Polycrystalline samples of Ba1−x−yNaxSryZn2Sb2 (0 ≤ x ≤ 0.1, 0 ≤ y ≤ 0.1) were prepared by a solid-state reaction method and hot press sintering with the aim of achieving synergistic optimization of the power factor and thermal conductivity.

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Strain TS-56T was isolated from the gut of a wood-feeding termite, Reticulitermes chinensisSnyder. Phylogenetic analyses based on 16S rRNA gene sequences revealed that the strain represented a member of the genus Gryllotalpicola of the family Microbacteriaceae, with sequence similarities to other species of the genus ranging from 96.6 % to 97.8 %. The isolate was Gram-stain-positive, non-motile, with light yellow colonies and irregular short rod-shaped cells (0.4-0.6 mm in diameter, 0.6-1.0 mm in length). Growth of TS-56 T occurred at 20-35 6C(optimum, 30 6C) and at pH 4.0-8.0 (optimum, pH 5.0). The peptidoglycan of TS-56 T contained ornithine, glutamic acid, alanine, homoserine and glycine. The acyl type was acetyl. The most abundant cellular fatty acid of TS-56 T was cyclohexyl-C 17 : 0 (88.79 %). The respiratory menaquinone was MK-11. The polar lipid profile contained disphosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylcholine, phosphatidylinositol and two unknown glycolipids. DNA of the type strain had a G+C content of 67.4 mol%. On the basis of the phylogenetic properties and phenotypic distinctiveness, TS-56 T represents a novel species of the genus Gryllotalpicola, for which the name Gryllotalpicola reticulitermitis sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is TS-56

We describe the development, optimisation, and validation of an automated, cell-based and high-throughput screening assay using existing luminescence-based ATPlite reagents for identifying antiviral compounds that inhibit enterovirus replication. Antiviral efficacy was determined by measuring the ATP levels in cells that were protected from the viral cytopathic effect (CPE) by the antiviral compounds pleconaril and rupintrivir. CPE-based assay conditions were optimised at a cell density of 5000 cells/well and a viral infection dose of 100 CCID 50 in 384-well plates. The assay exhibited excellent robustness, with Z′-factor values between 0.75 and 0.82, coefficients of variation between 0.33% and 1.45%, and signal-to-background ratios ranging from 6.92 to 22.6 when testing three enterovirus A71 isolates circulating in China. The assay was also suitable for screening other picornaviruses, such as poliovirus, coxsackievirus, echovirus, and parechovirus.