| the first report of vibrio parahaemolyticus strain o10:k60 in japan, a new combination of o and k serotypes isolated from a patient with gastroenteritis. | vibrio parahaemolyticus is an important pathogen that causes gastroenteritis in humans, generally associated with the consumption of contaminated seafood, particularly raw shellfish. there are many serotypes in v. parahaemolyticus resulting from a combination of o and k antigens. among them, o3:k6 and their variants, which represent the pandemic clone, are the most widespread strains worldwide. in this study, we examined v. parahaemolyticus isolated from a gastroenteritis patient's stool at a ho ... | 2016 | 25971326 |
| response of spinach and komatsuna to biogas effluent made from source-separated kitchen garbage. | recycling of kitchen garbage is an urgent task for reducing public spending and environmental burdens by incineration and/or landfill. there is an interesting regional effort in ogawa, saitama prefecture, japan, in which source-separated kitchen garbage is anaerobically fermented with a biogas plant and the resultant effluent is used as a quick-release organic fertilizer by surrounding farmers. however, scientific assessments of fertilizer values and risks in the use of the effluent were lacking ... | 2006 | 16973635 |