Recent studies suggest that species' life histories and ecology can be used to forecast future extinction risk. Threatened species often share similar traits such that if a trait predisposing a species to decline or extinction is evolutionarily conserved, then close relatives of threatened species are themselves likely to be at risk. The phylogenetic distribution of current threat has been argu...

Tetragenococcus halophilus strains are the halophilic lactic acid bacteria (LAB) that present in microbial communities during soy sauce or other hyperosmotic foods’ fermentation. This species contributes to formation of volatiles fermented foods but may experience harsh conditions such as oxidative stress and osmotic The characterization oxygen tolerance T. elaboration its antioxidant mechanism...

The microbial composition of artisan and industrial animal rennet pastes was studied by using both culture-dependent and -independent approaches. Pyrosequencing targeting the 16S rRNA gene allowed to identify 361 operational taxonomic units (OTUs) to the genus/species level. Among lactic acid bacteria (LAB), Streptococcus thermophilus and some lactobacilli, mainly Lactobacillus crispatus and La...

Here, we used pyrosequencing to obtain a detailed analysis of the microbial diversities of traditional fermented dairy products of Mongolia. From 22 Airag (fermented mare's milk), 5 Khoormog (fermented camel's milk) and 26 Tarag (fermented milk of cows, goats and yaks) samples collected in the Mongolian provinces of Arhangai, Bulgan, Dundgobi, Tov, Uburhangai and Umnugobi, we obtained a total o...

Lactic acid bacteria (LAB) are a group of Gram-positive, non-sporulating, low-GC-content bacteria that comprise 11 bacterial genera, such as Lactococcus, Lactobacillus, Leuconostoc, Streptococcus and others (Stiles & Holzapfel, 1997). LAB have a generally regarded as safe (GRAS) Food and Drug Administration (FDA) status, and some strains of different LAB species exhibit also probiotic propertie...

in the framework of the collection and identification of agaric fungi of iran, three species of the genus lepiota, viz. lepiota brunneoincarnata, l. echinella and l. subincarnata are reported as new records for mycobiota of iran. two species, l. brunneoincarnata and l. subincarnata are deadly poisonous taxa. up to now, two species of amanita, a. phalloides and a. verna, and one from galerina, g...

Nosocomial infections due to methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) are a major public health problem worldwide. The main aim of this study was evaluate the inhibitory potential lactic acid bacteria (LAB) against MRSA. Six strains LAB isolated from camel milk, were identified by phenotypic method, which revealed their belonging species “Lc.lactis […]

This paper presents a microfluidic device capable of performing genetic analysis on dung samples to identify White Rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum). The development device, which can be used in the field, offers portable and cost-effective solution for DNA species identification aid conservation efforts. Optimization extraction processes produced equivalent yields compared conventional kit-base...

Understanding of the role of body mass in structural-functional relationships is pressing, particularly because species losses often occur non-randomly with respect to body size. Our study examined the effects of dung beetle body mass on dung removal at two levels. First, we used the lab experiment to evaluate the efficiency of eight dung beetle species belonging to two functional groups (tunne...