November 2018

Epidemiology, prevalence and antibiotic susceptibility profiles of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in farm animals and farm workers in the Central Region of Ghana

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is one of the most important microorganisms which has increasingly become resistant to most commonly used antimicrobials. This research investigated the epidemiology, nasal carriage prevalence and the antibiotic susceptibility profile of MRSA among farm animals and farm workers in the Central Region of Ghana. A total of 396 nasal swabs were collected from farm animals...

Author(s): Clement Yaw Effah, Nicholas T. K. D. Dayie, Senyo Yao Akorli and Anthony Annan-Prah

November 2018

Root symbioses in two legume-grass consortia inoculated with soils obtained from degraded coal mining areas in reclamation

The intense exploitation of coal deposits in Southern Brazil has caused severe degradation problems in extensive areas. In order to recover such areas, the use of revegetation with species adapted to disturbed environments and with the capacity to establish mutual relationships with microorganisms have been of great value. The objective of this study is to characterize plant-root symbioses in two grass-legume...

Author(s): Anabel González Hernández, Andressa D. Canei, Diana M. Morales Londoño (In Memoriam), Emanuela Pille da Silva, Francisco Xavier Nascimento, Luiz F. Souza, Beatriz Garcez Freitas da Silva, Edison Cardona, Yohan Fritsche, Aline Martins Cardozo, Michelle Barbosa Teixeira Loss, Admir José Giachini, Rafael Dutra de Armas, Paulo E. Lovato and Cláudio R. Fonsêca Sousa Soares