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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…
Tomonobu Hatano, Takehiko Tsuruta
The removal of Cr(III) from aqueous Cr(III) using Arthrobacter nicotianae cells was examined. Cr(III) removal was strongly affected by the pH of the solution and the amounts of Cr(III) removed increased as the pH (1 - 5) of the solution increased. The removal…
Ahmed Faruk Umar, Fatimah Tahir, Ediga Bede Agbo
The population dynamics of bacterial community was investigated in three Agricultural soils, designated as Loamy sand (A), Peaty coarse (B) and Loamy coarse sand (C) in North-East, Nigeria. The soil chemical properties were characterized to fully understand t…
Reuven Rasooly, Miriam Rothschild, Yael Gov, Paul Wolferstan, Robert Nash, Paula Do, Naomi Balaban
Extracts of several British butterfly species were tested and shown to possess powerful bactericidal activity against gram-positive bacteria (tested on Staphylococcus aureus and Bacillus anthracis ). The active compounds in the grass-feeding species were iden…
Tinatin Doolotkeldieva, Saykal Bobusheva
Among the most economically important fruit crops in South and North Kyrgyzstan affected by scab disease are apples ( Malus domestica ). Natural isolates of Venturia inaequalis were isolated from diseased parts of apple trees, selected from different regions,…
Eric Bornstein
Nasal colonization with pathogenic bacteria continues to present challenges for patients undergoing surgical procedures, and for the physicians that treat them. Even as molecular medicine produces ever faster and improved data sets for clinicians, it would be…
Evelyne Toe, Adjéhi Dadié, Etienne Dako, Guillaume Loukou
The aim of this study was to determine the bacteriological quality of raw mixed vegetable salads served in collective catering in Abidjan and to assess the factors likely to favor contamination. An investigation was conducted to determine the practical risk o…
Daisuke Mitsuya, Masashi Yamamoto, Masahiko Okai, Akira Inoue, Tomohiro Suzuki, Takao Ojima, Naoto Urano
We isolated a novel laminarinase ULam111 from Flavobacterium sp. strain UMI-01. Purified ULam111 showed degradation activity against laminarin with the specific activity of 224 ± 18 U/mg at 30 ° C and pH 6.0. Its optimum temperature was 50 ° C, and degradatio…
Bukola Margaret Popoola, A. A. Onilude
Vegetable oil Spills are becoming frequent and are potentially more challenging than petroleum hydrocarbon spills. Microbial lipases occupy a place of prominence among biocatalysts are often used for remediation of vegetable oil-polluted sites. This work was…
Preseela Satpathy, 1 1, Sven Steinigeweg, Eike Siefert, Heribert Cypionka
Lactate is a key intermediate during anaerobic digestion of carbohydrates; however, it fails to receive significant consideration in biogas plants. We examined the influence of lactic acid on biogas production. Two commonly used feeds, fresh maize and maize s…
Naoto Urano, Ayaka Shirao, Masahiko Okai, Masami Ishida
For practical applications of bioethanol, the uses of both highly concentrated biomass materials and their effective fermentation by yeasts are indispensable in order to produce ethanol at low costs. However, as the saccharified products of those biomass gene…
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