The perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA)-degrading strain YAB1 was isolated from the soil near a perfluorinated compound production plant through acclimation and enrichment culture, using PFOA as the sole carbon source. This strain was preliminarily identified as Pseudomonas parafulva based on colony morphology, physiological and biochemical features, and 16S rRNA gene sequencing. Using shaking flask ...

The objective of this work was to analyze the effect Thidiazuron (TDZ) treatment on floral initiation, flowering time, ornamental characteristics and physiological metabolism potted Dendrobium nobile. Three TDZ concentrations (200, 500 1000 mg L−1) were applied as solution water root zone plants. Control plants (plants watered with water) showed a good vegetative development but no branches. gr...

The cladoceran, Moina micrura, is a potential alternative live food for fish larvae. The effects of L-carnitine enrichment on first reproduction age, population density, and growth rate in M. micrura were determined. The cladocerans were enriched at 10 levels of L-carnitine (0, 0.001, 0.01, 0.1, 1, 10, 100, 500, 1000, and 1500 mg/l) dissolved in 30 ml Chlorella vulgaris culture medium for 17 da...

El estudio tuvo como objetivo evaluar el efecto repelente y tiempo de protección aceites esenciales frente al mosquito adulto Aedes aegypti. Se trabajó con un diseño completamente azar arreglo factorial que incluyó 10 (Minthostachys mollis, Schinus molle, Ruta graveolens, Piper aduncun, Myrica pubescens, Lippia alba, Mentha piperita, Lantana glutinosa, Cymbopogon citratus, Eucalyptus globulus c...

In this study, the acute toxicity of butyl benzyl phthalate (BBP) to freshwater cladoceran Moina macrocopa was tested, and its chronic effects on survival and reproduction of two successive generations of the cladoceran were studied using life-table demographic method. The results showed that the 48-hr LC50 of BBP for M. macrocopa was 3.69 mg l(-1). Compared to the blank controls, BBP at 125, 5...

background: vaccinium arctostaphylos l. (caucasian whortleberry) fruit is used as an anti-hyperglycemic agent for treatment of diabetes mellitus. objective: the effects of whortleberry fruit and leaf extracts on the blood levels of fasting glucose, hba1c (glycosylated hemoglobin), insulin, creatinine and liver enzymes sgot and sgpt in alloxan-diabetic rats as well as ld50s of the extracts in ra...

Ironwort / Mountain Tea (Sideritis raeseri Boiss & Heldr.) is an endangered (EN) plant species in Albania. This study aimed to develop a rapid clonal propagation protocol using vitro methodologies. The ironwort seeds were pre-treated with three concentrations of GA3 (250, 500, and 1000 mg l-1). During the inoculation stage, two types culture media, Murashige Skoog (MS) Woody Plant Medium (W...

Rosa damascena (Rosaceae) has been found to act on central nervous system including the brain. Several studies confirm that Rosa damascena inhibits the reactivity of the hypothalamus and pituitary systems in rat and can suppress the reactivity of central nervous system. In traditional medicine the hypnotic effect of rose is also suggested. In the present study hypnotic effect of ethanolic, aque...

OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to evaluate the susceptibilities of Clostridium difficile isolates to cadazolid, a novel antibiotic for the treatment of C. difficile infection. METHODS Ribotyping and susceptibilities were determined for C. difficile isolates from a multicentre, double-blind, Phase 2 study of oral cadazolid in patients with C. difficile infection (NCT01222702, ClinicalTri...