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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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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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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