Braga, Catarina J M Massis, Liliana M Alencar, Bruna C G Rodrigues, Maurício M Sbrogio-Almeida, M E Ferreira, Luís C S
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Bacterial flagellins are important virulence-associated factors and strong inducers of inflammatory responses in mammalian hosts. Flagellins have also been investigated as potential vaccine adjuvants, either for induction of humoral or cellular immune responses, to different target antigens. In this study we investigated the adjuvant properties of ...
Al-Mariri, Ayman
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The replication of Escherichia coli O157:H7 on the resident peritoneal macrophages of four mice strains (BALB/c, CD1, C57BL, and Swiss) has been investigated. Macrophagial bactericidal killing activity was estimated via studying their ability to internalize (gentamicin-protected) E. coli during 2, 4, 24, and 48 h assays. Host genetic background has...
Cezarino, Bruno Nicolino Yamamoto, Lidia Del Negro, Gilda Maria Barbaro Rocha, Daisy Okay, Thelma Suely
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Group B streptococcus (GBS) remains the most common cause of early-onset sepsis in newborns. Laboratory gold-standard, broth culture methods are highly specific, but lack sensitivity. The aim of this study was to validate a nested-PCR and to determine whether residue volumes of urine samples obtained by non invasive, non sterile methods could be us...
de Mello, Jozi Fagundes Einsfeldt, Karen Frazzon, Ana Paula Guedes da Costa, Marisa Frazzon, Jeverson
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The polymorphic region sequences in the iap gene were analyzed in 25 strains of Listeria monocytogenes isolated from cheeses in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, and compared with reference strains. This investigation distinguished two clusters of L. monocytogenes: I (20 strains) and II (5 strains).
Yamanaka, Renata Soares, Clarissa F Matheus, Dácio R Machado, Kátia M G
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The expression of the enzymatic system produced by basidiomycetous fungi, which is involved in the degradation of xenobiotics, mainly depends on culture conditions, especially of the culture medium composition. Trametes villosa is a strain with a proven biotechnological potential for the degradation of organochlorine compounds and for the decoloriz...
Luchs, Adriana Russo, Denise Hage Cilli, Audrey Costa, Fernanda Faria Morillo, Simone Guadagnucci Machado, Bráulio Caetano Pellini, Alessandra Cristina Guedes de Cássia Compagnoli Carmona, Rita Timenetsky, Maria do Carmo Sampaio Tavar...
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An aseptic meningitis outbreak occurred during a period from February to May 2004 in São Joaquim da Barra, a town in the northern region of São Paulo State. A total of 40 cases were reported to the Epidemiological Surveillance Center of São Paulo State. Cerebrospinal fluid samples obtained from 23 patients were sent to the Adolfo Lutz Institute for...
Miyasaka, Natália R S Unterkircher, Carmelinda S Shimizu, Mario T
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Antisera were developed in rabbits after challenge with intracellular antigens of Candida albicans, C. tropicalis and C. parapsilosis. Microorganism catalase has been correlated with virulence, resistance to drugs and immunogenicity. The intracellular catalase is consistently present in strains of Candida and in this paper, the enzyme activity was ...
de Cássia Dos Santos da Conceição, Rita Moreira, Angela Nunes Ramos, Roberta Juliano Goularte, Fabiana Lemos Carvalhal, José Beiro Aleixo, José Antonio Guimarães
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The immunomagnetic separation (IMS) is a technique that has been used to increase sensitivity and specificity and to decrease the time required for detection of Salmonella in foods through different methodologies. In this work we report on the development of a method for detection of Salmonella in chicken cuts using in house antibody-sensitized mic...
Pio, Tatiana Fontes Fraga, Laira Priscila Macedo, Gabriela Alves
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Cutinase is a versatile enzyme showing several interesting properties for application in industrial processes. The widespread use of this enzyme depends on the development of an efficient and low-cost production system. One of the most important steps in a fermentation process is the standardization of the inoculum characteristics. In this study, t...
Rodrigues, André Carletti, Carla D Bueno, Odair C Pagnocca, Fernando C
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The mandibular gland secretion (MGS) and the faecal fluid (FF) of the leaf-cutting ant Atta sexdens rubropilosa Forel affected the spore germination of selected microfungi isolated from nests of this insect. MGS was more effective than the FF, completely inhibiting the spore germination of four out of six microfungi species.
