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Item Activación foto- catalítica de nano partículas de MnO2 obtenidas a partir de ablación laser, aplicada a superficies auto-limpiantes(Universidad Santiago de Cali, 2021) Villegas Díaz, Claudia Lorena; Ávila Torres, Yenny Patricia; Ríos Acevedo, John JairoThe nano-particles of metallic materials have many applications, a field of special interest is the hospital, since there are many infections associated with health care (HAI) these infections must be related to hospitalization or procedures performed in the hospital. Mainly originated by Staphylococcus aureus and Escherichia coli, for this reason materials are required that are capable of eliminating these bacteria attached to it, and thus prevent the high number of infections (self-cleaning surfaces). A new material with these characteristics is manganese oxide (MnO2), used in the manufacture of steel, with which hospital equipment is manufactured. In this study, different factors affecting bactericidal photocatalysis were tested, showing that the attack is discriminated for gram positive and gram negative bacteria, the action mechanism is governed via hydroxyl radicals and to a lesser degree via superficial voids. Finally, a material with little recombination is obtained, which represents a success in the synthesis of metal oxide.Item “Actividad antifúngica de alpinia zerumbet frente a mohos y levaduras de importancia clínica”(Universidad Santiago de Cali, 2020) Cruz Alemán, Lady Stephanie; Benavides Gálvez, Laura Isabel; Caicedo Bejarano, Luz Dary; Castro Narváez, Sandra PatriciaInvasive fungal diseases (EFI) diseases to susceptible hosts, cause high impact morbidity and mortality, associated with the high resistance to antimycotics of the agents etiological associated with this pathology. The antifungal activity of extracts of Alpinia zerumbet, vs. C. albicans, C. parapsilosis, C. krusei, Aspergillus fumigatus, A. terreus and Fusarium oxysporum was determined. The minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) method and minimum inhibitory fungal concentration (CFI) based on NTC 2455 was used. As control sample, Fluconazole standard is considered and 96% Ethanol as a control. The alcoholic and hydroalcoholic extracts of the leaves and flowers affected good fungistatic and fungicidal activity when compared to the control and standard sample. It is concluded that the leaves compounds and flowers of A. zerumbet are promising for future research looking for compounds with antimicrobial activity for use in agriculture, food, and treatment of systemic mycosis.Item Actividad antimicrobiana de Fitocannabinoides como principios activos en plantas medicinales: una revisión sistemática(Universidad Santiago de Cali, 2024) Rivera Vargas, María Yuliel; Suarez Osorio, Liseth; Falco Restrepo, Aura DayanaPhytochemical compounds have long been an alternative to traditional medicine, which is why the industrial sector is dedicated to the manufacture of products such as drugs, cosmetics and veterinary products, and have considered innovating their lines from raw materials derived from the extraction of active compounds from plants. In this way, plant material with various attributes or substances that are allowed and regulated by government entities for use and marketing has been sought. Due to the above, it was proposed to carry out this systematic review that aims to identify medicinal plants that contain phytocannabinoids and that have antimicrobial activity. The consulted databases corresponding to 83, of which documents dating from the years 2010 to 2022 were found, however, 24 were discarded, since they were related to clinical aspects of veterinary use and others due to the years of publication, the which are outside the range of the minimum 10 years to be taken into account for the development of the systemic reviewItem Actividad enzimática de levaduras recolectadas de diferentes ambientes del Valle del Cauca(Universidad Santiago de Cali, 2020) Olaya Hurtado, Dora Stefany; Ossa Cabra, Liseth Tatiana; Martínez Garay, Carlos Andrés; Ramírez Castrillón, MauricioAgro-industrial waste affects the environment, which makes it a current problem. A sustainable strategy is the use of microorganisms, such as yeast, to metabolize and to degrade these compounds, which will allow the development of bioremediation strategies. In this research, we tested yeasts from the mycoteca of Universidad Santiago de Cali, collected from different environments