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| | Environmental Microbiology, Marine Microbiology, Water/Aquatic Microbiology, Geomicrobiology | A CRYPTIC PLASMID FROM VIBRIO CHOLERAE MP-1 ISOLATED FROM MAI PO NATURE RESERVE OF HONG KONG Ji-Dong Gu J.-D. GU, Y. WANG
Laboratory of Environmental Toxicology, Department of Ecology & Biodiversity,
The University of Hong Kong, Pofulam Road, Hong Kong
The Swire Institute of Marine Science, The University of Hong Kong, Shek O, Cape d’Aguilar, Hong Kong SAR
P. C. LEUNG
Biomolecular Interaction Laboratory, Department of Zoology, The University of Hong Kong, Pofulam Road, Hong Kong
| Microbial Corrosion in Zinc Surface Layer of Galvanized Steel by biofilms of Sulfate Reducer bacteria Anita Khanafari Khanafari Anita1, Tahernia Alireza1, Montaser Koohsari Shiedeh3, Mazaheri Assadi Mahnaz2, Noohi Ashrafulsadat1
1- Islamic Azad University- Microbiology Department, North of Tehran-Iran
2- Biotechnology Center, Iranian Research Organization for Science and Technology, Tehran, Iran-3- Islamic Azad University Science and Research Campus of Iran-Tehran
| SINGLE AND MULTI-METAL REMOVAL BY AN ENVIRONMENTAL MIXED BACTERIAL ISOLATE Palsan Sannasi SANNASI, P1., KADER, J., OTHMAN, O., SALMIJAH, S.
Faculty of Science and Technology, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
43600 UKM Bangi, Selangor D.E.
Malaysia
1 School of Science & Mathematics, INTI College Malaysia, 71800 Bandar Baru Nilai, N. Sembilan
| GROWTH AND CELLULASE PRODUCTION OF TRICHODERMA VIRIDE IN COCONUT COIR PITH SOLID CULTURE S. Prakash Prakash,S. and B, Valentin Bhimba
Department of Industrial Biotechnology,
Udaya School of Engineering, Vellamodi-629 204
Kanyakumari District, Tamil Nadu, India.
| Alkaline phosphatase activity of Flexibacter chinensis under starvation stress in strile water microcosoms Jamshid Raheb J. Raheb and Ali Asghar. Karkhane
National Research Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (NRCGEB) Tehran, IRAN
K. P. Flint
Department of Biological Sciences University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, UK
| The effect of environmental factors on the survival characteristics of Flexibacter chinensis Jamshid Raheb J. Raheb and Ali Asghar. Karkhane
National Research Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (NRCGEB) Tehran, IRAN
K. P. Flint
Department of Biological Sciences University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, UK
| Respiration Activity in Flexibacter chinensis under Starvation Stress Ken P. Flint J. Raheb and Ali Asghar. Karkhane
National Research Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (NRCGEB) Tehran, IRAN
K. P. Flint
Department of Biological Sciences University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, UK
| CATALYTIC PERFORMANCE OF LIGNIN PEROXIDASE HOSTED IN AOT REVERSE MICELLAR MEDIUM Xirong Huang XIRONG HUANG, WENJUAN ZHANG
Key Lab for Colloid and Interface Chemistry of the Education Ministry of China, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, P.R. China
YUEZHONG LI, YINBO QU, PEIJI GAO
State Key Lab of Microbial Technology of China, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, P.R. China
| BIOTECHNOLOGICAL APPROACH FOR TREATMENT OF TEXTILE WASTEWATER – A CASE STUDY Ram Awtar Pandey R.A. PANDEY*, M. LAKSHANE, K. PADOLEY, T.V. SUBBARAO, S.N. KAUL
National Environmental Engineering Research Institute, Nagpur, India
| Elimination of Hydrogen Sulfide Air Pollution via Biofiltration Reactor Seyyed Mohammad Ghoreishi Seyyed Mohammad Ghoreishi
Associate Professor
Department of Chemical Engineering
Isfahan University of Technology
Isfahan 84154, IRAN
| GROWTH AND PRODUCTION OF BIOSURFACTANT PRODUCED FROM PSEUDOMONAS SP. USING VEGETABLE OILS AND FATTY ACIDS AS CARBON SOURCES. Jiraporn Thaniyavarn *J. Thaniyavarn,*A. Chongchin,*N. Wanitsuksombut,**N. Leepipatpiboon,
***M. Morikawa and ***S. Kanaya.
* Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Science, Chulalongkorn university,
Bangkok10330, Thailand.
**Department of Chemistry,Faculty of Science, Chulalongkorn university,
Bangkok10330, Thailand.
***Department of Material and Life Science,
Graduate School of Engineering,
Osaka University,
Yamadaoka 2-1 Suita, Osaka
Japan 565-0871
| PERYLENE TOXICITY IN THE ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT OF RIA DE AVEIRO (PORTUGAL) Angela Cunha ÂNGELA CUNHA, ADELAIDE ALMEIDA, ANA RÉ, FERNANDA ALCÂNTARA
Departamento de Biologia, Universidade de Aveiro, Campo de Santiago 3810-196 Aveiro, Portugal
AIDA MARTINS
Instituto Nacional Engenharia Tecnologia Industrial, Estrada Lumiar 1649-038 Lisboa, Portugal
| Phylogenetic characterization of endosymbionts in hydrothermal vent mussel Elizaveta Spiridonova E.M. Spiridonova
Department of Microbiology, Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia
B.B. Kuznetsov
Bioengineering Center, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
T.P. Tourova
Institute of Microbiology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
| GENOSYSTEMATIC APPROACH TO STUDY OF BACTERIAL CULTURES UTILIZING VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS AND MAPPING THEIR PRINCIPAL BIODEGRADATION PATHWAYS Vasily Khomenkov V.G. KHOMENKOV, A.B. SHEVELEV, V.G. ZHUKOV, N.A. ZAGUSTINA and V.O. POPOV
A.N. Bakh Institute of Biochemistry RAS, Leninsky prosp. 33, 119071, Moscow, Russia
| PROFILES OF ANTIBIOTIC SUSCEPTIBILITIES OF BACTERIAL ISOLATES AND PHYSICO-CHEMICAL QUALITY OF WATER SUPPLY IN RURAL VENDA COMMUNITIES, SOUTH AFRICA Larry Obi CL OBI, PO BESSONG, N POTGIETER, A SAMIE AND EO IGUMBOR
Department of Microbiology, University of Venda for Science and Technology, Private Bag X5050, Thohoyandou 0950, South Africa
MNB MOMBA
Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, University of Fort-Hare, Alice, South Africa
| Isolation and preliminary characterization of actinomycetes from neuston layer in the Trondheims fjord Sigrid Hakvåg S. HAKVÅG, E. FJÆRVIK, H. BREDHOLDT, S.B. ZOTCHEV
Department of Biotechnology, NTNU, Trondheim, Norway
K.D. JOSEFSEN, T.E. ELLINGSEN,
Department of Biotechnology, SINTEF Materials and Chemistry, Trondheim, Norway
| SURVEY OF FUNGI IN MANNED SPACECRAFTS AND DESIGN OF MOLECULAR TOOLS FOR THEIR RAPID DETECTION Marie Godet GODET MARIE AND MUNAUT FRANÇOISE
Mycothèque de l'Université catholique de Louvain (BCCMTM/MUCL), Unité de Microbiologie, Faculté d'Ingénierie biologique, agronomique et environnementale, Université catholique de Louvain, Croix du Sud 3 boîte 6, B-1348 Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium. | THE USE OF SOLANUM NIGRUM FOR THE UPTAKE OF ZINC ASSISTED BY DIFFERENT ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZAL FUNGI Ana Marques ANA P. G. C. MARQUES(1), RUI S. OLIVEIRA, ANTÓNIO O. S. S. RANGEL, PAULA M. L. CASTRO
Escola Superior de Biotecnologia, Universidade Católica Portuguesa
Rua Dr. António Bernardino de Almeida, 4200-072 Porto, Portugal
| Effect of Nutrients Amendments and Sterilization on Mineralization and/or Biodegradation of 14C-Labeled MCPP by Soil Bacteria Under Aerobic Conditions Ebtesam El-Bestawy Ebtesam El-Bestawy1* and Hans-Jorgen Albrechtsen2
(1) Department of Environmental Studies, Institute of Graduate Studies and Research, Alexandria University. 163 Horria Ave. El-Shatby, Alexandria, Egypt, P.O. Box 832 El-Shatby.
Phone: +(203) 4295007/ 4297942 Ext. 244 Fax: +(203) 4285792/93
* Corresponding Author E. mail: eelbestawy@yahoo.com
(2) Department of Environment & Resources, Denmark Technical University (DTU), Bd. 115, DK 2800 Lyngby, Denmark
Phone: +(45) 45 25 15 86 Fax: +(45) 45 93 28 50
E. Mail: hja@er.dtu.dk
| BIOAVAILABILITY OF PHENANTHRENE AS AFFECTED BY NAPL AND/OR SOIL COLLOIDS Vincenza Andreoni L. CAVALCA, M. COLOMBO, S. BERNASCONI o, V. ANDREONI
Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Alimentari e Microbiologiche, o Dipartimento di Chimica Organica e Industriale, Università di Milano, Italy
M.A. RAO, G. NOCERINO, L. GIANFREDA
Dipartimento di Scienze del Suolo, della Pianta e dell’Ambiente, Università di Napoli Federico II, Portici, Napoli, Italy
| Mechanisms involved in resistance/tolerance to TBT and other antifouling compounds by marine bacteria Sonia Mendo A. CRUZ, T. CAETANO AND S. MENDO
University of Aveiro, Department of Biology, CBC, 3810-193 Aveiro-Portugal
| THE CONTROL OF BIOLOGICAL CORROSION IN COOLING WATER SYSTEM OF A POWER PLANT Lee Chi- Mei C.-M. LEE, L.-F. WU
Department of Environmental Engineering, National Chung-Hsing University, Taiwan
S.-D. CHYOU, S.-T. KUO, S.-J. CHEN
Taiwan Power Research Institute,Taiwan Power Company, Taiwan
H.-E. WU, H.-Y.CHEN, W.-L. SHIH
Taichung Thermal Power Plant, Taiwan Power Company, Taiwan
| SELECTIVE ACCUMULATION OF LIGHT OR HEAVY RARE EARTH ELEMENTS USING VARIOUS MICROORGANISMS Takehiko Tsuruta T. TSURUTA
Department of Applied Chemistry, Tohwa University, Chikushigaoka, Fukuoka, Japan
| An individual based model to study the main groups of microbes active in composting process Marta Ginovart A. GRAS
College of Agriculture of Barcelona, Technical University of Catalonia, Urgell 187, Barcelona, Spain
C. PRATS
Department of Physics and Nuclear Engineering, Technical University of Catalonia, Urgell 187, Barcelona, Spain
M. GINOVART
Department of Applied Mathematics III, Technical University of Catalonia, Urgell 187, Barcelona, Spain
| A discrete model to study bacterial activity of activated sludge systems in waster treatment Marta Ginovart M. GINOVART
Department of Applied Mathematics III, Technical University of Catalonia, Urgell 187, Barcelona, Spain
D. DUCH
Department of Physics and Nuclear Engineering, UPC, Jordi Girona 1-3, Barcelona, Spain
A. GRAS
College of Agriculture of Barcelona, Technical University of Catalonia, Urgell 187, Barcelona, Spain
| Biofilm gelling agents from Pseudomonas: seaweed features but not alginate Juliana Kives Ostronoff J. KIVES, B. ORGAZ AND C. SANJOSE
Department of Nutrition, Food Science and Technology, University Complutense of Madrid, Avda. Puerta de Hierro s/n, Madrid, Spain
| MONITORING THE MARINE BACTERIAL COMMUNITY RESPONSE TO ENVIRONMENTAL STRESSORS USING MOLECULAR BIOMARKERS Rosa M. Lacatena R.M. LACATENA*, R. MEDICI*, P. COLAPIETRO*, E. FRANCHI&, P.M. PEDRONI&
* EniTecnologie, Monterotondo, Roma, Italy
& EniTecnologie, S. Donato Milanese, Milano, Italy
| MICROBIAL ECOLOGY OF AUTOTROPHIC DENITRIFYING REACTORS T. Köchling N. FERNÁNDEZ, R. GOMEZ, R. AMILS, J.L.SANZ
Departamento de Biología Molecular, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Campus de Cantoblanco, Km 15 Ctra. Colmenar, 28049 Madrid, Spain.
R. SIERRA, J. FIELD
Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona 85721-0011, USA
| MICROBIOLOGICAL AND BIOCHEMICAL EFFECTS OF ACTIVATED SLUDGE DIFFUSION FOR SULPHIDE BIOOXIDATION IN WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS Elvira Giorgio R. PALUMBO, E. GIORGIO, M. BLONDA, A. POLLICE, G. LAERA
Water Research Institute, National Research Council, Vl. F. De Blasio 5, 70123 Bari, Italy
| INCREASE OF PHYTOCHELATINS IN CELLS OF MARINE MICROALGA TETRASELMIS SUECICA EXPOSED TO CADMIUM Mónica Pérez Rama M. PEREZ-RAMA, E. TORRES VAAMONDE, J. ABALDE ALONSO
Laboratorio de Microbiología, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidade da Coruña, Alejandro de La Sota, nº 1. 15008. La Coruña, Spain.
| Microbiology in machine dishwater Eva Ståhl Wernersson E. STÅHL WERNERSSON
Environmental Laboratory, GS Development AB, Jägershillgatan 15, SE-213 75 Malmö, Sweden.
H. HÅKANSON
Department of Biotechnology, University of Lund, Box 124, SE-221 00 Lund, Sweden
| Variations in the toxicity of copper due to the presence of zinc and cadmium on the growth and pigment content of Phaeodactylum tricornutum Salvador Folgar Couselo S. Folgar, A. Cid, E. Torres
Laboratorio de Microbiología. Facultad de Ciencias. Universidad de A Coruña,
Alejandro de la Sota, nº 1, A Coruña, Spain
| COMETABOLIC DEGRADATION OF CHLOROPHENOLS BY A STRAIN OF Burkholderia IN FED-BATCH CULTURE Juvencio Galíndez-Mayer D. DE LOS COBOS-VASCONCELOS, F. SANTOYO-TEPOLE, N. RUIZ-ORDAZ, C.J.J. GALÍNDEZ-MAYER
Departamento de Ingeniería Bioquímica, Escuela Nacional de Ciencias Biológicas, Prol. de Carpio y Plan de Ayala s/n, Distrito Federal, México.
| 2.4 DICHLOROPHENOXYACETIC ACID (2,4-D) DEGRADATION BY A MIXED MICROBIAL POPULATION Cleotilde Juárez Ramírez C. Rubio-Granados, E. Marrón-Montiel, C. Juárez- Ramírez, N. Ruiz-Ordaz
Departamento de Ingeniería Bioquímica, Escuela Nacional de Ciencias Biológicas. IPN. México, D. F.
| Characterization of ß-lactam-resistant genes from a metagenomic library of cold-seep sediments in deep-sea Sang Hee Lee J.S. SONG, J.H. LEE, S.H. LEE
Department of Biological Sciences, Myongji University, San 38-2 Namdong, Yongin, Republic of Korea
J.H. JEON, J.-H. LEE.
