background: there is evidence of antibacterial properties of human chorioamniotic layer. however, the distinctive contribution of its individual parts, amniotic and chorionic membranes, to these effects is still unknown. the aim of present study was comparison of the antibacterial effects between amniotic and chorionic membranes. methods: chorioamniotic layer was removed from placenta belonging...

In the present study, three chromium resistant bacterial strains (CrT-1, CrT-2, CrT-3) which could resist veryhigh concentration of K2CrO4 (up to 40 mg ml-1 on nutrient agar plates and 10 mg ml-1 in acetate-minimalmedium) were used to inoculate the sunflower seeds both as control and under chromium stress. Cr(VI)caused severe reduction in different growth parameters (seedling ...