ARCHIVES OF BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
Vol. 64, No. 4, 2012

CONTENTS


Scientific Papers

S. Ćurčić, V. Pešić, B. P. M. Ćurčić, Nina Ćurčić, and T. Rađa
A new cave-dwelling species of the genus Parapropus Ganglbauer (Coleoptera: Leiodidae: Leptodirini)
from Bosnia and Herzegovina .............................................................................................................................................. 1229

Ž. Laznik, M. Vidrih, and S. Trdan
The effect of different entomopathogens on white grubs (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) in an organic
hay-producing grassland ...................................................................................................................................................... 1235

Ivana Elaković, Jelena Nestorov, Sanja Kovačević, and Gordana Matić
Selection of reference genes for normalization of real-time PCR data in visceral adipose tissue of female
rats on a fructose-enriched diet ........................................................................................................................................... 1247

Marina Šiljić, Dubravka Salemović, Đ. Jevtović, Ivana Pešić-Pavlović, Sonja Zerjav,
Valentina Nikolić, and Maja Stanojević
HIV-1 resistance profile in plasma and peripheral blood lymphocytes in group of naive patients ........................... 1261

G. Marjanović, Nataša Miladinović Tasić, Simona Gabrielli, Suzana Otašević, Lidija Popović,
Branislava Kocić, Valentina Arsić Arsenijević, and Gabriella Cancrini
First case of visceral leishmaniosis/HIV co-infection in Niš – southeastern Serbia .................................................. .1271

Aleksandra Knežević, Gordana Aleksić, I. Soldatović, Ana Banko, and Tanja Jovanović
Cervical human papillomavirus infection in Serbia: risk factors, prevalence and genotype distribution in
women with normal cervical cytology ................................................................................................................................ 1277

Maja Čupić, Ivana Lazarević, Vera Pravica, Ana Banko, Danijela Karalić, R. Naumović,
Milica Kravljača, and Tanja Jovanović
The prevalence of the most important viral infections in renal transplant recipients in Serbia.................................. 1285

Tatjana Babić, Biljana Miljković Selimović, Branislava Kocić, A. Nagorni, and Ljiljana Ristić
Successful isolation of Helicobacter pylori after prolonged incubation: a case report prolonged
incubation for H. pylori ......................................................................................................................................................... 1297

Valentina Nikolić, Dubravka Salemović, Đ. Jevtović, Ivana Pešić-Pavlović, Sonja Zerjav, J. Ranin,
Marina Šiljić, and Maja Stanojević
Primary HIV-1 resistance – persistence of transmitted drug resistance mutations . ................................................... 1301

Irena Živanović, Dragana Vuković, Ivana Dakić, Gordana Stefanović, and Branislava Savić
Detection of extensively drug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains by the genotype MTBDRsl
assay in Serbia ........................................................................................................................................................................ 1311

Ivana Lazarević, Maja Čupić, D. Delić, Neda Stojkovic Svirtlih, Jasmina Simonović, Ana Banko,
and Tanja Jovanović
Complete genome sequences and phylogenetic analysis of hepatitis B virus isolates from Serbia ........................ 1319

Vera Gusman, Deana Medić, Zora Jelesić, and Mira Mihajlović-Ukropina
Sphingomonas paucimobilis as the biofilm producer ..................................................................................................... 1327

Smiljana Rajcevic, G. Ćosić, P. Đurić, J. Đekić, M.Ristić, and D. Babović-Kačavenda
Hepatitis B screening in pregnant women in Autonomous Province of Vojvodina, Serbia ....................................... 1333

Deana Medić, Vera Gusman, Mira Mihajlović-Ukropina, Zora Jelesić, and Biljana Milosavljević
Bloodstream infections in children caused by extended spectrum beta-lactamase producing
Klebsiella pneumoniae ........................................................................................................................................................ 1339

Ljiljana Ristić, Branislava Kocić, Tatjana Babić, S. Apostolski, Mirjana Spasić,
and Biljana Miljković-Selimović
Humoral immune response to Campylobacter jejuni in patients with enterocolitis and
Guillain-Baré syndrome.......................................................................................................................................................... 1349

Gorana Ćosić, Jelena Đekić, Smiljana Rajčević, M. Ristić, and N. Ikonić
Nosocomial infections and microbiological agents in intensive care unit..................................................................... 1357

Gorana Ćosić, Jelena Đekić, P. Đurić, Z. Šeguljev, M. Petrović, and S. Rajčević
Epidemiological characteristics of Q fever in Vojvodina Province, Serbia, 1985-2009................................................. 1363

Ivana Ćirković, M. Jovalekić, and B. Jegorović
In vitro antibacterial activity of garlic and synergism between garlic and antibacterial drugs.................................. 1369

Ina Gajić, Nataša Opavski, Vera Mijač, and L. Ranin
Macrolide resistant phenotypes of invasive Streptococcus pneumoniae isolates in Serbia .................................... 1377

Danijela Karalić, Ivana Lazarević, Maja Ćupić, and Tanja Jovanović
The prevalence of human polyomaviruses in urine samples of immunocompetent individuals in
Serbian population.................................................................................................................................................................. 1383

Biljana Miljković-Selimović, Branislava Kocić, and Tatjana Babić
Campylobacter and Helicobacter in etiology of human gastrointestinal diseases...................................................... 1389

Dragoslava Radin
Human norovirus transmission due to contaminated fresh fruit and vegetables ........................................................ 1405

