AIMS Characterization of Ent F-58 produced by Enterococcus faecium strain F58 isolated from Jben, a soft, farmhouse goat's cheese manufactured without starter cultures. METHODS AND RESULTS E. faecium strain F58 was isolated because of its broad inhibitory spectrum, including activity against food-borne pathogenic and spoilage bacteria. The antimicrobial substance was produced during the growt...

In the current paper, specimen notch geometries during plane strain tensile test for cold-rolled steel DC01 is studied and optimized using Response Surface Methodology (RSM) desirability approach. The angle (X°), width (d), length (c) were main geometry parameters considered in this study. effects of these on state expressed by self-defined metrics, namely Plane Strain State Index (PSSI) Homoge...

The class 1 major outer membrane protein of Neisseria meningitidis is a serious candidate for a meningococcal vaccine. To facilitate studies on the function of this protein, mutants were isolated that lacked this protein or the structurally related class 3 protein. These mutants were obtained by using the antibody-dependent bactericidal action of the complement system. The class 1 protein-defic...

Borrelia garinii spirochete was detected for the first time in Ixodes ovatus tick ectoparasitized on stray cat in Taiwan. The genetic identity of this detected spirochete was determined by analyzing the gene sequence amplified by genospecies-specific polymerase chain reaction assays based on the 5S-23S intergenic spacer amplicon (rrf-rrl) and outer surface protein A (ospA) genes of B. burgdorfe...

In the present investigation, two dimensional elastoplastic finite element analysis was conducted to assess the deformation characteristics of Al 1100 alloy during continuous confined strip shearing (C2S2) process. The results of simulations showed that the plastic strain distribution across the deformed sample is non-uniform irrespective of the amount of friction and C2S2 die angle. The most u...