Showing papers in "International Biodeterioration & Biodegradation in 2004"

TL;DR: Bacterial strains used in this study were from the Center for Research in Enzymes and Microbiology (CREAM) collection of strains, at Universiti Putra Malaysia, and were isolated from hydrocarbon-contaminated soil samples by enrichments on either crude oil or individual hydrocarbons as the sole carbon source.

TL;DR: In this article, the influence of relative humidity and temperature on growth and metabolism of eight microfungi on 21 different types of building material was investigated, including wood, wood composites and starch-containing materials.

TL;DR: Textiles, particularly those composed of natural organic fibres such as cotton, linen, wool, etc., are readily attacked by microorganisms, with fungi being the most important microorganisms in textile biodeterioration processes.

TL;DR: An overview of the application of modern microscopy and surface analysis techniques in studying the involvement of biofilms and extracellular polymeric material in the biocorrosion process of metals and their alloys can be found in this paper.

TL;DR: The photoantimicrobial approach is suggested as an effective, topical method of broad-spectrum disinfection, particularly in the healthcare environment.

TL;DR: It is suggested that filamentous fungi could be used in clean-up of long-term contamination of soils by PAHs, especially forPAHs of high-molecular-weight that contained more than three fused aromatic rings.

TL;DR: In this article, a piled mixture of olive-mill wastes and wheat straw was composted for one year and several of its characteristics (total organic carbon and nitrogen, organic matter, lignin, cellulose, hemicellulose, total fats, water-soluble phenols and the germination index of cress, Lepidium sativum L.) were monitored.

TL;DR: A simple protocol for biotreatability assays in two phases is proposed, which indicates whether a biological treatment of contaminated soil is appropriate and attempted to identify the most appropriate treatment through the evaluation of various conditions and additives.

TL;DR: The hypothesis that the current microbial community is inactive and represent a stagnant microbial community developed after drastic environmental changes caused by an unfortunate conservation treatment is confirmed.

TL;DR: In these three fungal strains, no apparent correlation between degradation percentage and the tested ligninolytic enzymes production could be shown in the authors' culture conditions.

TL;DR: I. lacteus was shown to decolorize a number of various azo-, anthraquinone-, thiazine-, triphenylmethane- and phthalocyanine dyes at a concentration of 200 mg l −1 in stationary liquid culture as mentioned in this paper.

TL;DR: The aim of the study was to characterize the heterotrophic microbiota in surface samples and in the air of the Roman catacombs of St. Callistus and St. Domitilla and found that many of the isolates were novel species.

TL;DR: In this article, the potential of immobilised hydrocarbon-degrading microorganisms for the clean up of diesel-contaminated soil was examined using polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) as an entrapment technique and microorganisms indigenous to the site.

TL;DR: In this paper, a number of fungicides, including 2-(thiocyanomethylthio)benzothiazole, were compared in efficacy tests and their penetration, absorption and distribution in tanned leather has been investigated.

TL;DR: The potential of immobilised hydrocarbon-degrading microorganisms for the clean up of diesel-contaminated soil is examined and immobilised systems were found to be the most successful, with greatest removal in a co-immobilisation system containing PVA-entrapped microorganisms and a synthetic oil absorbent.

TL;DR: In this paper, the Gompertz function and the Richards function were compared to describe the phthalic acid degradation process, and both models successfully fitted the biomass growth curve when PA was used as the sole source of growth controlling substrate.

TL;DR: P. florida was more effective than P. citrinopileatus in delignification and is a biologically efficient species for production of highly digestible mycoprotein-rich ruminant feed.

TL;DR: In this article, a Pseudomonas strain was characterized as part of a project to develop a biosorbent for removal of toxic radionuclides from nuclear waste streams, was a potent accumulator of uranium (VI) and thorium (IV), with the metal sequestration process being unaffected by culture age, presence of carbon/energy source and metabolic inhibitor but sensitive to the composition of the growth medium.

TL;DR: In this article, the degradation of the plasticizer ortho-dimethyl phthalate ester (DMPE) was investigated using two reconstituted consortia under aerobic conditions.

TL;DR: It is shown here that the AQUALYTIC ® Sensomat System can provide reliable, continuous measurement of biological oxygen demand (BOD), and is suitable for small-scale studies of the degradation of phenol-like compounds by the soil-borne yeast Candida maltosa.

TL;DR: Results indicated that concentration of metal in the plant was directly correlated with that of the soil, although the transfer factors for Pb and Zn were not high, and most plants remained healthy for 3 weeks after introduction of pollutants.

TL;DR: The aerobic biodegradation of lindane (γ-hexachlorocyclohexane) by a consortium of acclimated bacteria from sediment at a polluted site on the Suquia River, Cordoba, Argentina, is reported, marking the first report of lINDane biodegrading by B. thiooxidans.

TL;DR: In this article, a co-polymerization of allyl glycidyl ether (AGE) and methyl methacrylate (MMA) was performed on disodium octoborate tetrahydrate (DOT)-treated wood to limit boron leaching.

TL;DR: In this article, the use of Olive Mill Waste Water (OMWW) as a moisture source for mushroom cultivation was investigated, and the results showed that OMWW is suitable for both Pleurotus sajor-caju and P. cornucopiae var. citrinopileatus.

TL;DR: In this paper, a polymer sensor array gave different responses to each of these species when grown on cellulose agar at both a w and 0.975,0.995 levels.

TL;DR: During a long career at the Institute for the Study, Restoration and Conservation of Cultural Property, Nicholas Copernicus University, the author has observed that most of the objects reaching the conservation laboratories have suffered deterioration caused by microorganisms.

TL;DR: The best-maintained church had the lowest cyanobacterial biodiversity; in damp areas of this church many algae were present in biofilms and none of the cyanobacteria groups mentioned above were detected.

TL;DR: With an increasing number of immuno-compromised dental patients presenting at dental surgeries, practitioners are now being given the mechanisms with which to control biofilms and maintain microbial numbers below the European Union drinking water guidelines and American Dental Association DUWS standard of 100 and 200 CFU ml −1 , respectively.

TL;DR: In this article, an assessment of atmospheric and microbiological deterioration of the constructional material of a Church of Veracruz in the city of Medellin, Colombia was made using different microbiological and surface analytical techniques complemented by electron microscopy.

TL;DR: The ability of microbial ecologists to identify microorganisms responsible for recognised environmental processes in situ is hampered by the minuteness of microbes and the complexity of the communities in which they reside, and the lead role stable isotopes are playing in circumventing this obstacle is summarized.