This work aims to study changes on physicochemical (pH, aw) and microbial (lactic acid bacteria, Staphylococci and Enterobacteriaceae) properties of Kaddid during traditional and industrial processing by different salting and drying modalities and during storage. pH and water activity showed a significant decrease during the processing and the storage stages of Kaddid. This decrease was not aff...

GORDON, HELMUT A., AND EDITH BRUCKNER-KARDOSS. Efect of normal microbial flora on intestinal surface area. Am. J. Physiol. 201 (I) : I 75-178. I g6 I .-The mucosal surface area of the small intestine was determined in young adult, germfree and conventional rats. On the average, the germfree values were found to be 307~ lower than those of conventional animals. This reduction was pronounced in t...

Digital image processing (DIP) of bacterial smears is a new method of analysing the composition of the gut microbial flora. This method provides the opportunity to compare and evaluate differences in the complex highly concentrated anaerobic fraction of gut microbial flora, based on micromorphological differences. There is ample evidence that this fraction can be characterized as related or unr...

Streptococcus pneumoniae asymptomatically colonizes the upper respiratory tract of children and is a frequent cause of otitis media. Patterns of microbial colonization likely influence S. pneumoniae colonization and otitis media susceptibility. This study compared microbial communities in children with and without otitis media. Nasal swabs and clinical and demographic data were collected in a c...

The functioning of the human body constitutes a complex interplay of human processes and ‘services’ rendered to us by the 1000 trillion microbial cells we carry. Disruption of this natural microbial flora is linked to infection, autoimmune diseases and cancer, but detailed knowledge about our microbial component remains scarce [1]. Recent technological advances such as metagenomics and next-gen...

The microbial flora of the nose, throat, and feces of male beagle dogs housed in a "locked environment" (i.e. confined to germfree-style isolators and supplied with sterile food, air, and water) or an open environment were assessed between 26 and 30 months into the study. Forty-five genera and 170 different species or types of microorganisms were cultured from the nose, throat, and feces of the...

An accurate evaluation of the seasonal dynamics of respiratory microbial flora in extensively raised goats represents the first step in early identification of potentially highly pathogenic bacteria in this species. The aim of the study was to monitor the seasonal influence on the bacterial flora of the animals, and therefore a comparative evaluation of changes during winter and spring seasons....

Background: Chronic or recurrent rhinosinusitis (CRS) is a disease associated with impaired quality of life and substantial societal costs. Many cases present without a clear underlying cause and despite the lack of etiology current treatment protocols dictate intervention with antibiotics, anti-inflammatory drugs or surgery often with poor long-term outcome. Recent studies indicate that commen...

Coagulase-negative staphylococci (CoNS) are part of the normal microbial flora skin and mucous membranes. Nasal colonization with antibiotic-resistant CoNS represents both a risk factor for colonized individual their immediate contacts. This study determines antibiotics susceptibility pattern resistance phenotypes to specific group antimicrobial agents in isolate from nares adult patients Ahmad...