| [dependence of antimicrobial effect of micelle-capsulated therapeutics on the micelle size]. | with the method of dynamic light scattering it was shown that the average size of micelles in the series of formulations based on various clindamycin salts, i. e. clindhcl+tween-20, clindbz+tween-20, clindhcl+cremafor-el and clindbz+cremafor-el increased from 6 to 20 nm. investigations with the agar diffusion method revealed that the bactericidic action of the micelle-capsulated therapeutics did not depend on the micelle size within 6 to 20 mn. the concentration of the micellar clindamycin or ge ... | 2006 | 16734357 |
| variation in chemical composition and antibacterial activities of essential oils from two species of houttuynia thunb. | houttuynia thunb. (saururaceae) has been used for dozens of years in china for the treatment of cough, leucorrhea and ureteritis. the essential oils from the two species: houttuynia emeiensis and houttuynia cordata sold in china under one trade name 'yuxingcao', obtained by hydrodistillation, were analyzed by gc-ms. the results show that fifty-five components were identified and methyl nonyl ketone (2.10-40.36%), bornyl acetate (0.4-8.61%) and beta-myrcene (2.58-18.47%) were the most abundant co ... | 2006 | 16819207 |
| antimicrobial and general toxicity activities of gymnosperma glutinosum: a comparative study. | gymnosperma glutinosum (spreng.) less (asteraceae) is an important, and an effective herbal medicine which is wide used for the treatment of diarrhoea in mexico. we examined and compared the antibacterial and antifungal activities through the dilution method and for general toxicity activity by the brine shrimp lethality assay of two samples of gymnosperma glutinosum from two localities of mexico: san rafael-coxcatlan (puebla state) and tepeji del rio (hidalgo state). in addition, two bioactive ... | 2007 | 17110067 |
| characterization of lactic acid bacteria and other gut bacteria in pigs by a macroarraying method. | lactic acid bacteria (lab) consist of many genera, gram-positive, and nonspore-forming micro-organisms; some members being used as probiotics while some others have negative effects on pig health. bacterial species in the gastrointestinal tract can produce antibacterial substances, reduce serum cholesterol in their host, or can be responsible for growth reduction, diarrhea, and intestinal epithelial damage. it is therefore important for the pig industry to evaluate the impact of food and farm ma ... | 2006 | 17135526 |
| antimicrobial activity of the essential oil and extracts of cordia curassavica (boraginaceae). | in traditional mexican medicine cordia curassavica (jacq) roemer & schultes is used to treat gastrointestinal, respiratory and dermatological disorders in zapotitlán de las salinas, puebla (méxico). the aim of this work was to investigate antimicrobial activity of the essential oil, obtained by using clevenger distillation apparatus, and hexane, chloroform and methanol extracts from aerial parts of cordia curassavica. antimicrobial activity was evaluated against 13 bacteria and five fungal strai ... | 2007 | 17140754 |
| fermentation and antimicrobial activities of extracts from different species of fungus belonging to genus, trichoderma. | the present paper discusses the effects of the crude extracts of trichoderma spp. on a number of fungal and bacterial organisms. these include paecilomyces variotii, penicillium notatum, nematospora corylii, mucor miehei, bacillus brevis, bacillus subtilis, enterobacter dissolvens and sarcina lutea. the culture broth extracts of different isolates of trichoderma harzianum, t. longibrachiatum and t. koningii cultured in different media were investigated individually for in-vitro antifungal and an ... | 2004 | 17298115 |
| [degree of penetration of antibiotics in the parenhima of the prostate gland]. | the article presents results of bacteriological research of a secret of prostate gland and blood serum on test-culture sercina lutera atss 9341 in 57 patients with chronic bacterial prostatitis along with ampicillin sodium application through lymph and intramuscular injection of the antibiotic. | 2006 | 17312880 |