of Valle del Cauca, to determine their enzymatic activity. For this, they were grown in media with different substrates, to evaluate their ability to degrade them through the determination of an enzymatic coefficient (PZ), which takes into account the degradation halos formed. A total of 95 yeast strains were evaluated, of which 37 strains presented some enzymatic activity. Several strains showed potential in this field; the LN6A, P4, LC071A, YAM1, and YAM3 strains had the highest enzymatic activity; while some had the ability to degrade or metabolize two different substrates (LN4A, MRC33, LC112, P4, LN7C) or up to three types of substrate (MRC39). In addition to this, the LN4A strain, from the Navarro lagoon and identified as Candida tropicalis, presented a higher enzymatic activity in two types of substrate.Item Aislamiento de bacteriófagos provenientes de una muestra de origen ambiental con capacidad de infectar salmonella spp.(Universidad Santiago de Cali, 2020) Álvarez Pérez, Juan Martín; Aura Dayana Falco RestrepoSalmonellosis is a Foodborne Disease (FDB) that occurs due to contamination by bacteria of the Salmonella genus in edibles such as chicken and pork, as well as in products from poultry farms. Because the indiscriminate use of antibiotics in chickens has contributed to the selection of resistant bacteria, it is necessary to implement natural alternatives that allow the control of bacterial populations in poultry farms, bacteriophages being a possible option due to their high specificity to infect bacteria. Using the double layer method, bacteriophages were found in an environmental sample of chicken manure from a poultry farm located in the municipality of Palmira, Valle del Cauca, capable of infecting a strain of Salmonella enterica subsp. enterica ATCC 14028.Item “Aislamiento de bacteriófagos provenientes de una muestra de origen ambiental con capacidad de infectar salmonella spp”(Universidad Santiago de Cali, 2020) Álvarez Pérez, Juan Martín; Falco Restrepo, Aura DayanaSalmonellosis is a Foodborne Disease (FDB) that occurs due to contamination by bacteria of the Salmonella genus in edibles such as chicken and pork, as well as in products from poultry farms. Because the indiscriminate use of antibiotics in chickens has contributed to the selection of resistant bacteria, it is necessary to implement natural alternatives that allow the control of bacterial populations in poultry farms, bacteriophages being a possible option due to their high specificity to infect bacteria. Using the double layer method, bacteriophages were found in an environmental sample of chicken manure from a poultry farm located in the municipality of Palmira, Valle del Cauca, capable of infecting a strain of Salmonella enterica subsp. enterica ATCC 14028.Item Aislamiento, identificación y caracterización de bacterias ácido acéticas (BAA) para la producción de vinagre a partir de vino tinto(Universidad Santiago de Cali, 2021) Portilla Sinisterra, Andrés Fernando; Vera Lizcano, OmairaStudies of the microorganisms associated with the fermentation processes, their identification and the standardization of their biotechnological use, are of great interest for the economic and technological growth of a country. In this study, a winemaking protocol was obtained to later produce vinegar for human consumption through acetic fermentation, which is carried out mainly by acetic bacteria under aerobic conditions. 10 batches of wine were produced from Isabella grapes, obtained in the municipality of Ginebra-Valle del Cauca, an alcohol percentage between 9,8 – 11,2% was reached, to later obtain acetic acid. The Orleans method was used to make vinegar, which consists of stationary oxidation of ethanol in acetic acid, under the conditions required for the growth of acetic bacteria, from which a concentration of acetic acid between 47,4 - 60 g / L. Subsequently, the bacteria of the Acetobacteraceae family were isolated by means of cutives and identified by means of biochemical techniques. Later, with the Vitek 2 team, the Acetobacter acetti species was identified as the acetic bacteria found in vinegar, it was cryopreserved. This microorganism can be used to produce balsamic vinegar, which is of great commercial interest.Item Análisis metataxonómico de suelos de cultivos de yuca (Manihot esculenta Crantz) con síntomas de cuero de sapo(Universidad Santiago de Cali, 2024) Díaz Marín, Valentina; Ocampo Ibáñez, Iván Darío“Frogskin disease” mainly affects the roots of