Epidemiological Analysis of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Strains Isolated from Patients of Small Communities Living in the South-East of Poland

ANNA ŻACZEK1, IWONA SZWAJA2, MONIKA SKIBA2, ANNA BRZOSTEK3, CZESŁAW PUCHALSKI1, KAROLINA LEWANDOWSKA3,4 and JAROSŁAW DZIADEK1, 3* 1Faculty of Biology and Agriculture, University of Rzeszow, Rzeszow, Poland 2Independent Public Health Care Facility "Sanatorium", Gorno, Poland 3Institute of Medical Biology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Lodz, Polamd 4Faculty of Biotechnology and Fo...
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Characterization of Extended-Spectrum-b-Lactamases Produced by Escherichia coli Strains Isolated From Dogs in Poland

MAGDALENA RZEWUSKA1*,, ILONA STEFAŃSKA2, MAGDALENA KIZERWETTER-ŚWIDA1, DOROTA CHROBAK-CHMIEL2, PAULINA SZCZYGIELSKA1, MONIKA LEŚNIAK3 and MARIAN BINEK1 1 Department of Preclinical Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Warsaw University of Life Sciences, Warsaw, Poland 2 Department of Fermentation Technology, Institute of Agricultural and Food Biotechnology, Warsaw, Poland ...
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Chaperone DnaJ Influences the Formation of Biofilm by Escherichia coli

ANNA M. GRUDNIAK*, JOLANTA WŁODKOWSKA and KRYSTYNA I. WOLSKA Department of Bacterial Genetics, Institute of Microbiology, Faculty of Biology, University of Warsaw, Poland *Corresponding author: A. M. Grudniak, Institute of Microbiology, University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland; e-mail: grudam@biol.uw.edu.pl Submitted 11 February 2015,  Revised 16 July 2015, Accepted 17 July 2015...
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Evaluation of Two Lactic Acid Bacteria Starter Cultures for the Fermentation of Natural Black Table Olives (Olea europaea L cv Kalamon)

MARINA PAPADELLI1*, GEORGIA ZOUMPOPOULOU2, MARINA GEORGALAKI2, RANIA ANASTASIOU2, EUGENIA MANOLOPOULOU2, IOANNA LYTRA1, KONSTANTINOS PAPADIMITRIOU2 and EFFIE TSAKALIDOU2 1 Technological Educational Institute of Peloponnese, Department of Food Technology, Kalamata, Greece 2 Agricultural University of Athens, Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition, Athens, Greece *Corre...
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Characteristics of Newly Isolated Geobacillus sp. ZY-10 Degrading Hydrocarbons in Crude Oil

YUMEI SUN, ZHANGUO NING, FAN YANG and XIANZHEN LI* School of Biological Engineering, Dalian Polytechnic University, Dalian, PR China *Corresponding author: Xianzhen Li, School of Biological Engineering, Dalian Polytechnic University, Dalian, PR China; e-mail: xianzhen@mail.com Submitted 13 October 2014, revised 18 February 2015, accepted 18 February 2015 https://doi.org/10.5...
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Activity of Natural Polyether Ionophores: Monensin and Salinomycin against Clinical Staphylococcus epidermidis Strains

JOANNA STEFAŃSKA1*, KAROLINA STĘPIEŃ1, ADAM HUCZYŃSKI2 and STEFAN TYSKI1,3 1Department of Pharmaceutical Microbiology, Medical University of Warsaw, Poland 2 Faculty of Chemistry, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań, Poland 3Department of Antibiotics and Microbiology, National Medicines Institute, Warsaw, Poland *Corresponding author: J. Stefańska, Department of Pharmaceutical...
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Germination and Inactivation of Alicyclobacillus acidoterrestris Spores Induced by Moderate Hydrostatic Pressure

BARBARA SOKOŁOWSKA1*, SYLWIA SKĄPSKA1, MONIKA FONBERG-BROCZEK2, JOLANTA NIEZGODA1, IZABELA PORĘBSKA1, AGNIESZKA DEKOWSKA1 and SYLWESTER J. RZOSKA2 1 Department of Fruit and Vegetable Product Technology, Prof. Wacław Dąbrowski Institute of Agricultural and Food Biotechnology, Warsaw, Poland 2 Laboratory of Biomaterials, Institute of High Pressure Physics of the Polish Acad...
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Optimization of Culture Parameters for Maximum Polyhydroxybutyrate Production by Selected Bacterial Strains Isolated from Rhizospheric Soils

PRIYANKA LATHWAL, KIRAN NEHRA*, MANPREET SINGH, PRAGATI JAMDAGNI and JOGENDER S. RANA Department of Biotechnology, Deenbandhu Chhotu Ram University of Science and Technology, Sonipat, Haryana, India Corresponding author: Kiran Nehra, Dept. of Biotechnology, Deenbandhu Chhotu Ram University of Science and Technology, Sonepat, Haryana, India; e-mail: nehrakiran@gmail.com Sub...
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Phytoremediation of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Soils Artificially Polluted Using Plant-Associated-Endophytic Bacteria and Dactylis glomerata as the Bioremediation Plant

ANNA GAŁĄZKA*1 and RAFAŁ GAŁĄZKA2 1Institute of Soil Science and Plant Cultivation – State Research Institute,Department of Agricultural Microbiology, Puławy, Poland 2Institute of Soil Science and Plant Cultivation – State Research Institute, Department of Soil Science Erosion and Land Protection, Puławy, Poland Corresponding author: A. Gałązka, Institute of Soil Science and...
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Bloodstream Infections due to Enterobacteriaceae Among Neonates in Poland – Molecular Analysis of the Isolates

AGNIESZKA CHMIELARCZYK, MONIKA POBIEGA*, JADWIGA WÓJKOWSKA-MACH, DOROTA ROMANISZYN, PIOTR B. HECZKO and MAŁGORZATA BULANDA Chair of Microbiology, Kraków, Poland Corresponding author: M. Pobiega, Chair of Microbiology, Krakow, Poland; e-mail: monika.pobiega@gmail.com Submitted 21 January 2014, revised 27 February 2015, accepted 17 March 2015 https://doi.org/10.5604/01.3001....
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