Volume 3, Number 1, March 2013 (Special Issue on )

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Diversity and Bioactivity of Cultivable Animal Fecal Actinobacteria

Yi Jiang, Li Han, Xiu Chen, Min Yin, Dan Zheng, Yong Wang, Shumei Qiu, Xueshi Huang

Abstract | References PDF (834KB), PP. 1-13, Pub. Date: March 27, 2013

DOI: 10.4236/aim.2013.31001, Downloads: 373 Google Scholar

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Selection Vector for Direct Cloning of Proof Reading Polymerase Chain Reaction Products Based on the Lethal ccdB Gene in Escherichia coli

Pascal Weibel, Miriam Ender, Jerzy Madon, Annelies S. Zinkernagel, Reto A. Schuepbach

Abstract | References PDF (521KB), PP. 14-20, Pub. Date: March 27, 2013

DOI: 10.4236/aim.2013.31002, Downloads: 311 Google Scholar

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Pre-Enrichment of Estuarine and Fresh Water Environmental Samples with Sodium Chloride Yields in Better Recovery of Vibrio parahaemolyticus

Yoshimitsu Otomo, Farzana Hossain, Fazle Rabbi, Yuki Yakuwa, Chowdhury Rafiqul Ahsan

Abstract | References PDF (56KB), PP. 21-25, Pub. Date: March 27, 2013

DOI: 10.4236/aim.2013.31003, Downloads: 170 Google Scholar

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Influence of Antibiotics and Surfactants Addition on Growth and Methionine Productivity by Bacillus cereus

Kelechi Stanley Dike, Ikechukwu Amechi Ekwealor, Samuel Chukwunyelum Eziuzor

Abstract | References PDF (77KB), PP. 26-31, Pub. Date: March 27, 2013

DOI: 10.4236/aim.2013.31004, Downloads: 235 Google Scholar

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Purification and Characterization of Alkaline Xylanase Secreted from Paenibacillus macquariensis

Meeta Sharma, Saurabh Mehta, Anil Kumar

Abstract | References PDF (545KB), PP. 32-41, Pub. Date: March 27, 2013

DOI: 10.4236/aim.2013.31005, Downloads: 268 Google Scholar

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Activation of Ethanol Production by Combination of Recombinant Ralstonia eutropha and Electrochemical Reducing Power

Bo Young Jeon, Jun Yeong Yi, Il Lae Jung, Doo Hyun Park

Abstract | References PDF (185KB), PP. 42-45, Pub. Date: March 27, 2013

DOI: 10.4236/aim.2013.31006, Downloads: 218 Google Scholar

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Metabolic Engineering of Thermoanaerobacterium thermosaccharolyticum for Increased n-Butanol Production

Ashwini Bhandiwad, Anna Guseva, Lee Lynd

Abstract | References PDF (500KB), PP. 46-51, Pub. Date: March 27, 2013

DOI: 10.4236/aim.2013.31007, Downloads: 207 Google Scholar

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Therapeutic Potential of Staphylococcal Bacteriophages for Nasal Decolonization of Staphylococcus aureus in Mice

Madhavi H. Narasimhaiah, Jiya Y. Asrani, Sundaram M. Palaniswamy, Jagadeesh Bhat, Shilpa E. George, Rajamuthu Srinivasan, Aradhana Vipra, Srividya N. Desai, Raghu Patil Junjappa, Panchali Roy, Bharathi Sriram, Sriram Padmanabhan

Abstract | References PDF (208KB), PP. 52-60, Pub. Date: March 28, 2013

DOI: 10.4236/aim.2013.31008, Downloads: 323 Google Scholar

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PCR Detection of the Three Neofabraea Pathogenic Species Responsible for Apple Bull’s Eye Rot

Dongmei Cao, Xin Li, Jijuan Cao, Weifang Wang

Abstract | References PDF (156KB), PP. 61-64, Pub. Date: March 28, 2013

DOI: 10.4236/aim.2013.31009, Downloads: 143 Google Scholar

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Efficacy of Antimicrobial Lauric Arginate against Listeria monocytogenes on Stainless Steel Coupons

Jasdeep K. Saini, Miguel A. Barrios, James L. Marsden, Kelly J. K. Getty, Daniel Y. C. Fung

Abstract | References PDF (165KB), PP. 65-68, Pub. Date: March 28, 2013

DOI: 10.4236/aim.2013.31010, Downloads: 182 Google Scholar

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Phylogenetic Identification of Pathogenic Fungi from Apple in Batu City, Malang, Indonesia