cassava and generates symptoms that deteriorate large quantities of crops. The International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT) in Colombia has been studying this disease in cassava crops for approximately 50 years and has proposed some associated pathogens, however, the causal agent is still unknown. Therefore, in the present study, a meta-taxonomic analysis of the bacteria and fungi that are present in soils of cassava crops with symptoms of the “Frogskin disease” disease was carried out to find the possible causal agents. For this, a metataxonomic analysis was carried out, using Illumina Miseq sequencing, to obtain fungal ITS and bacterial 16S sequences. Bacteria belonging to the phyla Proteobacteria and Firmicutes were obtained; mainly the genera Pantoea, Enterobacter, Bacillus, and Rhizobium. The phyla Ascomycota and Basidiomycota were the most abundant in the fungal ITS communities; represented by the genera Fusarium, Aspergillus, and Alternaria. The analysis of alpha and beta diversity using the Miseq sequencing platform revealed through a one-way ANOVA and a PERMANOVA that there were significant differences in composition at the genus level in soils with disease symptoms and control soils. This study provided useful information on the microbiome present in the rhizosphere and roots of resistant plants infected with “Frogskin disease” symptomsItem Aproximación metagenómica para la identificación de bacterias endófitas de la raíz de yuca (manihot esculenta crantz) bajo condiciones de estrés abiótico(Universidad Santiago de Cali, 2020) Fernández Gaviria, Alexandra; Herrera Arbeláez, Valentina; Corrales Ducuara, Alba RocíoCassava (M. esculenta) is the fourth most important crop in the world. It is considered a basic food in the diet of millions of people in tropical and sub-tropical areas. However, its productivity has been affected by adverse environmental conditions such as: low and high temperatures. In this regard, it is important to study new tolerant mechanisms to different types of abiotic stress. Knowing the endophyte microbial diversity of the root may influence positively or negatively in its development, productivity and crop heath under abiotic stress conditions. Cassava plants M. esculenta of the variety MCOL1734 were subjected to stress by hydric deficit for a 20-day period. In the metagenomic analysis of endophyte bacteria there were four Phylum; Proteobacteria, Firmicutes, Bacteroidetes and Actinobacteria, which are cataloged as endophytes in root of plants. Species like; Clostridium sp. Acinetobacter lwoffii and Acinetobacter sp. which are PGPR bacteria, are candidates to implement in improvement programs to increase tolerance to water deficit in cassava cultivation (M. esculenta).Item Bacterias potencialmente degradadoras de hidrocarburos aisladas en Santiago de Cali, Valle del Cauca(Universidad Santiago de Cali, 2020) Machacado Salas, Maryuris; Rache Arce, Diana Carolina; Rosero García, Doris AmandaOil hydrocarbon pollution is one of the main problems around the world since it generates negative ecological, economic, and social impacts. Colombia has been affected by hydrocarbon spills that contaminate different environments such as water and soil. Bacteria have been reported with the ability to degrade hydrocarbons, becoming an excellent strategy for designing studies that contribute solutions to this problem. In the present study, a methodology was standardized to isolate hydrocarbon degrading bacteria in six biological oxidation lagoons and a pure leachate from a treatment plant located in the Old Navarro Landfill at Santiago de Cali city. Three tests were conducted: leachate contamination, disk test and tube test, and 17 bacterial morphotypes with degrading potential of gasoline, diesel and ACPM were found. The bacteria identified were Serratia marcescens (morphotype 97), Bacillus sp. (morphotypes 90, 117 and 263), Bacillus cereus (morphotype 120) and Exiguobacterium sp. (morphotypes 123 and 137). This work carried out to standardize a methodology to isolate bacterial morphotypes in the Old Navarro Landfill and allowed future studies to study the degradation mechanisms in bacteria, and solutions that contribute to the reduction of hydrocarbon contamination.Item Biota fúngica en fosas nasales de trabajadores de tres edificios de la universidad Santiago de Cali y su relación con síntomas de alergias respiratorias(Universidad Santiago de Cali, 2019) Castillo Tellez, Beatriz Angélica; Caicedo