| hemolytic interactions of dermatophilus congolensis. | the strains of dermatophilus congolensis grew on blood agar with washed sheep erythrocytes with marked total hemolysis. in testing for hemolytic interactions they gave a significant synergistic effect of a characteristic shape with rhodococcus equi and streptococcus agalactiae, whereas with staphylococcus aureus producing beta hemolysin and with staphylococcus aureus producing delta hemolysin a simultaneous synergistic as well as antagonistic effect were observed. first of all a conspicuous inhi ... | 1992 | 1621476 |
| [detection of aquatic microorganisms from the black sea--producers of restriction endonucleases]. | 300 clones of microorganisms isolated at different stations and from different depths in the black sea were screened for restriction endonucleases production. the production of restriction endonucleases was found in 17 clones screened. three of them were identified to be alteromonas haloplanktis b1. restriction endonuclease ahab1 is an isoshizomer of sau961. an identified alteromonas haloplanktis clone b8 produces ahab8i restriction endonuclease the prototype to which is kpni. of the clones isol ... | 1990 | 1964718 |
| [primary leiomyosarcoma of the pulmonary artery. apropos of a case]. | a case of leiomyosarcoma of the pulmonary artery in a 64-year old man without previous cardiovascular disease is reported. the clinical picture, which comprised episodes of paroxysmal dyspnoea associated with acute cor pulmonale, suggested pulmonary embolism. radioisotope perfusion study and pulmonary angiography seemed to confirm this diagnosis, but no improvement was obtained with a prolonged thrombolytic treatment. the presence of a median mass at ct led to exploratory thoracotomy and to the ... | 1987 | 3122693 |
| demonstration of sensory innervation of rat tongue with anterogradely transported horseradish peroxidase. | wheat germ agglutinin-horseradish peroxidase injected into the petrosal ganglion in rats was transported to the posterior tongue in the glossopharyngeal nerve. labelled fibers innervated the ipsilateral foliate papilla only, but both ipsi-and contralateral sides of the single circumvallate papilla. somatosensory fibers in the posterior tongue also were labelled. label crossed transcellularly from the afferent fibers into taste bud cells. use of this method provides more detailed knowledge of sen ... | 1986 | 3697712 |
| [application of fatty alcohols to pharmaceutical dosage form. iii. percutaneous absorption of indomethacin from fatty alcohol and propylene glycol (fapg) bases consisting of a mixture of fatty alcohol and propylene glycol]. | | 1986 | 3701599 |
| absence of role of endothelium in the response of isolated porcine coronary arteries to acetylcholine. | isolated precontracted arteries of various vascular beds relax in response to acetylcholine only if the endothelium is present. one explanation for this is that this drug stimulates the endothelial cells to release a vasodilator substance that in turn relaxes the underlying smooth muscle. to determine whether this mechanism is concerned also in the acetylcholine contraction of isolated porcine coronary arteries transverse strips of the extramural part of the left circumflex artery were used for ... | 1986 | 3719611 |
| a rapid assay for activity of phospholipase a2 using radioactive substrate. | a rapid method for the assay of phospholipase a2 has been developed using a radioactive substrate, l-alpha-dipalmitoyl-(2-[9,10(n)-3h]palmitoyl)-phosphatidylcholine. the substrate diluted with cold carrier (1 mm) is dissolved in 80% ethanol containing 25 mm sodium deoxycholate. the enzymatic reaction is performed in 1.0 ml 0.1 m glycine-naoh buffer, ph 9.0, containing 2 mumol cacl2, 10 micrograms bovine serum albumin, 2.5 mumol sodium deoxycholate, 0.01 unit (or less) phospholipase a2, and 40-10 ... | 1986 | 3755302 |
| powerline frequency electric and magnetic fields: a pilot study of risk perception. | the perception of the potential risk arising from human exposure to 50/60 hz electric and magnetic fields was studied with a quasi-random sample of 116 well-educated, opinion leaders using the risk perception framework previously developed by slovic, fischhoff, and lichtenstein. these individuals rated exposure to fields from transmission lines and electric blankets on a variety of scales that have been found useful in characterizing people's risk attitudes and perceptions. these judgments allow ... | 1985 | 3843677 |
