Aims: To determine the probiotic potential of Streptococcus thermophilus and effects of lactalbumin hydrolysate (whey protein) and inulin (prebiotics) supplementation in the production medium on the growth and bioactivity profile of S. thermophilus under different pH and temperat...
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Research Article10.9734/MRJI/2017/30931
The antimicrobial activity of methanol, hot water and cold water extracts of the leaf of Emilia pratermissawas evaluated against organisms isolated from patients with otitis media using agar well diffusion method. The isolated bacteria were subjected to antibiotic susceptibility...
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Research Article10.9734/MRJI/2017/31241
This efficacy of sterilization and cleaning methods used in the barbing salons and the possibility of those equipments acting as vehicles of transmission of fungal pathogens from one customer to another was assessed in this study. Thirty barbing saloons were randomly selected fro...
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Research Article10.9734/MRJI/2017/31091
Campylobacter are Gram negative bacteria, ubiquitous, found in the gastrointestinal tract of warm blooded animals, including poultry and also in their nature. The most dominant species is Campylobacter jejuni, followed by Campylobacter coli. For a long time, these bacteria have b...
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Research Article10.9734/MRJI/2017/31496
Background: The early detection of extended spectrum β-lactamase (ESBL) producers in clinical microbiology is now of great importance to optimize appropriate therapeutic schemes and to improve the patient outcome. The ESBL NDP (Nordmann/Dortet/Poirel) test has been recently devel...
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Research Article10.9734/MRJI/2017/31689
Background: Carbapenem resistant enterobacteriaceae (CRE) constitute major public health threat. They account for significant morbidity and mortality and also present patients with difficult to treat infection. This study examines the integron carriage rate and gene content among...
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Research Article10.9734/MRJI/2017/29087
Aim: Storage stability of carotenoid pigment (extracellular and intracellular) extracted from Rhodotorula minuta grown in Malt Yeast Extract Broth (MYEB), coconut water and rice was studied for a period of 15 days at ambient temperature (29°C) and refrigeration temperature i.e. 4...
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Research Article10.9734/MRJI/2017/30967
Aims: To investigate and compare the antibacterial effect of Curcuma longa with Zingiber officinale rhizome ethanolic extracts against five bacterial species which include three gram-negative bacteria (Escherichia coli, Klebsiella pneumoniae and Proteus mirabilis) and two gram-po...
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Research Article10.9734/MRJI/2017/31551
Aims: This study is aimed to explore the potential of endophytic bacterial population of Ophioglossum reticulatum L., a pharmacologically important perennial fern, for production of antimicrobial compounds. Place and Duration of Study: The study was conducted in the Microbiology...
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Research Article10.9734/MRJI/2017/31923
Shwikar Abdel Salam Ahmed, Marwa Ahmed Meheissen, Hanan Galal Azouz, Mona Hamdy Ashry, Yara Safwat Roshdy, Hala Abdelaty Gad & Ahmed Elsayed Ibrahim·Microbiology Research Journal International·2017
Background and Aims: The pathogenesis of Autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) is still controversial. The aim of the present study was to investigate the presence and to identify the species and the antimicrobial sensitivity of Candida present in stool of autistic children. Subjects...
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Research Article10.9734/MRJI/2017/32117