the objective of this study was to evaluate lactic flora identification in fresh (one-day) and ripened (90-day) koozeh cheese samples as one of the raw milk cheeses. in first step, in order to isolate the different genera of lactic acid bacteria (lab), selective and differential (corresponding) media were used as follow: mrs for lactobacilli and pediococci, mrs+ vancomycin for leuconostocs, m17...

in the present study, the diversity of trichoderma spp. was investigated in alkaline pistachio soils at different geographic area in kerman province, iran. a total of 161 trichoderma isolates were obtained and identified at the species level by analysis of their morphological characters and sequence analysis of their internal transcribed spacer regions of the rrna cluster and tef1 genes as phyl...

a study was performed to determine the species and antimicrobial susceptibility of 100 enterococcus strains from various clinical specimens as etiological agents at the clinical microbiology laboratory, istanbul university, medical faculty hospital. out of 100 enterococcal isolates, 86 were identified as e. faecalis, 11 as e. faecium, 1 as e. avium and 2 as e. raffinosus. by the disk diffusion ...

background: infection with non-typhoid salmonella (nts) is one of the most important health problems all over the world. antimicrobial drug resistance is increasing among salmonella infantis species. objectives: the aim of this study was to investigate the frequency of presence of class 1 integrons in s. infantis species as well as its association with drug resistance. materials and methods: th...

background dermatophytes are a group of keratinophilic fungi worldwide, which can infect the skin, hair and nails of humans and animals. this genus includes several species that present different features of dermatophytosis. although, laboratory diagnosis of dermatophytes is based on direct microscopy, biochemical tests and culture, these manners are expensive, time consuming and need skilled s...

[No Abstract] Nocardia is a genus of weakly gram-positive, filamentous, aerobic, relatively slow-growing and partially acid-fast bacteria. These bacteria are ubiquities in environmental resources such as water, soil, dust, decomposing animal feces, and vegetables. This group of bacteria can enter the human body through inhalation and traumatic cutaneous inoculation and cause Nocardia infection...