Marine Biotechnology Center, Korea Ocean Research & Development Institute, Ansan, Republic of Korea
| Role of Glutathione / Glutathione-transferase against oxidative stress in the ciliated protozoan Tetrahymena thermophila. Juan Carlos Gutiérrez R. ORTEGA, A. MARTÍN-GONZÁLEZ, A. GALLEGO, J.C. GUTIÉRREZ
Departamento de Microbiología-III. Facultad de Biología. C/. José Antonio Novais, 2. Universidad Complutense (UCM). 28040 Madrid. Spain.
| BIOTRANSFORMATION OF 1,2,3,4,7,8-HEXACHLORODIBENZO-P-DIOXIN BY SPHINGOMONAS WITTICHII RW1 Stefan Schmidt IN-HYUN NAM, YOUNG-MO KIM, YOON-SEOK CHANG
School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Pohang University of Science and Technology,
Pohang, 790-784, Korea
STEFAN SCHMIDT
Abteilung Mikrobiologie, Biozentrum Klein Flottbek, Universität Hamburg, Ohnhorststraße 18,
22609 Hamburg, Germany
| Caesium-Resistant (Cs+-R) mutant of the cyanobacterium Nostoc muscorum with a pleiotropic defect in diazotrophy and autotrophy Santosh Bhargava SANTOSH BHARGAVA1 & SARVADAMAN SINGH2 | MICROBIAL BIOAUGMENTATION FOR THE CONVERSION OF ANAEROBICALLY TRANSFORMED INTERMEDIATES OF ANTI-BIOTIC PHARMACEUTICAL WASTE SLUDGE - A CASE STUDY R. Saravanane R. Saravanane* and B. Muruganandam, Chittibabu and Ganesh
Environmental Engineering Laboratory,Department of Civil Engineering
Pondicherry Engineering College, Pondicherry – 605 014, India
| EVALUATING THE GENETIC DIVERSITY OF DIOXYGENASES FOR INITIAL CATABOLISM OF AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS IN PSEUDOMONAS RHODESIAE KK1 Hyung-Yeel Kahng SEUNG-IL KIM
Proteome Analysis Team, The Korea Basic Science Institute, Daejon,
JEROME JERRY KUKOR
Biotechnology Center for Agriculture and the Environment, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey 08901-8520, USA,
KYE-HEON OH
Department of Life Science, Soonchunhyang University, P.O. Box 97, Asan, Chung-Nam 336-600, Korea,
HYUNG-YEEL KAHNG
Department of Environmental Education, Sunchon National University, 315 Maegok-dong,
| PARTIAL STRUCTURE OF THE SHEATH OF A MANGANESE-OXIDIZING SHEATHED BACTERIUM, LEPTOTHRIX CHOLODNII Minoru Takeda M. TAKEDA, H. MAKITA, Y. NAKAHARA, H. FUKUI, J. KOIZUMI
Division of Materials Science and Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Yokohama National University, Hodogaya, Yokohama, Japan.
| DEGRADATION OF PHENOLIC COMPOUNDS IN SEAWATER USING NOVEL MICROORGANISM ISOLATED FROM THE INTESTINE OF APLYSIA KURODAI Yoshitoshi Nakamura F. KOBAYASHI, M. DAIDAI, Y. NAKAMURA
Graduate School of Natural Science & Technology, Kanazawa University, Kakuma-machi, Kanazawa 920-1192, Japan
| SCREENING AND CHARACTERIZATION OF A BIOFLOCCULANT PRODUCED BY AEROMONAS SP. Li Xiao-Ming XIAO-MING LI, KAI HUANG, YANG QI, ZHONG QIONG, GUANG-MING ZENG,
Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, PR China
| IMPACT OF CADMIUM ON ABUNDANCE AND STRUCTURE OF BACTERIAL COMMUNITIES CULTIVATED IN SEDIMENT SUSPENSION CULTURES. Marcus Nachtkamp M. NACHTKAMP, L. BERTHE-CORTI
Institute for Chemistry and Biology of the Marine Environment (ICBM), Universität Oldenburg,
PO Box 2503, 26111 Oldenburg, Germany
| bacterial diversity in sediment-suspensions cultures under different solar radiation conditions Simone Geyer S. GEYER, L. BERTHE-CORTI
Department of Chemistry and Biology of the Marine Environment, University of Oldenburg, Carl-von-Ossietzky-Str. 9-11, D-26111 Oldenburg, Germany
| PHENOTYPIC AND GENOTYPIC CHARACTERIZATION OF AN OUTBREAK OF Pseudomonas aeruginosa FROM WILD BIRDS Pedro Jiménez Gómez Jiménez Gómez, P.A.1; Vindel A. 2; Alonso Moreno, R3.; García de los Ríos,J.E. 1; Reche Sainz, M.P. 1.
2 Instituto de Salud CarlosIII de Madrid. Majadahonda (Spain).
3. Hospital de Fauna salvaje BRINZAL de Madrid (Spain).
| STUDY OF VITAMIN C TRANSFER FROM MICROALGAE TO ROTIFERS. Maria Souto M. SOUTO, C. HERRERO.
Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, Laboratory of Microbiology. University of Coruña. Alejandro de la Sota 1, 15008, A Coruña, Spain.
| FLOW CYTOMETRIC ANALYSIS OF THE EFFECT OF PESTICIDES ON PROLIFERATION OF MICROALGAE Angeles Cid C. RIOBOO, R. PRADO, C. HERRERO & A.CID
Laboratorio Microbioloxía, Facultade de Ciencias, Universidade da Coruña, Rúa Alejandro de la Sota, 1.15008 A Coruña, Spain
| Vibrio cholerae is Transported to Water Bodies by Adult, Flying Chironomids Yechezkel Kashi M. Broza*, H.Gancz**, M. Halpern *, and Y. Kashi**
* Faculty of Science and Science Education, Univ. of Haifa, Oranim, Tivon 36006, Israel.
** Faculty of Biotechnology and Food Engineering, Technion-Israel Inst. of Technology, Haifa 32000, Israel.
| PERFORMANCE AND MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES OF A CONTINUOUS STIRRED TANK ANAEROBIC REACTOR TREATING TWO-PHASE OLIVE MILL SOLID WASTES AT LOW ORGANIC LOADING RATES Barbara Rincón B. RINCÓN, R. BORJA*, F. RAPOSO
Instituto de la Grasa, CSIC, Avda. Padre García Tejero 4, 41012 Sevilla
J. M. GONZALEZ, M. C. PORTILLO, C. SAIZ-JIMENEZ
Instituto de Recursos Naturales y Agrobiologia, CSIC, Apartado 1052, 41080 Sevilla, Spain.
| The effects of various antibiotics on marine bacteria Bita Sabbaghzadeh B.SABBAGHZADEH*,M. MAZAHERI ASSADI, T. ZAHRAIE SALEHI1 SH.SAFAIEIAN
Science and research campus, Azad University ,Tehran ,Iran
Biotechnology Center, Iranian Research Organization for Science and
Technology , Tehran ,Iran .
The north of Tehran, Azad university.
1Tehran University, Departmant of Veterinery
| ARE THRAUSTOCHYTRIDS AN IMPORTANT LINK IN THE FOOD CHAIN IN MANGROVES? Lilian L P Vrijmoed LILIAN L.P. VRIJMOED, MICHELLE K.M. WONG, DORIS W.T. AU,
Department of Biology and Chemistry, City University of Hong Kong, Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, Peoples’ Republic of China
| STYGOFAUNA ABUNDANCE AND DISTRIBUTION IN THE FISSURES AND CAVES OF THE NARDÒ (SOUTHERN ITALY) FRACTURED AQUIFER SUBJECT TO RECLAIMED WATER INJECTIONS Costantino Masciopinto C. MASCIOPINTO, F. SEMERARO, R. LA MANTIA,
National Research Council, Water Research Institute, Via F. De Blasio 5, Bari, Italy
S. INGUSCIO, E. ROSSI
Hypogeous Laboratory of Biospeleology of the Salento, Santa Maria di Cerrate, Italy
| QUORUM SENSING OF GRAM NEGATVE BACTERIA ASSOCIATED WITH HYPOGEAN FRESCOS IN SOUTHERN EUROPE Peggy Kiessling PEGGY KIESSLING, MICHAEL RAMM, VOLKER SCHROECKH, INGRID GROTH
Department of Applied Microbiology, Hans Knoell Institute for Natural Products Research,
Beutenbergstr. 11a, Jena, Germany
INGRID GROTH
Department of Molecular and Natural Products Research, Hans Knoell Institute for Natural Products Research, Beutenbergstr. 11a, Jena, Germany
| Metabolic versatility in a facultative chemilithotrophic bacterium of the genus Nitrobacter: a proteomic approach. Cottin Sandrine S. COTTIN1, D. RAPP1, C. CHAMBON², M. HEBRAUD², A. RICHAUME1, P. POTIER1, 1Laboratoire d’Ecologie Microbienne – UMR-CNRS 5557, Villeurbanne, France
²INRA de Saint Genès Champanelle, Theix, France
| Measuring biologically available environmental pollutants by use of specific biosensor bacteria Stefanie Kohlmeier S. KOHLMEIER
Institute of Environmental Science and Technology, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
M.C. WELLS
Department of Chemistry, Tennessee Tech University, Cookeville, USA
J.R. VAN DER MEER
Department of Fundamental Microbiology, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
H. HARMS
Department of Environmental Microbiology, Centre for Environmental Research Leipzig-Halle, Leipzig, Germany
| MICROBIAL QUALITY OF THE SAND OF VASCO DA GAMA BEACH (SINES, SW PORTUGAL) Sonia Sousa S. Sousaª, M. L. Rosadob, C. Verissímob, R. Sabinob, J. J. Castroª & T. Cruzª
ªLaboratório de Ciências do Mar, Universidade de Évora, Apartado 190, 7520-903 Sines, Portugal
bInstituto Nacional de Saúde Dr. Ricardo Jorge, Av. Padre Cruz, 1700 Lisboa, Portugal
| VIRUS CONTAINED IN GROUNDWATER USED TO SUPPLY WATER TO RURAL COMMUNITIES IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF SÃO JOSÉ DO RIO PRETO IN THE STATE OF SÃO PAULO – BRAZIL Joseli Piranha J. M. PIRANHA
Chemistry and Environmental Studies Department, Universidade Estadual Paulista, Instituto de Biociências, Letras e Ciências Exatas, Rua Cristóvão Colombo, 2265, São José do Rio Preto, São Paulo, Brazil.
A. PACHECO
Department of Sedimentary and Environmental Geology, Universidade de São Paulo, Instituto de Geociências, Rua do Lago, 562, Cidade Universitária, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
R.C. GAMBA, D. U. MEHNERT, P. GARRAFA, K.M. BARRELLA
Department of Microbiolgy, Universidade de São Paulo, Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas II, Avenida Prof. Lineu Prestes, 1374, Cidade Universitária, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
| ECOLOGICAL INTERACTIONS AMONG PROTOZOAN PARASITES AND THEIR AVIAN HOSTS: AN APPROACH Alfonso Marzal Reynolds A. MARZAL, M.I. REVIRIEGO, C. NAVARRO, F. de LOPE
Department of Animal Biology, University of Extremadura, Avda. Elvas s/n, E-06071 Badajoz, Spain
A.P. MØLLER
Lab. Ecologie Evolutive Parasitaire, CNRS, Univ. Pierre et Marie Curie, 7 quai St. Bernard, F-75252 Paris, France
| THE ROLE OF GLUTATHONE IN RHIZOBIUM LEGUMINOSARUM AS AN INTRACELLULAR CD-CHELATOR Ana Lima A. I.G. LIMA, S.C. CORTICEIRO, S. I .A. PEREIRA, E. M. A. P FIGUEIRA
Centro de Biologia Celular, Universidade de Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal
| ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE OF BACTERIAL STRAINS ISOLATED FROM FRESH WATER, MARINE WATER AND DRINKING WATER IN A PRESUMABLY LEAST POLLUTED AREA OF EUROPEAN UNION. Cathrina Salamoura G. ZAKKAS, C. PAPADOPOULOU, S. LEVIDIOTOU, H.GESSOULI , C. DONTOROU, C. SALAMOURA, I. APOSTOLOU
Food, Water and Environmental Microbiology Unit, Microbiology Department, Medical School, University of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece
| GLUTATHIONE AS A DETOXIFYING AGENT IN RHIZOBIUM LEGUMINOSARUM CADMIUM TOLERANCE Sofia Pereira E. M. A. P FIGUEIRA, A. I.G. LIMA, S.C. CORTICEIRO, S. I .A. PEREIRA
Centro de Biologia Celular, Universidade de Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal
| IMPORTANCE OF GLUTATHIONE FOR GROWTH AND CADMIUM TOLERANCE OF RHIZOBIUM LEGUMINOSARUM Sofia Corticeiro S.C. CORTICEIRO, A. I.G. LIMA, S. I .A. PEREIRA, E. M. A. P FIGUEIRA
Centro de Biologia Celular, Universidade de Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal
| CADMIUM TOLERANCE OF RHIZOBIUM LEGUMINOSARUM BV.VICIEA ISOLATED FROM PORTUGUESE SOILS CONTAMINATED WITH HEAVY METALS: POSSIBLE MECHANISMS OF TOLERANCE Sofia Pereira S. I .A. PEREIRA, A. I.G. LIMA, S.C. CORTICEIRO, E. M. A. P FIGUEIRA
Centro de Biologia Celular, Universidade de Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal
| FISH IDENTIFICATION OF ARCHAEA METHANOGENIC CULTURES FROM A POLLUTED ESTUARINE AREA OF BRAZIL Rosana Filomena Vazoller SAIA, F.T.1*; NAKAYAMA, C.R..2;DOMINGUES, M.R 1; VAZOLLER, R.F.1,2
1 Department of Hydraulic and Sanitation, São Carlos Engineering School, University of São Paulo; 2 Department of Microbiology, Biomedical Science School, University of São Paulo
| SPATIAL AND SEASONAL DYNAMICS OF ARCHAEAL AND BACTERIAL POPULATIONS IN ESTUARINE WATER AND SEDIMENTS (RIVER DOURO, PORTUGAL) Cristina Abreu ABREU, C., BORDALO, A. A
Laboratório de Hidrobiologia, ICBAS, Universidade do Porto, Lg. Abel Salazar, 2, 4099-003, Porto, Portugal
DE MARCO, P.
