Autochthonous Gut Bacteria in Two Indian Air-breathing Fish, Climbing Perch (Anabas testudineus) and Walking Catfish (Clarias batrachus): Mode of Association, Identification and Enzyme Producing Ability

GOUTAM BANERJEE, SUHAS K. DAN, ANKITA NANDI, PINKI GHOSH and ARUN K. RAY* Fisheries Laboratory, Department of Zoology, Visva-Bharati University, Santiniketan, West Bengal, India *Corresponding author: A.K. Ray, Fisheries Laboratory, Department of Zoology, Visva-Bharati University, Santiniketan, West Bengal, India; e-mail: aray51@yahoo.com or rayarun.ray@gmail.com. Subm...
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Isolation and Characterization of Streptomycetes with Plant Growth Promoting Potential from Mangrove Ecosystem 

POOJA SHRIVASTAVA1*, MAHESH S. YANDIGERI2, NITYANAND MALVIYA2, RAJESH KUMAR1 and DILIP K. ARORA2 1Department of Environmental Microbiology, Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University (A Central University), Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India 2National Bureau of Agriculturally Important Microorganisms, Kushmaur, Maunath Bhanjan, Uttar Pradesh, India *Corresponding author: P. Shriva...
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Biodecolorization and Bioremediation of Denim Industrial Wastewater by Adapted Bacterial Consortium Immobilized on Inert Polyurethane Foam (PUF) Matrix: A First Approach with Biobarrier Model

RAJENDRAN1, P. PRABHAVATHI1*, S. KARTHIKSUNDARAM1, S. PATTABI2, S. DINESH KUMAR3 and P. SANTHANAM3 1PG and Research Department of Microbiology, P. S. G. College of Arts and Science, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India 2PG and Research Department of Environmental Science, P. S. G. College of Arts and Science, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India 3Marine Planktonology and Aquaculture Lab...
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Prevalence of Polyoma BK Virus ( BKPyV) , Epstein-Barr Virus (EBV) and Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) in Oropharyngeal Cancer

DOROTA POLZ-GRUSZKA1*, KAMAL MORSHED2, ADRIAN JARZYŃSKI1 and MAŁGORZATA POLZ-DACEWICZ1 1Department of Virology, Medical University, Lublin, Poland 2Chair and Department of Otolaryngology and Laryngological Oncology, Medical University Lublin, Poland *Corresponding author: D. Polz-Gruszka, Department of Virology, Medical University of Lublin, Lublin, Poland; e-mail: dorota....
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Significance of Meningococcal Hyperinvasive Clonal Complexes and Their Influence on Vaccines Development

IZABELA WAŚKO*, WALERIA HRYNIEWICZ and ANNA SKOCZYŃSKA National Reference Centre for Bacterial Meningitis, Department of Epidemiology and Clinical Microbiology, National Medicines Institute, Warsaw, Poland *Corresponding author: I. Waśko, National Reference Centre for Bacterial Meningitis, Department of Epidemiology and Clinical Microbiology, National Medicines Institute,...
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 2015

The Editors of Polish Journal of Microbiology wish to express their gratitude to following scientists from various fields of microbiology, who have reviewed the manuscripts submitted to our Journal in the past year: Monika Adamczyk-Popławska, Abrar Ahmad, H. Alizade, Aleksandra Banaszkiewicz, Wiesław Barabasz, Sulagna Basu, Wojciech Białas, Anna Bielenica, Katarzyna Brzostek, ...
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 2014

The Editors of Polish Journal of Microbiology wish to express their gratitude to following scientists from various fields of microbiology, who have reviewed the manuscripts submitted to our Journal in the past year: Mohammed Ali, Ewa Augustynowicz – Kopeć, Jadwiga Baj, Renata Bancerz, Wiesław Barabasz, Marek Bartoszewicz, Andrea Battistoni, Anna Baturo Cieśniewska, Antonio Bev...
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The Effect of Fe3O4 Nanoparticles on Survival of Probiotic Bacteria Lactobacillus acidophilus PCM2499 at Lower pH

ANDRZEJ JURKOWSKI1*, BARTŁOMIEJ ZAPOTOCZNY2, JACEK J. KOZIOŁ1 and MIROSŁAW R. DUDEK2 1Department of Biotechnology, University of Zielona Góra, Zielona Góra, Poland 2Institute of Physics, University of Zielona Góra, Zielona Góra, Poland *Corresponding author: A. Jurkowski, Department of Biotechnology, University of Zielona Góra, Zielona Góra, Poland; e-mail: andrzej.jurkowski@...
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N-Substituted N′-(2-alkylthio-4-chloro-5-methylbenzenesulfonyl)guanidines – Antibacterial, Cytotoxic Activities and Some Structure-Activity Relationships

BEATA ŻOŁNOWSKA1, JAROSŁAW SŁAWIŃSKI1*, ALEKSANDRA GRZONEK1, ANNA KĘDZIA2, EWA KWAPISZ2 and ANNA KAWIAK3,4 1 Department of Organic Chemistry, Medical University of Gdańsk, Gdańsk, Poland 2 Department of Oral Microbiology, Medical University of Gdańsk, Gdańsk, Poland 3 Department of Biotechnology, Intercollegiate Faculty of Biotechnology, University of Gdańsk and Medical Univer...
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Relapsing Bacteraemia due to Corynebacterium striatum in a Patient with Peripheral Arterial Disease

ANTEA TOPIĆ1*, ROK ČIVLJAK1,2, IVA BUTIĆ3, MARIJA GUŽVINEC3 and ILIJA KUZMAN1,2 1Department of Acute Respiratory Diseases, University Hospital for Infectious Diseases „Dr. Fran Mihaljević“, Zagreb, Croatia 2University of Zagreb School of Medicine, Zagreb, Croatia 3Department of Microbiology, University Hospital for Infectious Diseases „Dr. Fran Mihaljević“, Zagreb, Croatia *C...
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