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Effect of low-intensity continuous training on lung function and cardiorespiratory fitness in both cigarette and hookah smokers	2015	Laboratory of Pharmacology, Sfax Medicine Faculty SMF, University of Sfax, Tunisia; Bizerte Sciences Faculty, Department of Biology, University of Carthage. Tunisia; Research Unit (EM2S), Higher Institute of Sport and Physical Education of Sfax, Universit	Read more...
Source Type Print(0) Ref Type Journal Article Periodical, Full African health sciences Periodical, Abbrev. Afr.Health.Sci. Pub Date Free Form Dec Volume 15 Issue 4 Start Page 1170 Other Pages 1181 Notes LR: 20160311; JID: 101149451; OID: NLM: PMC4765424; OTO: NOTNLM; ppublish Place of Publication Uganda ISSN/ISBN 1729-0503; 1680-6905 Accession Number PMID: 26958018 Language eng SubFile Journal Article; IM DOI 10.4314/ahs.v15i4.16 [doi] Output Language Unknown(0) PMID 26958018 Abstract BACKGROUND: The decline in cardiorespiratory fitness and lung function was higher in smokers. Training method could mitigate some of the negative consequences of smoking among smokers unable or unwilling to quit. OBJECTIVE: To examine the effects of continuous training on lungs functional capability and cardiorespiratory fitness in smokers. METHODS: Fifteen cigarette smokers, 14 hookah smokers, and 14 nonsmokers were assigned to low-intensity continuous training (20-30 minutes of running at 40% of maximum oxygen uptake (O2max)). Lung function and cardiorespiratory fitness parameters were determined using respectively spirometer and treadmill maximal exercise test. RESULTS: Continuous training improved forced expiratory volume in one second (FEV1) and forced expiratory flow at 50% of FVC (FEF50 %) in all participants, smokers and nonsmokers (p Descriptors Links Book Title Database Publisher Data Source Authors Koubaa,A., Triki,M., Trabelsi,H., Masmoudi,L., Zeghal,K.N., Sahnoun,Z., Hakim,A. Original/Translated Title URL Date of Electronic PMCID PMC4765424 Editors
Methodological problems in the article comparing lung function profiles and aerobic capacity of adult cigarette and hookah smokers after 12 weeks intermittent training	2015	Laboratory of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine of Sousse, University of Sousse, Sousse, Tunisia.; Department of Physiology and Functional Exploration, Farhat HACHED University Hospital of Sousse, Sousse, Tunisia.; Research Laboratory N degrees LR14ES05: In	Read more...
Source Type Print(0) Ref Type Journal Article Periodical, Full The Libyan journal of medicine Periodical, Abbrev. Libyan J.Med. Pub Date Free Form 21-Apr Volume 10 Issue Start Page 27760 Other Pages Notes LR: 20151111; JID: 101299403; CON: Libyan J Med. 2015;10:26680. PMID: 25694204; CIN: Libyan J Med. 2015;10:27760. PMID: 25920102; OID: NLM: PMC4408317; 2015 [ecollection]; epublish Place of Publication Sweden ISSN/ISBN 1819-6357; 1819-6357 Accession Number PMID: 25906843 Language eng SubFile Comment; Letter; IM DOI 10.3402/ljm.v10.27760 [doi] Output Language Unknown(0) PMID 25906843 Abstract Descriptors Links Book Title Database Publisher Data Source Authors Ben Saad,H. Original/Translated Title URL Date of Electronic 20150421 PMCID PMC4408317 Editors
The relationship between venue indoor air quality and urinary cotinine levels among semiopen-air cafe employees: what factors determine the level of exposure?	2011	Laboratory of Physiology, School of Medicine, University of Athens, Greece.	Read more...
