Abstract Hydrophilic lubricant coatings with antifouling properties are commercially applied to urological devices, such as ureteral stents (USs), inhibit biofilm formation and reduce the likelihood of infectious encrustation. However, their long‐term effectiveness is limited due lack active precise antibacterial activity. Herein, this work reports a hydrophilic (defined SA‐PU/PVP) coating smar...

Shewanella sp. strain F1, isolated from a lab-scale Fe(II)−dependent anaerobic denitrifying reactor, could reduce nitrate by oxidizing Fe(II). Its reduction rate and Fe(II) oxidation were 0.48 mg/(L·h) 5.05 at OD600 of 0.4786 with five-fold diluent. was popular in Fe(III) reduction. Fewer studies about its ability for are available. The low pH determined to be the switch F1 perform or oxidation...

Ureteral stent placement is usual after renal transplantation to avoid ureteral obstruction and facilitate reconstruction. However, stent is prone to infection, encrustation, migration, fragmentation, obstruction, and even obstructive nephropathy with a long-indwelling time. Forgotten ureteric stent in renal transplant recipients is scarcely reported. Here, we present a case of long-forgotten i...

Calculus formation in an ileal conduit following cystectomy is a known complication. Encrustation and formation of calculus may also occur over a DJ stent retained for a long period; but this is never reported in patients with conduit diversion because of close surveillance of these patients. Here we report first case of a large calculus encrusted over a forgotten DJ stent within an ileal condu...

The search for microfossils in the geological record has been a long-term challenge. Part of the problem comes from the difficulty of identifying such microfossils unambiguously, since they can be morphologically confused with abiotic biomorphs. One route to improve our ability to correctly identify microfossils involves studying fossilization processes affecting bacteria in modern settings. We...