Evaluation of bacteria isolated from rice rhizosphere for biological control of charcoal rot of sorghum caused by Macrophomina phaseolina (Tassi) Goid.

abstract：:Ginger (Zingiber officinale) is cultivated commercially in most parts of the world especially in India for its culinary and medicinal applications. One of the major challenges that limit the yield of ginger is rhizome rot disease caused by organisms including Pythium myriotylum. A feasible ecofriendly method is yet to...

journal_title：World journal of microbiology & biotechnology

authors： Jasim B,Anisha C,Rohini S,Kurian JM,Jyothis M,Radhakrishnan EK

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Escherichia coli (E. coli) consists of commensal (ComEC) and diarrhoeagenic (DEC) groups. ComEC are detected using traditional culture methods. Conformational steps are performed after culturing if it is required to test for the presence of DEC, increasing cost and time in obtaining the results. The aim of this study ...

journal_title：World journal of microbiology & biotechnology

authors： Omar KB,Barnard TG

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cabernet Sauvignon grape produced in Xinjiang (China) is often overripe, with unusually high sugar content, which impedes utilization. We aimed to establish the optimal combination of indigenous yeast strains to produce a new sweet wine from the overripe grape. Five yeast strains with pronounced enological characteris...

journal_title：World journal of microbiology & biotechnology

authors： Zhu LX,Wang GQ,Aihaiti A

更新日期：2020-07-20 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper aims to characterize halophilic bacteria inhabiting Algerian Saline Ecosystems (Sebkha and Chott) located in arid and semi-arid ecoclimate zones (Northeastern Algeria). In addition, screening of enzymatic activities, heavy metal tolerance and antagonistic potential against phytopathogenic fungi were tested....

journal_title：World journal of microbiology & biotechnology

authors： Menasria T,Monteoliva-Sánchez M,Benammar L,Benhadj M,Ayachi A,Hacène H,Gonzalez-Paredes A,Aguilera M

更新日期：2019-08-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Over a 3-week period, samples of fresh, chopped, pork meat were taken every morning and afternoon from 50 meat stalls. Microbiological examination revealed that the samples had (c.f.u./g): total microbes, 1×10(3) to 2.14×10(6); mean probable numbers of coliforms and Escherichia coli, 1.51×10(3) to 1.15×10(4); and yeas...

journal_title：World journal of microbiology & biotechnology

authors： O'Toole DK

更新日期：1995-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hydroxy long-chain fatty acids occur widely in animals and plants and have important physiological activities in these eukaryotes. There are indications that these compounds are also common and important in fungi. The occurrence of hydroxy-polyunsaturated fatty acids (hydroxy-PUFAs) is of biotechnological importance, ...

journal_title：World journal of microbiology & biotechnology

authors： Van Dyk MS,Kock JL,Botha A

更新日期：1994-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cultural tourism expanded in the last half of the twentieth century, and the interest of visitors has come to include caves containing archaeological remains. Some show caves attracted mass tourism, and economical interests prevailed over conservation, which led to a deterioration of the subterranean environment and t...

journal_title：World journal of microbiology & biotechnology

authors： Saiz-Jimenez C

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The experiment was conducted in three model drinking water distribution systems (DWDSs) made of unplasticized polyvinyl chloride (PVC), silane cross-linked polyethylene (PEX) and high density polyethylene (HDPE) pipes to which tap water was introduced. After 2 years of system operation, microbial communities in the DW...

journal_title：World journal of microbiology & biotechnology

authors： Rożej A,Cydzik-Kwiatkowska A,Kowalska B,Kowalski D

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The economics of bioflocculant production is coupled with the use of a low-cost substrate at appropriate culture conditions. The use of a waste substrate for this purpose offers an additional treatment measure to mitigate environmental pollution. We investigated the growth of Aspergillus flavus and its bioflocculant y...

journal_title：World journal of microbiology & biotechnology

authors： Mohammed JN,Wan Dagang WRZ

更新日期：2019-07-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Trichoderma asperellum parasitizes a large variety of phytopathogenic fungi. The mycoparasitic activity of T. asperellum depends on the secretion of complex mixtures of hydrolytic enzymes able to degrade the host cell wall and proteases which are a group of enzymes capable of degrading proteins from host. In this stud...

