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Detection of genetic diversity among Indian strains of Xanthomonas campestris pv. mangiferaeindicae using PCR-RAPD
The randomly amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) technique was used to investigate the genetic diversity in 6 strains of Xanthomonas campestris pv. mangiferaeindicae (Xcmi), the causal pathogen …
Received 16 October 2008 15:53 UTC; Posted 16 October 2008
Posted to: Biotechnology, Microbiology
The Oxidative Reaction of Potassium Permanganate with Mycolic Acids Leads to a Unique Diagnostic Pattern for Mycobacterium Tuberculosis
In an oxidative reaction, potassium permanganate reacts with the mycolic acid component of M.tuberculosis and gives rise to a unique saponified pattern specific for M.tuberculosis. This brown o…
Received 03 October 2008 15:16 UTC; Posted 03 October 2008
Posted to: Microbiology
Populational analysis of Saccharomyces cerevisiae strains from different appellations of origin and grape varieties by microsatellite analysis.
The objective of the present study was to evaluate populational relationships among Saccharomyces cerevisiae strains isolated from some of the Portuguese most important grapevine varieties in diffe…
Received 11 September 2008 08:42 UTC; Posted 11 September 2008
Posted to: Ecology, Microbiology
Intra-mammary single infusion of casein hydrolyzate in dairy cows as alternative dry period treatment: Curing bacterial infection and increasing milk yield in the subsequent lactations
Conclusions: This study sustain previous results that treatment with CNH is a powerful mean to eradicated bacterial infection, and strongly highlight the potential of this method to serve as a viab…
Received 31 July 2008 09:27 UTC; Posted 01 August 2008
Posted to: Biotechnology, Microbiology, Pharmacology
Caloric restriction causes symmetric cell division and delays aging in Escherichia coli
Aging is one of the most intriguing processes of biology and despite decades of research, many aspects of aging are poorly understood. Aging is known to occur in bacteria and yeast that divide with…
Received 11 July 2008 11:33 UTC; Posted 28 July 2008
Posted to: Microbiology
Reservoir of Bacterial Exotoxin Genes in the Environment
This is the first report of an environmental reservoir of a bacterial exotoxin gene harbored in an atypical host in the environment. Screening bacterial isolates from the environment via sea-specif…
Received 10 July 2008 15:18 UTC; Posted 11 July 2008
Posted to: Ecology, Microbiology
Viral organization of human proteins
A compilation of experimentally verified interactions between HIV-1 and human proteins allows insights into the intricate interplay between viral and host proteins on a large scale.We find that HIV…
Received 05 July 2008 15:28 UTC; Posted 09 July 2008
Posted to: Microbiology, Bioinformatics
BioBrick Promoter Measurement Kit Instruction Sheets
Instructions for inserting a test promoter into the measurement kit plasmid for characterization as well as instructions for measuring the activity of the test promoter in Standard Promoter Units (...
Received 01 July 2008 20:05 UTC; Posted 03 July 2008
Posted to: Biotechnology, Microbiology, Molecular Cell Biology
Sociobiological Control of Plasmid copy number
Background:All known mechanisms and genes responsible for the regulation of plasmid replication lie with the plasmid rather than the chromosome. It is possible therefore that there can be copy-up…
Received 26 June 2008 07:28 UTC; Posted 26 June 2008
Posted to: Ecology, Microbiology
Effects of Cations and PH on Antimicrobial Activity of Thanatin and s-Thanatin against Escherichia coli ATCC25922 and B. subtilis ATCC 21332
Thanatin and s-thanatin were insect antimicrobial peptides which have shown potent antimicrobial activities on a variety of microbes. In order to investigate the effect of cations and pH on the act…
Received 25 June 2008 07:10 UTC; Posted 25 June 2008
Posted to: Microbiology, Pharmacology