| interactions of nuclear proteins with dna, during sperm differentiation in the ram. | ram spermatid nuclei and caput epididymal sperm nuclei were prepared and treated with dtt under conditions avoiding proteolysis. whole-mount preparations for the electron microscope were made in the presence or absence of the detergent joy. the chromatin of the less mature, non-round spermatid nuclei displayed a nucleosomal organization that gradually disappeared at the time the histones leave the nuclei (elongating spermatids). digestion with micrococcal nuclease suggests that polynucleosome ar ... | 1985 | 4042771 |
| what is your diagnosis? | | 1967 | 4226521 |
| remedy for unsuccessful urethrostomy. | | 1973 | 4692301 |
| experimental suppression of allograft rejection: background and application. | | 1968 | 4873843 |
| micrococcus in the blood. | eight isolates of micrococci from the bloodstream of six patients obtained under circumstances suggesting a pathogenic role were studied in detail. the organisms were remarkably uniform in cultural, biochemical and antibiotic-susceptibility characters. all strains showed high resistance to methicillin and hydrolysed arginine. the characters found did not correspond with those of any hitherto described species, but were closest to micrococcus lylae. | 1980 | 7381921 |
| characterization of micrococcus antarcticus sp. nov., a psychrophilic bacterium from antarctica. | a gram-positive, cold-adapted, aerobic, spherical actinobacterium (strain t2t) with a quite low cardinal growth temperature was isolated from chinese great-wall station in antarctica. sequence comparisons of the 16s rdna indicated the isolate to be a phylogenetic member of the genus micrococcus, family micrococcaceae, in which it represents a novel lineage. the phylogenetic distinctness of the isolate with respect to the type strains micrococcus luteus and micrococcus lylae was supported by dna- ... | 2000 | 10758880 |
| [occurrence of bacteria in the mouth from genera of micrococcus, kocuria, nesterenkonia, kytococcus and dermacoccus]. | the aim of the study was to assess the prevalence of different bacteria in the oral cavity. the bacteria were present in the oral cavities of 73 (48.7%) of 150 individuals. nesterenkonia halobia, the most frequently isolated species, was found in 20 (27%) individuals, micrococcus luteus in 16 (22%), kocuria kristinae in 12 (16%), kocuria varians in 10 (14%), dermacoccus sedentarius in 9 (12%), micrococcus lylae in 8 (11%), and kytococcus nishinomiyaensis in 3 (4%). mean counts of these microorga ... | 2002 | 12185681 |
| microbiological characteristics of "androlla", a spanish traditional pork sausage. | counts of total aerobic mesophilic microflora, lactic acid bacteria, salt-tolerant microflora, enterobacteriaceae, enterococci, moulds and yeasts, and staphylococci, and some physico-chemical parameters (total solids, nacl and nitrate contents and ph and aw values) were determined in 20 units of "androlla", a traditional dry-fermented sausage made in the nw of spain. in general, high counts of all the investigated microbial groups were observed, with average values of 8.99 +/- 0.46 log cfu/g for ... | 2007 | 16943094 |
| distribution of bacteria and fungi in the earthworm libyodrillus violaceous (annelida: oligochaeta), a native earthworm from nigeria. | earthworms are soil invertebrates that play a key role in recycling organic matter in soils. in nigeria, earthworms include libyodrillus violaceous. aerobic and anaerobic bacterial counts, as well as fungal counts of viable microorganisms in soils and gut sections, were made on twenty l. violaceous collected from different sites on the campus of the university of agriculture, abeokuta, nigeria. the samples were collected between april and november, 2002. numbers of microorganisms were higher in ... | 2006 | 18457174 |
| study of microbial contamination and dosing accuracy of oral dispensers. | the optimal administration of liquid medications requires accurate dose delivery. this is particularly important in the treatment of infants and children, as well as elderly people, who are more sensitive to dosage errors. previous studies revealed significant dosage inaccuracies with measuring spoons. oral syringes are therefore generally recommended instead. there is no data on the efficacy of standard cleaning techniques, and consequently on the degree of microbial contamination associated wi ... | 2010 | 20831530 |
