PURPOSE To investigate the genetic diversity of toxigenic Clostridium strains isolated from soil, water, meat and its associated polluted sites of Southern India. MATERIALS AND METHODS A total of 27 identified isolates of six different toxigenic clostridial species including C. bifermentans , C. botulinum , C. chauvoei , C. ramosum , C. tetani and C. novyi were isolated and characterized by c...

In nature microorganisms live in complex microbial communities. Comprehensive taxonomic and functional knowledge about microbial communities supports medical and technical application such as fecal diagnostics as well as operation of biogas plants or waste water treatment plants. Furthermore, microbial communities are crucial for the global carbon and nitrogen cycle in soil and in the ocean. Am...

Cambisols – soils in the WRB system with a broad range of properties and occurring diverse environments have been chosen as an example for interpretation soil units on updated version Soil Map Russian Federation (1988), which is essential communicating knowledge. We compared three maps legends FAO or map Russia to identify areas corresponding Cambisols; we analyzed definitions diagnostics FAO/W...

Passion fruit (Passiflora edulis) is one of the tropical fruits well-adapted to Florida’s hot and humid climate. A high population root-knot nematode, Meloidogyne incognita was identified morphologically from soil samples taken declined passion vines in an organic field North Florida. Species identification also confirmed based on DNA-based diagnostics using species-specific primers sequencing ...

The article shows that an effective indicator of the level pollution air, water and soil with toxic compounds anthropogenic origin is a health population in different age groups. As eco-indicators, it proposed to use diseases respiratory system for people under 18 years old, circulatory digestive systems - 18-56 musculoskeletal over 56 old. To carry out ecological diagnostics negative changes n...

Companion diagnostics are integral to the application and success of personalized medicine. In oncology, many companion diagnostics are molecular-based, including a number of fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) based companion diagnostics. Here, we review the currently approved FISH based companion diagnostics and evaluate several new FISH assays as potential companion diagnostics.

Early researchers identified key concepts and developed tactics for multiple option management of nematodes. Traditional management tactics include host resistance (where available), cultural tactics such as rotation with nonhosts, sanitation and avoidance, and destruction of residual crop roots and judicious use of nematicides. There have been advances in biological control of nematodes, but f...

A new hepatitis C virus (HCV) core antigen (HCV Ag) assay was thought to have a good correlation with HCV RNA. The aim was to elucidate the usefulness of this HCV Ag assay in community screening. In a township where HCV is endemic, 405 residents aged 58 years or older responded to a follow-up community screening. All subjects were tested for anti-HCV (AxSYM, version 3.0; Abbott Diagnostics) and...