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ABSTRACT- Live microorganisms, have beneficial effects on their host’s health, are called as probiotics. There are various possible sources to isolate
these bacteria. In this studyp harmaceutical probiotic sachet is used as isolation source. The purpose of this study is to search the potentiality of
probiotic bacteria and investigate the probiotic properties of isolates.9 different samples of 3 brands of sachet were used for isolation of bacteria.
Isolates were examined according to their probiotic properties. The probiotic characteristics like pH and Bile tolerance, Antagonistic activity and
Antibiotic susceptibility of isolated bacteria Such as Lactobacillus acidophilus, Lactobacillus rhamnosus and Bifidobacterium bifidum was done. Bile
Tolerance and pH tolerance was determined with the help of the help of coefficient of growth inhibition if their coefficient of growth inhibition is less
than 0.5 the organism was considered as the pH and Bile tolerance. The Strains of Lactobacillus acidophilus and Lactobacillus rhamnosus and Bifidobacterium
bifidum show best result at the pH Acidic to Neutral (5 to 7) and show a bile tolerance from 1-4 % bile. All the isolated bacteria show
the maximum inhibition against Staphyloccocus aureus and minimum against Salmonella typhi by Lactobacillus Strains but Bifidobacterium show
minimum against Escheria coli. Most isolates show resistance toward antibiotics. From this study it can be concluded that pharmaceutical probiotic
products used in the study were showing satisfactory quality and potential probiotic strain.
Key words- Probiotic, Lactobacillus, Bifidobacterium, Sachet
ABSTRACT- Live microorganisms, have beneficial effects on their host’s health, are called as probiotics. There are various possible sources to isolate
these bacteria. In this studyp harmaceutical probiotic sachet is used as isolation source. The purpose of this study is to search the potentiality of
probiotic bacteria and investigate the probiotic properties of isolates.9 different samples of 3 brands of sachet were used for isolation of bacteria.
Isolates were examined according to their probiotic properties. The probiotic characteristics like pH and Bile tolerance, Antagonistic activity and
Antibiotic susceptibility of isolated bacteria Such as Lactobacillus acidophilus, Lactobacillus rhamnosus and Bifidobacterium bifidum was done. Bile
Tolerance and pH tolerance was determined with the help of the help of coefficient of growth inhibition if their coefficient of growth inhibition is less
than 0.5 the organism was considered as the pH and Bile tolerance. The Strains of Lactobacillus acidophilus and Lactobacillus rhamnosus and Bifidobacterium
bifidum show best result at the pH Acidic to Neutral (5 to 7) and show a bile tolerance from 1-4 % bile. All the isolated bacteria show
the maximum inhibition against Staphyloccocus aureus and minimum against Salmonella typhi by Lactobacillus Strains but Bifidobacterium show
minimum against Escheria coli. Most isolates show resistance toward antibiotics. From this study it can be concluded that pharmaceutical probiotic
products used in the study were showing satisfactory quality and potential probiotic strain.
Key words- Probiotic, Lactobacillus, Bifidobacterium, Sachet
Kinsenoside isolated from Anoectochilus formosanus suppresses LPS-Stimulated ...Cây thuốc Việt
In the present study, we reported that kinsenoside, a major component of Anoectochilus formosanus, inhibited inflammatory reactions in mouse peritoneal lavage macrophages and protects mice from endotoxin shock. In LPSstimulated mouse peritoneal lavage macrophages, kinsenoside inhibited the inflammatory mediators, such as nitric oxide, TNF-!, IL-1", monocyte chemoattractant protein 1, and macrophage migration inhibitory factor production. Furthermore, kinsenoside decreased the formation of a nuclear factor .BYDNA complex and nuclear p65 and p50 protein levels. Kinsenoside inhibited nuclear factor .B translocation through both I.B!-dependent and -independent pathway. In contrast, it stimulated anti-inflammatory cytokine IL-10 generation and enhanced the mRNA expression of IL-10 and suppressor of cytokine signaling 3 in the same cells induced by LPS. In an animal model, both pretreatment and posttreatment of kinsenoside increased the survival rate of ICR mice challenged by LPS (80 mg/kg, i.p.). Pretreatment with kinsenoside decreased serum levels of TNF-!, IL-1", IL-10, monocyte chemoattractant protein 1, and migration inhibitory factor at 1 h after sublethal dose of LPS (40 mg/kg, i.p.) in mice. In contrast, kinsenoside enhanced serum IL-10 level at 24 h after LPS injection in mice. In conclusion, kinsenoside inhibited the production of inflammatory mediators and enhanced antiinflammatory cytokine generation. Therefore, kinsenoside can alleviate acute inflammatory hazards.
The IOSR Journal of Pharmacy (IOSRPHR) is an open access online & offline peer reviewed international journal, which publishes innovative research papers, reviews, mini-reviews, short communications and notes dealing with Pharmaceutical Sciences( Pharmaceutical Technology, Pharmaceutics, Biopharmaceutics, Pharmacokinetics, Pharmaceutical/Medicinal Chemistry, Computational Chemistry and Molecular Drug Design, Pharmacognosy & Phytochemistry, Pharmacology, Pharmaceutical Analysis, Pharmacy Practice, Clinical and Hospital Pharmacy, Cell Biology, Genomics and Proteomics, Pharmacogenomics, Bioinformatics and Biotechnology of Pharmaceutical Interest........more details on Aim & Scope).
All manuscripts are subject to rapid peer review. Those of high quality (not previously published and not under consideration for publication in another journal) will be published without delay.
Bacillus thuringiensis, an aerobic, Gram positive, spore forming bacterium produces unique proteinaceous crystalline parasporal inclusions during sporulation which have insecticidal properties. Besides being widely used as an insecticide in agriculture, Bt has been found to be useful in several fields like medicine, endoparasite control, bacteriocin production as well as enzyme production. Parasporin, a new category of bacterial parasporal protein capable of discriminately killing the cancer cells have been discovered. There are six classes of parasporins having different mode of action and cell specificities against cancer and tumor cells (Ohba et al., 2009).Bt proteins have also been used successfully to suppress the population levels of medically important Dipteran pests like mosquitoes by use of mosquitocidal strains that produce Cry proteins (Zhang et al., 2012) as well as potential therapeutic agent against protozoan disease Leishmaniases (El-Sadawy et al., 2008). Crystal proteins, like Cry5B from Bacillus thuringiensis are found to be safe to vertebrates and have been shown to have efficacy against intestinal hookworm parasites (Capello et al., 2006). Thus the multifarious applications of Bacillus thuringiensis have made it a microbe to reckon with and further study its genome for future developments.
