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Applied Microbiology, Volume 2, Issue 1

March 2022 - 21 articles

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Articles (21)

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
6,688 Views
14 Pages

Biological control is an environmentally friendly approach that holds promise to complement or replace chemicals to effectively protect crop plants against pests and pathogens. Environmental samples with highly diverse and competitive microbiomes tha...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
4,539 Views
16 Pages

Bioregenerative life support systems (BLSS) are currently in development to tackle low recovery efficiencies, high energy demands, as well as food, water, and oxygen production challenges through the regeneration of nutrients from waste streams. The...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
4,824 Views
12 Pages

Bioactivity of Mupirocin Nanoparticle-Loaded Hydrogel against Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)

  • Sukanjana Kamlungmak,
  • Monwadee Wonglapsuwan,
  • Komwit Surachat,
  • Panchalika Deachamag and
  • Teerapol Srichana

This novel study investigated the loading of mupirocin nanoparticles into a hydrogel which was expected to enhance the antibacterial activity of mupirocin. The inhibition of isoleucyl-tRNA synthetase and global gene expression in methicillin-resistan...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
4,734 Views
12 Pages

Biosurfactant-Producing Mucor Strains: Selection, Screening, and Chemical Characterization

  • Mélanie Chotard,
  • Jérôme Mounier,
  • Raissa Meye,
  • Carole Padel,
  • Bérengère Claude,
  • Reine Nehmé,
  • David Da Silva,
  • Stéphane Le Floch and
  • Marie-Elisabeth Lucchesi

Biosurfactants are amphiphilic molecules with surface tension reducing activities. Among biosurfactant producers, fungi have been identified as promising organisms. While many studies have investigated biosurfactant production in fungal species from...

  • Article
  • Open Access
34 Citations
7,381 Views
11 Pages

Enhancing Lipase Production of Bacillus salmalaya Strain 139SI Using Different Carbon Sources and Surfactants

  • Mohammed Al Mohaini,
  • Arshad Farid,
  • Muhammad Muzammal,
  • Shakira Ghazanfar,
  • Arezoo Dadrasnia,
  • Abdulkhaliq J. Alsalman,
  • Maitham A. Al Hawaj,
  • Yousef N. Alhashem and
  • Salmah Ismail

Microbial lipase is one of the major sources of the enzyme that has been broadly exploited in the food, detergent, and pharmaceutical industries due to its high catalytic activity, high yield, and environmental friendliness and cost-effectiveness. Th...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
4,200 Views
10 Pages

Biochemical Profile and Antimicrobial Activity of an Herbal-Based Formula and Its Potential Application in Cosmetic Industry

  • Alice Grigore,
  • Lucia Camelia Pirvu,
  • Ionica Bejanaru,
  • Georgeta Neagu,
  • Camelia Filofteia Diguta,
  • Luciana Glava,
  • Carmen Ionita and
  • Florentina Matei

Microbial infections, and especially microbial resistance, are critical and actual problems that require targeted and efficient therapeutic intervention. Natural-based solutions are a viable alternative, at least for complementary therapy, due to few...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
4,344 Views
12 Pages

Scale-Up of Dark Fermentative Biohydrogen Production by Artificial Microbial Co-Cultures

  • İpek Ergal,
  • Elisa Zech,
  • Nikola Hanišáková,
  • Ivan Kushkevych,
  • Werner Fuchs,
  • Tomáš Vítěz,
  • Monika Vítězová,
  • Günther Bochmann and
  • Simon K.-M. R. Rittmann

As a renewable energy carrier, dark fermentative biohydrogen (H2) represents a promising future alternative to fossil fuels. Recently, the limited H2 yield of 4 moles of H2 per mole glucose, the so-called “Thauer limit”, was surpassed by...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2,861 Views
18 Pages

Based on the collected data on the diversity of microalgae and environmental indicators in dry and wet seasons during 2011–2018, from 45 samples, 59 species of microalgae were identified in the ornithological object—Lake Agmon in the Hula...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
3,056 Views
12 Pages

Experience of Using Antifungal Rocima GT for Protection of Paper from Biological Damage Caused by Fungi

  • Alexey D. Vlasov,
  • Katerina V. Sazanova,
  • Elena G. Hosid,
  • Tat’yana S. Tkachenko,
  • Andrey I. Alekseev,
  • Ivan M. Pchelin and
  • Alexandr A. Galushkin

This study proposes a method for the chamber disinfection of paper with biocide in the form of fine, volatile droplets using antifungal Rocima GT. This method provides a fungicidal effect, and within a short exposure time, a fungistatic one. At a con...

  • Communication
  • Open Access
6 Citations
4,444 Views
10 Pages

Colonization of Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG in Cirrhinus molitorella (Mud Carp) Fingerling: Evidence for Improving Disease Resistance and Growth Performance

  • Yang-Mei Yu,
  • Peggy Miu-Yee Poon,
  • Aayushi Ashok Sharma,
  • Sidney Man-Ngai Chan,
  • Fred Wang-Fat Lee,
  • Ian Wing-Yin Mo and
  • Eric Tung-Po Sze

The use of probiotic bacteria can not only enhance the nutritional utilization of fish feeds to produce more biomass but can also provide a practically “safer” alternative to the fish farming industry to reduce the abuse of antibiotics an...

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