deinococcus mumbaiensis sp. nov., a radiation-resistant pleomorphic bacterium isolated from mumbai, india. | a radiation-resistant, gram-negative and pleomorphic bacterium (con-1) was isolated from a contaminated tryptone glucose yeast extract agar plate in the laboratory. it was red pigmented, nonmotile, nonsporulating, and aerobic, and contained mk-8 as respiratory quinone. the cell wall of this bacterium contained ornithine. the major fatty acids were c16:0, c16:1, c17:0, c18:1 and iso c18:0. the dna of con-1 had a g+c content of 70 mol%. phylogenetic analysis based on 16s rrna gene sequences showed ... | 2006 | 16445756 |
microbiological evaluation of sprouts marketed in mumbai, india, and its suburbs. | a study was undertaken to assess the microbiological quality of sprouts marketed in mumbai and its suburbs. a total of 124 sprout samples of four different legumes--mung (phaseolus aureus), matki (phaseolus aconitifolius), chana (cicer arietinum), and vatana (pisum sativum)--were analyzed over a period of 12 months for aerobic plate counts, coliforms, yeast and mold counts, staphylococci, salmonella, listeria monocytogenes, escherichia coli, e. coli o157:h7, and coagulase-positive staphylococcus ... | 2006 | 17066937 |