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PB88-867593
Citations from the
Life Sciences Collection
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Hazardous Materials: Microbiological Decomposition
(Jan 78 - Aug 88)
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BIBLIOGRAPHIC INFORMATION
PB88-867593
Hazardous Materials: Microbiological Decomposition
(Jan 78 Aug 88)
Citations from the Life Sciences Collection Database
Aug 88
National Technical Information Service, Springfield, VA
Report period covered: Jan 78 - Aug 88
Supersedes PB87-865895.
This bibliography contains citations concerning the
decomposition of toxic materials by microorganisms. Organisms
that digest hydrocarbons, petroleum, cyanide, and dioxin are
discussed. Population studies of fungi and bacteria that
decompose hazardous materials are included. Rates of
decomposition, the presence of these microorganisms in the soil
and in water, products generated from hazardous materials
decomposition, and the use of these products by other
microorganisms are among the topics discussed. This updated
bibliography contains 360 of which 16 of which are new entries
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Title Changes of the Organs of Locomotion in Adult Alcoholism.
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Author Szanto, D.
Magy. Radiol., 31(3), 133-139 (1979) Language German,
English, Hungarian, Russian Affiliation- (Egyesitett
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Abstract The X-ray pathology of the limbs of 7 patients with chronic
alcoholism is described.
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Hazardous Waste Treatment and Disposal (Jan 70-Apr 88)
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hazardous materials. Thermal treatment, encapsulation, storage, and
monitoring of hazardous wastes are described. While the majority of the
material pertains to chemical wastes, some attention is given to radioactive
materials.
Hazardous Materials Waste Disposal (Jun 85-May 87)
USG/NTIS 297 citations
ORDER NUMBER PB88-864103/RPS
This bibliography contains citations concerning the disposal of hazardous
industrial and municipal wastes, chemical agents, and a variety of other
dangerous substances. Topics include restoration operations, contamination
abatement studies, appropriate regulation and legislation, and remedial
response strategies. Considerable attention is given to waste disposal
sites at military installations and to incineration operations. Citations
pertaining specifically to radioactive waste disposal are excluded.
Sewage Sludge Treatment by Composting (Jan 70-Oet 87)
Pollution Abstracts 115 citations
ORDER NUMBER PB88-85O847/RPS
This bibliography contains citations concerning the composting of sewage
sludge as a viable treatment method. The use of aeration to control compost
temperature, thus creating optimal conditions for microbial activity is
discussed. Cold weather composting, windrow composting, and odor control
are also examined. Plant utilization of composted sewage sludge is also
examined. The availability of heavy metals to plants from composted sewage
sludge is briefly considered.
Hazardous Materials Transportation (Sep 82-Jul 87)
Engineering Index 212 citations
ORDER NUMBER PB87-864955/RPS
This bibliography contains citations concerning the transportation of
hazardous chemicals, gases, explosives, and spent nuclear fuel. Liquified
natural gas transportation is emphasized. Tanker ships, containers, and
pipelines for these materials are discussed along with truck, rail, air, and
submarine transportation. Safety programs and routing information are
presented. Hazards specific to artic shipping are included.
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TITLE LIST
PAGE TITLE
1 TWO-STAGE MINERALIZATION OF PHENANTHRENE BY ESTUARINE ENRICHMENT CULTURES.
1 METABOLISM OF 2,6-DIMETHYLNAPHTHALENE BY FLAVOBACTERIA.
1 ANAEROBIC DEGRADATION OF ALKYLATED BENZENES IN DENITRIFYING LABORATORY AQUIFER
COLUMNS.
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2 MICROBIOLOGICAL DECOMPOSITION OF CHLORINATED ALIPHATIC HYDROCARBONS.
2 THE DEGRADATION OF BIPHENYL AND CHLOROBIPHENYLS BY MIXED BACTERIAL CULTURES.
2 PROCESS FOR WASTEWATER TREATMENT
2 BIODEGRADATION OF HALOGENATED ALIPHATIC HYDROCARBONS.
3 PERSPECTIVES IN MYCOLOGICAL RESEARCH. VOLUME I.
3 BACILLUS THERMOLEOVORANS , SP. NOV., A SPECIES OF DELICATELY THERMOPHILIC
HYDROCARBON UTILIZING ENDOSPORE-FORMING BACTERIA.
3 CARBON SUBSTRATES IN BIOTECHNOLOGY.
4 AN ANNUAL CYCLE OF ABUNDANCE AND ACTIVITY OF HETEROTROPHIC BACTERIA AND
ABUNDANCE OF HYDROCARBONOCLASTIC BACTERIA IN NEWFOUNDLAND COASTAL WATER.
4 (DEGRADATIVE CAPACITY OF BACTERIA AND FUNGI ISOLATED FROM A FUEL CONTAMINATED
SOIL. ) .
5 EFFECTS OF CHEMICAL STRUCTURE AND EXPOSURE ON THE MICROBIAL DEGRADATION OF
POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS IN FRESHWATER AND ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEMS.
5 A METHOD FOR SCREENING BACTERIA: AEROBICALLY DEGRADING CHLORINATED SHORT-CHAIN
HYDROCARBONS.
5 THE ROLE OF MICROORGANISM IN THE REMOVAL OF DIESEL OIL FROM SOIL AND ITS
EFFECT ON TRITICUM AESTIVUM AND HORDEUM AESTIVUM SEEDS GERMINATION.
6 MICROBIAL DESULFONATION OF SUBSTITUTED NAPHTHALENESULFONIC ACIDS AND
BENZENESULFONIC ACIDS.
6 BIODEGRADATION OF OIL HYDROCARBONS IN SOIL INOCULATED WITH CANDIDA
6 AEROBIC AND ANAEROBIC DEGRADATION OF ORGANIC CONTAMINANTS IN FLORIDA
GROUNDWATER.
7 METHANE PRODUCTION FROM HEXADECANE BY MICROORGANISMS.
7 DETECTION OF A MICROBIAL CONSORTIUM, INCLUDING TYPE II METHANOTROPHS, BY USE
OF PHOSPHOLIPID FATTY ACIDS IN AN AEROBIC HALOGENATED HYDROCARBON-DEGRADING
SOIL COLUMN ENRICHED WITH NATURAL GAS.
7 THE DYNAMICS OF CELL WASHOUT DURING BACTERIAL HEXADECANE OXIDATION IN MEDIA
FLOWING THROUGH POROUS SUBSTANCES.
8 PERSPECTIVES IN BIOTECHNOLOGY AND APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY
8 FATE AND MOVEMENT OF AZAARENES AND THEIR ANAEROBIC BIOTRANSFORMATION PRODUCTS
IN AN AQUIFER CONTAMINATED BY WOOD-TREATMENT CHEMICALS.
8 A SCREENING METHOD FOR CYTOCHROME P-450 ORGANIC PEROXIDASE ACTIVITY AND
APPLICATION TO HYDROCARBON-DEGRADING BACTERIAL POPULATIONS.
9 TREATMENT OF PETROLEUM INDUSTRY OIL SLUDGE IN SOIL.
9 THE METABOLISM OF YEASTS AND FILAMENTOUS FUNGI WHICH DEGRADE HYDROCARBON
FUELS.
9 H SUB(2)0 SUB(2)-DEPENDENT DECOLORIZATION OF POLY R-481 BY PARTICULATE
FRACTIONS FROM PHANEROCHAETE CHRYSOSPORIUM).
10 ROLE OF DISSOLUTION RATE AND SOLUBILITY IN BIODEGRADATION OF AROMATIC
COMPOUNDS.
10 TRANSFORMATION OF TOLUENE AND BENZENE BY MIXED METHANOGENIC CULTURES.
10 BACTERIAL COMMUNITIES DEGRADING AMINO- AND HYDROXYNAPHTHALENE-2-SULFONATES.
10 OCCURRENCE AND RATES OF CHEMICAL BIODEGRADATION IN SUPERIOR HARBOR WATER.
11 EFFECT OF MICROBIAL ACTIVITY ON BURIED CYANOBACTERIAL ORGANIC MATTER.
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11 THE BIOLOGY OF MARINE FUNGI.
11 NAPHTHALENE BIODEGRADATION IN ENVIRONMENTAL MICROCOSMS: ESTIMATES OF
DEGRADATION RATES AND CHARACTERIZATION OF METABOLITES.
12 BIODEGRADATION OF USED MOTOR OIL BY BACTERIA PROMOTES THE SOLUBILIZATION OF
HEAVY METALS.
12 MUTAGENIC ACTIVITY OF RUNOFF AND LEACHATE WATER FROM HAZARDOUS WASTE LAND
TREATMENT
12 INHIBITION OF MICROBIAL ACTIVITY IN MARINE SEDIMENTS BY A BROMOPHENOL FROM A
HEMICHORDATE .
13 GENERIC COMPOSITION AND DEGRADATION ACTIVITY OF HYDROCARBON-DEGRADING BACTERIA
ISOLATED FROM THE OPEN SEA.
13 MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATIONS OF GROUNDWATER POLLUTED WITH HYDROCARBONS. 2.
COMMUNICATION: DETERMINATION OF BACTERIAL "IN VITRO"-ACTIVITY.
13 SEARCH FOR MIREX-DEGRADING SOIL MICROORGANISMS.
14 (BIODEGRADATION OF HYDROCARBONS.)
14 MICROBIAL DEGRADATION OF THIOCYANATE, PHENOL AND CYANIDE IN A COMPLETELY MIXED
AERATION SYSTEM.
14 GROWTH OF HYDROCARBON UTILIZING MICROORGANISMS.
14 BIOTECHNOLOGY
15 MICROBIOLOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS OF OIL REFINERY WASTE WATER PURIFICATION
PROCESS.
15 MICROBIAL TRANSFORMATION OF QUINOLINE BY A PSEUDOMONAS SP
15 GENERIC COMPOSITION AND DEGRADATION ACTIVITY OF HYDROCARBON-DEGRADING BACTERIA
ISOLATED FROM THE OPEN SEA.
16 MICROBIAL METABOLISM OF THE ISOPRENOID ALKANE PRISTANE. (MICROBIAL OXIDATION
OF ISOPRENOID HYDROCARBONS. PART IV)
16 RATES OF MICROBIAL DEGRADATION OF PETROLEUM COMPONENTS AS DETERMINED BY
COMPUTERIZED CAPILLARY GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY AND COMPUTERIZED MASS SPECTROMETRY.
16 ANALYTICAL STUDY OF ASTHART CRUDE OIL ASPHALTENES BIODEGRADATION.
17 HYDROCARBON MINERALIZATION IN SOIL: RELATIVE BACTERIAL AND FUNGAL
CONTRIBUTION.
17 EFFECT OF NICKELOUS AND OTHER METAL IONS ON THE INHIBITION OF RUMEN BACTERIAL
METABOLISM BY 3-(3'-ISOCYANOCYCLOPENT-2-ENYLIDENE)PROPIONIC ACID AND RELATED
ISOCYANIDES.
17 ISOLATION METHOD OF LYSINE OVERPRODUCERS FROM HYDROCARBON UTILIZERS.
18 ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATION OF MICROBIAL METABOLISM.
18 ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATION OF MICROBIAL METABOLISM.
18 ABOUT THE ENUMERATION OF HYDROCARBON-OXIDIZING BACTERIA IN SEAWATER BY (A
CONSIDERED METHOD).
18 FACTORS INFLUENCING HYDROCARBON DEGRADATION IN THREE FRESHWATER LAKES.
19 DEHYDROGENASE ACTIVITY OF SOME PETROLEUM-OXIDIZING MICROORGANISMS.
19 MICROBIAL CONVERSIONS OF ALKANES AND FATTY ACIDS.
19 DEGRADATION OF UNSATURATED HYDROCARBONS BY METHANOGENIC ENRICHMENT CULTURES.
20 DEGRADATION OF VOLATILE CHLORINATED ALIPHATIC PRIORITY POLLUTANTS IN
GROUNDWATER.
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20 TRANSFORMATION OF BACILLUS SUBTILIS WITH DNA-ENCODING NAPHTHALENE DEGRADATION
FROM BACILLUS MEGATERIUM
20 THE PHYSIOLOGY OF HYDROCARBON-UTILIZING MICROORGANISMS.
20 OXIDATION OF PERSISTENT ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS BY A WHITE ROT FUNGUS.
21 MICROBIAL OIL TRANSFORMATION PROCESSES ACCOMPANIED BY METHANE AND
HYDROGEN-SULFIDE FORMATION.
21 MICROBIAL DEGRADATION OF 2,4,6-TRICHLOROANILINE IN AQUATIC SAMPLES AND
LABORATORY ENRICHMENT CULTURES.
21 THE UTILIZATION OF AROMATES AND THEIR DERIVATIVES BY BACTERIA.
22 ACCLIMATED MICROBIAL RESPONSES TO ORGANIC SPECIES IN INDUSTRIAL LANDFILL
LEACHATE.
22 IN-SITU AND ON-SITE BIODEGRADATION OF INDUSTRIAL LANDFILL LEACHATE.
22 AEROBIC MICROFLORA OF AN OIL DEPOSIT AND ITS ABILITY TO DESTROY OIL.
23 THE FUNDAMENTALS OF AQUATIC TOXICOLOGY- METHODS AND APPLICATIONS.
23 MICROBIAL AND PARTICULATE CONTAMINATION IN FUEL TANKS ON NAVAL SHIPS.
23 EFFECT OF MICROBIAL SEEDING OF CRUDE OIL IN SEAWATER IN A MODEL SYSTEM.
24 STUDY OF SELF-PURIFICATION CAPACITY OF FERROUS-METALLURGIC BUFFER PONDS.
24 MODIFICATION OF THE SUPER(14)C MOST-PROBABLE-NUMBER METHOD FOR USE WITH
NONPOLAR AND VOLATILE SUBSTRATES.
24 DEVELOPMENT OF PETROLEUM MICROBIOLOGY IN CHINA.
24 DEGRADATION OF CRUDE OIL BY A MIXED POPULATION OF BACTERIA ISOLATED FROM
SEA-SURFACE FOAMS.
25 NUMERICAL TAXONOMY OF PHENANTHRENE-DEGRADING BACTERIA ISOLATED FROM THE
CHESAPEAKE BAY
25 POPULATION AND ACTIVITY OF HYDROCARBON-DEGRADING MICROORGANISMS IN THE COASTAL
WATERS OF PENINSULAR MALAYSIA.
25 DEGRADATION OF CHLORINATED AND NON-CHLORINATED PHENOLS AND AROMATIC ACIDS BY
ANAEROBIC MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES.
26 POTENTIAL TRANSFORMATION RATES FOR POLYNUCLEAR AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS (PNAHS)
IN SURFICIAL ESTUARINE SEDIMENTS.
26 MICROBIAL DEGRADATION AND MINERALIZATION OF BROMINATED BIPHENYLS AND
BROMINATED BENZOATES.
26 ANAEROBIC BIOCONVERSION OF HALOAROMATIC SUBSTRATES IN SEVERAL ANOXIC HABITATS.
27 (OXIDATIVE PHOTOINDUCTION AND BIODEGRADATION OF NAPHTHALENE IN SEA WATER.).
27 A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF PLASMIDS CONTROLLING NAPHTHALENE BIODEGRADATION BY
PSEUDOMONAS BACTERIA.
27 DEGRADATION OF AROMATIC PETROLEUM HYDROCARBONS BY PURE MICROBIAL CULTURES.
28 OXIDATION OF PHENANTHRENE BY THE MARINE CYANOBACTERIUM AGMENELLUM
QUADRUPLICATUM STRAIN PR-6.
28 UTILIZATION OF CANDIDA SALMONICOLA METABOLIC PRODUCTS BY THE FUNGUS
TRICHOSPORON CUTANEUM
28 ACCIDENTAL EXPOSURE TO DIOXINS. HUMAN HEALTH ASPECTS.
29 CIANOGENESIS IN BOVINE RUMEN FLUID AND PURE CULTURES OF RUMEN BACTERIA.
29 MICROBIAL DEGRADATION OF ORGANIC COMPOUNDS.
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29 MICROBIAL DEGRADATION OF ORGANIC COMPOUNDS.
30 MICROBIAL DEGRADATION OF ORGANIC COMPOUNDS.
30 MICROBIAL DEGRADATION OF ORGANIC COMPOUNDS.
30 MICROBIAL DEGRADATION OF ORGANIC COMPOUNDS.
30 PETROLEUM MICROBIOLOGY.
31 PETROLEUM MICROBIOLOGY.
31 PETROLEUM MICROBIOLOGY.
31 PETROLEUM MICROBIOLOGY.
32 THE WORLD BIOTECH REPORT 1984, VOLUME 2: USA.
32 PETROLEUM MICROBIOLOGY.
32 PETROLEUM MICROBIOLOGY
33 PETROLEUM MICROBIOLOGY
33 IMPACT OF AN OIL FIELD EFFLUENT ON MICROBIAL ACTIVITIES IN A WYOMING RIVER.
33 OIL-DEGRADING CAPABILITIES OF YEASTS AND FUNGI ISOLATED FROM COASTAL MARINE
ENVIRONMENTS.
34 PROCEEDINGS OF THE INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON PEAT UTILIZATION.
34 ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS RELATED TO THE DISTRIBUTION OF PETROLEUMOLYTIC BACTERIA
IN AN INDUSTRIAL SUBESTUARY OF THE CHESAPEAKE BAY.
34 ECOLOGICAL STUDY OF THE AMOCO CADIZ OIL SPILL: REPORT OF THE NOAA-CNEXO JOINT
SCIENTIFIC COMMISSION.
35 BIODEGRADATION OF MATERIALS USED IN ENHANCED OIL RECOVERY FINAL REPORT, JULY
1, 1978-NOVEMBER 30, 1981.
35 MICROBIAL DEGRADATION OF ALKYL CARBAZOLES IN NORMAN WELLS CRUDE OIL.
36 ORGANIC MATTER DIAGENESIS IN THE ANOXIC SEDIMENTS OF SAANICH INLET, BRITISH
COLUMBIA, CANADA: A CASE FOR HIGHLY EVOLVED COMMUNITY INTERACTIONS.
36 BIODEGRADATION OF TOPPED KUWAIT CRUDE.
36 MICROBIAL DEGRADATION OF SELECTED HAZARDOUS MATERIALS: PENTACHLOROPHENOL,
HEXACHLOROCYCLOPENTADIENE, AND METHYLPARATHION.
37 EFFECTS OF CHRONIC OIL POLLUTION FROM REFINERY EFFLUENT ON SEDIMENT MICROFLORA
IN A DANISH COASTAL AREA.
37 OXIDATIVE DEGRADATION OF 2,3,7,8-TETRACHLORODIBENZO-P-DIOXIN BY
MICROORGANISMS.
37 MICROBIAL DEGRADATION OF HYDROCARBONS IN ISMAILIA CANAL WATER.
38 WATER POLLUTION RESEARCH, PART 3.
38 MICROBIAL DEGRADATION OF CRUDE OIL IN SEA WATER IN CONTINUOUS CULTURE.
38 BIODETERIORATION 5.
39 EFFECT OF THE DISPERSANT COREXIT 9527 ON THE MICROBIAL DEGRADATION OF SULFUR
HETEROCYCLES IN PRUDHOE BAY OIL.
39 PRODUCTION OF EXTRACELLULAR AMINO ACIDS BY HYDROCARBON UTILIZING BACTERIA.
39 MICROBIAL METABOLISM OF ( SUPER(14)C)NITROANILINES TO ( SUPER(14)C)CARBON
DIOXIDE .
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40 MICROBIAL DESULFURIZATION OF PETROLEUM AND HEAVY PETROLEUM FRACTIONS. 3.
COMM.: THE CHANGE OF CHEMICAL COMPOSITION OF FUEL-D-OIL BY MICROBIAL AEROBIC
DESULFURIZATION.