| nirk and nirs nitrite reductase genes from non-agricultural forest soil bacteria in thailand. | the genetic heterogeneity of the nitrite reductase gene (nirk and nirs) fragments from denitrifying prokaryotes in a non-agricultural forest soil in thailand was investigated using soil samples from the plant germplasm-royal initiation project area in kanchanaburi province, thailand. soil bacteria were screened for denitrification activity and 13 (from 211) positive isolates were obtained and further evaluated for their ability to reduce nitrate and to accumulate or reduce nitrite. three species ... | 2011 | 21475726 |
| deficiency of eosinophil peroxidase detected by automated cytochemistry. | | 2011 | 3122494 |
| the scientific background of the international sanitary conferences, 1851-1938. 5. the ninth conference: paris, 1894. | | 2015 | 4607249 |
| acromegaly with normal growth-hormone levels and pituitary histology. case report. | in rare cases, acromegalic patients have normal basal concentrations of growth hormone, and their acromegaly results from abnormal growth-hormone secretory patterns. a patient is reported with the clinical features of acromegaly, who had elevated somatomedin levels and an enlarged sella turcica, but whose serum growth-hormone levels on continuous monitoring were in the normal range, with levels of 2.8 to 8.9 ng/ml. dynamic studies of growth hormone revealed normal responses to hypo- and hypergly ... | 1998 | 106097 |
| radiology societies. | | 1998 | 104596 |
| [ultrasonic localization for closed renal biopsy]. | | 2004 | 520913 |
| use of ancrod in acute or progressing ischemic cerebral infarction. | ancrod has been used in europe for over 15 years for peripheral vascular disease, deep vein thrombosis, and central retinal venous thrombosis, and in patients at risk for thromboembolism. in a double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled study at university hospitals in cincinnati, 20 acute cerebral infarction patients received a series of iv infusions of ancrod (ten) or placebo (ten) for seven days. early fibrinolysis with a small decrease in fibrinogen was observed, and d-dimers were elevated ... | 2010 | 3056131 |
| use of ancrod in acute or progressing ischemic cerebral infarction. | ancrod has been used in europe for over 15 years for peripheral vascular disease, deep vein thrombosis, and central retinal venous thrombosis, and in patients at risk for thromboembolism. in a double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled study at university hospitals in cincinnati, 20 acute cerebral infarction patients received a series of iv infusions of ancrod (ten) or placebo (ten) for seven days. early fibrinolysis with a small decrease in fibrinogen was observed, and d-dimers were elevated ... | 2010 | 3056131 |
| plasma growth hormone response to oral l-dopa in infantile autism. | in order to assess further the occurrence of hypothalamic dysfunction in infantile autism and its possible relationship to dopaminergic abnormalities, the l-dopa provocative test was performed in 22 patients fulfilling dsm-iii criteria for this disorder. the results indicate a high incidence (at least 30%) of blunted plasma growth hormone (gh) responses following oral administration of l-dopa in this sample. these data suggest an alteration of hypothalamic dopamine receptor sensitivity in the pa ... | 2014 | 3997747 |
| parental reactions to the onset of adolescence. | this paper documents the common changes associated with the onset of puberty and examines parents' reactions to these changes. nine hundred questionnaires were sent to the parents of sixth and seventh graders (11-13 years old) in four communities. the questionnaire requested information on the perception of recent behavioral changes and the parents' emotional responses to them. four hundred parents responded. parents reported significant changes, both positive and negative, in their children in ... | 2014 | 3957746 |
| prophylactic treatment of uninvolved lymph nodes. | | 2014 | 3957745 |
| development of a hospital-based proton beam treatment center. | radiation oncologists recognize a continuing need to improve the radiation dose distribution between a cancer and the surrounding normal tissue. a most promising method of accomplishing this goal is the use of charged particle beam irradiation, the clinical use of which has been investigated for the past 40 years. since the first clinical studies began at the lawrence berkeley laboratory in 1954, more than 5,000 patients have been treated with protons, using accelerators designed for physics lab ... | 2010 | 2832357 |
