Triclosan is an antimicrobial agent that is currently incorporated into hundreds of consumer and medical products. It can be either a bacteriostatic or bactericidal agent, depending on its formulation. It has activity against Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria, as well as some viruses and protists. The purpose of this study was to determine whether triclosan-resistant bacteria could be is...

Bioremediation is a cost-effective and sustainable approach for treating polluted soils, but our ability to improve on current bioremediation strategies depends on our ability to isolate microorganisms from these soils. Although culturing is widely used in bioremediation research and applications, it is unknown whether the composition of cultured isolates closely mirrors the indigenous microbia...

to study of biological control of charcoal rot of melon caused by macrophomina phaseolina, 187 isolates of fluorescens pseudomonas isolated of rhizosphere and soil of melon plants. then 12 isolates belong to i, iii and v biovars of p. fluorescens and b biovar of p. putida were selected for greenhouse experiments based on inhibition amount. pseudomonas isolates inhibited mycelial growth signific...

Aluminium (Al) is rhizotoxic and is often present in acidic soils at activities high enough to inhibit root elongation. The objectives of the present study were to assess the level of Al tolerance in different races of Betula pendula Roth (Silver Birch) and to investigate how growth and nutrient acquisition were affected by Al. A solution culture technique was employed which simulated natural s...

Role of humic acids (HA) in plant tissue culture as plant growth regulators has been reviewed. Humic acid is a principal component of humic substances, which are the most important organic constituents of the soil (humus). Humus is defined as the organic matter in soil, a mixture of partially and totally humified substances. Leonardite is the best source for humic acid and it is extracted by us...

The study of free-living nitrogen-fixing organisms in bulk soil is hampered by the great diversity of soil microbial communities and the difficulty of relating nitrogen fixation activities to individual members of the diazotroph populations. We developed a molecular method that allows analysis of nifH mRNA expression in soil in parallel with determinations of nitrogen-fixing activity and bacter...

While phytic acid is a major form of organic phosphate in many soils, plant utilization of phytic acid is normally limited; however, culture trials of Lotus japonicus using experimental field soil that had been managed without phosphate fertilizer for over 90 years showed significant usage of phytic acid applied to soil for growth and flowering and differences in the degree of growth, even in t...

Understanding the prevalence and polymorphism of antibiotic resistance genes in soil bacteria and their potential to be transferred horizontally is required to evaluate the likelihood and ecological (and possibly clinical) consequences of the transfer of these genes from transgenic plants to soil bacteria. In this study, we combined culture-dependent and -independent approaches to study the pre...

BACKGROUND Melioidosis is a frequently fatal infectious disease caused by the soil dwelling Gram-negative bacterium Burkholderia pseudomallei. Environmental sampling is important to identify geographical distribution of the organism and related risk of infection to humans and livestock. The aim of this study was to evaluate spatial distribution of B. pseudomallei in soil and consider the implic...