Source Type Print(0) Ref Type Journal Article Periodical, Full Journal of aerosol medicine and pulmonary drug delivery Periodical, Abbrev. J.Aerosol Med.Pulm.Drug Deliv. Pub Date Free Form Feb Volume 24 Issue 1 Start Page 35 Other Pages 41 Notes LR: 20131121; JID: 101475057; 0 (Particulate Matter); 0 (Tobacco Smoke Pollution); K5161X06LL (Cotinine); 2010/10/20 [aheadofprint]; ppublish Place of Publication United States ISSN/ISBN 1941-2703; 1941-2711 Accession Number PMID: 20961168 Language eng SubFile Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't; T DOI 10.1089/jamp.2010.0837 [doi] Output Language Unknown(0) PMID 20961168 Abstract BACKGROUND: Exposure to second-hand smoke (SHS) is increasingly recognized as an occupational hazard to workers in the service industry. In areas of the world with moderate climates, open windows and doors are assumed to provide a work environment with only marginally increased exposures to SHS. METHODS: We measured indoor fine particulate matter (PM2.5) in 50 semiopen air venues in Greece during the summer. Cotinine levels from a nonsmoking employee of each of these venues were measured from a postshift urine sample. RESULTS: In these semiopen-air venues, the mean level of indoor PM 2.5 levels were 113.5 +/- 72.3 mug/m(3). The mean postshift urinary cotinine levels of nonworking workers in these venues was 15 ng/mL. PM2.5 levels were strongly correlated with urinary cotinine concentrations (Spearman's r = 0.914). Linear regression analyses indicated that when taking into account the time of the measurement, the day of the week, for each 1 cigarette/100 m(3) the indoor PM2.5 concentrations increased by 26.6 mug/m(3) [95% confidence interval (CI): 7.6-45.7 mug/m(3), p = 0.007) and urinary cotinine levels of nonsmoking workers increased by 5.0 ng/mL (95% CI: 0.4 to 9.6, p = 0.034). CONCLUSIONS: In a sample of bars and restaurants with windows and doors open, indoor PM2.5 concentrations were elevated and increased proportionately to the density of smoking. Cotinine levels of nonsmoking employees increased with indoor PM2.5 concentrations, and also with the density of smoking. Open windows and doors do not protect workers from exposure to second-hand smoke. Descriptors Links Book Title Database Publisher Data Source Authors Karabela,M., Vardavas,C.I., Tzatzarakis,M., Tsatsakis,A., Dockery,D., Connolly,G.N., Behrakis,P. Original/Translated Title URL Date of Electronic 20101020 PMCID Editors
Six-minute walk test in non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus patients living in Northwest Africa	2012	Laboratory of Physiology, University of Sousse, Sousse, Tunisia.	Read more...
Source Type Print(0) Ref Type Journal Article Periodical, Full Diabetes, metabolic syndrome and obesity : targets and therapy Periodical, Abbrev. Diabetes Metab.Syndr.Obes. Pub Date Free Form Volume 5 Issue Start Page 227 Other Pages 245 Notes LR: 20130530; JID: 101515585; OID: NLM: PMC3422904; OTO: NOTNLM; 2012/08/07 [epublish]; ppublish Place of Publication New Zealand ISSN/ISBN 1178-7007; 1178-7007 Accession Number PMID: 22924002 Language eng SubFile Journal Article DOI 10.2147/DMSO.S28642 [doi] Output Language Unknown(0) PMID 22924002 Abstract INTRODUCTION: International recommendations of the exploration of non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (NIDDM) are focused on deficiency and not incapacity. AIMS: (1) To estimate the incapacity of NIDDM patients through the 6-minute walk test (6MWT) data. (2) To determine their 6-minute walk distance (6MWD) influencing factors (3) To compare data of NIDDM patient group (PG; n = 100) with those of two control groups (CG): CG1 (n = 174, healthy nonobese and nonsmoker); CG2 (n = 55, obese nondiabetic free from comorbidities). POPULATION AND METHODS: The anthropometric, socioeconomic, clinical, metabolic, and 6MWT data of 100 NIDDM patients (45 females) were collected. RESULTS: Total sample means +/- standard deviation of age, weight, and height were 54 +/- 8 years, 81 +/- 14 kg, and 1.64 +/- 0.09 m. (1) Measured 6MWD (566 +/- 81 m) was significantly lower than the theoretical 6MWD (90% +/- 12%). The profile of the PG carrying the 6MWT, was as follows: 23% had an abnormal 6MWD; at the end of the 6MWT, 21% and 12% had, respectively, a low heart rate and a high dyspnea (>5/10), and 4% had desaturation during the walk. The estimated "cardiorespiratory and muscular chain" age (68 +/- 16 years) was significantly higher than the chronological age. (2) The factors that significantly influenced the 6MWD (r(2) = 0.58) are included in the following equation: 6MWD (m) = -73.94 x gender (0, male; 1, female) - 3.25 x age (years) + 7.33 x leisure activity score - 35.57 x obesity (0, no; 1, yes) + 32.86 x socioeconomic level (0, low; 1, high) - 27.67 x cigarette use (0, no; 1, yes) + 8.89 x resting oxyhemoglobin saturation - 105.48. (3) Compared to the CGs, the PG had a significantly (P Descriptors Links Book Title Database Publisher Data Source Authors Latiri,I., Elbey,R., Hcini,K., Zaoui,A., Charfeddine,B., Maarouf,M.R., Tabka,Z., Zbidi,A., Ben Saad,H. Original/Translated Title URL Date of Electronic 20120807 PMCID PMC3422904 Editors
Measurement of BTEX (benzene, toluene, ethybenzene, and xylene) levels at urban and semirural areas of Algiers City using passive air samplers	2012	Laboratory of Sciences and Environmental Techniques, National Polytechnic School of Algiers, 10, Hacen Badi Ave. BP 182, El Harrach, 16200 Algiers, Algeria. y_kerchic@hotmail.com	Read more...
