May 2012
Assessment of the microbial hazardous status of cold-smoked Atlantic Cod, Gadus morhua, retailed in some selected markets in Ota, Ogun State, Nigeria
This study was designed to establish the microbiological safety and thus the fitness for human consumption of the cold-smoked Atlantic cod, Gadus morhua retailed in Oja-Ota, Oju-Ore and Sango markets in Ota, Ogun State. Using a stratified random sampling technique and 20% sampling intensity, the product samples were obtained in small, medium and large sizes and analysed for total...
May 2012
The prevalence and risk factor of hepatitis B and D in Shiraz blood donors
The estimation of prevalence rate of hepatitis B (HBV) in blood donors and hepatitis D (HDV) infection in HBV carriers is important in estimating the prognosis of hepatitis due to more severe rate of liver disease in HDV/HBV co-infected patients. The aim of the study was to analyze the prevalence of HBV in blood donors and HDV among hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) positive-blood donors in Shiraz, Fars,...
May 2012
Biotoxicity assay of Bacillus thuringiensis (spores) against Tribolium castaneum
Bacillus thuringiensis spore forming, gram positive aerobic bacteria whose spores consist of the crystal proteins, are found to have the insecticidal activity to the specific insect orders. B. thuringiensis are considered to be cosmopolitan in nature and a great difference occurs between the two strains from different habitat. The present study was conducted on the collection of samples and...
May 2012
Effect of feeding rapeseed meal on the nucleic acids concentrations in liver of Japanese quail
A detailed study was undertaken in order to determine the safe dose of mustard seed meal in the diet for Japanese quails which can be used at the production level without having deleterious effects on the Nucleic acid concentration of liver. They were fed different levels of mustard seed meal in isocaloric and isonitrogenous diets. The results of feeding of these diets for 30 days show that there is a...
May 2012
Toxoplasmosis in sheep from Kurdistan province, Iran
Toxoplasmosis is one of the most threatening parasitic zoonoses in Iran. The causative agent, Toxoplasma gondii, uses a wide range of warm-blooded intermediate hosts in its life cycle, including sheep. This study was conducted on the seroprevalence of T. gondiiinfection in sheep from different regions of Kurdistan Province from December 2008 to September 2009. The main risk factors associated with...
May 2012
Isolation and identification of the mycotoxigenic and non-mycotoxigenic fungi from foodstuff and feedstuff in Mazandaran Province, Northern Iran
Mycotoxin contamination in agricultural products is seriously dangerous to humans and animals. In this study samples were randomly selected from wheat flour, rice, spices, grape, raisin, cattle's farm and poultry feed in Mazandaran Province, Iran. They were isolated moulds from these samples in Sabouraud Dextrose Agar and Potato Dextrose Agar. In this study Aspergillus niger, Aspergillus flavus,...
May 2012
Antimicrobial consumption at a university hospital in Turkey
Excessive antibiotic use is a challenging topic because of the total annual expenditure and the high resistance against antimicrobials in Turkey. A point-prevalence study was performed to evaluate the daily antibiotic consumption and the cost. Data were collected by infectious diseases consultants on 30 January, 2009 and 28 January 2010. Anatomical therapeutic chemical classification and the defined daily...
May 2012
The effect of a continuous mercury stress on mercury reducing community of some characterized bacterial strains
Active resistance to the mercuric ion is widely distributed in environmental microbes and results from the action of mercuric reductase. Five mercury resistant bacteria:Escherichia coli Z1, Escherichia coli Z3, Pseudomonas putida Z2, Serratia marcescensZ4 and Xanthomonas sp. Z5 were isolated and identified from sludge sample. The presence of mercury resistance determinants was...
May 2012
Prognostic significance of transforming growth factor-beta-1 in chronic hepatitis C virus infection
Interferon treatment in hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is expensive and has various adverse effects. Some markers may help in making decision to stop or maintain the treatment. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of serum transforming growth factor beta-1 (TGF-β1) in assessing outcome of interferon treatment in patients with HCV infection. Twelve patients with chronic HCV...
