Natural resources, particularly plants and microbes, are an excellent source of bioactive molecules. Bromelain, a complex enzyme mixture found in pineapples, has numerous pharmacological applications. In a search for therapeutic molecules, we conducted an study on natural phyto-constituent bromelain, targeting pathogenic bacteria and viral proteases.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFare gram-negative, thermotolerant, motile, and pleomorphic microorganisms that are only distantly related to those of the Enterobacteriaceae and Vibrionaceae families. One of the most common sources of contamination is human stool, but it may also be found in a wide range of other animals, plants, and aquatic habitats. Antimicrobial resistance in from seawater and shellfish was investigated, and pathogenicity involved genes were characterized as part of this study.
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