Indiscriminate disposal of wood shavings and sawdust into the Lagos lagoon usually constitute environmental hazard varying degree threats to marine biotic communities. In this study we applied terminal-restriction fragment length polymorphism (T-RFLP) illumina sequencing 16S ribosomal RNA gene, describe microbial ecology decomposing wastes in lagoon, Nigeria. The terminal restriction fragments ...

BACKGROUND Surfactant Protein-A (SP-A) is a major protein component of surfactant and plays a role in surfactant-related functions and innate immunity. Human SP-A consists of two functional genes, SFTPA1 and SFTPA2, encoding SP-A1 and SP-A2 proteins, respectively and each is identified with numerous genetic variants. These differentially enhance bacterial phagocytosis, with SP-A2 variants being...

Microorganisms play a vital role in the degradation of organic matters such as Sawdust and woodchips. In this study, Serial dilution method pour plate techniques were used according to microbiological standards. The media nutrient agar, sabouraud dextrose cellulolytic medium identify microorganisms inoculated them into woodchips kept for 30 days at 37oC 25oC. total viable bacterial count ranged...

The mononuclear cobalt(III) complex derived from 1,10-phenanthroline and maltose ([Co(phen)2maltose]Cl2∙3H2O) (1) has been synthesized and characterized in aqueous solution. Its characterization was based on its optical and spectroscopic properties. The antimicrobial activity of this complex was screened in vitro against the microorganisms Escherichia coli DH5a, Salmonella enterica sv Enteritid...

The aim of this study is to investigate the in vitro antimicrobial activity of Ankaferd Blood Stopper® against methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), Enterococcus species, Escherichia coli, Pseudomonas species, Acinetobacter species and Klebsiella species of nosocomial origin. Ankaferd inhibited growth in 72.4% to 100% of the bacteria tested, depending on the type of the isolate. A...

The amino acid sequences of haemoglobin-like proteins from the bacteria Alcaligenes eutrophus, Bacillus subtilis, Erwinia chrysanthemi, Escherichia coli, Vibrio parahaemolyticus, Vitreoscilla sp. and the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae were studied. Phylogenies based on distance and parsimony analysis showed that the eubacterial group can be easily distinguished from the other haemoglobin-like p...

in neonates than any other age group.1 In spite of considerable advances in antimicrobial treatment, neonatal meningitis remains a scourge with a high mortality and frequent permanent neurological sequelae. The causative agents of neonatal sepsis vary between geographical areas and with time in any particular locality. In North America and Europe, the prevalent bacterial agents of early-onset n...

Photoaffinity labeling is a reliable analytical method for biological functional analysis. Three major photophores--aryl azide, benzophenone and trifluoromethyldiazirine--are utilized in analysis. Photophore-bearing L-phenylalanine derivatives, which are used for biological functional analysis, were inoculated into a Klebsiella sp. isolated from the rhizosphere of a wild dipterocarp sapling in ...

Validation of a PCR test to detect hilA gene sequences of Salmonella spp. was performed in blood and faeces samples from typhoid fever and salmonellosis patients. Sensitivity (S), specificity (SP), positive predictive value (PPV) and negative predictive value (NPV) of the PCR in blood samples were performed by testing: 37 patients with clinical diagnosis of typhoid fever, 34 of them confirmed b...