| antibiotic prophylaxis in cerebrospinal fluid shunting: reassessment of cefotiam penetration into human csf. | shunt infection is a major complication of shunt implantation. numerous clinical studies give evidence that antibiotic prophylaxis is efficacious in preventing infections after cerebrospinal fluid shunting. in csf shunting, antibiotics need to reach sufficient concentrations not only in the blood shielding the operative field but also in tissues and the csf compartment. cefotiam is widely used for prophylaxis in neurosurgery. some clinical trials report that this beta-lactam is able to penetrate ... | 2007 | 17487803 |
| synthesis, spectral characterization and eukaryotic dna degradation of thiosemicarbazones and their platinum(iv) complexes. | the condensation products of acetophenone (or its derivatives), salicylaldehyde and o-hydroxy-p-methoxybenzophenone with thiosemicarbazide and ethyl- or phenyl-thiosemicarbazide are the investigated thiosemicarbazones. their reactions with h(2)ptcl(6) produced pt(iv) complexes characterized by elemental, thermal, mass, ir and electronic spectral studies. the coordination modes were found mononegative bidentate in the acetophenone derivatives and binegative tridentate in the salicylaldehyde deriv ... | 2008 | 17500028 |
| tympany, acidosis, and mural emphysema of the stomach in calves: report of cases and experimental induction. | necropsy of 4 neonatal calves with a peracute syndrome of abdominal distention, diarrhea, dehydration, shock, and death revealed abomasal tympany, marked edema, hemorrhage, and emphysema of ruminal and abomasal walls and histopathologic lesions characteristic of forestomach acidosis. the presence of acid damage and the production of substantial quantities of gas strongly suggested that the pathogenesis of the syndrome involved exuberant fermentation of intragastric substrate. this supposition le ... | 2007 | 17609349 |
| coexpression of pyruvate decarboxylase and alcohol dehydrogenase genes in lactobacillus brevis. | lactobacillus brevis atcc367 was engineered to express pyruvate decarboxylase (pdc) and alcohol dehydrogenase (adh) genes in order to increase ethanol fermentation from biomass-derived residues. first, a gram-positive sarcina ventriculi pdc gene (svpdc) was introduced into l. brevis atcc 367 to obtain l. brevis bbc03. the svpdc was detected by immunoblot using an svpdc oligo peptide antiserum, but no increased ethanol was detected in l. brevis bbc03. then, an adh gene from l. brevis (bradh) was ... | 2007 | 17651394 |
| synthesis, structure and antimicrobial activity of manganese(ii) and cobalt(ii) complexes of the polyether ionophore antibiotic sodium monensin a. | mononuclear neutral manganese(ii) and cobalt(ii) complexes with the antibiotic sodium monensin a (mon-na, 1b) were synthesized and characterized. the crystal structures of m(mon-na)2cl2.h2o (m=mn, 2; m=co, 3) were determined by x-ray crystallography. the complexes crystallize in monoclinic space group c2 with a tetrahedrally coordinated transition metal attached to oxygen atoms of deprotonated carboxyl groups of two sodium monensin molecules and two chloride ions. the sodium ion remains in the c ... | 2008 | 17692921 |
| synthesis and antimicrobial activity of some new 1,3,4-thiadiazole and 1,2,4-triazole compounds having a d,l-methionine moiety. | new 1,3,4-thiadiazole, 5a-e, and 1,2,4-triazolecompounds 6a-c, containing a d,l-methionine moiety were synthesized by intramolecular cyclization of 1,4-disubstituted thiosemicarbazides 4a-e in acid and alkaline media, respectively. the potential antimicrobial effects of the synthesized compounds were investigated using the staphylococcus aureus atcc 25923, bacillus antracis atcc 8705, bacillus cereus atcc 10987, sarcina lutea atcc 9341 and escherichia coli atcc 25922 strains. the newly synthesiz ... | 2007 | 17693957 |
| decrease in rate of oxygen consumption under the influence of visible light on sarcina lutea. | | 1931 | 17811485 |