journal_title：World journal of microbiology & biotechnology

authors： Yang X,Cong H,Song J,Zhang J

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although the use of degrading-bacteria is one of the most efficient methods for the bioremediation of polluted sites, detection, selection and proliferation of the most efficient and competing bacteria is still a challenge. The objective of this multi-stage research was to investigate the effects of the selected bacte...

journal_title：World journal of microbiology & biotechnology

authors： Naeim AH,Baharlouei J,Ataabadi M

更新日期：2020-11-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Biosurfactant-producing microorganisms inhabiting oil reservoirs are of great potential in industrial applications. Yet, till now, the knowledge about the structure and physicochemical property of their metabolites are still limited. The aim of this study was to purify and structurally characterize the biosurfactant f...

journal_title：World journal of microbiology & biotechnology

authors： Liu JF,Wu G,Yang SZ,Mu BZ

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Iron-oxidizing bacteria (FeOB) refers to a group of bacteria with the ability to exchange and accumulate divalent iron dissolved in water as trivalent iron inside and outside the bacterial cell. Most FeOB belong the largest bacterial phylum, Proteobacteria. Within this phylum, FeOB with varying physiology with regards...

journal_title：World journal of microbiology & biotechnology

authors： Makita H

更新日期：2018-07-04 00:00:00

abstract：:This study investigated effects of wet and dry seasons on the bacterial community structure of the Three Gorges Reservoir by using denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis analysis of the PCR-amplified bacterial 16S rRNA gene. Bacterial diversity, as determined by the Shannon index, the Simpson's index, and the Richnes...

journal_title：World journal of microbiology & biotechnology

authors： Chen Z,Zhou Z,Peng X,Xiang H,Xiang S,Jiang Z

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Yeasts, widely distributed across the Earth, have successfully colonized cold environments despite their adverse conditions for life. Lower eukaryotes play important ecological roles, contributing to nutrient recycling and organic matter mineralization. Yeasts have developed physiological adaptations to optimize their...

journal_title：World journal of microbiology & biotechnology

authors： Alcaíno J,Cifuentes V,Baeza M

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mercury-resistance genes were detected byin situ hybridization using new synthetic oligonucleotide probes specific formerA andmerB genes according to the published sequences of the corresponding enzymes. These DNA probes were used for the detection of specific mercury-resistant microorganisms isolated from the Rhine R...

journal_title：World journal of microbiology & biotechnology

authors： Mirgain I,Hagnere C,Green GA,Harf C,Monteil H

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was conducted to evaluate the effects of Bacillus subtilis SC02 supplement on water quality, microbial community diversity and structure in a grass carp (Ctenopharyngodon idellus) culture. Our selected strain, B. subtilis SC02, significantly reduced ammonia, nitrite and total nitrogen levels in water over a...

journal_title：World journal of microbiology & biotechnology

authors： Zhang X,Fu L,Deng B,Liang Q,Zheng J,Sun J,Zhu H,Peng L,Wang Y,Wenying S,Li W

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A rapid, simple and sensitive method for detection of ferulic and p-coumaric acids using HPLC has been developed which can be used to determine the respective phenolic acid esterase activities of microorganisms. Prior concentration, purification or derivatization of the samples are not required. As little as 0.5 mg fe...

journal_title：World journal of microbiology & biotechnology

authors： O'Neill FH,Christov LP,Botes PJ,Prior BA

更新日期：1996-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An efficient expression-secretion system for heterologous protein production in food-grade hosts, Lactobacillus plantarum and Bacillus subtilis, is still required to broaden their applications. The optimal signal peptide compatible with both the desired protein and the target host is important for the system. Here, we...

journal_title：World journal of microbiology & biotechnology

authors： Promchai R,Visessanguan W,Luxananil P

更新日期：2020-09-19 00:00:00

abstract：:An inhibitory factor (IF) produced byAspergillus niger strain 19, and which inhibits the action of glucoamylase on starch, has the ability to be tightly adsorbed on to various raw starches, though the amount differs from starch to starch. Based on the hydrolysis of the IF-starch complex by glucoamylase, the inhibition...

journal_title：World journal of microbiology & biotechnology

authors： Towprayoon S,Fujio Y,Ueda S

更新日期：1990-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Grain yields of the rice cultivar 'Prakash' were improved upon inoculation with Glomus intraradices and G. fasciculatum, by 11% and 8%, respectively, compared with an uninoculated control. The results indicate that the amount of phosphate fertilizer usually applied to rice may be decreased by 50%, without affecting yi...

