background: microsporidia are known to infect a wide variety of animals including mosquitoes (diptera: cu­licidae). in a recent study on the mosquito fauna of chahar mahal and bakhtiari province, at the central western part of iran, a few larvae of anopheles superpictus were infected with a microsporidium-resembled microorganism. cur­rent investigation deals with the identification of the respo...

A novel, simple and efficient cofactor recycling method for enantioselective bioreduction has been developed by the use of permeabilized cells of a reductase-containing microorganism and a glucose dehydrogenase-containing microorganism

the rapid growth of industrial activity in recent decades, and non-obedience with environmental laws, along with discharging of contaminant wastewaters from petrochemical industries lead to increase of heavy metals into the environment. biosorption is an effective technology for optimal removal of pollutants such as heavy metals from marine ecosystems. in the present study, the microorganism, r...

in this research the microorganism was initially isolated and selected after evaluation based on cod reduction of cheese whey and biomass production. the selected microorganism was identified as trichosporon sp. the cultivation conditions of the microorganism were optimized under batch: temperature 30˚c initial ph = 6 aeration speed = 2 ν.ν.m and agitation rate: 800 rpm. under these conditions,...

The Brownian dynamics of a single microorganism coupled by chemotaxis to a diffusing concentration field that is secreted by the microorganism itself is studied by computer simulations in spatial dimensions d=1,2,3 . Both cases of a chemoattractant and a chemorepellent are discussed. For a chemoattractant, we find a transient dynamical arrest until the microorganism diffuses for long times. For...

A total number of 1735 clinically suspected as UTI cases were sent for urine culture sensi vity. Total culture posi ve were 239 (13.8%). The majority of isolates were from female pa ents comprising 180 (75%). The most common pathogenic microorganism isolated was E.coli (79.1%). Second most common organism was Klebsiella (11.7%) followed by Citrobacter (3.34%) and Proteus (2.92%). The isolated m...

Robyn Ott is the 2004-2005 Managing Editor for the Oklahoma Journal of Law and Technology. She wrote this eBrief while working under the direction of Professor Drew Kershen on the Project on Intellectual Property Rights in Living Matter. Below, Ms. Ott gives an overview of patentability requirements in India for plants, animals, and microorganisms. India is a signatory country to the Trade Rela...