Aim: Objective of this study was to examine farnesol sensitivity of yeast to hyphae dimorphism in clinical isolates of Candida albicans. Study Design: Variations in virulence attributes contribute to variations in pathogenicity of C. albicans. Ability to switch from yeast to hyph...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2013/2939
Aims: In hospitals, surfaces are often colonized by potentially pathogenic micro organisms which can remain alive for long periods of time, thus playing a major role in hospital-acquired infections. One way to overcome this drawback could be to use disinfectants with long-term ac...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2013/2761
Background: Tuberculosis (TB) remains a major worldwide public health problem with over 8.8 million newly diagnosed cases in 2010. Patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) who are on hemodialysis (HD) have a significantly higher incidence of Mycobacterium tuberculosis infecti...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2013/2926
Aims: To characterise the diversity, genotypic and phenotypic properties of coagulase negative and coagulase positive staphylococci from camel milk. Place and Duration of Study: Laboratory of Food Biotechnology, Department of Health Sciences and Technology (D-HEST), Swiss Federal...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2013/2896
Aims: To investigate the presence of the staphylococcal enterotoxin genes seg, seh and sei among clinical and nasal isolates. Place and Duration of Study: Department of Biology and Biotechnology, An-Najah N. University, Palestine, in 2011. Methodology: A total 124 S. aureus isola...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2013/2913
Aim: Considering the geographic expansion of Cryptococcus gattii, the aim of this study was to investigate hollows of living trees as a reservoir of C. gattii in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Place and Duration of the Study: In an urban quarter of Rio de Janeiro city, 80 samples of dec...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2013/2682
Aim: This study investigated the microbiological, physicochemical and antinutritional properties of three varieties of fermenting melon seeds namely: Citrullus vulgaris (Schrad), Citrullus colocynthis (L) and Cucumeropsis mannii (Naud) for ogiri production. Methodology: Ogiri was...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2013/2337
This review details the success of different probiotic agents to provide protection in the host from infection by pathogenic microbial agents. Probiotics are bacteria that interfere and kill pathogens but the mechanisms employed by these agents in preventing infection and disease...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2013/1809
Aims: Many studies have been conducted on the antibacterial activity of medicinal plants against human pathogens. However, a little has been done on fish pathogens. The aim of this research work was to isolate bacterial pathogens from spoiled fish leading to human diseases and co...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2013/2390
Aims: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the inhibitory effects of phenolic monomers on methanogenesis in anaerobic digestion and to assess the effect of hydroxyl groups’ number of phenolic monomers (aromatic structure) on inhibition of methane production by acetoclastic m...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2013/2291