Nataša Nikolić-Jakoba, Sandra Vojnović, A. Pavić, S. Janković, V. Leković, and Branka Vasiljević
Polymerase chain reaction in the identification of periodontopathogens — realiable and sufficient method?....... 1413

S. Stanković, Sanja Mihajlović, V. Draganić, I. Dimkić, G. Vukotić, Tanja Berić, and Đ. Fira
Screening of the presence of biosynthetic genes for antimicrobial lipopeptides in
natural isolates of Bacillus sp............................................................................................................................................... 1425

D. Vidanović, M. Šekler, V. Polaček, N. Vasković, Ružica Ašanin, N. Milić, and J. Nišavić
Application of standard and molecular methods in diagnosis of Newcastle disease ................................................. 1433

S. L. Markov, D. D. Cvetković, and Aleksandra S. Veličanski
Availability of lactose medium for tea fungus culture and Kombucha fermentation .................................................. 1439

Vesna Janković, Vesna Đorđević, Brankica Lakićević, Branka Borović, B. Velebit, and Radmila Mitrović
Determination of staphylococcal enterotoxins in cheese by immunoenzume assays.................................................. 1449

Milena Savić, I. Anđelković, Dunja Duvnjak, Danka Matijašević, Aleksandra Avramović,

Dragana Pešic-Mikulec and M. Nikšić

The fungistatic activity of organic selenium and its application to production of cultivated mushrooms
Agaricus bisporus and Pleurotus spp................................................................................................................................ 1455

Zorica Radulović, N. Mirković, Bojana Bogović-Matijašić, Milica Petrušić, Tanja Petrović,
Verica Manojlović, and V. Nedović
Quantification of viable spray-dried potential probiotic lactobacilli using real-time PCR........................................... 1465

Tanja Petrović, Suzana Dimitrijević, Zorica Radulović, N. Mirković, Jasmina Rajić, D. Obradović,
and V. Nedović
Comparative analysis of potential probiotic ability among lactobacilli from fermented vegetables and
human origin............................................................................................................................................................................ 1473

J. Petrićević, V. Gujaničić, D. Radić, B. Lalević, M. Božić, Z. Rudić, and V. Raičević
The possibility of using macrophytes in Palić Lake sediment remediation .................................................................. 1481

N. Kuzmanović, Katarina Gašić, M. Ivanović, Anđelka Prokić, and A. Obradović
Identification of Agrobacterium vitis as causal agent of grapevine crown gall in Serbia........................................... 1487

Dragana Jošić, Katarina Protolipac, Mira Starović, S. Stojanović, Snežana Pavlović, M. Miladinović,
and Svetlana Radović
Phenazines producing Pseudomonas isolates decrease Alternaria tenuissima growth, pathogenicity and
disease incidence on cardoon .............................................................................................................................................. 1495

D. Yong Zhang, Wen-Bin Dong, Qing-ping Li, Chun-liang Deng, Tao Xiong, Xiao-ping Lei, and Lin Guo
Role of Omi/HtrA2 protease in neonatal-postasphyxial-serum-induced apoptosis in human kidney
proximal tubule cells .............................................................................................................................................................. 1505

Xin Liu, Meng Tian, and KeWu Liu
Site-directed mutation of a laccase from Thermus thermophilus: effect on activity profile........................................ 1515

Snežana Pešić
Aquatic weevils assemblies (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea) response to the different ecological conditions
in artificial lakes in Central Serbia......................................................................................................................................... 1523

D. T. Mihajlović, Branislava Lalić, J. Lesny, and J. Olejnik
Modelling surface fluxes over a sparse vegetation .......................................................................................................... 1533

J. Flores-Cano, E. I. Badano, and J. Flores
Effects of burial depth on seed germination and seedling emergence of Mexican oaks:
a glasshouse experiment........................................................................................................................................................ 1543

B. P. M. Ćurčić, T. Rađa, and R. N. Dimitrijević
On two new cave pseudoscorpions, Chthonius (Chthonius) pagus n. sp. (Chthoniidae) and
Roncus navalia n. sp. (Neobisiidae), from the Island of Pag, Croatia ........................................................................... 1555

B. P. M. Ćurčić, S. E. Makarov, T. Rađa, B. S. Ilić, and D. Ž. Antić
Roncus meledae n. sp. and Neobisium oculatum n. sp., from the Island of Mljet, Dalmatia
(Neobisidae, Pseudoscorpiones).......................................................................................................................................... 1567

Jasmina Poluga, Violeta Dopsaj, Milena Veljković, N. Maksić, Sonja Stojaković, Radica Dunjić,
Zorica Dakić, and M. Pavlović
Increased tumor necrosis factor alpha and interleukin-6 serum levels and their correlation with
laboratory parameters in patients with the imported malaria ........................................................................................... 1577

M. Fočak, E. Hasković, and D. Suljević
The fluoride effect on calcium level in rat Rattus norvegicus serum ............................................................................. 1585

D. Mihaljica, Ž. Radulović, Snežana Tomanović, Sanja Ćakić, Aleksandra Penezić,
and Marija Milutinović
Molecular detection of Babesia spp. in ticks in Serbia .................................................................................................... 1591

Marija Marin, Lia Ascensão, and P. D. Marin
Microscopic investigation of trichomes of wild-growing Satureja montana L............................................................ 1599

Dragana Vukov, Ružica Igić, M. Rućando, and Snežana Radulović
Diversity of vascular hydrophytes in the Zasavica river (Serbia) — changes after thirteen years .......................... 1607

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