CAM, IBMC, Rua do Campo Alegre, 823, 4150-180, Porto, Portugal
| PCR-genotyping of cyanobacteria from Roman hypogea biofilms and their associated bacteria Laura Bruno L. BRUNO, D. BILLI, P. ALBERTANO
Department of Biology, University of Rome “Tor Vergata”, Italy
C. URZÌ
Department of Microbiological Genetics and Molecular Sciences, University of Messina, Italy
| Regeneration of desulfurization pie-complexation adsorbents with microbiological methods Huizhou Liu Wangliang Li 1?2,Jianmin Xing 1,Xiaochao Xiong 1?2,Guobin Shan 1?2,Huizhou Liu 1 *
1. Young Scientist Laboratory of Separation Science and Engineering, Institute of Process Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, P.O. Box 353, Beijing 100080, China
2. Graduate School of the Chinese Academy of Sciences,Beijing 100039, China
| Cobalt-induced stimulation of cytochrome c synthesis and extracellular nitrite release in Paracoccus denitrificans Jacqueline Keyhani E. KEYHANI
Inst. Biochem. Biophys., Univ. of Tehran, 13145 Tehran, and Lab. for Life Sciences, 19979 Tehran, Iran
Sh. GOLKHOO
Faculty of Sciences, Azzahra University, Tehran, Iran
J. KEYHANI
Laboratory for Life Sciences, 19979 Tehran, Iran
| METHANOGENIC ARCHAEA INVOLVED IN THE DEGRADATION OF MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE Dr Agnès Richaume T. BOUCHEZ, W. LALOUI, T.L. LI, C. GUYOMARD, V. VIGNERON
Hydrosystems and Bioprocesses research unit, Cemagref, Parc de Tourvoie, F92163 Antony, France
| Acidophilic microbial communities catalyzing sludge bioleaching monitored by fluorescent in situ hybridization Dr Agnès Richaume T. BOUCHEZ, P. JACOB, A. DURAND, P. D’HUGUES
Hydrosystems and Bioprocesses research unit, Cemagref, Parc de Tourvoie, F92163 Antony, France
**Unité de Biotechnologies, BRGM Orléans
| QUALITATIVE BACTERIOLOGICAL TESTING OF WATER IN AQUACULTURE AREAS IN THE ADRIATIC SEA Emin Teskeredzic D. KAPETANOVIC, B. KURTOVIC, Z. TESKEREDŽIC, E. TESKEREDŽIC
Laboratory for aquaculture, Center for marine and environmental research,
Ruder Boškovic Institute, Bijenicka 54, Zagreb, Croatia
| Mural paintings, a habitat for novel bacterial species Jeroen Heyrman J. HEYRMAN, J. SWINGS, P. DE VOS
Laboratory of Microbiology (WE10V), Ghent University, K.L. Ledeganckstraat 35, 9000 Gent, Belgium
| Growth Promotion Of Some Ornamental Plants Inoculated With Mangrove Rhizosphere Bacteria In Environmentally Sensitive Areas – A Case Study From The Red Sea Azza Misk AZZA MISK
Hurghada Faculty of Education, South Valley University, Hurghada, Red Sea, Egypt.
| CHANGES IN MICROBIAL COMMUNITY AND PHYSICOCHEMICAL PARAMETERS IN AERATED SWINE MANURE SLURRY DAI HANAJIMA D. HANAJIMA1, S. HARUTA2, M. ISHII2, K. HAGA1 AND Y. IGARASHI2
1Pollution Control Laboratory, National Institute of Livestock and Grassland Science (NILGS), 2, Ikenodai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0901, Japan
2Department of Biotechnology, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Yayoi 1-1-1, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8657, Japan
| COMPARISON OF DIFFERENT INOCULA FOR THE REMOVAL OF DIMETHYL SULFIDE IN A BIOTRICKLING FILTER Bram Sercu B. SERCU, S. VANDER BEKEN, H. VAN LANGENHOVE
EnVOC, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University, Coupure Links 653, 9000 Gent, Belgium
N. BOON, W. VERSTRAETE
LabMET, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University, Coupure Links 653, 9000 Gent, Belgium
| PHYTOCHELATIN SYNTHESIS IN CHLAMYDOMONAS ACIDOPHILA KT-1 AND CHLAMYDOMONAS ACIDOPHILA DVB238. Kahoko Nishikawa K. NISHIKAWA
Department of Traumatology and Critical Care Medicine, National Defense Medical College, Saitama, Japan.
A. ONODERA, N. TOMINAGA
Institute of Environmental Science for Human Life, Ochanomizu University, Tokyo, Japan.
| EFFECTS OF FOLIAR QUALITY ON THE STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION OF YEAST COMMUNITIES IN DECOMPOSING AND SUBMERGED LEAVES Ana Sampaio A. SAMPAIO
CETAV – Departamento de Engenharia Biológica e Ambiental, University of Trás-os-Montes e Alto
Douro, Apartado 1013, 5001-911 Vila Real, Portugal
C. LEÃO
Life and Health Sciences Research Institute, School of Health Sciences, University of Minho, Campus de
Gualtar, 4710-057 Braga, Portugal | Living Pebble; a role for biofilms in industrial design? David Bramston D. BRAMSTON* AND R.A.DIXON**
Department of Product Design (Industrial Design), University of Lincoln,
England.
(E-mail: dbramston@lincoln.ac.uk)
** Department of Forensic and Biomedical Sciences, University of Lincoln, England.
(E-mail: rdixon@lincoln.ac.uk)
| EXOPOLYSACCHARIDES IN TWO CYANOBACTERIAL STRAINS Simona Bellezza S. BELLEZZA, P. ALBERTANO
Department of Biology, University of Rome, Italy
G. PARADOSSI
Department of Sciences and Chemical Technologies, University of Rome, Italy
R. DE PHILIPPIS
Department of Agricultural Biotechnology, University of Florence | Effects of extremely low-frequency electromagnetic fields on prokaryotic cells Luigina Cellini L. Cellini1, R. Grande1, S. Di Bartolomeo1, E. Di Campli1, I. Robuffo2.
1Department of Biomedical Sciences – Faculty of Pharmacy - University “G. D’Annunzio” – Chieti - Italy
2Institute of Organ Transplant and Immunocytology - CNR - Section of Chieti – Italy
| Study of Helicobacter pylori viability in aquatic microcosms by epifluorescence stain and in situ hybridization Ana Jiménez Belenguer A. JIMÉNEZ, Y. MORENO, P. PIQUERES, A. GONZÁLEZ, J. HERNÁNDEZ, M.A. FERRUS
Dpto. Biotecnología. Área de Microbiología, Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, Camino de Vera 14, 46022 Valencia
| AEROMYCOLOGICAL STUDY OF MADRID Patricia Cervigón Morales A. DÍEZ, M. GUTIÉRREZ, S. SABARIEGO
Dept. Plant Biology II. Faculty of Pharmacy, Complutense University. E-28040 Madrid.
P. CERVIGÓN
Public Health Institute. Health and Consume Regional Government E- 28037
| Chromium and Nickel effects in the growth of the microalgae Scenedesmus incrassatulus. Rosa Cañizares A. R. Domínguez-Bocanegra and R.O. Cañizares-Villanueva.
Departamento de Biotecnología y Bioingeniería, Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados del Instituto Politécnico Nacional. Ave. IPN 2508, San Pedro Zacatenco, México D. F., 07360
| Screening for microbial markers in freshly uncovered spoil brown colliery substrate; tertiery cypris clay Dana Elhottová D. ELHOTTOVÁ, V. KRIŠTUFEK, J. FROUZ, A. NOVÁKOVÁ, A. CHRONÁKOVÁ,
Institute of Soil Biology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Ceské Budejovice, Czech Republic
| CUPRIC TANNATE: A NEW PIGMENT FOR BIOFOULING CONTROL Mirta Elena Stupak G. BLUSTEIN*, B. del AMO, M. GARCÍA, M. STUPAK, M. PÉREZ
Centro de Investigación y Desarrollo en Tecnología de Pinturas, 52 e/121 y122, La Plata, Argentina
| Soil and Plant Specific Effectd on Bacterial Community Composition in the Rhizosphere of Heavy Metal Polluted Soils M. Belén Hinojosa-Centeno
| Airborne microbial flora in buffalo farms massimiliano Galdiero M. GALDIERO
Department of Experimental Medicine, Section of Microbiology and Clinical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Second
University of Naples, Naples, Italy
M. D’ISANTO, M. VITIELLO, D. ANASTASI
Department of General Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Second University of Naples, Naples, Italy
E. SANFELICE, U. PAGNINI
Department of Pathology and Animal Health, Section of Infectious Diseases, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University
of Naples “Federico II”, Naples, Italy
E. GALDIERO
Department of General Physiology, Faculty of Science MM. FF. NN., Hygiene and Microbiology Section, University of
Naples “Federico II”, Naples, Italy | CHARACTERISATION OF A MICROBIAL CONSORTIUM INVOLVED IN THE WINERY EFFLUENT BIO-TREATMENT Ana Eusebio A. EUSÉBIO, M. MATEUS, L. BAETA- HALL, SÁÁGUA, C., ZÉ-ZÉ, L., R. TENREIRO,
E. ALMEIDA-VARA, J.C. DUARTE
, INETI, Dep. Biotecnologia, Unidade de Monitorização e Ecotoxicidade, Estrada do Paço do Lumiar, 22, 1649-038 Lisboa, Portugal
L. CHAMBEL, R. TENREIRO
Universidade de Lisboa, Faculdade de Ciências, Centro de Genética e Biologia Molecular e Instituto da Ciência e Tecnologia Aplicada, Edificio ICAT, Campus da FCUL, Campo Grande, 1749-016 Lisboa, Portugal
| DENTIFICATION OF XYLANOLYTIC STRAINS FROM PHOENIX DACTYLIFERA IN PALMA DE MALLORCA (SPAIN) Olga Iglesias R. RIVAS, O. IGLESIAS, P. F. MATEOS, E. MARTÍNEZ-MOLINA, E. VELÁZQUEZ
Department of Microbiology and Genetics, University of Salamanca, Edificio Departamental de Biología, Campus Miguel de Unamuno, 37007 Salamanca, Spain.
| CHARACTERIZATION OF XYLANOLYTIC STRAINS ISOLATED FROM SAWDUST OF POPULUS TREES IN SPAIN Paula García-Fraile P. GARCÍA-FRAILE, E. VELÁZQUEZ, P. F. MATEOS, E. MARTÍNEZ-MOLINA, R. RIVAS
Department of Microbiology and Genetics, University of Salamanca, Edificio Departamental de Biología, Campus Miguel de Unamuno, 37007 Salamanca, Spain.
| VIRAL SURVIVAL AFTER HEAT TREATMENT OF BIOWASTE USED IN BIOGASPLANTS Leena Sahlström LEENA SAHLSTRÖM, EVA EMMOTH and ANN ALBIHN National Veterinary Institute (SVA), SE-751 89 Uppsala, Sweden | SURVIVAL OF Ralstonia solanacearum biovar 2 IN RIVER WATER: INFLUENCE OF WATER MICROBIOTA Maria Belen ALVAREZ ORTEGA B.ÁLVAREZ, M.M. LÓPEZ
Instituto Valenciano de Investigaciones Agrarias (IVIA), Carretera Moncada-Náquera Km 4.5, 46113-Moncada,Valencia, Spain
E.G. BIOSCA
Department of Microbiology and Ecology, University of Valencia, 46100-Burjasot, Valencia, Spain
| Microbiota associated to Posidonia oceanica in Western Mediterranean Ester Marco-Noales E. MARCO-NOALES, M. ORDAX, A. DELGADO, M.M. LÓPEZ
Departamento de Protección Vegetal y Biotecnología, Instituto Valenciano de Investigaciones Agrarias (IVIA), Carretera Moncada-Náquera km 5, Moncada (Valencia), Spain
N. GARCIAS, N. MARBÁ, C. M. DUARTE
Grupo de Oceanografía Interdisciplinar, Instituto Mediterráneo de Estudios Avanzados, IMEDEA (CSIC-UIB), C/ Miquel Marqués, 21, Esporles , Islas Baleares, Spain.
| Lignin biotransformation by a versatile peroxidase from a Bjerkandera sp. isolate Patrícia R. Moreira Patricia Moreira1,2, E. Almeida-Vara1, F. X. Malcata2,& J. Cardoso Duarte1*
1 INETI: Instituto Nacional de Engenharia, Tecnologia e Inovação, Departamento de Biotecnologia, Lisboa, Portugal.2 Escola Superior de Biotecnologia, Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Porto, Portugal.
| A NEW POTENTIAL INDICATOR OF VIROLOGICAL CONTAMINATION OF SURFACES Annalaura Carducci M. VERANI*, B. CASINI*, E. ROVINI*, P. PAONE*, A. MANSI**, R. LOMBARDI**, A. CARDUCCI*
*Department of Experimental Pathology, Medical Biotechnologies, Infectivology and Epidemiology, University of Pisa, Italy
** National Institute of Occupational Safety and Prevention, Department of Occupational Hygiene
| Polygenic analysis of ammonia oxidizing bacteria strains using 16SrDNA, amoA and amoB Jesús Garcia-Gil LAIA CALVÓ, L. JESÚS GARCIA-GIL Laboratory of Molecular Microbiology. Institute of Aquatic Ecology. University of Girona. Campus de Montilivi. E-17071 Girona, Spain MARTÍ CORTEY, JOSE-LUÍS GARCÍA-MARÍN Unit of Genetics. Dept. of Biology. University of Girona. Campus de Montilivi. E-17071 Girona, Spain | DIVERSITY OF GREEN SULFUR BACTERIA IN THREE DIFFERENT MICROBIAL MATS Jesus Garcia-Gil MARGARITA MARTÍNEZ-MEDINA, L.J. GARCIA-GIL Laboratory of Molecular Microbiology. Department of Biology. Aquatic Ecology Institute. University of Girona. Campus de Montilivi, E-17071. Giron | BACTERIAL AND ARCHAEAL DIVERSITY IN GROUNDWATERS OF THE SIBERIAN DEEP-WELL RADIOACTIVE DISPOSAL SITE TOMSK-7 Marta Nedelkova M. NEDELKOVA, M. MERROUN, G. RADEVA AND S. SELENSKA-POBELL
Institute of Radiochemistry, Research Centre Rossendorf, Dresden, Germany
| Isolation and screening of potential fungi for decolourization of distillery wastewaters Deepak Pant DEEPAK PANT, ALOK ADHOLEYA Bioresources and Biotechnology Division, TERI School of Advanced Studies, DS Block, India Habitat Centre, Lodhi Road, New Delhi -110003, India | Seasonal dynamics of dimethylarsinic acid (DMAA) degrading bacteria dominated in Lake Kibagata Maki Teruya T. MAKI, H. WATARAI, M. TAKAHASHI, T. KAKIMOTO, H. HASEGAWA, K. UEDA
Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology, Kanazawa University, Kakuma, Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Japan.
