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Advances in Microbiology (AIM) is an international journal dedicated to the latest advancements in Microbiology. The goal of this journal is to provide a platform for scientists and academicians all over the world to promote, share, and discuss various new issues and developments in different areas of Microbiology. Al…
Cheramie Trahan, Ravi S. Pandey, Utkarsh Singh, Anushka Choudhary, Hyuk Cho, Rajeev K. Azad, Madhusudan Choudhary
Multiple chromosomes in bacteria are designated as a larger primary chromosome (CI) and smaller accessory chromosomes (CII and CIII). Although previous studies examined multiple chromosomes in several bacterial species, the evolutionary mechanisms for the ori…
Iliassou Mogmenga, Yérobessor Dadiré, Marius K. Somda, Ibrahim Keita, Lewis I. Ezeogu, Jerry Ugwuanyi, Alfred S. Traoré
Rabilé is a ferment of dolo , a traditional sorghum beer of Burkina Faso and it is harvested at the end of dolo fermentation process. It is a significant source of proteins and it is used like a condiment and food seasoning by some communities. The present st…
Bernard Viban Tangwa, Horline Keubou, Emmanuel N. Nfor, Albert Ngakou
Uncontrolled uses of antibiotics have led to rapid evolution of antibiotic-resistance bacteria and antibiotic resistance gene transfer, especially in a pool of aquatic system where resistance, intermediate and susceptible bacteria to some antibiotics strive t…
Marta Aleandri, Cecilia Ambrosi, Maria Stefania Lepanto, Antonietta Lucia Conte, Massimiliano Marazzato, Catia Longhi, Mauro Nicoletti, Carlo Zagaglia, Paola Goldoni, Francesco Bussu, Roberta Anzivino, Roberto Gallus, Maria Pina Battista, Maria Pia Conte, Anna Teresa Palamara, 1 1
The use of hearing aids (HA) is considered a predisposing factor for ear microbial infections. We undertook this study to compare the presence and nature of the microbial flora inhabiting of ears of HA and non-HA (nHA) users. Swab samples of the ears of HA an…
Zubaida Hassan
In addition to mature mRNAs, splicing of pol II transcripts generates numerous other RNAs including circular RNAs (circRNAs). circRNAs are a group of transcripts generated by non-sequential back splicing or forward splicing of exons, introns or a combination…
Anatoly V. Gorbunov, Sergey M. Lyapunov, Irina N. Ilchenko, Marina V. Frontasyeva, Sergey S. Pavlov
The results of a survey of different population groups in urban areas of the Moscow Region (industry workers, residents of areas with increased anthropogenic load of mercury and conditionally pristine areas, cohorts of pregnant women and children) to assess t…
Bernadette Mathew, Shaily Agrawal, Nandita Nashikkar, Sunita Bundale, Avinash Upadhyay
Vinegars are commonly used as food condiments and preservatives. Apple cider vinegar (ACV) is also used in the Ayurvedic pharmaceutical industry because of its medicinal properties. Since specifically selected starter cultures for commercial vinegar productio…
I-Hsuan Chen, Yuzhe Liu, Songtao Du, Jiajia Hu, Fengen Wang, Shin Horikawa, Tung-Shi Huang, Bryan A. Chin
According to the FDA Bacteriological Analytical Manual (BAM) for Salmonella identification in produce, two pre-enrichment steps with 48 hours of incubation are the golden procedures. Lactose broth is recommended for the first pre-enrichment step medium for le…
Ameni Telmoudi, Imen Mahmoudi, Mnasser Hassouna
The present work focused on the effects of the Modified Atmosphere Packaging (MAP) 1 (5% O 2 and 10% CO 2 ) or 2 (2% O 2 and 5% CO 2 ) and the previous addition of Lactoperoxidase System (LPS) and Oregano essential oil or chlorine washing on the quality of fr…
John Maina, Perpetual Ndung’u, Anne Muigai, Helen Onyango, Joel K. Mukaya, Susan Wambui, Terry Judah, Joyce Kinyua, Joystella Muriuki, Lynne Chesenge, Lydia Kisoo, Rebecca Thuku, Boniface Wachira, Vincent Bett, Thomas Gachuki, John Kiiru
Africa has experienced rapid urban migration in the past two decades. New informal settlements continue to emerge and expand but the sanitation provision of facilities has not improved at the same pace and this poses a serious health concern to the public esp…
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