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    Merck & Co phosphonomycin
    Phosphonomycin, supplied by Merck & Co, used in various techniques. Bioz Stars score: 86/100, based on 1 PubMed citations. ZERO BIAS - scores, article reviews, protocol conditions and more
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    Article Title: Synergistic activity of fosfomycin combined with old and new oxazolidinones (linezolid, contezolid, delpazolid, and sutezolid) against bloodstream isolates of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium.
    Article Snippet: known for its ability to produce a wide variety of severe opportunistic infections, particularly bacteriemia, endocarditis, urinary tract infections (UTI), skin and soft tissue infections and abdominal infections like peritonitis or abscess [1–3].. This is since E. faecium harbours an inciting arsenal of virulence factors that establish and aggravate most of the infections produced.. Some of the most wellknown factors are the secreted enzymes cytolysin and gelatinase, the secreted antigen A, the biofilm-associated surface proteins (pili, Ebp and Ace) and the quorum sensing molecules [4, 5].

    Article Title: In Vitro and In Vivo Studies of Oritavancin and Fosfomycin Synergism against Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococcus faecium .
    Article Snippet: MIC assays were also performed in Cation-Adjusted Müller–Hinton Broth (CAMHB) (Oxoid, Cheshire, United Kingdom), both to confirm the fosfomycin MIC and to evaluate oritavancin susceptibility, since the most pragmatical method to carry out checkerboard and time-kill assays is in liquid medium. .. Oritavancin and fosfomycin were purchased from Merck Life Science (Milan, Italy) in powder form and dissolved in deionised water, at a concentration of 1 mg/mL and 40.0 mg/mL, respectively. .. Polysorbate-80 0.002% was added to oritavancin solution, according to the Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute guidelines [13].

    Sterility:

    Article Title: Improvement of Selected Quality and Safety Traits in Turmeric-Enriched Kale Pesto Using Blue Light and Sous-Vide.
    Article Snippet: .. The samples were homogenized for 1 min with 90 mL of sterile saline, serially diluted in the same diluent, and plated onto Oxford agar with Listeria Selective Supplement (Merck) containing acriflavin, cefotetan, colistin sulfate, cycloheximide, and fosfomycin. ..

    Saline:

    Article Title: Improvement of Selected Quality and Safety Traits in Turmeric-Enriched Kale Pesto Using Blue Light and Sous-Vide.
    Article Snippet: .. The samples were homogenized for 1 min with 90 mL of sterile saline, serially diluted in the same diluent, and plated onto Oxford agar with Listeria Selective Supplement (Merck) containing acriflavin, cefotetan, colistin sulfate, cycloheximide, and fosfomycin. ..

    Positive Control:

    Article Title: Potential Antibacterial Flavonoid from Buah Merah (Pandanus conodieus Lam.) Against Pathogenic Oral Bacteria of Enterococcus faecalis ATCC 29212
    Article Snippet: The antibiotic assay disc for the susceptibility testing was purchased form sigma Aldrich (Whatman, diam 6 mm). .. Meanwhile, Fosfomycin and chlorhexidine, as the positive control, were purchased from Merck Co. Ltd. and Sigma Aldrich. .. For the characterization of chemical structure, this study uses a 500 MHz FT-NMR spectrometer (Varian ECA 500 JOEL, Japan) to record the NMR spectra, a Perkin Elmer Spectrum One FT-IR spectrometer (Buckinghamshire, England) to determine IR spectra, ES-MS Spectrometer (UPLC MS/MS TQD type, Waters) to get Mass Spectra data, and a UV spectrophotometer (Shimizu, Japan) to provide UV spectra.



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    Effects of IFA (400 μg/mL) combined with antibiotics on bacterial viability of E. coli O157:H7. (A) Fosfomycin sodium. (B) Ceftriaxone. (C) Gentamicin. (D) Polymyxin B. (E) Streptomycin. (F) Chloramphenicol. (G) Tetracycline. (H) Azithromycin. * p < 0.05, ** p < 0.01, *** p < 0.001, **** p < 0.0001.