Bejarano, Luz DaryAllergenic fungi enter through the air to nostrils and may be responsible for some respiratory allergies. The objective of the present study was to determine the relationship between allergies diagnosed and undiagnosed according to the results obtained from the adapted survey of ISAAC (International Study of Asthma and Allergies in Childhood) and the fungal load of the nostrils of workers of three buildings of the Santiago de Cali University. The samples taken from the nostrils were made with sterile swabs and the subsequent sowing was done on Sabouraud dextrose agar, sunflower seed agar and Candida CHROMagar. In 100% of the workers (126) who participated in the study, allergenic fungi were isolated. The highest prevalence of allergenic fungi in the workers of the different buildings was obtained by the workers of block 1, finding significant statistical differences, for the genus Fusarium sp, (p=0,0018 Kruskal Wallis) and Penicillum sp, (p=0,0080 Kruskal Wallis), but not for Cladosporium sp, Alternaria sp and Aspergillus sp; likewise, the biggest fungal load was presented by the workers of this building. When analyzing the fungal 6load found in the nasal passages and its relation with the presence of symptoms of respiratory allergies, it was established that there was significant statistical association with the genus Fusarium sp (p=0,0430 Wilcoxon Mann Whitney) and not for Cladosporium sp (p=0,1918, Wilcoxon Mann Whitney) which was the most frequently isolated genus.Item Caracterización de bacterias asociadas a la rizosfera de plantas de yuca (manihot esculenta crantz) sometidas a estrés por déficit hídrico(Universidad Santiago de Cali, 2019) Galindo Espinal, Diana Marcela; Zapata Gualtero, TatianaCassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) is one of the most important energy sources in the tropical and subtropical regions of the world. During the last years, its production has resulted in extreme environmental conditions. Plant growth promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) are a type of bacteria that colonize the roots and a symbolic relationship with the plant, favoring their growth and resistance even in conditions of abiotic stress. In the present study, 124 bacterial components of cassava plants M. esculenta are characterized, of which 26 rhizobacteria are identified in plants over a period of 20 days. The analyzes of the abundance of the most predominant genera are: Bacillus, Achromobacter, Pseudomonas, Sphingomonas and Streptomyces. These results are important for bacterial communities such as cassava cultivation and its relationship with the response of plants to abiotic stress conditions.Item Caracterización de poblaciones bacterianas como potenciales optimizadores en el proceso de compostaje de la empresa Incauca S.A.S.(Universidad Santiago de Cali, 2021) Díaz Caicedo, Lizeth Natalia; Corrales Ducuara, Alba Rocío; Mercado Álvarez, Ana MaríaComposting is a totally aerobic bioremediation process, in which microorganisms that rapidly and effectively degrade organic matter act. One of the great challenges of the sugar sector is to optimize the degradation times of the organic waste produced by the processing of sugar cane and fuel alcohol. Currently, INCAUCA S.A.S has implemented a sustainable management for waste management, which requires efficient methodologies for the processing and degradation of sugar cane products. In this study, efficient bacteria were characterized in two composting plants of the company INCAUCA S.A.S, as a sustainable strategy to optimize the process of degradation of organic matter. Genera such as Pseudomonas, Bacillus and Aeromonas were identified with an identity greater than 97% indicating having an important role in the composting process, 13 isolates presented halos of cellulose degradation.Item Caracterización fisicoquímica, sensorial y micológica del kéfir de agua en jugos de frutas tropicales(Universidad Santiago de Cali, 2019) Pedraza Morales, Yiham Stephanie; Ramírez Navas, Juan SebastiánKefir contains beneficial properties that promote health, which is why microorganisms isolated from kefir are studied for the development of functional foods. In the present study, the physicochemical, sensory and growth characteristics and phenotypic characterization of fungi present in water kefir in tropical fruit juices were determined. This experiment was done under a factorial design corresponding to the combination of two factors with three blocks and