Thattekad bird sanctuary, located in the Western Ghats of Kerala, India, which hosts an unexplored microbial community, is selected for present investigation. Microbes play a major role mineral recycling and nutrient absorption by flora fauna habitat. Various bacterial extracellular enzymes facilitate all these activities. The increasing demand favor green technology encouraged us to focus on e...

As an extreme environment, soda lakes harbor various haloalkaliphilic microorganisms. Salda Lake is one of the natural lake (pH?9) in Turkey. Haloalkaliphiles are unique microorganisms their ability to live high alkaline and saline conditions, play important role biodegradation bioremediation hydrocarbons. Hence, aims this study were isolate bacteria from water sample Lake, identify these isola...

The extracellular matrix (ECM) is an important regulator of mammary epithelial cell function both in vivo and in culture. Substantial remodeling of ECM accompanies the structural changes in the mammary gland during gestation, lactation and involution. However, little is known about the nature of the enzymes and the processes involved. We have characterized and studied the regulation of cell-ass...

The aim of the study was to determine the relationship between serogroups, species, and virulence of Aeromonas sp. Isolates from common carp and rainbow trout were tested for species designation and virulence phenotype and then serogrouped. A total of 558 isolates were tested. The bacteria were identified to species level using PCR-RFLP method. The β-haemolysin, gelatinase, and caseinase activi...

Candida glabrata is a facultative intracellular opportunistic fungal pathogen in human infections. Several virulence-associated attributes are involved in its pathogenesis, host-pathogen interactions, modulation of host immune defenses, and regulation of antifungal drug resistance. This study evaluated the in vitro antifungal susceptibility profile to five antifungal agents, the production of s...

Potential resistance development to Bt cotton in certain lepidopterans has prompted research to develop strategies that will preserve this environmental-friendly biotechnology. Proteinase inhibitors are potential candidates for enhancing Bt toxicity against lepidopteran pests and for expanding the spectrum of control for other insects. Interactions of Bt toxin from Bacillus thuringiensis and pr...

The development of microbial enzymes was a crucial event in the industrial sectors as result tremendous growth biotechnology recent years. Popularity waste management and bioremediation processes have both made extensive use microorganisms’ whole cells their enzymes. pharmaceutical, textile, food, cosmetics, leather, paper, energy, biomaterials, fine chemicals, cellulose, detergent are some use...

Different bacterial species and, particularly Pseudomonas fluorescens, can produce gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) and express GABA-binding proteins. In this study, we investigated the effect of GABA on the virulence and biofilm formation activity of different strains of P. fluorescens. Exposure of a psychotropic strain of P. fluorescens (MF37) to GABA (10-5 M) increased its necrotic-like activi...

BACKGROUND The purpose of this study was to evaluate the virulence profiles of Pseudomonas aeruginosa clinical strains recently isolated from patients hospitalized for chronic leg ulcers in the Dermatology Department of Central Military Emergency University Hospital "Carol Davila", Bucharest, Romania. METHODS The phenotypic screening evaluated eight soluble virulence factors (haemolysins, lec...