Extraction, chemical composition, use in induced protection and cross-reactiv...IJEAB
Exopolysaccharides (PS) are the major components on the surface of bacteria and also produced by fungi. These molecules are important in human health, in order to control diabetes as well as protect plants against attacks of foliage diseases. The objective of the present work was to study the partial chemical structure of the carbohydrate, use in control disease in plants and cross-serological relationship (cross-reactive antigens between isolates from fungi (Tremella fuciformis (Tf) and bacteria (Xanthomonas campestris pv. citri (Xcc)). Tf was developed in culture medium containing sorghum seeds during 20 days, and Xcc in the PDA (potato dextrose agar) medium for an 8 days period. The polysaccharide was removed from the culture medium, precipitated with ethanol, and quantified total sugar. By TLC was observed that 2 isolates presented galactose, glucose, mannose, arabinose and xylose in different proportions. Fucose and ribose was not found in the PS from Xcc but present in Tf. In ELISA, antiserum to Xcc revealed an antigenic homologous reaction with the same bacteria and heterologous with Tf. Barley plants pretreated with PS from Tf and later challenged with conidia from B.sorokiniana, demonstrated protection against the pathogen. Results suggested that PS from Tf presented induction of protection. Both PS (antigens) present an identical epitope demonstrated by reaction in Elisa test. The antibody against Xcc was specific for an epitope and bounded to another antigen due to having similar chemical properties.
IJERA (International journal of Engineering Research and Applications) is International online, ... peer reviewed journal. For more detail or submit your article, please visit www.ijera.com
IJERA (International journal of Engineering Research and Applications) is International online, ... peer reviewed journal. For more detail or submit your article, please visit www.ijera.com
IJERA (International journal of Engineering Research and Applications) is International online, ... peer reviewed journal. For more detail or submit your article, please visit www.ijera.com
Kinsenoside isolated from Anoectochilus formosanus suppresses LPS-Stimulated ...Cây thuốc Việt
In the present study, we reported that kinsenoside, a major component of Anoectochilus formosanus, inhibited inflammatory reactions in mouse peritoneal lavage macrophages and protects mice from endotoxin shock. In LPSstimulated mouse peritoneal lavage macrophages, kinsenoside inhibited the inflammatory mediators, such as nitric oxide, TNF-!, IL-1", monocyte chemoattractant protein 1, and macrophage migration inhibitory factor production. Furthermore, kinsenoside decreased the formation of a nuclear factor .BYDNA complex and nuclear p65 and p50 protein levels. Kinsenoside inhibited nuclear factor .B translocation through both I.B!-dependent and -independent pathway. In contrast, it stimulated anti-inflammatory cytokine IL-10 generation and enhanced the mRNA expression of IL-10 and suppressor of cytokine signaling 3 in the same cells induced by LPS. In an animal model, both pretreatment and posttreatment of kinsenoside increased the survival rate of ICR mice challenged by LPS (80 mg/kg, i.p.). Pretreatment with kinsenoside decreased serum levels of TNF-!, IL-1", IL-10, monocyte chemoattractant protein 1, and migration inhibitory factor at 1 h after sublethal dose of LPS (40 mg/kg, i.p.) in mice. In contrast, kinsenoside enhanced serum IL-10 level at 24 h after LPS injection in mice. In conclusion, kinsenoside inhibited the production of inflammatory mediators and enhanced antiinflammatory cytokine generation. Therefore, kinsenoside can alleviate acute inflammatory hazards.
The IOSR Journal of Pharmacy (IOSRPHR) is an open access online & offline peer reviewed international journal, which publishes innovative research papers, reviews, mini-reviews, short communications and notes dealing with Pharmaceutical Sciences( Pharmaceutical Technology, Pharmaceutics, Biopharmaceutics, Pharmacokinetics, Pharmaceutical/Medicinal Chemistry, Computational Chemistry and Molecular Drug Design, Pharmacognosy & Phytochemistry, Pharmacology, Pharmaceutical Analysis, Pharmacy Practice, Clinical and Hospital Pharmacy, Cell Biology, Genomics and Proteomics, Pharmacogenomics, Bioinformatics and Biotechnology of Pharmaceutical Interest........more details on Aim & Scope).
All manuscripts are subject to rapid peer review. Those of high quality (not previously published and not under consideration for publication in another journal) will be published without delay.
Bacillus thuringiensis, an aerobic, Gram positive, spore forming bacterium produces unique proteinaceous crystalline parasporal inclusions during sporulation which have insecticidal properties. Besides being widely used as an insecticide in agriculture, Bt has been found to be useful in several fields like medicine, endoparasite control, bacteriocin production as well as enzyme production. Parasporin, a new category of bacterial parasporal protein capable of discriminately killing the cancer cells have been discovered. There are six classes of parasporins having different mode of action and cell specificities against cancer and tumor cells (Ohba et al., 2009).Bt proteins have also been used successfully to suppress the population levels of medically important Dipteran pests like mosquitoes by use of mosquitocidal strains that produce Cry proteins (Zhang et al., 2012) as well as potential therapeutic agent against protozoan disease Leishmaniases (El-Sadawy et al., 2008). Crystal proteins, like Cry5B from Bacillus thuringiensis are found to be safe to vertebrates and have been shown to have efficacy against intestinal hookworm parasites (Capello et al., 2006). Thus the multifarious applications of Bacillus thuringiensis have made it a microbe to reckon with and further study its genome for future developments.
Extraction, chemical composition, use in induced protection and cross-reactiv...IJEAB
Exopolysaccharides (PS) are the major components on the surface of bacteria and also produced by fungi. These molecules are important in human health, in order to control diabetes as well as protect plants against attacks of foliage diseases. The objective of the present work was to study the partial chemical structure of the carbohydrate, use in control disease in plants and cross-serological relationship (cross-reactive antigens between isolates from fungi (Tremella fuciformis (Tf) and bacteria (Xanthomonas campestris pv. citri (Xcc)). Tf was developed in culture medium containing sorghum seeds during 20 days, and Xcc in the PDA (potato dextrose agar) medium for an 8 days period. The polysaccharide was removed from the culture medium, precipitated with ethanol, and quantified total sugar. By TLC was observed that 2 isolates presented galactose, glucose, mannose, arabinose and xylose in different proportions. Fucose and ribose was not found in the PS from Xcc but present in Tf. In ELISA, antiserum to Xcc revealed an antigenic homologous reaction with the same bacteria and heterologous with Tf. Barley plants pretreated with PS from Tf and later challenged with conidia from B.sorokiniana, demonstrated protection against the pathogen. Results suggested that PS from Tf presented induction of protection. Both PS (antigens) present an identical epitope demonstrated by reaction in Elisa test. The antibody against Xcc was specific for an epitope and bounded to another antigen due to having similar chemical properties.
