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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…
Madhurankhi Goswami, Purnita Bhattacharyya, Indranil Mukherjee, Prosun Tribedi
Functional diversity is a component of biodiversity that generally covers the range of functional traits of microorganisms prevailing in an ecosystem. Functional diversity is of high ecological importance because it is capable of influencing several aspects o…
Hadir Ahmed Said Okasha, Marwa Ahmed Meheissen
Background: Extensively drug resistant Acinetobacter baumannii (XDR-AB) presents an increasing challenge to health care in Egypt as they are among the most common bacteria isolated in hospital setting. Treatment of such infections usually involves the use of…
Mercy Chepkurui Rotich, Esther Magiri, Christine Bii, Naomi Maina
Antimicrobial drug resistance is a rising concern in the treatment of infectious diseases and necessitates the need for discovery of novel, potent antimicrobial compounds to combat antibiotic resistance. Since natural environment remains a potential source of…
Lorina Ineta Badger-Emeka
The public health problem created by multidrug resistant bacteria in the 21 st century continues to receive attention by researchers all over the world. As the production of new antibiotics is not commeasurable with the rate of evolvement of MDR bacteria, the…
Cristiano B. Ferreira, 1 1, Leandro M. Moreira, 1 1, Joice B. Brigati, Lonjoré L. Lima, Jesus A. Ferro, Maria I. T. Ferro, Julio C. F. de Oliveira
A mutant library of the bacterium Xanthomonas citri subsp. citri strain 306 pathotype A (Xac), the causative agent of most aggressive Asiatic type A citrus canker, was screened regarding altered canker symptoms after inoculations into Citrus sinensis and Citr…
Thaís Flecher Barbosa, Danielle Angst Secco, Raquel Silva Peixoto, Alexandre Soares Rosado, Flavia Lima do Carmo, Hugo Emiliano de Jesus, Leandro Araujo Lobo, Luis Caetano Martha Antunes, Karla Rodrigues Miranda, 1 1, Geraldo Renato de Paula, Regina Maria Cavalcanti Pilotto Domingues
Clostridium difficile is a nosocomial enteric pathogen, considered the main etiological agent of antibiotic-associated diarrhea in hospitals. C. difficile is resistant to several antimicrobial agents used in empiric treatment protocols, which confers selectiv…
Mayara Luciana Sallas, Jessica Lima Melchiades, Luanna Munhoz Zabaglia, Juliana Ribeiro do Prado Moreno, Wilson Aparecido Orcini, Elizabeth Suchi Chen, Marilia de Arruda Cardoso Smith, Spencer Luiz Marques Payão, Lucas Trevizani Rasmussen
Gastric diseases such as chronic gastritis and gastric cancer are most commonly caused by virulence factors of Helicobacter pylori ( H. pylori ), such as the vacA , cagA , dupA and oipA genes. Therefore, this study investigated the prevalence and the combinat…
Teresa Krzyśko-Łupicka, Sanaa Mahdi Oraibi, Ewelina Kurp, Weronika Walkowiak
Laboratory experiments have been carried out to determine the effects of lemon, cedar, pine and thyme oils as well as Citrocept on the growth of Fusarium solani Mart. (Sacc.) mycelium isolated from stored potato tubers. The biotic property of essential oils a…
Mary Augustina Egbuta, 1 1, Mulunda Mwanza, Olubukola Oluranti Babalola
Filamentous fungi are found in different habitats in the environment including, air, water and soil. This group of fungi contains organisms from different classes under the sub-phylum Pezizomycotina . They occur in mixtures such that you find many genera of f…
Mary A. Egbuta, 1 1, Mulunda Mwanza, Judith Z. Phoku, Cynthia A. Chilaka, Mike F. Dutton
Concern for food safety has continued to grow worldwide including the issue of mycotoxin contamination of food products from farm to fork. In this regard, soya bean seeds and processed soya bean powder bought from some Nigerian markets were screened for funga…
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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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