background :  a large number of plants are used for treatment of diseases because of their antimicrobial activities. this study aims to investigate the antimicrobial effects of some plants on the food pathogenic bacteria.   methods : plant extracts were obtained using the rotary system, the minimum inhibitory concentration (mic) by diluting method against bacteria was determined.   results :   ...

background: salmonella typhimurium is one of the most important species of salmonella that is intracellular parasite and attacks host mucus membrane. these bacteria can cause gastroenteritis, and their main transmission route is water, poultry, meat, egg, and raw food. the aim of this study was to detect three virulence genes associated with s. typhimurium named inva, stm4497, and flic183 genes...

in recent years due to changes in lifestyle and eating behavior of the human populations, disease caused by contaminated food has increased significantly. listeria monocytogenes, escherichia coli o157:h7 and salmonella enteric are three of the most important food borne bacterial pathogens and can lead to food borne diseases. also today wide spread of resistance to antibiotics among bacteria occ...

C. elegans, both in the wild and in the lab, live on a diet of live bacteria. The bacterial diet provides nutrients for C. elegans, but can also play a number of other roles in C. elegans physiology. Recently, we compared the effects of different bacterial diets on life history traits and gene expression. Here, we discuss our recent findings in the context of other dietary studies and highlight...

While learning to avoid toxic food is common in mammals and occurs in some insects, learning to avoid cues associated with infectious pathogens has received little attention. We demonstrate that Drosophila melanogaster show olfactory learning in response to infection with their virulent intestinal pathogen Pseudomonas entomophila. This pathogen was not aversive to taste when added to food. None...

In food sector, there is a huge demand for rapid, reliable, user & eco-friendly biosensors to analyse the quality and safety of food products. Biosensor based methodology depends upon the recognition of a specific antigens or receptors by corresponding antibodies, aptamers or high-affinity ligands. The first scientifically commercialised sensors were the electrochemical sensors used for the ana...

Helicobacter pylori (H.pylori) is a gram-negative bacterium that has infected more than half of the world's population. This pathogen colonizes the human gastric mucosa and is usually acquired during childhood. It is an important cause of peptic ulcers, chronic gastritis and stomach cancer. Among the risk factors for acquisition of H. pylori infection, poor socioeconomic status, poor sanitizati...