| [synthetic sexual attractants of lobesia botrana (schiff) (lepidoptera tortricidae), a predator of grapevines]. | | 2014 | 4218971 |
| jay's alive. do we owe him an apology? | | 2013 | 3646745 |
| proceedings: 'bonneau report raises question of health research in quebec'. | | 2015 | 4415217 |
| familial occurrence of bilateral intracranial occlusion of the internal carotid arteries (moya moya). | in a family of 14 brothers and sisters, 3 cases of occlusive disease of the large intracranial vessels (moya moya) were found. each of the three had one or more cerebrovascular attacks and a typical cerebral angiogram. eight other members of the family had severe headaches. angiography was carried out in three of these with normal findings. | 2005 | 1181815 |
| giant millipede burns in papua new guinea. | three patients with superficial burns to the face and neck from benzo-quinone derivatives in the excretions of giant millipeds of the spirobolus family are reported from the northern district of papua. a review is made of the clinical features and treatment of these burns. | 2005 | 1065155 |
| comparison on conjunctival sac bacterial flora of the seniors with dry eye in ganzi autonomous prefecture. | to compare the bacterial flora in palpebral conjunctiva of xerophthalmia seniors of tibetan, yi and han, and analyze the differences and similarities of the bacteria. | 2013 | 23991377 |
| antimicrobial activity of vanillin against spoilage microorganisms in stored fresh-cut mangoes. | the antimicrobial activity of vanillin against four bacteria (pantoea agglomerans, aeromonas enteropelogenes, micrococcus lylae, and sphingobacterium spiritovorun), four fungi (alternaria sp., aspergillus sp., penicillium sp., and fusarium sp.), and three unidentified yeasts isolated from spoiling fresh-cut mango slices was verified in laboratory media adjusted to ph 5.0. mics of vanillin against the fungi (12.5 to 13.3 mm), bacteria (10 to 13.3 mm), and yeasts (5.0 to 6.7 mm) indicated that all ... | 2006 | 16865911 |
| preparation of cobalt nanoparticles from polymorphic bacterial templates: a novel platform for biocatalysis. | nanoparticles have gathered significant research attention as materials for enzyme immobilization due to their advantageous properties such as low diffusion rates, ease of manipulation, and large surface areas. here, polymorphic cobalt nanoparticles of varied sizes and shapes were prepared using micrococcus lylae, bacillus subtilis, escherichia coli, paracoccus sp., and haloarcula vallismortis as bacterial templates. furthermore, nine lipases/carboxylesterases were successfully immobilized on th ... | 2015 | 26358553 |
| thin-layer chromatography and false positive identification of phosphatidylglycerol in patients with preterm ruptured membranes. | | 2013 | 3728593 |
| a mesoporous pt/tio2 nanoarchitecture with catalytic and photocatalytic functions. | a novel metal/semiconductor nanocomposite with catalytic and photocatalytic functions has been prepared. the new material consists of highly dispersed platinum (pt) nanoparticles embedded in a cubic mesoporous nanocrystalline anatase (meso-nc-tio2) thin film. the porous thin film possesses a narrow pore-size distribution and a large surface area. the diameter of the pt cluster can be controlled to below 5 nm, and the high dispersion of these clusters gives rise to catalytic activity for the oxid ... | 2005 | 15761909 |
| ionothermal synthesis of hierarchical biobr microspheres for water treatment. | bismuth oxybromide (biobr) micropsheres with hierarchical morphologies have been fabricated via an ionothermal synthesis route. ionic liquid acts as a unique soft material capable of promoting nucleation and in situ growth of 3d hierarchical biobr mesocrystals without the help of surfactants. the as-prepared biobr nanomaterials can effectively remove heavy metal ions and organic dyes from wastewater. they can also kill micrococcus lylae, a gram positive bacterium, in water under fluorescent ligh ... | 2011 | 22088503 |
| screening for and isolation and identification of malathion-degrading bacteria: cloning and sequencing a gene that potentially encodes the malathion-degrading enzyme, carboxylestrase in soil bacteria. | five malathion-degrading bacterial strains were enriched and isolated from soil samples collected from different agricultural sites in cairo, egypt. malathion was used as a sole source of carbon (50 mg/l) to enumerate malathion degraders, which were designated as is1, is2, is3, is4, and is5. they were identified, based on their morphological and biochemical characteristics, as pseudomonas sp., pseudomonas putida, micrococcus lylae, pseudomonas aureofaciens, and acetobacter liquefaciens, respecti ... | 2010 | 20401686 |
