Viral Infection of the Heart: Pathogenesis and Diagnosis

MATEUSZ KUFFNER1,2, AGNIESZKA PAWLAK1,2 and MACIEJ PRZYBYLSKI3* 1Department of Invasive Cardiology, Central Clinical Hospital of the Ministry of Interior, Warsaw, Poland 2Mossakowski Medical Research Centre Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland 3Chair and Department of Medical Microbiology, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland *Corresponding author: M. Przybylski...
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High Seroprevalence of CMV Among Women of Childbearing Age Implicates High Burden of Congenital Cytomegalovirus Infection in Poland

JOANNA SIENNICKA1*, MILENA DUNAL-SZCZEPANIAK1, AGNIESZKA TRZCIŃSKA1, PAULINA GODZIK1 and MAGDALENA ROSIŃSKA2 1Department of Virology, National Institute of Public Health - National Institute of Hygiene, Warsaw, Poland 2Department of Epidemiology, National Institute of Public Health - National Institute of Hygiene, Warsaw, Poland *Corresponding author: J. Siennicka, Department...
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Characterization of Endolithic Microbial Communities in Carbonate Rocks from a Typical Karst Canyon in Guizhou (China)

YUAN TANG1, JIAN-ZHONG CHENG1 and BIN LIAN2* 1State Key Laboratory of Environmental Geochemistry, Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guiyang, PR China 2Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Microbes and Functional Genomics, Jiangsu Engineering and Technology Research Center for Microbiology, College of Life Science, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, PR China *Corr...
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Study of Acid Phosphatase in Solubilization of Inorganic Phosphates by Piriformospora indica

SESHAGIRI SWETHA1, 2 and TALLAPRAGADA PADMAVATHI1* 1Department of Microbiology, Centre for PG Studies, Jain University,  Bangalore, India 2Centre for Emerging Technologies TM, Jain University, Ramanagara, Bangalore, India *Corresponding author: T. Padmavathi, Department of Microbiology, Centre for Post Graduate Studies,  9th Main, Jayanagar 3rd Block, Jain University, Bangalo...
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Basidiospore and Protoplast Regeneration from Raised Fruiting Bodies of Pathogenic Ganoderma boninense

NISHA THOPLA GOVENDER1*, MAZIAH MAHMOOD1, 2, IDRIS ABU SEMAN3 and WONG MUI-YUN1, 4* 1Institute of Tropical Agriculture, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Selangor D.E., Malaysia 2Department of Biochemistry and Biomolecular Sciences, Faculty of Biotechnology, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Selangor D.E., Malaysia 3Malaysian Palm Oil Board (MPOB), Persiaran Institusi, Bandar Baru Bangi...
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Effects of Selected Herbicides on Growth and Nitrogen Fixing Activity of Stenotrophomonas maltophilia (Sb16)

ARMITA NAHI1, RADZIAH OTHMAN1, 2, DZOLKHIFLI OMAR3 and MAHDI EBRAHIMI4 1Department of Land Management, Faculty of Agriculture, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Selangor, Malaysia 2Institute of Tropical Agriculture, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Selangor, Malaysia 3Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Selangor, Malaysia 4Department of P...
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Endophytic Detection in Selected European Herbal Plants

AGATA GORYLUK-SALMONOWICZ1*, MONIKA PIÓREK1, HANNA REKOSZ-BURLAGA1, MARCIN STUDNICKI2 and MIECZYSŁAW BŁASZCZYK1 1Department of Microbial Biology, Faculty of Agriculture and Biology, Warsaw University of Life Sciences, Poland 2Department of Experimental Design and Bioinformatics, Faculty of Agriculture and Biology Warsaw University of Life Sciences, Poland *Corresponding ...
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Pexophagy in Penicillin G Secretion by Penicillium chrysogenum PQ-96

WIESŁAW KURZĄTKOWSKI1* and ANITA GĘBSKA-KUCZEROWSKA2 1Independent Laboratory of Streptomycetes and Fungi Imperfecti, National Institute of Public Health-National Institute of Hygiene, Warsaw, Poland 2Department of Health Promotion and Postgraduate Education, National Institute of Public Health-National Institute of Hygiene, Warsaw, Poland *Corresponding author: W. Kurząt...
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In Search of the Antimicrobial Potential of Benzimidazole Derivatives

MONIKA JANECZKO,1 ZYGMUNT KAZIMIERCZUK,2 ANDRZEJ ORZESZKO,2 ANDRZEJ NIEWIADOMY,3 EWA KRÓL,4 RYSZARD SZYSZKA1 and MACIEJ MASŁYK,1* 1Department of Molecular Biology, Institute of Biotechnology, The John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin, Lublin, Poland 2Institute of Chemistry, Warsaw University of Life Sciences, Warsaw, Poland 3Department of Chemistry, University of Life...
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The Effect of Local Platelet Rich Plasma Therapy on the Composition of Bacterial Flora in Chronic Venous Leg Ulcer

WITOLD WOŹNIAK1*, MONIKA TARNAS2, TOMASZ MIŁEK1, R. KRZYSZTOF MLOSEK3 and PIOTR CIOSTEK1 1First Department of General and Vascular Surgery, Second Faculty of Medicine with the English Division and the Physiotherapy Division, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland 2Microbiology Department, Mazovian Bródnowski Hospital in Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland 3Department of Ultrasono...
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