The aim of the present study was to evaluate antimicrobial activity of Ganoderma applanatum, Tricholoma giganteum and Bolbitius vitellinus. The methanolic extract of basidiocarps and mycelial mat of all the above mentioned mushrooms was analyzed. The methanolic extracts were tested against three Gram positive, six Gram negative bacteria and two fungal cultures. Out of three mushrooms Ganoderma ...

In this study the impact of nonylphenol, an estrogenic degradation product of alkylphenol polyethoxylates, on the microbial community structure in contaminated sediments of aquatic microcosms using in situ hybridization with fluorescently labeled oligonucleotides probes was investigated. A positive correlation between nonylphenol concentration and cell numbers of bacteria and microfungi as well...

Coeliac disease (CD) is the most common immune-mediated enteropathy characterized by chronic inflammation of the small intestinal mucosa. The ingestion of gluten is responsible for the symptoms of CD, but other environmental factors are also thought to play a role in this disorder. In this study, the composition of the duodenal microbiota of coeliac children with active disease, symptom-free CD...

Machine learning models trained with experimental data for antimicrobial activity and hemolysis are shown to produce new non-hemolytic peptides active against multidrug-resistant bacteria.

Plants used for traditional medicine contain a wide range of substances which can be used to treat various infectious diseases. Hence, antibacterial activities of ethanolic extracts of 19 plant species were studied against multi-drug resistant clinical isolates using agar well diffusion method. Extracts of Liquidambar orientalis, Vitis vinifera,?? ?????????????????????? ????????????????????,...

NM394 is a new 6-fluoroquinolone antibacterial agent with a tricyclic structure which has a bridge that connects the N-1 and C-2 positions of the quinolone. The antibacterial activity of NM394 against clinical isolates of staphylococci, streptococci, enterococci, members of the family Enterobacteriaceae, and Pseudomonas aeruginosa was equal to or one-half that of ciprofloxacin. NM394 was as act...

abstract microbial contaminants transport to groundwater is a serious environmental problem that can result in large outbreaks of waterborne diseases. some of bacteria can travel from vadose zone and cause contamination of groundwater resources. thus, an accurate prediction of transport and fate of pathogenic microorganisms in unsaturated soil is needed to protect groundwater resources. the mai...

ethanol producing bacteria are useful in industrial production of biofuel. there are interesting for screening of active bacteria from natural resources and introduce to biofuel industries. the present study aims to isolation of ethanol producing bacteria with characterization, optimization, and evaluation of their ethanol productivity. samples from various fruits, plant saps and soils were scr...

Background: Alkaloids are a group of nitrogen- containing natural compounds derived from a variety of sources including bacteria, fungi, marine organisms and plants. Materials and methods: Fruits, stem or leaves were collected from the Zagros highlands around Azna or Khoramabad city, dried and powdered before being extracted in a soxhalet apparatus. The extract was filtered and concentrated u...

licorice (glycyrrhiza glabra l.) is an important medicinal plant. in this study, the antimicrobial activities of ethanolic and aqueous extracts from licorice leaves were studied compared to root extracts activities. bacillus subtilis, enterococcus faecalis, klebsiella pneumoniae, pseudomonas aeruginosa, staphylococcus aureus and escherichia coli, and candida albicans were used as test organisms...