The Corynebacterium is a genus of bacteria of growing clinical importance. Progress in
medicine results in growing population of immunocompromised patients and growing …

Clostridium perfringens type C causes severe and lethal necrotic enteritis (NE) in newborn
piglets. NE is diagnosed through a combination of pathology and bacteriologic …

Background Matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization-time of flight mass spectrometry
(MALDI-TOF MS) has been rapidly developed and widely used as an analytical technique in …

Abstract Background MALDI-TOF MS is an analytical method that has recently become
integral in the identification of microorganisms in clinical laboratories. It relies on databases …

Chitinases are hydrolytic enzymes that dissolve the glycosidic linkages in chitin. Chitin is a
cell wall component of fungi and fund in exoskeleten of worms and arthropods. Chitinase …

Gas gangrene is a necrotizing infection of subcutaneous tissue and muscle that affects
mainly ruminants and horses, but also other domestic and wild mammals. Clostridium …

Staphylococcus species have a ubiquitous habitat in a wide range of foods, thus the ability
to identify staphylococci at the species level is critical in the food industry. In this study, we …

Background Clostridium is a genus of Gram-positive, spore-forming, anaerobic bacteria
comprising approximately 100 species. Some Clostridium spp.(C. botulinum, C. perfringens …

Matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization-time of flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF MS)
has emerged as a reliable tool for bacterial identification. This study compared the Bruker …

The present study aimed to evaluate the Clostridium spp. counts in corn silage, raw milk and
Kaşar cheese and to identify the clostridial isolates causing a late-blowing defect (LBD) …