A dry-inoculation method for almonds and walnuts was developed to eliminate the need for the postinoculation drying required for wet-inoculation methods. The survival of Salmonella enterica Enteritidis PT 30 on wet- and dry-inoculated almond and walnut kernels stored under ambient conditions (average: 23 °C; 41 or 47% RH) was then compared over 14 weeks. For wet inoculation, an aqueous Salmonel...

There is nowadays no single fully satisfactory method for VOC removal from indoor air due to the difficulties linked to the very low concentration (microg m(-3) range), diversity, and variability at which VOCs are typically found in the indoor environment. Although biological methods have shown a certain potential for this purpose, the specific characteristic of indoor air and the indoor air en...

background brucellosis is a zoonotic disease that is endemic in iran. appropriate and rapid diagnosis has a vital role in public health improvement. low isolation rate of the organism has reported frequently in various reports. the present study was conducted to determine the isolation rate of organism in culture from collected specimens of hospitalized patients who were not under antibiotic th...