IJERA (International journal of Engineering Research and Applications) is International online, ... peer reviewed journal. For more detail or submit your article, please visit www.ijera.com
IJERA (International journal of Engineering Research and Applications) is International online, ... peer reviewed journal. For more detail or submit your article, please visit www.ijera.com
IJERA (International journal of Engineering Research and Applications) is International online, ... peer reviewed journal. For more detail or submit your article, please visit www.ijera.com
International Journal of Engineering Research and Applications (IJERA) is an open access online peer reviewed international journal that publishes research and review articles in the fields of Computer Science, Neural Networks, Electrical Engineering, Software Engineering, Information Technology, Mechanical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Plastic Engineering, Food Technology, Textile Engineering, Nano Technology & science, Power Electronics, Electronics & Communication Engineering, Computational mathematics, Image processing, Civil Engineering, Structural Engineering, Environmental Engineering, VLSI Testing & Low Power VLSI Design etc.
International Journal of Engineering Research and Applications (IJERA) is a team of researchers not publication services or private publications running the journals for monetary benefits, we are association of scientists and academia who focus only on supporting authors who want to publish their work. The articles published in our journal can be accessed online, all the articles will be archived for real time access.
Our journal system primarily aims to bring out the research talent and the works done by sciaentists, academia, engineers, practitioners, scholars, post graduate students of engineering and science. This journal aims to cover the scientific research in a broader sense and not publishing a niche area of research facilitating researchers from various verticals to publish their papers. It is also aimed to provide a platform for the researchers to publish in a shorter of time, enabling them to continue further All articles published are freely available to scientific researchers in the Government agencies,educators and the general public. We are taking serious efforts to promote our journal across the globe in various ways, we are sure that our journal will act as a scientific platform for all researchers to publish their works online.
International Journal of Engineering Research and Applications (IJERA) is a team of researchers not publication services or private publications running the journals for monetary benefits, we are association of scientists and academia who focus only on supporting authors who want to publish their work. The articles published in our journal can be accessed online, all the articles will be archived for real time access.
Our journal system primarily aims to bring out the research talent and the works done by sciaentists, academia, engineers, practitioners, scholars, post graduate students of engineering and science. This journal aims to cover the scientific research in a broader sense and not publishing a niche area of research facilitating researchers from various verticals to publish their papers. It is also aimed to provide a platform for the researchers to publish in a shorter of time, enabling them to continue further All articles published are freely available to scientific researchers in the Government agencies,educators and the general public. We are taking serious efforts to promote our journal across the globe in various ways, we are sure that our journal will act as a scientific platform for all researchers to publish their works online.
International Journal of Engineering Research and Applications (IJERA) is a team of researchers not publication services or private publications running the journals for monetary benefits, we are association of scientists and academia who focus only on supporting authors who want to publish their work. The articles published in our journal can be accessed online, all the articles will be archived for real time access.
Our journal system primarily aims to bring out the research talent and the works done by sciaentists, academia, engineers, practitioners, scholars, post graduate students of engineering and science. This journal aims to cover the scientific research in a broader sense and not publishing a niche area of research facilitating researchers from various verticals to publish their papers. It is also aimed to provide a platform for the researchers to publish in a shorter of time, enabling them to continue further All articles published are freely available to scientific researchers in the Government agencies,educators and the general public. We are taking serious efforts to promote our journal across the globe in various ways, we are sure that our journal will act as a scientific platform for all researchers to publish their works online.
International Journal of Engineering Research and Applications (IJERA) is a team of researchers not publication services or private publications running the journals for monetary benefits, we are association of scientists and academia who focus only on supporting authors who want to publish their work. The articles published in our journal can be accessed online, all the articles will be archived for real time access.
Our journal system primarily aims to bring out the research talent and the works done by sciaentists, academia, engineers, practitioners, scholars, post graduate students of engineering and science. This journal aims to cover the scientific research in a broader sense and not publishing a niche area of research facilitating researchers from various verticals to publish their papers. It is also aimed to provide a platform for the researchers to publish in a shorter of time, enabling them to continue further All articles published are freely available to scientific researchers in the Government agencies,educators and the general public. We are taking serious efforts to promote our journal across the globe in various ways, we are sure that our journal will act as a scientific platform for all researchers to publish their works online.
International Journal of Engineering Research and Applications (IJERA) is a team of researchers not publication services or private publications running the journals for monetary benefits, we are association of scientists and academia who focus only on supporting authors who want to publish their work. The articles published in our journal can be accessed online, all the articles will be archived for real time access.
Our journal system primarily aims to bring out the research talent and the works done by sciaentists, academia, engineers, practitioners, scholars, post graduate students of engineering and science. This journal aims to cover the scientific research in a broader sense and not publishing a niche area of research facilitating researchers from various verticals to publish their papers. It is also aimed to provide a platform for the researchers to publish in a shorter of time, enabling them to continue further All articles published are freely available to scientific researchers in the Government agencies,educators and the general public. We are taking serious efforts to promote our journal across the globe in various ways, we are sure that our journal will act as a scientific platform for all researchers to publish their works online.
International Journal of Engineering Research and Applications (IJERA) is a team of researchers not publication services or private publications running the journals for monetary benefits, we are association of scientists and academia who focus only on supporting authors who want to publish their work. The articles published in our journal can be accessed online, all the articles will be archived for real time access.
Our journal system primarily aims to bring out the research talent and the works done by sciaentists, academia, engineers, practitioners, scholars, post graduate students of engineering and science. This journal aims to cover the scientific research in a broader sense and not publishing a niche area of research facilitating researchers from various verticals to publish their papers. It is also aimed to provide a platform for the researchers to publish in a shorter of time, enabling them to continue further All articles published are freely available to scientific researchers in the Government agencies,educators and the general public. We are taking serious efforts to promote our journal across the globe in various ways, we are sure that our journal will act as a scientific platform for all researchers to publish their works online.
International Journal of Engineering Research and Applications (IJERA) is a team of researchers not publication services or private publications running the journals for monetary benefits, we are association of scientists and academia who focus only on supporting authors who want to publish their work. The articles published in our journal can be accessed online, all the articles will be archived for real time access.
