Biochemical markers are measurable responses to the exposure of an organism to xenobiotics as well as very suitable biosensors of aquatic pollutants. Aquatic pollution can easily be detected through biomarkers, as enzymes provide one of the most reliable means of assessing the degree of exposure of animals to pollutants. Some of the biochemical alteration occurring in the body gives the first i...

OBJECTIVES Broth-based culture (BBC) systems are increasingly being used to detect Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MTBC) in resource-limited. We evaluated the performance, time to detection and cost of the Capilia TB identification test from broth cultures positive for acid-fast bacilli (AFB) in Thailand. METHODS From October-December 2007, broth cultures that grew AFB from specimens subm...

objectives in this study, we aimed to determine the prevalence of the species of campylobacter. jejuni in zahedan, a major city in southeastern iran. patients and methods fecal samples from 164 patients with acute diarrhea from zahedan hospitals were collected from 2011 to 2013. then the samples were streaked onto a campylobacter selective agar containing supplement and 7% defibrinated sheep bl...

a total of 200 moribund rainbow trout with clinical signs of a hyperacute haemorrhagic septicemia were collected from rainbow trout farms in fars, kohkiloyeh-boyer ahmad and charmohal-bakhtiari provinces in the south and southwest of iran during summer 2002 to winter 2008 for detection of lactococcus garvieae, the causative agent of lactococcosis. fish kidney samples were cultured aseptically o...

In 1999, 890 000 measurements of thyroid stimulating hormone were performed by Scottish hospital laboratories—approximately one test for every six of Scotland’s 5.1 million people. This number does not include tests performed in the non-NHS laboratories or as part of the screening programme for congenital hypothyroidism. Although laboratory statistics are not collected nationally in England and...

The software program TreeSAAP measures the selective influences on 31 structural and biochemical amino acid properties during cladogenesis, and performs goodness-of-fit and categorical statistical tests.

This study assesses the bioenergy potential of two types aquatic biomass found in Republic Congo: green macroalgae Ulva lactuca (UL) and Ledermanniella schlechteri (LS). Their combustion behaviour was assessed using elemental biochemical analysis, TGA, bomb calorimetry metal analysis. anaerobic digestion determined methane (BMP) tests. The average HHV for LS is 14.1 MJ kg−1, whereas UL lower (1...

Three hundred twenty-nine strains of the tribe Klebsielleae were compared by several biochemical tests and by susceptibility to selected antibiotics. Biochemical tests included urease, amino acid decarboxylase, and hydrogen sulfide production; fermentation of lactose and dextrose; motility; and tests in the IMViC (indole, methyl red, Voges-Proskauer, citrate) series. The isolates were: Klebsiel...

Studies were undertaken for the differentiation of members of the Klebsiella-Enterobacter (Aerobacter)-Serratia division by biochemical tests and antibiotic susceptibility. A total of 67 cultures were tested. Strain identification was readily accomplished with the use of motility tests and arabinose fermentation. In addition, a practical schema, based on sensitivity pattern, proved valuable in ...