Assessment of Pathogenic Potential, Virulent Genes Profile, and Antibiotic Susceptibility of from Urinary Tract Infection.

is the third most common bacterium that can cause complicated UTI, especially in catheterized patients. Urovirulence genes of strains are poorly identified among UTI patients. The aims of the present study were to determine the prevalence of the uropathogenic strains isolated from UTI patients by the detection of several virulence genes and to characterize the antibiotic susceptibility profile of isolates.

Detection of antibiotic-producing in the sediment and water of Ma'in thermal springs (Jordan).

Introduction: Detection of new is significant to discover new antibiotics because development of new antibiotics is connected to the characterization of novel bacterial taxa. This study has focused on the identification and isolation of antibiotic-producing from the sediment and the water of Ma'in thermal springs (48-59°C) situated in the center area of Jordan.

Methods: Samples of sediment and water were transferred to glucose yeast malt agar medium and were cultivated, isolated and identified according to scanning electron microscopy and 16S rRNA gene analysis.

Alterations in oral microbial flora induced by waterpipe tobacco smoking.

Background: Waterpipe smoking is a global health problem and a serious public concern. Little is known about the effects of waterpipe smoking on oral health. In the current study, we examined the alterations of oral microbial flora by waterpipe smoking.

Exploring the microbial diversity in Jordanian hot springs by comparative metagenomic analysis.

A culture-independent approach was utilized in this study to reveal the microbial diversity in Jordanian hot springs represented by Ma'in and Afra hot springs. Water samples from Ma'in and Afra hot springs were collected in June 2015. The in situ temperature of water samples range was 38-59°C and the pH range was 7.

Microbial community analysis of the hypersaline water of the Dead Sea using high-throughput amplicon sequencing.

Amplicon sequencing using next-generation technology (bTEFAP ) has been utilized in describing the diversity of Dead Sea microbiota. The investigated area is a well-known salt lake in the western part of Jordan found in the lowest geographical location in the world (more than 420 m below sea level) and characterized by extreme salinity (approximately, 34%) in addition to other extreme conditions (low pH, unique ionic composition different from sea water). DNA was extracted from Dead Sea water.

Microbiological analysis, antimicrobial activity, and heavy-metals content of Jordanian Ma'in hot-springs water.

Ma'in hot springs are known as sites of balneotherapy. However, little is known about their microbiology and chemistry. In this study, we aim at evaluating the antimicrobial activity of Ma'in hot-springs water (MHSW), studying its microbiology, and determining its physicochemical properties including the heavy metals content.

Study of the antibacterial and antifungal activities of synthetic benzyl bromides, ketones, and corresponding chalcone derivatives.

Several applications of chalcones and their derivatives encouraged researchers to increase their synthesis as an alternative for the treatment of pathogenic bacterial and fungal infections. In the present study, chalcone derivatives were synthesized through cross aldol condensation reaction between 4-(,-dimethylamino)benzaldehyde and multiarm aromatic ketones. The multiarm aromatic ketones were synthesized through nucleophilic substitution reaction between 4-hydroxy acetophenone and benzyl bromides.

Identification, characterization and antibiotic resistance of bacterial isolates obtained from waterpipe device hoses.

The general lack of knowledge about the health effects of waterpipe smoking is among the reasons for its global spread. In this study, bacterial contamination of waterpipe hoses was investigated. Twenty hoses were collected from waterpipe cafés and screened for bacterial pathogens using standard culture and isolation techniques.

In vitro determination of the antibiotic susceptibility of biofilm-forming Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Staphylococcus aureus: possible role of proteolytic activity and membrane lipopolysaccharide.

We carried out a comprehensive overview of inhibitory effects of selected antibiotics on planktonic and biofilm cells of Staphylococcus aureus (ATCC 29213) and Pseudomonas aeruginosa (ATCC 27853) strains. The possible involvement of protease activity and the lipopolysaccharide (LPS) profile of P. aeruginosa were also analyzed.