Browsing by Subject "Microbiology"
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Analysis of physicochemical parameters and microbial status in Gulshan lake water
(BRAC University, 2014-09-08)Microbiological evaluation and physicochemical parameters of lake comprises detection of indicator bacteria of water pollution and pathogenic bacteria present in the surface layers of water. Polluted water has a significant ... -
Antibacterial resistance : a comparative study between clinical and environmental isolates
(BRAC University, 2015-04)This comparative study was carried out to investigate the presence of antibiotic sensitive and resistant bacteria in different environmental samples of Bangladesh with specific clinical strain obtained from ICDDR, B .The ... -
Antibacterial resistance: A comparative study between clinical and environmental isolates based on whole cell protein profiling by SDS-PAGE
(BRAC University, 2015-08)This study of comparison was conducted to examine the existence of antibiotic resistant and sensitive bacteria in various environmental samples of Bangladesh with specific clinical strain obtained from ICDDR,B. From the ... -
Characterizing the Co-Existence of Metallo-β-lactamase and Extended Spectrum Beta-Lactamase genes in Klebsiella pneumoniae isolates in community wastewater samples of Dhaka, Bangladesh.
(Brac University, 2022-09)Background: The co-existence of MBL and ESBL in Gram-negative bacteria poses greater risk in public health and limit the range of treatment choices, even with β-lactams which is the most widely used class of antibiotics. ... -
Comparative analysis of antimicrobial resistance pattern and pathogenic characterization of Staphylococcus aureus isolated from hospital effluents wastewater and its adjacent communities in Dhaka city
(Brac University, 2023-02)Staphylococcus aureus is Gram-positive cocci, facultatively aerobic that has the intrinsic ability to ferment carbohydrates and forms clusters. Staphylococcus aureus is responsible for numerous pyogenic infections, food ... -
A comparative analysis on antibiotic resistance pattern in environmental and clinical bacterial isolates based on whole cell protein profiling by SDS-PAGE
(BRAC University, 2015-08)This comparative study was carried out to investigate the presence of antibiotic sensitive and resistant bacteria in different environmental samples of Bangladesh with specific clinical strain obtained from ICDDR, B. The ... -
A comparative study of the antibiotic resistance pattern between the natural and clinical isolates based on whole cell protein profiling by SDS-PAGE
(BRAC University, 2016-04)The comparative study was executed to detect and examine the presence of antibiotic susceptible and antibiotic resistant bacteria in several environmental samples of Bangladesh. A specific clinical strain was obtained from ... -
Cynodon dactylon: antimicrobial potential of crude extract as valuable medicinal plant
(BRAC University, 2014-08)Cynodon dactylon (Poacae) is a well known traditional plant used as a folk remedy in treatment of many symptoms and diseases like cramps, measles, tumors, wounds, warts, fever and rheumatic affections. In this study, the ... -
Detection Extended Spectrum β-Lactamase (ESBL) and Carbapenemase encoding Klebsiella pneumoniae isolates from hospital effluent wastewater and hospital adjacent community tap water in Dhaka metropolitan city
(Brac University, 2023-06)Klebsiella pneumoniae is one of the most occurring opportunistic microbial species responsible for pneumonia infections as well as nosocomial infections (Cordova-Espinoza et al., 2023). This species of bacteria is mostly ... -
Determination of prevalence and antibiotic susceptibility pattern of the bacterial isolates collected from different parts of restaurant refrigerators of Mohakhali, Dhaka, Bangladesh
(BRAC University, 2018-09)Refrigeration is an essential food storage technique and an important link in wide chain of cross contamination which leads to the outbreak of many food borne disease. In this study samples were obtained from various parts ... -
Effectiveness of water filters used in the households of Dhaka city
(Brac University, 2023-07)This research aims to determine the microbiological quality of tap and filtered water and figure out the efficiency of filters used in the households of Dhaka city. To start, 51 individual samples of tap and filtered water ... -
Factors associated with antifungal resistance and the recent development in detection & treatment: a review
(Brac University, 2023-06)Antifungal resistance has become a growing concern in recent years, as it has become increasingly difficult to treat fungal infections due to the emergence of drug-resistant organisms. The prevalence of antifungal resistance ... -
Isolation and identification of cellulose degrading bacteria from soil sample
(BRAC University, 2015-09)Cellulolytic microorganisms such as fungi and bacteria are responsible for much of the cellulose degradation in soils. Despite this vast number of cellulase producers, there is a deficiency of microorganisms that can produce ... -
Isolation and identification of dye degrading bacteria from the Textile Sludge (Soil) sample
(BRAC University, 2014-08)Textile industry is one amongst the most chemically intensive industries on the face of the earth and the major contaminator of potable water. It produces huge amounts of different complex chemical substances as a part ... -
Isolation of antibiotic resistant salmonella spp. from chicken samples collected from local wet markets of Dhaka city
(Brac University, 2023-05)In Bangladesh poultry chicken is popular as a great protein source but it contains Zoonotic disease called Salmonellosis causing bacteria like Salmonella spp. Salmonellosis is a foodborne illness that is brought on by a ... -
Isolation of shiga toxin producing Escherichia coli O157:H7 from Bovine samples of Dhaka, Bangladesh
(BRAC University, 2015-04)Shiga toxin producing Escherichia coli (STEC) have recently emerged as important food-borne pathogens especially serotype O157:H7. Human diseases ranging from mild diarrhea to hemorrhagic colitis, hemolytic uremic syndrome ... -
Lactic acid fermentation of pasteurized and powdered milk and optimizing the factors affecting the fermentation process
(BRAC University, 2013-12)Yogurt is a basic dairy product that has been consumed for centuries as a part of the diet, even when its beneficial effects were neither fully known nor scientifically proven. With time, yogurt has been continuously ... -
Medicinal plants: an alternative source for antimicrobials against emerging pathogens
(BRAC University, 2014-08)Tagetes erecta, an extensively used medicinal plant is a small shrub which grows up to 1-2 mm. The present study was aimed to investigate the antibacterial activity of this locally available plant. Antimicrobial activity ... -
Microbial quality of selected sandwiches sold at fast food shops in Dhaka city
(BRAC University, 2014-08)The project was designed to undertake a study on the microbiological status of the different types of sandwich e.g. egg salad sandwiches, chicken salad sandwich, beef sandwich and vegetable sandwich taken from seven ... -
Overview of Listeria monocytogens and its epidemiology : a potential threat for pregnant women
(Brac University, 2021-12)Listeria monocytogenes is a Gram-positive intracellular, aerobic, and facultative anaerobic bacteria that is mostly transferred to humans through food. Thousands of people have died as a result of listeriosis outbreaks. ...