Source Type Print(0) Ref Type Journal Article Periodical, Full Journal of the Air & Waste Management Association (1995) Periodical, Abbrev. J.Air Waste Manag.Assoc. Pub Date Free Form Dec Volume 62 Issue 12 Start Page 1370 Other Pages 1379 Notes LR: 20140731; JID: 9503111; 0 (Air Pollutants); 0 (Benzene Derivatives); 0 (Vehicle Emissions); 0 (Xylenes); 3FPU23BG52 (Toluene); J64922108F (Benzene); L5I45M5G0O (ethylbenzene); ppublish Place of Publication United States ISSN/ISBN 1096-2247; 1096-2247 Accession Number PMID: 23362756 Language eng SubFile Journal Article; IM DOI Output Language Unknown(0) PMID 23362756 Abstract The study presents the levels of air pollution by aromatic organic compounds BTEX (benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, o-, m-, and p-xylenes) in the city of Algiers. The sampling was carried out using Radiello passive sampler. Three sampling campaigns were carried out in roadside, tunnel, urban background, and semirural sites in Algiers. In order to determine the diurnal mean levels of air pollution by BTEX to which people are exposed, a modified passive sampler was used for the first time. In addition, monitoring of pollution inside vehicles was also made. In the spring of 2009, more than 27 samplings were carried out. In the background and road traffic sites the Radiello sampler was exposed for 7 days, whereas the time exposure was reduced to 1 day in the case of the vehicle as well as the tunnel. The results indicate that average benzene concentrations in the roadside and inside vehicle exceed largely the limit value of 5 microg m(-3) established by the European Community (EC). On the other hand, it has been noticed that the concentration levels of other BTEX are relatively high. Also, in order to identify the origin of emission sources, ratios and correlations between the BTEX species have been highlighted. This study shows that road traffic remains the main source of many local emission in Algiers. IMPLICATIONS: The vehicle fleet in Algeria is growing rapidly since the 1990s following economic growth and is responsible for the increasing air pollution in large cities. Because there are no data collection of BTEX carried out by national air quality network, all environmental and transportation policies are based on European emissions standards, but national emission standards are currently not in place. This work will contribute to the analysis of real emissions of BTEX in Algiers, for the development of management and for assessment of population exposure variation depending on the location in the city of Algiers. Descriptors Links Book Title Database Publisher Data Source Authors Kerchich,Y., Kerbachi,R. Original/Translated Title URL Date of Electronic PMCID Editors
Early invasive pulmonary aspergillosis in a leukemia patient linked to aspergillus contaminated marijuana smoking	2001	Lahav, M., Medicine E Sapir Medical Center, Meir Hospital, Tel-Aviv University, Kfar Saba, Israel	Read more...