| synthesis of acyl thiourea derivatives of chitosan and their antimicrobial activities in vitro. | three different acyl thiourea derivatives of chitosan (cs) were synthesized and their structures were characterized by ft-ir spectroscopy and elemental analysis. the antimicrobial behaviors of cs and its derivatives against four species of bacteria (escherichia coli, pseudomonas aeruginosa, staphylococcus aureus, and sarcina) and four crop-threatening pathogenic fungi (alternaria solani, fusarium oxysporum f. sp. vasinfectum, colletotrichum gloeosporioides (penz.) saec, and phyllisticta zingiber ... | 2008 | 18083151 |
| radical scavenging, antibacterial, and antiproliferative activities of melissa officinalis l. extracts. | the aromatic herb melissa officinalis l. can be used as an easily accessible source of natural antioxidants and as a possible food supplement and as a phytochemical. radical scavenging, antibacterial, and antiproliferative activities of petroleum ether, chloroform, ethyl acetate, n-butanol, and water extracts of m. officinalis l. extracts were investigated. the results of antioxidative activity, obtained by electron spin resonance spectroscopy, confirmed that investigated extracts suppressed the ... | 2008 | 18361749 |
| methanogen community in zoige wetland of tibetan plateau and phenotypic characterization of a dominant uncultured methanogen cluster zc-i. | zoige wetland of tibetan plateau is characterized by being located at a low latitude (33 degrees 56'n, 102 degrees 52'e) region and under the annual temperature around 1 degrees c. previous studies indicated that zoige wetland was one of the ch(4) emission centres in qinghai-tibetan plateau; in this study, the methanogen community in this low-latitude wetland was analysed based on the homology of 16s rrna and mcra genes retrieved from the soil. the results indicated that members of methanosarcin ... | 2008 | 18373675 |
| halosarcina pallida gen. nov., sp. nov., a halophilic archaeon from a low-salt, sulfide-rich spring. | a novel halophilic archaeon, strain bz256t, was isolated from zodletone spring, a sulfide- and sulfur-rich spring in south-western oklahoma, usa. cells were non-motile, non-flagellated cocci that divided along two axes, resulting in the formation of sarcina-like clusters. strain bz256t grew at salt concentrations ranging from 1.3 to 4.3 m nacl, with optimum growth at approximately 3.4 m, and required at least 1 mm mg2+ for growth. the ph range for growth was 5.0 to at least 8.5, and the temperat ... | 2008 | 18398182 |
| design, synthesis and antibacterial activity of novel actinonin derivatives containing benzimidazole heterocycles. | a series of novel actinonin derivatives containing a benzimidazole heterocycle linked as amide isostere have been designed and synthesized. the structures of all the synthesized compounds were confirmed by analytical and spectroscopic methods. all the compounds were evaluated in vitro against staphylococcus aureus, klebsiella pneumoniae, and sarcina lutea. among them, compound 1a with unsubstituted benzimidazole ring exhibited potent antibacterial activities. | 2009 | 18617291 |
| antimicrobial anthraquinones from morinda angustifolia. | investigation on morinda angustifolia resulted in the isolation of a new anthraquinone, 1,8-dihydroxy-2-methyl-3,7-dimethoxyanthraquinone (1), along with five known analogues, lucidin 3-o-beta-primeveroside (2), 1,3-dihydroxy-2-methylanthraquinone (3), lucidin- omega -ethyl ether (4), lucidin-omega-butyl ether (5) and damnacanthol (6). the new compound demonstrated significant antimicrobial activity against bacillus subtilis, escherichia coli, micrococcus luteus, sarcina lutea, candida albicans ... | 2008 | 18621113 |
| [microbial community of freshwater sponges in lake baĭkal]. | the microbial community of baikal sponges has been studied in five species belonging to the genera swartschewskia, baicalospongia, and lubomirskia of the endemic family lubomirskiidae. the results show that the total numbers of bacteria and bacterioplankton production have an effect on the growth of l. baicalensis body. bacteria of the genera pseudomonas, bacillus, micrococcus, sarcina, flavobacterium, arthrobacter, and acinetobacter living in the sponges are representatives of the baikal bacter ... | 2008 | 18771026 |
