Actinobacteria are well known as secondary metabolites producers and hence of high pharmacological and commercial interest. In this study, soil samples were collected from Devathanam, a small town situated at the foothills of Western Ghats of Virudhunagar District, India and tests were performed to assess the presence of Actinomycetes and their morphology and biochemical activities. Nearly fift...

Although matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) are expressed in abundance in arterial aneurysms, their contribution to arterial wall degeneration, dilation, and rupture has not been determined. We investigated MMP function in a rat model of aneurysm associated with arterial dilation, elastin loss, medial invasion by mononuclear inflammatory cells, and MMP upregulation. Rupture was correlated with in...

Abstract Different types of microorganisms are important in cheese-making because the contributions their metabolism offers during process. Few present Colonial cheese known, addition to ones that introduced kick-start processes or associated with infections poisonings. This study aimed identify, by MALDI-TOF and/or DNA sequencing, bacteria and yeasts isolated from samples collected main stages...

Objective: To isolate, evaluate and characterize the potential bioactive compound producing actinomycetes from soil sample of different location of Gwalior. Method: A total of 11 strains of actinomycetes were isolated from soil collected from different location of Gwalior. The isolates were characterized by using morphological and biochemical methods. 11 isolates were identified and subjected t...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE Probiotics are live microbial feed supplements which beneficially affect the host animal by improving its intestinal microbial balance, producing metabolites which inhibit the colonization or growth of other microorganisms or by competing with them for resources such as nutrients or space. The aim of this study was to investigate the probiotic properties of Candida fama...

A gene with homology to those encoding an unusual class of C-terminal processing proteases that flanks the invasion-associated locus ialAB of Bartonella bacilliformis has been identified. The 1302 bp gene, termed ctpA, is located immediately upstream of the ialA gene and encodes a predicted nascent product of 434 amino acids, producing a mature protein of 411 amino acid residues. The Bartonella...

During last decades there has been a continuous growth of aquaculture industries all over the world and taking into consideration the spurt in freshwater ornamental fish aquaculture and trade in Kerala, the present study was aimed to assess the prevalence of various motile Aeromonas spp. in fresh water ornamental fishes and associated carriage water. The extracellular virulence factors and the ...

Vibrio vulnificus is an estuarine bacterium capable of causing rapidly fatal infections through both ingestion and wound infection. Like other opportunistic pathogens, V. vulnificus must adapt to potentially stressful environmental changes while living freely in seawater, upon colonization of the oyster gut, and upon infection of such diverse hosts as humans and eels. In order to begin to under...

Endophytic actinobacteria produce active metabolites, protecting plant tissues against stress. They compounds are widely used in human and veterinary pharmaceutics and agriculture, and of several enzymes with biotechnological potential. The present study characterizes the enzymatic production of endophytic actinobacteria colonizing tomato plants. Twenty-three actinobacteria isolates were tested...

During a search for xylan-degrading micro-organisms, a sporulated bacterium was recovered from recent and old cow dung and rectal samples. The isolates were identified as members of a novel species of the genus Paenibacillus, based on 16S rRNA gene sequences. According to the results of phylogenetic analysis, the most closely related species was Paenibacillus azoreducens. Phenotypic and chemota...