three replicas: type of substrate (pear juice, passion fruit and water with panela) and sucrose concentration (25%, 50% and 100%). The response variables were: acidity, pH, Brix degrees. For the microbiological analyzes, decimal dilutions were made, they were counted on the second and fifth day of incubation. The identification was made with API 20C and Vitek 2 (Biomérieux). Three yeast strains found from higher to lower number of CFU/mL Saccharomyces cerevisiae 1, Saccharomyces cerevisiae 2 and Zygosaccharomyces spp were finally isolated with the sensory analysis it was determined that the passion fruit drink was the one that had the best acceptance and preference on the part of consumers.Item Caracterización genética de aislados de Vibrio metschnikovii resistentes a antibióticos provenientes de una planta de tratamiento de lixiviados ubicada en Cali(Universidad Santiago de Cali, 2022) Zúñiga Espitia, Carolina; Falco Restrepo, Aura DayanaVibrio metschnikovii is a Gram-negative bacillus that inhabits aquatic environments, including leachates, which are formed from the percolation of waste deposited in landfills. And that due to the high load of contaminants generate a selective pressure on bacteria, leading them to acquire extragenic elements such as plasmids that are disseminated from one bacterium to another through horizontal gene transfer, giving them characteristics that allow them to survive in adverse environments. Due to the high prevalence of V. metschnikovii isolates resistant to antibiotics in one of the lagoons without physicochemical treatment of a Leachate Treatment Plant, located in the municipality of Santiago de Cali, genetic characterization of these isolates was carried out in this work, with the objective of determining the genetic diversity of each one of the isolates. For this purpose, the isolates were genotyped by amplifying the extragenic palindromic repetitive sequences through the polymerase chain reaction (rep-PCR). Additionally, it was determined whether the isolates carried plasmids and whether they had the ability to transfer horizontally. The results indicate that, although rep sequences are found in a wide variety of bacteria, V. metschnikovii does not have them. For this reason, it is suggested that pulsed-field gel electrophoresis studies be carried out to determine the genetic relationship between bacterial isolates. Additionally, it was possible to purify plasmid DNA in an amikacin-resistant isolate, which cannot be transferred by conjugation.Item Caracterización molecular de aislados de Enterobacter cloacae resistentes a carbapenemes portadores de los genes blaKPC, blaNDM, blaVIM y blaOXA-48, provenientes de la red de laboratorios públicos y privados del Valle del Cauca(Universidad Santiago de Cali, 2019) Guerrero De La Cruz, Daniela Andrea; Restrepo Falco, AuraThe production of beta-lactamase enzymes by some species of enterobacteria is a serious public health problem because it causes the loss of therapeutic efficacy to beta-lactam antibiotics, which are currently used as the first alternative for the management of infections caused by Gram-negative bacteria. In this work, the molecular characterization of 32 phenotypically resistant Enterobacter cloacae clinical isolates of cephalosporins and carbapenemes, from a private and a public entity, located in the city of Cali, was carried out. In order to detect the genes involved in resistance to these antibiotics, the polymerase chain reaction technique was used to amplify the genes encoding carbapenemases: KPC, NDM, VIM and OXA-48. It was obtained that 50% (16/32) of the isolates are carriers of the blaKPC gene, while the presence of blaNDM, blaVIM and blaOXA-48 genes was not detected. The results of this study indicate that the allele that circulates in the isolates is KPC-2 and that they are not genetically related. The results indicate that 81% of patients infected with the enterobacteria carrying KPC carbapenemase come from private medical centers, 81% are male and 44% of those affected are older adults (60 years and older). Knowing the genes involved in carbapenemes resistance in these clinical isolates is an important step towards the development of specific strategies to prevent the spread of this multi-drug resistant pathogen in the municipality of Cali.Item Catálogo de levaduras en Colombia: Revisión sistemática(Universidad Santiago de Cali, 2021) Barona Colorado, Anabel; Bolaños Burbano, Dahyana; Ramírez Castrillón, MauricioThe diversity of fungi in Colombia is not well known, where there are at least 7,273 species, a low number when compared to other countries. Yeasts have been little explored and little is known about their sampling effort. Therefore, this work aimed to review all the publications studies of repositories, databases, and public collections reporting the isolation and identification of environmental yeasts in Colombia from the years 2000 to 2020. All clinical isolates (human or related to zoonotic diseases) were excluded. 