In vitro Anti-Influenza Virus Activity of Agaricus brasiliensis KA21.

abstract：:The overproduction of enzymes was performed by manipulating the medium components. In our study, solvent-tolerant thermophilic lipase-producing Bacillus coagulans was isolated from soil samples and a stepwise optimization strategy was employed to increase the lipase production using coconut oil cake basal medium. In t...

journal_title：Biocontrol science

authors： Gowthami P,Muthukumar K,Velan M

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fate of Escherichia coli O157 cells was evaluated when inoculated into each step after production of lightly pickled Chinese cabbage. The efficacy of surface sterilization by 100 mg/L of chlorine water for 10 min on raw leaves (6.0 log CFU/g) was 2.2 log CFU/g reduction. No meaningful change of the population of E. co...

journal_title：Biocontrol science

authors： Inatsu Y,Ohata Y,Ananchaipattana C,Latiful Bari M,Hosotani Y,Kawasaki S

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A chemiluminescence system, Milliflex Quantum (MFQ), to detect microcolonies, has been used in the pharmaceutical field. In this study, we investigated aquatic bacteria in hemodialysis solutions sampled from bioburden areas in 4 dialysis faculties. Using MFQ, microcolonies could be detected after a short incubation pe...

journal_title：Biocontrol science

authors： Osono E,Kobayashi E,Inoue Y,Honda K,Kumagai T,Negishi H,Okamatsu K,Ichimura K,Kamano C,Suzuki F,Norose Y,Takahashi M,Takaku S,Fujioka N,Hayama N,Takizawa H

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We assessed the properties of biofilms (BFs) formed by mono- and co-cultures of Listeria monocytogenes and Pseudomonas aeruginosa (L+P-BF) at low temperatures and examined their sensitivity to several antibacterial substances. L. monocytogenes viable counts comprised only 1-10% of total L+P-BF viable counts at 10℃ and...

journal_title：Biocontrol science

authors： Yamakawa T,Tomita K,Sawai J

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pseudomonas aeruginosa strains were isolated from 45 of 370 (12.2%) cockroaches captured in hospitals. By cockroach species, the bacterial strains were isolated from 39 of 181 (21.5%) Periplaneta fuliginosa and 6 of 183 (3.3%) Blattella germanica, showing a significant difference (p<0.01). Many P. aeruginosa-carrying ...

journal_title：Biocontrol science

authors： Saitou K,Furuhata K,Kawakami Y,Fukuyama M

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:For microbial ecological analysis, 14 strains of Methylobacterium aquaticum isolated from water samples were subjected to clustering analysis on the basis of ribotyping and RAPD-PCR tests. The ribopatterns after digestion with EcoRI obtained from 14 strains of M. aquaticum were used to divide the strains into two grou...

journal_title：Biocontrol science

authors： Furuhata K,Banzai AU,Kawakami Y,Ishizaki N,Yoshida Y,Goto K,Fukuyama M

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In August, 2010, strain HYMO-6 was isolated from a sample of hot spring water in Aomori, Japan. The 16S rDNA sequences (1,496bp) of this strain (accession number: AB597175) had a similarity of less than 96.6% to other Legionella species, prompting us to hypothesize that this strain might be a novel species belonging t...

journal_title：Biocontrol science

authors： Furuhata K,Edagawa A,Miyamoto H,Goto K,Yoshida S,Fukuyama M

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The sporicidal activity of an improved iodide formulation based on a previously reported agent (Kida et al., 2004, tentatively designated as the KMT reagent) which is composed of 50 mM EDTA-2Na, 50 mM ferric chloride hexahydrate (FeCl3.6H2O), 50 mM potassium iodide (KI) and 50% ethanol in 0.85% NaCl solution at pH 0.3...

journal_title：Biocontrol science

authors： Kida N

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A small-sized generator of ozonated water was developed using an electro-conductive diamond. We studied the optimum conditions for producing ozonated water. As a result, we developed a small-sized generator of ozonated water driven by a dry-cell for use in the average household. This generator was easily able to produ...

journal_title：Biocontrol science

authors： Sekido K,Kitaori N

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lactic Acid Bacteria （LAB） are generally recognized as safe. It has been used to increase the shelf-life of fermented products, and its antimicrobial action is based on the metabolites secretions, such as lactic acid, hydrogen peroxide, reuterin, bacteriocins and the like-bacteriocins substances. It has been proven th...

