The current emergence of multi-, extensively-, extremely-, and total-drug resistant strains of
Mycobacterium tuberculosis poses a major health, social, and economic threat, and stresses …

The review aims at highlighting the manifold applications of cow dung (CD) and CD
microflora covering agricultural, biotechnological and environmental applications. The …

Hydrocarbons are important environmental pollutants, and the isolation and characterization
of new microorganisms with the ability to degrade these compounds are important for …

Background Among viruses, bacteriophages are a group of special interest due to their
capacity of infecting bacteria that are important for biotechnology and human health …

Antibiotic resistance has become a major health concern globally, with current predictions
expecting deaths related to resistant infections to surpass those of cancer by 2050. Major …

Bacteriophages represent an alternative strategy to combat pathogenic bacteria. Currently,
Mycobacterium tuberculosis infections constitute a major public health problem due to …

We investigated the species diversity of Mycobacteriaceae in surface water samples from six
environments at the zoological park in São Paulo, Brazil. Three hundred and eighty isolates …

This work aims to evaluate the potential of an organic compost in providing nutrients when
added to the soil. This fertilizer is generated in a production unit located in the São Paulo …

Bacterial secondary metabolites play an essential role in biotechnological and biomedical
applications. Actinomycetes are important bacterial sources of antibiotics and enzymes …

The sequencing and bioinformatics analysis of bacteriophages infecting mycobacteria has
yielded a large amount of information on their evolution, including that on their …