The rare branched-chain sugar apiose, once thought to only be present in the plant kingdom, was found in two bacterial species: Geminicoccus roseus and Xanthomonas pisi.Glycans with apiose residues were detected in aqueous methanol-soluble fractions as well as in the insoluble pellet fraction of X.pisi.Genes encoding bacterial uridine diphosphate a
Background and Aims: The study aimed to assess the rates of delirium in an Intensive Care Unit (ICU) prospectively assessed with a delirium screening instrument and confirmed through psychiatrist evaluation.In addition, the referral rate to psychiatric consultation liaison services from the same ICU was assessed through the rates of psychiatric ref
IntroductionStrains of the syphilis spirochete, Treponema pallidum ssp.pallidum, group into one of two deep-branching clades: the Nichols clade or the globally dominant Street Strain 14 (SS14) clade.To date, in-depth proteome-wide analyses have focused on Nichols clade strains.MethodsThe T.pallidum SS14 clade reference strain (SS14) proteome was ch