| sarcina-like bacteria associated with bloat in young lambs and calves. | sarcina species are fastidious gram-positive anaerobic bacteria that occur in cubical packets of eight or more cells. in 2006 to 2007, they were associated with cases of acute abomasal bloat in young lambs and calves. two incidents were in lambs aged three to six weeks that were found dead, with one or two cases in each of a group of 15 and 100 lambs. three incidents were recorded in small groups of calves up to 10 days of age, two cases in each incident, with the calves found dead or dying afte ... | 2008 | 18820327 |
| [not available]. | | 1948 | 18869112 |
| outbreak of subclinical mastitis in a flock of dairy goats associated with atypical staphylococcus haemolyticus. | staphylococcus haemolyticus is a pathogen frequently isolated from dairy cows and small ruminants. however, it always appears in only a few animals and not as a major pathogen. recently, in a dairy goat herd of approximately 250 milking animals, 25.6% (46/180 goats) had milk cultures with atypical highly mucoid colonies accompanied by elevated somatic cell counts. the isolates were identified as staph. haemolyticus. the present study describes the steps used in an attempt to identify the bacteri ... | 2009 | 18922198 |
| antiproliferative and antimicrobial activity of traditional kombucha and satureja montana l. kombucha. | to carry out a preliminary investigation of the biological activity of kombucha beverages from camellia sinensis l. (black tea) and satureja montana l. (winter savory tea), that have consuming acidity. | 2008 | 18979556 |
| antifungal and antibacterial activities of mexican tarragon (tagetes lucida). | mexican tarragon (tagetes lucida cv. asteraceae: campanulatae) is an important, nutritious plant and an effective herbal medicine. seven coumarins, 7,8-dihydroxycoumarin (4), umbelliferone (7-hydroxycoumarin) (5), scoparone (6,7-dimethoxycoumarin) (7), esculetin (6,7-dihydroxycoumarin) (11), 6-hydroxy-7-methoxycoumarin (12), herniarin (7-methoxycoumarin) (13), and scopoletin (6-methoxy-7-hydroxycoumarin) (14), and three flavonoids, patuletin (18), quercetin (19), and quercetagetin (20), were iso ... | 2006 | 19127719 |
| biodegradation of international jet a-1 aviation fuel by microorganisms isolated from aircraft tank and joint hydrant storage systems. | microorganisms contaminating international jet a-1 aircraft fuel and fuel preserved in joint hydrant storage tank (jhst) were isolated, characterized and identified. the isolates were bacillus subtillis, bacillus megaterium, flavobacterium oderatum, sarcina flava, micrococcus varians, pseudomonas aeruginosa, bacillus licheniformis, bacillus cereus and bacillus brevis. others included candida tropicalis, candida albicans, saccharomyces estuari, saccharomyces cerevisiae, schizosaccharomyces pombe, ... | 2009 | 19452113 |
| extensive carbon isotopic heterogeneity among methane seep microbiota. | to assess and study the heterogeneity of delta(13)c values for seep microorganisms of the eel river basin, we studied two principally different sample sets: sediments from push cores and artificial surfaces colonized over a 14 month in situ incubation. in a single sediment core, the delta(13)c compositions of methane seep-associated microorganisms were measured and the relative activity of several metabolisms was determined using radiotracers. we observed a large range of archaeal delta(13)c val ... | 2009 | 19508338 |
| fervidicella metallireducens gen. nov., sp. nov., a thermophilic, anaerobic bacterium from geothermal waters. | a strictly anaerobic, thermophilic bacterium, designated strain aeb(t), was isolated from microbial mats colonizing a run-off channel formed by free-flowing thermal water from a bore well (registered number 17263) of the great artesian basin, australia. cells of strain aeb(t) were slightly curved rods (2.5-6.0x1.0 mum) that stained gram-negative and formed spherical terminal to subterminal spores. the strain grew optimally in tryptone-yeast extract-casamino acids medium at 50 degrees c (range 37 ... | 2010 | 19671710 |
| crystal structure and properties of the copper(ii) complex of sodium monensin a. | the preparation and structural characterization of a new copper(ii) complex of the polyether ionophorous antibiotic sodium monensin a (monna) are described. sodium monensin a binds cu(ii) to produce a heterometallic complex of composition [cu(monna)(2)cl(2)].h(2)o, 1. the crystallographic data of 1 show that the complex crystallizes in monoclinic space group c2 with cu(ii) ion adopting a distorted square-planar geometry. copper(ii) coordinates two anionic sodium monensin ligands and two chloride ... | 2009 | 19748125 |