May 2012
Characterization and identification of a Bacillus strain TS02 as bio-control agent of strawberry powdery mildew
Powdery mildew of strawberry is a major limitation in most fruit production areas in the world. The effects of the Bacillus strain TS02 on bio-controlling powdery mildew of strawberry were tested in the fields. The results indicated that the fermented liquid of TS02 above 3×107 CFU/ml live bacteria concentration could control the disease of strawberry powdery mildew. The best...
May 2012
Antidiabetic effect of camel milk on alloxan-induced diabetic dogs
This research was conducted to evaluate the antidiabetic effect of camel milk in alloxan-induced-diabetic dogs. Diabetes was induced by intravenous injection of alloxan monohydrate (65 mg/kg bodyweight). The effects of camel milk on diabetic dogs were investigated by observing changes in the glycometabolic index (fasting blood glucose,intravenous glucose tolerance test (IGTT)) test, the lipometabolic index...
May 2012
Distribution of Mycobacterium tuberculosis and human immunodeficiency virus infections among contacts of tuberculosis patients
Contacts of tuberculosis (TB) cases in households or sharing space in hospitals, classrooms, offices, market stalls or other, were evaluated by tuberculin skin test (TST), sputum-smear microscopy or sputum culture method for Mycobacterium tuberculosisand by serology for HIV infections. Of the 633 contacts, 47.4% were TST-positive and 18.2% HIV-infected. Household contacts were 174 and 51.2% of them were...
May 2012
Isolation of Brucella abortus from the milk of serum positive cows using chiken embryos as amplifier
Brucellosis is generally acquired by the ingestion of raw milk and unpasteurized dairy products. As an infection model, chicken embryos (CE) were used to isolate Brucella abortus from milk cream of eight seropositive cows. One hundred CE, seven to nine day-old, were inoculated and divided into 10 groups of 10 each; eight of them inoculated with milk cream from seropositive cows, one served as a positive...
May 2012
Genome shuffling of Megasphaera elsdenii for improving acid-tolerance and propionate production
In this study, genome shuffling was conducted to improve the propionate production and acid-tolerance of the wild-type strain Megasphaera elsdenii H6. The initial mutant population of M. elsdenii H6 was treated with UV irradiation and nitrosoguanidine (NTG), resulting in an improved population producing more propionate than the original strain at pH 5.5. These mutants were used as the starting...
May 2012
Isolation of Hg and Cu resistant Streptomyces from marine sediments in different regions of the Caspian Sea
Expansion of industrial activities; mining and metal plating could cause release of high amount of heavy metals into seawater and marine sediment resulting in heavy metal resistant microorganisms. Due to the important role of Streptomyces in production of secondary metabolites, the reduction ability of enzymes and elements was used to study the resistance exhibited by Streptomyces in the isolation of...
May 2012
Evaluation of herbicidal potential of fungal metabolites against Phalaris minor
In the present study, herbicidal activity of metabolites of four fungi namely Drechslera hawaiiensis M.B. Ellis, D. biseptata (Sacc. and Roum.) Richardson and Fraser, D. holmii(Luttr.) Subramanian and Jain, and D. australiensis (Bugnicourt) Subramanian and Jain., was evaluated against Phalaris minor Retz., a problematic monocotyledonous weed of wheat. Fungal metabolites were...
May 2012
Comparison between the reference Rhizobium tropici CIAT899 and the native Rhizobium etli 12a3 for some nitrogen fixation parameters in common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) under water stress
Drought stress is one of the most important factors limiting plant growth; in particular, wateris regarded as a major problem in symbiotic nitrogen fixation for legume growth. The adverse effects of water stress on the rhizobial symbiosis of common bean genotypes CocoT and Flamingo were investigated in field conditions. Common bean plants were inoculated with rhizobia...
May 2012
Polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis of Helicobacter pylori isolates from patients with gastrointestinal complaints in Eastern Turkey
The aim of this study was to investigate the genetic variations among isolates ofHelicobacter pylori (H. pylori) obtained from patients with gastritis (G) and peptic ulcer (PU) in Elazig Province, East of Turkey and to determine association between restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) types and clinical/histopathological outcomes. Determining the dominant genotypes among H. pylori isolates...
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