Source Type Print(0) Ref Type Journal Article Periodical, Full Leukemia and Lymphoma Periodical, Abbrev. Leuk.Lymphoma Pub Date Free Form 2001/ Volume 42 Issue 6 Start Page 1433 Other Pages 1437 Notes Place of Publication ISSN/ISBN 1042-8194 Accession Number Language SubFile DOI Output Language Unknown(0) PMID Abstract 46-year-old patient with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) whose disease manifested as fever, chills and dry cough is reported here. Despite broad antibiotic coverage he remained acutely ill with spiking fever, shaking chills, and hypoxemia. His initial chest radiograph was normal but chest computed tomography (CT) scan disclosed bilateral focal infiltrates. Hypoxemia and severe thrombocytopenia precluded invasive diagnostic procedures. A thorough epidemiological investigation revealed that before becoming acutely ill the patient smoked daily tobacco mixed with marijuana from a "hookah bottle". While waiting for tobacco and "hookah water" cultures, we started antifungal therapy. Resolution of fever and hypoxemia ensued after 72 hours. Tobacco cultures yielded heavy growth of Aspergillus species. We suggest that habitual smoking of Aspergillus-infested tobacco and marijuana caused airway colonization with Aspergillus. Leukemia rendered the patient immunocompromised, and allowed Aspergillus to infest the lung parenchyma with early occurrence of invasive pulmonary aspergillosis. Physicians should be aware of this potentially lethal complication of "hookah" and marijuana smoking in immunocompromised hosts. Descriptors amphotericin B, antibiotic agent, antifungal agent, cytarabine, etoposide, idarubicin, acute disease, acute myeloblastic leukemia, adult, antibiotic therapy, article, Aspergillus, cannabis addiction, case report, chill, computer assisted tomography, coughing, diagnostic procedure, disease severity, drug megadose, fever, fungal contamination, fungus culture, human, hypoxemia, immune deficiency, lung aspergillosis, lung infiltrate, lung parenchyma, male, priority journal, respiratory tract infection, smoking, thorax radiography, thrombocytopenia, tobacco, treatment failure Links Book Title Database Embase; MEDLINE Publisher Data Source Embase Authors Szyper-Kravitz,M., Lang,R., Manor,Y., Lahav,M. Original/Translated Title URL Date of Electronic PMCID Editors
Efficacy of resident training in smoking cessation: a randomized, controlled trial of a program based on application of behavioral theory and practice with standardized patients	2002	Lausanne University Outpatient Clinic and Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine, Lausanne, Switzerland. Jacques.Cornuz@chuv.hospvd.ch	Read more...
Source Type Print(0) Ref Type Journal Article Periodical, Full Annals of Internal Medicine Periodical, Abbrev. Ann.Intern.Med. Pub Date Free Form 19-Mar Volume 136 Issue 6 Start Page 429 Other Pages 437 Notes LR: 20061115; JID: 0372351; ppublish Place of Publication United States ISSN/ISBN 1539-3704; 0003-4819 Accession Number PMID: 11900495 Language eng SubFile Clinical Trial; Journal Article; Randomized Controlled Trial; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't; AIM; IM DOI 200203190-00006 [pii] Output Language Unknown(0) PMID 11900495 Abstract BACKGROUND: New educational programs must be developed to improve physicians' skills and effectiveness in counseling patients about smoking cessation. OBJECTIVE: To assess the efficacy of an educational program based on behavioral theory, active learning methods, and practice with standardized patients in helping patients abstain from smoking and changing physicians' counseling practices. DESIGN: Cluster randomized, controlled trial. SETTING: Two general internal medicine clinics in Switzerland. PARTICIPANTS: 35 residents and 251 consecutive smoking patients. INTERVENTION: A training program administered over two half-days, during which physicians learned to provide counseling that matched smokers' motivation to quit and practiced these skills with standardized patients acting as smokers at different stages of change. The control intervention was a didactic session on management of dyslipidemia. MEASUREMENTS: Self-reported abstinence from smoking at 1 year of follow-up, which was validated by exhaled carbon monoxide testing at one clinic; score of overall quality of counseling based on use of 14 counseling strategies; patient willingness to quit; and daily cigarette consumption. RESULTS: At 1 year of follow-up, abstinence from smoking was significantly higher in the intervention group than in the control group (13% vs. 5%; P = 0.005); this corresponded to a cluster-adjusted odds ratio of 2.8 (95% CI, 1.4 to 5.5). Residents who received the study training provided better counseling than did those who received the control training (mean score, 4.0 vs. 2.7; P = 0.002). Smokers' willingness to quit was also higher in the intervention group (94% vs. 80%; P = 0.007). A nonsignificant trend toward lower daily cigarette consumption in the intervention group was observed. CONCLUSION: A training program in smoking cessation administered to physicians that was based on behavioral theory and practice with standardized patients significantly increased the quality of physicians' counseling, smokers' motivation to quit, and rates of abstinence from smoking at 1 year. Descriptors Adolescent, Adult, Aged, Behavior Therapy, Clinical Competence, Counseling/methods, Double-Blind Method, Family Practice/education, Female, Follow-Up Studies, Humans, Hyperlipidemias/prevention & control, Internal Medicine/education, Internship and Residency, Male, Motivation, Smoking Cessation/methods/psychology Links Book Title Database Publisher Data Source Authors Cornuz,J., Humair,J. P., Seematter,L., Stoianov,R., van Melle,G., Stalder,H., Pecoud,A. Original/Translated Title URL Date of Electronic PMCID Editors
Diving pattern of fishermen in the Pescadores.	1994	Lee, H.C., Department of Hyperbaric Medicine, Naval General Hospital, Kaohsiung, ROC.	Read more...
