Aims: Antibacterial chemicals were isolated from fruit bodies of three basidiomycota [Coltricia perennis (L) Murrill, Onnia tomentosa (Fr.) P. Karst., and Polyporus mori (Pollini) Fr. ] fungi and their antibacterial potential were screened against five bacteria. Study Design: All...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2014/4615
Salmonella infection in bird species in Jamaica was studied. This revealed that very low prevalence of salmonellosis was found (0.32%). Salmonella Yeerongpilly (newly reported in the country) was isolated from a bird collected at a bird aviary. This study showed that there was th...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2014/5942
A non specific acid phosphatase from Aspergillus oryzae NRRL447 catalyzes the phosphate hydrolysis from nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide forming nicotinamide riboside, adenosine and Pi as the final products of the reaction. The enzyme was purified to homogeneity by a sequential...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2014/5953
Antibiograms and plasmid profiles are commonly used to characterizemethicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) inepidemiologic studies. However, antibiograms are frequently inadequate to accomplish the differentiation. Plasmid profile being more informative has been report...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2014/5533
Aims: Glucose oxidase is an enzyme with large scale applications in various industries. It is also used in several diagnostic kits which makes it medically important as well. Our aim was to isolate indigenous glucose oxidase hyper producing strain of Aspergillus niger from differ...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2014/3082
Caesalpinia benthamiana (Baill.) Herend. and Zarucchi (synonym. Mezoneuron benthamianum Baill.) belongs to the family Fabaceae, it is a climbing or a straggling shrub and is well known in some West African countries for its medicinal properties where it is used to cure general ma...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2014/5560
Aims: To study the efficacy of different solvent extracts (chloroform, ethanol, methanol and hexane) of ten plants on Ralstonia solanacearum the causal organism of bacterial wilt of tomato. Place and Duration of Study: Departments of Crop Production, Soil and Environmental Manage...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2014/4179
Ali Mohamed Elshafei, Mohamed Mohamed Hassan1, Nadia Hussein Ali, Mohamed Abd-Elmontasr Abouzeid, Dalia Ali Mahmoud & Dina Helmy Elghonemy·Microbiology Research Journal International·2013
Aim: The aims of the present study were to purify and characterize L-glutaminase from Penicillium brevicompactum NRC 829; and to evaluate the antitumor activity of the purified enzyme against different tumor human cell lines. Study Design: Testing of antitumor activity of L-gluta...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2014/5098
Aims: To isolate lead resistant bacteria from industrial effluent and characterize them by biochemical tests, effect of physical and chemicals factors on their growth and protein profiling of the isolates on with or without metal stress. Study Design: Cross-sectional study of rel...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2014/5862
Bahareh Rajaei, Nahid Sepehri Rad, Farzad Badmasti, Mohamad Reza Razavi, Mohammad Reza Aghasadeghi, Raheleh Saboohi, Taraneh Rajaei, Arfa Moshiri, Mehdi Nejati, Ahmad Reza Bahremand & Seyed Davar Siadat·Microbiology Research Journal International·2013
Aim:Salmonella is an important food-borne pathogen in humans and a broad range of animals. Antimicrobial resistance in Salmonella spp. is a serious health problem in human and veterinary medicine worldwide. The aim of this study was to detect integrons, the natural recombination...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2014/4639
Muhammad Shoaib Alam, Sana Ullah Khan, Sultan Ayaz, Noor Ul Akbar, Muhammad Asim Khan, Iftikhar Ahmad, Muhammad Idrees & Muhammad Waqar·Microbiology Research Journal International·2013
Background: Cryptosporidium parvum and Giardia lamblia are intestinal parasites that predominantly causes "waterborne" infections that are transmitted through consumption of contaminated water. Both parasites typically cause an acute short-term infections with self-limiting diarr...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2014/3947
Aims: 104 samples were collected from the west region and the coastal plain of Cameroon during two coffee campaigns, 2009 and 2010. Two coffee processes were evaluated (wet and dry processes) at different stages from harvesting to storage. Study Design: Food contaminants. Place a...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2014/4284
Aims: We investigated the antibacterial activity of three groups of phenolic compounds obtained from the chloroform (CHCl3) extract of the fleshy seed coat (sarcotestas) of Ginkgo biloba. Study Design: An experimental study. Methodology: Inhibition of microbial growth was measure...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2014/5623
Aim: To isolate and identify Listeria monocytogenes from frozen and shock frozen raw dressed broiler chicken in Khartoum State, Sudan. Place and Duration of Study: Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Parasitology, Sudan University of Science and Technology, Khartoum-North,...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2014/2449
Aims: To study virulence factors and antifungal susceptibility profile of C. glabrata isolated from various clinical specimens. Study Design: A total of 175 C. glabrata spp. isolated from various clinical specimens were included in the study. Place and Duration of Study: Departme...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2014/5806