Aims: The objective of this work was to investigate the efficiency of DNA extraction from bulk soil using the Britânia® mini mixer combined with phenol extraction to study bacterial communities, from three sampling sites localized in São Gonçalo-RJ, Brazil, comparing it to a comm...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2015/12628
Aim: Electricity generation from wastes using Microbial Fuel Cells (MFCs). Materials and Methods: Bacillus sp._1, Bacillus sp._3 Pseudomonas sp., and Citrobacter sp., isolated from soil sediment were used for electricity generation in sewage water, glucose, soil sediment and acet...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2015/12227
Aims: To optimize fermentation conditions for microbial production of levan polymer on a low-price productive medium. Also to purified levan from Bacillus sp. V8 strain, characterization the levan polymer by 13C NMR spectroscopy and physicochemical properties. Study Design: Optim...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2015/12448
Aims: This study was conducted to determine the occurrence of serologically cross-reactive enterobacteriaceae in food samples. Place and Duration of Study: This study was conducted in Industrial Microbiology Laboratory, IFST, BCSIR, Dhaka, Bangladesh during January-November, 2013...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2015/11896
The study was carried out to investigate the distribution and prevalence of some multidrug resistant nosocomial pathogens in various selected hospitals in Ilorin. Various hospitals sections were assessed. This finding revealed that Klebsiella pneumoniae was predominant with 14.9%...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2015/10554
Background: Infertility outcomes may be associated with the infections that would lead to morphological defects of spermatozoa in vitro. The purpose of this work was to investigate the effect of Lactobacillus plantarum 2621 (L. plantarum) on adherence of sperm agglutinating Esche...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2014/12129
Brucellosis is a bacterial disease mainly of domestic animals. The infection is directly transmitted to humans by animals through breaks in the skin or by contact with infected materials like aborted foetuses and placenta. It can also be transmitted indirectly by ingestion of con...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2014/11061
Aims: This study is designed to determine the frequency of Legionella pneumophila in cold and warm water as well as water containers of newborn incubators in Guilan province hospitals, Iran, using amplification of the macrophage infectivity protein gene (mip gene) by PCR. Study D...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2014/9830
Aim: To determine the prevalence and genotypic characterisation of extended spectrum beta-lactamases produced by gram negative bacilli isolated at Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital (MRRH). Samples: Gram negative clinical isolates. Study Design: Laboratory-based descriptive cross...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2014/9792
Aims: We conducted this study to determine if there is any correlation between Classical Multiple Sclerosis and Chlamydophilia pneumoniae infection by ELISA (IgM, IgG, IgA). Study Design: cross sectional study Place and Duration of Study: The present study was performed in the De...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2014/9831