| MICROBIAL DARK AUTOTROPHIC PROCESSES IN THE ANOXIC, SULPHIDE-RICH HYPOLIMNION OF A MEROMICTIC LAGOON Marc Lliros E.O. CASAMAYOR, M.A. VICH
Group of Limnology, Centre d'Estudis Avançats de Blanes-CSIC, Accés Cala Sant Francesc 14, E-17300 Blanes, Spain
M. LLIRÓS, L. BAÑERAS, C.M. BORREGO
Institute of Aquatic Ecology, University of Girona, Campus Montilivi, E-17071 Girona, Spain.
| A BIOFILM-FORMING MARINE BACTERIUM PRODUCING PROTEINS AS EXTRACELLULAR POLYMERIC SUBSTANCES Chantal Compere C. LEROY1, C. DELBARRE-LADRAT1, F. GHILLEBAERT2, C.COMPERE3, D.COMBES4
1 Laboratoire des Biotechnologie et Molécules Marines, IFREMER, rue de l’Ile d’Yeu, BP21105, 44311 Nantes Cedex 3, France
2 Mexel S.A., Z.A. La Verberie, Route de Compiègne, 60410 Verberie, France
3 Service Interfaces et Capteurs, IFREMER, BP70, 29280 Plouzané, France
4 Laboratoire Biotechnologie-Bioprocédés UMR CNRS 5504, UMR INRA 792, INSA Toulouse, 135 avenue de Rangueil, 31077 Toulouse cedex 4, France
| CALCIUM CARBONATE MINERALIZATION: INVOLVEMENT OF ORGANIC MATRIX ISOLATED FROM BACILLUS FIRMUS Claudia Ercole C. ERCOLE, P. CACCHIO, A.L. BOTTA, V. CENTI, A. LEPIDI
Department of Basic and Applied Biology, University of L’Aquila, Coppito 67010, Italy
N. FRANCESCHINI
Biomedical Science and Technology, University of L’Aquila, Coppito 67010, Italy
G. CAPPUCCIO
CNR, INFN-LNF-Dafne Light Laboratory, Frascati 00044, Italy
| Isolation, and determination of the physiological races, of Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. melonis from soils cultivated with melon in the State of Colima (Mexico). Miguel de Cara M. de CARA GARCÍA1, F. DIÁNEZ1, F.J. ESTRADA2, S. MONTOYA2, E.J. FERNÁNDEZ1, M. SANTOS1 y J. TELLO1
1Departamento de Producción Vegetal. Universidad de Almería. La Cañada de San Urbano s/n. 04120 Almería. Spain.
2 Universidad Autónoma de Sinaloa. Facultad de Agronomía. Culiacán. Sinaloa. Mexico.
| A POSSIBLE BACTERIAL INFLUENCE ON THE FORMATION OF A SPECIFIC CARBONATE SPELEOTHEM FROM A GYPSUM CAVE (ITALY) Presenter P. CACCHIO, C. ERCOLE, V. CENTI, A. L. BOTTA, A. LEPIDI
Department of Basic and Applied Biology, Microbiology Laboratory, University of L’Aquila,
Coppito 67010, Italy
G. CAPPUCCIO
CNR, INFN-LNF-Dafne Light Laboratory, Frascati 00044, Italy
| "CIANOALERTA" PROJECT: DESIGNING A STRATEGY TO PREDICT THE DEVELOPMENT OF TOXIC CYANOBACTERIAL BLOOMS IN WATER RESERVOIRS IN ALGARVE (PORTUGAL) AND HUELVA (SPAIN) Carlos Vilches C. VÍLCHEZ, M.J. DOMÍNGUEZ, E. FORJÁN
Biochemistry and Biotechnology of Algae Group. Faculty of Sciences. University of Huelva. 21071 Huelva. Spain.
J. SANTOS, C. COSTA, M.P. REIS
Facultad of Marine and Environmental Sciences. University of Algarve. 8005-139 Faro. Portugal.
F. COUTINHO, C. GAGO
CCDR - Rua José de Matos 13/15. 8000 - 503 Faro. Portugal.
D. LOURENÇO, S. CONDINHO, A. PASCOAL, H. LUCAS
Águas do algarve, S.A., Rua do Repouso, nº 10, 8000-302 FARO
A.FIGUEREDO, A. DOMÍNGUEZ
Gestión Integral del Agua Costa de Huelva S.A. Carretera A-492, km. 4. 21110 Aljaraque. Huelva. Spain.
| ESBL PRODUCERS AS BIOMARKERS OF ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE DISSEMINATION IN NATURAL ENVIRONMENTS Helena Ferreira oana ROCHA and Helena FERREIRA
Departamento de Microbiologia – REQUIMTE – Faculdade de Farmácia
Universidade do Porto - Rua Aníbal Cunha, 164, 4050 Porto – Portugal
| NCIDENCE OF EPILITHIC MICROFLORA ON CONSERVATION OF BAÑOS DE DOÑA MARÍA DE PADILLA MURAL PAINTINGS IN THE REAL ALCÁZAR OF SEVILLE (SPAIN) J.A. Mejias Gimeno J.A. MEJÍAS-GIMENO, Z. DÍAZ-LIFANTE, J. GONZÁLEZ-BATANERO
Department of Vegetal Biology and Ecology, University of Seville, Avda. Reina Mercedes s/n, Sevilla, Spain
| An examination of the methanotrophic population of an Irish landfill cover soil; Factors affecting methane oxidising activity Ruth Nevin Ruth Nevin & Emer Colleran
Environmental Microbiology Research Unit
Department of Microbiology
NUI, Galway
| ANTIBACTERIAL EFFECT OF ELECTROLYZED OZONATED WATER AGAINST E.coli Yun Hee Park Y.F. HONG, Y. H. PARK
Department of Molecular Science and Technology, Laboratory of Applied Microbiology Graduate School, Ajou University, Suwon , Korea
H.Y.LEE, H.S.UHM
Department of Molecular Science and Technology, Laboratory of Energy Physics
Graduate School, Ajou University, Suwon , Korea
| INHIBITORY ACTIVITY OF CHITOSAN BIOPOLYMERS AND GLUCOSAMINE AGAINST E.coli AND Staphylococcus aureus Yun Hee Park Y.F. Hong, Y. H. Park
Department of Molecular Science and Technology, Laboratory of Applied Microbiology Graduate School, Ajou University, Suwon , Korea
| A catabolic pathway for 4-chlorobenzenesulfonate mineralization by Pseudomonas aeruginosa strain RW41 including protoanemonin Rafael Blasco Rafael Blasco1,2 and Rolf-Michael Wittich1,3*
Abteilung für Umweltmikrobiologie, GBF - Deutsches Forschungszentrum für Biotechnologie, D-38124 Braunschweig, Germany,1 Departamento de Bioquímica, Biología Molecular y Genética, Facultad de Veterinaria, Universidad de Extremadura, ES-10071 Cáceres, Spain,2 and Departamento de Bioquímica, Biología Celular y Molecular de Plantas, Estación Experimental del Zaidín – CSIC, 18008 Granada, Spain3
| Antibiotic-Resistant patterns of Escherichia coli and Salmonella Strains isolated from the Lebanese Environments Steve Harakeh STEVE HARAKEH+ and MUTASEM EL-FADELe
+Department of Biology
eDepartment of Civil and Environmental Engineering
American University of Beirut, P.O.Box 11-0236, Beirut, Lebanon
| ISOLATION OF DEGRADING BACTERIA OF ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDES FROM DEFECTIVE GREEN BEAN COFFEE Refugio Rodriguez Barragán-Huerta Blanca E(1)(3), Javier Peralta-Cruz(1), Josefina Barrera-Cortés(3), Fernando Esparza-García(3), Carlos Costa Pérez (2) and Refugio Rodríguez Vázquez (3).
(1)Depto. Ingeniería en Sistemas Ambientales. Escuela Nacional de Ciencias Biológicas, IPN.
(2)Depto. Ingeniería Química y Textil. Universidad de Salamanca, España.
(3) Depto. Biotecnología y Bioingeniería, CINVESTAV-IPN. Av. Instituto Politécnico Nacional 2508 AP 14-740, Col. Zacatenco. CP 07360, México DF.
| UTILIZATION OF FULVIC AND HUMIC ACID FRACTIONS OF SOM BY SOIL SAPROBIC MICROFUNGI Veronica Rezácová VERONIKA REZÁCOVÁ, HANA HRŠELOVÁ, MILAN GRYNDLER
Institute of Microbiology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Vídenská 1083, CZ 142 20, Prague 4, Czech Republic
| Development of a biotechnology tool using New Zealand white-rot fungi to degrade pentachlorophenol in soil Monika Walter M Walter, C Ford and KSH Boyd-Wilson
HortResearch, PO Box 51, Lincoln, New Zealand
| ALTERACIONES DE ORIGEN BIOTICO EN RECIPIENTES METALICOS Carlos Adelantado Adelantado*, C., Martínez, R., Codina, J. y Calvo*, Mª A.
*Microbiología. Facultad de Veterinaria. Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona.
*Applus+. Campus Universitario de Bellaterra. 08193 Bellaterra
| Comparison of Bacterial Populations and Chemical Composition of Circulated and Stagnant Dairy Waste Water Lagoons Jeffery A. McGarvey Jeffery A. McGarvey Ph.D.
USDA/ARS/FCR
800 Buchanan St.
Albany CA 94710
| Dominant Mechanism of Xenobiotic Compounds-degrading Variovorax Strains in Soil Bacterial Community Hiroyuki Futamata Hiroyuki Futamata and Akira Hiraishi
Toyohashi University of Technology, Toyohashi city, Aich, Japan 441-8580
| Effect of salt on tellurite removel by a new moderately halophilic bacterium, Salinicoccus sp. Strain QW6 Malekzadeh M. A. AMOOZEGAR, F. MALEKZADEH , M. ASHENGROP
Biology department (Microbiology division), Faculty of science, Tehran university, Tehran,Iran
| EFFECT OF ORGANIC MANAGEMENT ON SOIL CHEMICAL AND BIOCHEMICAL PROPERTIES OF A XEROFLUVENT OF THE GUADALQUIVIR RIVER VALLEY (SW SPAIN) Sebastiana Melero S. MELERO, J.C RUIZ, J.F. HERENCIA
Instituto de Investigación y Formación Agroalimentaria y Pesquera (IFAPA) “Las Torres-Tomejil” Carretera Sevilla- Cazalla de la Sierra km 12,2. 41200 Alcalá del Río, Seville, Spain.
E. MADEJÓN
Instituto de Recursos Naturales y Agrobiología de Sevilla (IRNAS-CSIC), P.O. Box 1052, 41080 Seville, Spain.
| MOBILISATSIA: INVESTIGATION INTO PLASMID TRANSFER DURING SPACE FLIGHT Patrick De Boever P. DE BOEVER, M. MERGEAY
Laboratory for Microbiology & Radiobiology, Belgian Nuclear Research Centre (SCK•CEN)
Boeretang 200, Mol 2400, Belgium
D. HANUS, J.MAHILLON
Laboratory of Food and Environmental Microbiology, Catholic University of Louvain
Croix du Sud 2/12, Louvain-la-Neuve 1384, Belgium
V. ILYIN
Laboratory of Human Microbial Ecology, RF State Scientific Center Institute for Biomedical Problems
Khoroshevskoye Shosse 76A, Moscow 123007, Russia
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| | Industrial Microbiology - Future Bioindustries | ROLE OF DIFFERENT ADDITIVES AND METALLIC MICRO MINERALS ON THE ENHANCED CITRIC ACID PRODUCTION BY ASPERGILLUS NIGER MNNG-115 USING DIFFERENT CARBOHYDRATE MATERIALS Sikander Ali SIKANDER ALI AND IKRAM-UL-HAQ
Biotechnology Research Centre
Department of Botany, G. C. Univ. Lahore, Pakistan
| NUTRITIONAL ROLE OF LOW CARBOHYDRATE CONCENTRATION FOR ENHANCED CITRIC ACID BIOPRODUCTION BY ASPERGILLUS NIGER GC/UV-31 IN STATIONARY CULTURE Sikander Ali SIKANDER ALI & IKRAM-UL-HAQ
Biotechnology Research Centre
Department of Botany, G. C. University Lahore, Pakistan
| PROCESS DEVELOPMENT FOR THE PRODUCTION OF ENZYME INVERTASE BY SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE Ikram Ul-Haq IKRAM-ULHAQ, SIKANDER ALI, IRFANA MARIAM AND M.A. QADEER
Biotechnology Research Centre
Department of Botany, G. C. Univ. Lahore, Pakistan
| THE ROLE OF MN++ IONS FOR HIGH AND CONSISTENT YIELD OF CITRIC ACID IN RECYCLING FED-BATCH BIOREACTOR SYSTEM AND ITS NOVELTY ON KINETIC BASIS Ikram Ul-Haq IKRAM-UL-HAQ, SIKANDER ALI & IRFANA MARIAM
Biotechnology Research Centre, Department of Botany,
Government College University Lahore, Pakistan
| OPTIMIZATIONS OF CULTURAL AND NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENTS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF CALCIUM GLUCONATE BY ASPERGILLUS NIGER IN SHAKE FLASKS Irfana Mariam IRFANA MARIAM AND SAEED A. NAGRA
Department of Chemistry
Queen Mary College, Lahore, Pakistan
| Separation and characterization of surfactin isoforms showing antibacterial activity from Bacillus subtilis JKK238 Sang-Hong Yoon Yoon, Sang-Hong*1, Yuong-ho, Lim2, Seong-hyun, Kim2, Seong-reyul, Hong3 , Yun-soo, Yeo1, In-cheol, Park1, Bon-sung, Koo1,
1. Microbial Function Team, National Institute of Agricultural Biotechnology, Republic of Korea
2. Dept. of Biotechnology, Konkuk University, Republic of Korea
3. Dept. of Genetic Engineering, Sungkyunkwan University, Republic of Korea
| CHARACTERIZATION OF THE P450 MONOOXYGENASE NYSL PERFORMING THE LAST STEP IN NYSTATIN BIOSYNTHESIS IN STREPTOMYCES NOURSEI Olga Volokhan O. VOLOKHAN, S.B. ZOTCHEV
Department of Biotechnology, NTNU, 7491 Trondheim, Norway
H. SLETTA, T. E. ELLINGSEN
Department of Biotechnology, SINTEF Materials & Chemistry, 7465 Trondheim, Norway
| HYDRODYNAMIC ANALYSIS AND INOCULUM EFFECT ON RHIZOPUS NIGRICANS GROWTH FOR CELULASE PRODUCTION IN A BUBBLING COLUMN BIOREACTOR. Jose Luis Navarrete Bolaños E. BOTELLO-ALVAREZ, S. PÉREZ-CASTREJÓN, H. JIMÉNEZ-ISLAS, R. RICO-MARTINEZ, J.L. NAVARRETE-BOLAÑOS.
Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, Celaya Institute of Technology, Av. Tecnologico s/n, Celaya Gto. Mexico
| THE KNOWLEDGE FLOW AND COMMERCIALISATION ALONG THE CONTINUOUS CHAIN: EDUCATION - RESEARCH - IMPLEMENTATION BY INNOVATIVE METHODS A. Zilevica U.VIESTURS
Institute of Wood Chemistry 27 Dzerbenes Str., LV-1006 Riga, Latvia
A.ZILEVICA
University of Latvia, 1a Šarlotes Str., LV-1001 Riga, Latvia
| Purification and partial characterization of an extracellular protease from a newly isolated moderately halophilic bacterium Hamid Reza Karbalaei H.R. KARBALAEI-HEIDARI, A.-A. ZIAEE
Institute of Biochemistry & Biophysics, Tehran University, Tehran, Iran.
M.A. AMOOZEGAR, A.Z. FATEMI
Department of Microbiology, Tehran University, Tehran, Iran.
| Acrylic acid removal from synthetic wastewater and actual industrial wastewater by pure culture of bacteria isolated from the acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene resin manufactured wastewater treatment system Chun-Chin Wang C.C. WANG
Department of Environmental Engineering, Hungkuang University, Shalu, Taichung, Taiwan, ROC
C.M. LEE
Department of Environmental Engineering, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan, ROC
| Preventive Approach for Managing and Removing Organic Pollutants Jamal Ouazzani Jamal OUAZZANI1, Sylvie CORTIAL1, Philippe CHAIGNON1, Laurence LE CAMPION1,
Marcel DELAFORGE2, Jean Pierre NOEL2, Marie Thérèse ADELINE1, Sophie DE
SUZZONI-DEZARD2, Charles GIANNOTTI1
1 Institut de Chimie des Substances Naturelles (ICSN), C.N.R.S ,Gif-sur-Yvette, FRANCE
2 Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique (CEA), Gif-sur-Yvette, FRANCE. | PRODUCTION OF SACCHAROGENIC AMYLASES BY Rhizomucor pusillus A 13.36 Eleni Gomes E. Gomes, T.M.Silva, R. Da Silva,
Laboratório de Bioquímica e Microbiologia, Instituto de Biociências, Letras e Ciências Exatas, UNESP- Universidade Estadual Paulista
| YEAST AUTOLYSIS FOR L-AMINO ACID PRODUCTION Felipe Rodríguez-Vico J. POZO-DENGRA, S. MARTÍNEZ-RODRÍGUEZ, A.I. MARTÍNEZ-GÓMEZ, F.J. LAS HERAS-VÁZQUEZ, J.M. CLEMENTE-JIMÉNEZ, F. RODRÍGUEZ-VICO
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Almería, CITE I, La Cañada de San Urbano, E-04120 Almería, Spain
| COMPARISON OF TWO RECOMBINANT WHOLE CELL SYSTEMS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF OPTICALLY PURE D-AMINO ACIDS Felipe Rodríguez-Vico A.I. MARTÍNEZ-GÓMEZ, S. MARTÍNEZ-RODRÍGUEZ, J. POZO-DENGRA, J.M. CLEMENTE-JIMÉNEZ, F.J. LAS HERAS-VÁZQUEZ, F. RODRÍGUEZ-VICO
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Almería, CITE I Building, La Cañada de San Urbano, E-04120 Almería, Spain.
| EXPRESSION AND IMPROVED PRODUCTION OF THE SOLUBLE INVB FROM Zymomonas mobilis IN Escherichia coli Jazmín M. Vásquez Bahena J. M. VÀSQUEZ-BAHENA, J. VEGA-ESTRADA, J. A. SANTIAGO-HERNANDEZ, M. C. MONTES-HORCASITAS, M. E. HIDALGO-LARA
Department of Biotechnology and Bioengineering, CINVESTAV-IPN, Postal number 14-740, México D.F. 07360, México
| POLY GLUTAMIC ACID (PGA) BY BACILLUS SP[ SAR-26: APPLICATION OF THE PLACKETT-BURMAN EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN TO EVALUATE CULTURE REQUIRMENTS Soliman Nadia N. A. SOLIMAN, Y. R. ABDEL-FATTAH
Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology Research institute, Mubarak City for Scientific Research and Technology Applications, New Burg El-Arab City, Alexandria,
M.M. BEREKAA
Department of Botany, Faculty of Science, University of Alexandria, Egypt.
| EFFECT OF METAL IONS ON THE GROWTH OF STREPTOMYCES CLAVULIGERUS AND CLAVULANIC ACID PRODUCTION S. G. Nobary J. HAMEDI & S .G. NOBARY
Microbial Biotechnology Laboratory, Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran
| Study on the hemoprotein at 503-nm in Salmonella typhimurium Ezzatollah Keyhani H. TAYEFI-NASRABADI, E.KEYHANI
Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of Tehran, 13145 Tehran, Iran
| Over Expression of SecB Protein in Escherichia coli Enhances Maryam Ghafari M. GHAFARI1,2, A. ZOMORODIPOUR1* , S. SHOJAI1
1-Islamic Azad Univ of Jahrom , Jahrom-Iran
2-Dept of Mol Genet. National Instit for Genet Eng & Biotechnol. Tehran-Iran P. O. Box: 14155-6343
| A Combined Approach to Enhance Periplasmic Expression of Human Growth Hormone in Escherichia coli, using a Modified Signal Peptide from Soheil Keihan Falsafi S. K. FALSAFI1,2, A. ZOMORODIPOUR1 * , F. ATAEI1
1-Islamic Azad Univ of Jahrom , Jahrom-Iran
2-Dept of Mol Genet. National Instit for Genet Eng & Biotechnol. Tehran-Iran P. O. Box: 14155-6343 | Biodegradation of hydrolyzed polyacrylamides from oil extraction waste as feedstock Wei-dong Chen Wei-Dong Chen*, Hong-Yan Liu
Department of Biochemical Engineering, Faculty of Chemical Science and Engineering, University of Petroleum (Beijing), Beijing 102249, China
| OPTIMIZATION OF XYLANASE PRODUCTION BY A PHYTASE PRODUCING STRAIN ASPERGILLUS CARNEUS M34 IN SHAKE FLASK CULTURES Tony J. Fang Tony J. Fang and Chia-Wei Liao*
Department of Food Science, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung 402 Taiwan, Republic of China
*The current address for Ms. Liao is King Car Group, Chung-Li, Taiwan, Republic China
| OPTIMIZATION OF POLYHYDROXYALKANOATE (PHA) PRODUCTION IN BACTERIAL STRAINS Fouad M. Qureshi FOUAD M. QURESHI, MUHAMMADI, NUZHAT AHMED
Centre for Molecular Genetics, University of Karachi, Karachi 75270, Pakistan
| The effect of urea, glucose and e-caprolactam on the conversion of nitriles into amides by Nocardioides jensenii and Mesorhizobium sp. Feng Yung Shu FENG YUNG SHU, CHI-MEI LEE?, LI-JUNG CHEN
Department of Environmental Engineering, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung 402, Taiwan, ROC
| Bacterial Production of Human Growth Hoemone using Arabinose-Induction Alireza Zomorodipour F. GHASEMI, A. ZOMORODIPOUR*, S. SHOJAI, F. ATAEI
Dept of Mol Genet. National Inst for Genet Eng & Biotechnol Iran-Tehran P. O. Box: 14155-6343
M. KHODABANDEH
Dept of Bio. Proc Eng. National Institute for Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology
M. H. SANATI
Dept of Bio. Proc Eng. National Institute for Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology
| A Study on Electrolyte Induced Aggregation of Gold Nanoparticles Hak Yong Kim SANTOSH ARYAl, REMANT B.K.C
Department of Bionanosystem engineering, Chonbuk National University, Chonju 561-756, Republic of Korea
Narayan Bhattarai
Department of Material Science and Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.
Chulki Kim, Hak Yong Kim
Department of Textile Engineering, Chonbuk National University, Chonju 561-756, Republic of Korea.
| BIOSYNTHESIS OF 2-DEOXYSTREPTAMINE CONTAINING AMINOGLYCOSIDES FROM STREPTOMYCES AND MICROMONOSPORA Jae Kyung Sohng J.K. SOHNG, M.K. KHAREL, B. SUBBA, H.C. LEE, K LIOU
Institute of Biomolecule Reconstruction, Sun Moon University, #100, Kalsanri, Tangjeonmyun, Asan-si, Chungnam, 336-708, Korea.
| GENOME ANALYSIS FOR IDENTIFICATION OF CYTOCHROME P450 AND CHARACTERIZATION OF CYP105P2 FROM STREPTOMYCES PEUCETIUS Jae Kyung Sohng J.K. SOHNG, N. PARAJULI, H.C. LEE, K LIOU
Institute of Biomolecule Reconstruction, Sun Moon University, #100, Kalsanri, Tangjeonmyun, Asan-si, Chungnam, 336-708, Korea.
| MODEL BASED PROCESS OPTIMISATION OF THE COMBINED HIGH PRESSURE AND MILD HEAT TREATMENT ENSURING SAFETY AND QUALITY OF A FOOD MODEL SYSTEM Vasilis Valdramidis V.P. VALDRAMIDISa, A.H. GEERAERDa, F. POSCHETa, B. LY-NGUYENb, I. VAN OPSTALb, S. EREN ÖZCANb, A.M. VAN LOEYb, C.W. MICHIELSb, M.E. HENDRICKXb, J.F. VAN IMPEa
aDepartment of Chemical Engineering, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium
bDepartment of Food and Microbial Technology, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium
| QUANTIFICATION OF ACETIC ACID BACTERIA IN WINE AND VINEGAR SAMPLES USING RT-PCR Jose Manuel Guillamon A. GONZÁLEZ, N. HIERRO, M. POBLET, J.M. GUILLAMÓN, A. MAS
Unitat d’Enologia-CeRTA, Department of Bioquímica y Biotecnología, University Rovira i Virgili, c/Marcel.lí Domingo s/n. 43007- Tarragona, Spain
| Xanthan gum production using Whey for preculture preparation Mohammad Reza Soudi Mohammad Reza Soudi.*, Mina Ebrahimi, and Shaghayegh Sharyat panahi,
Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Science, Alzahra University, Tehran, Iran
*Author for correspondence: Tel.:+98-21-8044058, Fax:+98-21-8047861 E-mail: msoudi@alzahra.ac.ir
| DEFINITION OF BATCH PHASE CONDITIONS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF 2,3-BUTANEDIOL FROM HEMICELLULOSIC HYDROLYSATE BY Klebsiella pneumoniae IN FED-BATCH SYSTEM Arnaldo Prata A. D. GARCIA, A. M. R. PRATA
Department of Biotechnology, Faculty of Chemical Engineering of Lorena, Rod. Itajubá-Lorena, km 74,5, Lorena, São Paulo, Brazil
| CELL IMMOBILIZATION IN LENTIKATSâ AS A NEW BIOTECHNOLOGICAL APPROACH IN XILITOL PRODUCTION FROM SUGARCANE BAGASSE Silvio Silvério da Silva CUNHA, M. A. A.; SILVA, S. S.; SANTOS, J. C.; FERREIRA, S. T. S.
Department of Biotechnology, Faculty of Chemical Engineering of Lorena. Rodovia Itajubá-Lorena, Km 74,5 CP 116 CEP 12600-970, Lorena, Brazil
| Comparison of lactic acid production by Bacillus coagulans SIM-7 DSM 14043 and Lactobacillus delbrueckii ssp. lactis DSM 20073 Tiina Michelson TIINA MICHELSON, ALLAN NURK
Institute of Technology, University of Tartu, Estonia
| Ethanol production from rice straw by simultaneous saccharification and fermentation with Mucor indicus Keikhosro Karimi KEIKHOSRO KARIMI, MOHAMMAD J. TAHERZADEH
Chemical Reaction Engineering, Chalmers University of Technology, SE-412 96, Göteborg, Sweden
GITI EMTIAZI
Department of biology, Isfahan University, Isfahan, Iran
| Biomethanation of Sugar Industry Wastewater by Using an Down-flow Anaerobic Filter Bram Sercu Amit kumar**, D.B. Sapkal*, B.B. Gunjal* Bram Sercu# , Herman Van Langenhove#
* Department of Environmental Science and Alcohol Technology, V.S.I. Manjari (B.K) Pune-412307 MH- India.
** Department of Environmental Science and Engineering Guru Jambheshwar University, Hisar, 125001, Haryana- India.
# EnVOC Research group, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University, Coupure Links 653, B- 9000 Ghent, Belgium. | THE NEW ENERGY EFFICIENT AEROBIC BIOREACTOR Alexandr Vinarov A.VINAROV , D. SOKOLOV.
Laboratory “Technology of Industrial Biosynthesis” The State Scientific –Research
Institute of Protein Biosynthesis. Russia, Moscow
| BIOTECHNOLOGY AND BIOFILTER UNIT FOR CONTINUOS Alexandr Vinarov A.VINAROV ,V.SMIRNOV, D.SOKOLOV
Laboratory “Technology of Industrial Biosynthesis” The State Scientific –Research
Institute of Protein Biosynthesis. Russia, Moscow
| THE PROCESSING OF MANURE AND POULTRY DUNG IN BIOORGANIC FERTILIZER BY SHORTCUT METHOD AND FERMENTATION APPARATUS Alexandr Vinarov A.VINAROV, T.IPATOVA,
Laboratory “Technology of Industrial Biosynthesis” The State Scientific –Research
Institute of Protein Biosynthesis. Russia, Moscow . Vinarov@hotmail.com
SH.DZHAFAROV
“Biopotok” ltd. , Moscow, Russia.
| KILLER ACTIVITY OF YEASTS ISOLATED FROM SPANISH DRY-CURED HAM Francisco Pérez-Nevado F. PÉREZ-NEVADO, M.G. CÓRDOBA RAMOS, E. ARANDA MEDINA, A. MARTÍN GONZÁLEZ
Área de Nutrición y Bromatología, Departamento de Zootecnia, Universidad de Extremadura, Crtra. de Cáceres s/n, 060071 Badajoz, Spain.