journal_title：Biocontrol science

authors： Hernández-Aquino S,Miranda-Romero LA,Fujikawa H,Maldonado-Simán EJ,Alarcón-Zuñiga B

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A biological indicator (BI) is a useful product to confirm sterility assurance after a sterilization procedure. In ISO 11138 and 14161, the concrete procedures regarding the use of BI are described for BI manufacturers and users, respectively. There are several problems involving BI use which must be addressed. These ...

journal_title：Biocontrol science

authors： Royalty-Hann W

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We found that an additive for a resin, which was comprised of collagen and aluminum (Al), showed a strong and stable antibacterial effect against various bacterium under certain conditions. We tried to clarify its mechanism of action, and investigated optimum conditions for its effects. This additive (Al cross-linked ...

journal_title：Biocontrol science

authors： Ohmoto T,Yamashita K,Moriyoshi K,Yamanaka H,Koma D,Kawano H,Sakai K

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In 2017, 2 household washing machines which were used at a house in Saitama prefecture were tested for fungal flora sampling. The fungi were identified in detail via genetic analysis of the ITS region. The number of fungi which were isolated were 8.7×106～6.1×107 cfu/100cm2 and dematiaceous fungi such as Ochroconis mus...

journal_title：Biocontrol science

authors： Hashimoto K,Fujii H,Kawakami Y

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Striped catfish (Pangasianodon hypophthalmus) farming in the Mekong Delta Vietnam (MKDVN) importantly contributes to national aquaculture export. Currently, however, diseases occur more frequently across the entire MKDVN region. One of the most common types is hemorrhagic septicemia caused by Aeromonas hydrophila. In ...

journal_title：Biocontrol science

authors： Hoang A H,Tran T T X,LE P N,Dang T H O

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tap water contamination is a growing concern in healthcare facilities, and despite chlorination, tap water in these facilities contains several pathogenic microorganisms causing healthcare-associated waterborne infections or nosocomial outbreaks. Shower units are particularly prone to contamination as they are conduci...

journal_title：Biocontrol science

authors： Sasahara T,Ogawa M,Fujimura I,Ae R,Kosami K,Morisawa Y

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:BD mCCDA Clear-HT (CCHT; Nippon Becton Dickinson Company, Ltd.) , a novel chromogenic selective medium was evaluated for its superior capacity to isolate Campylobacter jejuni/ coli. When CCHT was assessed using 142 microbes including 42 Campylobacter jejuni/ coli strains, all Campylobacter strains were found to form p...

journal_title：Biocontrol science

authors： Teramura H,Ogura A,Yasuda E,Furuhata K

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vibrio vulnificus is a halophilic estuarine bacterium, but this species causes fatal septicemia in humans. V. vulnificus may encounter many kinds of stresses either in the natural environment or in the human body. One of the striking stresses is the exposure to the reactive oxygen species including nitric oxide (NO). ...

journal_title：Biocontrol science

authors： Elgaml A,Miyoshi S

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An outbreak of Escherichia coli O157:H7 occurred due to the consumption of sweet dumplings in Japan. We examined the survival of E. coli O157:H7 inoculated into several types of sweet dumplings to evaluate the progress of the residual contaminating pathogens after the production or packing processes. For all 4 types o...

journal_title：Biocontrol science

authors： Inatsu Y,Ohata Y,Nakamura N,Hosotani Y,Ananchaipattana C,Bari ML,Kawasaki S

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The simplex real-time PCR assays based on the TaqMan probe and SYBR green I， which target cereulide synthetase genes (ces genes) were used for rapidly, reliably and sensitively identifying the emetic strains from among Bacillus cereus strains isolated from different sources. Only the emetic strains showed positive rea...

journal_title：Biocontrol science

authors： Ueda S,Yamaguchi M,Iwase M,Kuwabara Y

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:　Exact evaluation of the performance of surgical masks and biohazard protective clothing materials against pathogens is important because it can provide helpful information that healthcare workers can use to select suitable materials to reduce infection risk. Currently, to evaluate the protective performance of nonwov...

