Culturing is an indispensable technique in microbiological research, and culturing with selective media has played a crucial role in the detection of pathogenic microorganisms and the isolation of commercially useful microorganisms from environmental samples. Although numerous selective media have been developed in empirical studies, unintended microorganisms often grow on such media probably d...

A group of 89 smear-positive sputum specimens were evaluated by radiometric and standard plate procedures to determine the methodology which would provide the earliest detection of mycobacteria and maximum test sensitivity. Digested non-decontaminated specimens were concentrated and inoculated into modified selective BACTEC radiometric 7H12 broth and Mitchison selective 7H10 agar. Sodium hydrox...

A PVC-based membrane containing cerium phosphate was developed. Unlike the cerium phosphate itself that acts as a cation exchanger, the membrane exhibited anion-exchange properties. Therefore, the utility of this compound as a sensory element for detection of molybdate ions was pursued. The response of molybdate selective electrode based on this membrane was perfectly linear in the concentr...

Disposable, selective and low-cost carbon nanotube modified electrodes were fabricated for the electrochemical detection of neonicotinoid insecticide, Clothianidin (CLT). Almost 2 folds’ increase at Clothianidin reduction signal was obtained by using single-walled carbon nanotube modified electrodes (SWCNT-PGE) compared to unmodified electrodes. These nanomaterials modified electrodes developed...

An iodide ion-selective PVC membrane sensor based on copper (Π)-bis-Nphenilsalicyldenaminatocomplex as a novel sensing material is successfully developed. Theelectrode showed a good selectivity for iodide ion with respect to common inorganic anions. Thesensor exhibited a good linear response with slope of _58.6 ± 0.4 mV per decade over theconcentration range of 5.0 × 10-6 to 1.0 × 10-1 mol L-1,...

A highly selective electrode for Bromide ion based on aza pyrilium derivative as an excellentionophore is described.The sensor exhibits a good linear response with a slope of ( 60±1 ) mV per decadeover the concentration range of ( 1×10-3 – 9×10-6 M ) , and a detection limit of ( 3×10-6 M ) of Bromideions .The electrode response is independent of pH in the range of(4.0 –9.5).Selectivity coeffici...

Fe2+ ion-selective membrane sensor has been fabricated from polyvinyl chloride (PVC) matrixmembrane containing neutral carrier tetra phenyl porphyrin (TPP) ionophore. The addition ofsodium tetraphenylborate (NaTPB) and the plasticizer DBP has been found to substantiallyimprove the performance of the sensor. The best performance was obtained with the sensor havinga membrane of composition of TPP...

The relative involvement of different temporal frequency-selective filters underlying detection of chromatic stimuli was studied. Diverse spectral stimuli were used, namely flashed blue and yellow light spots, wide bars, and narrow bars. The stimuli were temporally modulated in luminance having constant wavelength. Although the bar-like stimuli apparently reduced the sensitivity at short and lo...

Low-latency anonymous networks like Tor are subject to selective denial-of-service (DoS) attacks. Selective-DoS attacks lowers anonymity as it forces paths to be rebuilt multiple times to ensure delivery which increases the opportunity for more attack. In this paper we present a detection algorithm which filters out compromised tunnels from a set of Tor tunnels to ensure better anonymity. Our d...

The aim of current studies was to validate the direct plating of a stool sample for Listeria monocytogenes detection, using selective medium Palcam agar with Palcam selective supplement. Validation was performed using stool samples collected from healthy humans inoculated with Listeria sp. strains. Stool samples were frozen to determine the influence of freezing on method robustness. The presen...