40 INFLUENCE OF SALINITY AND TEMPERATURE ON THE ALIPHATIC HYDROCARBON DEGRADATION
BY MARINE BACTERIA.
40 BIOGAS (NATURAL GAS?) PRODUCTION BY ANAEROBIC DIGESTION OF OIL CAKE BY A MIXED
CULTURE ISOLATED FROM COW DUNG.
41 EMULSIFICATION OF HYDROCARBONS BY BACTERIA FROM FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEMS.
41 INTERRELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN BIODETERIORATION, CHEMICAL BREAKDOWN, AND FUNCTION
IN SOLUBLE OIL EMULSIONS.
41 MICRDBIAL DETERIORATION OF HYDROCARBON FUELS FROM OIL SHALE, COAL, AND
PETROLEUM.
42 CONCENTRATIONS AND MICROBIAL MINERALIZATION OF FOUR TO SIX RING POLYCYCLIC
AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS IN COMPOSTED MUNICIPAL WASTE.
42 DEGRADATION OF PHENOLIC CONTAMINANTS IN GROUND WATER BY ANAEROBIC BACTERIA:
ST LOUIS PARK, MINNESOTA.
42 MICROBIAL DEGRADATION OF HYDROCARBONS.
43 CHLOROTETRACYCLINE AND SODIUM CHLORIDE TREATMENT EFFECTS ON SOME
MICRO-ORGANISMS AND UNSAPONIFIABLES OF BOLTI FISH FILLETS.
43 COMPARATIVE DIGESTIBILITY OF CARBOHYDRATES OF MICROBIAL PRODUCTS AND THEIR
METABOLISABLE ENERGY VALUES IN CHICKS AND RATS.
43 BIODEGRADATION OF AROMATIC HYDROCARBON IN MARINE SEDIMENTS OF THREE NORTH SEA
OIL FIELDS.
44 IN SITU MICROBIAL DEGRADATION OF PRUDHOE BAY CRUDE OIL IN BEAUFORT SEA
SEDIMENTS.
44 A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF CHEMICAL AND MICROBIOLOGICAL MONITORING OF POLLUTANT
HYDROCARBONS IN URBAN AQUATIC ENVIRONMENTS.
44 MICROBIOLGICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF ACTIVATED SLUDGE PARTICIPATING IN
OIL-CONTAINING SEWAGE TREATMENT
45 COMPARATIVE DIGESTIBILITY OF CARBOHYDRATES OF MICROBIAL PRODUCTS AND THEIR
METABOLISABLE ENERGY VALUES IN CHICKS AND RATS.
45 CHLOROTETRACYCLINE AND SODIUM CHLORIDE TREATMENT EFFECTS ON SOME
MICRO-ORGANISMS AND UNSAPONIFIABLES OF BOLTI FISH FILLETS.
45 MICROBIAL DEGRADATION OF HYDROCARBONS.
46 DEGRADATION OF PHENOLIC CONTAMINANTS IN GROUND WATER BY ANAEROBIC BACTERIA:
ST LOUIS PARK, MINNESOTA.
46 CONCENTRATIONS AND MICROBIAL MINERALIZATION OF FOUR TO SIX RING POLYCYCLIC
AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS IN COMPOSTED MUNICIPAL WASTE.
46 PECULIARITIES IN DISTRIBUTION OF BACTERIA CAUSING OIL BIODEGRADATION IN THE
DNIEPER RIVER.
47 HYDROCARBON-OXIDIZING BACTERIA AND THEIR ACTIVITY IN OIL-BEARING STRATA.
47 A NEW HYDROCARBON DEGRADATION FUNGUS: VERTICILIUM ECANII
47 PLASMID INCIDENCE IN MARINE BACTERIA ISOLATED FROM PETROLEUM POLLUTED SITES ON
DIFFERENT PETROLEUM HYDROCARBONS.
48 HYDROCARBON-OXIDIZING BACTERIA AND THEIR ACTIVITY IN OIL-BEARING STRATA.
48 DETECTION OF ALIPHATIC HYDROCARBONS DERIVED BY RECENT "BIO-CONVERSION" FROM
FOSSIL FUEL OIL IN NORTH SEA WATERS.
48 DEGRADATION OF ALIPHATIC AND AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS BY MARINE BACTERIA.
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49 IN VITRO MICROBIAL DEGRADATION OF BITUMINOUS HYDROCARBONS AND IN SITU
COLONIZATION OF BITUMEN SURFACES WITHIN THE ATHABASCA OIL SANDS DEPOSIT
49 DEVELOPMENTS IN INDUSTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY
49 DEVELOPMENTS IN INDUSTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY
50 DEVELOPMENTS IN INDUSTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY
50 HETEROTROPHIC POTENTIALS AND HYDROCARBON BIODEGRADATION POTENTIALS OF SEDIMENT
MICROORGANISMS WITHIN THE ATHABASCA OIL SANDS DEPOSIT.
50 DEGRADATION OF LUBRICATING OILS BY MARINE BACTERIA OBSERVED BY QUANTITATIVE
MASS SPECTROMETRY.
51 MICROBIOL DEGRADATION OF PETROLEUM HYDROCARBONS: AN ENVIRONMENTAL PERSPECTIVE.
51 EFFECT OF NITROGEN SOURCE ON END PRODUCTS OF NAPHTHALENE DEGRADATION.
51 THE DEGRADATION OF N-ALKYLCYCLOALKANES BY A MIXED BACTERIAL CULTURE.
52 HYDROCARBON WEATHERING IN SEASHORE INVERTEBRATES AND SEDIMENTS OVER A TWO-YEAR
PERIOD FOLLOWING THE AMOCO CADIZ OIL SPILL: INFLUENCE OF MICROBIAL
METABOLISM.
52 MICROBIAL BIODEGRADATION AND CHEMICAL EVOLUTION OF OIL FROM THE AMOCO SPILL.
52 CYANIDE DEGRADATION BY IMMOBILISED FUNGI
53 MICROBIAL DEGRADATION OF AROMATICS AND SATURATES IN PRUDHOE BAY CRUDE OIL AS
DETERMINED BY GLASS CAPILLARY GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY.
53 CONVERSION OF GLUCOSE TO FATTY ACIDS AND METHANE: ROLES OF TWO MYCOPLASMAL
AGENTS.
53 INHIBITION OF CATECHOL 2,3-DIOXYGENASE FROM PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA BY
3-CHLOROCATECHOL.
54 PRODUCTION OF MOLECULAR HYDROGEN UNDER THE ACTION OF MICROFLORA FROM
OIL-BEARING STRATA ON OIL.
54 MICROBIAL DESULFURIZATION OF PETROLEUM AND HEAVY PETROLEUM FRACTIONS. I
STUDIES ON MICROBIAL AEROBIC DESULFURIZATION OF ROMASHKINO-CRUDE OIL.
54 METABOLISM OF ACETATE AND HYDROGEN BY A MIXED POPULATION OF ANAEROBES CAPABLE
OF CONVERTING CELLULOSE TO METHANE.
54 MICROBIAL COOXIDATION OF NAPHTHALENE FOR THE PRODUCTION OF
1 ,2-DIHYDROXY-1,2-DIHYDRONAPHTHALENE.
55 FORMATION OF C 4-C 7 HYDROCARBONS FROM BACTERIAL DEGRADATION OF NATURALLY
OCCURRING TERPENOIDS.
55 OSCILLATIONS IN OXYGEN UPTAKE IN CULTURES OF NEUROSPORA CRASSA LYS 3 TREATED
WITH 2'-DEOXYADENOSINE.
55 DEGRADATION OF AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS AND DERIVATIVES BY MICROORGANISMS. I.
METABOLIC PATTERN OF A NEW ISOLATED BACTERIAL STRAIN PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA
56 HYDROCARBON-UTILISING MICRO-ORGANISMS FROM DONA PAULA BAY, GOA.
56 THE ROLE OF DODECANOIC ACID IN THE MICROBIOLOGICAL CORROSION OF JET AIRCRAFT
INTEGRAL FUEL TANKS.
56 RATES OF MICROBIAL TRANSFORMATION OF POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS IN WATER
AND SEDIMENTS IN THE VICINITY OF A COAL-COKING WASTEWATER DISCHARGE.
56 ANAEROBIC DEGRADATION OF LACTATE BY SYNTROPHIC ASSOCIATIONS OF METHANOSARCINA
BARKERI AND DESULFOVIBRIO SPECIES AND EFFECT OF H 2 ON ACETATE DEGRADATION.
57 INVESTIGATIONS IN THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA. 84TH CRUISE OF THE R/V AKADEMIK A.
KOVALEVSKIJ , JUNE-JULY 1978.
57 ATTACHMENT OF MICROORGANISMS TO SURFACES IN THE AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT.
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57 STUDIES OF METHANOGENIC BACTERIA IN SLUDGE.
58 ANAEROBIC DEGRADATION OF LACTATE BY SYNTROPHIC ASSOCIATIONS OF METHANOSARCINA
BARKERI AND DESULFOVIBRIO SPECIES AND EFFECT OF H 2 ON ACETATE DEGRADATION.
58 MICROBIAL METABOLISM OF ALICYCLIC HYDROCARBONS: CYCLOHEXANE CATABOLISM BY A
PURE STRAIN OF PSEUDOMONAS SP
58 BIOLOGICAL/CHEMICAL SURVEY OF TEXOMA AND CAPLINE SECTOR SALT DOME BRINE
DISPOSAL SITES OFF LOUISIANA, 1978-1979. VOLUME 3 - DESCRIBE BACTERIAL
COMMUNITIES.
59 METHANE FERMENTATION OF BAGASSE AND SOME FACTORS TO IMPROVE THE FERMENTATION.
59 HYDROCARBON-UTILISING MICRO-ORGANISMS FROM DONA PAULA BAY, GOA.
59 FERMENTATION STUDIES IN SOLID HYDROCARBONS UTILIZING BACTERIAL ISOLATES.
60 MICROBIOLOGY AND POLLUTION: THE BIODEGRADATION OF NATURAL AND SYNTHETIC
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS. /(39 REFS.)
60 EFFECTS OF CHEMICAL AND HEAT TREATMENTS ON ETHYLENE PRODUCTION IN SOIL.
60 SEAWEED AS SOURCE OF ENERGY. 1. EFFECT OF A SPECIFIC BACTERIAL STRAIN ON
BIOGAS PRODUCTION.
60 (BACTERIAL DEGRADATION OF HYDROCARBONS).
61 CORROSION BY MICROORGANISMS OF JET AIRCRAFT INTEGRAL FUEL TANKS. PART 2:
CORROSION.
61 METHANOGENIC ORGANISMS FROM FERMENTING SLURRY OF THE GOBAR GASPLANT
61 ASSIMILATION OF ACETATE AND PRODUCTION OF METHANE BY CATTLE WASTE SLURRY.
61 MICROBIAL ASPECTS OF OIL SPILLS.
62 MICROBIAL ASPECTS OF OIL SPILLS.
62 ECOLOGICAL IMPACT OF THE AMOCO CADIZ OIL SPILL: BACTERIAL AND MICROPHYTIC
SETTLEMENTS IN SEDIMENTS OF THE SALT MARSHES OF ILE GRANDE.
62 EFFECT OF ESTUARINE SEDIMENT PH AND OXIDATION-REDUCTION POTENTIAL ON MICROBIAL
HYDROCARBON DEGRADATION.
63 ADHERENCE OF BACTERIA TO HYDROCARBONS: A SIMPLE METHOD FOR MEASURING
CELL-SURFACE HYDROPHOBICITY.
63 (BACTERIAL DEGRADATION OF HYDROCARBONS).
63 MICROBIAL DEGRADATION OF CYCLOPENTANECARBOXYLIC ACID BY CORYNEBACTERIUM SP
63 CORROSION BY MICROORGANISMS OF JET AIRCRAFT INTEGRAL FUEL TANKS. PART 1.
ANALYSIS OF FUNGAL CONTAMINATION.
64 PRODUCTION AND DESULFURIZATION OF BIOGAS FROM SWINE WASTE.
64 THE BACTERIAL COMMUNITY COMPOSITION OF AN ACTIVE OIL FIELD IN THE NORTHWESTERN
GULF OF MEXICO.
64 METHANE PRODUCTION FROM WASTEWATERS BY IMMOBILIZED METHANOGENIC BACTERIA.
65 COST EFFECTIVE DISPOSAL OF WHEY
65 INVESTIGATION OF MICROBIAL DEGRADATION OF PHENOLS IN THE BLACK SEA.
65 IRELAND'S BIOLOGICAL WASTES.
65 MARINE MICROBIAL ECOSYSTEMS AND THE DEGRADATION OF ORGANIC POLLUTANTS.
66 THE OIL INDUSTRY AND MICROBIAL ECOSYSTEMS.
66 DEGRADATION OF CRUDE OIL BY ARTHROBACTER SP
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66 MEASUREMENT OF HYDROCARBON BIODEGRADATION POTENTIALS AND ENUMERATION OF
HYDROCARBON-UTILIZING MICROORGANISMS USING CARBON-14 HYDROCARBON-SPIKED CRUDE
OIL. PRESENTED AT: SYMPOSIUM; MINNEAPOLIS, MN (USA); 25 JUN 1977.
67 MICROBIOLOGICAL TRANSFORMATIONS OF TERPENES: PART XXVI. MICROBIOLOGICAL
TRANSFORMATION OF CARYOPHYLLENE.
67 METHOD FOR SCREENING HYDROCARBON-OXIDIZING BACTERIA IN THE SEA.
67 THE BIODEGRADATION OF HYDROCARBONS.
67 INTERACTIONS OF OIL AND MICROORGANISMS IN SOIL.
68 PRODUCTION OF INDUSTRIAL GASES FROM ORGANIC WASTES BY ANAEROBIC DIGESTION WITH
METHANE-PRODUCING BACTERIA.
68 CIRCULATION AND BIODEGRADATION OF THE CARCINOGENIC HYDROCARBON BENZ(A)PYRENE
IN MARINE SPHERE.
68 STUDIES ON THE FUNGAL OXIDATION OF POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS.
68 THE MICROBIAL PRODUCTION OF METHANE FROM HOUSEHOLD WASTES: FIXED-BED ANAEROBIC
DIGESTION.
69 PHENANTHRENE BIODEGRADATION IN FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENTS.
69 ASSESSMENT OF POTENTIAL INTERACTIONS OF MICROORGANISMS AND POLLUTANTS
RESULTING FROM PETROLEUM DEVELOPMENT ON THE OUTER CONTINENTAL SHELF OF ALASKA.
69 STUDIES ON THE OXIDATION OF OCTANE BY ACINETOBACTER CALCOACETICUS AND
FLAVOBACTERIUM DEVORANS STRAINS.
70 SILVER IODIDE BURN COMPLEX AND SILVER PHOSPHATE EFFECTS ON METHANOGENESIS.
70 CHARACTERIZATION OF AN ACETATE-DECARBOXYLATING, NON-HYDROGEN-OXIDIZING METHANE
BACTERIUM.
70 STUDIES ON THE FUNGAL OXIDATION OF POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS.
71 (BIOTRANSFORMATION OF HYDROCARBONS BY MARINE BACTERIA).
71 BIOMETHANATION OF MINNESOTA REED SEDGE PEAT
71 QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS OF N-PARAFFINS IN HEAVY OIL (GRADE C) ADDED TO MEDIA FOR
OIL-DECOMPOSING BACTERIA BY A SIMPLIFIED INTERNAL STANDARD METHOD.
72 ANAEROBIC FORMATION OF VOLATILE ACIDS IN A CHEMOSTAT
72 A PILOT SCALE ANAEROBIC UPFLOW REACTOR TREATING DISTILLERY WASTEWATERS.
72 (EVALUATION OF CARBON IN THE IN VITRO BACTERIAL BIODEGRADATION OF CRUDE OIL).
73 REVERSION OF MUTANT STRAINS OF SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM BY RAW AND FINISHED
WATERS FROM SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA.
73 PRELIMINARY STUDIES ON THE OCCURRENCE OF HYDROCARBON-UTILIZING MICROORGANISMS
IN VARIOUS SOURCES IN THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN PROVINCE OF SAUDI ARABIA.
73 ANAEROBIC TREATMENT OF EFFLUENT TO PRODUCE A METHANE-CONTAINING GAS.
74 PARTITION OF ALKANE BY AN EXTRACELLULAR VESICLE DERIVED FROM HEXADECANE-GROWN
ACINETOBACTER
74 USE OF THE WATER HYACINTH AS AN ADDITIVE IN BIO-GAS PRODUCTION.
74 ISOLATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF A THERMOPHILIC STRAIN OF METHANOSARCINA
UNABLE TO USE H 2-CO 2 FOR METHANOGENESIS.
75 ADAPTATION OF METHANOGENIC SLUDGE TO HIGH AMMONIA-NITROGEN CONCENTRATIONS.
75 HYDROCARBON-OXIDIZING MICROORGANISMS IN THE WATER OF SOME REGIONS OF THE WEST
AND CENTRAL ATLANTIC.
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75 MICROBIAL DEGRADATION OF ORGANOCHLORINE COMPOUNDS IN ESTUARINE WATERS AND
SEDIMENTS. PPRESENTED AT: WORKSHOP ON MICROBIAL DEGRADATION OF POLLUTANTS
IN MARINE ENVIRONMENTS; PENSACOLA BEACH, FL (USA); 9 APR 1978.
76 SURFACE MICROLAYERS OF THE NORTH ATLANTIC: MICROBIAL POPULATIONS,
HETEROTROPHIC AND HYDROCARBONOCLASTIC ACTIVITIES. PRESENTED AT: WORKSHOP
ON MICROBIAL DEGRADATION OF POLLUTANTS IN MARINE ENVIRONMENT; PENSACOLA BEACH,
FL (USA); 9 APR 1978.
76 TRANSPORT AND FATE OF ANTHRACENE IN AQUATIC MICROCOSMS. PRESENTED AT:
WORKSHOP ON MICROBIAL DEGRADATION OF POLLUTANTS IN MARINE ENVIRONMENTS;
PENSACOLA BEACH, FL (USA); 9 APR 1978.
77 METHANOGENIC BIODEGRADATION OF AROMATIC COMPOUNDS. PRESENTED AT: WORKSHOP
ON MICROBIAL DEGRADATION OF POLLUTANTS IN MARINE ENVIRONMENTS; PENSACOLA
BEACH, FL (USA); 9 APR 1978.
77 A NOVEL SELECTIVE ENRICHMENT TECHNIQUE FOR USE IN BIODEGRADATION STUDIES.
PRESENTED AT: WORKSHOP ON MICROBIAL DEGRADATION OF POLLUTANTS IN MARINE
ENVIRONMENTS; PENSACOLA BEACH, FL (USA); 9 APR 1978.
78 DEGRADATION MECHANISMS. PPRESENTED AT: WORKSHOP ON MICROBIAL DEGRADATION
OF POLLUTANTS IN MARINE ENVIRONMENTS; PENSACOLA BEACH, FL (USA); 9 APR 1978.
78 SOME APPROACHES TO STUDIES ON THE DEGRADATION OF AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS BY
FUNGI. PRESENTED AT: WORKSHOP ON MICROBIAL DEGRADATION OF POLLUTANTS IN
MARINE ENVIRONMENTS; PENSACOLA BEACH, FL (USA); 9 APR 1978.
78 CORRELATION OF MICROBIAL SPOILAGE OF WOOLSKINS WITH CURING TREATMENTS.
79 INHIBITORY INTERACTIONS OF AROMATIC ORGANICS DURING MICROBIAL METABOLISM.
79 RESEARCH INTO THE CONTENT OF OIL DROPLETS, DETERGENTS AND BACTERIA IN THE SEA
WATER AND SEA BEDS OF THE NORTH TYRRHENIAN SEA. PRESENTED AT: SYMPOSIUM
ON POLLUTION OF THE MEDITERRANEAN; ANTALYA (TURKEY); 24 NOV 1978.
