interesting bacteria exhibiting plant-stimulating traits is, more widely known as a pathogen, . To date, several environmentally safe strains of have been isolated and described, including WSE01, MEN8, YL6, SA1, ALT1, ERBP, GGBSTD1, AK1, AR156, C1L, and T4S.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFEnvironmental contamination with heavy metals is one of the major problems caused by human activity. Bioremediation is an effective and eco-friendly approach that can reduce heavy metal contamination in the environment. Bioremediation agents include bacteria of the genus , among others.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPlant Growth-Promoting Bacteria (PGPB) are a promising alternative to conventional fertilization. One of the most interesting PGPB strains, among the spore-forming bacteria of the phylum Firmicutes, is . It is a bacterial species that inhabits a wide range of environments and shows resistance to abiotic stresses.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFCase Rep Dermatol Med
December 2022
Immune checkpoint inhibitors are associated with a spectrum of cutaneous immune-related adverse events. While maculopapular eruptions are the most common cutaneous adverse event, scleroderma can rarely develop. Herein, we report a case of new-onset scleroderma associated with avelumab treatment in the setting of metastatic squamous cell carcinoma of the lung.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFInt J Cardiol Cardiovasc Risk Prev
December 2021
Background: Arterial stiffness is important because it is associated with adverse cardiovascular events including stroke. Methods that are based on pulse wave velocity have significant limitations in estimating arterial stiffness. The purpose of this paper is to present a novel easy to apply non-invasive method to estimate arterial stiffness that is based on pulse pressure.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThis post hoc analysis of the Systolic Blood Pressure Intervention Trial (SPRINT) examined the performance of chlorthalidone (C) versus amlodipine (A) monotherapies. ANOVA was used to analyze the differences in systolic blood pressure (SBP) response between C and A. Logistic regression was used to examine monotherapy failure (adding a second antihypertensive agent or switching to a different antihypertensive agent) rates.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: The Systolic Blood Pressure Intervention Trial (SPRINT) was conducted in patients with hypertension and additional risk for cardiovascular disease who were randomized to the intensive blood pressure group targeting systolic blood pressure (SBP) less than 120 mm Hg and to the standard group where the target was less than 140 mm Hg. Analyses were done in the matched group of participants with the same gender, same age (±2 years) and same SBP (±3 mm Hg) at three months of treatment regardless of initial randomization to intensive or standard group (shaded area in Figure 1).
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Randomized clinical trials are essential for determining the efficacy of interventions, but have limitations. The types of limitations discussed in this review may be grouped in 11 categories including incorrect statistical inference, low internal or external validity, misinterpretation of the difference between frequentist and Bayesian statistical approaches, publication bias, that healthy persons with a given condition participate in clinical trials although they are not representative of the population as a whole, the rather short duration (3 to 5 years) that does not give correct estimates of the lifetime effects of the interventions or the legacy effect when participants who receive active therapy derive residual benefit after the end of the study when all participants receive active medication and the tension between the generalizability of the evidence versus the reliability of the findings of different types of clinical trials and the difficulty in applying the findings of randomized clinical trials to individual patients. These limitations are described and illustrated by examples and figures from the literature.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: It is not known whether statins or proprotein convertase subtilisin/kexin type 9 (PCSK9) antibodies are associated with cataract and whether very low achieved low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) lowering may cause cataract.
Objective: To examine two questions: whether statins and/or PCSK9 antibodies cause or prevent cataracts and whether very low LDL-C is associated with increased risk of cataract.
Methods: Systematic searches of PubMed, ClinicalTrials.
Cataract is the leading cause of visual impairment, other than uncorrected refractive errors, and the number one cause of preventable blindness worldwide. Common adverse events of statins include statin-related muscle toxicity, elevation of transaminases, diabetes, and possible association with cancer. Publications on the relationship of cataract to statins have reported inconsistent findings.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction: Erectile dysfunction (ED) is common in older men, especially those with comorbidities such as diabetes and atherosclerotic disease, conditions where statins are frequently prescribed.
Aim: To examine the effect of statin therapy on ED using the five-item version of the International Inventory of Erectile Function (IIEF).
Methods: We performed a random-effects meta-analysis of studies identified by a systematic search of MEDLINE, Web of Knowledge, the Cochrane Database, and ClinicalTrials.
Some Basidiomycota were chosen for studies of key ligninases synthesis (25°C, 30 days) in modified medium (shaken or not cultures) with added wheat straw. Liquid Czapek medium with straw yielded a higher amount of laccase than peroxidase, ground straw induced enzyme worse than chopped straw. With peroxidase the reverse dependencies were observed.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Current data indicate a persisting concern about possible cataractogenecity of statins.
Objective: To perform a meta-analysis of studies pertaining to statins and cataract.
Methods: We identified 363 records by a systematic search of the MedLine, Web of Knowledge, Cochrane database, and ClinicalTrials.