20 June 2025

Staphylococcus aureus and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in juvenile green turtle (Chelonia mydas) carcasses, rearing seawater, feed and their antibiotic resistances

"Conservation biology sometimes neglects other aspects of endangering conditions, such as bacterial infections and antimicrobial resistance. Turtle conservation is now in the spotlight in this paper regarding antimicrobial resistance and the link with human activities, which poses a new danger."

Bernardo Franco, Handling Editor

16 June 2025

Antifungal effects of andrographolide and its combination with amphotericin B against selected fungal pathogens

"a valuable addition for the search of antifungal alternative drugs."

Rodolfo García-Contreras, Handling Editor

11 June 2025

Fecal microbiome analysis in patients with metabolic syndrome and type 2 diabetes

"This paper highlights the significance of gut microbiota in metabolic syndrome and diabetes. The findings may have direct implications in the management of these conditions."

Haseeb Khan, Handling Editor

20 May 2025

Identification of bacteria on Thai banknotes and coins using MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry and their phenotypic antimicrobial susceptibility profiles

"This paper is important because it investigates the presence of bacteria on currency, which we handle daily. Currency could be a significant source of bacterial transmission and infections among people. Therefore, it is crucial to examine and identify such pathogens on banknotes"

Rodolfo García-Contreras, Handling Editor

4 April 2025

Selective enrichment of active bacterial taxa in the Microcystis associated microbiome during colony growth

"The manuscript was well structured, and experiments were well designed with significant results in the knowledge of Cyanobacteria"

Esteban Balseiro, Handling Editor

31 March 2025

Performance comparison of QuantiFERON-TB Gold In-Tube and QuantiFERON-TB Gold Plus in detecting Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection among HIV patients in China

"It provides a comparative evaluation of QuantiFERON-TB Gold In-Tube and QuantiFERON-TB Gold Plus for diagnosing Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection among persons living with HIV in China. This is an interesting study that fills the gap in diagnostic performance of QuantiFERON-TB Gold HIV-infected subjects."

Ravi Tandon, Handling Editor

31 March 2025

A proof-of-concept point-of-care test for the serodiagnosis of human amebic liver abscess

"In this manuscript, the authors develop a new and rapid innovative point-of-care immunochromatographic test (ICT) that can use whole blood for Entamoeba histolytica. This is the first demonstration of a potential ICT application in a hospital or PoC."

Tanya Camacho-Villegas, Handling Editor

28 February 2025

Skin microbiota variation in Indian families

"The authors highlight that the study emphasizes both the diversity and shared characteristics of skin microbiota composition within and across families. These findings indicate that geographical location significantly influences the genus composition of skin microbiota, which is uniquely characteristic of each family and likely shaped by co-habitation."

Praveen Korla, Handling Editor

20 February 2025

A novel microbial agent reduces soil paclobutrazol residue, enhances enzyme activities and increases Ophiopogon japonicus production

"It is a beneficial research"

Imren Kutlu, Handling Editor

14 January 2025

Benchmarking of a time-saving and scalable protocol for the extraction of DNA from diverse viromes

"The main importance of this submission is because of its usefulness. Manuscript describes in details a protocol for the extraction of DNA from diverse"

Alexander Bolshoy, Handling Editor