79 PETROLEUM AND HYDROCARBON DEGRADATION BY MYCOBACTERIA.
80 PRODUCTION OF A RED BENZ(A)ANTHRACENE FROM KEROSENE BY PSEUDOMONAS SP S7K5.
80 DIFFERENTIATION BETWEEN ACETATE AND HIGHER VOLATILE ACIDS IN THE MODELING OF
THE ANAEROBIC BIOMETHANATION PROCESS.
80 MICROBIAL GROWTH ON HYDROCARBONS: TERMINAL BRANCHING INHIBITS BIODEGRADATION.
81 CANDIDA LIPOLYTICA ISOLATED FROM GUANABARA BAY AND ITS ABILITY TO GROW IN
MARINE AND ESTUARINE CONDITIONS.
81 METHANE PRODUCTION FROM AQUATIC BIOMASS BY ANAEROBIC DIGESTION OF GIANT BROWN
KELP
81 OCCURRENCE OF MYCOBACTERIA IN WATER POLLUTED WITH INDUSTRIAL AND DOMESTIC
RESIDUES.
82 MICROBIAL TRANSFORMATIONS OF ORGANIC COMPOUNDS.
82 ANAEROBIC DIGESTION OF GLUCOSE WITH SEPARATED ACID PRODUCTION AND METHANE
FORMATION.
82 CYANIDE PRODUCTION AND DEGRADATION DURING GROWTH OF THE SNOW MOULD FUNGUS.
83 DIAUXOTROPHIC PROPERTIES OF MICROORGANISMS ASSIMILATING HYDROCARBONS C 2-C 4.
83 DEGRADATION OF SELECTED POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS IN COASTAL SEDIMENTS:
IMPORTANCE OF MICROBES AND POLYCHAETE WORMS.
83 3 2P INCORPORATION AND GROWTH OF THE HYDROCARBON-DEGRADING PSEUDOMONAD UP-2.
84 PROCESSES OF MICROBIAL OXIDATION OF PETROLEUM IN THE SEA (REVIEW)
84 MICROBIAL CHANGES DURING OIL DECOMPOSITION IN SOIL.
84 OXIDATION OF BENZO(A)PYRENE BY THE FILAMENTOUS FUNGUS CUNNINGHAMELLA ELEGANS
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85 ISOLATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF YEASTS AND BACTERIA PRODUCING RIBOFLAVIN
FROM PETROLEUM HYDROCARBONS.
85 BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION OF METHANE FROM ENERGY CROPS.
85 TAXONOMIC SIGNIFICANCE OF THE CHARACTER 'ASSIMILATION OF HYDROCARBONS' FOR
YEAST PICHIA GUILLIERMONDII WICKERHAM.
85 EFFECT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS ON THE BIODEGRADATION OF OIL SLUDGE.
86 EFFECT OF TENSIDES ON GAS PRODUCTION IN AN ANAEROBIC FILTER.
86 MICROBIAL METHANE PRODUCTION THEORETICAL ASPECTS.
86 EXPERIMENTAL METHANE PRODUCTION FROM ANIMAL EXCRETA IN PILOT-SCALE AND
FARM-SIZE UNITS.
87 THE MICROBIAL PRODUCTION OF METHANE FROM THE PUTRESCIBLE FRACTIONS OF SORTED
HOUSEHOLD WASTE.
87 THE USE OF ANAEROBIC DIGESTION FOR THE TREATMENT AND RECYCLING OF ORGANIC
WASTES.
87 STUDIES OF HYDROCARBON-DECOMPOSING MICROORGANISMS FROM THE BALTIC).
87 EVALUATION OF MICROBIOLOGICAL TEST KITS FOR HYDROCARBON FUEL SYSTEMS.
88 DEGRADATION OF MODEL RECALCITRANT HYDROCARBONS BY MICROORGANISMS FROM
FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEMS.
88 PHENYLACETIC ACID METABOLISM BY THREE AQUATIC BACTERIA ISOLATED FROM
CONTINUOUS CULTURE ENRICHMENTS.
89 HYDROCARBON BIODEGRADATION IN COOK INLET, ALASKA.
89 DISAPPEARANCE OF HYDROCARBONS FOLLOWING A MAJOR GASOLINE SPILL IN THE OHIO
RIVER.
89 WATER COLUMN BACTERIOLOGICAL STUDIES OF THE SOUTH TEXAS OUTER CONTINENTAL
SHELF.
90 ANAEROBIC BIODEGRADATION OF ELEVEN AROMATIC COMPOUNDS TO METHANE.
90 OIL DEGRADATION AND MICROBIOLOGICAL CHANGES IN SOILS DELIBERATELY CONTAMINATED
WITH PETROLEUM HYDROCARBONS.
9O BIOTRANSFORMATION OF HYDROCARBONS AND RELATED COMPOUNDS BY WHOLE ORGANISM
SUSPENSIONS OF METHANE-GROWN METHYLOSINUS TRICHOSPORIUM OB 3B .
91 PROCESSES OF MICROBIAL OXIDATION OF OIL IN THE SEA.
91 OIL DEGRADATION IN THE MARINE ENVIRONMENT.
91 WORKSHOP ON 'ECOLOGICAL EFFECTS OF HYDROCARBON SPILLS IN ALASKA'.
91 GROWTH OF VARIOUS BACTERIA ON POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS AND
N-2-FLUORENYLACETAMIDE.
92 EFFECT OF NEGATIVE TEMPERATURES ON VIABILITY OF HYDROCARBON OXIDIZING
BACTERIA.
92 MICROBIAL METABOLISM OF METHANOL IN A MODEL ACTIVATED SLUDGE SYSTEM.
92 CRUDE OIL BIODEGRADATION IN ARCTIC TUNDRA PONDS.
93 EFFECT OF PETROLEUM HYDROCARBONS ON MICROBIAL POPULATIONS IN AN ARCTIC LAKE.
93 HYDROCARBONS AND MICROBIAL ACTIVITIES IN SEDIMENT OF AN ARCTIC LAKE ONE YEAR
AFTER CONTAMINATION WITH LEADED GASOLINE.
93 RESPONSE OF MICROORGANISMS TO HOT CRUDE OIL SPILLS ON A SUBARCTIC TAIGA SOIL.
94 AN MPN METHOD FOR THE ENUMERATION OF MARINE HYDROCARBON DEGRADING BACTERIA.
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94 CHEMICAL STRUCTURE AND BIODEGRADABILITY OF HALOGENATED AROMATIC COMPOUNDS.
SUBSTITUENT EFFECTS ON 1,2-DIOXYGENATION OF BENZOIC ACID.
94 CHEMICAL STRUCTURE AND BIODEGRADABILITY OF HALOGENATED AROMATIC COMPOUNDS.
SUBSTITUENT EFFECTS ON DEHYDROGENATION OF
3,5-CYCLOHEXADIENE-l,2-DIOL-1-CARBOXYLIC ACID.
95 EFFECT OF SURFACE APPLIED CRUDE OIL ON SOIL AND VASCULAR PLANT ROOT
RESPIRATION, SOIL CELLULASE, AND HYDROCARBON HYDROXYLASE AT BARROW, ALASKA.
95 RESISTANCE OF BACTERIAL CHEMOTAXIS TO BLOCKAGE IN PETROLEUM WATERS.
95 MICROBIAL OXIDATION OF METHYL BRANCHED ALKANES.
95 MICROBIAL METABOLISM OF OXALATE AND ONE-CARBON COMPOUNDS.
96 AEROSOL DISPERSION OF MICROORGANISMS TO ELIMINATE OIL SLICKS.
96 HYDROCARBON-OXIDIZING MICROFLORA OF NONCONTAMINATED SEA WATERS.
96 EXPERIMENTAL DEGRADATION OF CRUDE OIL BY MARINE BACTERIA.
97 FLUORIMETRIC MONITORING OF METHANOGENESIS IN ANAEROBIC DIGESTORS.
97 BIODEGRADATION OF ALDRIN AND LINDANE BY RHIZOBIA.
97 DEGRADATION OF LONG CHAIN ALKANES BY BACILLI. I. DEVELOPMENT AND PRODUCT
FORMATION BY BACILLI DEGRADING ALKANES IN THE PRESENCE OF OTHER CARBON
SOURCES.
97 BENZENE DEGRADATION BY BACTERIAL CELLS IMMOBILIZED IN POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL.
98 EMULSIFIER OF ARTHROBACTER RAG-1: CHEMICAL AND PHYSICAL PROPERTIES.
98 CRUDE OIL UTILIZATION BY FUNGI.
99 THE MICROBIOLOGY OF AQUATIC OIL SPILLS.
99 USE OF AN INTERNAL STANDARD IN MONITORING THE BACTERIAL DEGRADATION OF CRUDE
OIL.
99 MOST-PROBABLE-NUMBER TECHNIQUE FOR THE ENUMERATION OF AROMATIC DEGRADERS IN
NATURAL ENVIRONMENTS.
99 STUDIES ON SOME BIOCHEMICAL INDICES OF PHENOL DEGRADATION BY BACTERIUM ALBUM
10O MICROBIAL DEGRADATION OF INDUSTRIAL CHEMICALS.
100 ENHANCEMENT OF MICROBIAL DEGRADATION OF OIL POLLUTANTS USING LIPOPHILIC
FERTILIZERS.
100 PERSISTENCE OF OIL IN TUNDRA SOILS.
101 CRUDE OIL DEGRADATION IN THE ARCTIC: CHANGES IN BACTERIAL POPULATIONS AND OIL
COMPOSITION DURING ONE-YEAR EXPOSURE IN A MODEL SYSTEM.
101 ENUMERATION OF PETROLEUM-DEGRADING MARINE AND ESTUARINE MICROORGANISMS BY THE
MOST PROBABLE NUMBER METHOD.
101 PROPORTION OF BACTERIA IN AGRICULTURAL SOILS ABLE TO PRODUCE DEGRADATIVE
ENZYMES.
102 ISOLATION AND PEPTIDOGLYCAN OF GRAM-NEGATIVE HYDROCARBON-UTILIZING
THERMOPHILIC BACTERIA.
102 MICROORGANISMS AND PETROLEUM POLLUTANTS.
102 DEGRADATION OF HYDROCARBON SLUDGES IN THE SOIL.
103 INITIAL RESEARCH ON THE MARINE DISTRIBUTION OF HYDROCARBON-OXIDISING
MICROORGANISMS.
103 PRODUCTION OF ANDROSTANE-3,17-DIONE DERIVATIVES.
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103 PREPARATION OF 4-ANDROSTENE-3,17-DIONE DERIVATIVES.
103 MICROBIAL DEGRADATION OF THE WATER-SOLUBLE FRACTION OF GAS OIL.1
104 MICROBIAL DEGRADATION OF THE WATER-SOLUBLE FRACTION OF GAS OIL.2. BIOASSAYS
WITH PURE STRAINS.
104 ECOLOGICAL STUDIES ON HYDROCARBON-OXIDIZING BACTERIA IN UAPANESE COASTAL
WATERS. II. DISTRIBUTION OF HYDROCARBON-OXIDIZING BACTERIA IN THE OIL-POLLUTED
AREAS CAUSED BY THE MIZUSHIMA OIL REFINERY ACCIDENT
104 FUNGAL TRANSFORMATION OF NAPHTHALENE.
105 MICROBIAL DEGRADATION OF STYRENE OLIGOMER.
105 THE EFFECT OF NUTRIENT APPLICATION AND AERATION ON OIL DEGRADATION IN SOIL.
105 MICROBIAL METABOLISM OF CYCLIC HYDROCARBONS AND RELATED COMPOUNDS.
1O6 HEALTH CONSIDERATIONS IN USE OF TERTIARY EFFLUENTS.
106 TRANSPOSITION OF PLASMID DNA SEGMENTS SPECIFYING HYDROCARBON DEGRADATION AND
THEIR EXPRESSION IN VARIOUS MICROORGANISMS.
106 OIL TANKERS AND POLLUTION: A MICROBIOLOGICAL APPROACH.
107 DEGRADATION OF HYDROCARBONS BY FUNGUS, FUSARIUM SP
107 PRODUCTION OF METHANE AND CARBON DIOXIDE FROM METHANE THIOL AND DIMETHYL
SULPHIDE BY ANAEROBIC LAKE SEDIMENTS.
107 STUDIES ON 2 , 3,7,8-TETRACHLORODIBENZO-P-DIOXIN-INDUCED IMMUNE SUPPRESSION AND
DECREASED RESISTANCE TO INFECTION: ENDOTOXIN HYPERSENSITIVITY, SERUM ZINC
CONCENTRATIONS AND EFFECT OF THYMOSIN TREATMENT.
1O8 DEVELOPMENTS IN BIODEGRADATION OF HYDROCARBONS _ 1
108 DEGRADATION OF ALIPHATIC HYDROCARBONS.
109 MICROBIAL DEGRADATION OF ALICYCLIC HYDROCARBONS.
109 MICROBIAL DEGRADATION OF AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS.
109 POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS: METABOLISM AND ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS.
110 MICROBIAL GENETICS RELATING TO HYDROCARBON DEGRADATION.
110 DEGRADATION OF OIL IN THE MARINE ENVIRONMENT
111 BIODEGRADATION OF HYDROCARBON-BASED PRODUCTS IN INDUSTRIAL USE.
111 MICROBIAL TRANSFORMATION OF POLYCYCLI.C AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS IN PRISTINE AND
PETROLEUM-CONTAMINATED SEDIMENTS.
112 MICROBIOLOGICAL TRANSFORMATIONS OF TERPENES. PART XXIII. FERMENTATION OF
GERANIOL, NEROL AND LIMONENE BY A SOIL PSEUDOMONAD, PSEUDOMONAS INCOGNITA
(LINALOOL STRAIN).
112 DISTRIBUTION OF HYDROCARBON-UTILIZING MICROORGANISMS AND HYDROCARBON
BIODEGRADATION POTENTIALS IN ALASKAN CONTINENTAL SHELF AREAS.
112 PREVENTION OF MICROORGANISM-INDUCED CORROSION OF HYDROCARBON LIQUID STORAGE
TANKS.
113 HYDROCARBON BIODEGRADATION IN HYPERSALINE ENVIRONMENTS.
113 BACTERIAL AND SPONTANEOUS DEHALOGENATION OF ORGANIC COMPOUNDS.
113 BACTERIAL DEHALOGENATION OF HALOGENATED ALKANES AND FATTY ACIDS.
114 IN SITU DEGRADATION OF OIL IN A SOIL OF THE BOREAL REGION OF THE NORTHWEST
TERRITORIES.
114 THE FATE OF OIL IN A MODEL ECOSYSTEM.
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114 MICROBIAL DEGRADATION OF MARINE LUBRICATING OIL.
115 FATE OF CYANIDE AND RELATED COMPOUNDS IN AEROBIC MICROBIAL SYSTEMS. I.
CHEMICAL REACTION WITH SUBSTRATE AND PHYSICAL REMOVAL.
115 DEGRADATION OF CARBARYL BY SOIL MICROORGANISMS.
115 NEAR ULTRAVIOLET AND POSTIRRADIATION DNA DEGRADATION: EFFECTS ON THE INDUCIBLE
INHIBITOR OF IONIZING RADIATION-INDUCED DNA DEGRADATION.
116 EFFECTS OF HEAVY METAL COMPOUNDS, INORGANIC SALTS, HYDROCARBON COMPOUNDS AND
ANTIBIOTICS IN METHANE FERMENTATION.
116 RATE OF MICROBIAL TRANSFORMATION OF POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS: A
CHROMATOGRAPHIC QUANTIFICATION PROCEDURE.
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CITATIONS
V^TWO-STAGE MINERALIZATION OF PHENANTHRENE BY ESTUARINE ENRICHMENT CULTURES.
1728702
Guerin, W. F Jones, G. E.
COMPANY RELATED- Dep. Microbiol., Univ. New Hampshire, Durham, NH 03824, USA
NDN- 032-0108-7146-7
The polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon phenanthrene was mineralized in two
stages by soil, estuarine water, and sediment microbial populations. At high
concentrations, phenanthrene was degraded, with the concomitant production
of biomass and accumulation of Folin-Ciocalteau-reactive aromatic
intermediates. Subsequent consumption of these intermediates resulted in a
secondary increase in biomass. Analysis of intermediates by high-performance
liquid chromatography, thin-layer chromatography, and UV absorption
spectrometry showed 1-hydroxy-2-naphthoic acid (1H2NA) to be the predominant
product. A less pronounced two-stage mineralization pattern was also
observed by monitoring super(14)CO sub(2) production from low
concentrations (0.5 mg liter super(-1)) of radiolabeled phenanthrene.
METABOLISM OF 2,6-DIMETHYLNAPHTHALENE BY FLAVOBACTERIA. 1736847
Barnsley, E. A.
COMPANY RELATED- Dep. Biochem., Memorial Univ. Newfoundland, St. John's,
Nfld. A1B 3X9, Canada NDN- 032-0108-3219-0
Flavobacteria that were able to grow on 2,6-dimethylnaphthalene (2,6-DMN)
were isolated from soil. Most were able to oxidize a broad range of aromatic
hydrocarbons after growth on 2,6-DMN at rates comparable to that of the
oxidation of 2,6-DMN itself One small group was neither able to grow on
naphthalene nor able to oxidize this compound after growth on 2,6-DMN, but
metabolized 2,6-DMN by a pathway which converged with that previously
described for naphthalene metabolism in pseudomonads. These opganisms could
also grow on salicylate or methyl sal icy 1 ate, and in so doing, early enzymes
for 2,6-DMN metabolism were induced.
ANAEROBIC DEGRADATION OF ALKYLATED BENZENES IN DENITRIFYING LABORATORY AQUIFER
COLUMNS. 1737340
Kuhn, E. P Zeyer. J. Eicher. P. Schwarzenbach, R. P
COMPANY RELATED- Swiss Federal Inst. Water Resour and Water Pollut.
Control, EAWAG, 6047 Kastanienbaum, Switzerland NDN- 032-0108-2852-7
Toluene and m-xylene were rapidly mineralized in an anaerobic laboratory
aquifer column operated under continuous-flow conditions with nitrate as an
electron acceptor. The oxidation of toluene and m-xylene was coupled with
the reduction of nitrate, and mineralization was confirmed by trapping
super(14)CO sub(2) evolved from super(14)C-ring-labeled substrates.
Substrate degradation also took place when nitrous oxide replaced nitrate as
an electron acceptor, but decomposition was inhibited in the presence of
molecular oxygen or after the substitution of nitrate by nitrite. The
m-xylene-adapted microorganisms in the aquifer column degraded toluene,
benzaldehyde, benzoate, m-toluylaldehyde, m-toluate, m-cresol, p-cresol and
p-hydroxybenzoate but were unable to metabolize benzene, naphthalene,
methylcyclohexane, and 1,3-dimethylcyclohexane.
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'MICROBIOLOGICAL DECOMPOSITION OF CHLORINATED ALIPHATIC HYDROCARBONS.
1737644
Lawes, B. C. Litchfield, C. D.
COMPANY RELATED- E.I Du Pont de Nemours and Company, Wilmington, DE (USA)
NDN- 032-0108-2617-2
An aerobic method of treatment of soil and groundwater contaminated with
chlorinated aliphatic hydrocarbons that does not employ a highly flammable
carbon source as a co-feed to reduce the level of contamination is
described. The method comprises feeding an aqueous solution containing an
oxygen source and nitrogen- and phosphorous-containing compounds as
nutrients, the concentrations of which are sufficient to cause the
indigenous microorganisms to grow consuming the contaminants.
THE DEGRADATION OF BIPHENYL AND CHLOROBIPHENYLS BY MIXED BACTERIAL CULTURES.
1741994
Kilpi, S. Himberg, K. Yrjaelae, K. Backstroem, V.
