anaerobic bacteria are well known causes of sepsis in adults but there are few studies regarding their role in neonatal sepsis. in an attempt to define the incidence of neonatal anaerobic infections a prospective study was performed during one year period. a total number of 400 neonates under sepsis study were entered this investigation. anaerobic as well as aerobic cultures were sent. the pati...

Background: Anaerobic organisms have been known to an association with dental infections, bacteremia, endocarditis and soft tissue infections. However, anaerobic isolation from bone joint infections are relatively rare. Sparse literature has found on reports of osteomyelitis. There is no reported osteomyelitis complicating Tuberculosis spine. <ns4:bold...

The influence of atmosphere composition on the metabolism of Brochothrix thermosphacta was studied by analyzing the consumption of glucose and the production of ethanol, acetic and lactic acids, acetaldehyde, and diacetyl-acetoin under atmospheres containing different combinations of carbon dioxide and oxygen. When glucose was metabolized under oxygen-free atmospheres, lactic acid was one of th...

Anammox (anaerobic ammonium oxidation) is an environment-friendly and cost-efficient nitrogen-removal process currently applied to high-ammonium-loaded wastewaters such as anaerobic digester effluents. In these wastewaters, dissolved methane is also present and should be removed to prevent greenhouse gas emissions into the environment. Potentially, another recently discovered microbial pathway,...

The carbon monoxide (CO) dehydrogenase activity band from Clostridium pasteurianum was shown to contain nickel by in situ activity staining of polyacrylamide gels. However, the majority of the nickel in cell extracts was found to electrophorese independently of CO dehydrogenase. Comparative analysis with Clostridium thermoaceticum demonstrated that, although the majority of nickel was accounted...