| in situ measured elimination of vibrio cholerae from brackish water. | in situ elimination of fluorescently labelled vibrio cholerae (flb) was measured in two saline water bodies in mexico: in a brackish water lagoon, mecoacán (gulf of mexico; state of tabasco) and an athalassohaline lake, alchichica (state of puebla). disappearance rates of fluorescently labelled v. cholera o1 showed that they were eliminated from the environment at an average rate of 32% and 63%/day, respectively (based on the bacterial standing stocks). the indirect immunofluorescence method con ... | 2004 | 14728617 |
| 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 |