COMPANY RELATED- Dep. Gen. Microbiol , Univ. Helsinki, Mannerheimintie 172,
SF-00280, Helsinki, Finland NDN- 032-0108-0841-3
Pseudomonas sp. HV3 grows on naphthalene but not on biphenyl, as the sole
source of carbon. When the cells of Pseudomonas sp. HV3 grown on
naphthalene were shaken with biphenyl as the carbon source in a mineral salt
solution, a yellow metabolite identified as the meta-cleavage product of
biphenyl was excreted. The degradation of biphenyl stopped here, but was
completed if either 2-methyl-4-chlorophenoxy acetic acid (MCPA)-degrading
mixed culture or a Nocardia strain was added to the growth solution.
Neither of these uses naphthalene or biphenyl as growth substrate.
PROCESS FOR WASTEWATER TREATMENT 1699790
Castaldi, F J. Trofe, T W. Page, G. C. Adams, K. M.
LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH PUBL. DATE- 1988. TYPE- PATENT REP.NUMB. US
Patent 4,737,289 NOTES- US Cl. 210/611; Int. Cl C02F 3/34. TAPE ISS-
0488 COMPANY RELATED- Radian Corporation, Austin, TX (USA) NDN-
032-0106-O825-1
The authors describe an integrated process for treating a wastewater
containing free cyanide to convert cyanide to thiocyanate and to eliminate
said thiocyanate to produce a nonhazardous wastewater effluent which
comprises the steps of treating a wastewater containing free cyanide with
sulfur in the form of polysulfide at a pH of 9.2 to 10, in a weight ratio of
polysulfide to cyanide ranging from 1:1 to 4:1, thereafter adjusting pH to
6.7 to 7.2 and treating the resultant wastewater with a treating agent
consisting essentially of cultures of bacteria of the genus Thiobacillus in
combination with nitrifying bacteria which oxidize ammonia to nitrite and
nitrite to nitrate.
BIODEGRADATION OF HALOGENATED ALIPHATIC HYDROCARBONS. 1684164
Wilson, J. T. Wilson, B. H.
LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH PUBL. DATE- 1987. TYPE- PATENT REP.NUMB.- US
Patent 4,713,343 NOTES- US Cl. 435/264; Int. Cl C02F 3/02. TAPE ISS-
0388 COMPANY RELATED- US Environmental Protection Agency, Washington,
DC (USA) NDN- 032-0104-9286-3
NO-ABSTRACT
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PERSPECTIVES IN MYCOLOGICAL RESEARCH. VOLUME I. 1655572
Hasija, S. K. Rajak, R. C. Singh, S. M. (eds.)
INT BIOSCI. SER., vol 12 LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH PUBL. DATE- 1987
TYPE- BOOK CONF.NAME- Symposium on Perspectives in Mycological Research
CONF.PLACE- (np) CONF.DATE- 19-20 Oct 1986 ISBN- ISBN 1-55528-145-1
TAPE ISS- 0288 COMPANY RELATED- Dep. Microbiol , Osmania Univ.,
Hyderabad, India NDN- 032-0104-2006-9
The release of pesticides in large quantity in the environment has led to
accumulation of these compounds in the soil. Some of these compounds are
mutagenic. Some pesticides are degraded easily by natural means like
sunlight while others like chlorinated hydrocarbons being hydrophobic in
nature persist for a long time in soil, thus effect microbial population and
their metabolism. The present report describes the inhibitory effect of
chlorinated hydrocarbons like aldrin, dieldrin and endosulfan on
fermentation of citric acid, lactic acid and itaconic acid in Aspergillus
niger, Lactobaci 1 lus delbruckii and Aspergillus terreus respectively, by
inhibiting the activity of some of the enzymes involved in the fermentation
processes. Aldrin and endosulfan were biodegraded into dieldrin and
endosulfandial respectively by A. niger however, L. delbruckii biodegraded
endosulfan into endolactate.
BACILLUS THERMOLEOVORANS , SP. NOV., A SPECIES OF DELICATELY THERMOPHILIC
HYDROCARBON UTILIZING ENDOSPORE-FORMING BACTERIA. 1642824
Zarilla, K. A. Perry, J. J.
SYST APPL. MICROBIOL., vol 9, no. 3, pp. 258-264 LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH
PUBL. DATE- 1987 TYPE- JOURNAL ARTICLE TAPE ISS- 0188 COMPANY
RELATED- Dep. Microbiol., North Carolina State Univ , Raleigh, NC 27695, USA
NDN- 032-O103-2580-0
Ten strains of obligately thermophilic bacteria able to utilize n-alkanes as
growth substrate were isolated from a variety of environmental sources. All
are aerobic, endospore-forming rods with the vegetative cells giving a
generally negative Gram reaction. The organisms grow at a temperature from
42-75 degree C with optimum growth between 55-65 degree C. Optimum pH for
growth is 6.2-7.5. The mol% G+C values range from 52-58. All strains lack
pigmentation and none are motile. The organisms were further characterized
on the basis of biochemical and nutritional properties and electrophoretic
mobility of catalase, superoxide dismutase and esterase. DNA-DNA
hybridization was performed to determine the taxonomic relatedness of the 10
strains. The designation Bacillus thermoleovorans is proposed to describe
these strains, and the type strain is LEH-1 (ATCC 43513)
CARBON SUBSTRATES IN BIOTECHNOLOGY 1617806
Stowel1, J. D. Beardsmore, A. J. Keevil, C. W. Woodward, J. R. (eds.)
SPEC. PUBL. SOC. GEN. MICROBIOL., vol. 21 LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH PUBL.
DATE- 1987 TYPE- BOOK CONF.NAME- Symposium of the Fermentation,
Physiology and Biochemistry Groups of the Society for GeneCONF.PLACE-
Billingham (UK) CONF.DATE- dul 1986 ISBN- ISBN 1-85221-021-4 TAPE
ISS- 1287 COMPANY RELATED- Ferment, and Microbiol. Div., Shell Res.
Ltd., Sittingbourne Res. Cent., Sittingbourne, Kent ME9 SAG, UK NDN-
032-0102-9693-9
In this chapter, the authors deal with a wide range of hydrocarbons and
their derivatives, and attempt to illustrate some principles and trends
governing their use in biotechnology, not only as carbon feedstocks and
starting materials for transformations but also as aids to process operation
and product recovery A major impetus for the use of hydrocarbons as carbon
feedstocks has been their price, this confines their use to the high volume,
low price products of biotechnology. Apart from price, there are other
advantages and disadvantages to the use of hydrocarbons as feedstocks for
these products, which are discussed. The potential for increasing the range
of high volume, low price materials produced by biotechnology is examined.
Such materials include some novel products of biotechnology, as well as
existing petrochemicals. The biological production of propylene oxide is
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used to demonstrate the advantages and disadvantages of biotechnology for
such petrochemical products. The authors shall discuss the advantages and
disadvantages of hydrocarbons and their derivatives in the areas of price,
process aspects and purity in turn, and also describe the use and potential
use of such products in process technology
AN ANNUAL CYCLE OF ABUNDANCE AND ACTIVITY OF HETEROTROPHIC BACTERIA AND
ABUNDANCE OF HYDROCARBONOCLASTIC BACTERIA IN NEWFOUNDLAND COASTAL WATER.
1620059
Powell, J. C. Dabinett, P E. Gow, J. A.
CAN. J. MICROBIOL./iJ. CAN. MICROBIOL., vol. 33, no. 5, pp. 377-382
LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH PUBL. DATE- 1987. TYPE- JOURNAL ARTICLE TAPE
ISS- 1287 COMPANY RELATED- Dep. Biol., Memorial Univ. Newfoundland,
St. John's, Nfld. A1B 3X9, Canada NDN- 032-01O2-7579-2
An annual cycle of abundance and activity was determined for bacteria in
Newfoundland coastal water that is dominated by the Labrador Current. Both
in abundance and activity, the population showed characteristics similar to
those reported for bacteria in cold ocean environments. The number of
bacteria per litre ranged from an average low of 0.25 x 10 super(8) in
winter to an average high of 2.8 x 10 super(8) in summer. Activity,
determined by the kinetic method, was correlated with temperature. The
average heterotrophic potential (V sub(max) was 3 ng glutamate multiplied by
L super(-1) multiplied by h super(-1) in winter and 54.7 ng glutamate
multiplied by L super(-1) multipl-ied by h super(-1) in summer The average
turnover times were 2632 and 256 h, respectively, during the same periods.
The number of hydrocarbonoclastic bacteria was correlated with temperature
and with V sub(max) of the heterotrophic bacterial population.
t^(DEGRADATIVE CAPACITY OF BACTERIA AND FUNGI ISOLATED FROM A FUEL CONTAMINATED
SOIL.). 1611772
Oudot, J. Fusey, P. Abdelouahid, D. E. Haloui, S. Roquebert, M. F
CAN. J. MICROBIOL./J. CAN. MICROBIOL., vol 33, no. 3, pp. 232-243
LANGUAGE(S)- FRENCH PUBL. DATE- 1987 TYPE- JOURNAL ARTICLE
ORIG.TITLE- Capacites degradatives de bacteries et de champignons isoles
d'un sol contamine par un fuel TAPE ISS- 1187 COMPANY RELATED-
Lab. Cryptogam., M.N.H.N., UA CNRS 257. F-75231 Paris Cedex, France NON-
032 -0101 -9199-2
The long-term influence of a fuel spill on the bacteria and fungal
communities of an agricultural soil was studied. Three years after the
contamination, biodegradation of the fuel in the soil was achieved and after
5 years the residual compounds had no significant effect on the density and
the specific composition of the microbial populations of the soil
Hydrocarbon-oxidizing bacteria Croynebacterium and Nocardia spp. were
isolated. Most of the active fungi were Aspergillus and Penicillium spp.,
but strains of Paeci1omyces, Acremonium, Fusarium and Gliocladium were
also identified. In laboratory experiments, the biodegradation rate of
reference crude oil by pure cultures oi1-degrading strains was nearly the
same as in mixed cultures. Biodegradation potential of the strains isolated
from the control plot was as high as strains isolated from the oiled plot.
In the soil, as in laboratory cultures, the saturate hydrocarbons were more
degraded than the aromatics, whereas the resins and asphaltenes were
resistant to microbial attack, as were polycyclic alkanes steranes and
tri terpanes.
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EFFECTS OF CHEMICAL STRUCTURE AND EXPOSURE ON THE MICROBIAL DEGRADATION DF
POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS IN FRESHWATER AND ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEMS
1584512
Heitkamp, M. A. Cerniglla, C. E.
ENVIRON. TOXICOL. CHEM., vol. 6, no. 7, pp. 535-546 LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH
PUBL. DATE- 1987 TYPE- JOURNAL ARTICLE TAPE ISS- 1087 COMPANY
RELATED- Natl. Cent. Toxicol. Res., Food and Drug Adm., Jefferson, AR 72079,
USA NDN- 032-0101-7468-9
The microbial mineralization of six polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs),
containing two to five fused benzene rings, and hexadecane were investigated
in sediment:water microcosms which modeled degradation in two freshwater and
one estuarine ecosystem. A ranking of the PAHs by order of mineralization
rates along with calculated half-lives (range in weeks) are as follows:
naphthalene (2.4-4.4) greater than or approximate to hexadecane (2.2-4.2)
> phenanthrene (4-18) > 2-methylnaphtha!ene (14-20) greater than or
approximate to pyrene (34->90) greater than or approximate to
3-methylcholanthrene (87->200) greater than or approximate to benzo( alpha
)pyrene (2OO->300). PAH residues persisted from two to over four times
longer in a pristine ecosystem than in an ecosystem chronically exposed to
low levels of petroleum hydrocarbons.
A METHOD FOR SCREENING BACTERIA: AEROBICALLY DEGRADING CHLORINATED SHORT-CHAIN
HYDROCARBONS. 1572346
Strotmann, U. Roeschenthaler, R.
CURR. MICROBIOL., vol. 15, no. 3, pp. 159-163 LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH
PUBL. DATE- 1987. TYPE- JOURNAL ARTICLE TAPE ISS- 0987 COMPANY
RELATED- Inst. Microbiol., Univ. Muenster, Corrensstr. 3, D-4400 Muenster.
FRG NDN- 032-0100-7134-1
A method for screening of short-chain chlorinated-hydrocarbon-degrading
bacteria is described. It uses as a criterium for selection the liberation
of protons and change in color of a pH indicator rather than growth on the
compound as sole carbon source. The usefulness of indicator plates is
demonstrated with several bacteria, known to degrade certain chlorinated
hydrocarbons. Bacteria-degrading volatile compounds can be isolated with a
medium containing a second carbon source. The method should be useful in
isolating bacteria for the decontamination of respective commodities.
ROLE OF MICROORGANISM IN THE REMOVAL OF DIESEL OIL FROM SOIL AND ITS EFFECT
ON TRITICUM AESTIVUM AND HORDEUM AESTIVUM SEEDS GERMINATION. 157251O
Salih, D. S. Al-Jilawi, M. H. Al-Haidari, N. K.
J. BIOL. SCI. RES., vol. 18, no. 2, pp. 9-24 LANGUAGE(S)- ARABIC PUBL.
DATE- 1987 TYPE- JOURNAL ARTICLE NOTES- Arabic section. TAPE ISS-
0987 NDN- 032-0100-6984-6
In field experiment using sandy loam soil mixed with 7% Diesel engine oil it
was found that the number of oil utilizing microorganism increased during
the experiment from 7.2 x 10 super(2) - 7.3 x 10 super(4) cell/gm soil at
the end of twelve weeks. During the same period the amount of Diesel oil
lost from the field was 45.815%. Fungi played a major role in the removal of
Diesel oil form the soil. The germination speed was 11.333 days for wheat
seed and 9.875 days for barley seed. At the end of the experiment it was
found that the germination speed was 6.925 days and 6.315 days for wheat and
barley seeds respectively
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MICROBIAL DESULFONATION OF SUBSTITUTED NAPHTHALENESULFONIC ACIDS AND
BENZENESULFONIC ACIDS. 1555327
Zuerrer, D. Cook, A. M. Lei singer. T
APPL. ENVIRON. MICROBIOL., vol 53, no. 7, pp. 1459-1463 LANGUAGE(S)-
ENGLISH PUBL. DATE- 1987 TYPE- JOURNAL ARTICLE TAPE ISS- 0887
COMPANY RELATED- Dep. Microbiol., Swiss Fed. Inst. Technol., ETH-Zentrum,
CH-8092 Zurich, Switzerland NDN- 032-O100-0608-3
Sulfur-limited batch enrichment cultures containing on of nine
multisubstituted naphthalenesulfonates and an inoculum from sewage yielded
several taxa of bacteria which could quantitatively utilize 19 sulfonated
aromatic compounds as the sole sulfur source for growth. Growth yields were
about 4 kg of protein per mol of sulfur. Specific degradation rates about 4
to 14 rou kat/kg protein. A Pseudomonas sp., an Arthrobacter sp., and an
unidentified bacterium were examined. Each desulfonated at at least 16
aromatic compounds, none of which served as a carbon source. Pseudomonas
sp. strain S-313 converted 1-naphthalenesulfonic acid, 2-naphthalenesulfonic
acid, 5-amino-1-naphthalenesulfonic acid, benzenesulfonic acid, and
3-amino-benzenesulfonic acid to 1-naphthol, 2-naphthol, 5-amino-1-naphthol,
phenol, and 3-aminophenol, respectively Experiments with super(18)0 sub(2)
showed that the hydroxyl group was derived from molecular oxygen.
BIODEGRADATION OF OIL HYDROCARBONS IN SOIL INOCULATED WITH CANDIDA .
1535191
Ismai1ov, N. M.
MIKROBIOLOGIYA. , vol 54, no. 5, pp. 841-846 LANGUAGE(S)- RUSSIAN
PUBL. DATE- 1985. TYPE- JOURNAL ARTICLE TAPE ISS- 0787 NDN-
032-0099-4927-0
Yeast species belonging to the Candida genus were added to the
greyish-brown soil of the Apsheron Peninsula under laboratory conditions.
The rate of CO sub(2) production was used to estimate the degradation of
crude oil, paraffinic, cycloparaffinic and aromatic hydrocarbons as well as
their oxidized products. The rate of hydrocarbon degradation in the soil
inoculated with yeast cells was shown to drop down gradually. The effective
action on the process of hydrocarbon degradation depended on the special
properties of an inoculated population and on the structure of a
hydrocarbon. Some yeast species stimulated the degradation of various
aromatic hydrocarbons and their oxidized products. Aromatic hydrocarbons
were decomposed at low rate comparing to their oxidized products.
l/AEROBIC AND ANAEROBIC DEGRADATION OF ORGANIC CONTAMINANTS IN FLORIDA
GROUNDWATER. 1544530
Delfino, J. J. Miles, C. J.
PROC. SOIL CROP SCI. SOC. FLA., vol. 44, pp. 9-14 LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH
PUBL. DATE- 1985. TYPE- JOURNAL ARTICLE CONF.NAME- 44. Annual Meeting
of the Soil and Crop Science Society of Florida CONF.PLACE- Jacksonville
Beach, FL (USA) CONF.DATE- 23-25 Oct 1984 TAPE ISS- 0787
COMPANY RELATED- Environ. Eng. Sci. Dep., Univ. Florida, Gainesville, FL
32611, USA NDN- 032-0098-9759-7
The degradation of selected organic compounds under simulated groundwater
conditions was studied in the laboratory using small reaction vessels. Under
aerobic conditions, the following compounds were completely microbially
degraded in the times indicated: p-cresol (8 d); methyl ethyl ketone (14 d);
benzene (16 d); naphthalene (8 d); and heptane (approximately 7 d) The
pesticide aldicarb and its sulfoxide and sulfone derivatives were degraded
aerobically under various conditions. Under anaerobic conditions, p-cresol
was degraded within 41 d while benzene, naphthalene, and heptane resisted
degradation under the test conditions. Aldicarb showed much slower
degradation rates in the anaerobic environment as compared with the aerobic
environment; aldicarb sulfoxide sunfone were also degraded anacrobical1y,
showing either similar or slower degradation, respectively, as compared with
the aerobic experiments.
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METHANE PRODUCTION FROM HEXADECANE BY MICROORGANISMS. 1514767
Rozanova, E. P Nazina, T N. Kulik, E. S. Somov, Yu.P
MIKROBIOLOGIYA., vol 54, no. 4, pp. 555-559 LANGUAGE(S)- RUSSIAN
PUBL. DATE- 1985. TYPE- JOURNAL ARTICLE TAPE ISS- 0687 NDN-
032-0098-7863-9
The work was aimed at studying microbiological methane production from fatty
acids C sub(2)--C sub(16) and oleic acid. The acids were accumulated in the
cultural broth of bacteria oxidizing hexadecane under the conditions of
continuous cultivation through a porous model of an oil-bearing stratum. The
diluted cultural broth was used as a medium for a methanogenic microbial
cenosis. The data suggest the presence of syntrophic forms in this
cenosi s.
DETECTION OF A MICROBIAL CONSORTIUM, INCLUDING TYPE II METHANOTROPHS, BY USE OF
PHOSPHOLIPID FATTY ACIDS IN AN AEROBIC HALOGENATED HYDROCARBON-DEGRADING SOIL
COLUMN ENRICHED WITH NATURAL GAS. 1514931
Nichols, P. D. Henson, 0. M. Antworth, C. P Parsons, J. Wilson, J. T
White, D. C.
