EKB Journal Management System
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Editorial Board December 2024

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Marine collagen in advanced wound dressing technologies: Innovations and applications for healing

Pages 1-18
Habiba Alaa Mohamed Abdelhafez; Nihal El Nahhas
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Synthesis, coordination study, and anti-microbial ability of new mixed-ligand complexes derivatized from azo imidazole, and 1, 10-phenanthroline

Pages 19-29
Israa N. Witwit; Husham Mubarak; Razzaq Ibrahim; Mohauman M. Majeed
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Hydrochemical analysis of reservoirs in Kazakhstan: Water quality and toxicology microbial indicators

Pages 30-40
Vadim Chashkov; Aliya Yskak; Almabek Nugmanov; Aidos Joldassov; Tatiana Paramonova; Artem Bashev
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Plant Diseases: Pathogenicity and integrated management overview

Pages 41-57
Lobna Hajji-Hedfi; Amira Khlif; Wassila Hlaoua; Abdelhak Rhouma; Samar Dali; Omaima Bargougui; Hemraj Chhipa
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Bio-Production of silver nanoparticles by a Brevibacillus sp. and testing of its inhibitory efficacy on pathogenic fungi

Pages 58-66
Saba Abdulameer Kadhim AL-Ziadi; Walaa Yass Lahmood; Duaa Abd Alabbas Muhammad; Rasha Rashid Swadi
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Morphology, phylogeny and cultural characteristics of Aspergillus rosettanus, a novel species in section Circumdati isolated from Wadi-El-Natron, Egypt

Pages 67-76
Osama A.M. Al-Bedak; Rania Faysal
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Rhizobacterial-induced defense genes and their role in tomato systemic resistance against wilt disease

Pages 77-87
Yomna Youssef Ismail; Nasr Fawzy Nasr; Ahmed ElFatih A. ElDoliefy; Mohamed Abdelalim Ali; Manal F. Abdelall
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Molecular study on acrAB, oqxAB, and marA genes of Escherichia coli isolated from patients in the AL-Diwaniyah City, Iraq

Pages 88-95
Noor Sabah; Najlaa Abdullah D. AL-Oqaili
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Combatting antimicrobial resistance: Mechanisms, emerging therapies, and future directions

Pages 96-114
Hebetullah ELsayed Abdelshafey; Mozan Ali Abdalla; Enas Ezzeldein Eltayeb; Rafa Omer Mohmmed; Alaa Abdelwahab Younis; Yusra Ahmed Musa Ahmed Musa; Ebaa Iyad Shekedrees; Israa Abdalgader Madani; Omnia Abdullah Eltayeb; Yousra A. El-Maradny
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Identification of bacterial species isolated from diabetic foot ulcer in Iraq

Pages 115-120
Mona Raed Turkei; Tsahel Hamid Al-Dulaimi
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Prevalence of multidrug resistant bacteria in Egyptian hospitalized patients

Pages 121-132
Asmaa M Mokabel; Hassan M. Gebreel; HebatAllah I. Youssef; Noura El-Kattan; Mosaad Attia Abdel-Wahhab
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Aspergillus terreus Mekky221, as a potential candidate fungus for biodiesel production using sugar cane bagasse and rice straw as inexpensive carbon sources

Pages 133-142
Ibrahim A. Abozaid; Hesham M. Mahdy; Samia A. Haroun; Alsayed E. Mekky
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Genetic diversity and molecular epidemiology of carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii in hospitalized patients of the Iraqi Kurdistan region: Insights from ERIC-PCR

Pages 143-154
Shahlaa Abdullah
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The inhibitory effect of Azadirachta indica extract on Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilm, virulence factors, and quorum sensing

Pages 155-165
Haitham Qaralleh
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Prevalence of Colistin resistance among difficult-to-treat Gram-negative nosocomial pathogens: An emerging clinical challenge

Pages 166-178
Nermine Mohammad Aboelnasr; Mohammed Abu-Elghait; Hassan Gebreel; HebatAllah I. Youssef
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Potential application of bacteriophage to control carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii isolated from inanimate hospital surfaces

Pages 179-188
Amr Hosny Fahmy; Khaled A El-Dogdog; El-Sayed T Abd El-Salam; Mohamed Gamal Salah
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Studies on Candida albicans causing vaginal and urinary tract inflammation: Prevalence, antifungal resistance, and natural product susceptibility

Pages 189-194
Hussein Samir Salama; Mohamed T. Shaaban; Aymen S. Dawood; Azza S. Soliman; Mohamed N. Shaheen
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In vitro myco-synthesized copper oxide nanoparticles: A promising antiviral agent with antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, and anti-cancer activity

Pages 195-207
Alaa Youssef Abd-Elhameed; Ahmed Mohammed Eladly; Ahmed Wardany Abdel-radi; Alsayed E. Mekky
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Potential use of SAP-4 as a destructive and biofilm stripper against disobedient Staphylococcus aureus (SA) and methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA) isolates

Pages 208-230
Ahmed Ali Hmed; Mohamed S. Salem; Ahmed R. Sofy