this study aimed to identify the causative of the mass mortality observed in zoeal to post-larval shrimp raised in hatcheries in south iran. for three consecutive months, samples of nauplii and zoea of litopenaeus vannamei were collected from an affected hatchery located in the province of bushehr. upon culture on marine agar, bacterial colonies that produced white, orange, yellow and red pigme...

Genomic searches were used to reconstruct the putative carotenoid biosynthesis pathway in the pink-pigmented facultative methylotroph Methylobacterium extorquens AM1. Four genes for putative phytoene desaturases were identified. A colorless mutant was obtained by transposon mutagenesis, and the insertion was shown to be in one of the putative phytoene desaturase genes. Mutations in the other th...

Pseudomonas aeruginosa is the only gram-negative bacillus capable of producing the very distinctive water-soluble pigment pyocyanin. We evaluated the reliability of this characteristic as a unique test for the identification of this organism by using Tech agar (BBL Microbiology Systems, Cockeysville, Md.) medium. A retrospective and prospective analysis was performed with a total of 835 strains...

A modified version of sorbitol MacConkey medium containing cefixime and tellurite (CT-SMAC medium) was produced by adding salicin and 4-methylumbelliferyl-beta-D-galactopyranoside to CT-SMAC medium; this medium was designated CT-SSMAC medium and was used to isolate Escherichia coli O157:H7 from radish sprouts. Of 101 non-E. coli bacteria isolated from radish sprouts that produced colorless colo...

The genetic pattern for obtaining a darkly pigmented Royal College of Surgeons' (RCS) rat is described. The rat dystrophy initially shows a build-up of rod outer segment material because the pigment epithelium does not phagocytize it. The progressive ophthalmoscopic appearance of the fundus of the pigmented dystrophic eye is described. The first abnormal finding is a lightening of the retinal a...

in this study, we have investigated the effects of mix of tomato (solanum lycopersicum) & carrot) daucus carota ( and red bell pepper )capsicum annuum( as a natural pigment source and astaxanthin as synthetic pigment sources on the skin colour of cichlid fish (astronotus ocellatus sp., agassiz, 1831), which are generally white with red patches in the dorsal skin. the fish were fed diets con...

I N veal production, the color of the fresh meat is an important factor affecting its quality. The consumer considers that the light pink color of the carcass, which is associated with the feeding of milk, will reflect a specific taste. The paleness of the muscle tissue is actually developed by an exclusive milk feeding and results from a state of anemia due to the low iron content of the milk ...

Objective(s): Pyocyanin is a blue-greenish redox-active pigment, produced by Pseudomonas aeruginosa, with a wide range of biological and biotechnological applications. Pyocyanin biosynthesis is regulated by the quorum-sensing (QS) system in which the expression of QS genes and QS-controlled virulence genes may be affected by serum as a complex medium. In the current study, effects of adult bovi...

Candida ID, a new chromogenic medium, allows identification of Candida albicans (blue colonies) and preliminary identification into a group of four species (pink colonies). In comparison with Albicans ID2 and Sabouraud gentamicin chloramphenicol on 446 fungal strains, Candida ID allowed the isolation of more species than Albicans ID 2 (95.5% versus 91.2%).