Identification of microbes joins together the discipline of microbiology with the study of infectious diseases. Methods of reliable and accurate microbial identification are valuable to a wide range ...

Edited by James M. Tiedje, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, and approved July 29, 2015 (received for review April 2, 2015) Ureolytic activity of a N. moscoviensis pure culture during ...

Helicobacter pylori is commonly associated with gastric ulcer. The bacteria are showing resistance to common antibiotics. Natural antimicrobial such as Clove oil, curcumin showed significant ...

Grasslands play an important role in conserving natural biodiversity and providing ecosystem functions and services for societies. Soil fertility is an important property in grassland, and the ...

Quantifying urease activity is an important task for Microbial Induced Calcite Precipitation research. A new urease activity microplate assay using a fluorescent pH indicator is presented. The method ...

ABSTRACT: Several enzymes catalyze much of the processes that exist in the soil. Enzymes in polluted soils are usually less active due to their exposure to heavy metals. The main goal of this study ...

The Supporting Information is available free of charge at https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.analchem.1c00663. (Figures S1–S10) Structural and color changes ...

1 Institute of Tropical Medicine and Infectious Diseases, Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, Nairobi, Kenya. 2 Centre for Microbiology Research, Kenya Medical Research Institute, ...

Renal diseases represent a major public health problem. The demonstration that maladaptive repair of acute kidney injury (AKI) can lead to the development of chronic kidney disease (CKD) and end-stage ...