A survey of Genbank entries for complete microbial genomes reveals that the majority do not conform to the Genbank standard. Typical deviations from the Genbank standard include records with information in incorrect fields, addition of extraneous and confusing information within a field, and omission of useful fields. This situation results from two principal causes: genome centres do not submi...

AIM To determine the prevalence, antibiogram and pathogenicity of Salmonella spp. in the common food animals slaughtered for consumption purpose at government approved slaughter houses located in and around Nagpur region during a period of 2010-2012. MATERIALS AND METHODS A total of 400 samples comprising 50 each of blood and meat from each slaughtered male cattle, buffaloes, pigs and goats w...

background and objectives:infection of pleural fluid is a common disease and because of antibiotic administration, the microbiology of this fluid has changed. the aim of this study was to determine the common bacteria and suitable antibiotics for treatment in pleural effusion (pe). materials and methods: in this cross sectional study, 1210 samples with exudative features were cultured for poss...

Hematopoietic progenitor cells from peripheral blood (HPCPB) are commonly used for autologous and allogenic transplants in patients with most various onco-hematological diseases, and despite the utilization of sterile techniques during collection and processing of these products, bacterial contamination can occur. This study aimed to investigate the microbial contamination of HPCPB products. Mi...

Elizabethkingia meningoseptica ( E.meningoseptica ) Gram-negative bacterium present in water and soil, it causes serious nosocomial infections very elderly immunocompromised patients critically ill intensive care units (ICU).In this article We report the case of a newborn septic shock secondary to bacteremia caused by agent . The treatment is based on detection sensitivity resistance profile an...

abstract in this study, fresh pistachio of 'ohadi' and 'akbari' cultivars expose to the uv-c radiation with a wavelength of 0, 3, 6 and 12 kj/m2, then located at temperature of 1 ± 3 degrees celsius for 45 days. properties or attributes, including weight loss, stiffness and sensory evaluation of fresh pistachio after 20 and 45 days storage were measured. results showed that pistachio nut weight...

abstract background and aim: oral infections and dental caries are considered as two serious public health problems, which inflict a costly burden on health care services worldwide, especially in the developing countries. the aim of this study was to evaluate the antibacterial activity of iranian licorice aqueous root extract on lactobacillus acidophilus in comparison with chlorhexidine. materi...

Methods We collected swabs from wounds in 16 ICU patients and 58 of burn ward patients during a two month period Jan.-March 2011. Clinical samples were inoculated on Blood agar and MacConkey agar. The isolates were identified with Gram stain, oxydase test and Enterosystem 18R for the gram negatives and Staphy slide test for the staphylococci. The antibiogram was performed by the disc-diffusion ...

ORIGINAL ARTICLES Successful control of schistosomiasis in large sugar irrigation estates of Zimbabwe.................... MJ Chimbari, B Ndlela........................................ 169 Antibiogram of Klebsiella pneumoniae isolates from Buea, Cameroon............................................. Model for assessment of endothelial cell function and viability using the MTT dye test and [3H ].....