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    Article Title: Isoferulic acid suppresses Escherichia coli biofilm formation via LuxS/AI-2 quorum sensing inhibition and synergizes with fosfomycin

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    Figure Lengend Snippet: Effects of IFA (400 μg/mL) combined with antibiotics on bacterial viability of E. coli O157:H7. (A) Fosfomycin sodium. (B) Ceftriaxone. (C) Gentamicin. (D) Polymyxin B. (E) Streptomycin. (F) Chloramphenicol. (G) Tetracycline. (H) Azithromycin. * p < 0.05, ** p < 0.01, *** p < 0.001, **** p < 0.0001.

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    In vivo evaluation of the IFA/fosfomycin sodium combination strategy. (A) Mouse survival rate during the treatment period. (B) Bacterial load in ileum after different treatments. (C) Bacterial load in liver after different treatments. (D) Bacterial load in spleen after different treatments. (E) H&E staining of liver, spleen, and ileum tissues. Yellow arrows: shedding of intestinal villous epithelial cells, green arrows: cellular swelling, blue arrows: lymphocytes, purple arrows: granulocytes, black arrows: congestion, orange arrows: nuclear fragmentation, light green arrows: pigment deposition. (F) Fluorescence staining of tight junction proteins (ZO-1 and Occludin) in ileum tissues. **** p < 0.0001.

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    Article Title: Isoferulic acid suppresses Escherichia coli biofilm formation via LuxS/AI-2 quorum sensing inhibition and synergizes with fosfomycin

    doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2026.1837128

    Figure Lengend Snippet: In vivo evaluation of the IFA/fosfomycin sodium combination strategy. (A) Mouse survival rate during the treatment period. (B) Bacterial load in ileum after different treatments. (C) Bacterial load in liver after different treatments. (D) Bacterial load in spleen after different treatments. (E) H&E staining of liver, spleen, and ileum tissues. Yellow arrows: shedding of intestinal villous epithelial cells, green arrows: cellular swelling, blue arrows: lymphocytes, purple arrows: granulocytes, black arrows: congestion, orange arrows: nuclear fragmentation, light green arrows: pigment deposition. (F) Fluorescence staining of tight junction proteins (ZO-1 and Occludin) in ileum tissues. **** p < 0.0001.

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    ( A ) Phase contrast images of C. crescentus wild-type, Δ anmK (PR252), and Δ amgK (PR262) cells, harvested in the exponential and stationary growth phase. Scale bar: 5 µm. ( B ) Superplots showing the distribution of cell lengths in populations of C. crescentus wild-type, Δ anmK (PR252), and Δ amgK (PR262) cells in the exponential (exp) and stationary (stat) growth phase. Data (n=100 cells per replicate) are presented as described for . The statistical significance ( p -value) of differences between conditions was assessed using a two-sided Welch’s t -test. ns indicates p -values >0.1. ( C ) Serial dilution spot assay investigating the growth of C. crescentus Δ anmK (PR252) and Δ amgK (PR262) on plates containing different concentrations of ampicillin. The cells were spotted on the same plates as those depicted in . See for all replicates (n=3 independent experiments). ( D ) Levels of N-acetylmuramic acid (Mur N Ac) in the cytoplasm of C. crescentus wild-type and Δ amgK (PR262) cells, measured by metabolomics analysis through quantification of the corresponding mass spectrometric peak areas. The mass spectrometric peak areas were normalized against the mean obtained for the Δ amgK mutant. The statistical significance of differences between the two strains was determined using a two-sided Welch’s t -test. ( E ) Analysis of the growth of C. crescentus wild-type, Δ nagK (PR255), and Δ amgK (PR262) cells on agar containing a fosfomycin gradient. The fosfomycin concentrations on the MIC test strip are indicated in the legend on the right.

