Recovery of Gram-Positive Cocci and Candida albicans from Peroxygen/Silver-Based Disinfectants

MOSTAFA E. EISSA and AHMED S. NOUBY Quality Control Department, HIKMA Pharma Pharmaceutical Company, Nasr City, Egypt *Corresponding author: M. E. Eissa, HIKMA Pharma Pharmaceutical Company, Nasr City, Egypt; e-mail: mostafaessameissa@yahoo.com Submitted 9 September 2014, revised 16 September 2015, accepted 8 October 2015 DOI: 10.5604/17331331.1197271 Abstract Neutr...
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The Functions of Effector Proteins in Yersinia Virulence

LINGLIN ZHANG1, MENG MEI1, CHAN YU1, WENWEN SHEN1, LIXIN MA1, JIEWANG HE2 and LI YI1 1Hubei Collaborative Innovation Center for Green Transformation of Bio-Resources, Hubei Key Laboratory of Industrial Biotechnology, College of Life Sciences, Hubei University, Wuhan, China 2Research and Development Center, Hubei Tobacco China Industrial Company, Wuhan, China *Corresponding au...
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Memorial Tribute to Professor Władysław J.H. Kunicki-Goldfinger (1916 – 1995)

This commemoration celebrates the birth one hundred years ago, on February 13, 1916, of Prof. Władysław J.H. Kunicki-Goldfinger. He was to play roles as an outstanding microbiologist, geneticist, humanist and activist. The Professor graduated from the Jagiellonian University, where, still a student, he worked in the Division of Bacteriology in the Department of Agriculture. ...
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Drug Resistance and Population Structure of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Beijing Strains Isolated in Poland

MONIKA KOZIŃSKA* and EWA AUGUSTYNOWICZ-KOPEĆ National Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases Research Institute, Department of Microbiology, Warsaw, Poland *Corresponding author: M. Kozińska, Department of Microbiology, National Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases Research Institute, Warsaw, Poland; e-mail: m.kozinska@igichp.edu.pl. Submitted 11 March 2015, revised 15 April 2015, a...
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Tuberculosis in Antelopes in a Zoo in Poland – Problem of Public Health

MONIKA KRAJEWSKA1, MICHAŁ ZAŁUSKI2, ANNA ZABOST3, BLANKA ORŁOWSKA4, EWA AUGUSTYNOWICZ-KOPEĆ3, KRZYSZTOF ANUSZ4, MAREK LIPIEC1, MARCIN WEINER5 and KRZYSZTOF SZULOWSKI1 1Department of Microbiology, National Veterinary Research Institute, Puławy, Poland 2 Veterinary Services Agnieszka Kobos, Jodłowa, Poland 3Department of Microbiology, Tuberculosis and Lung Disease Institute,...
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Five Years’ Evaluation of the BD ProbeTec System for the Direct Molecular Detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Complex in Respiratory and Nonrespiratory Clinical Samples

CAN BICMEN1*, ONUR KARAMAN2, AYRIZ T. GUNDUZ1, ONUR F. ERER2, MERAL COSKUN1, OSMAN KAFTAN1, MAHMUT M. DEMIREL1, GUNES SENOL1, TULAY AKARCA2, SEVKET DERELI2 and AYSE OZSOZ2 1Dr Suat Seren Chest Diseases and Chest Surgery Training and Research Hospital, Medical Microbiology Laboratory, Izmir, Turkey 2Dr Suat Seren Chest Diseases and Chest Surgery Training and Research Hospita...
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Probable Interspecies Transfer of the blaVIM-4 Gene between Enterobacter cloacae and Klebsiella pneumoniae in a Single Infant Patient

KATARZYNA PIEKARSKA*1, KATARZYNA ZACHARCZUK1, MAGDALENA RZECZKOWSKA1, TOMASZ WOŁKOWICZ1, ALEKSANDRA JANUSZKIEWICZ1, EDYTA PODSIADŁY2, URSZULA DEMKOW2,3 and RAFAŁ GIERCZYŃSKI1 1Department of Bacteriology, National Institute of Public Heath – National Institute of Hygiene, Warsaw, Poland 2Department of Laboratory Diagnostics and Clinical Immunology of Developmental Age, Publi...
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Molecular Methods for Identification of Monophasic Salmonella Typhimurium Strains

GRZEGORZ MADAJCZAK1*, BOŻENA DERA-TOMASZEWSKA2, MONIKA WASIAK1, ANNA CHRÓST1 and JOLANTA SZYCH1 1Department of Bacteriology, National Institute of Public Health – National Institute of Hygiene, Warsaw, Poland 2Department of Medical Microbiology, Medical University of Gdańsk, Gdańsk, Poland *Corresponding author: G. Madajczak, Department of Bacteriology, National Institut...
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Inhibitory Effect of Newly-Synthesized Chalcones on Hemolytic Activity of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus

DRAGANA D. BOŽIĆ1, MARINA T. MILENKOVIĆ1, BRANKA M. IVKOVIĆ2, ANDERS RHOD LARSEN3 and IVANA B. ĆIRKOVIĆ4 1 Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Belgrade-Faculty of Pharmacy, Belgrade, Serbia 2 Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, University of Belgrade-Faculty of Pharmacy, Belgrade, Serbia 3 Department of Microbiological Surveillance and Research, St...
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Physiology and Molecular Phylogeny of Bacteria Isolated from Alkaline Distillery Lime

AGNIESZKA KALWASIŃSKA1*, TAMÁS FELFÖLDI2, MACIEJ WALCZAK1 and PRZEMYSŁAW KOSOBUCKI3 1Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, Faculty of Biology and Environmental Protection, Department of Environmental Microbiology and Biotechnology, Toruń, Poland 2Eötvös Loránd University, Department of Microbiology, Budapest, Hungary 3Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, Faculty of ...
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