Nowadays bioactive compounds have gained great attention in food and drug industries
owing to their health aspects as well as antimicrobial and antioxidant attributes …

Background There is confusion over the definition of the term “viability state (s)” of
microorganisms.“Viability staining” or “vital staining techniques” are used to distinguish live …

The relationship between membrane damage and loss of viability following pressure
treatment was examined in Escherichia coli strains C9490, H1071, and NCTC 8003. These …

Curcumin was successfully encapsulated in yeast cells of Saccharomyces cerevisiae as
confirmed by fluorescence microscopy, Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC) and Fourier …

Dental-unit water systems (DUWS) harbor bacterial biofilms, which may serve as a haven for
pathogens. The aim of this study was to investigate the microbial load of water from DUWS …

Accumulation of soluble salts resulting from fertilizer N may affect microbial production of
N2O and CO2 in soils. This study was conducted to determine the effects of electrical …

The amino acid L-arginine inhibits bacterial coaggregation, is involved in cell-cell signaling,
and alters bacterial metabolism in a broad range of species present in the human oral cavity …

To examine the spatial structure of dental biofilms a vital fluorescence technique was
combined with optical analysis of sections in a confocal laser scanning microscope (CLSM) …

Shewanella oneidensis MR-1 grew for over 50 days in microbial fuel cells, incompletely
oxidizing lactate to acetate with high recovery of the electrons derived from this reaction as …

Established (48-and 72-h) Salmonella enteritidis biofilms grown in glass flow cells with or
without artificial crevices (0.5-, 0.3-, and 0.15-mm widths) were subjected to a 10% trisodium …