Our journal system primarily aims to bring out the research talent and the works done by sciaentists, academia, engineers, practitioners, scholars, post graduate students of engineering and science. This journal aims to cover the scientific research in a broader sense and not publishing a niche area of research facilitating researchers from various verticals to publish their papers. It is also aimed to provide a platform for the researchers to publish in a shorter of time, enabling them to continue further All articles published are freely available to scientific researchers in the Government agencies,educators and the general public. We are taking serious efforts to promote our journal across the globe in various ways, we are sure that our journal will act as a scientific platform for all researchers to publish their works online.
International Journal of Engineering Research and Applications (IJERA) is an open access online peer reviewed international journal that publishes research and review articles in the fields of Computer Science, Neural Networks, Electrical Engineering, Software Engineering, Information Technology, Mechanical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Plastic Engineering, Food Technology, Textile Engineering, Nano Technology & science, Power Electronics, Electronics & Communication Engineering, Computational mathematics, Image processing, Civil Engineering, Structural Engineering, Environmental Engineering, VLSI Testing & Low Power VLSI Design etc.
International Journal of Engineering Research and Applications (IJERA) is an open access online peer reviewed international journal that publishes research and review articles in the fields of Computer Science, Neural Networks, Electrical Engineering, Software Engineering, Information Technology, Mechanical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Plastic Engineering, Food Technology, Textile Engineering, Nano Technology & science, Power Electronics, Electronics & Communication Engineering, Computational mathematics, Image processing, Civil Engineering, Structural Engineering, Environmental Engineering, VLSI Testing & Low Power VLSI Design etc.
International Journal of Engineering Research and Applications (IJERA) is an open access online peer reviewed international journal that publishes research and review articles in the fields of Computer Science, Neural Networks, Electrical Engineering, Software Engineering, Information Technology, Mechanical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Plastic Engineering, Food Technology, Textile Engineering, Nano Technology & science, Power Electronics, Electronics & Communication Engineering, Computational mathematics, Image processing, Civil Engineering, Structural Engineering, Environmental Engineering, VLSI Testing & Low Power VLSI Design etc.
International Journal of Engineering Research and Applications (IJERA) is an open access online peer reviewed international journal that publishes research and review articles in the fields of Computer Science, Neural Networks, Electrical Engineering, Software Engineering, Information Technology, Mechanical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Plastic Engineering, Food Technology, Textile Engineering, Nano Technology & science, Power Electronics, Electronics & Communication Engineering, Computational mathematics, Image processing, Civil Engineering, Structural Engineering, Environmental Engineering, VLSI Testing & Low Power VLSI Design etc.
International Journal of Engineering Research and Applications (IJERA) is an open access online peer reviewed international journal that publishes research and review articles in the fields of Computer Science, Neural Networks, Electrical Engineering, Software Engineering, Information Technology, Mechanical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Plastic Engineering, Food Technology, Textile Engineering, Nano Technology & science, Power Electronics, Electronics & Communication Engineering, Computational mathematics, Image processing, Civil Engineering, Structural Engineering, Environmental Engineering, VLSI Testing & Low Power VLSI Design etc.
Optimizing The Bacteriocin Production In Strain Of Lactobacillus pentosus Iso...Innspub Net
MRS agar was used for the isolation of Lactobacillus strain. This strain was recognized through biochemical tests and 16S rRNA ribotyping, as Lactobacillus pentosus. Its antibacterial effects were detected by utilizing cell free supernatant (CFS). Escherichia coli, Bacillus subtilis and Staphylococcus aureus were used as test strains. CFS showed antimicrobial activity against the test strains. CFS was treated with proteinases for the confirmation of loss of antimicrobial activity. Loss of antimicrobial activity on exposure to proteinases indicated the presence of bacteriocin in CFS. CFS was also studied for its antimicrobial effect at different temperatures and pH. Optimum antimicrobial effect was recorded at pH 7 and at temperature 45°C. The current study indicates the antimicrobial activity of strain of L. pentosus against E. coli, B. subtilis and S. aureus.
The International Journal of Engineering & Science is aimed at providing a platform for researchers, engineers, scientists, or educators to publish their original research results, to exchange new ideas, to disseminate information in innovative designs, engineering experiences and technological skills. It is also the Journal's objective to promote engineering and technology education. All papers submitted to the Journal will be blind peer-reviewed. Only original articles will be published.
Preservative potentials of crude bacteriocins produced by Lactobacillus tucce...iosrjce
IOSR Journal of Biotechnology and Biochemistry (IOSR-JBB) covers studies of the chemical processes in living organisms, structure and function of cellular components such as proteins, carbohydrates, lipids, nucleic acids and other biomolecules, chemical properties of important biological molecules, like proteins, in particular the chemistry of enzyme-catalyzed reactions, genetic code (DNA, RNA), protein synthesis, cell membrane transport, and signal transduction. IOSR-JBB is privileged to focus on a wide range of biotechnology as well as high quality articles on genetic engineering, cell and tissue culture technologies, genetics, microbiology, molecular biology, biochemistry, embryology, cell biology, chemical engineering, bioprocess engineering, information technology, biorobotics.
Prevalence Of B.Cereus In Uncontrolled Fermented Cow-Milk And The Influence ...theijes
The International Journal of Engineering & Science is aimed at providing a platform for researchers, engineers, scientists, or educators to publish their original research results, to exchange new ideas, to disseminate information in innovative designs, engineering experiences and technological skills. It is also the Journal's objective to promote engineering and technology education. All papers submitted to the Journal will be blind peer-reviewed. Only original articles will be published.
The papers for publication in The International Journal of Engineering& Science are selected through rigorous peer reviews to ensure originality, timeliness, relevance, and readability.
Theoretical work submitted to the Journal should be original in its motivation or modeling structure. Empirical analysis should be based on a theoretical framework and should be capable of replication. It is expected that all materials required for replication (including computer programs and data sets) should be available upon request to the authors.
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Isolation and Characterization of Bacteriocin Producing Lactic Acid Bacteria ...inventionjournals
Bacteriocins are the extracellular proteins produced by the bacteria which inhibit the growth of similar or closely related bacterial strains. Lactic Acid Bacteria (LAB) are predominantly present in the fermented foods produce bacteriocins. In the present study, six strains (three strains each) were isolated from the fermented Bengal gram samples containing with husk and without husk.The organisms isolated were identified as Pediococcussp and Yeast sp.by the biochemical characterization. The bacteriocins produced by these organisms effectively inhibited the growth of E.coli, Klebsiellasp, Staphylococcus aureus, and Pseudomonas aerugenosabut couldn’t inhibit the growth of Proteus vulgaris and Bacillus sp. Strains c2 and c3 showed greater activity at low pH. All the strains showed antibacterial activity against Bacillus sp,E.coli, Klebsiellasp, Staphylococcus aureusand Pseudomonas aerugenosabut Proteus vulgaris showed high resistance when bacteriocin was exposed to temperatures 37°C and 80°C.