112 species of environmental yeasts occurring in four regions and 11 departments of Colombia were found, with 73.4% of yeasts belonging to Ascomycota and 26.6% to Basidiomycota. The most common primary environments were associated with different parts of plants, soils, and animals. Secondary environments with the reported yeasts were fermented fruits and fermented beverages. The most representative species were Cryptococcus neoformans (544 strains), Cryptococcus vini (360), and Cryptococcus gattii (243).Item Comparación de diferentes medios de cultivo para el aislamiento de hongos alergénicos a partir de ambientes y fosas nasales(Universidad Santiago de Cali, 2019) Concha Alarcón, Héctor Raúl; Caicedo Bejarano, Luz Dary; Chávez Vivas, MónicaDifferent culture media were evaluated for the collection of environmental samples (Agar Dicloran Rosa de Bengala Cloranfenicol, CHROMagar Candida, Avena Agar and , Sabouraud Dextrosa Agar + 5% NaCl) and nasal fossa samples (Sunflower seed agar, SDA and CHROMagar Candida) of workers from three University buildings Santiago from cali. It was found that there were statistical differences, p>0.05, when CHROMagar Candida and Agar Dicloran Rosa de Bengala Cloranfenicol were compared with the volumetric method. , Sabouraud Dextrosa Agar + 5% NaCl recovered the lowest number of UFC / m3, p <0.0001 when compared with the other media used with the gravimetric method and in the study of nostrils it was found that SDA was the culture medium where the higher counts P<0.0001. In this study, the Agar Dicloran Rosa de Bengala Cloranfenicol culture medium demonstrated that it is the medium of choice for the isolation of fungi from environmental samples and Sabouraud agar for clinical samples.Item Comparación de dos técnicas para la captación de esporas fúngicas ambientales en un campus universitario(Universidad Santiago de Cali, 2019) Delgado Ñañez, Cristhian; Caicedo Bejarano, Luz DaryThe concordance of two fungal spore uptake techniques in the environments of three buildings of the Santiago de Cali University campus was evaluated. The gravimetric method of spore uptake was compared with the Omeliansky formula and the volumetric method (Air Ideal 3P). The environmental sampling was carried out quarterly for a period of 12 months using Dicloran Rose Bengal Chloramphenicol agar (DRBC). 64497 CFU / m3 were accounted for, of which 34930 CFU / m3 were isolated with the volumetric method and 29567 CFU / m3 with the gravimetric method. No significant statistical differences were observed with the two techniques used (p = 0.0739), with a significance level α = 0.05. The predominant genera obtained with both methods were Cladosporium, Penicillium, Aspergillus and Fusarium, which suggests that although the gravimetric method is not as efficient as the volumetric method, it is reliable for estimating the degree of environmental fungal contamination in a similar way to the volumetric method.Item Dermatofitos en suelos del zoológico de la ciudad de Cali, Colombia(Universidad Santiago de Cali, 2022) Quintero Barragán, Daniel; Grisales Toro, Anyelly; Caicedo Bejarano, Luz Dary; Ramirez Castrillon, MauricioThe dermatophyte fungi present in the soils of the animal houses of the Zoological of the city of Cali, Colombia, were studied. The objective of the study was to determine the presence of dermatophyte fungi in these habitats and the variation of their presence according to some physicochemical parameters of the soil. The Vanbreuseghem hair-hook technique was used, and measurements of pH, conductivity, organic matter, ash, and moisture percentage were also taken. 37/60 (61.6%) of the samples were positive for the Nannizzia gypsea complex; no other dermatophyte was isolated. Soil pH values ranged from 4.63 to 9.36 and the isolation rate of the fungus was higher in soils with a pH range of 5.5 to 6.9 and this difference was statistically significant. The other physicochemical parameters were not significant for the presence of the fungus.