Use of MALDI-TOF MS to Discriminate between Aflatoxin B1-Producing and Non-Producing Strains of .

Aflatoxin B (AFB) is one of the most toxic mycotoxins. One of the producers of AFB is . Therefore, its rapid identification plays a key role in various sectors of the food and feed industry.

as a carrier of tetracyclines and penicillins resistance in wild pheasant ().

Wild animals like pheasant seem to be a good source of information about human activities. Therefore, the wild pheasants and relative stable appendix microcenosis were selected for antibiotic resistance testing. Penicillin resistance by MALDI-TOF Mass Spectrometry and tetracyclines resistance by genetic methods using specific primers were tested.

Reperfusion after pulmonary embolism - long-term follow-up, risk factors, clinical impact.

Background And Aim: Thromboembolic disease is the third most common cardiovascular disorder and deep vein thrombosis carries the risk of pulmonary embolism (PE). Questions related to reperfusion after PE remain, especially risk factors. Incomplete reperfusion after PE is closely related to the development of chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension.

Antifungal activity of essential oils against selected terverticillate penicillia.

The aim of this study was to screen 15 essential oils of selected plant species, viz. Lavandula angustifolia, Carum carvi, Pinus mungo var. pulmilio, Mentha piperita, Chamomilla recutita L.

Antibacterial activity against Clostridium genus and antiradical activity of the essential oils from different origin.

In the present study, the antimicrobial and antiradical activities of 15 essential oils were investigated. The antimicrobial activities were determined by using agar disc diffusion and broth microdilution methods against Clostridium genus and antioxidant properties of essential oils by testing their scavenging effect on DPPH radicals activities. We determined the antibacterial activity of Clostridium butyricum, Clostridium hystoliticum, Clostridium intestinale, Clostridium perfringens and Clostridium ramosum.

The effect of vacuum packaging, EDTA, oregano and thyme oils on the microbiological quality of chicken's breast.

The effect of ethylenediaminetetraacetate (EDTA), oregano (Origanum vulgare) and thyme (Thymus vulgaris) oils, on the chicken breast fillets was examined in this study. The chicken breast fillets were stored under vacuum packaging (VP), at 4 ± 0.5 °C for a period of 18 days.

The effects of bee pollen extracts on the broiler chicken's gastrointestinal microflora.

The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of bee pollen ethanolic extracts on the in vivo gastrointestinal tract microflora colonization of broiler chickens. A completely randomized experiment based on six treatments (different concentrations of bee pollen - 0, 5, 15, 25, 35 and 45 g kg(-1) diet) was used during 7 weeks. The highest count of faecal Enterococci was found in the experimental group with the addition of 15 g of pollen (8.