Locally Phase-Engineered MoTe for Near-Infrared Photodetectors.

Transition-metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) are ideal systems for two-dimensional (2D) optoelectronic applications owing to their strong light-matter interaction and various band gap energies. New techniques to modify the crystallographic phase of TMDs have recently been discovered, allowing the creation of lateral heterostructures and the design of all-2D circuitry. Thus, far, the potential benefits of phase-engineered TMD devices for optoelectronic applications are still largely unexplored.

Phenotypic and genotypic antimicrobial resistance of Listeria spp. in Spain.

Listeriosis is a zoonotic disease caused by Listeria monocytogenes and Listeria ivanovii. The genus Listeria currently includes 27 recognized species and is found throughout the environment. The number of systematic studies on antimicrobial resistance in L.

Controlling in naturally infected sheep, goats and cows, and public health implications: a scoping review.

Q fever is a worldwide zoonotic disease which domestic ruminants are the main source of infection for humans. This scoping review summarizes the control measures currently available to reduce () infection in naturally infected sheep, goat and cattle herds. A total of 28 articles were included in the review.

Kinetic and proteomic studies in milk show distinct patterns among major Listeria monocytogenes clones.

Listeria monocytogenes, a contaminant of raw milk, includes hypervirulent clonal complexes (CC) like CC1, CC4, and CC6, highly overrepresented in dairy products when compared to other food types. Whether their higher prevalence in dairy products is the consequence of a growth advantage in this food remains unknown. We examined growth kinetics of five L.

Clinical and genomic features of Listeria monocytogenes-associated mesenteric lymphadenitis in a cat.

Background: Listeriosis is a severe foodborne infection caused by Listeria monocytogenes, an important foodborne pathogen of animals and humans. Listeriosis is a rare disease in cats.

Objective: To describe the clinical, diagnostic imaging, histological, and microbiological features of L.

Organ xenotransplantation acceptance in veterinary students: A multicentric opinion study in Spain.

Background: The shortage of available transplant organs has made it necessary to search for alternatives, one of which is xenotransplantation. However, the use of animal organs could face rejection from society and the personnel involved in its implementation.

Objectives: (a) to analyze the attitudes of Veterinary Degree students in six Spanish Universities towards xenotransplantation; and (b) to determine the factors that affect its acceptance.

Genomic characterization of Listeria spp. isolated from tonsils, udder and feces of domestic dairy ruminants in Spain.

Two species of Listeria are pathogenic, Listeria monocytogenes and Listeria ivanovii. Although studies have shown that dairy ruminants shed Listeria spp. in feces, there is little information about ruminants that do not shed Listeria spp.

An ultraminiaturized spectrometer.

Scaling down spectrometers could allow their application in consumer devices.

Fiber-coupled light-emitting diodes (LEDs) as safe and convenient light sources for the characterization of optoelectronic devices.

Optoelectronic device characterization requires to probe the electrical transport changes upon illumination with light of different incident powers, wavelengths, and modulation frequencies. This task is typically performed using laser-based or lamp + monochromator-based light sources, that result complex to use and costly to implement. Here, we describe the use of multimode fiber-coupled light-emitting diodes (LEDs) as a simple, low-cost alternative to more conventional light sources, and demonstrate their capabilities by extracting the main figures of merit of optoelectronic devices based on monolayer MoS , i.

The Low-Temperature Photocurrent Spectrum of Monolayer MoSe: Excitonic Features and Gate Voltage Dependence.

Two-dimensional transition metal dichalcogenides (2D-TMDs) are among the most promising materials for exploring and exploiting exciton transitions. Excitons in 2D-TMDs present remarkably long lifetimes, even at room temperature. The spectral response of exciton transitions in 2D-TMDs has been thoroughly characterized over the past decade by means of photoluminescence spectroscopy, transmittance spectroscopy, and related techniques; however, the spectral dependence of their electronic response is still not fully characterized.

Search of antimicrobial lactic acid bacteria from Salmonella-negative dogs.

Background: Salmonellosis is one of the most important food-borne zoonotic disease affecting both animals and humans. The objective of the present study was to identify gastrointestinal (GI) lactic acid bacteria (LAB) of canine-origin from Salmonella-negative dogs' faeces able to inhibit monophasic Salmonella Typhimurium previously isolated from dogs' faeces, in order to be used as a potential probiotic in pet nutrition.

