Assessment of the Microbiological Status of Probiotic Products

ANNA ZAWISTOWSKA-ROJEK1,2, TOMASZ ZARĘBA1, AGNIESZKA MRÓWKA1 and STEFAN TYSKI1,2 1Department of Antibiotics and Microbiology, National Medicines Institute, Warsaw, Poland 2Department of Pharmaceutical Microbiology, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland *Corresponding author: A. Zawistowska-Rojek, Department of Antibiotics and Microbiology, National Medicines Insti...
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Serotype-Specific Pneumococcal Status prior to PCV 13 Administration in Children and Adolescents with Inflammatory Bowel Disease

ALEKSANDRA BANASZKIEWICZ1, BRYGIDA TARGOŃSKA2, KINGA KOWALSKA-DUPLAGA3, KATARZYNA KAROLEWSKA-BOCHENEK1, AGNIESZKA SIECZKOWSKA4, AGNIESZKA GAWROŃSKA1, URSZULA GRZYBOWSKA-CHLEBOWCZYK5, ELŻBIETA KRZESIEK6, IZABELLA ŁAZOWSKA-PRZEOREK1, MARIA KOTOWSKA1,  EDYTA SIENKIEWICZ1, JAROSŁAW WALKOWIAK2, HANNA GREGOREK7, ANDRZEJ RADZIKOWSKI1 and PIOTR ALBRECHT1 1 Department of Pediatric Ga...
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Prevalence of Urogenital Mycoplasmas among Men with NGU in Upper Silesia, Poland. Preliminary Study.

ALICJA EKIEL1, MAŁGORZATA APTEKORZ1, PIOTR KŁUCIŃSKI1, DOMINIKA RADY1, BARBARA WIECHUŁA1, JAROSŁAW JÓŹWIAK2 and GAYANE MARTIROSIAN1,2* 1Department of Medical Microbiology Medical University of Silesia, Katowice, Poland 2Department of Histology and Embryology Warsaw Medical University, Warsaw, Poland *Corresponding author: A. Ekiel, Department of Medical Microbiology, Med...
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Biochemical and Molecular Characterization of Carotenogenic Flavobacterial Isolates from Marine Waters

RAMA SOWMYA and NAKKARIKE M. SACHINDRA* Department of Meat and Marine Sciences, CSIR-Central Food Technological Research Institute, Mysore, India *Corresponding author: N.M. Sachindra, Department of Meat and Marine Sciences, CSIR-Central Food Technological Research Institute, Mysore, India; e-mail: nmsachindra@cftri.res.in. Submitted 9 January 2015, revised 15 April 20...
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Bacterial Diversity and Composition in Oylat Cave (Turkey) with Combined  Sanger / Pyrosequencing Approach

YASEMİN GULECAL-PEKTAS* Institute of Science and Engineering, University of Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey *Corresponding author: Y. Gulecal-Pektas, Institute of Science and Engineering, University of Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey; e-mail: ygulecalpektas@gmail.com Submitted 3 November 2014, revised 10 April 2015, accepted 19 April 2015 DOI: 10.5604/17331331.1197277 Abstract...
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Isolation and Characterization of α-Endosulfan Degrading Bacteria From the Microflora of Cockroaches

MURAT OZDAL1,2, OZLEM GUR OZDAL1* and OMER FARUK ALGUR1 1Science Faculty, Department of Biology, Ataturk University, Erzurum, Turkey 2Ispir Hamza Polat Vocational School, Ataturk University, Ispir, Erzurum, Turkey *Corresponding author: O.G. Ozdal, Science Faculty, Department of Biology, Ataturk University, Erzurum, Turkey; e-mail: ozlemgur55@gmail.com. Submitted 9 Se...
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Characterization and Optimization of Biosynthesis of Bioactive Secondary Metabolites Produced by Streptomyces sp. 8812

ALEKSANDRA RAJNISZ, ADAM GUŚPIEL, MAGDALENA POSTEK, JOANNA ZIEMSKA, ANNA LASKOWSKA, DANIEL RABCZENKO and JOLANTA SOLECKA* National Institute of Public Health- National Institute of Hygiene, Warsaw, Poland *Corresponding author: J. Solecka, National Institute of Public Health- National Institute of Hygiene, Warsaw, Poland; e-mail: jsolecka@pzh.gov.pl Submitted 3 June 20...
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Comparison of Free and Immobilized L-asparaginase Synthesized by Gamma-Irradiated Penicillium cyclopium

HEBA A. EL-REFAI1*, MONA S. SHAFEI1, HANAN MOSTAFA 1, ABDEL-MONEM H. EL-REFAI1, EMAN M. ARABY2, FAWKIA M. EL-BEIH3, SAADIA M. EASA3 and SANAA K. GOMAA1 1 Chemistry of Natural and Microbial Products Department, National Research Center, Dokki, Cairo, Egypt 2 Microbiology Department, Egyptian Atomic Energy Authority, Cairo, Egypt 3 Microbiology Department, Faculty of Science...
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Streptococcus anginosus (milleri) Group Strains Isolated in Poland (1996-2012) and their Antibiotic Resistance Patterns

KATARZYNA OBSZAŃSKA1, IZABELLA KERN-ZDANOWICZ1, ALEKSANDRA KOZIŃSKA2, KATARZYNA MACHURA3, ELŻBIETA STEFANIUK2,4, WALERIA HRYNIEWICZ2,4 and IZABELA SITKIEWICZ3* 1 Department of Microbial Biochemistry, Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland 2 Department of Epidemiology and Clinical Microbiology, National Medicines Institute, Warsa...
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Effectiveness of Antipseudomonal Antimicrobial Agents and Mechanisms of Resistance of Multidrug Resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa

MOHAMED E. EL ZOWALATY1* and BÉLA GYETVAI 2 1Laboratory of Vaccines and Immunotherapeutics, Institute of Bioscience, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University Putra Malaysia, Malaysia 2Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Faculty of Veterinary Science, Szent István University, Budapest, Hungary *Corresponding author: M.E. El Zowalaty,  Laboratory of Vacc...
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