This type of medium is both selective and differential. The MSA will select for organisms such as Staphylococcus species which can live in areas of high salt concentration (plate on the left in the ...

Lactic acid bacteria (LAB) are a heterogenous group of bacteria that play an important role in a variety of fermentation processes and food preservations. Since ancient times, LAB have been ...

Research Center, Hebei Medical University Fourth Affiliated Hospital and Hebei Provincial Tumor Hospital, Shijiazhuang, Hebei Province 050011, China ...

The normality of data distribution was tested by the Shapiro-Wilk test. Two-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) was used to compare groups. When significant differences between groups were observed, the ...