The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS), citric acid, and hydrogen peroxide (H2O2), alone or in combination, on reducing the population of four foodborne pathogens, including Escherichia coli, Listeria monocytogenes, Salmonella typhimurium, and Staphylococcus aureus on eggshells. In each series of tests, eight fresh eggs were inoculated with each bact...

background and objectives: petroleum hydrocarbons are harmful to the environment, human health, and all other living creatures. oil and its byproducts in contact with water block sunshine to phytoplanktons and thus break the food chain and damage the marine food source. this study aims to isolate the crude oil degrading and biosurfactant producing bacteria from the oil contaminated soils of gac...

nitrate pollutants increase the growth of algal bloom, resulting in fresh water eutrophication. the high nitrogen level in wastewater has become a growing concern, which has risen the necessity to develop efficient nitrogen removal techniques. biological denitrification, which is the reduction of oxidized nitrogen compounds like nitrate or nitrite to gaseous nitrogen compounds, is the most impo...

background and objective : selenium is essential for biological systems at low concentrations and toxic at higher levels. heavy metals and metalloids such as selenium are major contaminants in 40% of hazardous waste sites. thus, bioremediation has been considered as an effective means of cleaning up of selenium-contaminated sites. materials and methods : in this study, 30 strains were isolated ...

one of the major obstacles of bt production as a biopesticide is its expensive bioprocess and fermentation. therefore, the objective of the present study was to optimize growth condition and develop a low-cost bioprocess for mass production of a native coleopteran-effective bacillus thuringiensis (bt) strain (kh4) based on agricultural wastes, at incubator and batch fermenter level. preliminary...

Brilliant blue is largely found in ice cream, canned processed peas, packet soups, blue raspberry flavored products, dairy products, sweets and drinks. It is also used in soaps, shampoos, mouthwash and other hygiene and cosmetics applications (Archived from Florida). This study was aimed to investigate the antimicrobial effects of Brilliant blue on Bacillus subtilis as a gram positive bacterial...

Background and Objective: Enterococcal infections are considered the most common nosocomial infections. Nowadays, enterococci show high resistance to common antibiotics, especially vancomycin. Vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium is one of the most common nosocomial infections, which is included in the World Health Organization priority pathogens list for research and development of new an...