| evaluation of enhanced thermostability and operational stability of carbonic anhydrase from micrococcus species. | carbonic anhydrase (ca) was purified from micrococcus lylae and micrococcus luteus with 49.90 and 53.8 % yield, respectively, isolated from calcium carbonate kilns. ca from m. lylae retained 80 % stability in the ph and temperature range of 6.0-8.0 and 35-45 °c, respectively. however, ca from m. luteus was stable in the ph and temperature range of 7.5-10.0 and 35-55 °c, respectively. cross-linked enzyme aggregates (cleas) raised the transition temperature of m. lylae and m. luteus ca up to 67.5 ... | 2013 | 23609906 |
| micrococcus flavus sp. nov., isolated from activated sludge in a bioreactor. | bacterial strain lw4(t) was isolated from activated sludge of a wastewater-treatment bioreactor. cells of strain lw4(t) were gram-positive cocci, with a diameter of 0.7-1.0 microm. colonies produced on lb agar plates were yellow, smooth, circular and 0.5-1.5 mm in diameter. strain lw4(t) was aerobic and grew over the temperature range 26-34 degrees c and ph range 5-9, with optimal growth at 30.5-31.5 degrees c and ph 6.0-6.2. the cell-wall peptidoglycan of strain lw4(t) contained amino acid resi ... | 2007 | 17220443 |
| bacterial decontamination of duwl biofilm using oxygenal 6. | the aim of this study was bacteriological assessment of the dental unit waterlines (duwl) biofilm - concentration and composition of the aerobe and facultative anaerobe bacterial microflora, and evaluation of the influence of a disinfecting product, oxygenal 6, on the biofilm composition. tubing fragments were taken from 25 units twice, before and after disinfection, and bacterial suspension of the biofilm was obtained from the samples. the bacterial flora was determined with the plate culture m ... | 2006 | 16841887 |
| efficient visible-light-induced photocatalytic disinfection on sulfur-doped nanocrystalline titania. | sulfur-doped titanium dioxide exhibits a strong visible-light-induced antibacterial effect. the new photocatalyst can effectively kill micrococcus lylae, a common gram-positive bacterium. the relationship between sulfur concentration and the bactericidal activity of s-doped tio2 was investigated. results from dmpo spin-trapping electron spin resonance measurements confirm the formation of hydroxyl radicals, which is the origin of the considerable bactericidal activity under visible light irradia ... | 2005 | 15773492 |
| emended descriptions of the genus micrococcus, micrococcus luteus (cohn 1872) and micrococcus lylae (kloos et al. 1974). | nine yellow-pigmented, spherical bacterial strains isolated from a medieval wall painting (strain d7), from indoor air (strains 3, 6, 7, 13c2, 38, 83 and 118) and from an activated-sludge plant (strain ballarat) were classified by a polyphasic approach. analyses of the 16s rrna gene sequences of three representatives (strains d7, 118 and ballarat) indicated that they all belong to the genus micrococcus. the three isolates shared the highest sequence similarities with micrococcus luteus dsm 20030 ... | 2002 | 11931177 |
| molecular microbial diversity of a spacecraft assembly facility. | in ongoing investigations to map and archive the microbial footprints in various components of the spacecraft and its accessories, we have examined the microbial populations of the jet propulsion laboratory's spacecraft assembly facility (jpl-saf). witness plates made up of spacecraft materials, some painted with spacecraft qualified paints, were exposed for approximately 7 to 9 months at jpl-saf and examined the particulate materials collected for the incidence of total cultivable aerobic heter ... | 2001 | 11518337 |
| taxonomic dissection of the genus micrococcus: kocuria gen. nov., nesterenkonia gen. nov., kytococcus gen. nov., dermacoccus gen. nov., and micrococcus cohn 1872 gen. emend. | the results of a phylogenetic and chemotaxonomic analysis of the genus micrococcus indicated that it is significantly heterogeneous. except for micrococcus lylae, no species groups phylogenetically with the type species of the genus, micrococcus luteus. the other members of the genus form three separate phylogenetic lines which on the basis of chemotaxonomic properties can be assigned to four genera. these genera are the genus kocuria gen. nov. for micrococcus roseus, micrococcus varians, and mi ... | 1995 | 7547287 |