ENVIRON. TOXICOL. CHEM., vol. 6, no. 2, pp. 89-97 LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH
PUBL. DATE- 1987. TYPE- JOURNAL ARTICLE TAPE ISS- 0687 COMPANY
RELATED- Robert S. Kerr Environ. Res. Lab., U.S. Environ. Prot. Agency, Ada,
OK 74820, USA NDN- 032-0098-7787-A
The phospholipid ester-linked normal and 1ipopolysaccharide layer hydroxy
fatty acids from microbes in a natural gas (85% methane)-stimulated soil
column capable of degrading halogenated hydrocarbons were analyzed in detail
by capillary column GC-MS. Microbial biomass, calculated from phospholipid
fatty acid (PLFA) concentrations to be 5.6 x 10 super(9) bacteria/g (dry
weight), was greater in the hydrocarbon-degrading column than in either an
azide-inhibited soil column or an untreated surface soil. Microbial
community structure information, using GC-MS analysis of derivatized
monounsaturated PLFA, indicated that the major component (16 to 28%) of the
PLFA in the hydrocarbon-degrading column was the PLFA 18:1 Delta 10c. This
novel PLFA has been reported as a major component in type II
methanotrophs.
THE DYNAMICS OF CELL WASHOUT DURING BACTERIAL HEXADECANE OXIDATION IN MEDIA
FLOWING THROUGH POROUS SUBSTANCES. 1515010
Kulik, E. S. Somov, Yu.P Rozanova, E. P
MIKROBIOLOGIYA., vol. 54, no. 5, pp. 841-847 LANGUAGE(S)- RUSSIAN
PUBL. DATE- 1985. TYPE- JOURNAL ARTICLE TAPE ISS- 0687 NDN-
032-0098-7753-5
The aim of the work was to study cell washout in media flowing through
porous models imitating oil strata, containing hexadecane and infected with
a cenosis of hydrocarbon-oxidizing bacteria Pseudomonas putida, P.
chlororaphis and Mycobacterium paraffinicum. The dynamics of cell washout
was shown to reflect the dynamics of hexadecane oxidation within the models.
Hexadecane oxidation products had a higher rate of the overall outflow from
model I as compared to model II, and the total number of cells which were
washed out from model I increased faster comparing to model II. The maximal
rates of cell washout from the both models coincided with the fastest rates
of outflowing of hexadecane oxidation products. The curves for the dynamics
of living cells had the same profile as those for the overall cell washout,
thought at a lower level The results were compared with the data for
microbial incidence in the biotopes of flooded oil-bearing strata.
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^/PERSPECTIVES IN BIOTECHNOLOGY AND APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY 1528057
Alani, D. I. Moo-Young, M. (eds.)
., pp. 1-16 LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH PUBL. DATE- 1986. TYPE- BOOK
CONF.NAME- 1. Arab Gulf Conference on Biotechnology and Applied Microbiology
CONF. PLACE- Riyadh (Saudi Arabia) CONF.DATE- 12-15 Nov 1984 ISBN- ISBN
1-85166-055-0 TAPE ISS- 0687 COMPANY RELATED- Inst. Mikrobiol.,
Univ. Muenster, Muenster, FRG NDN- 032-0098-O618-0
Microorganisms use different pathways for degrading petroleum derivatives.
Alkanes are oxidized by monotermi nal , diterminal, monosubterminal or
di -subtermi nal degradation pathways in relation to the oxidizing
microorganisms. In a number of cases substances which inhibit the alkane
degradation are formed, e.g. undecanoic acid from undecane. Aromatic
derivatives from petroleum are oxidized in general by a meta-degradat ion
pathway of catechol . Constituents are often degraded before the phenyl
nucleus is split off. For the formation of microbial proteins, the
monoterminal degradation pathway for alkanes, and the meta degradation
pathway for mono-and polyaromatic substances are especially important. The
pathways of those microorganisms which are important for single cell protein
are described, and their influence on the production of single cell protein
are examined.
AND MOVEMENT OF AZAARENES AND THEIR ANAEROBIC BIOTRANSFORMATION PRODUCTS
IN AN AQUIFER CONTAMINATED BY WOOD-TREATMENT CHEMICALS. 1528391
Pereira, W. E. Rostad, C. E. Updegraff, D. M. Bennett, J. L.
ENVIRON. TOXICOL. CHEM . , vol. 6, no. 3, pp. 163-176 LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH
PUBL. DATE- 1987 TYPE- JOURNAL ARTICLE TAPE ISS- O687 COMPANY
RELATED- U.S. Geol . Surv., Denver Fed. Cent., Denver. CO 80225, USA NDN-
032-0098-0522-7
Infiltration of wastes containing creosote and pentachl orophenol from
surface impoundments at an abandoned wood-treatment facility near Pensacola,
Florida, resulted in contamination of the underlying sand and gravel
aquifer Pond sludges and sediments near the source were contaminated with
2- to 5-ring azaarenes having log K sub(ow) values of from 2.0 to 5.6.
However, the ground water contained only azaarenes and their oxygenated and
methylated derivatives having log K sub(ow) values of less than 3.5. These
compounds also were present in coal tar-contaminated ground water at a site
near St. Louis Park, Minnesota. Laboratory anaerobic degradation studies and
on-site observations indicated that oxygenated azaarebes probably were
biotransf ormat ion products of reactions mediated by indigenous microbial
populations. Microbial N-methyl at ion, C-methy 1 at i on and 0-methyl at ion
reactions are reported here for the first time. In the presence of nutrients
and carbon sources such as acetate and propionate, all azaarenes studied
were either partially or completely degraded. Evidence for the microbial
degradation of azaarenes in ground water from anaerobic zones is presented.
Oxygenated azaarenes were relatively more water-soluble, mobile and
persistent in hydrogeol ogic environments.
A SCREENING METHOD FOR CYTOCHROME P-450 ORGANIC PEROXIDASE ACTIVITY AND
APPLICATION TO HYDROCARBON-DEGRADING BACTERIAL POPULATIONS. 1492065
Wyndham, R. C.
CAN. J. MICROBIOL., vol. 33, no. 1, pp. 1-5 LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH PUBL.
DATE- 1987 TYPE- JOURNAL ARTICLE TAPE ISS- O587 COMPANY
RELATED- Dep . Bot . , Univ Toronto, Toronto, Ont . M5S 1A1, Canada NDN-
032-0097-9922-3
A method to detect the expression of hemoprotei ns with organic hydroperoxide
reducing activity was developed to screen bacterial populations isolated
from heavy oils and oil sands. The method is based on the activity of
cytochrome P-450 as catalyst in the reduction of cumene hydroperoxide by
artificial electron donors. Cross-reactivity with catalase could be
eliminated with appropriate inhibitors but did not normally interfere with
the detection method. A preliminary screen resulted in the isolation of
Acinetobacter cal coacet icus and a range of Gram-positive bacteria with
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organic peroxidase activity. Carbon monoxide difference spectra of cell-free
extracts of the isolates revealed the presence of a hydrocarbon-inducible
cytochrome P-450 in Acinetobacter calcoaceticus and in coryneform and
actinomycete bacteria.
\/TREATMENT OF PETROLEUM INDUSTRY OIL SLUDGE IN SOIL. 1489291
Shailubhai, K.
TRENDS BIOTECHNOL., vol. 4, no. 8, pp. 202-206 LANGUAQE(S)- ENGLISH
PUBL. DATE- 1986. TYPE- JOURNAL ARTICLE TAPE ISS- 0487 COMPANY
RELATED- Dep. Anim. Sci., Univ. Maryland, College Park, MD 2O742, USA
NDN- 032-0096-3795-3
Petroleum refining unavoidably generates large volumes of oil sludge. The
environmentally acceptable disposal of oil sludge is a current challenge to
the petroleum industry. Many soil microorganisms possess a remarkable
capacity to degrade various components of crude oil. The land treatment of
oil sludge - land farming - is an environmentally acceptable and
economically feasible disposal method. The development of efficient
hydrocarbon-degrading microorganisms and their use for cleaning oil sludge
in soil are discussed.
THE METABOLISM OF YEASTS AND FILAMENTOUS FUNGI WHICH DEGRADE HYDROCARBON FUELS.
1451697
Lindley, N. D. Pedley, J. F Heydeman, M. T.
INT BIODETERIOR., vol. 22, no. 4, pp. 281-287 LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH
PUBL. DATE- 1986. TYPE- JOURNAL ARTICLE TAPE ISS- 0387 COMPANY
RELATED- Dep. Biochim., INSA, Ave. Rangueil, 31077 Toulouse, France NDN-
032-0096-1296-5
Fungal species isolated from tanks from which fuel is displaced by seawater,
attacked only the aliphatic fraction of marine diesel fuels, with the
notable exception of the yeast Candida tenuis Diddens & Lodder which
metabolized the whole range of fuel hydrocarbons. The n-alkanes of
relatively short chain-length were removed first, and then progressively
longer n-alkanes. After removal of all n-alkanes, methyl-alkanes were
exploited but only relatively slowly.
H SUB(2)0 SUB(2)-DEPENDENT DECOLORIZATION OF POLY R-481 BY PARTICULATE
FRACTIONS FROM PHANEROCHAETE CHRYSOSPORIUM). 1460453
Greene, R. V Gould, J. M.
BIOCHEM. BIOPHYS. RES. COMMUN., vol. 136, no. 1, pp. 220-227 LANGUAGE(S)-
ENGLISH PUBL. DATE- 1986. TYPE- JOURNAL ARTICLE TAPE ISS- 0387
COMPANY RELATED- North. Reg. Res. Cent., Agric. Res. Serv , U.S. Dep.
Agric., Peoria, IL 61604, USA NDN- O32-0095-8894-4
A cell-free preparation from Phanerochaete chrysosporium culture medium
decolorized the polymeric dye Poly R-481 The majority of this
decolorization activity sedimented when centrifuged at 150,000 X g,
indicating that it was associated with a particulate body. The activity was
sensitive to heat, azide and cyanide, was stimulated by exogenously added H
sub(2)0 sub(2), and was optimal around pH 4. Electron micrographs of the
sedimented culture medium fraction showed the presence of numerous
particulate structures. A similar dye decolorization activity from sonicated
mycelium also sedimented at 150,000 x g.
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ROLE OF DISSOLUTION RATE AND SOLUBILITY IN BIODEGRADATION OF AROMATIC
COMPOUNDS. 1460582
Stucki. G. Alexander, M.
APPL. ENVIRON. MICROBIOL., vol 53, no. 2, pp. 292-297 LANGUAGE(S)-
ENGLISH PUBL. DATE- 1987. TYPE- JOURNAL ARTICLE TAPE ISS- 0387
COMPANY RELATED- Lab. Soil Microbiol., Dep. Agron., Cornell Univ., Ithaca,
NY 14853, USA NDN- 032-0095-8788-5
Strains of Moraxella sp., Pseudomonas sp., and Flavobacteriurn sp. able to
grow on biphenyl were isolated from sewage. The bacteria produced 2.3 to 4.5
g of protein per mol of biphenyl carbon, and similar protein yields were
obtained when the isolates were grown on succinate. Calculations based on
the growth rates of these bacteria and the rates of dissolution of
phenanthrene suggest that the dissolution rate of the hydrocarbon may limit
the rate of its biodegradation.
'-'TRANSFORMATION OF TOLUENE AND BENZENE BY MIXED METHANOGENIC CULTURES.
1460654
Grbic-Galic, D. Vogel, T. M.
APPL. ENVIRON. MICROBIOL., vol 53, no. 2, pp. 254-260 LANGUAGE(S)-
ENGLISH PUBL. DATE- 1987. TYPE- JOURNAL ARTICLE TAPE ISS- 0387
COMPANY RELATED- Dep. Civ. Eng., Stanford Univ., Stanford, CA 94305-4020,
USA NDN- 032-0095-8729-1
The aromatic hydrocarbons toluene and benzene were anaerobical1y transformed
by mixed methanogenic cultures derived from ferulic acid-degrading sewage
sludge enrichments. In most experiments, toluene or benzene was the only
semicontinuously supplied carbon and energy source in the defined mineral
medium. No exogenous electron acceptors other than CO sub(2) were present.
BACTERIAL COMMUNITIES DEGRADING AMINO- AND HYDROXYNAPHTHALENE-2-SULFONATES.
1441458
Noertemann, B. Baumgarten, J. Rast, H. G. Knackmuss, H.-J.
APPL. ENVIRON. MICROBIOL., vol. 52, no. 5, pp. 1195-1202 LANGUAGE(S)-
ENGLISH PUBL. DATE- 1986. TYPE- JOURNAL ARTICLE TAPE ISS- 0287
COMPANY RELATED- Bergische Univ. G.H. Wuppertal, Lehrstuhl Chem. Mikrobiol.
FB9, D-5600 Wuppertal 1, FRG NDN- 032-0095-1468-2
A 6-aminonaphthalene-2-sulfonic acid (6A2NS)-degrading mixed bacterial
community was isolated from a sample of river Elbe water. The complete
degradation of this xenobiotic compound may be described by a mutualistic
interaction of two Pseudomonas strains isolated from this culture. One
strain, BN6, could also grow on 6A2NS in monoculture, however, with
accumulation of black polymers. This organism effected the initial
conversion of 6A2NS into 5-aminosalicylate (5AS) through regioselective
attack of the naphthalene skeleton in the 1,2-position. 5AS was totally
degraded by another member of the community, strain BN9.
OCCURRENCE AND RATES OF CHEMICAL BIODEGRADATION IN SUPERIOR HARBOR WATER.
1443823
Vaishnav, D. D. Babeu, L.
J. GREAT LAKES RES., vol. 12, no. 3, pp. 184-191 LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH
PUBL. DATE- 1986. TYPE- JOURNAL ARTICLE TAPE ISS- 0287 COMPANY
RELATED- Cent. Lake Superior Environ. Stud., Univ Wisconsin, Superior, WI
5488O, USA NDN- 032-0094-9815-4
Microbial degradation of ten industrial chemicals was measured in
coarse-filtered Superior harbor water using the standard biochemical oxygen
demand technique. The first-order biodegradation rate constants of seven
chemicals were between 0.023/day for hexadecane and 0.247/day for phenol.
Similarly, chemical half-lives were between 3 days for phenol and 30 days
for hexadecane. Chemicals including benzene, N-methylani1ine, and
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naphthalene were not measurably degraded by the native aquatic microbes. All
biodegradable chemicals were tested to assess the effect of a reduced level
of suspended matter on their bio-oxidation rates. Chemicals were incubated
in finefiltered harbor water containing 2.5 mg/L suspended solids. The rate
constants of several soluble chemicals increased by an average of 74% in
this filtered water from those in the coarse-filtered water containing 5.6
mg/L particulate matter Biodegradation rates of all test chemicals were
greater in the water enriched with both supplements than in other test
systems.
EFFECT OF MICROBIAL ACTIVITY ON BURIED CYANOBACTERIAL ORGANIC MATTER.
1444421
Bubela, B. Philp, P Gilbert, T
GEOMICROBIOL. J., vol. 3, no. 3, pp. 231-244 LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH
PUBL. DATE- 1984. TYPE- JOURNAL ARTICLE TAPE ISS- 0287 COMPANY
RELATED- Baas Becking Geobiol. Lab., P.O. Box 377, Canberra, A.C.T 2601,
Australia NDN- 032-0094-9293-1
In the present study, using a simulated sedimentary system, cyanobacterial
organic matter was buried in sediments and exposed to sequential
environmental changes ranging from microaerobic conditions at ambient
temperature to strongly reducing conditions at a biologically extreme
temperature and pressure. Significant changes occurred in the composition of
hydrocarbons and fatty acids isolated from the biomass that masked the
characteristic patterns exhibited by the original cyanobacterial material.
The changes depended on the particular environmental conditions to which the
organic matter was exposed. The results stress the need for caution in
interpreting biochemical markers in terms of their source material in
sediments .
THE BIOLOGY OF MARINE FUNGI. 1447219
Moss, S. T (ed.)
pp. 11-18 LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH PUBL. DATE- 1986. TYPE- BOOK
CONF.NAME- 4. International Marine Mycology Symposium CONF.PLACE-
Portsmouth Polytechnic, Portsmouth (UK) CONF.DATE- Aug 1985 ISBN- ISBN
0-521-3O899-2 TAPE ISS- 0287 COMPANY RELATED- Lab. Microb. and
Biochem. Sci., Georgia State Univ., Atlanta, GA 30303, USA NDN-
032-0094-7569-0
Hydrocarbons from various sources (e.g. anthropogenic pollution, marine
seeps, marine algae, atmospheric fallout and terrestrial runoff) enter the
ocean daily These complex hydrocarbon mixtures are dispersed and degraded
by abiotic and biogenic processes. The rate of degradation and the
significance of microbial activities in the fate of oceanic hydrocarbons
vary with environmental conditions and the type of hydrocarbon. Most
commonly, bacteria are considered the primary degraders, with algae and
fungi having minor roles. Although implied in a number of cases, the
degradation of complex hydrocarbon mixtures by a successional microflora
containing temporally isolated populations of bacteria and fungi, has been
inadequately studied. This chapter reviews what has been published.
NAPHTHALENE BIODEGRADATION IN ENVIRONMENTAL MICROCOSMS: ESTIMATES OF
DEGRADATION RATES AND CHARACTERIZATION OF METABOLITES. 1448159
Heitkamp, M. A. Freeman, d. P Cerniglia, C. E.
APPL. ENVIRON. MICROBIOL., vol 53, no. 1, pp. 129-136 LANGUAGE(S)-
ENGLISH PUBL. DATE- 1987 TYPE- JOURNAL ARTICLE TAPE ISS- 0287
COMPANY RELATED- Natl Cent. Toxicol Res., Food and Drug Adm., Jefferson,
AR 72079, USA NDN- 032-0094-6836-3
Naphthalene biodegradation was investigated in microcosms containing
sediment and water collected from three ecosystems which varied in past
exposure to anthropogenic and petrogenic chemicals. Mineralization
half-lives for naphthalene in microcosms ranged from 2.4 weeks in sediment
chronically exposed to petroleum hydrocarbons to 4.4 weeks in sediment from
a pristine environment. Microbiological analysis of sediments indicated that
hydrocarbon-utilizing microbial populations also varied among ecosystems and
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were 5 to 12 times greater in sediment after chronic petrogenic chemical
exposure than in sediment from an uncontaminated ecosystem. Sediment from an
ecosystem exposed to agricultural chemicals had a mineralization half-life
of 3.2 weeks for naphthalene and showed about a 30-fold increase in
heterotrophic bacterial populations in comparison to uncontaminated
sediments, but only a 2- to 3-fold increase in hydrocarbon-degrading
bacteria. These results provide useful estimates for the rates of
naphthalene mineralization in different natural ecosystems and on the
degradative pathway for microbial metabolism of naphthalene in freshwater
and estuarine environments.
VEUODEGRADATION OF USED MOTOR OIL BY BACTERIA PROMOTES THE SOLUBILIZATION OF
HEAVY METALS. 1448459
Vazquez-Duhalt, R. Greppin, H.
SCI. TOTAL ENVIRON., vol. 52, no. 1-2, pp. 1O9-121 LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH
PUBL. DATE- 1986. TYPE- JOURNAL ARTICLE TAPE ISS- 0287 COMPANY
RELATED- Dep. Biol. Veg., Univ. Geneve, 3, Place de Univ., 1211 Geneve 4,
Switzerland NDN- 032-0094-6565-1
The influence and fate of heavy metals (Pb, Zn, Cu, Cr, Ni and Cd) are
determined during bacterial growth in a medium composed of used motor oil
Growth is apparently not affected by the relatively high level of metals
found in the oil. The metals are transferred into the aqueous phase during
bacterial growth. The relation between bacterial growth, hydrocarbon
metabolization and metal solubi1ization is analyzed. In this paper, the
concentration of cadmium in used motor oil is reported.
^MUTAGENIC ACTIVITY OF RUNOFF AND LEACHATE WATER FROM HAZARDOUS WASTE LAND
TREATMENT. 1432742
Brown, K. W. Donnelly, K. C.
