An optimized but simple FISH approach was developed in order to ease observation of the p-nitrophenol-degrading bacteria studied in this work. The final results allowed identification of Arthrobacter sp. (Micrococcaceae family) and genus Acinetobacter (Moraxellaceae family) in the p-nitrophenol-degrading activated sludge, whereas no hybridization was found for Pseudomonas spp.

CONCLUSIONS: Ferroptosis inhibitor The hypothesis of a mixed culture following, at the same time, different degradation pathways has been confirmed through the microbial characterization of enriched

p-nitrophenol-degrading activated sludge. (C) 2011 Society of Chemical Industry”
“The present study attempted to comparatively assess and establish a suitable detection method of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) from previously treated TB cases in Bangladesh. Of 130 Zeihl-Neelsen smear-positive fresh sputum specimens, 112 samples were found to contain viable bacilli as visualized under the light-emitting diode fluorescence microscope after fluorescein di-acetate staining, and 109 positive cases were detected through Lowenstein-Jensen culture. The samples were further tested to survey the drug resistance both by slide drug susceptibility test (DST) and by conventional DST: 94 MDR-TB cases were detected within 10 days through the slide

DST, whereas 82 cases were observed through the Repotrectinib molecular weight conventional DST, requiring about 3 months. Because the rapidity, sensitivity and accuracy of the slide DST method were found to be comparatively Fedratinib manufacturer satisfactory when

compared to the conventional DST method; we recommend the slide DST method as the standard diagnostic tool in perspective of Bangladesh for the detection of MDR-TB.”
“In the last decades, increasing numbers of patients with problematic bacteria such as methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) have been reported. Beside the common problem of MRSA variants in hospitals, recently community-based MRSA (cMRSA) has become a growing problem even in patients without typical risk factors. cMRSA often carries the virulence factor Panton-Valentine-leukocidin (PVL) causing dermatologic diseases like therapy-refractory furunculosis in young adults. Thus, it is both a medical and health economic issue to identify MRSA as quickly as possible and then eradiate it completely. We review the practical consequences and in particular, the therapy options which are reasonable once MRSA is identified.”
“BACKGROUND: Dimethyl carbonate (DMC) can be used effectively as an environmentally benign substitute for highly toxic phosgene and dimethyl sulfate in carbonylation and methylation, as well as a promising octane booster owing to its high oxygen content.