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    Article Title: Peptidoglycan recycling is critical for cell division, cell wall integrity, and β-lactam resistance in Caulobacter crescentus

    doi: 10.7554/eLife.109465

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    Article Snippet: Resistance against fosfomycin was assessed using Fosfomycin MIC Test Strips (Liofilchem, Italy).

    Techniques: Serial Dilution, Spot Test, Mutagenesis, Stripping Membranes

    ( A ) Phase contrast images of C. crescentus wild-type, Δ anmK (PR252), and Δ amgK (PR262) cells, harvested in the exponential and stationary growth phase. Scale bar: 5 µm. ( B ) Superplots showing the distribution of cell lengths in populations of C. crescentus wild-type, Δ anmK (PR252), and Δ amgK (PR262) cells in the exponential (exp) and stationary (stat) growth phase. Data (n=100 cells per replicate) are presented as described for . The statistical significance ( p -value) of differences between conditions was assessed using a two-sided Welch’s t -test. ns indicates p -values >0.1. ( C ) Serial dilution spot assay investigating the growth of C. crescentus Δ anmK (PR252) and Δ amgK (PR262) on plates containing different concentrations of ampicillin. The cells were spotted on the same plates as those depicted in . See for all replicates (n=3 independent experiments). ( D ) Levels of N-acetylmuramic acid (Mur N Ac) in the cytoplasm of C. crescentus wild-type and Δ amgK (PR262) cells, measured by metabolomics analysis through quantification of the corresponding mass spectrometric peak areas. The mass spectrometric peak areas were normalized against the mean obtained for the Δ amgK mutant. The statistical significance of differences between the two strains was determined using a two-sided Welch’s t -test. ( E ) Analysis of the growth of C. crescentus wild-type, Δ nagK (PR255), and Δ amgK (PR262) cells on agar containing a fosfomycin gradient. The fosfomycin concentrations on the MIC test strip are indicated in the legend on the right.

    Journal: eLife

    Article Title: Peptidoglycan recycling is critical for cell division, cell wall integrity, and β-lactam resistance in Caulobacter crescentus

    doi: 10.7554/eLife.109465

    Figure Lengend Snippet: ( A ) Phase contrast images of C. crescentus wild-type, Δ anmK (PR252), and Δ amgK (PR262) cells, harvested in the exponential and stationary growth phase. Scale bar: 5 µm. ( B ) Superplots showing the distribution of cell lengths in populations of C. crescentus wild-type, Δ anmK (PR252), and Δ amgK (PR262) cells in the exponential (exp) and stationary (stat) growth phase. Data (n=100 cells per replicate) are presented as described for . The statistical significance ( p -value) of differences between conditions was assessed using a two-sided Welch’s t -test. ns indicates p -values >0.1. ( C ) Serial dilution spot assay investigating the growth of C. crescentus Δ anmK (PR252) and Δ amgK (PR262) on plates containing different concentrations of ampicillin. The cells were spotted on the same plates as those depicted in . See for all replicates (n=3 independent experiments). ( D ) Levels of N-acetylmuramic acid (Mur N Ac) in the cytoplasm of C. crescentus wild-type and Δ amgK (PR262) cells, measured by metabolomics analysis through quantification of the corresponding mass spectrometric peak areas. The mass spectrometric peak areas were normalized against the mean obtained for the Δ amgK mutant. The statistical significance of differences between the two strains was determined using a two-sided Welch’s t -test. ( E ) Analysis of the growth of C. crescentus wild-type, Δ nagK (PR255), and Δ amgK (PR262) cells on agar containing a fosfomycin gradient. The fosfomycin concentrations on the MIC test strip are indicated in the legend on the right.

    Article Snippet: Chemical compound, drug , fosfomycin MIC test stripes , Liofilchem, Italy , Cat. #: 92078 , .

    Techniques: Serial Dilution, Spot Test, Mutagenesis, Stripping Membranes