M.J. ANDRADE AND J.J. CÓRDOBA RAMOS
Área de Higiene de los Alimentos, Departamento de Zootecnia, Universidad de Extremadura, Avda. Universidad s/n, 10071, Cáceres, Spain
| Rapid assessment of microbial biofilms on textiles by DNA quantification Linda Teufel L. TEUFEL1,2, C.K. SCHUSTER1,3, T. BECHTOLD1 and B. REDL2
1Christian Doppler Laboratory for Textile and Fibre Chemistry in Cellulosics, Institute of Textile Chemistry and Textile Physics, Leopold-Franzens University Innsbruck, Hoechsterstr. 73, A-6850 Dornbirn, Austria;
2Department of Molecular Biology, Innsbruck Medical University, Peter-Mayr Strasse 4B, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria; 3Lenzing AG, A-4860 Lenzing, Austria
| MINERAL-PHOSPHATE SOLUBILIZATION ACTIVITY OF IRON ORE ASSOCIATED MICROFLORA Camino Garcia Balboa P. DELVASTO, A. BALLESTER PÉREZ, J. MUÑOZ, F. GONZÁLEZ. M. BLÁZQUEZ
Biohydrometallurgy Research Group. Department of Materials Science and Metallurgical Engineering. Universidad Complutense. Avda. Complutense, s/n, 28040 Madrid, Spain.
C. GARCÍA BALBOA
Department of Industrial Technology. Universidad Alfonso X “El Sabio”. Avda de la Universidad 1, 28691 Villanueva de la Cañada, Madrid, Spain.
J.M. IGUAL
Natural Resources and Agrobiology Institute. CSIC. Apartado 257, 37071 Salamanca, Spain
| Total antioxidant activity of intra – and extra-cellular extracts of microalgae and cyanobacteria Ana Catarina Guedes A. Catarina Guedes, Maria S. Gião, Manuela E. Pintado &
F. Xavier Malcata
Escola Superior de Biotecnologia, Universidade Católica Portuguesa, P-4200-072 Porto, Portugal.
| Production of bacterial cellulose from fermented grape pomace throught about by Acetobacter xylinus Joana Teodósio Joana S. TEODÓSIO, B. AMORIM, I.MARTINS, Manuela E. PINTADO, Ana E.PINTADO, A. M. GOMES, Maria I. VASCONCELOS AND F. Xavier MALCATA
Escola Superior de Biotecnologia, Universidade Católica Portuguesa, P-4200-072 Porto, Portugal
| How does redox environment influence fermentation by brewing yeast Pham Thu Ha PHAM Thu-Ha, MAUVAIS Geneviève, CACHON Remy et FERON Gilles UMR de Microbiologie, UB/INRA 1232, INRA, 17 Rue Sully, 21065 Dijon cedex, France | L-Xylose and L- Lyxose Production from Xylitol Using Alcaligenes 701B strain and immobilized L- rhamnose isomerase enzyme Tom Granström T. B. GRANSTRÖM, K. MORIMOTO, G. TAKATA, K. IZUMORI
Rare Sugar Research Center, Kagawa University, Kagawa, Japan
M.LEISOLA
Helsinki University of Technology, Laboratory of Bioprocess Engineering, Finland
| DENITRIFICATION BY RHIZOBIA ISOLATED FROM LOTUS SPECIES Pilar Irisarri J. MONZA, P. IRISARRI, P. DIAZ
Unidad de Bioquímica, Facultad de Agronomía, Universidad de la República, Av. Garzón 780. 12900 Montevideo, Uruguay.
E. BEDMAR AND M. J. DELGADO
Departmento de Microbiología del Suelo y Sistemas Simbióticos, Estación Experimental del Zaidín, CSIC. PO Box 419. 18080 Granada, Spain.
| DESTRUCTION OF THREE POTATO PATHOGENS BY GLIDING ARC DISCHARGES Nicole G.J Orange M. MOREAUa,b,c, M.G.J. FEUILLOLEYa, J.-L. BRISSETb, N.ORANGEa
aLaboratory of Cold Microbiology UPRES EA 2123, University of Rouen, Evreux, France,
b Laboratory of Electrochemistry, University of Rouen, Mont-Saint-Aignan, France
3 GIE Comité Nord, Paris, France
| SORPTION OF NICKEL (II) BY PAPULASPORA SEPEDONIDES AND OTHER FUNGI Preeti Saxena Preeti Saxena*1, Sashi Lal*2, Neeta Mathur*2, Asim Kumar Bhattacharyya*3
* Norwegian Institute of Air Research, P.B.100, No.2007, Kjeller, Norway
*2 Deptt. of Plant Pathology, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi-110012,India
*3 School of Environmental Science, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi-110067, India
| ISOLATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF SELF-FLOCCULATED HYDROGEN PRODUCING BACTERIUM Defeng Xing D. F. XING, N. Q. REN, Q. B. LI, M. L. G
School of Municipal and Environmental Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, China
X. L. LI, X. L. XU
College of Life and Environmental Science, Harbin Normal University, Harbin, China.
| CHARACTERIZATION OF MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES AND COMPOSITION IN BIOHYDROGEN PRODUCING REACTOR Defeng Xing D. F. XING, N. Q. REN, Q. M. L. G, B. LI
School of Municipal and Environmental Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, China
| LIMITING FACTORS OF PHOTOHYDROGEN PRODUCTION BY RHODOPSEUDOMONAS PALUSTRIS WP3-5 Chi-Mei Lee C.-M. LEE, K.-M YU
Department of Environmental Engineering, National Chung-Hsing University, Taiwan
P.-C. CHEN
Department of Biotechnology, Hung-Kuang University, Taiwan
| Production of Biosurfactant from Iranian Oil Fields isolated Bacilli Abbas Akhavan Sepahy Abbas Akhavan Sepahy
Islamic Azad university, North Tehran Branch
Mahnaz Mazaheri Assadi
Biotechnology Center , Iranian Research organization for Science and Technology
ValiAhmad Saggadian
Research institute of Petroleum industry
Ashrafossadat Noohi
Islamic Azad university, sciences and Researches Branch
Robabe Bavandy
Islamic Azad university, North Tehran Branch
| Biosurfactant Producing Lactobacillus plantarum and Lactobacillus fermentum, with the Potentials of becoming Probiotic candidates Kingsley Anukam
| Production and characterization of rhamnolipids produced Angeles Manresa Garreta, A., Haba, E., Espuny, M.J., Marqués, A.M., Manresa, A.
Laboratory of Microbiology. Faculty of Pharmacy. University of Barcelone. 08028 Barcelone, Spain
| PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS- PRODUCTION OF BIOSURFACTANTS AND IMPACT ON THEIR SURFACE PROPERTIES AND ON THEIR BIOADHESIVE BEHAVIOR Sandra Ngoya T. MEYLHEUCa, S. NGOYAb, C. DUCLAIROIRb, M.G.J. FEUILLOLEYb,
M.N. BELLON-FONTAINEa, N. ORANGEb
a INRA-Unité de recherche en bio-adhésion et hygiène des matériaux- 25, avenue de la République –
F- 91 744 Massy Cedex, France
b Laboratoire de Microbiologie du Froid, UPRES 2123, Université de Rouen- 55, rue Saint-Germain-
F-27 000 Evreux, France
| IMPROVED SYNTHESIS AND IMMUNOGENICITY OF THE B. ANTHRACIS CAPSULE-PROTEIN CONJUGATES Joanna Kubler-Kielb J. KUBLER-KIELB, D. LIU, F. MAJADLY, S. LEPPLA, R. SCHNEERSON, J. ROBBINS
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
| The effects of oligosaccharides in bacterial cultures Nuntaka Sangworachat N. SANGWORACHAT, C. BUCKE, T. KESHAVARZ
Department of Molecular and Applied Biosciences, University of Westminster, 115 New Cavendish Street, London W1W 6UW, UK
T. HARROP
Pfizer Ltd., Sandwich Kent, UK
| DETERMINING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF WEB BASED SELF ASSESSMENTS VS CLASSIC ASSESSMENTS FOR PHARMACEUTICAL MICROBIOLOGY COURSE. D. Abedi MOHAMMAD JALALI, KARINE GHOKASIAN, AKBAR BORANDEGI
Department of Nutrition, School of Health, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, 81745 Iran
DARYOUSH ABEDI
Department of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Isfahan University of Medical
Sciences, Isfahan, 81745 Iran | Lactose Induction to Obtain Efficient Periplasmic Expression of Human Granulocyte Macrophage Colony Stimulating Factor in Escherichia coli Sharareh Shojai Estabragh S. SHOJAI1, A. ZOMORODIPOUR1*, F. ATAEI1, B. YAKHCHALI2, M. SHAH-ALI2, A.KARKHANEH2, A. DIZAGEE3, S. DORCHEH ZADEH2
1-Dept of Mol Genet. National Inst for Genet Eng & Biotechnol
2-Dept of Bio Proc Eng. . National Inst for Genet Eng & Biotechnol
3-Dept of Biochem. National Inst for Genet Eng & Biotechnol
| Mature biofilm structure is not required for surface-adherent Escherichia coli to survive exposure to b-lactam antibiotics Joe Harrison J.J. HARRISON, H. CERI, E.A. BADRY, N.J. ROPER, K.L. TOMLIN, R.J. TURNER
Department of Biological Sciences, University of Calgary, 2500 University Drive N.W., Calgary, Alberta, Canada, T2N 1N4
| A Study of Heat-Induced Expression of Human Granulocyte Macrophage Colony Stimulating Factor in Escherichia coli Fariba Ataei F. ATAEI, A. ZOMORODIPOUR*,
Dept of Mol Genet. National Inst for Genet Eng & Biotechnol. Tehran-Iran P. O. Box: 14155-6343
H. GHANBARIAN,
Drug Appl Res Center, Res & Devel Complex, Tabriz Univ of Med Sci, Tabriz-Iran
BAGHER YAKHCHALI
Dept of BioProc Eng. National Inst for Genet Eng & Biotechnol. Tehran-Iran
| Combined effect of doxorubicin and metal on the yeast Candida utilis Jacqueline Keyhani J. KEYHANI
Laboratory for Life Sciences, 19979 Tehran, Iran
E. KEYHANI, S. KHAVARI-NEJAD, F. ATTAR, F. AZARI
Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of Tehran, 13145 Tehran, Iran
| Kinetic modeling as a modern technology to optimize enzyme catalyzed processes in the pharmaceutical industry Oleg Demin O. DEMIN, G. LEBEDEVA
A.N. Belozersky Institute of Physico-Chemical Biology, Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia
N. GIZZATKULOV
M.V. Keldysh Institute of Applied Mathematics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
I. GORYANIN
University of Ediburgh, Edinburgh, UK
| SUSTAINED RELEASE AND ANTIMICROBIAL EVALUATION OF TETRACYCLINE INCLUSION COMPOUND IN b-CYCLODEXTRIN FROM MUCOADHESIVE POLYMERS Vagner Santos M.E. CORTÉS*, K.I.R TEIXEIRA, M.V.F. ARAÚJO, A.L. PATARO, R.T. GOMES, V. R., SANTOS
Department of Restorative Dentistry, University of Minas Gerais, Av. Antonio Carlos 6627, 31270-901. Belo Horizonte, Brazil;
R. D. SINISTERRA.
Department of Chemistry, University of Minas Gerais, Av. Antonio Carlos 6627, Brazil.
| Oral Candidosis treatment with Brazilian Green Propolis extract Vagner Rodrigues Santos V.R. SANTOS, M.C.F. AGUIAR, M.A.V. DO CARMO, M.D. NAVES, R.A. MESQUITA
Laboratory of Microbiology- Dentistry School- University Federal of Minas Gerais- Avda Antonio Carlos 6627- Belo Horizonte- Brazil
| Biotic Therapies: Intestinal Microbiota Manipulation for Enhancing Gastrointestinal Health Gerardo Nava Nava G.M.1, Callaway T.R.2, Juarez M.A.1 Cooke G.3
1FMVZ, UNAM. Mexico City 04510. MEXICO
2USDA/ARS/SPARC/FFSRU. 2881 F&B Road, College Station, TX 77845. USA
3 58 St. Patricks Court, 74/76 Lower Clanbrassil Street, Dublin 8. DUBLIN | Ketoconazole in shampoo: a microbiological avaliation Inara Staub I. STAUB, E.E.S. SCHAPOVAL, A.M. BERGOLD
Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências Farmacêuticas, UFRGS, Av. Ipiranga, 2752, Porto Alegre, Brasil
| APPLICATION OF PCR TO DETECTION OF LOW LEVELS OF STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS CONTAMINATION IN PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS Nasrin Samadi N. SAMADI, M. ALVANDI
Department of Pharmaceutics, Faculty of Pharmacy, Tehran University of Medical Sciences and Health Services, Tehran, Iran
MOHAMMAD REZA FAZELI
Department of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Tehran University of Medical Sciences and Health Services, Tehran, Iran
E. AZIZI
Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Tehran University of Medical Sciences and Health Services, Tehran, Iran.
| Effect of salinity on vitamine E (alpha-tocopherol) production by the marine microalgae Dunaliella tertiolecta (DCCBC26) Mohammad Reza ª Fazeli, M.R. , ªTofighi, H. , bSamadi, N. , ªJamalifar, H.
ª Departments of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology and bPharmaceutics, School of Pharmacy, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
| Human Therapeutic Morphine Vaccine: Safety and Immunogenicity Azim Akbarzadeh A.Akbarzadeh, D.Norouzian, S. S. Mirdamadi, S. M. Bakhtiari, P.Afshar, B. Farahmand, J. Vaez, M.K. Emadzadeh, M. A. Mofidian, K. Safavi
Institute Pasteur of IRAN, Department of Pilot Biotechnology
13164, Pasteur Ave. Tehran-IRAN
| Determination of Lf/ml (Limes Flocculation) Morphine Vaccine Azim Akbarzadeh A.Akbarzadeh, D.Norouzian, S. S. Mirdamadi, S. M. Bakhtiari, P.Afshar, B. Farahmand, J. Vaez, K. Emadzadeh, M. A. Mofidian, K. Safavi
Institute Pasteur of IRAN, Pilot Biotechnology Dept.
