Aims: This study evaluated nutritional parameters for optimum methionine production Study Design: Methionine was assayed using the colorimetric method of Greenstein and Wintz (1961). Place and Duration of Study: Department of Applied Microbiology and Brewing, Nnamdi Azikiwe Unive...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2014/2444
The enzyme α-L-rhamnosidase specifically cleaves terminal rhamnose residues from a wide variety of natural products. This property endows this enzyme with important biotechnological potential as a-L-rhamnosidase could be employed in a variety of applications, including removing b...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2014/6862
Aim: The aim of this study was to determine etiology and drug resistance pattern of most frequency isolates of microorganisms responsible for VAP in an Iranian 1000-bed tertiary care hospital in Tehran Iran. Place and Duration: This study was conducted in microbiology laboratory...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2014/7543
Aims: This study reports on In vitro investigation of photodynamic antimicrobial activity of protoporphyrin IX (PPIX) in the presence and absence of Hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) against S. aureus and P. aeruginosa. Place and Duration of Study: Department of Medical Physics, Anna...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2014/10482
Aims: The focus of this study was to evaluate the antimycobacterial activity of Alcaligenes faecalis BW1 extract and to purify it partially. Study design: Partial purification of A. faecalis BW1 extract was performed by using thin layer chromatography and active substances respon...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2014/10595
Five Rhizobium strains (Cb1, Cb2, Cb3, Cb4 and Cb5) were isolated from root nodules of cluster bean [Cyamopsis tetragonoloba (L.)] on yeast extract mannitol agar (YMA) medium. All the five Rhizobium isolates have shown the Indole Acetic Acid( IAA) production in culture medium sup...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2014/6871
Aim: To determine the prevalence and antibiotic susceptibility patterns of clinical isolates of methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolated at Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital. Method: A total of 400 S. aureus isolates recovered from various clinical specimens at Mbara...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2014/9909
Aims: To study the clinical and epidemiological features in the affected individuals from different areas of Kerala, India. Study design: Population based cross sectional study. Place and Duration of Study: Regional Facility for Molecular Diagnostics, Rajiv Gandhi Center for Biot...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2014/11316
Aims: This study was carried out to screen bacterial strains of agricultural wastes origin for β-mannanase production and optimization of culture conditions. Study Design: The first experiment, bacterial strains were screened for β-mannanase production. In the second experiment,...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2014/7124
Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) poses a major problem and plays a vital role in nosocomial infections. Management of MRSA infection becomes cumbersome in healthcare settings due to its extension of resistance towards much class of antibiotics and it is purely b...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2014/10044
Ana Gabriele Barbosa Casteliani, Vanessa Nessner Kavamura, Tiago Domingues Zucchi, Mírian Lobo Sáber, Rosely Santos do Nascimento, Rosa Toyoko Shiraishi Frighetto, Rodrigo Gouvêa Taketani & Itamar Soares de Melo·Microbiology Research Journal International·2014
The increase on the worldwide influx of solar ultraviolet radiation (UV-B) has inflicted a considerable challenge, due to its deleterious effects to live beings and pose a special threat to phyllosphere communities. However, UV-B influence on epiphytic yeasts associated with agri...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2014/11078
Aim: To determine the impacts of some non-oxidizing biocides such as glutaradehyde, sodium azide, isothiazolone on the functional group activities of some oil field microorganisms Methodology: Samples of non-oxidizing biocides were obtained from Microcheck and the inhibition of...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2014/10039
Aim: The study aimed at purification and characterization of β-mannanase from Penicillium italicum. Study Design: The first experiment, β-mannanase from Penicillium italicum was produced in basal medium supplemented with Locust Bean Gum (LBG). The second described the purificatio...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2014/6555
Aim: This study aimed at describing the antibiotic susceptibility patterns of S. aureus isolated from clinical samples at Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital from 2003 to 2012. Methods: This was a retrospective study that included clinical specimens cultured at the Microbiology la...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2014/9751
Aim: To determine the level of inhibition of microbial functional group activities such as the ability to reduce sulfate to sulfide by sulfate reducing bacteria (SRB), reduce nitrate to nitrite by the heterotrophic nitrate reducing bacteria (hNRB), and oxidize sulfide and reduce...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2014/9705