ENVIRON. POLLUT. (A ECOL. BIOL.)., vol. 35, no. 3, pp. 229-246
LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH PUBL. DATE- 1984. TYPE- JOURNAL ARTICLE TAPE
ISS- 0187 COMPANY RELATED- Soil and Crop Sci Dep., Texas A&M Univ.,
College Station, TX 77843, USA NDN- 032-0094-1302-7
The mutagenic potential of runoff and leachate water from petroleum
sludge-amended soils was determined using the Salmonella microsome assay
and the Bacillus subtilis DNA repair assay. While mutagenic activity was
detected in a limited number of runoff and leachate samples, greater amounts
of mutagenic activity were detected in the runoff water The majority of
samples which were toxic to Salmonella at low dose levels induced increased
lethal damage to DNA repair-deficient strains of B. subtilis Generally,
the mutagenic activity of leachate water and the runoff water from two of
the three soils decreased with time following waste application. The
activity in the third soil did not decrease over the 3 years of
observat ion.
INHIBITION OF MICROBIAL ACTIVITY IN MARINE SEDIMENTS BY A BROMOPHENOL FROM A
HEMICHORDATE. 1396927
King, G. M.
NATURE., vol. 323, no. 6O85, pp. 257-259 LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH PUBL.
DATE- 1986. TYPE- JOURNAL ARTICLE TAPE ISS- 1286 COMPANY RELATED-
Darling Cent., Univ. Maine, Walpole, ME 04573, USA NDN- 032-OO93-7922-A
Al1elochemicals, a class of organic compounds, affect succession,
competition, predation and other interactions between organisms.
Bromophenols, a member of this class, are found in marine algae and
invertebrates, particularly annelids, phoronids and hemichordates.
Bromophenols are toxins with bacteriocidal properties. Here the authors
report inhibition of microbial activity in marine sediments by the common
bromophenol, 2,4-dibromophenol (DBP), from the hemichordate Saccoglossus
kowalewskii and demonstrate that anaerobic microbial metabolism in
sediments is relatively unaffected by DBP whereas aerobic metabolism is
particularly sensitive. These data, suggest that secretion of DBP inhibits
the aerobic microbial degradation of the burrow-wall mucous lining or alters
local biogeochemistry. Thus, bromophenols may be targeted against higher
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organisms with which S. kowalewskii competes as well as against
microorganisms.
GENERIC COMPOSITION AND DEGRADATION ACTIVITY OF HYDROCARBON-DEGRADING BACTERIA
ISOLATED FROM THE OPEN SEA. 1373775
Higashihara, T Sato, A.
BULL JAP SOC SCI. FISH./NISSUISHI., vol. 51, no. 6, pp. 1015-1019
LANGUAGE(S)- JAPANESE PUBL. DATE- 1985. TYPE- JOURNAL ARTICLE TAPE
ISS- 1186 COMPANY RELATED- Ferment. Res. Inst., Agency Ind. Sci. and
Technol., Yatabe, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305, Japan NDN- 032-0093-1330-8
Generic composition and degradation activity of hydrocarbon-degrading
bacteria in pelagic seawater were studied. Eighty-six strains of
hydrocarbon-degrading bacteria were isolated from seawater of the western
North Pacific Ocean, eastern Indian Ocean and South China Sea. n-Tetradecane
(n-C sub(14)) degradation rate (m-C sub(14) 20 mu 1/10 ml medium) at 20
degree C for 14 days was under 25% for about half the number (42 strains) of
the isolated bacteria. Bacterial strains in which the n-C sub(14)
degradation rate was over 50%, were only 12% (10 strains) of the isolates.
The generic composition was determined for 41 isolates among the 86 strains.
The present study showed that hydrocarbon-degrading bacteria of various
genera were widely distributed in pelagic areas. It is thus suggested that
they play the main role in the process of natural sel f-pur ificat ion of the
seawater from hydrocarbons in these environments.
MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATIONS OF GROUNDWATER POLLUTED WITH HYDROCARBONS. 2.
COMMUNICATION: DETERMINATION OF BACTERIAL "IN VITRO"-ACTIVITY. 1375624
Frank, C. Dott, W.
ZENTRALBL. BAKTERIOL. MIKROBIOL. HYG., ABT. B., vol. 180, no. 5-6, pp.
459-470 LANGUAGE(S)- GERMAN PUBL. DATE- 1985. TYPE- JOURNAL ARTICLE
ORIG.TITLE- Mikrobiologische Untersuchungen eines mit Kohlenwasserstoffen
verunreinigten Grundwassers. 2. Mitteilung: Bestimmung der bakteriellen "in
vitro"-Aktivitaeten TAPE ISS- 1186 COMPANY RELATED- Hyg.-Inst.,
Univ. Bonn, Bonn, FRG NDN- 032-0093-0246-6
The injected water and the groundwater withdrawn by the E-wells contained
bacteria with higher "in vitro"-total activity (30-50%) than the groundwater
taken from the middle part of the flushing area. The determination of
single-activities resulted in a similar distribution of bacterial
communities. Denitrifying and nitrate-reducing bacteria were present in the
polluted groundwater (10-100% of isolates) After transforming these values
in CFU/rnI they correspond to the MPN/ml of both groups. Furthermore bacteria
were found, which could use hydrocarbons as their only carbon source under
aerobic and anaerobic conditions; there were different percentage of
hydrocarbon-degrading bacteria in the groundwater of the three sampling
points. Totally 2-70% of all isolates were aerobe hydrocarbon-degrading
bacteria, 1-12% nitrate-reducing and 1-13% denitrifying
hydrocarbon-metaboli zi ng bacteria.
SEARCH FOR MIREX-DEGRADING SOIL MICROORGANISMS. 1327770
Aslanzadeh, J. Hedrick, H. G.
SOIL SCI., vol 139, no. 4, pp. 369-374 LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH PUBL.
DATE- 1985. TYPE- JOURNAL ARTICLE TAPE ISS- 0986 COMPANY RELATED-
Coll. Life Sci., Louisiana Tech Univ., Ruston, LA 71272, USA NDN-
032-OO90-7813-6
Mirex is a highly persistent chlorinated hydrocarbon that was used on soils
to control fire ants in the southern and southeastern United States. The
objective of this study was to evaluate the degradation of Mirex by soil
microorganisms isolated from soils with a history of Mirex treatment. From
eight primary microbial isolates, only two showed better than 80% increase
in 0 sub(2) consumption and a 20% increase in the rate of CO sub(2)
production when Mirex was used as the sole source of carbon. The results
obtained on the radioisotope experiment showed that one organism had a DPM/K
count four times higher than the controls. The microbial isolates found to
be active degrading organisms were identified as strains of Bacillus
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sphaericus) and Streptomyces albus
(BIODEGRADATION OF HYDROCARBONS.).
Sirvins, A. Tramier, B.
1329150
RECHERCHE., vol. 16, no. 171, pp. 1344-1353 LANGUAGE(S)- FRENCH PUBL.
DATE- 1985. TYPE- JOURNAL ARTICLE ORIG.TITLE- La biodegradati on des
hydrocarbures TAPE ISS- 0986 COMPANY RELATED- Address not stated
NDN- 032-0090-7294-2
NO-ABSTRACT
MICROBIAL DEGRADATION OF THIOCYANATE, PHENOL AND CYANIDE IN A COMPLETELY MIXED
AERATION SYSTEM. 1330897
Shivaraman, N. Kumaran, P
R. Parhad, N. M.
Pandey, R. A. Chatterjee, S. K. Chowdhary, K.
ENVIRON. POLLUT., SER. A., vol 39, no. 2, pp. 141-15O LANGUAGE(S)-
ENGLISH PUBL. DATE- 1985. TYPE- JOURNAL ARTICLE TAPE ISS- 0986
COMPANY RELATED- Environ. Microbiol Div., Natl. Environ. Eng. Res. Inst.,
Nehru Marg, Nagpur 440020, India NDN- O32-0090-6857-0
A biological completely mixed aeration system (CMAS) was operated on a
continuous basis to study the influence of phenol and cyanide on thiocyanate
removal. The system was also monitored for its performance in measuring the
removal of toxicants. The biological unit was seeded with appropriate
microbial sludge. The CMAS was operated at a hydraulic detention time of 1O
plus or minus 2 h. Results obtained indicated that when concentrations of
phenol and cyanide were 1,251 plus or minus 53 mg litre super(-l) and 22
multiplied by 40 plus or minus 1 multiplied by 34 mg litre super(-1) or
less, respectively, in the influent, biodegradation of thiocyanate was not
affected, while above these respective concentrations thiocyanate removal
was reduced. However, phenol and cyanide removal was around 99 multiplied by
9% and 96 multiplied by 5-99 multiplied by 9%, respectively. Sulphur of
thiocyanate was found to be oxidised to sulphate during biodegradation.
GROWTH OF HYDROCARBON UTILIZING MICROORGANISMS.
Bhosle, N. B. Mavinkurve, S.
12587O6
INDIAN J. MAR. SCI , vol. 15, no. 1, pp. 52-54 LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH
PUBL. DATE- 1986. TYPE- JOURNAL ARTICLE TAPE ISS- 0806 COMPANY
RELATED- Natl InaJ. Oceanogr . , Dona Paula, Goa 403 004, India NDN-
032-O089-8306-4
Two isolates from marine mud having broad spectrum hydrocarbon utilizing
profile were identified as Arthrobacter simplex and Candida tropical is
Both the organisms grew exponentially on crude oil. The cell yield of the
organisms was influenced by incubation period, pH , and different
concentrations of crude oil, sodium chloride, phosphate and nitrogen.
BIOTECHNOLOGY. 1258757
Col well, R. R. Demain, A. L. (eds.)
^MICROS. ECOL., vol. 12, no. 1 LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH PUBL. DATE- 1986.
TYPE- BOOK NOTES- Special issue. TAPE ISS- 0806 COMPANY RELATED-
Dep. Biochem. and Microbiol., Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, NO 08903, USA
NDN- 032-0089-8267-5
Procedures designed to meet the physiological needs of petroleum hydrocarbon
(PHC) degrading mi crooorgani sms are useful in mitigating environmental
damage caused by marine and terrestrial PHC spills. By similar approaches,
soil can be utilized as a. cost-effective biological incinerator for
hazardous PHC wastes. Physiological ecology needs to complements genetic
engineering efforts for an effective attack on environmental pollution
probl ems .
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MICROBIOLOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS OF OIL REFINERY WASTE WATER PURIFICATION
PROCESS. 1259641
Petrovic, 0. Gajin, S. Matavulj, M. Gandar. M. Dalmacija, B.
ACTA BIOL. IUGOSL. (B MIKROBIOL.)., vol. 22, no. 1, pp. 85-95
LANGUAGE(S)- SERBOCROAT PUBL. DATE- 1985. TYPE- JOURNAL ARTICLE
ORIG.TITLE- Mikrobioloska ispitivanja procesa preciscavanja otpadnih voda
refinerije nafte TAPE ISS- 08Q6 COMPANY RELATED- Inst. Biol Fac.
Sci , Novi Sad, Yugoslavia NDN- 032-0089-7476-A
The microbiological parameters in the purification process of oil rafinery
waste water in two grade laboratory plant have been investigated. The water
was purified by means of activated sludge in two bioreactors and additional
treatment in the column with granulated activated carbon has also been done.
In the influent, in bioreactors with activated sludge, in water after
biological treatment and water after tertiary treatment by activated carbon;
the total bacterial count on "Sartorius" milipor filters (0.2 mu m), the
count of heterotrophic bacteria on nutrient agar and on solidified waste
water, as well as count of bacteria capable to oxidase hydrocarbons have
been determined.
MICROBIAL TRANSFORMATION OF QUINOLINE BY A PSEUDOMONAS SP. 1237913
Shukla, 0. P
APPL. ENVIRON. MICROBIOL., vol 51, no. 6, pp. 1332-1342 LANGUAGE(S)-
ENGLISH PUBL. DATE- 1986. TYPE- JOURNAL ARTICLE TAPE ISS- 0686
COMPANY RELATED- Div. Biochem., Cent. Drug Res. Inst., Lucknow - 226 001,
India NDN- 032-0089-2952-A
Ouinoline and its derivatives occur widely in coal tar, bone oil, oil shale,
and plant alkaloids and serve as intermediates and solvents in the chemical
industry In recent years, quinoline has been found to be rapidly degraded
in sewage, with a half-life of 2 h. Animal systems metabolize quinoline by
hydroxylat ion and excretion of glucuronide and sulfate conjugates. The
degradation of the quinoline derivative kynurenic acid, an intermediate in
tryptophan metabolism, occurs by dihydroxylation and meta-cleavage of the
benzene ring. The mode of degradation of quinoline itself in bacteria is
still not known. The present paper reports the isolation of a Pseudomonas
sp. which degrades quinoline and the characterization of 2-hydroxyquinoline,
2,8-dihydroxyquinoline, 8-hydroxycoumarin, and 2,3-dihydroxyphenyl propionic
acid as intermediates of quinoline catabolism in this organism.
GENERIC COMPOSITION AND DEGRADATION ACTIVITY OF HYDROCARBON-DEGRADING BACTERIA
ISOLATED FROM THE OPEN SEA. 1243340
Higashihara, T. Sato, A.
REP FERMENT. RES. INST., no. 65, pp. 97-104 LANGUAGE(S)- JAPANESE
PUBL. DATE- 1986. TYPE- JOURNAL ARTICLE NOTES- Also published in Bull.
Jap. Soc. Fish., v. 51 (6), pp. 1015-1019, 1985. TAPE ISS- 0686
COMPANY RELATED- Address not stated NDN- 032-0089-0561-4
Generic composition and degradation activity of hydrocarbon-degrading
bacteria in pelagic seawater were studied. Eighty-six strains of
hydrocarbon-degrading bacteria were isolated from seawater of the western
North Pacific Ocean, eastern Indian Ocean and South China Sea. n-Tetradecane
(n-C sub(14)) degradation rate (n-C sub(14) 20 mu 1/10 ml medium) at 20
degree C for 14 days was under 25% for about half the number (42 strains) of
the isolated bacteria. Bacterial strains in which the n-C sub(14)
degradation rate was over 50%, were only 12% (10 strains) of the isolates.
The generic composition was determined for 41 isolates among the 86 strains.
Bacterial family and genera of identified strains were Pseudomonas (54%),
Alcaligenes (22%), Acinetobacter-Moraxel1 a (10%), Flavobacterium (10%)
and Vibrionaceae (5%) The members of genus Pseudomonas were predominant
among the hydrocarbon-degrading bacteria distributed in the regions
studied.
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MICROBIAL METABOLISM OF THE ISOPRENOID ALKANE PRISTANE. (MICROBIAL OXIDATION OF
ISOPRENOID HYDROCARBONS. PART IV). 1193626
Nakaj ima, K. Sato, A.
REP. FERMENT. RES. INST., no. 62, pp. 43-52 LANGUAGE(S)- JAPANESE
PUBL. DATE- 1984. TYPE- JOURNAL ARTICLE TAPE ISS- 0686 COMPANY
RELATED- Ferment. Res. Inst., Yatabe-Higashi, Ibaraki 305, Japan NDN-
032-0088-5841-3
BPM 1613 isolated from soil utilized pristane as the sole source of carbon,
and produced tnonoterminal oxidation products and other pristane-derived
metabolites. Results on monoterminal oxidation products, pristanol,
pristanic acid, pristyl pristanate and prisyl aldehyde have been reported
previously. In the present work, three acidic metabolites and the
monoterminal oxidation products were isolated and their chemical structures
were determined. The detailed characteristics of the BPM 1613 strain were
examined. This strain was found to belong to Rhodococcus sp. on the basis
of morphological and cultural charact eristics. The physiological properties
of BPM 1613 were similar to those of R. erythropolis , bur some properties
(not changing litmus milk, not decomposing adenine and L-tyrosine, not
producing acid from inositol and trehalose, and not assimilating citrate,
formate and lactate) were not consistent with those of R. erythropolis
RATES OF MICROBIAL DEGRADATION OF PETROLEUM COMPONENTS AS DETERMINED BY
COMPUTERIZED CAPILLARY GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY AND COMPUTERIZED MASS SPECTROMETRY.
1164357
Oudot, J .
MAR. ENVIRON. RES., vol. 13, no. 4, pp. 277-3O2 LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH
PUBL. DATE- 1984. TYPE- JOURNAL ARTICLE TAPE ISS- 0586 COMPANY
RELATED- Lab. Cryptogam., Mus. Natl Hist. Nat., LA, CNRS 257, 12, rue de
Buffon, 75005 Paris, France NDN- 032-0087-7046-9
The biodegradation rates of Arabian light crude oil components under the
action of a marine mixed microbial culture were monitored in a quasi
continuous culture during a 60-day experiment. The saturated hydrocarbons
were degraded more rapidly and extensively (74%) than the aromatics (5O%),
whereas the biodegradation of asphaltenes (30%) and of resins (<5%) was very
low. The joint use of computerized high-resolution chromatography and of
computerized mass spectrometry permitted classification of the petroleum
consitituents according to their biodegradabi1ity: (i) highly susceptible,
n- and iso-alkanes; (ii) susceptible, 6, 1, 5 and 2 ring alkanes, 1 ring and
sulphur aromatics; (iii) moderately susceptible, 3 and 4 ring alkanes, 2 and
3 ring aromatics; (iv) resistant, tetra-aromatics, steranes, triterpanes,
naphtheno-aromatics; and (v) highly resistant, penta-aromatics, asphaltenes
and resins.
ANALYTICAL STUDY OF ASTHART CRUDE OIL ASPHALTENES BIODEGRADATION.
1170856
Rontani, J. F. Bosser-Joulak, F Rambelorisoa, E. Bertrand, J. C.
Giusti, G. Faure, R.
CHEMOSPHERE., vol. 14, no. 9, pp. 1413-1422 LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH PUBL.
DATE- 1985. TYPE- JOURNAL ARTICLE TAPE ISS- 0586 COMPANY RELATED-
Cent. Oceanol Marseille, Univ. Aix-Marsei11e II, Fac. Luminy 13228, France
NDN- 032-0087-4905-6
Various analyses of an asphaltenic fraction of Asthart crude oil enabled us
to show that it was partially degraded by a marine mixed bacterial
population with saturated hydrocarbons as cosubstrate. The authors also gave
evidence of its strong biotransformation rate and tried to correlate its
evolution with the nature of produced fractions.
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HYDROCARBON MINERALIZATION IN SOIL: RELATIVE BACTERIAL AND FUNGAL CONTRIBUTION.
1185896
Song, H.-G. Pedersen, T A. Bartha, R.
SOIL BIOL. BIOCHEM., vol. 8, no. 1, pp. 109-111 LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH
PUBL. DATE- 1986. TYPE- JOURNAL ARTICLE TAPE ISS- 0586 COMPANY
RELATED- Dep. Biochem. and Microbiol., Cook Coll., Rutgers Univ., New
Brunswick, NJ 08903, USA NDN- 032-0087-1403-2
The relative contributions to n-hexadencane mineralization by soil bacteria
and fungi were assessed using the streptomycin-cycloheximide inhibition
technique. In a sandy loam with no history of hydrocarbon pollution 82%
n-hexadecane mineralization was attributable to bacteria and only 13% to
fungi. In the same soil, glucose mineralization was shared evenly between
the bacterial and fungal segments of the soil microbial community.
EFFECT OF NICKELOUS AND OTHER METAL IONS ON THE INHIBITION OF RUMEN BACTERIAL
METABOLISM BY 3-(3'-ISOCYANOCYCLOPENT-2-ENYLIDENE)PROPIONIC ACID AND RELATED
ISOCYANIDES. 1161120
Brewer. D. Calder, F W. Jones, G. A. Tanguay, D. Taylor. A.
APPL. ENVIRON. MICROBIOL., vol 51, no. 1, pp. 138-142 LANGUAGE(S)-
ENGLISH PUBL. DATE- 1986. TYPE- JOURNAL ARTICLE TAPE ISS- 86-04
COMPANY RELATED- Natl. Res. Counc. Canada, Atlantic Res. Lab., Halifax, N.S.
