African Journal of
Microbiology Research

  • Abbreviation: Afr. J. Microbiol. Res.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 1996-0808
  • DOI: 10.5897/AJMR
  • Start Year: 2007
  • Published Articles: 5225

Table of Content: June 2009; 3(6)

June 2009

Bioremediation: A tool for environmental cleaning

Sites contaminated by heavy metals and other pollutants are common through out the world. Researchers developed bioremediation as one feasible way to accelerate or encourage the degradation of pollutants from such affected sites. The basis of bioremediation is that all organisms remove substances from the environment to carry out their growth and metabolism. Bioremediation is not effective only for the degradation of...

Author(s): Md. Zeyaullah, Mohammed Atif, Badrul Islam, Azza S. Abdelkafe, P. Sultan, Mohamed A. ElSaady and Arif Ali

June 2009

Isolation and identification of endophytic bacteria antagonistic to Camellia oleifera anthracnose

Anthracnose is a common Camellia oleifera disease caused by Colletetrichum gloeosporioide. This study was to isolate antagonistic bacteria from Camellia oleifera tissues to control the anthracnose. Antagonistic bacteria was screened from 175 endophytic bacteria with confront culture method. The results of the study showed that the antagonistic effect of YB128 strain was the...

Author(s): Li He, Guoying Zhou,  Lili Lu and Junang Liu,

June 2009

Comparison of microplate, agar drop and well diffusion plate methods for evaluating hemolytic activity of Listeria monocytogenes

Hemolytic activity is an important characteristic for the differentiation of Listeria monocytogenes from apathogenic Listeria species within of conventional laboratory practices. We compared the efficacy of the agar well diffusion method with respect to two previously described methods such as the agar drop and microplate methods in quantifying hemolysis of L....

Author(s): M. L. Vaca Ruiz, P. G. Silva and A. L. Laciar

June 2009

Evaluation of wild and commercial types of Pleurotus strains for their ability to decolorize cibacron black W-NN textile dye

Biological decolorisation of Cibacron Black W-NN, was comparatively studied using five commercial (Pleurotus djamor, P. ostreatus, P. citrinopileatus, P. eryngiiand P. sajor-caju) and three wild types of (Pleurotus ostreatus, P. ostreatus and P. eryngii) white rot fungi strains on agar plates. The initial dye concentrations in the medium were 20, 50, 100, 200 and 500 mg/L,...

Author(s): Halil Bıyık, Fatih Kalyoncu, Erman Oryasin, Nuri Azbar, Erbil Kalmış and Gamze BaÅŸbülbül

June 2009

Evaluation of modified Congo red agar for detection of biofilm produced by clinical isolates of methicillin–resistance Staphylococcus aureus

Methicillin resistance Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) notoriety is not limited to nosocomial or community acquired infection but is so much the cause of biofilm related infection. Use of highly selective or differential medium, published Congo Red Agar (PCRA) has important shortcomings such as variations in black pigment formation while the intracellular adhesion locus (ica) gene required for biofilm production...

Author(s): N. S. Mariana, S. A. Salman, V. Neela and S. Zamberi

June 2009

In vitro cleaning of sugarcane (Saccharum officinarum) explants against the viral infections by application of the viral inhibitors (DHHT and virazol): A preliminary study

The objective of this work was to cleanse explants of Saccharum officinarumcultivated in vitro using the viral inhibitors DHHT and virazol. The basic vegetal material constituted seeds of 4 varieties of sugarcane, Ð¥99-055, Ð¥97-029, X99-071 and X97-035, obtained from the CIRAD of Guadeloupe. The explants of foliar, stem and root origin size 0.7 - 1.5 mm were cultivated on modified medium of...

Author(s): Asseng Charles Carnot, Ambang Zachée, Pomozkov Youri Ivanovich and Keuldeuch Marina Alexandrovna