Phenotypic and genotypic methods were used to identify the isolated strains, and their antimicrobial activity was evaluated against common foodborne pathogens, including Escherichia coli and ...

Fungal cultures typically require extended incubation periods of up to four weeks to identify slow-growing species, impacting the clinical ... using several biochemical tests, including Gram staining, ...

Around 70 Salmonella infections have been linked to eating eggs in Belgium. At the start of 2025, the National Reference Centre for Salmonella at Sciensano detected an increase in reports of a ...

Fish is a food of high nutritional value that constitutes an important source of protein for the world population. The 2020 fish production data published by the World Food and Agriculture ...

As an alternative, Gram-stain-based microbiological diagnosis of BV has been proposed. To perform a Gram stain, vaginal fluid or discharge is collected on a glass slide, allowed to air-dry ...

The barrier assessments are further hindered by the natural variability of this functional entity depending on species and genes as well as on diet and other environmental factors. In the final ...

Bio-Rad’s assays use real-time polymerase chain reaction technology to amplify and detect specific DNA sequences of target ...

For the identification of bacterial species, MALDI-TOF was utilised ... and small multidrug resistance family (SMR). In gram-positive bacteria, efflux pumps consist of a single component. But in ...

Center for Sustainable Polymers, Mindanao State University─Iligan Institute of Technology, Iligan City 9200, Philippines Seaweed Research and Development Center, Mindanao State University─Tawi-Tawi, ...