B3H 3Z1, Canada NDN- 032-0086-2006-0
3-(3'-Isocyanocyclopent-2-eny1idene)propionic acid at a concentration of 2
to 5 mu g ml super(-1) inhibited cellulose digestion by a mixed culture of
rumen microorganisms and in other experiments inhibited the degradation of
timothy hay (Phleum pratense ) in a digestibility test. At isocyanide
concentrations of 12 mu g ml super(-1) the fermentation activity of rumen
fluid, measured by its dehydrogenase activity, was inhibited but not
abolished. All of these isocyanide effects were reversed by the
incorporation of nickelous ion into the solutions of the systems under
study. The activity of 1 mol of isocyanide is reversed by about 1 mol of Ni
super(2+) and in the case of the cellulose digestion test, by about 1 mol of
Co super(2+). Of some 15 other ions tested only Pd super(2+) and possibly
chromium reversed the effect of the isocyanide.
ISOLATION METHOD OF LYSINE OVERPRODUCERS FROM HYDROCARBON UTILIZERS.
1 125584
Sen, S. K.
ACTA BIOTECHNOL., vol. 5, no. 4, pp. 379-381 LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH
PUBL. DATE- 1985. TYPE- JOURNAL ARTICLE TAPE ISS- 0386 COMPANY
RELATED- Dep. Bot., Sen. Life Sci., Visva-Bharati Santiniketan - 731 235,
West Bengal, India NDN- 032-0085-9882-2
In this communication results of the survey of hydrocarbon utilizing lysine
producers has been summarized. Preliminary screening of lysine producing
microorganisms from amongst the hydrocarbon utilizers was done by the cross
streak assay method. During this survey, 263 hydrocarbon utilizers were
tested for their lysine production. Among these hydrocarbon utilizers only
24 isolates (9%) produced lysine but most of them as mixtures with other
amino acids. Two isolates (8.5%) were found to produce lysine alone. The
discrepancy could be seen (in the number) between the two methods of
detection. Where detection by both bioautography and chrornatographic methods
are possible, it is found that the chromatographic method gave a higher
number of amino producers. This indicated a greater sensitivity of the
chromatographic method for the detection of producing organisms. On the
basis of the production of lysine alone and also the quantity, the isolates
Lb and 2Fa were identified as Arthrobacter globiformis and Micrococcus
varians , respectively.
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ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATION OF MICROBIAL METABOLISM. 1114913
Kulaev, I. S. Dawes, E. A. Tempest, D. W. (eds.)
FEMS SYMP., no. 23 LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH PUBL. DATE- 1985. TYPE-
BOOK CONF.NAME- FEMS Symposium on Environmental Regulation of Microbial
Metabolism CONF.PLACE- Pushchino, Moscow Reg. (USSR) CONF.DATE- 1-7
Jun 1983 ISBN- ISBN 0-12-428580-5 TAPE ISS- 0286 COMPANY RELATED-
Inst. Biochem. and Physiol. Microorganisms, USSR Acad. Sci., Pushchino,
Moscow Region 142292, USSR NDN- 032-0085-0382-0
A great flexibility in the metabolism of pseudomonads enables them to attack
a wide variety of compounds including xenobiotics. However, almost nothing
is known about the scope of rearrangements occurring in the enzymatic
apparatus of microbial cells during their adaptation to foreign compounds.
The main purpose of the present work was to study enzymatic systems of the
central metabolism, using as an example P. aeruginosa 2x and 7 consuming
p-xylene, and to reveal the properties of these cultures enabling them to
actively degrade aromatic hydrocarbons.
ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATION OF MICROBIAL METABOLISM. 1115519
Kulaev, I. S. Dawes, E. A. Tempest, D. W. (eds.)
FEMS SYMP., no. 23 LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH PUBL. DATE- 1985. TYPE-
BOOK CONF.NAME- FEMS Symposium on Environmental Regulation of Microbial
Metabolism CONF.PLACE- Pushchino, Moscow Reg. (USSR) CONF.DATE- 1-7
Jun 1983 ISBN- ISBN O-12-428580-5 TAPE ISS- 0286 COMPANY RELATED-
Cent. Appl. Microbiol and Dep. Microbiol., Univ. Texas, Austin, TX 78712,
USA NDN- 032-0085-0177-2
It is generally assumed that degradation of aromatic compounds in
terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems is brought about by heterotrophic
bacteria and fungi with animals or higher plants playing a secondary role.
Little attention has been given to the microalgae in the degradation of
aromatic compounds. Recent work with microalgae has concentrated on the
isolation and identification of biotransformation products formed when
various microalgae were incubated with substrates like naphthalene,
methylnaphthalenes, biphenyl and aniline. The accumulated data strongly
implies that microalgae can metabolize aromatic compounds and this suggests
that the phytoplankton may play a heretofore unsuspected role in the
degradation of aromatic compounds in the environment.
ABOUT THE ENUMERATION OF HYDROCARBON-OXIDIZING BACTERIA IN SEAWATER BY (A
CONSIDERED METHOD). 1115768
Koronelli, T. V Iljinsky, V. V.
VESTN. MOSK. UNIV., SER. 16, BIOL., no. 3, pp. 54-56 LANGUAGE(S)- RUSSIAN
PUBL. DATE- 1984. TYPE- JOURNAL ARTICLE TAPE ISS- 0286 NDN-
032-0085-0075-7
It is emphasized that the hydrocarbons must be the sole source of carbon and
energy in the medium, the addition of yeast extract follows by reproduction
of oligothrophic microflora and of resalts. Only old or artificial seawater
must be used for the preparing of medium, the incubation temperature must be
near to natural
FACTORS INFLUENCING HYDROCARBON DEGRADATION IN THREE FRESHWATER LAKES.
1094340
Cooney. J. J. Silver, S. A. Beck, E. A.
MICROB. ECOL., vol. 11, no. 2, pp. 127-137 LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH PUBL.
DATE- 1985. TYPE- JOURNAL ARTICLE TAPE ISS- 0186 COMPANY RELATED-
Environ. Sci. Program, Univ Massachusetts, Boston, MA 02125, USA NDN-
032-O084-2917-8
The mixed microbial flora of 3 lakes in Ohio with differing histories of
hydrocarbon pollution was examined in relation to the ability to use
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hydrocarbons. Weathered kerosene was spiked with naphthalene, pristane,
1,13-tetradecadiene, and n-heaxadecane and added to water-sediment mixtures
from the 3 lakes, and utilization of the 4 marker hydrocarbons was measured.
Each of the marker hydrocarbons was metabolized; naphthalene was the most
readily used and pristane was the most resistant. Values for dissolved
oxygen suggest that oxygen did not limit hydrocarbon degradation in the
water column at any site examined. Nutrient addition studies indicated that
nitrogen and phosphorus limited hydrocarbon degradation at all sites
examined. Maximum numbers of heterotrophic bacteria were detected when the
water temperature was 10 degree C or higher. The data indicate that
temperature limits hydrocarbon degradation in the winter, except at a site
which had been impacted by an oil spill and which received chronic inputs of
hydrocarbons and nutrients.
DEHYDROGENASE ACTIVITY OF SOME PETROLEUM-OXIDIZING MICROORGANISMS.
1071491
Bobkova, A. N. Tarkhova, E. P. Tatarenko, L. Ya.
PRIKL. BIOKHIM. MIKROBIOL., vol 21, no. 4, pp. 492-494 LANGUAGE(S)-
RUSSIAN PUBL. DATE- 1985. TYPE- JOURNAL ARTICLE TAPE ISS- 8512
COMPANY RELATED- Inst. Biol Southern Seas, Acad. Sci Ukr SSR, Sevastopol,
USSR NDN- 032-0083-8115-1
Some data on the level and optimum condition for determining the
dehydrogenase activity in bacteria characterized with a high
petroleum-oxidizing capacity are presented.
^ICROBIAL CONVERSIONS OF ALKANES AND FATTY ACIDS. 1041838
Ratledge, C.
J. AM. OIL CHEM. SOC., vol. 61, no. 2, pp. 447-451 LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH
PUBL. DATE- 1984. SUMMARY LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH TYPE- JOURNAL ARTICLE
TAPE ISS- 1185 COMPANY RELATED- Dep. Biochem., Univ. Hull, Hull, HU6
7RX, UK NDN- 032-0083-1904-0
Microorganisms, i.e., bacteria, yeasts and molds, can grow on a wide variety
of hydrocarbons as sole sources of carbon and energy They cna partially
oxidize an even greater range of such compounds. The list of compounds
attacked is extensive and includes straight and branched chain alkanes,
alkenes, alicyclic, heterocyclic and aromatic hydrocarbons. Indeed, there
are probably few compounds that cannot be attacked, at least partially, by
some microorganism; the most recalcitrant molecules are probably the
macromolecular polymers such as polyethylene and polystyrene, where there
are considerable difficulties for the microorganism to produce a
solubilizing enzyme prior to oxidative degradation. Of course, there is no
single organism which will utilize all hydrocarbons but, in general, each
organism can utilize a range of hydrocarbons as sole source of carbon and
energy.
I/DEGRADATION OF UNSATURATED HYDROCARBONS BY METHANOGENIC ENRICHMENT CULTURES.
1027713
Schink, B.
FEMS MICROBIOL. ECOL., vol. 31, no. 2, pp. 69-77 LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH
PUBL. DATE- 1985. SUMMARY LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH TYPE- JOURNAL ARTICLE
TAPE ISS- 1085 COMPANY RELATED- Fak. Biol., Univ. Konstanz, Postfach
5560, D-7750 Konstanz, FRG NDN- 032-0081-8013-7
The biodegradabi1ity of hydrocarbons under anaerobic conditions was studied
in enrichment cultures using mineral media inoculated with sewage sludge or
sediment samples of limnic and marine origin. No indication of methanogenic
degradation was obtained with eigher n-hexane, n-hexadecane, n-heptadecane,
1-hexene, cis-2-hexene, trans-2-hexene, isoprene, 1-hexine, benzene,
toluene, xylene, cyclohexene, cycloheptatriene, cyclopentadiene, styrene,
naphthalene, azulene, or beta -carotene. Squalene was incompletely
converted to methane and carbon dioxide. Complete degradation was observed
with 1-hexadecene. The results indicate that terminal double bonds can be
sufficient to allow methanogenic degradation of hydrocarbons whereas
branching and terminal ring closures may significantly contribute to
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hydrocarbon stability in anoxic environments.
^DEGRADATION OF VOLATILE CHLORINATED ALIPHATIC PRIORITY POLLUTANTS IN
GROUNDWATER. 0993585
Smith, L. R. Dragun, L.
ENVIRON. INT , vol 10, no. 4, pp. 291-298 LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH PUBL.
DATE- 1984. SUMMARY LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH TYPE- JOURNAL ARTICLE TAPE
ISS- 0985 COMPANY RELATED- Kennedy/Jenks Eng., 657 Howard St., San
Francisco, CA 94105, USA NDN- 032-0081-3545-3
The known degradation products and degradative pathways involving selected
volatile aliphatic chlorinated hydrocarbons in soi1-groundwater systems are
summarized. Current data indicate that the most commonly found products of
microbial degradation of these compounds come from reductive dehalogenation,
while nonmicrobial degradations tend to involve hydrolysis and/or oxidation.
However, conclusions must be regarded as tentatie, since most of the
available studies have involved model systems and extrapolations, rather
than direct studies of compounds in groundwater systems. Other potentially
complicating factors, such as mobility and volatilization, are memtioned.
Current knowledge is discussed in the context of data that would be
desirable to obtain in future studies.
TRANSFORMATION OF BACILLUS SUBTILIS WITH DNA-ENCODING NAPHTHALENE DEGRADATION
FROM BACILLUS MEGATERIUM 0968709
Oh, S. Y Ouensen, J. Matsumura, F Momose, H.
ENVIRON. TOXICOL. CHEM., vol 4, no. 2, pp. 21-27 LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH
PUBL. DATE- 1985. SUMMARY LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH TYPE- JOURNAL ARTICLE
TAPE ISS- 0885 COMPANY RELATED- Pestic. Res. Cent., Michigan State
Univ., East Lansing, MI 48824, USA NDN- 032-0080-8123-5
The ability to degrade ( super(14)C)-naphthalene was transferred from
Bacillus megaterium to B. subtilis by extracting B. megaterium DNA and
introducing it into B. subtilis using the protoplast-polyethylene glycol
method. Naphthalene degradation was indicated by the accumulation of water
soluble super(14)C activity and the presence of a unique
solvent-extractable metabolite on TLC analysis. B. megaterium ATCC 13368
and derivatives conditioned to the presence of each of these three chemicals
were used as DNA donors. B. subtilis transformants showed greater
resistance to the chemical to which the DNA donor B. megaterium had been
condi t ioned.
THE PHYSIOLOGY OF HYDROCARBON-UTILIZING MICROORGANISMS. 0968836
Boulton, C. A. Ratledge, P C.
TOP ENZYME FERMENT BIOTECHNOL., vol. 9, pp. 11-77 LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH
PUBL. DATE- 1984. TYPE- JOURNAL ARTICLE OTHER NUMB. ISBN
0-85312-633-X TAPE ISS- 0885 COMPANY RELATED- Dep. Biochem., Univ.
Hull, Hull, HU6 7RX, UK NDN- 032-0080-8025-5
A review.
OXIDATION OF PERSISTENT ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS BY A WHITE ROT FUNGUS.
0975847
Bumpus, J. A. Tien, M. Wright, D. Aust, S. D.
SCIENCE (WASH.) , vol. 228, no. 4706, pp. 1434-1435 LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH
PUBL. DATE- 1985. SUMMARY LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH TYPE- JOURNAL ARTICLE
TAPE ISS- 0885 COMPANY RELATED- Dep. Biochem., Cent. Study Active
Oxygen, Michigan State Univ., East Lansing, MI 48824, USA NDN-
032-O080-4939-A
The white rot fungus Phanerochaete chrysosporiurn degraded DDT
(1,1-bis(4-chlorophenyl)-2,2,2-trichloroethane),
3,4,3',4'-tetrachlorobiphenyl, 2,4,5,2'-4',5'-hexachlorobiphenyl,
2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxi n, 1i ndane
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(1,2,3,4,5,6-hexachlorocyclohexane), and benzo(a)pyrene to carbon dioxide.
Model studies, based on the use of DDT, suggest that the ability of P.
chrysosporium to metabolize these compounds is dependent on the
extracellular 1ignin-degrading enzyme system of this fungus.
V'MICROBIAL OIL TRANSFORMATION PROCESSES ACCOMPANIED BY METHANE AND
HYDROGEN-SULFIDE FORMATION. 0981980
Nazina, T. N. Rozanova, E. P. Kuznetsov, S. I.
GEOMICROBIOL. d., vol. 4, no. 2, pp. 103-130 LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH
PUBL. DATE- 1985. SUMMARY LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH TYPE- JOURNAL ARTICLE
TAPE ISS- 0885 COMPANY RELATED- Inst. Microbiol., USSR Acad. Sci.,
Moscow, USSR NDN- 032-0080-3073-7
The pattern of distribution and the proportions of microorganisms belonging
to several physiological groups present in the formation waters of
water-flooded petroleum bearing rocks of the Apsheron Peninsula were
investigated. It was shown that hydrocarbon-oxidizing bacteria occur
predominantly in the near-bottom zones of injection wells, accessible to
dissolved oxygen. Anaerobic microorganisms (sulfate-reducing, fermenting,
and methanogenic bacteria) were present in all zones affected by water
flooding. The variety of bacterial species present in oil-bearing rocks was
i nvest igated.
MICROBIAL DEGRADATION OF 2,4,6-TRICHLOROANILINE IN AQUATIC SAMPLES AND
LABORATORY ENRICHMENT CULTURES. 0953285
Mitchell, W. R. Hoke, S. H. Rosencrance, A. B.
J. ENVIRON. SCI. HEALTH, PART A., vol. 19A, no. 6, pp. 679-696
LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH PUBL. DATE- 1984. SUMMARY LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH
TYPE- JOURNAL ARTICLE ISSN- ISSN 0360-1226 TAPE ISS- 8507 COMPANY
RELATED- U.S. Army Med. Bioeng. Res. and Dev. Lab., Health Eff. Res. Div.,
Fort Detrick, Frederick, MD 21701, USA NDN- 032-O079-9834-4
Microorganisms present in water samples obtained from a small tributary to
the Gunpowder River in Maryland degraded 2,4,6-trichloroani1ine following a
prolonged acclimation period. Creek water sediments, but not the
co-substrate aniline, reduced the lag time prior to degradation. The
microorganisms in the samples could be enriched to grow on
2,4,6-trichloroani1ine as indicated by increases in carbon dioxide,
chloride, and adenosine triphosphate and by slight biomass increases
accompanying the degradation of the compound. Uptake of
2,4,6-trichloroani1ine by the enrichment population was as rapid as that of
the original sample population but was without an apparent lag. Similar
enrichment cultures could not be developed from five other sites.
THE UTILIZATION OF AROMATES AND THEIR DERIVATIVES BY BACTERIA. 0913567
Halama, D. August in, J.
16th MEETING OF THE FEDERATION OF EUROPEAN BIOCHEMICAL SOCIETIES.
ABSTRACTS., p. 4O1 LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH PUBL. DATE- 1984. TYPE-
BOOK CONF.NAME- 16. Meeting of the Federation of European Biochemical
Societies CONF.PLACE- Moscow (USSR) CONF.DATE- 25-30 Jun 1984
NOTES- Summary only. TAPE ISS- 0585 COMPANY RELATED- Dep. Biochem.
Technol., Slovak Polytechn. Univ., 81237 Bratislava, Czechoslovakia NDN-
032-0078-8465-9
By enrichment cultivation on hydrocarbons in DMA mineral medium cultures of
bacteria (mostly Pseudomonas ) were isolated, cultivated on benzene and its
mono and disubstitued derivatives, as well as on naphthalene and it's
monosubstituted derivatives. Strain isolated on benzene didn't grow on, or
oxidize naphthalene and its derivatives. Bacteria isolated from naphthalene
enrichment cultures are able to grow also on 1- but not on 2-naphtol or
derivatives in 1,4-positions.
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ACCLIMATED MICROBIAL RESPONSES TO ORGANIC SPECIES IN INDUSTRIAL LANDFILL
LEACHATE. O930874
Veankataramani , E. S. Ahlert, R. C.
J. HAZARDOUS MATER., vol. 10, no. 1, pp. 1-12 LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH
PUBL. DATE- 1985. SUMMARY LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH TYPE- JOURNAL ARTICLE
TAPE ISS- O585 COMPANY RELATED- Dep . Chem . and Biochero. Eng., Rutgers
Univ., P.O. Box 909, Piscataway, NJ 08854, USA NDN- 032-0078-1551-3
Acclimated mixed microbial cultures utilize organic carbon and other
nutrients solely from leachate and exhibit a dlauxic type of growth,
implying the presence of two groups of organic "substrates" in the leachate
under study. Carbon balance calculations provide clear evidence that the
loss of dissolved organic carbon is due to biological oxidation and not to
sorption, stripping or evaporation. Substrate inhibition and low sludge
yield are observed. The oxygen requirements of the mixed culture are
nominal. It is possible to treat high-strength hazardous wastewater at an
overall organic carbon removal of about 80%. Application of reverse osmosis
improves the quality of effluents from biological degradation.
AND ON-SITE BIODEGRADATION OF INDUSTRIAL LANDFILL LEACHATE.
0930973
Kosson, D. S. Ahlert, R. C.
ENVIRON. PROG., vol. 3, no. 3, pp. 176-182 LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH PUBL.
DATE- 1984. SUMMARY LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH TYPE- JOURNAL ARTICLE TAPE
ISS- 0585 COMPANY RELATED- Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, NJ 08903, USA
NDN- 032-0078-1487-3
An on-site or in-situ field, pilot-scale experiment demonstrates promising
results for the treatment of aqueous hazardous wastes. Pretreatment is
necessary to remove bulk and dispersed organic phases. Seeding and
acclimation or a mixed microbial population is sufficient to achieve an
active in-situ microbial community. A sandy loam and a clay loam with
different permeabilities and sorptive characteristics have been
investigated. TOC reductions in excess of 90% were readily achieved and
reductions in excess of 95% have been observed.
