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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…
M. Dahiru, O. I. Enabulele
The rising trend of resistance in Acintobacter baumannii had in recent days become a public health care concern with most literature reported from samples collected from hospital environment. This research therefore, wishes to determine the occurrence of mult…
Bipin Kumar Sharma, Animesh Saha, Lovely Rahaman, Surajit Bhattacharjee, Prosun Tribedi
Biofilm is the assemblage of microbial cells that are irreversibly associated with biotic and abiotic surfaces and is usually enclosed in the self secreted extracellular polymeric substances (EPS). The presence of EPS in biofilm makes the microbial population…
Zhen Li, Peter P. Sheridan, Malcolm S. Shields
Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli strains (EHEC) have caused many foodborne outbreaks. Bacterivorous protozoa could remove bacteria from aquatic systems. We analyzed the ciliate protozoan population changes influenced by EHEC co-culture in activated sludge.…
Jing Li, Wenjun Liu
A novel influenza virus of the H7N9 subtype has infected more than 350 people in China since 19 February 2013. Evolutionary analysis indicates that the virus is a reassortant originated from H7, N9 and H9N2 avian influenza viruses, and bears some amino acids…
Venkatasatyanarayana Nallala, K. Jeevaratnam
In this study, bacteriocinogenic Lactobacillus plantarum isolates capable of inhibiting food- and feed-borne filamentous fungi from the gastrointestinal tract (GIT) of broiler chicken were identified using 16S rRNA gene sequencing and further evaluated for pr…
Raymond Kepner
Abundant virus-like particles were concentrated from large-volume samples from two hot springs. Both addition of viral concentrates and addition of samples induced by addition of mitomycin-C changed patterns of carbon source utilization by hot spring microbia…
Dunhua Zhang, John M. Bland, Dehai Xu, Siyin Chung
A chitinase was identified in extracellular products of a virulent Aeromonas hydrophila isolated from diseased channel catfish ( Ictalurus punctatus ). Recombinant chitinase (rChi-Ah) was produced in Escherichia coli . Purified rChi-Ah had optimal activity at…
Onyeka Linda Anagu, Moses Nkechukwu Ikegbunam, Chinelo Kene Unachukwu, Ogwaluonye Uchenna C, Charles Okey Esimone
Malaria infection is the most common diagnosis made in Africa. Efficient diagnosis of malaria parasite is very vital for treatment of malaria infection. The efficacy of rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) in comparison to microscopy, the gold standard, in the diagn…
Ikue Shamoto, Yuka Ishihara, Akiko Sato, Hisae Usami, Naoyuki Matsuda, Michio Ohta
This study reports a case of Staphylococcus warneri dissemination in the hair of ICU/ER doctors. Eleven of 23 doctors in the first survey and 11 of 24 doctors in the second survey, which were conducted after 6 months, carried S. warneri , while hair contamina…
Wandee Yindeeyoungyeon, Kamolchanok Rukseree, Siriporn Tungsudjai, Tasanee Panichakul
The tuberculin Purified Protein Derivative (PPD) skin test is widely used; however, the results are often inaccurate. Positive results can be observed in patients with active tuberculosis (TB) as well as in BCG-vaccinated persons and individuals who are infec…
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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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