| first solid state alkaline-earth complexes of monensic acid a (monh): crystal structure of [m(mon)2(h (2)o)2] (m = mg, ca), spectral properties and cytotoxicity against aerobic gram-positive bacteria. | alkaline-earth metal complexes of the monoanionic form of the polyether ionophore monensin a were isolated for the first time in solid state and were structurally characterized using various spectroscopic methods (ir, nmr, fab-ms). the stoichiometric reaction of monensic acid (monh) with m(2+) (m = mg, ca) in the presence of an organic base leads to the formation of mononuclear complexes of composition [m(mon)(2)(h(2)o)(2)]. the structures of magnesium (1) and calcium (2) monensin complexes in t ... | 2010 | 19768636 |
| hptlc densitometric evaluation of tissue culture extracts of nothapodytes foetida compared to conventional extracts for camptothecin content and antimicrobial activity. | tissue culture technique is becoming popular because of its well-known ability to enhance the content of secondary metabolites in plants. callus tissue cultures of nothapodytes foetida were developed using 250 different medium compositions to optimize this procedure. methanolic extracts of callus (mec) and of various parts of n. foetida were comparatively analyzed for camptothecin content, and a high performance thin layer chromatography method was developed for its quantitation. chloroform-ethy ... | 2010 | 19862669 |
| clostridial abomasal disease in connecticut dairy calves. | over 2 years, 24 dairy calves died of emphysematous abomasitis and abomasal bloat. anaerobic cultures of necrotic abomasal mucosa yielded clostridium perfringens from 10 of 15 calves. sarcina were observed in 17 of 22 examined histologically. a change in the antibiotic regimen for newborns and improved sanitizing of feeding utensils eliminated further losses. | 2009 | 19881926 |
| genes involved in long-chain alkene biosynthesis in micrococcus luteus. | aliphatic hydrocarbons are highly appealing targets for advanced cellulosic biofuels, as they are already predominant components of petroleum-based gasoline and diesel fuels. we have studied alkene biosynthesis in micrococcus luteus atcc 4698, a close relative of sarcina lutea (now kocuria rhizophila), which 4 decades ago was reported to biosynthesize iso- and anteiso-branched, long-chain alkenes. the underlying biochemistry and genetics of alkene biosynthesis were not elucidated in those studie ... | 2010 | 20038703 |
| in vitro antimicrobial activity and chemical composition of the essential oil of foeniculum vulgare mill. | in our study, four samples of volatile oil from foeniculum vulgare, cultivated in different pedoclimatic conditions, were investigated for their antimicrobial activity and chemical composition. | 2008 | 20201277 |
| examination of equine glandular stomach lesions for bacteria, including helicobacter spp by fluorescence in situ hybridisation. | the equine glandular stomach is commonly affected by erosion and ulceration. the aim of this study was to assess whether bacteria, including helicobacter, could be involved in the aetiology of gastric glandular lesions seen in horses. | 2010 | 20298612 |
| in vitro antibacterial, cytotoxic and antioxidant activities of plant nephelium longan. | the petroleum ether, chloroform and ethyl acetate fractions of ethanol extract of leaf and stem from the plant nephelium longan (fam-sapindaceae) was subjected to antioxidant, antibacterial and cytotoxic activity. all the fractions showed potent antioxidant activity, of which the ethyl acetate and chloroform fraction of leaf demonstrated the strongest antioxidant activity with the ic50 value of 44.28 and 44.31 microg ml(-1), respectively. the petroleum ether extracts (500 microg disc(-1)) of lea ... | 2010 | 20415149 |
| emphysematous gastritis caused by sarcina ventriculi. | | 2010 | 20538273 |
| translation of henrich klebahn's 'damaging agents of the klippfish - a contribution to the knowledge of the salt-loving organisms'. | abstract: | 2010 | 20569477 |