Fitria W. Lestari, Suharjono  , Estri L. Arumingtyas

Abstract | References PDF (629KB), PP. 69-75, Pub. Date: March 28, 2013

DOI: 10.4236/aim.2013.31011, Downloads: 273 Google Scholar

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Effect of Stress-Adaptation on Antibiotic Sensitivity Profiles of Campylobacter jejuni

Geetha S. Kumar-Phillips, Irene Hanning, Michael Slavik

Abstract | References PDF (232KB), PP. 76-82, Pub. Date: March 28, 2013

DOI: 10.4236/aim.2013.31012, Downloads: 198 Google Scholar

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Detection of 232bp Virulent Gene of Pathogenic Aeromonas hydrophila through PCR Based Technique: (A Rapid Molecular Diagnostic Approach)

Agniswar Sarkar, Mousumi Saha, Pranab Roy

Abstract | References PDF (144KB), PP. 83-87, Pub. Date: March 28, 2013

DOI: 10.4236/aim.2013.31013, Downloads: 213 Google Scholar

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Growth Yields of Four Coxiella burnetii Isolates in Four Different Cell Culture Lines

Michelle G. Lockhart, Aminul Islam, Stanley G. Fenwick, Stephen R. Graves, John Stenos

Abstract | References PDF (184KB), PP. 88-90, Pub. Date: March 28, 2013

DOI: 10.4236/aim.2013.31014, Downloads: 160 Google Scholar

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Characterization of NADase-Inactive NAD⁺ Glycohydrolase in Streptococcus pyogenes

Ichiro Tatsuno, Masanori Isaka, Tadao Hasegawa

Abstract | References PDF (296KB), PP. 91-100, Pub. Date: March 28, 2013

DOI: 10.4236/aim.2013.31015, Downloads: 162 Google Scholar

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Improved Method for Isolation of Microbial RNA from Biofuel Feedstock for Metatranscriptomics

Hailan Piao, Lye Meng Markillie, David E. Culley, Roderick I. Mackie, Matthias Hess

Abstract | References PDF (229KB), PP. 101-107, Pub. Date: March 28, 2013

DOI: 10.4236/aim.2013.31016, Downloads: 273 Google Scholar

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Microbial Adhesion on Orthodontic Ligating Materials: An in Vitro Assessment

Pandurangan Harikrishnan, Thillai Saku Subha, Varadharajan Kavitha, Arumugam Gnanamani

Abstract | References PDF (389KB), PP. 108-114, Pub. Date: March 28, 2013

DOI: 10.4236/aim.2013.31017, Downloads: 163 Google Scholar

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Isolation and Identification of Two Antibacterial Agents from Chromolaena odorata L. Active against Four Diarrheal Strains

Ménonvè Atindehou, Latifou Lagnika, Bernard Guérold, Jean Marc Strub, Minjie Zhao, Alain Van Dorsselaer, Eric Marchioni, Gilles Prévost, Youssef Haikel, Corinne Taddéi, Ambaliou Sanni, Marie-Hélène Metz-Boutigue

Abstract | References PDF (160KB), PP. 115-121, Pub. Date: March 29, 2013

DOI: 10.4236/aim.2013.31018, Downloads: 170 Google Scholar

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A Single Blind Comparative Randomized Non-Inferior Multicenter Study for Efficacy and Safety of Levofloxacin versus Ciprofloxacin in the Treatment of Uncomplicated Typhoid Fever

Ronald Nelwan, Khie Chen Lie, Suharyo Hadisaputro, Eddy Suwandoyo, Suharto  , Nasronudin  , Hadi Yusuf, Primal Sudjana, Gatoet Ismanoe, Djoni Djunaedi, Halim Mubin, Munirah Said, Diana Paramita

Abstract | References PDF (169KB), PP. 122-127, Pub. Date: March 29, 2013

DOI: 10.4236/aim.2013.31019, Downloads: 218 Google Scholar

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Occurrence of Vibrio cholerae in Some Households Engaged in Livestock Farming in Some Parts of Zaria, Nigeria

Grace Onyukwo Abakpa, Veronica Jallath Umoh, Joseph Baba Ameh

Abstract | References PDF (115KB), PP. 128-131, Pub. Date: March 29, 2013

DOI: 10.4236/aim.2013.31020, Downloads: 203 Google Scholar