Biocontrol of Soft Rot Caused by with Bacteriophage phiPccP-1 in Kimchi Cabbage.

has recently emerged as a widely infective and destructive pathogen causing soft-rot disease in various vegetables. Bacteriophage phiPccP-1 isolated from Pyeongchang, South Korea, showed lytic activity against Pco14 and two other species. The transmission electron microscopy and genome phylograms revealed that phiPccP-1 belongs to the genus, subfamily of the family.

Plans for Nationwide Serosurveillance Network in Vietnam.

In recent years, serosurveillance has gained momentum as a way of determining disease transmission and immunity in populations, particularly with respect to vaccine-preventable diseases. At the end of 2017, the Oxford University Clinical Research Unit and the National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology held a meeting in Vietnam with national policy makers, researchers, and international experts to discuss current seroepidemiologic projects in Vietnam and future needs and plans for nationwide serosurveillance. This report summarizes the meeting and the plans that were discussed to set up nationwide serosurveillance in Vietnam.

Glutathione Capped CdSe Quantum Dots: Synthesis, Characterization, Morphology, and Application as a Sensor for Toxic Metal Ions.

Glutathione (GSH) functionalized CdSe quantum dots (QDs) (GSH--CdSe QDs) were prepared via a simple one-pot strategy at low temperature. The as-synthesized CdSe QDs were characterized by FT-IR and XPS analyses. The morphology, physical structure and size distribution of GSH--CdSe QDs were investigated by TEM, XRD and DLS analyses, respectively.

Photoluminescence Properties of Eu-Doped MIL-53(Fe) Obtained by Solvothermal Synthesis.

We report the facial synthesis of Eu-doped MIL-53(Fe) elongated hexagonal dipyramid by solvothermal reaction of Fe(NO₃)₃, Eu(NO₃)₃ and terephthalic acid (TPA) in the presence of ,-dimethylformamide (DMF). The as-synthesized samples were characterized by XRD, Raman, FT-IR, PL, and SEM. From XRD and Raman results, metal replacement (Eu) with the metal ion (Fe) in the crystal lattice may change the high crystallinity of the MIL-53(Fe) structure, and all the metal ions were incorporated into the structures of MIL-53(Fe) as well as replaced Fe ion or located at interstitial site.

Grafting of Poly(poly(ethylene glycol) methacrylate) onto Halloysite Nanotubes via Surface-Initiated Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization.

A synthetic strategy for the functionalization of halloysite nanotubes (HNTs) with poly(poly(ethylene glycol) methacrylate) (PPEGMA) via surface-initiated atom transfer radical polymerization (SIATRP). The covalent immobilization of PPEGMA was confirmed by FT-IR analysis. The preparation of the nanohybrids was further evidenced by the XPS and EDX studies.

Source profiling of arsenic and heavy metals in the Selangor River basin and their maternal and cord blood levels in Selangor State, Malaysia.

Arsenic and 5 heavy metals (nickel, copper, zinc, cadmium and lead) were quantitated in surface water (n = 18) and soil/ore samples (n = 45) collected from 5 land uses (oil palm converted from forest, oil palm in peat swamp, bare land, quarry and forest) in the Selangor River basin by inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS). Geographic information system (GIS) was used as a spatial analytical tool to classify 4 land uses (forest, agriculture/peat, urban and bare land) from a satellite image taken by Landsat 8. Source profiling of the 6 elements was conducted to identify their occurrence, their distribution and the pollution source associated with the land use.

Source discrimination of heavy metals in sediment and water of To Lich River in Hanoi City using multivariate statistical approaches.

The concentrations of Mn, Fe, Ni, Cr, Cu, Pb, Zn, As, and Cd were determined to evaluate the level of contamination of To Lich River in Hanoi City. All metal concentrations in 0-10-cm water samples, except Mn, were lower than the maximum permitted concentration for irrigation water standard. Meanwhile, concentrations of As, Cd, and Zn in 0-30-cm sediments were likely to have adverse effects on agriculture and aquatic life.

Rapid determination of antiviral drug susceptibility of herpes simplex virus types 1 and 2 by real-time PCR.

An antiviral drug susceptibility assay of herpes simplex virus (HSV) was developed using real-time PCR quantification of intracellular viral DNA load. The number of HSV DNA copies within Vero cells after 24 h infection was strongly correlated with the number of plaques obtained after 72 h infection. Antiviral drug susceptibility of HSV was determined after virus growth for 24h by measuring the reduction of intracellular HSV DNA in the presence of increasing concentrations of either acyclovir (ACV) or foscarnet (PFA).