Out of the 30 actinobacterial cultures screened for antimicrobial activity, 28 cultures were found to produce active products against various pathogenic microorganisms such as Gram-negative, Gram-positive bacteria and yeast, using a modified cross streak method. The modified method helped in easy quantification of results and also in ruling out probable mutual antibiosis. The actinobacterial st...

This study was done to determine whether salicylate could affect alterations in intestinal absorption induced by preparations of enterotoxigenic micro-organisms. It was found in rats that salicylate increased intestinal monosaccharide uptake in vitro and reversed the inhibitory effects induced by cell-free preparations of Staphylococcus sp., Candida sp. and Klebsiella sp. In vivo, salicylates i...

BACKGROUND Onychomycosis are caused by dermatophytes and Candida, but rarely by non- dermatophyte molds. These opportunistic agents are filamentous fungi found as soil and plant pathogens. OBJECTIVES To determine the frequency of opportunistic molds in onychomycosis. METHODS A retrospective analysis of 4,220 cases with onychomycosis, diagnosed in a 39-month period at the Institute of Dermat...

In the course of studying the taxonomic diversity of osmo-tolerant yeasts in Tropical Southeast Asia, many yeast strains have been isolated from traditional fermented food, fruits, and other natural habitats. Among our isolates several new species were predicted by 26S rDNA D1/D2 nucleotide sequence analysis and a cation-tolerance test using LiCl (Nagatsuka et al., 2002, 2005). Citeromyces siam...

The propolis used in this study is from Brunei Darussalam, including G. thoracica, H. itama, and T. binghami. This focuses on evaluating phytochemicals, the total content of polyphenols flavonoids, marker compounds, anti-fungal activity Brunei. Until now, research compounds contained still being carried out. However, literature chemical compound limited. results using LC-MS/MS found as many 21 ...

Pneumocystis pneumonia (PCP) caused by Pneumocystis jirovecii is one of the most common opportunistic infections in immunosuppressed patients, particularly in patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). (1 → 3)-β-D-glucan is a component of the cell wall of P. jirovecii and other fungi such as Candida sp., Aspergillus sp. and Histoplasma sp. The measurement of serum (1 → 3)-β-D-gluc...

The present study was conducted to check the microbiological safety of pre-packaged foods during January 2011 to April 2011. A total of 30 randomly collected samples from retail outlets were subjected for presence of microorganisms and total viable count. Out of 30 samples 28 (93.2%) showed the growth, Total Viable count ranged from 4 x 10 to 2.5 x 10 CFU/g. Among positive samples 57.14% were G...

the aim of this study was to analyse polar lipids of candida species isolated from ahwaz (iran) by fast atom bombardment mass spectrometry (fab ms). nine isolates of candida sp. were identified by growth at 45°c, production of chlamydoconidia on cornmeal agar, colonial colour on chromagar candida, germ tube production and id 32c kits. then polar lipids were extracted from freeze-dried cultures ...

The study was carried out to isolate and select useful thermophilic yeast strains in the process of organic domestic waste treatment Phu Luong - Thai Nguyen. Research results from 23 samples rust have isolated 10 on YPG medium at 40 oC. Among them, 6 were selected with ability grow develop a wide temperature range 20-45 identification combined morphological, physiological, biochemical character...