Source Type Print(0) Ref Type Journal Article Periodical, Full Undersea & hyperbaric medicine : journal of the Undersea and Hyperbaric Medical Society, Inc Periodical, Abbrev. Undersea Hyperb.Med. Pub Date Free Form / Volume 21 Issue 2 Start Page 145 Other Pages 158 Notes Place of Publication ISSN/ISBN 1066-2936 Accession Number Language SubFile DOI Output Language Unknown(0) PMID Abstract Professional diving fishermen in the Pescadores Archipelago (119.30 degrees W, 23.30 degrees N) dive with a simple hookah system. Although they use modern equipment, such as wet suit, face mask, mouth piece with demand valve, spear gun, weight belt, and fins, their lack of knowledge of diving medicine is apparent. On the average, 180 cases of decompression sickness (DCS) per year were reported to occur in the Pescadores. We conducted studies in 1990 and 1992 on three islands of the Archipelago. At the time of our study, an estimated 140 diving fishermen resided on these three islands. Of the 62 fishermen interviewed, 14 volunteered for the recording of dive profiles using a diver-carried data logger. In the summer of 1990, a group of eight fishermen dived, on the average, to a depth of 17.8 +/- 5.3 m (mean +/- SD; range, 8-27 m) for 26.9 +/- 19.7 min (5-66 min). Although the diving depth was similar to that of the average recollections of 43 divers, 20.1 +/- 4.4 m (15-30 m), the actual diving time was far shorter than that of their recollections, 426 +/- 138 min (240-630 min). The post-typhoon sea floor conditions may have shortened their diving time. In the summer of 1992, a group of six fishermen dived to 20.5 +/- 3.8 m (15-26 m) for 56.4 +/- 21.2 min (18-84 min). Again, the diving depth matched that of their recollection well, 22.2 +/- 2.5 m (20-26 m), but their bottom time was far shorter than they believed, 270 +/- 108 min (120-480 min). They used no decompression procedures, regardless of the bottom time and diving depth. In the 1990 group, 5 out of 10 equivalent single dive bottom times (ESDBT) exceeded U.S. Navy no-decompression (No-D) air dive limits; whereas in the 1992 group, 7 out of 9 ESDBTs exceeded No-D limits. Eight of the 38 discrete dives exceeded the No-D limits, even if we underestimate their decompression stress by disregarding their repetitive dive history. However, no symptoms of DCS were observed in either the 1990 or 1992 groups of 14 divers, despite 63% of the ESDBTs and 21% of discrete dives having exceeded the No-D limits. Adaptation to diving work may have allowed them to exceed the established No-D limits. The existing records of incidence of DCS from this region suggest that previously they must have dived longer or deeper or both during times of abundant resources. Descriptors adult, article, diving, heart rate, human, Japan, middle aged, Pacific islands, physiology, statistics, time Links Book Title Database MEDLINE Publisher Data Source Embase Authors Lee,H. C., Niu,K. C., Huang,K. L., Tsai,J. D., Shyu,R. K., Shiraki,K., Hong,S. K., Lin,Y. C. Original/Translated Title URL Date of Electronic PMCID Editors
Phenotypic and genotypic analyses of lactic acid bacteria in local fermented food, breast milk and faeces of mothers and their babies	2011	Lehrstuhl fur Technische Mikrobiologie, Technische Universitat Munchen, Weihenstephaner Steig 16, 85350 Freising, Germany.	Read more...
