BRAZILIAN JOURNAL OF MICROBIOLOGY

Volume 38 – Number 1 – January – March 2007

VETERINARY MICROBIOLOGY

Enzootic bovine leukosis performance of an Teresa González 1-5indirect ELISA applied in serological diagnosis Maria Licursi

Estela Bonzo

Comparison of an in-house and a commercial Carla Dray Marassi 6-8Enzyme-linked immunosorbet assay (ELISA) Janete da Silva Gonzagafor Diagnosis of Paratuberculosis Paula Ristow

Rachel FerreiraLeila Souza FonsecaWalter OelemannWalter Lilenbaum

Expression of aggregative adherence to HeLa Ana Maria Alvim Liberatore 9-13cells by Escherichia coli strains isolated from Sandra Kimie Tomitasick horses Mônica Aparecida Midolli Vieira

Cyro Toti Jr.João HeckmaierTânia Aparecida Tardelli Gomes

Molecular characterization of Borrelia Burgdorferi Elizabeta S. Ristanovic 14-16senso lato strains isolated in the area of Belgrade, Kayoko KitamuraSerbia Toshiyuki Masuzawa

Marija J. MilutinovicRadomir M. ÈekanacNovica T. StajkovicDanijela M. ivanovic

Detection of Brucella abortus DNA in illegal Simone Miyashiro 17-22cheese from São Paulo and Minas Gerais and Eliana Scarcellidifferentiation of B19 vaccinal strain by means Rosa M. Piattiof the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) Fabíola R. Campos

Airton VialtaLara Borges KeidRicardo Augusto DiasMargareth E. Genovez

Detection of putative periodontal pathogens in Sheila Alexandra Belini Nishiyama 23-28subgingival specimens of dogs Gerusa Neyla Andrade Senhorinho

Marco Antônio GiosoMario Julio Avila-Campos

Isolates of Ureaplasma diversum genotyped by Melissa Buzinhani 29-32simgle-enzyme amplified length polymorphism Elena Mettifogo

Marcos R. BuimAndréa M. MorenoRenata PaixãoJorge Timenetsky

Inhibitory effect of Cinnamomum zeylanicum Ana Carolina Pessoa Moreira 33-38Blume (Lauraceae) essential oil and â-pinene Edeltrudes de Oliveira Limaon the growth of dematiaceous moulds Evandro Leite de Souza

Monique Araújo Van DingenenVinícius Nogueira Trajano

INDUSTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY

Salicylic acid degradation from aqueous solutions Tatyane R. Silva 39-44using Pseudomonas fluorescens HK44: parameters Erika Valdmanstudies and application tools Belkis Valdman

Selma G. F. Leite

Application of fractional factorial design to levan I. R. Melo 45-51production by Zymomonas mobilis M. F. Pimentel

C. E. LopesG. M. T. Calazans

Isolation of recombinant strains with enhanced Maurilio Antonio Varavallo 52-57pectinase production by protoplast fusion between Marisa Vieira de QueirozPenicillium expansum and Penicillium Taís Guimarães Lanagriseoroseum Admilson Toscano Ribeiro de Brito

Daniel Bonoto GonçalvesElza Fernandes de Araújo

Carbon Catabolite repression of retamycin production Olavo Ossamu Inoue 58-61by Streptomyces olindensis ICB20 Willibando Schmidell Netto

Gabriel PadillaMaria Cândida Reginato Facciotti

Isolation of a lipase-producing Trichosporon spp Juliana A. Santos 62-64and enzyme extraction by two-phase aqueous system Marcel C. O. Amaral

Thiago A. S. AraújoKéssia G. C. FernandesAdilson C. ChavesMárcia M. C. Morais

Selection and Characterization of Iriani R. Maldonade 65-70Carotenoid-Producing Yeasts from Campinas Adilma R. P. ScampariniRegion, Brazil Délia B. Rodriguez-Amaya

Morphological and molecular differentiation of Patrícia Gomes Cardoso 71-77the pectinase producing fungi Penicillium Marisa Vieira de Queirozexpansum and Penicillium griseoroseum Olinto Liparini Pereira

Elza Fernandes de Araújo

Partial purification of glucose-6-phosphate Marcela Zanella Ribeiro 78-83dehydrogenase by aqueous two-phase Daniel Pereira Silva(ethyleneglycol)/phosphate systems Michele Vitolo

Inês Conceição RobertoAdalberto Pessoa-Jr

MEDICAL MICROBIOLOGY

An unusual case of paracoccidioidomycosis in Danielle Patrícia Cerqueira Macêdo 84-85Brazil Rejane Pereira Neves