Isolation and Characterization of Bacteriocin Producing Lactic Acid Bacteria ...inventionjournals
Bacteriocins are the extracellular proteins produced by the bacteria which inhibit the growth of similar or closely related bacterial strains. Lactic Acid Bacteria (LAB) are predominantly present in the fermented foods produce bacteriocins. In the present study, six strains (three strains each) were isolated from the fermented Bengal gram samples containing with husk and without husk.The organisms isolated were identified as Pediococcussp and Yeast sp.by the biochemical characterization. The bacteriocins produced by these organisms effectively inhibited the growth of E.coli, Klebsiellasp, Staphylococcus aureus, and Pseudomonas aerugenosabut couldn’t inhibit the growth of Proteus vulgaris and Bacillus sp. Strains c2 and c3 showed greater activity at low pH. All the strains showed antibacterial activity against Bacillus sp,E.coli, Klebsiellasp, Staphylococcus aureusand Pseudomonas aerugenosabut Proteus vulgaris showed high resistance when bacteriocin was exposed to temperatures 37°C and 80°C.
Isolation and Characterization of Bacteriocin Producing Lactic Acid Bacteria ...inventionjournals
Bacteriocins are the extracellular proteins produced by the bacteria which inhibit the growth of similar or closely related bacterial strains. Lactic Acid Bacteria (LAB) are predominantly present in the fermented foods produce bacteriocins. In the present study, six strains (three strains each) were isolated from the fermented Bengal gram samples containing with husk and without husk.The organisms isolated were identified as Pediococcussp and Yeast sp.by the biochemical characterization. The bacteriocins produced by these organisms effectively inhibited the growth of E.coli, Klebsiellasp, Staphylococcus aureus, and Pseudomonas aerugenosabut couldn’t inhibit the growth of Proteus vulgaris and Bacillus sp. Strains c2 and c3 showed greater activity at low pH. All the strains showed antibacterial activity against Bacillus sp,E.coli, Klebsiellasp, Staphylococcus aureusand Pseudomonas aerugenosabut Proteus vulgaris showed high resistance when bacteriocin was exposed to temperatures 37°C and 80°C
Biodegradation of Profenofos Pesticide by Efficient Bacillus Cereus and Klebs...ijsrd.com
The objective of this study to examine potential for the degradation Profenofos pesticide by the bacteria and finding the optimum conditions of bacteria. The growth of the pesticide degrading bacteria was assessed in Mineral salt broth containing 25mg of pesticide at different level temperature levels (25°C,30°C, 35°C & 40°C) and pH levels ( pH 5, pH 6, pH 7 & pH 8) .The maximum growth rate of bacteria was recorded at 35°C and pH 6. Among the tow bacteria the bacteria Bacillus cereus utilized the pesticides effectively and showed maximum growth. Profenofos pesticide was biological degradable.
Evaluation of in vitro inhibitory effect of Enoxacin on Babesia and Theileria...sherein abdelgayed
Evaluation of in vitro inhibitory effect of Enoxacin on Babesia and Theileria parasites. 9th World Congress on Alternatives and Animal Use in the Life Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic, 24-28 August 2014.
Journal of Bacteriology and Mycology is a peer-reviewed, open access journal published by Austin Publishers. It provides easy access to high quality manuscripts in all related aspects of two major sub branches of Microbiology namely Bacteriology: the study of Bacterial Mycology& the study of fungus. The Journal focuses upon the identification, classification, characterization of bacterial/fungal species and the infections and health issues caused by these dreadful bacteria and fungus.
Austin Publishing Group is a successful host of more than hundred peer reviewed journals, open access journals in various fields of science and technology with intent to bridge the gap between academic and research access.
Journal of Bacteriology and Mycology journal accepts original research articles, review articles, case reports, mini reviews, rapid communication, opinions and editorials in all related aspects of Bacterial Mycology & Fungal Species.
State of ICS and IoT Cyber Threat Landscape Report 2024 previewPrayukth K V
The IoT and OT threat landscape report has been prepared by the Threat Research Team at Sectrio using data from Sectrio, cyber threat intelligence farming facilities spread across over 85 cities around the world. In addition, Sectrio also runs AI-based advanced threat and payload engagement facilities that serve as sinks to attract and engage sophisticated threat actors, and newer malware including new variants and latent threats that are at an earlier stage of development.
The latest edition of the OT/ICS and IoT security Threat Landscape Report 2024 also covers:
State of global ICS asset and network exposure
Sectoral targets and attacks as well as the cost of ransom
Global APT activity, AI usage, actor and tactic profiles, and implications
Rise in volumes of AI-powered cyberattacks
Major cyber events in 2024
Malware and malicious payload trends
Cyberattack types and targets
Vulnerability exploit attempts on CVEs
Attacks on counties – USA
Expansion of bot farms – how, where, and why
In-depth analysis of the cyber threat landscape across North America, South America, Europe, APAC, and the Middle East
Why are attacks on smart factories rising?
Cyber risk predictions
Axis of attacks – Europe
Systemic attacks in the Middle East
Download the full report from here:
https://sectrio.com/resources/ot-threat-landscape-reports/sectrio-releases-ot-ics-and-iot-security-threat-landscape-report-2024/
Slack (or Teams) Automation for Bonterra Impact Management (fka Social Soluti...Jeffrey Haguewood
Sidekick Solutions uses Bonterra Impact Management (fka Social Solutions Apricot) and automation solutions to integrate data for business workflows.
We believe integration and automation are essential to user experience and the promise of efficient work through technology. Automation is the critical ingredient to realizing that full vision. We develop integration products and services for Bonterra Case Management software to support the deployment of automations for a variety of use cases.
This video focuses on the notifications, alerts, and approval requests using Slack for Bonterra Impact Management. The solutions covered in this webinar can also be deployed for Microsoft Teams.
Interested in deploying notification automations for Bonterra Impact Management? Contact us at sales@sidekicksolutionsllc.com to discuss next steps.
Generating a custom Ruby SDK for your web service or Rails API using Smithyg2nightmarescribd
Have you ever wanted a Ruby client API to communicate with your web service? Smithy is a protocol-agnostic language for defining services and SDKs. Smithy Ruby is an implementation of Smithy that generates a Ruby SDK using a Smithy model. In this talk, we will explore Smithy and Smithy Ruby to learn how to generate custom feature-rich SDKs that can communicate with any web service, such as a Rails JSON API.
