The aim of the present investigation was to assess and compare the antimicrobial activities of the lemon (Citrus sinensis) peel extract and lemon oil against common food borne pathogens and to study their potential as food bio-preservatives. The antagonistic activity of lemon peel extract and lemon oil was studied against common food borne pathogens like Staphylococcus aureus, Staphylococcus ep...

Background: Plant biomass and agricultural waste products disposal is a serious problem in agriculture based countries. These wastes, usually rich in xylan can be satisfactorily converted to industrially important and useful products by efficient biotechnological application of potent xylanase producing bacteria which generally have high temperature and pH optima....

We report the main characteristics of 'Bacillus dakarensis' P3515T sp. nov., 'Bacillus sinesaloumensis' P3516T sp. nov., 'Gracilibacillus timonensis' P2481T sp. nov., 'Halobacillus massiliensis' P3554T sp. nov., 'Lentibacillus massiliensis' P3089T sp. nov., 'Oceanobacillus senegalensis' P3587T sp. nov., 'Oceanobacillus timonensis' P3532T sp. nov., 'Virgibacillus dakarensis' P3469T sp. nov. and ...

optimization of the fermentation medium for maximum alkaline protease production was carried out. fifteen positive isolates were examined for their extent of alkaline protease production. the most potent producer was identified as bacillus sp. the solid substrate screening showed that the combination of wheat straw and bean husk was the best one. the initial screening by using plackett–burman’s...

The aim of this study was the isolation of Pseudomonas sp. and Bacillus sp. strains from rhizospheric soil and monitoring the impact of two isolates denoted as P12 (Pseudomonas sp.) and B1 (Bacillus sp.) on the parameters of English ryegrass (Lolium perenne) yield and activity of the soil microbial communities. During 2012-2014, a plot experiment was set up following the randomized block system...

The antimicrobial activity of five sanitizing agents employed in clean areas designated for the pharmaceutical manufacturing of sterile products was tested against nine microorganisms, including four microorganisms from the clean area microbiota. The method consisted of challenging 5 mL of each sanitizing agent 70% isopropyl alcohol, 0.4% LPH®, 1.16% hydrogen peroxide, 4% hydrogen peroxide, 1% ...