The purposes of the present study were to screen the ability of Aspergillus fumigatus to produce antibacterial compounds using different growth parameters namely, pH, temperature, agitation and time of fermentation and investigate the effect of the yield against bacterial isolates. A. fumigatus was isolated from arable lands in Sudan and identified macroscopically and microscopically. The pure ...

Silicon plays an important role in providing tolerance to various abiotic stresses and augmenting plant resistance against diseases. However, there is a paucity of reports about the effect of silicon on bacterial and viral pathogens of plants. In general, the effect of silicon on plant resistance against bacterial diseases is considered to be due to either physical defense or increased biochemi...

Background: In the current Iranian poultry industry, antibiotics are the most frequently used additive in poultry feeds to increase productivity. The negative effects on human health, resulting from the consumption of chicken whose feeds contain antibiotics, makes finding an appropriate alternative of great importance. As a result of their nature, herbal extracts could be specifically considere...

background trachyspermum ammi or carum copticum, commonly known as ajowan or ajwain is a plant used as a spice. thymol, the major phenolic compound present in ajowan is known as a strong germicide and anti-spasmodic. it is also used for cleaning the wounds and treating skin infections. objectives here, we aimed to study the inhibitory effects of ajowan essential oil on microorganisms like esche...

Paulownia tomentosa (Thunb.) Steud. is a very important hard woody plant, an extremely fast-growing tree and produce timber. Therefore, there is a demand to produce transgenic Paulownia plant resistant to bacterial infection. Microbial infection (especially bacterial one) is serious sever and cause a loss in plant productivity as they bear upon the character and amount of plan...

objective conjunctivitis is a common disease in neonates. several bacterial and viral infectious agents may cause it. tear circulation and blinking has protective effects from bacterial colonization in the conjuntival sac. reduced blinking increases the possibility of bacterial conjunctivitis. we studied the effect of eye patches on bacterial colonization of the conjunctival sac.  methods in 10...

background: due to high occurrence of bacterial vaginosis among women and its resistance to drug we need a new treatment regimen for improving the efficacy of present treatments. the objective of this study was to investigate the comparison between metronidazole and the combination of metronidazole and probiotic on the treatment of bacterial vaginosis. methods: this clinical-experimental study ...

purpose: to evaluate the effect of preoperative eyelash trimming on periocular bacterial flora. methods: one hundred patients divided into two groups. fifty cases (group 1) had eyelash trimming prior to phacoemulsification and other fifty patients (group 2) did not. none of the study participants had been diagnosed as having an active ocular infection prior to surgery. patients taking topical a...