| photodynamic antimicrobial chemotherapy by liposome-encapsulated water-soluble photosensitizers. | photodynamic antimicrobial chemotherapy is an alternative method for killing bacterial cells in view of the increasing problem of multi-antibiotic resistance. we examined the effect of three water-soluble photosensitizers (phs): methylene blue (mb), neutral red (nr) and rose bengal (rb) on gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria. we compared the efficacy of phs in their free form and encapsulated in liposomal formulations against various bacterial strains, and determined conditions for the effe ... | 2010 | 20644595 |
| bar-coded pyrosequencing of 16s rrna gene amplicons reveals changes in ileal porcine bacterial communities due to high dietary zinc intake. | feeding high levels of zinc oxide to piglets significantly increased the relative abundance of ileal weissella spp., leuconostoc spp., and streptococcus spp., reduced the occurrence of sarcina spp. and neisseria spp., and led to numerical increases of all gram-negative facultative anaerobic genera. high dietary zinc oxide intake has a major impact on the porcine ileal bacterial composition. | 2010 | 20709843 |
| the constant occurrence of sarcina ventriculi (goodsir) in the blood of man and the lower animals: with remarks on the nature of sarcinous vomiting. | | 1872 | 20746505 |
| on the nature of the so-called sarcina ventriculi. | | 1872 | 20746509 |
| modeling of pyruvate decarboxylases from ethanol producing bacteria. | pyruvate decarboxylase (pdc) is a key enzyme in homoethanol fermentation process, which decarboxylates 2-keto acid pyruvate into acetaldehyde and carbon dioxide. pdc enzymes from potential ethanol-producing bacteria such as zymomonas mobilis, zymobacter palmae and sarcina ventriculi have different k(m) and k(cat) values for the substrate pyruvate at their respective optimum ph. in this study, the putative three-dimensional structures of pdc dimer of z. palmae pdc and s. ventriculi pdc were gener ... | 2010 | 20975902 |
| the isolation of sarcina ureae (beijerinck) lohnis from sea water. | | 1946 | 21018703 |
| purification and characterization of a ca2+-dependent novel lectin from nymphaea nouchali tuber with antiproliferative activities. | a lectin (termed nntl) was purified from the extracts of nymphaea nouchali tuber followed by anion-exchange chromatography on deae-cellulose, hydrophobic chromatography on hitrap phenyl hp and by repeated anion-exchange chromatography on hitrap q ff column. the molecular mass of the purified lectin was 27.0 ± 1.0 kda, as estimated by sds/page both in the presence and in the absence of 2-mercaptoethanol. nntl was an o-nitrophenyl ß-d-galactopyranoside sugar-specific lectin that agglutinated rat, ... | 2011 | 21291421 |
| increased dietary zinc oxide changes the bacterial core and enterobacterial composition in the ileum of piglets. | this study was conducted to investigate the effects of increased dietary zno on the bacterial core and enterobacterial composition in the small intestine of piglets that were fed diets containing a total of 124 or 3,042 mg of zn per kilogram of diet, respectively. zinc was supplemented to the basal diet as zno. bacterial 16s rrna genes of ileal dna extracts were pcr-amplified with 2 bar-coded primer sets and sequenced by 454 pyrosequencing. the bacterial core species were calculated from the rel ... | 2011 | 21383037 |
| synthesis and characterization of new types of halogenated and alkylated imidazolidineiminothiones and a comparative study of their antitumor, antibacterial, and antifungal activities. | a series of twenty novel imidazolidineiminothiones (4-8) with various substituents at n-(1) and n-(3) were synthesized by various permutations of halogenated and alkylated n-arylcyanothioformanilides (1) with aromatic isocyanates (2). preliminary screening of all compounds against ehrlich ascites carcinoma cells (eac) indicated that 5d, and 8a-c were the most active compounds as they displayed the highest percent inhibition of cell viability (80%, 70%, 80%, and 70%, respectively). thus, they wer ... | 2011 | 21440963 |