Source Type Print(0) Ref Type Journal Article Periodical, Full Systematic and applied microbiology Periodical, Abbrev. Syst.Appl.Microbiol. Pub Date Free Form Apr Volume 34 Issue 2 Start Page 148 Other Pages 155 Notes CI: Copyright (c) 2011; JID: 8306133; 2010/11/05 [received]; 2010/12/20 [revised]; 2010/12/21 [accepted]; ppublish Place of Publication Germany ISSN/ISBN 1618-0984; 0723-2020 Accession Number PMID: 21300508 Language eng SubFile Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't; IM DOI 10.1016/j.syapm.2010.12.001 [doi] Output Language Unknown(0) PMID 21300508 Abstract Lactic acid bacteria (LAB) are generally accepted as beneficial to the host and their presence is directly influenced by ingestion of fermented food or probiotics. While the intestinal lactic microbiota is well-described knowledge on its routes of inoculation and competitiveness towards selective pressure shaping the intestinal microbiota is limited. In this study, LAB were isolated from faecal samples of breast feeding mothers living in Syria, from faeces of their infants, from breast milk as well as from fermented food, typically consumed in Syria. A total of 700 isolates were characterized by genetic fingerprinting with random amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) and identified by comparative 16S rDNA sequencing and Matrix Assisted Laser Desorption Ionization-Time-Of-Flight Mass Spectrometry (MALDI-TOF-MS) analyses. Thirty six different species of Lactobacillus, Enterococcus, Streptococcus, Weissella and Pediococcus were identified. RAPD and MALDI-TOF-MS patterns allowed comparison of the lactic microbiota on species and strain level. Whereas some species were unique for one source, Lactobacillus plantarum, Lactobacillus fermentum, Pediococcus pentosaceus and Lactobacillus brevis were found in all sources. Interestingly, identical RAPD genotypes of L. plantarum, L. fermentum, L. brevis, Enterococcus faecium, Enterococcus faecalis and P. pentosaceus were found in the faeces of mothers, her milk and in faeces of her babies. Diversity of RAPD types found in food versus human samples suggests the importance of host factors in colonization and individual host specificity, and support the hypothesis that there is a vertical transfer of intestinal LAB from the mother's gut to her milk and through the milk to the infant's gut. Descriptors Links Book Title Database Publisher Elsevier GmbH Data Source Authors Albesharat,R., Ehrmann,M.A., Korakli,M., Yazaji,S., Vogel,R.F. Original/Translated Title URL Date of Electronic PMCID Editors
The microbial diversity of water kefir	2011	Lehrstuhl fur Technische Mikrobiologie, Weihenstephaner Steig 16, 85350 Freising, Germany.	Read more...
Source Type Print(0) Ref Type Journal Article Periodical, Full International journal of food microbiology Periodical, Abbrev. Int.J.Food Microbiol. Pub Date Free Form 15-Dec Volume 151 Issue 3 Start Page 284 Other Pages 288 Notes CI: Copyright (c) 2011; JID: 8412849; 0 (DNA, Ribosomal); 0 (RNA, Ribosomal, 16S); 2011/04/27 [received]; 2011/09/09 [revised]; 2011/09/18 [accepted]; 2011/09/24 [aheadofprint]; ppublish Place of Publication Netherlands ISSN/ISBN 1879-3460; 0168-1605 Accession Number PMID: 22000549 Language eng SubFile Journal Article; IM DOI 10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2011.09.016 [doi] Output Language Unknown(0) PMID 22000549 Abstract The microbial diversity of water kefir, made from a mixture of water, dried figs, a slice of lemon and sucrose was studied. The microbial consortia residing in the granules of three water kefirs of different origins were analyzed. A collection of 453 bacterial isolates was obtained on different selective/differential media. Bacterial isolates were grouped with randomly amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD)-PCR analyses. One representative of each RAPD genotype was identified by comparative 16S rDNA gene sequencing. The predominant genus in water kefirs I and II was Lactobacillus, which accounted for 82.1% in water kefir I and 72.1% in water kefir II of the bacterial isolates. The most abundant species in water kefirs I and II were Lactobacillus hordei and Lb. nagelii followed by considerably lower numbers of Lb. casei. Other lactic acid bacteria (LAB) were identified as Leuconostoc mesenteroides and Lc. citreum in all three water kefirs. The most abundant species in water kefir III was Lc. mesenteroides (28%) and Lc. citreum (24.3%). A total of 57 LAB belonging to the species of Lb. casei, Lb. hordei, Lb. nagelii, Lb. hilgardii and Lc. mesenteroides were able to produce exopolysacchrides from sucrose. Non LABs were identified as Acetobacter fabarum and Ac. orientalis. The Acetobacter species were more prevalent in consortium III. Cluster analyses of RAPD-PCR patterns revealed an interspecies diversity among the Lactobacillus and Acetobacter strains. Aditionally, Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Lachancea fermentati, Hanseniaospora valbyensis and Zygotorulaspora florentina were isolated and identified by comparison of partial 26S rDNA sequences and FTIR spectroscopy. Descriptors Links Book Title Database Publisher . Published by Elsevier B.V Data Source Authors Gulitz,A., Stadie,J., Wenning,M., Ehrmann,M.A., Vogel,R.F. Original/Translated Title URL Date of Electronic 20110924 PMCID Editors

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