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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…
Mwajim Bukar, Oluwole Sodipo, Karim Dawkins, Roberto Ramirez, Jummai T. Kaldapa, Martha Tarfa, Nwadiuto Esiobu
Borno state is the second largest state in Nigeria with over 70,000 square kilometers of diverse ecosystems including parts of the fertile Lake Chad basin. However, more than 2/3 of this landmass is threatened with drought, advancing desertification and degra…
Wafaa E. Soliman, Ashraf I. Ali, Walid F. Elkhatib, 1 1
Purpose: Bacterial adhesion represents the initial step in biofilm formation, dental caries and decay. This study aimed to evaluate and compare surface roughness and bacterial adhesion to bulk fill resin composites polished with different systems. Methods: Fi…
Shintaro Nagaoka, Yuko Yuko Kajiwara, Sayaka Toyama, Masahiko Okai, Masami Ishida, Naoto Urano
Generally, the tolerance of yeasts to acid is stronger than that of bacteria. In addition, some of the yeasts are able to neutralize acidic media, which is called acid-neutralizing yeast. An acid-neutralizing yeast, Cryptococcus sp. strain T1, was previously…
Naoto Urano, Ayaka Shirao, Yuka Naito, Masahiko Okai, Masami Ishida, Masachika Takashio
In this study, yeasts with broad range of pH tolerance were isolated and characterized from natural aquatic environments in Japan. Only a few basic and application studies of alkali-tolerant yeasts have been reported, despite the unmet industrial needs. First…
Jorge Zambrano-Gutiérrez, Raquel Alatorre-Rosas, María G. Carrillo-Benítez, J. Refugio Lomelí-Flores, Remigio A. Guzmán-Plazola, Ausencio Azuara-Domínguez, Antonio P. Terán-Vargas
The sugarcane aphid, Melanaphis sacchari , is a key pest that affects sorghum in Mexico. During 2014 to 2016, in South of Tamaulipas sites and Bajio region in Guanajuato, the populations of this aphid were infected by different species of Hypocrealean fungi.…
Shijie Zheng, Shude Yang, Xianhao Cheng, Tolgor Bau, Yu Li, Rui Zhang, Haiying Bao
The interaction between dehydroeburicoic acid (DeEA), a triterpene purified from medicinal fungi and the major transport protein, human serum albumin (HSA), were systematically studied by fluorescence spectroscopy, synchronous fluorescence spectroscopy, three…
Nutan Mhetras, Vidhyashri Mapre, Digambar Gokhale
Prebiotics are non-digestible food supplements (oligosaccharides) which play an important role in stimulating the growth of beneficial bacteria especially Lactobacilli and Bifidobacteria in the colon of the host. Xylooligosaccharides (XOS) are more effective…
Fernando Marín, Hugo Navarrete, Alexandra Narvaez-Trujillo
The capacity of 133 fungal endophyte isolates for degrading petroleum hydrocarbons was evaluated. The endophytes were isolated from leaf and stem tissues from 23 plants collected in a natural habitat contaminated with crude oil in southwestern Ecuador. Their…
Coronado-Aguilar Alejandra, Perez-Olivos Mirta de Lourdes, Mayorga-Garibaldi Jorge Leonardo, Mayorga-Rodríguez Jorge, Córdova-Martínez Erika, Hernandez-Hernandez Francisca
The zoophylic dermatophytes, as Trichophyton erinacei , frequently cause very inflammatory tineas in the human host. This dermatophyte is carried by some pets, particularly by the terrestrial hedgehog. Herein, we present the case of a 22-year-old male student…
Kamal E. M. El Kahlout, Ismail M. El Quqa, Mahmoud W. El Hindi, Tarek A. El Bashiti
Background: Milk is a healthy human nutrient, which is fermented to yogurt by lactic acid bacteria, mainly Streptococcus salivarius ssp, thermophilus and Lactobacillus. delbrueckii ssp. bulgaricus . This study aimed to isolate thermophilic starter bacteria fr…
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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… All articles are open access under a CC BY 4.0 licence, with authors retaining copyright.
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