Results: Accordingly, 37 LAB were isolated from Salmonella-negative dogs' faeces and tested against monophasic S.

Ionic-Liquid Gating in Two-Dimensional TMDs: The Operation Principles and Spectroscopic Capabilities.

Ionic-liquid gating (ILG) is able to enhance carrier densities well above the achievable values in traditional field-effect transistors (FETs), revealing it to be a promising technique for exploring the electronic phases of materials in extreme doping regimes. Due to their chemical stability, transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) are ideal candidates to produce ionic-liquid-gated FETs. Furthermore, as recently discovered, ILG can be used to obtain the band gap of two-dimensional semiconductors directly from the simple transfer characteristics.

Pathogenicity and virulence of : A trip from environmental to medical microbiology.

is a saprophytic gram-positive bacterium, and an opportunistic foodborne pathogen that can produce listeriosis in humans and animals. It has evolved an exceptional ability to adapt to stress conditions encountered in different environments, resulting in a ubiquitous distribution. Because some food preservation methods and disinfection protocols in food-processing environments cannot efficiently prevent contaminations, constitutes a threat to human health and a challenge to food safety.

spp. Isolated from Tonsils of Wild Deer and Boars: Genomic Characterization.

is a major human and animal foodborne pathogen. However, data from environmental reservoirs remain scarce. Here, we used whole-genome sequencing to characterize species isolates recovered over 1 year from wild animals in their natural habitats in Spain.

Vaginal Microbiota Is Stable throughout the Estrous Cycle in Arabian Maress.

Lactic acid bacteria (LAB) dominate human vaginal microbiota and inhibit pathogen proliferation. In other mammals, LAB do not dominate vaginal microbiota, however shifts of dominant microorganisms occur during ovarian cycle. The study objectives were to characterize equine vaginal microbiota in mares by culture-dependent and independent methods and to describe its variation in estrus and diestrus.

Virulence potential of strains recovered from pigs in Spain.

Background: is a foodborne bacterial pathogen that causes listeriosis, an infectious disease in animals and people, with pigs acting as asymptomatic reservoirs. In August 2019 an outbreak associated with the consumption of pork meat caused 222 human cases of listeriosis in Spain. Determining the diversity as well as the virulence potential of strains from pigs is important to public health.

sp. nov., isolated from a water trough and the faeces of healthy sheep.

In the context of a study on the occurrence of species in an animal farm environment in Valencia, Spain, six -like isolates could not be assigned to any known species. Phylogenetic analysis based on the 16S rRNA gene and on 231 core genes grouped these isolates in a monophyletic clade within the genus , with highest similarity to . Whole-genome sequence analyses based on DNA-DNA hybridization, the average nucleotide blast and the pairwise amino acid identities against all currently known species confirmed that these isolates constituted a new taxon within the genus .

Vaginal Microbiota Changes During Estrous Cycle in Dairy Heifers.

The vaginal microbiota plays an important role in the health of dairy cattle, and it could be manipulated for the prevention and treatment of reproduction-related infections. The present study profiles and compares the vaginal microbiota of healthy dairy heifers during the estrous cycle focusing the results in follicular (estrus) and luteal (diestrus) phases using 16S rRNA sequencing of the V3-V4 hypervariable region. Twenty 13-16-months-old virgin dairy heifers from a single farm were included in this study.

The addition of Lactobacillus spp. negatively affects Mycoplasma bovis viability in bovine cervical mucus.

Background: Mycoplasma bovis is an important pathogen for the cattle industry worldwide causing significant economic losses. Several transmission routes, including those related to reproduction, have been described. Indeed, the pathogen can colonize the female reproductive tract after artificial insemination (AI) with contaminated semen.

A Role for Taok2 in Listeria monocytogenes Vacuolar Escape.

The bacterial pathogen Listeria monocytogenes invades host cells, ruptures the internalization vacuole, and reaches the cytosol for replication. A high-content small interfering RNA (siRNA) microscopy screen allowed us to identify epithelial cell factors involved in L. monocytogenes vacuolar rupture, including the serine/threonine kinase Taok2.