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Impact of sanitizer solutions on microbial reduction and quality of fresh-cut pennywort (Centella asiatica) leaves
Fresh pennywort (Centella asiatica) is usually eaten raw as ‘ulam’ or salad-like lettuce. Unfortunately, the fresh pennywort has the potential to cause foodborne outbreaks due to pathogens present on the surface ...
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Open AccessLinking prokaryotic community composition to carbon biogeochemical cycling across a tropical peat dome in Sarawak, Malaysia
Tropical peat swamp forest is a global store of carbon in a water-saturated, anoxic and acidic environment. This ecosystem holds diverse prokaryotic communities that play a major role in nutrient cycling. A st...
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Effect of Microfluidization Condition on Physicochemical Properties and Inhibitory Activity of Nanoemulsion Loaded with Natural Antibacterial Mixture
The main objective of this study was to investigate the effects of the microfluidic pressure (600–1200 bar) and cycles (2–4) on the inhibitory activity and physicochemical properties of the nanoemulsion loaded...
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Open AccessA simple, portable, electrochemical biosensor to screen shellfish for Vibrio parahaemolyticus
An earlier electrochemical mechanism of DNA detection was adapted and specified for the detection of Vibrio parahaemolyticus in real samples. The reader, based on a screen printed carbon electrode, was modified w...
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Open AccessEnumeration and molecular detection of Bacillus cereus in local indigenous and imported rice grains
Bacillus cereus is frequently related to foodborne illness outbreak. The common food vehicles for transmission of the bacteria are rice, rice products and starchy foods. As rice is a s...
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Sorption isotherms and isosteric heats of sorption of Malaysian paddy
Understanding the water sorption characteristics of cereal is extremely essential for optimizing the drying process and ensuring storage stability. Water relation of rough rice was studied at 20, 30, 40 and 50...
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MPN-PCR enumeration of Campylobacter spp. in raw chicken meats and by-products
The goal of this study is to enumerate Campylobacter in chicken meats and by-products. In the current investigation, results showed that raw chicken meats and chicken by-products were contaminated with Campylobac...
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Phenotypic and molecular identification of a novel thermophilic Anoxybacillus species: a lipase-producing bacterium isolated from a Malaysian hotspring
Eleven lipase-producing thermophilic bacteria strains were recently isolated from Kuala Woh Hot Spring, in Peninsular Malaysia. These strains have been qualitatively screened using Rhodamine B-olive oil plate ...
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Viruloty** of Salmonella enterica subsp. enterica isolated from indigenous vegetables and poultry meat in Malaysia using multiplex-PCR
The increased occurrence of Salmonella occurrence in local indigenous vegetables and poultry meat can be a potential health hazards. This study is aimed to detect the prevalence of twenty different virulence fact...
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Analysis of Salmonella Agona and Salmonella Weltevreden in Malaysia by PCR fingerprinting and antibiotic resistance profiling
Forty-eight strains of Salmonella enterica subsp. enterica serovar Agona and 33 strains of Salmonella enterica subsp. enterica serovar Weltevreden were characterized by random amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) fin...
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Endophytic microorganisms as potential growth promoters of banana
The potential of endophytic microorganisms in promoting the growth of their host plant was determined by artificially introducing five isolates (bacterial and fungal strains: UPM31F4, UPM31P1, UPM14B1, UPM13B8...
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Comparison of PCR fingerprinting techniques for the discrimination of Salmonella enterica subsp. enterica serovar Weltevreden isolated from indigenous vegetables in Malaysia
Salmonella enterica subsp. enterica (S.) serovar Weltevreden has emerged as a public health problem in many countries. Genomic DNA of S. Weltevreden from indigenous vegetables namely ‘sel...
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Raw starch-degrading enzyme from newly isolated strains of endophytic fungi
Four newly isolated strains of endophytic fungi namely Gibberella pulicaris, Acremonium sp., `Synnematous' sp. and Nodilusporium sp. were compared for their degradative activity on raw and gelatinized starches, s...
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Production of an amylase-degrading raw starch by Gibberella pulicaris
An endophytic fungus, Gibberella pulicaris, produced an amylase which degraded raw starches from cereals and other crops including raw potato, sago, tapioca, corn, wheat and rice starch. In each case, glucose was...