Oliane Maria Correia MagalhãesArmando Marsden Lacerda Filho

Inhibition of enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli Inaiara R. de Oliveira 86-92(ETEC) adhesion to Caco-2 cells by human Heidi C. Besslermilk and its immunoglobulin and Sonia N. Baonon-immunoglobulin fractions Renato de L. Lima

Loreny G. Giugliano

Anti-Leptospira spp and anti-Brucella spp Daniel M. Aguiar 93-96antibodies in humans from rural area of Monte Guacyara T. CavalcanteNegro Municipality, state of Rondônia, Brazilian Luis M. A. Camargowestern Amazon Marcelo B. Labruna

Silvio A. VasconcellosGisele O. SouzaSolange M. Gennari

Aseptic meningitis by echovirus 30 in São Paulo Bráulio Caetano Machado 97-102State, Brazil Raquel de Souza Ferreira

Rita de Cássia Compagnoli CarmonaMaria do Carmo Sampaio Tavares Timenetsky

Prevalence of Candida species in umbilical Ana Cristina Santos Fernandes 104-107catheters implanted in newborns in Natal, Brazil Francisco Canindé de Sousa Júnior

Solange Maria de OliveiraLucia CalichEveline Pípolo Milan

Ocurrence of blaSPM-1

and blaIMP-1

genes of Patrick Barcelos Gaspareto 108-109metallo-®-lactamases in clinical isolates of Andreza Francisco MartinsPseudomonas aeruginosa from three universitary Alexandre Prehn Zavasckihospitals in the city of Porto Alegre, Brazil Afonso Luis Barth

Engyodontium album fungaemia: the first reported Danielle Patrícia Cerqueira Macêdo 110-112case Rejane Pereira Neves

Cristina Maria de Souza-MottaOliane M. Correia Magalhães

ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Use of Bioscreen C for growth of Mucor hiemalis Sâmia Maria Tauk-Tornisielo 113-117in different carbon and nitrogen sources Joelma Maurício Vieira

José Silvio Govone

Rhizobacterial promotion of eucalypt rooting Débora A. Teixeira 118-123and growth Acelino Couto Alfenas

Reginaldo Gonçalves MafiaEraclides M. FerreiraLeandro de SiqueiraLuiz A. MaffiaAnn H. Mounteer

Rhizosphere competent Mesorhizobium loti MP6 Shikha Chandra 124-130induces root hair curling, inhibits Sclerotinia Kamlesh Chouresclerotiorum and enhances growth of Indian Ramesh C. Dubeymustard (Brassica campestris) Dinesh K. Maheshwari

Multiple drug resistant Staphylococcus aureus W.F. Albuquerque 131-134strains isolated from a fish market and from fish A. Macraehandlers O.V. Souza

G.H.F. VieiraR.H.S.F. Vieira

Population dynamics and extracellular enzymes Krystyna Gorlach-Lira 135-141activity of mesophilic and thermophilic bacteria Henrique D. M. Coutinhoisolated from semi arid soil of Northeastern Brazil

Cercospora AP11 causing leaf spots on two Fabiano Branco Rocha 142-144Brazilian toxic weeds: Solanum glaucophyllum Olinto Liparini Pereiraand Xanthium strumarium Robert Weingart Barreto

GENERAL MICROBIOLOGY

Evaluation of the antimicrobial activity of crude Elisandra C. Schinor 145-149extracts and isolated constituents from Marcos J. SalvadorChresta scapigera Izabel Y. Ito

Diones A. Dias

Antimicrobial efficacy of crude extract from K. Hara Kishore 150-152Glomerella cingulata Sunil Misra

D. Ramesh ChandraK.V.V. R. PrakashSuryanarayana Murty

Nanobacteria-like particles: a threat to cell Amauri Braga Simonetti 153-158cultures Gelsa Edith Englert

Karen CamposMichelle MergenerCíntia de DavidAnna Paula de OliveiraPaulo Michel Roehe

16S-23S: polymorphisms and their use for Juliana Camargo Martinati 159-165detection and identification of Xylella fastidiosa Flávia Tereza Hansen Pachecostrains Vitor Fernandes Oliveira de Miranda

Siu Mui Tsai

FOOD MICROBIOLOGY

Bacteriocin production by Lactobacillus pentosus Svetoslav D. Todorov 166-172ST712BZ isolated from boza Leon M.T. Dicks

Selective enumeration and viability of Adriane Elisabete Costa Antunes 173-177Bifidobacterium animalis subsp. lactis in a new Elza Terezinha Graelfermented milk product Izildinha Moreno

Luana Gajardoni RodriguesFernanda Martelo DouradoDaniela Marques SaccaroAlda Luiza Santos Lerayer

Serological and genetic diversity amongst Vinicius B. Ribeiro 178-182Salmonella strains isolated in a salami processing Cristiano Andrighetoline Luciano S. Bersot

Vinicius BarcellosEliana F. ReisMaria T. Destro