Smart TV Buyer Insights Survey 2024 by 91mobiles.pdf91mobiles
91mobiles recently conducted a Smart TV Buyer Insights Survey in which we asked over 3,000 respondents about the TV they own, aspects they look at on a new TV, and their TV buying preferences.
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Enterotoxigenic Profiles of psychrotolerant and mesophilic
strains of the Bacillus cereus group isolated from food in Morocco
Souad Merzougui1, 2
, Nozha Cohen1
, Noël Grosset3
, Michel Gautier3
,
Mustapha Lkhider4
1
Laboratoire de Microbiologie et d’Hygiène des aliments et des eaux, Institut Pasteur du Maroc
2
Laboratoire de Biotechnologie, Biochimie et Nutrition, Faculté des sciences d’El Jadida, Université Chouaib
doukkali, Maroc
3
Laboratoire de Microbiologie et Hygiène Alimentaire, Agrocampus ouest, Rennes, France
4
Département de Biologie, Faculté des Sciences et Techniques, Mohammedia, Maroc
ABSTRACT
The species Bacillus cereus, known for
its ability to cause food borne disease, consists of
a large variety of strains. An important property
for discrimination of strains is their growth
temperature range. Fifty-two strains of Bacillus
cereus isolated from different sources of food
(milk, dairy product, spices and rice salad) for
two years were determined to be either
mesophilic or psychrotrophic by growth at 6 °C
and at 43° C on optimal agar medium. The
strains were also screened by real time
polymerase chain reaction to discriminate
between mesophilic and psychrotrophic types.
The result obtained allowed highlighting eight
profiles. Thirty seven of the 52 strains were able
to grow at 6°C, but only thirteen conformed to
the new psychrotolerant species Bacillus
weihenstephanensis. The presence of the gene
components encoding production of enterotoxins
Nhe, Hbl, EntT and a recently described
cytotoxin K was determined by PCR. All the
strains possessed genes for at least one of these
toxins. The nhe genes were detected in a higher
proportion than hbl genes. Haemolytic
enterotoxin was detected in 71.1 per cent of the
isolates. Results of this study indicate that there
are intermediate forms between B. cereus and B.
weihenstephanensis, these results might be of
importance for gaining further understanding of
the growth properties of B. weihenstephanensis
and psychrotolerant B. cereus as well as their
contribution to food poisoning. However, no
relationship among haemolysis test, enterotoxin
genes and growth temperatures of the strains
was found.
Keywords: Bacillus cereus group, mesophilic,
Morocco, psychrotolerant, virulence genes
I. INTRODUCTION
Bacillus cereus is one of the pathogens
responsible for human diarrhoea, and source of
infestation is mainly due to consumption of
contaminated food. There are two types of B.
cereus food poisoning syndromes caused by two
independent toxins. The emetic toxin (<5kDa) is
resistant to heat, proteolytic enzyme and low pH.
This toxin causes nausea and vomiting within 1-5 h
after the consumption of contaminated food. The
diarrhoeal toxin is a 50 kDa heat-labile protein,
which is sensitive to proteolytic enzymes and
expressed during the late exponential phase of
growth. The onset of B. cereus mediated infection
is about 8-16 h, lasts for 12-24 h, and mostly
associated with abdominal pain, profuse watery
diarrhoea and tenesmus than nausea and vomiting
[1]. Four different enterotoxins have been
characterized: two protein complexes, hemolysin
BL (HBL) and nonhemolytic enterotoxin (NHE),
and two enterotoxic proteins, enterotoxin T (bc-D-
ENT) and cytotoxin K [2][3]. HBL complex is
composed of three proteins, B, L1, and L2 [4]
transcribed from the genes hblC (encoding L2),
hblD (encoding L1), and hblA (encoding B),
organized in one operon together with a fourth
gene, hblB (encoding the B’ protein) [5][6] . NHE
complex is also composed of three different
proteins, NheA, NheB, and NheC encoded by the
three genes nheA, nheB, and nheC, and it is also
organized in one operon [7]. Among the strains of
B. cereus a great diversity exists, for instance with
respect to the presence of enterotoxin genes, with
respect to the ability to produce emetic toxin and
with respect to the ability to grow at various
temperatures. B. cereus was not considered as a
psychrotolerant species until some cold-tolerant
isolates had been identified in the 1990. A new
species B. weihenstephanensis was studied which
was distinctive from mesophilic B. cereus [8].
Considering the heat resistance of their spores, the
vegetative production of emetic and enterotoxic
toxins at refrigeration temperatures, the occurrence
of psychrotolerant B. cereus strains and their
consequent impact on the safety of chilled foods
are needed to be investigated.
B. weihenstephanensis was initially defined as “an
isolate of a new species growing at 4–7 °C but not
at 43 °C and which can be identified rapidly using
rDNA or cspA targeted PCR”. However, some
research indicated that the growth temperature of B.
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weihenstephanensis should be limited from 5 °C to
37 °C [9] or 7 °C to 38 °C [10], and that some B.
cereus strains also contained both rDNA operons
with psychrotolerant and mesophilic signatures
[11], suggesting that the psychrotrophic B. cereus
strains should not be classified as B.
weihenstephanensis and that intermediate forms
between the two species might exist.
The objective of the present work was to
evaluate the biodiversity of psychrotrophic and
mesophilic bacteria of the B. cereus group, and to
analyze the distribution of enterotoxin genes and
the haemolysis activity in food strains of various
origins (isolated from milk, dairy product, spices
and rice salad).
II. MATERIALS AND METHODS
II. 1 Bacillus cereus group strains
The collection comprised 52 isolates of the
B. cereus group that were isolated from milk and
dairy products, rice salad and spices (Table 3). The
food samples were collected from hotels,
restaurants, and private companies in several cities
in Morocco (mainly from Casablanca, Tanger,
Rabat and Marrakech). All strains were stored at -
80°C in a meat broth with glycerol.
II. 2 Growth profiles of isolates
The strains were search for specific
sequences by real time PCR (SYBR Green
chemistry, iCycler optical module 584BR, BioRad,
Marnes-la-Coquette, France), allowing to the
discrimination between psychrotrophic and
mesophilic strains in the group. The PCR
conditions described by Von Stetten et al. (1998)
[12] and Francis et al. (1998) [13] were adapted to
real time PCR, by using the same published
primers, mf and ur primers for the 16S rDNA1-m
sequence, pr and uf primers for the 16S rDNA-2 p
sequence, and BcAPF1 and BcAPR1 for the
psychrotrophic cspA sequence.
