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Erratum to: Cellulase production by solid state fermentation using bagasse with Penicillium decumbens L-06

Authors: Chuannan Long, Yueqin Ou, Ping Guo, Yuntao Liu, Jingjing Cui, Minnan Long and Zhong Hu

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Transferable integrons of Gram-negative bacteria isolated from the gut of a wild boar in the buffer zone of a national park

The aim of this study was to determine the presence of integron-bearing Gram-negative bacteria in the gut of a wild boar (Sus scrofa L.) shot in the buffer zone of a national park. Five Gram-negative strains of E...

Authors: Joanna Mokracka, Ryszard Koczura and Adam Kaznowski

GFP-tagged multimetal-tolerant bacteria and their detection in the rhizosphere of white mustard

The introduction of rhizobacteria that tolerate heavy metals is a promising approach to support plants involved in phytoextraction and phytostabilisation. In this study, soil of a metal-mine wasteland was anal...

Authors: Zofia Piotrowska-Seget, Grażyna Beściak, Tytus Bernaś and Jacek Kozdrój

Major virulence factors of enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli in pigs

Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC) infection is the most common type of colibacillosis of young animals, and it is also a significant cause of food- and waterborne E. coli-mediated human diarrhea worldwide. ...

Authors: Qiangde Duan, Fenghua Yao and Guoqiang Zhu

Optimization of xylanase production by Streptomyces sp. P12-137 using response surface methodology and central composite design

Response surface methodology and central composite design were used to optimize a biosynthesis medium for the production of xylanases by Streptomyces sp. P12-137 in submerged fermentation culture at pH 5.0, with ...

Authors: Gigi Coman and Gabriela Bahrim

Purification and characterization of chitinase from Alcaligenes faecalis AU02 by utilizing marine wastes and its antioxidant activity

Marine waste is an abundant renewable source for the recovery of several value added metabolites with potential industrial applications. This study describes the production of chitinase on marine waste, with t...

Authors: Neelamegam Annamalai, Mayavan Veeramuthu Rajeswari, Shanmugam Vijayalakshmi and Thangavel Balasubramanian

Production of lovastatin by a self-resistant mutant of Aspergillus terreus

A lovastatin-resistant mutant of Aspergillus terreus designated as LA4414 was rationally screened by multiple cycles of UV mutation by using the characteristic of the lovastatin resistance to its own biosynthesis...

Authors: Zhihua Jia, Xiaoli Zhang, Xuejun Cao, Jiandang Liu and Baofu Qin

Degradation of a benzene–toluene mixture by hydrocarbon-adapted bacterial communities

We examined the rate of degradation of a benzene–toluene mixture in aerobic microcosms prepared with samples of an aquifer that lies below a petrochemical plant (SIReN, UK). Five samples exposed to different c...

Authors: Arturo Aburto and Mariana Peimbert

A comparative study of biodegradation of vinyl acetate by environmental strains

Four Gram-negative strains, E3_2001, EC1_2004, EC3_3502 and EC2_3502, previously isolated from soil samples, were subjected to comparative studies in order to select the best vinyl acetate degrader for waste g...

Authors: Izabela Greń, Agnieszka Gąszczak, Urszula Guzik, Grażyna Bartelmus and Sylwia Łabużek

Lipid biosynthesis in Cunninghamella bainieri 2A1 in N-limited and N-excess media

Lipid biosynthesis and fatty acids composition of oleaginous zygomycetes, namely Cunninghamella bainieri 2A1, cultured in media with excess or limited nitrogen were quantitatively determined at different times of...

Authors: Ekhlass M. Taha, Othman Omar, Wan Mohtar Wan Yusoff and Aidil Abdul Hamid

Isolation and purification of O and H antigens from Salmonella Enteritidis as diagnostic tool

Lipopolysaccharide (LPS) and flagellin are the major antigenic structures of Salmonella Enteritidis. Purified antigens are essential components for the diagnosis of and research on Salmonella Enteritidis. In this...

Authors: Ayse Nalbantsoy, Ismail Karaboz, Radka Ivanova and Ismet Deliloglu-Gurhan

Detection of viable but non cultivable Escherichia coli after UV irradiation using a lytic Qβ phage

In order to qualify the germicidal efficacy of ultraviolet (UV) disinfection system, we generally determine the reduction of viable bacteria after UV-C irradiation. However, the simple count of viable and cult...

Authors: Myriam Ben Said, Otaki Masahiro and Abdennaceur Hassen

Measurement of opsonophagocytic activity of antibodies specific toNeisseria meningitidis serogroup A capsular polysaccharide-serogroup B outer membrane vesicle conjugate in animal model

Neisseria meningitidis is efficiently phagocytosed by polymorphonuclear leukocytes (PMN_S) following opsonization with opsonic antibodies; opsonophagocytosis is the primary mechanism for clearance of meningococci ...

Authors: Maryam Kheirandish, Seyed Davar Siadat, Dariush Norouzian, Mohamad Reza Razavi, Mohammad Reza Aghasadeghi, Nima Rezaei, Ali Farazmand, Jalal Izadi Mobarakeh, Mehrangiz Zangeneh, Arfa Moshiri, Seyed Mehdi Sadat and Ali Sharifat Salmani

The effects of glass surfaces and probe GC content on signal intensities of a 60-mer diagnostic microarray

The effects of glass surfaces and probe GC content on signal intensities of a 60-mer diagnostic microarray were studied. Twelve virus-specific oligonucleotide probes for severe acute respiratory syndrome coron...

Authors: Xiaoyang Mo, Qinghua Wu, Junjian Hu, Wenli Ma, Min Wei, Wuzhou Yuan, Yuequn Wang, Yongqin Li, Yun Deng and Xiushan Wu

The fungicidal efficacy of various commercial disinfectants used in the food industry

The antifungal effects of eight commercial disinfectants namely alcohol, peracetic acid, iodophors, aldehydes, quaternary amine compounds (QAC, a, b and c), and a chlorine-based agent were assessed at differen...

Authors: Mihriban Korukluoglu, Yasemin Sahan and Aycan Yigit