Pasteur Ave. Tehran-IRAN, 13164
| Isolation, characterization and purification of alkaline protease from Bacillus sp. HS-08 Fatemeh Moradian F. MORADIAN, K.KHAJEH, H. NADERI-MANESH, M. SADEGHI-ZADEH
Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Faculty of Sciences, Tarbiat Modarres University, P.O. Box 14115-175, Tehran, Iran
| Heat-Induced Synthesis of delta^32 in F. chinensis: The Role and Function in cell Division Ali Asghar Karkhane J. Raheb and Ali Asghar. Karkhane
National Research Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (NRCGEB) Tehran, IRAN
K. P. Flint
Department of Biological Sciences University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, UK
| SINGLE CELL PROTEIN PRODUCTION UTILIZING LIGNOCELLULOSIC WASTE AND ITS NUTRITIONAL EVALUATION NIVEDITA SHARMA NIVEDITA SHARMA AND M. CHANDEL
Department of Basic Sciences, Dr. Y.S. Parmar University of Horticlture and Forestry, Nauni, Solan, HP, India
BHANU NEOPANEY
Department of Biotechnology, Government of Himachal Pradesh, Shimla, HP, India
| Biological treatment for sago factory effluent using Amylolytic fungus, Graphium putredinis Savitha Sivasubramanian S.Savitha, S.Sadhasivam and K.Swaminathan
Department of Biotechnology, Bharathiar University, Coimbatore, India
| Hydrolysis of beta-peptides by an aminopeptidase from Sphingomonas sp. Birgit Geueke B. Geueke, H.P.E. Kohler
Department of Environmental Microbiology, EAWAG, Duebendorf, Switzerland | KINETIC PROPERTIES OF THE XYLOSE REDUCTASE ENZYME FROM Candida mogii CELL EXTRACT Ines Roberto Z.D.V.L. MAYERHOFF,
Chemical Engineering School, State University of Campinas , P.O. Box 6866, 13081-970, Campinas-SP, Brazil
I.C. ROBERTO
Department of Biotechnology, Faculty of Chemical Engineering of Lorena, P.O. Box 116, 12600-970, Lorena, SP, Brazil.
T.T. FRANCO
Chemical Engineering School, State University of Campinas – P.O. Box 6866, 13081-970, Campinas-SP, Brazil
| Relationship of coffee consumption with risk factors for atherosclerosis in rats Sakamoto Wataru W. SAKAMOTO, K. FUJIE, K. TAKAHASHI, H. IZUMI
Department of Biochemistry, School of Dentistry, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060, Japan
M. MUNE
Department of Clinical Nutrition, Siebold University of Nagasaki, Nagasaki, 851-2195, Nagasaki, Japan
| INACTIVATION MECHANISMS OF HIS-TAGGED D-AMINO ACID OXIDASE FROM Trigonopsis variabilis Miguel Arroyo M. ARROYO, I. DE LA MATA, M. P. CASTILLÓN, C. ACEBAL
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology I, Faculty of Biology,
Universidad Complutense de Madrid, 28040 Madrid, Spain.
J. L. GARCÍA
Department of Molecular Microbiology, Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas (CSIC), 28040 Madrid, Spain.
MARGARITA MENÉNDEZ
Instituto de Química-Física “Rocasolano” (CSIC), 28006 Madrid, Spain
| Fungal enzymes induced by plant material can be used to degrade bacterial biofilm matrix Belen Orgaz Martín B. ORGAZ, J. KIVES, F. LABORDA* and C. SANJOSÉ
Department of Nutrition, Food Science and Technology, University Complutense of Madrid, Spain.
*Department of Microbiology, University of Alcalá de Henares, Madrid, Spain.
| RESUSCITATION PROMOTING FACTOR (RPF) – LIKE PROTEINS: DISTRIBUTION AMONG G+C RICH ACTINOMYCETES, SYNTHESIS DURING LIFE-CYCLE AND RPF-LIKE BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY Schroeckh Volker V. SCHROECKH
Department of Applied Microbiology, Hans Knoell Institute for Natural Products Research,
Beutenbergstr. 11a, Jena, Germany
K. MARTIN
Pilot Plant for Natural Products, Hans Knoell Institute for Natural Products Research,
Beutenbergstr. 11a, Jena, Germany
C. BUSKE, D. SCHWARTZ
Junior Research Group Molecular Antibiotic-Biosynthesis, Hans Knoell Institute for Natural Products
Research, Beutenbergstr. 11a, Jena, Germany
| Studies on the effect of enzymatic mixtures on paper ageing properties Maria Costa Ferreira ANA LOURENÇO, JORGE GOMINHO, HELENA PEREIRA
Centro de Estudos Florestais, Departamento de Engenharia Florestal, Instituto Superior de Agronomia; 1349-017 Lisboa, Portugal
CRISTINA MAXIMO, MARIA COSTA-FERREIRA
Department of Biotechnology, National Institute for Industrial Engineering and Technology-INETI; 1649-038 Lisboa, Portugal
| CONTRIBUTION OF THE OLIGOMERIC STATE TO THE THERMOSTABILITY OF ISOENZYME 3 FROM Candida rugosa Maria Luisa Rua Rodriguez M.A. PERNAS, M.L. RÚA
Area de Bioquímica, Departamento de Bioquímica y Biología Molecular, Universidad de Vigo, Facultad de Ciencias, Campus de Ourense, As Lagoas s/n, 32004, Ourense, Spain.
J. CARBALLO,
Area de Microbiología, Departamento de Biología Funcional y Ciencias del la Salud, Universidad de Vigo, Facultad de Ciencias, Campus de Ourense. As Lagoas s/n, 32004, Ourense, Spain
| DIVERSITY OF POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON (PAH)-DEGRADING BACTERIA ISOLATED FROM MANGROVE SEDIMENT Hongwei Zhou H.W. ZHOU, W.W.H. YAP, Y.S. WONG, N.F.Y. TAM
Department of Biology and Chemistry, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
| DIFFERENTIAL EXPRESSION OF XYLANASES AND CELLULASES BY CELLULOMONAS FLAVIGENA GROWING ON DIFFERENT CARBON SOURCES L. M. Sánchez-Herrera L. M. SÁNCHEZ-HERRERA, M. DE LA TORRE-MARTÍNEZ, A. RAMOS-VALDIVIA, O. PERÉZ- AVALOS, T. PONCE-NOYOLA
Department of Biotechnology and Bioengineering, CINVESTAV-IPN, Av. IPN 2508 San Pedro Zacatenco, Mexico, D.F. C.P. 07360.
L. M. SALGADO
Department of Biochemistry CINVESTAV-IPN, Av. IPN 2508 San Pedro Zacatenco,
| Isolation, production and biochemical characterization of polyphenol oxidases from a novel melanogenic soil bacterium Khosro Khajeh A. Badoei-Dalfarda, Kh. Khajeha*, M.R. Soudib, H. Naderi-Manesha , B. Ranjbarb, and R. Hassan Sajedia
aDepartment of Biochemistry, Faculty of Science, Tarbiat Modarres University, P.O. Box 14115-175, Tehran, Iran
bDepartment of Microbiology, Faculty of Science, Alzahra University, Tehran Iran
| Polysaccharide-modifying enzymes from Ganoderma species and their applications Rym Chouiter R. CHOUITER, I. ROY and C. BUCKE
Department of Molecular and Applied Biosciences, School of Biosciences, University of Westminster, 115 New Cavendish Street, London W1W 6UW, UK
| Paenibacillus curdlanolyticus: a new source of mutanase Malgorzata PLESZCZYNSKA M. PLESZCZYNSKA, A. WIATER, J. SZCZODRAK
Department of Industrial Microbiology, Maria Curie-Sklodowska University, Lublin, Poland
M. MAREK-KOZACZUK
Department of General Microbiology, Maria Curie-Sklodowska University, Lublin, Poland
| Molecular characterisation of a peroxidase from a Bjerkandera sp. Patrícia R. Moreira PATRÍCIA R. MOREIRA, F. XAVIER MALCATA
Escola Superior de Biotecnologia, Universidade Católica Portuguesa, R. Dr. António Bernardino de Almeida, P-4200-072 Porto, Portugal
C. DUEZ, D. DEHARENG, J. M. FRÈRE
Centre d’Ingénierie des Protéines, Université de Liège, Institut de Chimie, B6, Sart Tilman, B-4000 Liège, Belgique
| Characterization of glucose isomerase from a thermophilic bacterium, Anoxybacillus gonensis G2 Ali Osman Beldüz H. KARAOGLU, S. ÇANAKÇI, C. SANDALLI, A.O. BELDÜZ
Department of Biology, Karadeniz Technical University, 61080 Trabzon, Turkey
B. DINÇER, S. GÜNER
Department of Chemistry, Karadeniz Technical University, 61080 Trabzon, Turkey
| Enzymatica modification of triacylglycerols from animal fat in supercritical CO2 Eduardo Bárzana Brenda Sánchez Salazar, Eduardo Bárzana *
Departamento de Alimentos y Biotecnología, Facultad de Química,
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, 04510 México D.F., México.
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| | Food Microbiology | EFFECTS OF THE ENZYMES FROM ASPERGILLUS SPECIES ON “KATSUOBUSHI” (DRIED BONITO) DURING MOLDING PROCESS Motoko Awazuhara M. AWAZUHARA, M. KASAI, K. HATAE
Department of Nutrition and Food Sciences, Ochanomizu University, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan
K. KONO
Ajinomoto Foundation for Dietary Culture, Chuo-ku, Tokyo, Japan
| Microbial Quality of Potable Water Supplies in Philippine Inter-island Passenger Vessels M. Patricia V. Azanza M.P.V. AZANZA, A.A. GABRIEL, D.F. CORNAGO
Department of Food Science and Nutrition, College of Home Economics, University of the Philippines, Diliman, Quezon City, Philippines
| THE PREVALENCE OF SALMONELLA IN FOODS IN ISFAHAN, IRAN D. Abedi MOHAMMAD JALALI
Department of Nutrition, School of Health, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, 81745 Iran
DARYOUSH ABEDI
Department of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Isfahan University of Medical
Sciences, Isfahan, 81745 Iran | Population dynamic of constitutive biota in two types of Spanish dry fermented sausages Rafael Jordano-Salinas C. LÓPEZ-MENDOZA
Animal Production and Food Science Department, Cardenal Herrera-CEU University, E-46113 Moncada (Valencia), Spain
L. M. MEDINA-CANALEJO, R. PRIEGO-FERNÁNDEZ, R. JORDANO-SALINAS
Food Science and Technology Department, University of Córdoba, Campus of Rabanales, E-14071 Córdoba, Spain
| Resistance of wine yeasts to fungicides Pilar Blanco P. BLANCO, A. TORRADO, C. GONZÁLEZ-SANTALICES, I. ORRIOLS
Estación de Viticultura e Enoloxía de Galicia, Ponte san Clodio s/n, Leiro, 32427 OURENSE
| Utilisation of traditional spices for the control of aflatoxigenic fungi and aflatoxins Olusegun Atanda O.O ATANDA and I. Akpan
Department of Food Science and Technology, University of Agriculture,
Abeokuta, Nigeria
| GENETIC AND MYCOTOXIGENIC CHARACTERIZATION OF NEWLY DESCRIBED FUSARIUM SPECIES WITHIN THE GIBBERELLA FUJIKUROI COMPLEX Francoise Munaut F. MUNAUT, F. VAN HOVE
Mycothèque de l'Université catholique de Louvain (BCCMTM/MUCL), Unité de Microbiologie, Faculté d'Ingénierie biologique, agronomique et environnementale, Université catholique de Louvain | Genetic diversity of wine Saccharomyces cerevisiae strains from Galicia Pilar Blanco P. BLANCO, A. RAMILO, M. CERDEIRA, I. ORRIOLS
Estación de Viticultura e Enoloxía de Galicia, Ponte San Clodio s/n, Leiro 32427 OURENSE
| PLANT GROWTH PROMOTING RHIZOBACTERIA ACCELERATE NODULATION AND INCREASE NITROGEN FIXATION ACTIVITY BY FIELD GROWN SOYBEAN Narjes Dashti N. Dashti1, F. Zhang2, R. Hynes3 & D.L. Smith4
1Kuwait University , Faculty of Science, Department of Biological Sciences, Safat 13060, Kuwait
2Department of Biology, Queen’s University, Kingston , Ontario, K7L 3N6, Canada
3 Agrium Inc.,402-15 Innovation Boulevard, Saskatoon, SK , S7N 2X8, Canada
4 Department of plant Science, Macdonald campus of McGill University, Ste,. Ann de Bellevue, Quebec , H9x 3V9
| Indigenous lactic acid bacteria involved in flavour formation during Pecorino cheese ripening Aldo Todaro C. RANDAZZO, S. DE LUCA, A. TODARO, C. RESTUCCIA, C. CAGGIA
DOFATA, Sezione Tecnologie Agroalimentari, University of Catania, Italy
| Microbial dynamics of minimally processed vegetables assessed by PCR-DGGE analysis Cinzia Lucia Randazzo C. RANDAZZO, G.O. SCIFO’, C. RESTUCCIA, C. CAGGIA
DOFATA, Sezione Tecnologie Agroalimentari, University of Catania, Italy
| BIOLOGICAL CONTROL OF PEACH FUNGAL PATHOGENS BY ANTAGONISTIC MICROORGANISMS Cristina Restuccia C. RESTUCCIA, F. LICCIARDELLO, C. CAGGIA, C. RANDAZZO, G. MURATORE
Dipartimento di Orto-Floro-Arboricoltura e Tecnologie Agroalimentari (DOFATA), Sezione Tecnologie Agroalimentari, University of Catania, Via Santa Sofia 98, 95123 Catania, Italy
F. GIUSINO
Wyeth-Lederle S.p.A. Div. FDAH, Via Gorgone Franco 18, 95121 Catania, Italy.
| FAST BIOASSAY FOR DETECTION OF SALMONELLA IN POOLTRY SAMPLES WITH P22lux BACTERIOPHAGE Gerald Thouand G THOUAND
UMR CNRS 6144 GEPEA /ERT CBAC 1002, IUT, La Roche/Yon, France
P VACHON, M DAYRE, B BORDIER
BIOLUMINE, IUT, La Roche/Yon, France
S LIU, M GRIFFITHS
Canadian Research Institute for Food Safety, University of Guelph, Ontario, Canada
| USE OF CARBON DIOXIDE TO CONTROL THE MICROBIAL SPOILAGE OF BULLFROG (Rana catesbeiana) MEAT Carlos Conte C. A. CONTE-JÚNIOR* and S. B. MANO
Depto. de Tecnologia dos Alimentos, Faculdade de Veterinária, Universidade Federal Fluminense, Rua Vital Brazil Filho, nº64, 24.230-340, Niterói/RJ, Brasil. *E-mail: mtaconte@vm.uff.br
M. FERNÁNDEZ
Dpto. de Nutrición, Bromatología y Tecnología de los Alimentos, Facultad de Veterinaria, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, 28040 Madrid, Spain.
| L.INNOCUA AND L.BULGARICUS EMPLOY DIFFERENT STRATEGIES WHILE COPING WITH ACID STRESS Lana Shabala L. SHABALA, T. MCMEEKIN
Australian Food Safety Centre of Excellence, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Australia
H. SIEGUMFELDT, M. JAKOBSEN
Department of Dairy and Food Science, The Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University, Copenhagen, Denmark
| MICROBIOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF PDO FIORE SARDO CHEESE MADE BY TRADITIONAL AND INNOVATIVE METHODS Roberta Comunian L. MANNU, R. COMUNIAN, S. SANNA, A. PABA, E. DAGA and M.F. SCINTU
Istituto Zootecnico e Caseario per la Sardegna
Loc. Bonassai – I-07040 Olmedo (SS) - ITALY
| Intestinal microbiota of rats fed with okara(by-product from soymilk manufacturing). Guadalupe Préstamo G. ARROYO
Dpt. Microbiology II, Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad de Alcala de Henares, 28871-Alcala de Henares, Madrid, Spain
G. PRÉSTAMO
Dpt. Science and Technology of Vegetable Products, Instituto del Frío (CSIC), Ciudad Universitaria, 28040-Madrid, Spain
| CONCENTRATION OF LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES CELLS BY IMMOBILIZATION ON METAL HYDROXIDES Leora A. Shelef B. D. SCHINDLER, L. A. SHELEF
Department of Nutrition and Food Science, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, United States
| RODAMINE RESISTANCE AS MARKER FOR MONITORING YEASTS IN WINE FERMENTATIONS matilde Maqueda A. VINAGRE-ARIAS, J.E. AMBRONA-CORDERO, M. MAQUEDA, M. RAMÍREZ-FERNÁNDEZ
Department of Microbiology, University of Extremadura, Avda Elvas s/n, Badajoz, Spain.
