BACKGROUND 2-phenylethanl (2-PE) and its derivatives are important chemicals, which are widely used in food materials and fine chemical industries and polymers and it's also a potentially valuable alcohol for next-generation biofuel. However, the biosynthesis of 2-PE are mainly biotransformed from phenylalanine, the price of which barred the production. Therefore, it is necessary to seek more s...

A variety of bacteria associate with the hydrocarbon-producing microalga Botryococcus braunii, some of which may influence its growth. We report here the genome sequences for Achromobacter piechaudii GCS2, Agrobacterium sp. strain SUL3, Microbacterium sp. strain GCS4, and Shinella sp. strains GWS1 and SUS2, isolated from a laboratory culture of B. braunii, race B, strain Guadeloupe.

Here we report the whole-genome sequences of three endophytic bacteria, Enterobacter sp. strain DC1, Enterobacter sp. strain DC3, and Enterobacter sp. strain DC4, from root tubers of the yellow yam plant, Dioscorea cayenensis. Preliminary analyses suggest that the genomes of the three bacteria contain genes involved in acetoin and indole-3-acetic acid metabolism.

The introduction and development of Single Particle ICP-MS (SP-ICP-MS) has opened a new area of research which allows the rapid detection and analysis of metal-based particles in a variety of matrices and applications.1-6 The key feature of SP-ICP-MS is that it allows discrete pulses of positively charged ions to be detected and measured in a time-resolved manner using microsecond (μs) data acq...

A 21-year-old adult with previously diagnosed Marfan syndrome (MS) was admitted to our hospital complaining of chest pains that resulted from a complete left spontaneous pneumothorax (SP). A chest roentgenogram showed a 70% pneumothorax on the left side. Because for 8 days chest tube drainage did not ameliorate the air leak, and also because a computed tomography (CT) scan showed many cystic op...

Mycobacteriosis, caused by Mycobacterium sp., results in severe loss of fish production in Japan’s aquaculture industry. Since the bacterium can survive and grow in side host cells, chemotherapeutic agents are not effective and potent vaccines are required to control the disease. In this study, the effects of two vaccine candidates, Bacillus Calmette and Guèrin (BCG, an attenuated strain of Myc...

Multiple sclerosis (MS) is postulated to be a T cell-mediated autoimmune disease characterized clinically by a relapsing-remitting (RR) stage followed by a secondary progressive (SP) phase. The progressive phase is felt to be secondary to neuronal degenerative changes triggered by inflammation. The status of the innate immune system and its relationship to the stages of MS is not well understoo...

Leonardo Gonçalves Cunha1 Roberta Caroline Bruschi Alonso1 Mario Alexandre Coelho Sinhoreti2 Mario Fernando de Goes3 Lourenço Correr Sobrinho3 1 Graduate Students – Department of Restorative Dentistry – Piracicaba Dental School – SP – Brazil 2 DDS, MS, Associate Professor Department of Restorative Dentistry – Piracicaba Dental School – SP – Brazil 3 DDS, MS, PhD Associate Professors Department ...

mycoplasma synoviae expressed variable lipoprotein haemagglutinin (vlha) is believed to play a major role in pathogenesis of the disease by mediating adherence and immune evasion. the aim of this study was sequencing iranian m. synoviae isolates for the detection of nucleotide variation in the m. synoviae vlha gene. using oligonucleotide primers complementary to the single-copy conserved 5´ end...

conclusions the crude extract of streptomyces sp. acs52 had high antibacterial activity against a wide spectrum of bacteria and could be of interest due to its features such as ability to grow at low temperatures and alkaline ph levels. results streptomyces sp. acs52 is a cold-resistant alkalophilic bacterium strain with antibacterial activity against a broad spectrum of pathogenic bacteria. th...