Colonization of the human and animal intestinal tract with potential pathogenic bacteria is correlated with the risk of contamination of food products. The current study analyzed the prevalence of Enterococcus faecalis and Escherichia coli O157H7 in ground meat in Ilam, Iran. Both index organisms were identified following standard food microbiological methods. For E. faecalis, the susceptibilit...

Investigation of the effects Bifidobacterium bifidum as a probiotic on liver function enzymes due to exposure E.coli O157H7 in Koi fish (Cyprinus rubrofuscus)

This study was conducted at Karbala governorate through the months of November 2021 until March 2022. Total number 240 sampling carried out from street vender and local store (milk, yogurts cheese) cow buffalo. These samples were collected different locations in Iraqi province. Escherichia coli O157H7 serotype prevalence rate buffalo major focus this research conducted. 120 products with region...

Under intensive aquaculture conditions, fish are exposed to many pathogens, due to that strengthening their immune system is an alternative significant way to reduce mortality rate and disease-related complications. Probiotics are valuable oral nutrition supplements for this purpose. In the present investigation, there were used Koi fish (n=120) with the characteristics of 10±3 Cm in length and...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES The most common serotype of enterohaemorrhagic Esherichia coli group or Shiga-toxin-producing E. coli is O157:H7. Domestic and wild ruminants are regarded as the main natural reservoirs. O157:H7 serotype is the major cause of gastrointestinal infections in developed countries. In this study was conducted to survey on the toxigenic E. coli O157: H7 strains in milk of in...

Cytotoxic and antimicrobial effects of Montivipera xanthina venom against LNCaP, MCF-7, HT-29, Saos-2, Hep3B, Vero cells and antimicrobial activity against selected bacterial and fungal species: Staphylococcus aureus ATCC 25923, Escherichia coli ATCC 25922, E. coli O157H7, Enterococcus faecalis 29212, Enterococcus faecium DSM 13590, Staphylococcus epidermidis ATCC 12228, S. typhimirium CCM 5445...