E. ZAMORA-DE-ALBA, M.L. ALVAREZ-FRANCO
Estación Enológica, Almendralejo, Badajoz, Spain
| IDENTITY, SURVIVAL AND STRESS RESISTANCE OF BIFIDOBACTERIUM SPP. IN BIO-YOGHURTS Vijith Jayamanne VIJITH S. JAYAMANNE & MARTIN R. ADAMS
School of Biomedical and Molecular Sciences, University of Surrey,
Guildford, Surrey GU2 7XH, UK
| MICROBIOLOGICAL AND PHYSICOI-CHEMICAL PROFILE OF PACKED “SEASONED” OLIVES Francisco Arroyo Lopez F. N. ARROYO-LÓPEZ, M.C.C. ROMERO-BARRANCO, M.C. DRÁN-QUINTANA, P. GARCÍA-GARCÍA, A. LÓPEZ-LÓPEZ, A. GARRIDO-FERNÁNDEZ
Department of Biotechnology, Instituto de la Grasa, Avda. Padre García Tejero, 4, Sevilla, Spain
| RESISTANT STARCH FRACTION FROM NATIVE STARCHES OF DIFFERENT ORIGIN AS AN in vitro SUBSTRATE FOR BIFIDOBACTERIA Urszula Krupa M. WRONKOWSKA1, E. BIEDRZYCKA2, M. SORAL-SMIETANA1, M. BIELECKA2, U. KRUPA1
Polish Academy of Sciences, Institute of Animal Reproduction and Food Research, Division of Food Science, 10-747 Olsztyn, ul. Tuwima 10, Poland
1 Department of Functional Properties of Food; 2 Department of Food Microbiology
| ECOLOGY AND BIODIVERSITY OF MICROBIAL POPULATIONS IN SPONTANEOUS GRAPE MUST FERMENTATIONS Matilde Maqueda M. MAQUEDA, M. RAMÍREZ-FERNÁNDEZ
Department of Microbiology, University of Extremadura, Avda Elvas s/n, Badajoz, Spain.
M.L. ALVAREZ-FRANCO, E. ZAMORA-DE-ALBA, P. COTILLA-DEL-HOYO
Estación Enológica, Almendralejo, Badajoz, Spain
| IS IT LISTERIA INNOCUA AN APPROPRIATE EPEDEMIOLOGICAL Mohammad Jalali MOHAMMAD JALALI
Department of Nutrition, School of Health, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, 81745 Iran
DARYOUSH ABEDI
Department of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Isfahan University of Medical
Sciences, Isfahan, 81745 Iran | MICROBIAL DIVERSITY OF CORK STOPPERS WITH OLFACTORY ALTERATIONS ASSESSED BY PCR-DGGE Olaya Ruiz O. RUIZ-RUEDA, L. BAÑERAS
Institute of Aquatic Ecology, Faculty of Sciences, University of Girona, Montilivi s/n, Girona, Spain
E. BOSCH, J. DEULOFEU
TESA. Tapones y Especialidades del Corcho S.A. Calle Gas, 20. E-17200, Palafrugell. | RAPID BIASED EVOLUTION OF GENETICALLY UNSTABLE WINE YEAST HYBRIDS UNDER NON-SELECTIVE CONDITIONS Manuel Ramirez J.E. AMBRONA-CORDERO, A. VINAGRE-ARIAS AND M. RAMÍREZ-FERNÁNDEZ
Department of Microbiology, University of Extremadura, Avda Elvas s/n, Badajoz, Spain.
| PCR ASSAY FOR IDENTIFICATION OF Aspergillus SECTION Nigri USING INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACER REGIONS 1 AND 2 Amaia González-Salgado GONZÁLEZ-SALGADO, A., JURADO, M., GONZÁLEZ-JAÉN, MT
Department of Genetics, University Complutense of Madrid, Jose Antonio Novais,2 Madrid. Spain
PATIÑO, B., LÓPEZ-ERRASQUÍN, E., VÁZQUEZ C.
Department of Microbiology, University Complutense of Madrid, Jose Antonio Novais,2 Madrid. Spain
| Influence of surface characteristics of food contact materials on bacterial attachment Julia Carballo Rodríguez J. CARBALLO, A.B. ARAÚJO
Area de Microbiología, Departamento de Biología Funcional y Ciencias del la Salud, Universidad de Vigo, Facultad de Ciencias, Campus de Ourense. As Lagoas s/n, 32004, Ourense, Spain.
M.L. RÚA
Area de Bioquímica, Departamento de Bioquímica y Biología Molecular, Universidad de Vigo, Facultad de Ciencias, Campus de Ourense, As Lagoas s/n, 32004, Ourense, Spain
| DETECTION OF LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES FROM FRESH FISH USING REAL TIME PCR, PCR AND STANDARD ISO METHODS Cathrine Salamoura C. SALAMOURA, C. PAPADOPOULOU, G.FILIOUSSIS, C. DONTOROU, G. ZAKAS., S. LEVIDIOTOU
Food, Water and Environmental Microbiology Unit, Microbiology Department, Medical School, University of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece
M. MALAMAS
Department of Pharmacology, Medical School, University of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece
| OCHRATOXIN A REMOVAL DURING ALCOHOLIC FERMENTATION Andrea Caridi A. CARIDI, F. GALVANO
Department of Agro-Forestry and Environmental Sciences and Technologies, Mediterranea University of Reggio Calabria, Gallina, Italy.
A. TAFURI, A. RITIENI
Department of Food Science, Federico II University of Napoli, Portici, Italy.
| AEROMONAS GROWTH UNDER LOW TEMPERATURES Ana Paula Delamare T. ZUCOLOTTO, A.P.L. DELAMARE, S.O.P. COSTA, S. ECHEVERRIGARAY
Institute of Biotechnology, University of Caxias do Sul, R. Francisco G. Vargas 1130, Caxias do Sul, RS, Brazil
| INHIBITORY EFFECT OF SELECT NITROALKANES ON GROWTH RATE OF LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES IN VITRO Robin C. Anderson M. DIMITRIJEVIC
Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Food Hygiene and Technology, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia-Montenegro
R.C. ANDERSON, T.R. CALLAWAY AND D.J. NISBET
United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Food & Feed Safety Research Unit, College Station, TX, USA
| EFFECT OF NON-Saccharomyces YEAST FLOCCULATION ON Saccharomyces FERMENTATION PERFORMANCE María Cristina Manca de Nadra OSCAR A. SOSA, MARÍA C. MANCA DE NADRA, MARTA E. FARIAS
CERELA y Facultad de Bioquímica, Química y Farmacia – UNT. Chacabuco 145. 4000. Tucumán
| SELECTION OF Saccharomyces YEAST AS STARTER FROM THE WINE CELLAR “PAGO EL GUIJOSO”. Mónica Fernández González FERNÁNDEZ-GONZÁLEZ, M. BRIONES, A.
Departamento de Química Analítica y Tecnología de Alimentos. Facultad de Químicas. Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, Campus Universitario. 13071. Ciudad Real. Spain
| Inactivation of E. coli, L. monocytogenes, P. aeruginosa and S. aureus on plastic and wood kitchen cutting boards by neutral electrolyzed water María Agustina Deza M.A. DEZA, M. ARAUJO, R.A. SUEIRO AND M.J. GARRIDO
Institute of Food Research and Analysis, University of Santiago de Compostela, E-15782 Santiago de Compostela, Spain
| DETERMINATION OF FUSARIUM SPECIES IN FRENCH BREWING BARLEY SAMPLE OF 2003 HARVESETD YEAR AND RELATION WITH ASSOCIATED MYCOTOXINS PRODUCTION Nadia Noel N. NOËL, P. BOIVIN, R. FOURNIER
Institut Français de la Brasserie et de la Malterie, Vandoeuvre-lés-Nancy, France.
E. BENIZRI
Department of Agronomy and environment, ENSAIA-INRA-INPL, Vandoeuvre-lés-Nancy, France.
| CULTURE MEDIA FOR A REPRESENTATIVE ISOLATION OF ACETIC BACTERIA FROM VINEGAR Alberto Mas Baron Y. QUINTERO SILVA, I. LÁZARO LÓPEZ, J.M. GUILLAMÓN NAVARRO,
M. POBLET ICART, A. MAS BARÓN
Unitat d’Enologia del Centre de Referència de Tecnologia d’Aliments. Dept. Bioquímica i Biotecnologia. Facultat d’Enologia de Tarragona. Universitat Rovira i Virgili. c\ Marcel•lí Domingo, s/n; Campus Sescelades – 43007 TARRAGONA (Spain).
| ISOLATION OF ARCOBACTER BUTZLERI FROM MEATS AND ITS SUSCEPTIBILITY TO VARIOUS ACIDS AND HUMECTANTS Libor Cervenka L. CERVENKA
Department of Analytical Chemistry, University of Pardubice, Pardubice, Czech Republic
I. ZACHOVÁ, J. VYTRASOVÁ
Department of Biological and Biochemical Sciences, University of Pardubice, Pardubice, Czech Republic
| Detection of staphylococcal enterotoxin tipe A from a tipical italian cheese by cell culture Giovanni Normanno G. NORMANNO, A. DAMBROSIO, N.C. QUAGLIA, M. CORRENTE, A. MERICO, G.V. CELANO
Department of health and animal welfare, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Str.da Prov.le per Casamassima Km 3, 70010, Valenzano, Bari, Italy.
ABENANTE R.P.
Libero professionista, Umbriatico (CS), Italy.
GERMINARIO G.L.
AUSL Bari 2- Contrada Cicchillo-Tittadegna -70051 Barletta – Bari, Italy.
| Strength of Attachment Affects Survival of Salmonella on Inoculated Whole Cantaloupe Surfaces Treated with Sanitizers Dike Ukuku Dike O. Ukuku and William F. Fett
USDA-ARS-ERRC-Wyndmoor, PA 19038, USA | THE AUTOLYTIC BEHAVIOUR OF LACTOCOCCI STRAINS ISOLATED FROM IBORES CHEESE Pilar Caceres R. TABLA, J.E. REBOLLO
Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics. University of Extremadura. Avda. Elvas s/n. Badajoz. Spain
P. CÁCERES
Department of Microbiology. University of Extremadura. Avda. Elvas s/n. Badajoz. Spain
J. GONZALEZ, M. MAS, A. RODRÍGUEZ, I. ROA.
Instituto Tecnológico Agroalimentario. Junta de Extremadura. Badajoz. Spain
| OCCURRENCE OF SHIGA TOXIN-PRODUCING Escherichia coli NON-O157 IN READY-TO-EAT FOOD FROM SUPERMARKETS IN ARGENTINA Claudia Balagué C. BALAGUÉ, L. FERNÁNDEZ, A.L. REDOLFI, V. AQUILI
Faculty of Biochemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, National University of Rosario, Suipacha 531, 2000 Rosario, Argentina
P. VOLTATTORNI, C. HOFER, G. EBNER, S. DUEÑAS, L. BAITA
Rosario Food Institute, Lima 865, 2000 Rosario, Argentina
A. KHAN, C. CERNIGLIA
Division of Microbiology, U. S. Food and Drug Administration, NCTR, 3900 NCTR Road., Jefferson, AR 72079, USA
| OCCURRENCE OF AFLATOXINOGENIC FUNGI AND THEIR DETECTION USING PCR Iveta Zachová I. ZACHOVÁ1, J. VYTRASOVÁ.1, L. CERVENKA2, K. HARSOVÁ2
1Department of Biological and Biochemical Sciences, Faculty of Chemical Technology, University of Pardubice, Czech Republic
2Department of Analytical Chemistry, Faculty of Chemical Technology, University of Pardubice, Czech Republic
| LIPOLYTIC ACTIVITY OF DIFFERENT MOULD SPECIES ON HAZELNUT Dilek HEPERKAN D. HEPERKAN, L. SARIYAR, H.N. SIPAHIOGLU
,Department of Food Engineering, Chemical and Metallurgical Engineering Faculty, Istanbul Technical University, Istanbul, Turkey
| MYCOTOXINS IN BLACK OLIVES D. Heperkan D. HEPERKAN, B. E. MERIC, G. SISMANOGLU, G. D. KAYA, D. ZORLUTUNA, F. K. GULER
Department of Food Engineering, Chemical and Metallurgical Engineering Faculty, Istanbul Technical University, Istanbul, Turkey
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1Department of Biological and Biochemical Sciences, Faculty of Chemical Technology, University of Pardubice, Czech Republic
2Department of Analytical Chemistry, Faculty of Chemical Technology, University of Pardubice, Czech Republic
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