Rhodotorula species have been reported as a causative agent of opportunistic mycoses in immunocompromised hosts. We report a case of sepsis and meningoencephalitis caused by Rhodotorula glutinis in a 20-year-old female patient with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), which was diagnosed at autopsy. The patient presented with longstanding fever. She was diagnosed with SLE after admission to the ...

Rothia mucilaginosa is a gram-positive coccus of the family Micrococcaceae. R. mucilaginosa is considered a part of the normal flora of the human oropharynx and upper respiratory tract and lower respiratory tract infections attributable to R. mucilaginosa are not frequent. We present a case of pneumonia, in which the R. mucilaginosa infection was diagnosed by quantitative cultures of a bronchoa...

The utilization of synthetic additives (vitamins, proteins, and pigments) in broiler chicks’ feeds may cause problems the future, such as competitive availability, extra productive induced costs, human health risks relayed on sole ingredients commonly used animal food feeds. A total 320-day-old chicks were randomly assigned to eight experimental groups (a four × two factorial design), receiving...

A numerical-code system for the reference identification of Staphylococcus species, Stomatococcus mucilaginosus, and Micrococcus species was established by using a selected panel of conventional biochemicals. Results from 824 cultures (289 eye isolate cultures, 147 reference strains, and 388 known control strains) were used to generate a list of 354 identification code numbers. Each six-digit c...

Fruit waste has increased exponentially worldwide, within which tangerine is one of those that generates a greater amount organic waste, currently not fully used. On the other hand, microbial fuel cells (MFCs) are presented as an opportunity to take advantage generate electricity, why main objective this research bioelectricity using substrate in zinc and copper electrodes. It was possible curr...