background: neonatal septicemia is an important cause of morbidity and mortality. the most common pathogens of bacterial sepsis and antibiotic sensitivity patterns may vary in different areas of the world. understanding the etiology of bacteriological profiles is very important and helps to reduce the associated mortality. the aim of this study was to assess prevalence of bacterial and antibiot...

Onattukara sandy loam tract an important agro ecological zone spread over the Karunagapally taluk of Kollam and Karthikapally and Mavelikara taluks of Alappuzha districts of Kerala. The soils are highly permeable, acidic in reaction and are extremely deficient in all the major plant nutrients. Sesamum is mainly grown in Kerala as a sole crop in the summer rice fallows of Onattukara tract. The c...

Communities of green sulfur bacteria were studied in selected marine and saline habitats on the basis of gene sequences of 16S rRNA and the Fenna- Matthews-Olson (FMO) protein. The availability of group-specific primers for both 16S rDNA and the fmoA gene, which is unique to green sulfur bacteria, has, for the first time, made it possible to analyze environmental communities of these bacteria b...

Results: Out of a total of 1970 specimens, 1094 (55.5 %) were positive by culture. A total of 1462 strains were isolated: 753 Gram positive (Gram+), 661 Gram negative (Gram-) and 48 anaerobic bacteria. The number of specimens yielding one, two or more different strains was 788, 244 and 62, respectively. Gram + bacteria, in 44.7 % of positive samples were a single isolate. The most commonly isol...

ICUs are crucial medical facilities for treating life-threatening diseases, and bacterial contamination of ICU equipment devices is a significant cause nosocomial infections. In this study, total 100 clinical specimens (urine, sputum pus) were collected from patients admitted in the ICU. Results showed eighty two positive growth culture. 30(36.5%) female and‎‏‎ 52( 63.5%) male ‎ to intensive ca...

in this research kelussia odoratissima mozaff. leaf extract was used for the green synthesis of silver nanoparticles (agnps). at first we compared antioxidant activity of different extracts of k. odoratissima. then solution containing silver nitrate was treated with the extract which showed high antioxidant activity. synthesized agnps were evaluated by analyzing the excitation of surface plasmo...