Salmonella enterica subspecies enterica serovar 4,[5],12:i:- (S. 4,[5]12:i:-) is believed to be a monophasic variant of S. enterica serovar Typhimurium (S. Typhimurium). This study was conducted to corroborate this hypothesis and to identify the molecular and phenotypic characteristics of the S. 4,[5]12:i:- isolates in Japan. A total of 51 S. 4,[5]12:i:- isolates derived from humans, cattle, sw...

Candida dubliniensis and Candida albicans are two closely related species. Although C. dubliniensis is less pathogenic, it has a higher propensity to develop resistance to fluconazole and some strains exhibit intrinsic resistance to 5-flucytosine (5-FC). All 5-FC-resistant isolates from Kuwait were previously shown to belong to one of seven internal transcribed spacer (ITS) region of rDNA-based...

BACKGROUND & OBJECTIVES Echovirus 11 (ECV11) is one of the most frequent non-polio enteroviruses isolated from stool samples of children with acute flaccid paralysis in north India. The present work was undertaken to study the sequence variability in the 440 bp of 5'-non-translated region of ECV11 genome using heteroduplex mobility assay (HMA). METHODS Twelve ECV11 isolates were studied for s...

In Part 2 of this studyl we discussed the difficulties that we encountered in defining a “core” list of physical chemistry journals. Modern chemists will appreciate the futility of trying to separate that field from chemical physics. Consequently, we chose a core list of 31 journals that encompassed the high-impact periodicals from both disciplines. That list is reprinted in Table 1 for conveni...

We define a Fourier transform S for the quantum double D(G) of a finite group G. Acting on characters of D(G), S and the central ribbon element of D(G) generate a unitary matrix representation of the group SL(2, Z). The characters form a ring over the integers under both the algebra multiplication and its dual, with the latter encoding the fusion rules of D(G). The Fourier transform relates the...

Introduction: Violence is a universal phenomenon and timely data of paramount importance in prevention through community interventions.Objectives: To identify predispositions interpersonal violence, injury characteristics, outcomes victims presented to the emergency department (ED) Teaching Hospital, Karapitiya (THK).Methodology: A cross-sectional study was conducted among 385 violence admitted...

Potato virus Y (PVY) the type member of the genus Potyvirus, occurs world-wide as isolates which differ in host range and the type of symptoms caused. The sequences of a 5' segment of viral RNA overlapping the 5' non-translated region (5'NTR) alone (ten isolates) or the 5'NTR and the adjacent P1 coding region (eight isolates) were established. These data were used to quantify the polymorphism i...

ABSTRACT Objectives We determined the whole DNA sequences of plasmids carrying a rare extended-spectrum β-lactamase gene (blaTEM-61) to precisely understand spread resistance among nosocomial Serratia marcescens populations. Methods Twenty non-duplicate ceftazidime-resistant S. isolates (ceftazidime MICs, 32 >128 mg/L) collected over 1 year were pulsotyped and nucleotide blaTEM-61 its promoter ...

The ability of Fusarium species isolated from bananas to produce mycotoxins was studied with 66 isolates of the following species: F. semitectum var. majus (8 isolates), F. camptoceras (3 isolates), a Fusarium sp. (3 isolates), F. moniliforme (16 isolates), F. proliferatum (9 isolates), F. subglutinans (3 isolates), F. solani (3 isolates), F. oxysporum (5 isolates), F. graminearum (7 isolates),...