Abstract. Zulfadli, Wasistha NI, Oktarina H, Khairan, Sriwati R. 2023. First report of Enterobacter sp. causing bacterial wilt on patchouli in Aceh, Indonesia. Biodiversitas 24: 3814-3820. Patchouli (Pogostemon cablin Benth), is an essential commodity Indonesia, with Aceh Jaya being one its main producing regions. Several incidences disease symptoms have been reported plantations Ranto Sabon, S...

petroleum-polluted soil samples from ahvaz oilfield were enriched, using three methods to detect microorganisms with different dibenzothiophene degradation capabilities. strain nisoc-03, a nitrate-reducing, oxidase negative, catalase, citrate, and urease positive, gram negative rod, showed interesting dibenzothiophene desulfurization behavior, designated as entreobacter sp. strain nisoc-03 base...

Validation of a PCR test to detect hilA gene sequences of Salmonella spp. was performed in blood and faeces samples from typhoid fever and salmonellosis patients. Sensitivity (S), specificity (SP), positive predictive value (PPV) and negative predictive value (NPV) of the PCR in blood samples were performed by testing: 37 patients with clinical diagnosis of typhoid fever, 34 of them confirmed b...

Apis cerana F., a native honey bee of India, is an important crop pollinator and also managed for honey production and other bee products. In present study, 13 population samples were collected from different agro climatic regions of South India, with varied elevation ranging from 1 to 2268 m Mean Sea Level (MSL). The research work was carried out at the Division of Entomology and Nematology, I...

BACKGROUND The aim of the present study was to determine the effects of feeding trace mineralsfortified mixed microbial culture (TMC) on ruminal fermentation, nutrient digestibility, blood electrolyte status, nitrogen balance, and trace mineral balance in sheep. METHODS Mixed microbes [0.6 % (v/w) of Enterobacter sp., Bacillus sp., Lactobacillus sp., and Saccharomyces sp.] were cultured with ...

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...

Fresh fruits promote good health but harbor a wide range of microbial contaminants. This study assessed the quality and safety Polyethylene packed sliced sold in Port-Harcourt markets. 36 samples freshly cut fruit comprising Pawpaw (Carica papaya), Pineapple (Ananas comosus) Water Melon (Citrullus lanatus) were randomly collected from different sellers within Port Harcourt metropolis. Samples a...

BACKGROUND Although sickle cell disease (SCD) children are highly susceptible to bacterial infections (BIs), there is a dreadful lack of data related to the burden and spectrum of BIs in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), the highest affected region with SCD. This study aimed to determine the burden and spectrum of BIs among SCD children hospitalized in a pediatric reference hospital in Cameroon, a SSA ...