BACKGROUND Approximately 1 in 2000 platelet components are bacterially contaminated. The time to detection of 15 seeded organisms in platelets recovered from an automated culture system was studied. STUDY DESIGN AND METHODS Isolates of Bacillus cereus, Bacillus subtilis, Candida albicans, Clostridium perfringens, Corynebacterium species, Enterobacter cloacae, Escherichia coli, Klebsiella oxyt...

Although investigations have dealt with softening of brined cucumbers since 1899 (Aderhold), the studies have been primarily concernied with proving the bacterial theory of spoilage. Much effort has been directed toward implicating the aerobic bacilli as the responsible agents (Kossowicz, 1908; LeFevre, 1919; Fabian and Johnson, 1938; Faville and Fabian, 1949; Demain and Fabian, 1950, Unpublish...

A76-year-old man was brought to the emergency department of Singapore General Hospital by his family for productive cough, dyspnea, fever, and increasing drowsiness over the past 4 days. Two days prior to presentation, he had been started on a course of amoxicillin. He had a background history of asthma, bicytopenia, and early Parkinsonism, for which he and his family had declined follow-up car...

Abstract Herein, we report a new simple and easy-to-use approach for the characterization of protein oligomerization based on fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET) capillary electrophoresis with LED-induced detection. The FRET pair consisted quantum dots (QDs) used as an emission tunable donor (emission wavelength 450 nm) cyanine dye (Cy3), providing optimal optical properties acceptor....

Purpose: to identify the features of impact aquafitness training on aerobic and anaerobic productivity women 25-35 years.
 Material methods: The study involved aged in number 41 people. For 24 weeks, subjects were an program. Training sessions strength. Anaerobic alactate organism was determined by Wingate test WAnT 10. lactate 30 bicycle ergometric method A. Shogy, G. Cherebetin. threshol...

In marine systems, nitrate is the major reservoir of inorganic fixed nitrogen. The only known biological nitrate-forming reaction is nitrite oxidation, but despite its importance, our knowledge of the organisms catalyzing this key process in the marine N-cycle is very limited. The most frequently encountered marine NOB are related to Nitrospina gracilis, an aerobic chemolithoautotrophic bacteri...

Necrotizing fasciitis is an uncommon skin infection characterized by rapidly progressing, extensive necrosisinvolving the soft tissues and superficial fascia. It begins with non-specific local cutaneous signs, posing adiagnostic difficulty for clinicians, evolving into life-threatening systemic toxicity. Trauma more oftenknown to be a causal infective etiology. The presence of underlying comorb...

The concept of oxygen- and capacity-dependent thermal tolerance in aquatic ectotherms has successfully explained climate-induced effects of rising temperatures on species abundance in the field. Oxygen supply to tissues and the resulting aerobic performance characters thus form a primary link between organismal fitness and its role and functioning at the ecosystem level. The thermal window of p...

In this study presence of various kinds of microorganisms in kitchen sponges were studied. Additionally effects of regular dish washing liquid on Escherichia coli ATCC 8739 and Salmonella typhimurium ATCC 13311 were investigated under laboratory conditions in kitchen sponges with or without food residue. The sponges involved in daily use in households were samples were analysed for the presence...

We report the first documented case of Bartonella washoensis bacteremia in a dog with mitral valve endocarditis. B. washoensis was isolated in 1995 from a human patient with cardiac disease. The main reservoir species appears to be ground squirrels (Spermophilus beecheyi) in the western United States. Based on echocardiographic findings, a diagnosis of infective vegetative valvular mitral endoc...