The methods suggested for the identification of species of the genus Bacillus in the invaluable monographs of Smith et al. (1946, 1952) have been applied to a collection of named cultures, and also have been utilized for the classification of approximately 400 strains of these organisms isolated from samples of blood, spinal fluid, surgical tissue, and other human and animal sources, as well as...

Rupture of the tendons of both peroneus longus and peroneus brevis results in considerable disability. We have performed transfer of flexor digitorum longus (FDL) to peroneus brevis in two patients with lateral instability of the hindfoot due to chronic transverse tears of both tendons for which end-to-end repair was not possible. Both patients had excellent function when reviewed after eight a...

The toucan genus Ramphastos (Piciformes: Ramphastidae) has been a model in the formulation of Neotropical paleobiogeographic hypotheses. Weckstein (2005) reported on the phylogenetic history of this genus based on three mitochondrial genes, but some relationships were weakly supported and one of the subspecies of R. vitellinus (citreolaemus) was unsampled. This study expands on Weckstein (2005)...

Mitochondrial DNA (1075 bp: cytochrome b, 300 bp; 12S rRNA, 393 bp; and 16S rRNA, 382 bp) corroborates the monophyly of the genus Macroprotodon and of the species M. mauritanicus, M. abubakeri, and M. brevis. The subspecies M. brevis ibericus is also monophyletic. The mtDNA tree presented here indicates that M. cucullatus consists of at least two separate units and may possibly represent a prim...

Abstract The present study investigated the in situ production of vitamin B12 eleven cereal, pseudo-cereal and legume materials by fermentation with Propionibacterium freudenreichii DSM 20271 Levilactobacillus brevis (formerly Lactobacillus brevis) ATCC 14869. P. was used as producer L. selected to improve consistency microbial safety process. showed that more than 300 ng/g dw (daily requiremen...

In this study; a total of seven bacterial strains (Bacillus cereus FD-63, Bacillus sphaericus FD-49, subtilis EK-7, thuringiensis subsp. kurstakii FDP-41, Brevibacillus brevis CP-1, Pseudomonas chlororaphis Nem-28 and fluorescens KŞN-1) one fungus isolate (Beauveria bassiana ET-10) were tested for determining biological control activity against on mature (Leptinotarsa decemlineata Say) 1., 2. 3...

We had found that orally administered Lactobacillus species were effective immune modulators in ovalbumin (OVA)-sensitized mice. To validate these findings, we investigated the effects of orally administered Lactobacillus brevis HY7401 in OVA-T cell receptor transgenic mice. This strain showed a tendency to induce Th1 cytokines and inhibit Th2 cytokines. All assayed isotypes of OVA-specific ant...

Hereditary aspects in the anomalous innervation of the extensor digitorum brevis muscle by the accessory deep peroneal nerve, were investigated. Utilizing electrophysiological techniques, 22% of 100 healthy unrelated individuals demonstrated this variation in innervation of one or both extensor digitorum brevis muscles. The study of family members of five of these subjects with the variation sh...

Conventional phenotypic methods lead to misidentification of the lactic acid bacteria Lactobacillus hilgardii and Lactobacillus brevis. Random amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) and repetitive element PCR (REP-PCR) techniques were developed for a molecular study of these two species. The taxonomic relationships were confirmed by analysis of the ribosomal operon. Amplified DNA fragments were chose...