journal_title：World journal of microbiology & biotechnology

authors： Secilia J,Bagyaraj DJ

更新日期：1994-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aquilaria malaccensis produces agarwood in response to wounding and fungal attack. However, information is limited regarding Aquilaria's interaction with its diverse fungal community. In this study, time-related changes of three natural fungal colonizers in two wounded wild A. malaccensis were tracked, beginning a few...

journal_title：World journal of microbiology & biotechnology

authors： Mohamed R,Jong PL,Nurul Irdayu I

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lactobacillus reuteri DPC16 is a probiotic bacterium that has strong antimicrobial activities on pathogens, mainly due to its ability to produce reuterin, an antimicrobial compound. The objective of this study was to examine the ability of an encapsulation technique to protect the functional properties of cells of L. ...

journal_title：World journal of microbiology & biotechnology

authors： Zhao Q,Mutukumira A,Lee SJ,Maddox I,Shu Q

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A laboratory upflow anaerobic sludge blanket reactor, seeded with fine, suspended, bacterial floc with 1.76 g volatile suspended solids/l, was used to treat synthetic methanolic waste. After 180 days of continuous peration, granular sludge with discrete granules of 1 to 2 mm diam. was formed, with 52 g volatile suspen...

journal_title：World journal of microbiology & biotechnology

authors： Bhatti ZI,Furukawa K,Fujita M

更新日期：1995-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The volatile compounds produced by Debaryomyces hansenii NRRL Y-7426 during the fermentation of detoxified concentrated distilled grape marc hemicellulosic hydrolysates was analysed by GC-MS. Thirty-five compounds corresponding to ten groups of volatile compounds: terpenes, higher alcohols, C₆ alcohols, aldehydes, vol...

journal_title：World journal of microbiology & biotechnology

authors： Salgado JM,González-Barreiro C,Rodríguez-Solana R,Simal-Gándara J,Domínguez JM,Cortés S

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tween 80 (0.1%, v/v) added to Thermomonospora curvata growing in minimal medium caused a transient lowering of the dry cell mass, decreased the optimal growth temperature of the thermophile from 62 to 54°C, and increased extracellular esterase activity. Cells grown in the presence of Tween 80 had decreased concentrati...

journal_title：World journal of microbiology & biotechnology

authors： Thies E,Jenkins T,Stutzenberger F

更新日期：1994-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Diarrhoea due toVibrio cholerae non-01 is common in Bangladesh. Four hundred and eighty samples, including plants, water, phytoplankton and sediment, were collected from five ponds in Dhaka every 15 days for one year.V. cholerae non-01 was isolated from 181 (38%) of the samples. Two peaks were evident: one in April an...

journal_title：World journal of microbiology & biotechnology

authors： Islam MS,Alam MJ,Neogi PK

更新日期：1992-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:When cell membranes of Lentinus edodes mycelium were rapidly frozen at either 50 or 160°C/min, viability was lost and this correlated with rupture of the plasmalemma and residual membrane material and with alterations in the organelles. Although with slow cooling (1°C/min) 80% of the samples recovered viability, some ...

journal_title：World journal of microbiology & biotechnology

authors： Roquebert MF,Bury E

更新日期：1993-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Drotaverine [1-(3,4-diethoxybenzylidene)-6,7-diethoxy-1,2,3,4-tetrahydroisoquinoline] hydrochloride, an antispasmodic drug derived from benzylisoquinoline was evaluated for its biodegradability using a bacterial strain Rhodococcus rhodochrous IEGM 608. The experiments were performed under aerobic conditions with rhodo...

journal_title：World journal of microbiology & biotechnology

authors： Ivshina IB,Vikhareva EV,Richkova MI,Mukhutdinova AN,Karpenko JN

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A symbiotic, heterocystous, N2-fixing blue-green alga, isolated from the coralloid roots of a xerophytic plant,Cycas revoluta, grew best in liquid medium supplemented with 4 mM NO 3 (-) . Morphologically, the isolated alga was identical to that of the natural endophyte but the cell size had decreased markedly. The alg...

journal_title：World journal of microbiology & biotechnology

authors： Sharma A,Mishra DP,Kumar A

更新日期：1992-09-01 00:00:00