The isolates were also propagated in
Mossel agar at 30 °C for 24 h for the determination
of the ability to grow at 6 °C and 43 °C on solid
medium.
II. 3 Molecular characterization to detect
virulence genes
The 52 strains of the B. cereus group were
tested for the presence of the virulence genes hbl
(C, D, A, and B), nhe (A, B, and C), bceT
(encoding the bc-D-ENT enterotoxin), and cytK
(encoding cytotoxin K). Genomic DNA was
purified with the DNeasy 96 Tissue kit (Quiagen,
Courtaboeuf, France) as recommended by the
manufacturer.
The primers used are shown in Table 1.
PCR amplification was performed in a 25 µl
reaction volume. Each reaction mixture contained
100 ng of DNA template, primers (primers and
concentration used are described in Table 1), 1.5 U
of Taq polymerase (BioLabs, Ipswich, Mass.), 200
µM deoxyrebonuleoside triphsphate (BioLabs), and
1.5 mM MgCl2 in a PCR buffer (2.5 µl of a 10X
PCR buffer). The amplification reactions were
carried out in a Biorad- iCycler version 1.280
(Biorad, Marnes la coquette, France) as follows: 4
min at 95°C, followed by 30 cycles of 30 s at
95°C, 30 s for annealing (annealing temperatures
are given in Table 2), and 1 min at 72°C. The
program finished with an additional 7 min
extension step at 72°C.
For the hblB amplification reaction,
parameters used were 2 min at 94°C, followed by
10 cycles of 10 s at 94°C, 30 s at 58°C, and 2 min
at 68°C; 20 cycles of 10 s at 94°C, 30 s at 58°C, 2
min (plus 20 s per cycle) at 68°C; and a final
extension at 68°C for 7 min. For each run, the
whole PCR mix without DNA template was used as
a negative control. After the amplification, 5 µl of
reaction mixture was analyzed by electrophoresis
on a 1 % agarose gel in Tris-borate-EDTA buffer
(Tris, 89 mM; boric acid, 89 mM; EDTA, 2 mM) at
90 V for 45 min. The gel was stained by ethidium
bromide to check the size of the PCR products.
II. 4 Haemolysin assay
Data for the hemolytic activity and
production on blood agar plates were detailed in
previous studies [14]. Briefly, culture of individual
isolates of B. cereus obtained from overnight
culture grown in brain heart infusion broth (BHI)
for 24h at 30°C assessed for haemolytic activity by
agar well plate assay using sheep blood agar (SBA)
(bioMeriux, France). Some microlitres of culture
were added in the SBA plates and incubated at
30°C and monitored for haemolytic pattern [15].
III. RESULTS
III. 1 Classification of the 52 isolates on the basis
of genotypic and phenotypic characteristics
All strains were separated into
psychrotrophic/psychrotolerant or mesophilic
groups by their ability to grow at 6 and 43°C (Table
2). In this study, the two PCR-based methods
described by Von Stetten et al. (1998) and Francis
et al. (1998) were adapted to real time PCR, to
discriminate mesophilic strains from
psychrotrophic (B. weihenstephanensis). One is
based on the amplification of a segment of the
cold-shock protein A gene (cspA), in which only
psychrotrophic strains have the specific signature
sequence that makes amplification possible. The
other method takes advantage of specific sequence
differences between mesophilic and
psychrotolerant strains in the 16S rDNA. When
screening our strains according to these methods,
eight profiles were highlighted (Table 2). The
profile 1 represented 25% of the collection. It
comprised isolates able to grow at 6 °C, unable to
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grow at 43°C and showing the following genetic
signatures: presence of the cspA and 16S rDNA-2 p
signatures and absence of the 16S rDNA-1 m
signature. This profile corresponds to the
characteristics of the species B. weihenstephanensis
described by Lechner et al. (1998) [8]. The two
isolates of the profile 2 (3.8%) had the same
features except for the growth at 43°C. The two
isolates of the profile 3 (3.8%) possessing the cspA
and 16S rDNA-2 p signatures, was able to grow at
43 °C but not at 6 °C. We also observed the
presence of isolates exhibiting both mesophilic and
psychotrophic 16S rDNA signatures, corresponding
to the profiles 4, 5, 6, and 7, representing 17.3,
19.2, 11.5, and 5.8% of the collection, respectively.
Only seven strains constituting the profile 8
(13.5%) were strictly mesophilic in the sense that
just the mesophilic of 16S rDNA was amplified and
that they were negative in the cspA PCR.
III. 2 Detection of virulence genes
The four genes, hblC, hblD, hblA and
hblB were detected in 20 isolates (38.5%). Six
(11.5%) isolates possessed three of the foor hbl
genes, ten (19.2%) isolates possessed two of the
foor hbl genes and two (3.8%) had only one gene
coding the HBL complex. Fourteen (26.9%) B.
cereus isolates had none of HBL complex.
All the three genes nheA, nheB and
nheC, were detected in 35 (67.3%) of 52 B. cereus
isolates. Fourteen (26.9%) isolates harboured two
nhe genes and two (3.8%) isolates harboured one
nhe genes, whereas only one (1.9%) isolate lacked
all three genes of NHE complex (Table 3). The
nonhaemolytic enterotoxin (NHE) genes nheA,
nheB, and nheC (98, 82.7 and 78.8%, respectively)
were frequently detected than haemolytic
enterotoxin (HBL) genes, hblC, hblD, hblA and
hblB (73.1, 55.8, 51.9 and 50%, respectively). The
newly described CytK, which might cause necrotic
enteritis, was detected in eleven of the strains
(21.1%). The possible significance of the
enterotoxin T in B. cereus foodborne illness has not
been established. This toxin is a single protein,
which was identified by Agata et al [2]. In our
assay, 29 of 52 strains (55.8%) possessed the bceT
gene (Table 3).
No significant occurrence in difference
of enterotoxic genes between the psychrotolerant
and mesophilic strains was observed in this study.
III. 3 Haemolysin assay
Majority (71.1%) of the B. cereus
isolates exhibited haemolysis (Table 3). The
expression of haemolysin was associated with
presence of any of the hbl genes. Haemolytic
activity was not detected in 15 isolates, which did
not harbour any hbl genes (Table 3).
IV. DISCUSSION
B. cereus associated food poisoning is
underreported as the types of illnesses witches were
relatively mild and usually last for less than 24 h.
Nevertheless, occasional reports of more severe
form of diarrhoeal type of illnesses, ubiquitous
presence and heat-stable endospore forming nature
of the organism underscore the significance of the
organism. The unique properties such as heat
resistance, endospore forming ability, toxin
production and psychrotrophic nature give ample
scope for this organism to be a prime cause of
public health hazard [16].