| antimicrobial activity of organotin(iv) complexes with the ligand benzil bis(benzoylhydrazone) and 4,4'-bipyridyl as coligand. | several methyltin(iv) and butyltin(iv) complexes with the ligand benzil bis(benzoylhydrazone) and 4,4'-bipyridyl as coligand were synthesised and characterized by elemental analysis and by ir, (1)h, (13)c and (119)sn nmr spectroscopies. some of them were also analyzed using single crystal x-ray diffraction. the title compounds were evaluated for their in vitro antimicrobial properties. all buthyltin complexes showed significant inhibition of gram positive bacteria, resulting bacillus subtilis, s ... | 2011 | 21443849 |
| the shape-shifting quasispecies of rna: one sequence, many functional folds. | e unus pluribum, or "of one, many", may be at the root of decoding the rna sequence-structure-function relationship. rnas embody the large majority of genes in higher eukaryotes and fold in a sequence-directed fashion into three-dimensional structures that perform functions conserved across all cellular life forms, ranging from regulating to executing gene expression. while it is the most important determinant of the rna structure, the nucleotide sequence is generally not sufficient to specify a ... | 2011 | 21603685 |
| rice dehydrin k-segments have in vitro antibacterial activity. | dehydrins are groups of plant proteins that have been shown to response to various environmental stimuli such as dehydration, elevated salinity, and low temperature. however, their roles in plant defense against microbes have not been demonstrated. in an attempt to discover plant antimicrobial proteins, we have screened a rice cdna library and isolated several cdnas coding for dehydrins. protein extracts from escherichia coli expressing these cdnas were tested for their activity against gram-pos ... | 2011 | 21639844 |
| chemical, antioxidant and antimicrobial investigations of pinus cembra l. bark and needles. | the chemical constituents and biological activity of pinus cembra l. (pinaceae), native to the central european alps and the carpathian mountains, are not well known. the aim of the present work was to examine the phenolic content, antioxidant and antimicrobial effects of hydromethanolic extracts of pinus cembra l. bark and needles. bark extract had higher concentrations of total phenolics (299.3 vs. 78.22 mg gallic acid equivalents/g extract), flavonoids (125.3 vs. 19.84 mg catechin equivalents ... | 2011 | 22143542 |
| extraction, purification and antibacterial activities of a polysaccharide from spent mushroom substrate. | to contribute towards effective exploitation and utilization of spent mushroom substrate (sms), a water-soluble polysaccharide named pl was isolated and purified from sms. the total sugar content and monosaccharide composition were analyzed by phenol-sulfuric acid method and capillary electrophoresis, and infrared spectroscopy was also performed for structure characterization. the results showed that the total sugar content of crude polysaccharide from sms was about 25.8%, the polysaccharide con ... | 2011 | 22138450 |
| [role of the snora gene in nogalamycin biosynthesis by strain streptomyces nogalater lv65 ]. | | 2011 | 22073550 |
| microbiological analysis of the mummy of st. marcian. | the paper provides the results of the microbiological analysis of samples taken from the mummified remains of st. marcian. microorganisms found belong to bacteria and fungi of the genera aspergillus, bacillus, penicillium, sarcina, and shewanella which are all apart of the common air, soil, and human microbial flora and therefore present no health hazard. | 2011 | 22053579 |
| sarcina organisms in the gastrointestinal tract: a clinicopathologic and molecular study. | sarcina organisms were first observed in and recorded from the stomach contents of a patient suffering from vomiting by john goodsir in 1842. since that time, their fine structure, phylogenetic classification, and biochemical characteristics have been described. although numerous cases of fatal disease have been attributed to this organism in the veterinary literature, only a few human cases have been documented. as a result, whether this organism causes disease in humans has not been definitive ... | 2011 | 21997690 |