When microbiological analyses were conducted on 90 samples of soft drinks representing 30 different products commercially available in Nigeria, contaminants were detected in 50% of them. The isolates were mainly saprophytic and non-pathogenic: Bacillus spp. (35%), Lactobacillus spp. (26%), Pediococcus spp. (6%), Staphylococcus epidermidis (6%) and Micrococcus spp. (3%) accounted for the bacterial isolates while Aspergillus niger (6%) and Saccharomyces spp. (16%) accounted for the fungal isolates.
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Anhui Key Laboratory for Horticultural Crop Quality Biology, School of Horticulture, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei, 230036, P.R. China.
Kiwifruit bacterial canker, a highly destructive disease caused by Pseudomonas syringae pv. actinidiae (Psa), seriously affects kiwifruit (Actinidia spp.) production.
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BASF- Global Agricultural Solutions, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America.
Trichoderma spp. are among the most studied biocontrol agents. While extensive work has been done to understand Trichoderma antagonistic mechanisms, additional research is needed to fully understand how Trichoderma spp.
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Departamento de Salud Pública, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá, Colombia.
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School of Medicine, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland.
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