The mode of antibacterial action of cefprozil (CFPZ, BMY-28100), a newly developed cephalosporin, was investigated using Escherichia coli K12, Serratia marcescens IFO 12648 and Morganella morganii IFO 3848 as test organisms, in comparison with the action of cefaclor (CCL). The minimum inhibitory concentrations (MICs) of CFPZ for these organisms were 1.56, 800 and 25 micrograms/ml, whereas those...

The development of hexavalent chromium remediating fibrous biocomposite mats through the immobilization of a hexavalent chromium reducing bacterial strain, Morganella morganii STB5, on the surfaces of electrospun polystyrene and polysulfone webs is described. The bacteria-immobilized biocomposite webs have shown removal yields of 93.60 and 93.79 % for 10 mg/L, 99.47 and 90.78 % for 15 mg/L and ...

OBJECTIVES To examine (i) the effect of triclosan on the formation of catheter biofilms by urinary tract pathogens and (ii) the diffusion of triclosan through the retention balloons of urinary catheters. METHODS Models of the catheterized bladder were infected with eight different urinary tract pathogens and the effect of triclosan on biofilm formation was assessed by determining the numbers ...

126 bacterial strains belonging to the members of the Enterobacteriaceae Family (15 species) were used to test a new system for the identification of these germs, the Enterosystem 18 R (ENT 18 R), in confrontation with the system API 20 E comparatively with the system VITEK 30 jr. considered as reference element. Both systems (ENT 18 R and API 20 E) correctly identified all the strains belongin...