journal_title：Biocontrol science

authors： Shimasaki N,Okaue A,Kikuno R,Shinohara K

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We tested treatement with UV irradiation for controlling the growth of bread mold. First, we analyzed the sterilizing effect of a dose of approximately 25 mJ/cm2 radiation on nine Penicillium and two Talaromyces strains that were isolated from a bread-manufacturing plant. The P. chermesinum and P. paneum strains were ...

journal_title：Biocontrol science

authors： Kawaguchi M,Kani A,Takatori K

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Effects of surface contamination and cleaning with hypochlorite wipes on the antibacterial activity of copper-alloyed stainless steel were studied. The antibacterial activity of copper alloyed stainless steel decreased with the increase in the amount of surface contaminant, and the bacterial counts from specimens cont...

journal_title：Biocontrol science

authors： Kawakami H,Hayashi T,Nishikubo H,Morikawa A,Suzuki S,Sato Y,Kikuchi Y

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vibrio cholerae isolates from environmental and clinical origins in the Bengal region in which epidemics of cholera break out periodically were analyzed with particular emphasis on the molecular epidemiological features. The presence of the virulence genes (ctxA, tcpA and toxR) in the isolates was analyzed by the PCR ...

journal_title：Biocontrol science

authors： Shinoda S,Nakagawa T,Hirakawa N,Miyoshi S,Arakawa E,Ramamurthy T,Dutta B,Faruque SM,Nair GB

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The antifungal activities of diglycerin monoester of fatty acids (DGCs), which have been employed as food emulsifiers, were examined against three yeasts, Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Candida albicans and Candida utilis and were compared with those of sucrose monoester of palmitic acid (SC16) as another type of emulsifie...

journal_title：Biocontrol science

authors： Shimazaki A,Sakamoto JJ,Furuta M,Tsuchido T

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study compared the antifungal activities of bronopol and 2-methyl-4-isothiazolin-3-one (MT) against members of the genus Saprolegnia in the family saprolegniaceae, which have the ability to infect fish. The minimum inhibitory concentration of bronopol was 100-200 mg/l but for MT it was 31 mg/l. Concerning fungici...

journal_title：Biocontrol science

authors： Oono H,Hatai K

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:　We compared the TBT-resistant ability of resting cells prepared from isolates that formed colonies on nutrient agar plates containing 100 µM tributyltin (TBT) chloride, such as Photobacterium sp. TKY1, Halomonas sp. TKY2, and Photobacterium sp. NGY1, with those from taxonomically similar type strains. Photobacterium ...

journal_title：Biocontrol science

authors： Mimura H,Yagi M,Yoshida K

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:　Quantitative antifungal testing methods for textile fabrics under growth-supportive conditions were studied. Fungal growth activities on unfinished textile fabrics and textile fabrics modified with Ag nanoparticles were investigated using the colony counting method and the luminescence method. Morphological changes o...

journal_title：Biocontrol science

authors： Imoto Y,Seino S,Nakagawa T,Yamamoto TA

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The antifungal activity of scallop-shell powder heated at 1000 degrees C for 1 h against Trichophyton was kinetically investigated and the possibility of applying the powder to the treatment of dermatophytosis was examined. The death rate of T. mentagrophytes NBRC5466 in the heated shell powder slurry increased with p...

journal_title：Biocontrol science

authors： Sawai J,Shiga H

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To design new antimicrobial peptides, we have focused on various proteins which are not essential for self-defense but carry important responsibilities for biosystems. Previously, we reported that highly efficient antimicrobial properties or antiviral properties are inherent in the nuclear translocation signals and bi...

journal_title：Biocontrol science

authors： Kobayashi N,Masuda J,Kudoh J,Shimizu N,Yoshida T

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of an oxygen-releasing compound (ORC) magnesium peroxide (MgO(2)) on the changes in the bacterial community in organically polluted sediment of aquaculture farms was tested in a microcosm experiment. The sediment, to which fish feed was added, was treated with 1% or 5% MgO(2). The addition of fish feed indu...

journal_title：Biocontrol science

authors： Santander-De Leon SM,Okunishi S,Kihira M,Nakano M,Nuñal SN,Hidaka M,Yoshikawa T,Maeda H

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00