In this study, we have basically established
correlation between our strains and a number of
already known profiles [17]. These profiles
comprised pure psychrotrophic ones characterized
by the presence of both 16S rDNA-2 p and cspA
sequences, pure mesophilic ones characterized by
the presence of 16S rDNA-1 m, intermediate ones
exhibiting either the psychrotrophic sequences
together with the mesophilic phenotypic profile
described by Von Stetten et al. (1999), or both the
16S rDNA-2 p and 16S rDNA-1 m sequences,
probably due to the coexistence of mesophilic and
psychrotolerant 16S rDNA operon copies within a
single strain [12]. The profile 1, identified as the
species B. weihenstephanensis, represented 25% of
the collection. These results are in agreement with
those of Bartoszewicz et al. (2008) [18] who
mainly collected B. weihenstephanensis isolates
from milk. In 1998 the species B.
weihenstephanensis was suggested as the sixth
species within the B. cereus group comprising
psychrotolerant, but not mesophilic, B. cereus
strains [8]. Isolates of this new species grow at 4-
7°C but not at 43°C and can be identified rapidly
using rDNA or cspA targeted PCR. The main
problem seems to be that the almost half of the
strains that we have looked at in this study are
positive for both a mesophilic and a psychotropic
PCR product using the 16S rDNA primers (Table
2), as pointed out before by Pruss et al. Only seven
of our 52 strains were strict mesophilic. The
thirteen strains that gave a psychrotrophic PCR
rDNA product were all positive for the
psychrotrophic cspA, and grew at 6°C but not at
43°C and should, according to the definition, be B.
weihenstephanensis. However, the main problem is
that the three strains (Profile 7) that grew at 6°C but
not at 43°C were positive for the psychrotrophic
cspA and positive for both the mesophilic and
psychrotrophic rDNA. For the time being we will
still call these three strains B. cereus. We can
therefore found that there are intermediate forms
between B. cereus and B. weihenstephanensis
based on the suggested criteria.
The different enterotoxic protein
complexes have been characterized in this study,
nhe genes found in most of the strains in a higher
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proportion than hbl genes. Distribution of these
genes in B. cereus was in this study compared to
other reports [19]. Hansen and Hendriksen reported
that polymorphism among the genes is the likely
explanation of the inability to detect all genes in
some B. cereus isolates by PCR [20]. The result
obtained for the cytK gene (21.1%) is in accordance
with the observation of other authors, who founded
few strains positive for cytK [7]. It’s interesting to
point out that the presence of the cytK gene was
almost independent of the presence of the rest of
virulence factors analyzed here. The less studied
bceT gene appears widely distributed or at low
frequencies according to yang et al [21]. In this
study, 55.8% of the strains possessed the bceT
gene. A recently published study indicates that the
bceT gene is widely distributed among B. cereus
strains, and that there is strain variation in the gene
sequence [20].
Indeed presence of the psychrotolerant
rDNA and specific gene are not unique
characteristics of psychrotolerant strains.
Furthermore, our results showed that no significant
difference was found between psychrotolerant B.
cereus and B. weihenstephanensis in enterotoxic
genes, rDNA or cspA targeted PCR, and growth
characteristics at low temperature.
All the isolates that were positive for hbl
genes in PCR exhibited haemolysis in SBA.
Similar to the finding of Thaenthanee et al [22], we
have detected higher number (71.1%) of B. cereus
isolates that displayed high haemolysis activity.
There is no correlation between
haemolysis test, enterotoxin genes and growth
temperatures. Four of the seven strict mesophilic
strains were highly haemolytic while the last three
were negative in the haemolysis test. Same remarks
for the others strains. The reason for lack of
heamolysis in some strains may be due to missing
components of Hbl and/or Nhe, or mutations in the
genes that might have dramatically reduced
biological activity.
V. TABLES
Table 1. Characteristics of primers used in the simplex PCR for the detection of virulence genes in B. cereus
Primer name Gene Annealing
temp (°C)
Product
size
(bp)
Primer
concn
(µM)
Sequence (5’→3’)
HC F
HC R
hblC 50 740 0.5 GATAC(T, C)AATGTGGCAACTGC
TTGAGACTGCTCG(T, C)TAGTTG
HD F
HD R
hblD 50 829 0.5 ACCGGTAACACTATTCATGC
GAGTCCATATGCTTAGATGC
HA F
HA R
hblA 50 1.154 0.5 AAGCAATGGAATACAATGGG
AGAATCTAAATCATGCCACTGC
HA F
HB R
hblB 50 2.684 0.5 AAGCAATGGAATACAATGGG
AATATGTCCCAGTACACCCG
NA F
NA R
nheA 55 755 0.2 GTTAGGATCACAATCACCGC
ACGAATGTAATTTGAGTCGC
NB F
NB R
nheB 55 743 0.2 TTTAGTAGTGGATCTGTACGC
TTAATGTTCGTTAATCCTGC
NC F
NC R
nheC 54 683 0.4 TGGATTCCAAGATGTAACG
ATTACGACTTCTGCTTGTGC
TF1
TR1
bceT 52 407 0.5 TTACATTACCAGGACGAGCTT
TGTTTGTGATTGTAATTCAGG
CK F
CK R
cytK 50 809 0.5 ACAGATATCGG(G, T)CAAAATGC
GAACTG(G, ) (AT)AACTGGGTTGGA
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36 spices - - - - + + + - + -
37 rice salad + + - - + + + - - +
38 spices + + + + + - - + + +
39 milk + + + + + + + - - +
40 dairy product + + + - + + + - - -
41 spices + - + - + - + - + +
42 dairy product + + + + + + + - - +
43 spices + + - - + + - - - +
44 dairy product - - - - + + + - - -
45 milk - - - - + + + - + -
46 dairy product + + - - + + + - + +
47 spices + + + + + + + - + +
48 milk + - + - + + - + + +
49 spices + + + + + + + - - +
50 dairy product - - - - + + + - + -
51 rice salad + + - - + + + + + +
52 milk - - - - + + + - - -
VI. CONCLUSION
In conclusion, the occurrence and
behaviour of bacillus cereus in food need to be
more investigated. A better understanding of the
conditions for enterotoxin production and growth
temperatures is needed in the future to reduce the
food borne infection caused by B. cereus in
Morocco.
VII. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
The authors are grateful to all
collaborators in this study. We would like to thank
RIIP (Réseau International de l’Institut Pasteur) for
able finance collaboration.
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