Abstract: Described herein are engineered microbe-targeting or microbe-binding molecules, kits comprising the same and uses thereof. Some particular embodiments of the microbe-targeting or microbe-binding molecules comprise a carbohydrate recognition domain of mannose-binding lectin, or a fragment thereof, linked to a portion of a Fc region. In some embodiments, the microbe-targeting molecules or microbe-binding molecules can be conjugated to a substrate, e.g., a magnetic microbead, forming a microbe-targeting substrate (e.g., a microbe-targeting magnetic microbead). Such microbe-targeting molecules and/or substrates and the kits comprising the same can bind and/or capture of a microbe and/or microbial matter thereof, and can thus be used in various applications, e.g., diagnosis and/or treatment of an infection caused by microbes such as sepsis in a subject or any environmental surface.

Abstract: An enclosure for animals and plants includes a bottom and a side wall. The wall and bottom are interconnected to form a unitary structure. A top for the unitary structure includes a glass portion and a screen portion. Structure is provided for selectively locking the top to the unitary structure.

Abstract: An enclosure for animals and plants includes a bottom, first and second end walls, and first and second side walls. The walls and bottom are interconnected to form a unitary structure. A top for the structure extends between the walls. Structure is provided for selectively locking the top to the structure.

Abstract: An aquarium trickle filter for filtering aquarium water includes a housing. The housing includes an inlet for prefiltered aquarium water and an outlet for filtered aquarium water. Disposed within the housing is a chamber including filter elements. A drip tray having a top surface and edges is disposed adjacent the chamber to form a cover for the chamber. The drip tray top surface includes a plurality of grooves which include a plurality of apertures for allowing prefiltered aquarium water to enter the chamber and be uniformly dispersed over the filter elements. A channel is disposed adjacent to the chamber and in fluid communication with an aquarium. The channel is further disposed adjacent to a side wall of the housing. The channel includes an inlet and an outlet. Structure is disposed adjacent to the channel outlet for directing prefiltered aquarium water from the channel to the edges of the drip tray.