| production of inhibitors of lytic activity in the micrococcaceae. | eight staphylococcus xylosus strains lacking lytic activity (la) were found to excrete agar-diffusible factors inhibiting the la of la-positive strains of the same species. the same eight strains, when tested against la-positive indicator strains from other species of micrococcaceae, caused marked la inhibition only of strains of s, saprophyticus and s. cohnii, both species closely related to s. xylosus. micrococci and planococci, unlike staphylococci, do not normally show la, yet micrococcus ly ... | 1982 | 7077292 |
| synergistic hemolytic reactions between staphylococci and micrococcus lylae. | the primary culture of a clinical specimen obtained from a dog with an acute squamous eczema revealed three different bacterial species which demonstrated synergistic hemolytic activities on sheep blood agar plates. the three cultures were identified as beta-hemolytic staphylococcus intermedius, as a coagulase-negative staphylococcal species, producing a delta-like hemolysin and as non-hemolytic micrococcus lylae. the coagulase-negative staphylococcal species as well as m. lylae produced synergi ... | 1989 | 2669429 |
| dna probes with different specificities from a cloned 23s rrna gene of micrococcus luteus. | a 7500 bp psti restriction fragment of chromosomal dna from micrococcus luteus containing a 23s rrna gene was cloned in vector phe3 in e. coli rr 28 (the recombinant plasmid was designated par1). a recombinant phage (par5) hybridizing to all eubacteria tested was constructed by shotgun subcloning of the psti fragment in phage m13mp8. further subcloning of the fragments of the 23s rrna gene in the vectors ptz18r and ptz19r using selected restriction sites of the gene enabled us to select cloned f ... | 1988 | 2462009 |
| [electoneuromyography in the study of diseases of the neuromuscular system]. | results of electroneuromyographic examinations of 207 patients with hereditary neuromuscular diseases are presented. patients with neural amyotrophies showed a sharp slowdown of the speed of impulse transmission along the median and the tibial nerves, a lowering of the induced potentials of the muscle and the nerve, and an increase of the m-response. in patients with spinal amyotrophies a slight lowering of the speed of the impulse transmission along the tibial nerves with the transmission speed ... | 1979 | 525113 |
| improved automated method for determining vitamin c in plasma and tissues. | | 1979 | 443551 |
| paternal occupations of children with leukemia. | | 2006 | 1393139 |
| [tasks of the 3d decisive year of the 5-year plan are ahead of schedule]. | | 2016 | 4788660 |
| Biomimetic CO2 sequestration using purified carbonic anhydrase from indigenous bacterial strains immobilized on biopolymeric materials. | The present study deals with immobilization of purified CA and whole cell of Pseudomonas fragi, Micrococcus lylae, and Micrococcus luteus 2 on different biopolymer matrices. Highest enzyme immobilization was achieved with P. fragi CA (89%) on chitosan-KOH beads, while maximum cell immobilization was achieved with M. lylae (75%) on chitosan-NH(4)OH beads. A maximum increase of 1.08-1.18 fold stability between 35 and 55°C was observed for M. lylae immobilized CA. The storage stability was improved ... | 2011 | 22112959 |
| bacterial contamination of water in dental unit reservoirs. | the aim of this study was bacteriological assessment of water in dental unit reservoirs--concentration and composition of the aerobe and facultative anaerobe bacterial microflora. reservoir water samples were taken from 25 units. bacterial flora were determined with the plate culture method. bacteria were identified with biochemical microtests: api 20e, api 20ne (biomérieux, france) and gp2 microplatetm (biolog, usa). the concentration of total bacteria isolated from one site was 201,039 cfu/ml, ... | 2007 | 17655191 |
| biomineralized multifunctional magnetite/carbon microspheres for applications in li-ion batteries and water treatment. | advanced functional materials incorporating well-defined multiscale architectures are a key focus for multiple nanotechnological applications. however, strategies for developing such materials, including nanostructuring, nano-/microcombination, hybridization, and so on, are still being developed. here, we report a facile, scalable biomineralization process in which micrococcus lylae bacteria are used as soft templates to synthesize 3d hierarchically structured magnetite (fe3o4) microspheres for ... | 2015 | 25676609 |