AEROBIC MICROFLORA OF AN OIL DEPOSIT AND ITS ABILITY TO DESTROY OIL.
0933142
Gorlatov, S. N. Belyaev, S. S.
MIKROBIOLOGIYA . , vol 53, no. 5, pp. 843-849 LANGUAGE(S)- RUSSIAN
PUBL. DATE- 1984. SUMMARY LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH TYPE- JOURNAL ARTICLE
TAP.E ISS- 0585 COMPANY RELATED- Inst. Biochem. and Physiol.
Microorganisms, Acad . Sci. SSSR , Puschino, USSR NDN- 032-0078- 1 17 1 -A
The incidence of hydrocarbon-oxidizing microorganisms was studied in stratal
water of the Bondyuzh oil deposit. Their maximal incidence was found in the
region where pumped in and stratal waters were mixed with a mineralization
of 45-80 g/L. The species composition of most typical cultures was
determined in the aerobic microflora and some of their physiological and
biochemical properties were studied. The authors report the quantitative
content of methanol , ethanol and volatile fatty acids produced during oil
destruction by pure cultures of hydrocarbon-oxidizing microorganisms.
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THE FUNDAMENTALS OF AQUATIC TOXICOLOGY: METHODS AND APPLICATIONS.
O905013
Rand, G. M. Petrocelli, S. R. (eds.)
pp. 416-454 LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH PUBL. DATE- 1984. SUMMARY
LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH TYPE- BOOK ISBN- ISBN 0-89116-302-5 TAPE ISS-
0485 COMPANY RELATED- New England Mar Res. Lab., Battelle, William F.
Clapp Labs., Inc., Duxbury, MA 02332, USA NDN- 032-0077-2391-7
Because of their low aqueous solubilities, PAH in the aquatic environment
rapidly become adsorbed to organic and inorganic particulate materials and
are deposited in bottom sediments or accumulated in the tissues of aquatic
organisms. Aquatic organisms often have tissue PAH concentration orders of
magnitude higher than aqueous PAH concentrations, but equal to or less than
those in bottom sediments. Several processes reduce concentrations of PAH in
water and sediments. These include evaporation, photooxidation, and
metabolic degradation by aquatic bacteria, fungi, and animals. Aquatic
organisms are able to accumulate PAH from water, food, and sediment. In most
cases, accumulation from water is more efficient than accumulation from food
or sediment. Sediment-adsorbed PAH have very limited bioavai1abi1ity to
aquatic organisms. The purpose of this review is to summarize and synthesize
what is known about the impact of PAH on aquatic organisms and ecosystems.
MICROBIAL AND PARTICULATE CONTAMINATION IN FUEL TANKS ON NAVAL SHIPS.
0871662
Neihof, R. May, M.
INT BIODETERIOR. BULL., vol 19, no. 2, pp. 59-68 LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH
PUBL. DATE- 1983. SUMMARY LANGUAGE(S)- GERMAN ENGLISH SPANISH FRENCH
TYPE- JOURNAL ARTICLE TAPE ISS- 0385 COMPANY RELATED- Naval Res.
Lab., (Code 4350), Environ. Sci. Div., Washington, DC 20375, USA NDN-
032-0076-8833-2
A study was made of the microbial and particulate composition of sludges
taken from eighty fuel tanks on eight ships employing water compensated
systems. Viable micro-organisms recognised as common hydrocarbon fuel
comtaminants were found in all samples. In about 17% of the samples,
sulfate-reducing bacteria were present, fungi were inactive, pH exceeded 7.8
and sulfide was frequently present. About 25% of the samples were dominated
by yeasts and fungi and pH was less than 4.2. In the remaining samples the
pH was intermediate and both bacteria and fungi were present. A yeast
(Candida ) always appeared with the fungus, Cladosporium resinae , and may
serve to lower the pH in sea water systems sufficiently to allow initiation
of growth of the fungus.
EFFECT OF MICROBIAL SEEDING OF CRUDE OIL IN SEAWATER IN A MODEL SYSTEM.
0873509
Tagger, S. Bianchi, A. Julliard, M. Le Petit, J. Roux, B.
MAR. BIDL., vol. 78, no. 1, pp. 13-20 LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH PUBL. DATE-
1983. SUMMARY LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH TYPE- JOURNAL ARTICLE TAPE ISS-
0385 COMPANY RELATED- Lab. Microbiol., Fac. Sci Tech. Saint-Jerome,
Univ. Aix-Marsei1le III, Rue H. Poincare, 13397 Marseille Cedex 13, France
NDN- 032-0076-8069-7
The adding of a mixed culture of marine hydrocarbon-degrading bacteria to
petroleum polluted seawater did not increase the hydrocarbon degradation
capability of the water. All the strains of the mixed culture disappeared
from the dominant microflora while the autochthonous bacteria showed a
capacity for adaptation to petroleum degradation about four days after the
oil spill This confirms the advantage of natural bacterial communities. The
oil spilled on the sea surface evolved very quickly under the influence of
abiotic factors such as sunlight. Aromatic petroleum fractions were oxidized
and polymerized. This chemical evolution causes a drastic decrease of the
biodegradabi1ity of crude oil.
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STUDY OF SELF-PURIFICATION CAPACITY OF FERROUS-METALLURGIC BUFFER PONDS.
0875272
Bagnyuk, V M.
SOV. J. ECOL., vol. 15, no. 2, pp. 72-78 LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH PUBL.
DATE- 1984. SUMMARY LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH TYPE- JOURNAL ARTICLE TAPE
ISS- 0385 COMPANY RELATED- N.G. Kholodnyi Inst. Bot., Acad. Sci.
Ukrainian SSR, Kiev, USSR NDN- 032-0076-7070-3
Comprehensive studies were made of the algobacterial communities in buffer
ponds serving for the disposal, cooling, settling, and natural stabilization
of ferrous-metal 1urgic waste waters. The studied buffer ponds exhibit a
definite level of self-purification from petroleum products, phenols,
cyanides, thiocyanates, and other pollutants. The regulation of the
concentration and ratio of nitrogen and phosphorus biogenic salts in waste
waters of metallurgic production can greatly intensify the biological
post-purification in buffer ponds.
MODIFICATION OF THE SUPER(14)C MOST-PROBABLE-NUMBER METHOD FOR USE WITH
NONPOLAR AND VOLATILE SUBSTRATES. 0879951
Somerville, C. C. Nonti, C. A. Spain, J. C.
APPL. ENVIRON. MICROBIOL., vol 49, no. 3, pp. 711-713 LANGUAGE(S)-
ENGLISH PUBL. DATE- 1985. SUMMARY LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH TYPE- JOURNAL
ARTICLE TAPE ISS- 0385 COMPANY RELATED- Biol. Dep., Georgia State
Univ., Atlanta, GA 30303, USA NDN- 032-0076-5397-A
A method was developed to allow the use of volatile and nonpolar substrates
in super(14)C most-probable-number tests. Naphthalene or hexadecane was
sorbed to filter paper disks and submerged in minimal medium. The procedure
reduced the volatilization of the substrates while allowing them to remain
available for microbial degradation.
DEVELOPMENT OF PETROLEUM MICROBIOLOGY IN CHINA.
Wang, X. Y
0885836
2. ALLG. MIKROBIOL., vol. 24, no. 9, pp. 655-662 LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH
PUBL. DATE- 1984. SUMMARY LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH TYPE- JOURNAL ARTICLE
TAPE ISS- 0385 COMPANY RELATED- Inst. Microbiol., Acad. Sinica, Beijing,
People's Rep. China NDN- 032-0076-3232-8
Petroleum microbiology in China begun in 1955 with studies on gaseous
hydrocarbon-oxidizing bacteria and microbiological petroleum-prospecting
method (1) Since the sixties, the following work has been done: studies of
oil field microorganisms and their application in the petroleum industry;
the role of microorganisms in conversion of organic sediments; and the
deparaffining of oil products; production of single cell protein as well as
organic acids etc. This paper gives a review of this research work done in
Chi na.
DEGRADATION OF CRUDE OIL BY A MIXED POPULATION OF BACTERIA ISOLATED FROM
SEA-SURFACE FOAMS. 0827628
Rambeloarisoa, E. Rontani, J. F Giusti, G. Duvnjak, Z. Bertrand, J. C.
MAR. BIOL., vol. 83, no. 1, pp. 69-81 LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH PUBL. DATE-
1984. SUMMARY LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH TYPE- JOURNAL ARTICLE TAPE
NUMBER- 8501 COMPANY RELATED- Cent. Oceanol Marseille, Fac. Sci Luminy
(U.R.A. 41), F-13288 Marseille Cedex 9, France NDN- 032-0075-2901-3
A mixed bacteria population (EM sub(4)) was isolated from foams formed on
the surface of a zone chronically polluted by hydrocarbons (Gulf of Fos,
French Mediterranean coast, October 1981) The population was able to
degrade crude oil very effectively in the presence of sea water supplemented
with nitrogen, phosphorus and iron. The percentage of hydrocarbon
degradation was 81% at 30 degree C, pH 8, and partial oxygen pressure of
100%. After 12 d incubation, 92 and 83% of satured and aromatic compounds
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(mono-, di- and triaromatics) were degraded, respectively, as well as 63% of
polar products and 48.5% of asphaltenes. Maximum degradation was attained at
a sodium chloride concentration of between 400 and 800 mM with Population EM
sub(4), which is constituted of 8 strains, four of which are weak
halophiles. Bacterial growth on hydrocarbons induces the production in the
culture medium of surface-active agents which are able to emulsify the
substrate. The results would seem to demonstrate the importance of
biosurfactants in the elimination of hydrocarbons from polluted biotopes.
NUMERICAL TAXONOMY OF PHENANTHRENE-DEGRADING BACTERIA ISOLATED FROM THE
CHESAPEAKE BAY 0829868
West, P A. Okpokwasili, G. C. Brayton, P. R. Grimes, D.
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anaerobic digester sludge. Degradation of tested compounds occurred in all 3
reducing environments. Stoichiometric conversion to CO sub(2) and CH sub(4)
was observed for phenol, hydroquinone, phioroglucinol and p-cresol . Rates
and extent of catabolism were improved with acclimation for non-chlorinated
but not for chlorinated compounds.
POTENTIAL TRANSFORMATION RATES FOR POLYNUCLEAR AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS (PNAHS) IN
SURFICIAL ESTUARINE SEDIMENTS. 0833913
Shiaris, M. P. Jambard-Sweet, D.
ABSTRACTS OF THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR MICROBIOLOGY
1984., p. 217 LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH PUBL. DATE- 1984. TYPE- BOOK
CONF.NAME- 84. Annual Meeting of the American Society for Microbiology
CONF.PLACE- St. Louis, MO (USA) CONF.DATE- 4-9 Mar 1984 ISBN- ISBN
0-914826-62-X NOTES- Summary only. TAPE NUMBER- 8501 COMPANY
RELATED- Univ. Massachussetts/Boston-Harbor Camp., Boston, MA 02125, USA
NDN- 032-0074-8823-0
Potential rates for transformation and mineralization of three PNAHs were
determined from surficial sediments of Boston Harbor, Mass. Ambient
concentrations of total PNAHs previously obtained from 26 sampling stations
constitute a range of 32 5452 ppb. Potential mineralization and
transformation rates were determined from radiorespirometry and mass balance
recovery of three target PNAHs: 14-C napthalene, 14-C phenanthrene, and 14-C
benzo(a)pyrene. Potential mineralization and transformation rates ranged
from 0-1.320 and 0.008-5.162 ng multiplied by g(dry) super(-1) multiplied by
h-1 , respectively.
MICROBIAL DEGRADATION AND MINERALIZATION OF BROMINATED BIPHENYLS AND BROMINATED
BENZOATES. 0834028
Kong, H.-L. Sayler, G. S.
ABSTRACTS OF THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR MICROBIOLOGY
1984., p. 217 LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH PUBL. DATE- 1984. TYPE- BOOK
CONF.NAME- 84. Annual Meeting of the American Society for Microbiology
CONF.PLACE- St. Louis, MO (USA) CONF.DATE- 4-9 Mar 1984 ISBN- ISBN
O-914826-62-X NOTES- Summary only. TAPE NUMBER- 8501 COMPANY
RELATED- Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37916, USA NDN- 032-0074-8814-0
Mixed species bacterial cultures obtained from industrially polluted river
sediments were found capable of degrading a variety of brominated aromatic
compounds. Among the three monobrominated biphenyls examined, all were
degraded by the natural bacterial consortium; however, only 4-bromobiphenyl
was mineralized. 4-bromobenzoate was detected as a transient metabolite of
4-bromobiphenyl 4-bromobenzoate was also mineralized by the bacterial
culture. 2- and 3-bromobenzoate were not degraded. Under simulated natural
conditions and abundant supply of substrates, average rates of
mineralization of 4-bromobipheny1 and 4-bromobenzoate were approximately 3
and 18 mg/liter-day respectively during a 14-day period.
ANAEROBIC BIOCONVERSION OF HALOAROMATIC SUBSTRATES IN SEVERAL ANOXIC HABITATS.
0834190
Gibson, S. A. Suflita,
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methanogenic aquifer showed > 80% conversion of 8 halobenzoates and 5
chlorophenols compared to 5 halobenzoates and 7 chlorophenols in sediment.
(OXIDATIVE PHOTOINDUCTION AND BIODEGRADATION OF NAPHTHALENE IN SEA WATER.).
0838217
Diarra, B. Venien, F Le Guyader, A. Venien, J. Cormier, M.
ENVIRON. TECHNOL. LETT., vol. 5, no. 7, pp. 319-332 LANGUAGE(S)- FRENCH
PUBL. DATE- 1984. SUMMARY LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH TYPE- JOURNAL ARTICLE
ORIG.TITLE- Oxydation photoinduite et biodegradation de naphtalenes dans
1'eau de mer TAPE NUMBER- 8501 COMPANY RELATED- Lab. CNGE, ENSCR,
Ave. du General Led ere, 35000 Rennes, France NDN- 032-0074-8O17-3
The influence of U.V. radiations on naphthalene and 2-methyl naphthalene in
seawater is examined by chemical analyses. The present work deals with a
study of naphthalene degrading bacterial species after a preliminary
isolation of adapted marine strains. This degradation is followed with
gas-chromatography during the different experiences.
A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF PLASMIDS CONTROLLING NAPHTHALENE BIODEGRADATIDN BY
PSEUDOMONAS BACTERIA. 0838249
Kochetkov. V. V. Boronin, A. M.
MIKROBIOLOGIYA., vol. 53, no. 4, pp. 639-644- LANGUAGE(S)- RUSSIAN
PUBL. DATE- 1984. SUMMARY LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH TYPE- JOURNAL ARTICLE
TAPE NUMBER- 8501 COMPANY RELATED- Puschino Inst. Biochem. and Physio!
Microorganisms, Acad. Sci. SSSR, Moscow, USSR NDN- 032-0074-8O05-3
The object of this work was to study 25 Pseudomonas strains growing in a
medium with naphthalene as a sole carbon source. Naphthalene catabolism was
controlled by conjugative plasmids in 14 strains. The molecular mass of the
plasmids was rather big, from 60 to 130 MD. The plasmids were classified in
terms of their incompatibility and were assigned to the P-7 and P-9 groups
five to each group. The incompatibility group could not be determined in
four plasmids. The character of naphthalene catabolism controlled by the
plasmids implies that only two of the plasmids control naphthalene oxidation
via the "ortho" pathway of catechol cleavage which is an intermediate
product in the oxidation of naphthalene. Just as most of the so far known
plasmids controlling naphthalene biodegradation, seven of the plasmids
studied in this work controlled naphthalene oxidation via the "meta" pathway
of catechol cleavage.
DEGRADATION OF AROMATIC PETROLEUM HYDROCARBONS BY PURE MICROBIAL CULTURES.
0838482
Solanas, A. M. Pares, R. Bayona, J. M. Albaiges, J.
CHEMOSPHERE., vol. 13, no. 5-6, pp. 593-601 LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH PUBL.
DATE- 1984. SUMMARY LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH TYPE- JOURNAL ARTICLE TAPE
NUMBER- 8501 COMPANY RELATED- Dep. Microbiol., Fac. Bio!., Univ.
Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain NDN- O32-O074-7909-9
Aerobic degradation of an Arabian light crude oil residue by bacterial
strains (Pseudomonas spp.), isolated from tanker ballast waters, revealed
that degradation of alkyl aromatics, namely of alkylnaphthalenes, depends on
the position, number and type of the substituents. Optimal conditions of
biodegradation and the environmental and geochemical significance of this
feature are discussed.
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OXIDATION OF PHENANTHRENE BY THE MARINE CYANOBACTERIUM AGMENELLUM
QUADRUPLICATUM STRAIN PR-6. 0838770
Narro, M. L. van Baalen, C.
ABSTRACTS OF THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FDR MICROBIOLOGY
1984., p. 156 LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH PUBL . DATE- 1984 TYPE- BOOK
CONF.NAME- 84. Annual Meeting of the American Society for Microbiology
CONF.PLACE- St. Louis, MO (USA) CONF.DATE- 4-9 Mar 1984 ISBN- ISBN
0-914826-62-X NOTES- Summary only. TAPE NUMBER- 8501 COMPANY
RELATED- Univ. Texas, Austin, TX 78712, USA NDN- 032-0074-7808-9
Marine cyanobacteria have been shown to oxidize naphthalene and biphenyl to
hydroxylated products. As part of this study the authors have now
demonstrated the oxidation of phenanthrene by Agmenellum quadruplicatum ,
strain PR-6. The organism was incubated for 24 hours with (
super(14)C)-phenanthrene, under photoautotrophic growth conditions. Three
major metabolites were detected and these represented 4.3% of the added (
super(14))phenanthrene.
UTILIZATION OF CANDIDA SALMONICOLA METABOLIC PRODUCTS BY THE FUNGUS
TRICHOSPORON CUTANEUM . 0842176
Gradova, N. B. Davidova, E. G. Volkova, L. V. Zakharchuk, L. M.
PRIKL. BIOKHIM. MIKROBIOL., vol 20, no. 4, pp. 503-510 LANGUAGE(S)-
RUSSIAN PUBL. DATE- 1984. SUMMARY LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH RUSSIAN
TYPE- JOURNAL ARTICLE TAPE NUMBER- 85O1 COMPANY RELATED- All-Union
Sci.-Res. Inst. Biosynth. Protein Subst., Moscow, USSR NDN-
032-0074-6789-4
To study the interaction between the fungus Trichosporon cutaneum and the
yeast Candida salmonicola , cultivated together on hydrocarbon media, a
possibility of utilizing n-alkanes and the yeast metabolic products by the
fungus was being analysed. In spite of the ability of T cutaneum to modify
n-alkanes, it obviously fails to compete with hydrocarbon-oxidi-zi ng yeasts
for the main carbon substrate. On the other hand, the fungus can assimilate
the organic acids, including mono- and dicarboxylic acids, produced by the
yeast while being cultivated on n-alkane media.
ACCIDENTAL EXPOSURE TO DIOXINS. HUMAN HEALTH ASPECTS. O819078
Coulston, F. Pocchiari, F (eds)
ECOTOXICOL. ENVIRON. OUAL. SER., no. 5 LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH PUBL.
DATE- 1983. SUMMARY LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH TYPE- BOOK CONF.NAME-
International Forum on Human Health Aspects of Accidental Chemical Exposure
to Dioxins--SCONF.PLACE- Bethesda, MD (USA) CONF.DATE- 4-7 Oct 1981
ISBN- ISBN 0-12-193160-9 TAPE NUMBER- 1284 COMPANY RELATED- Pestic.
Res. Cent., Michigan State Univ , East Lansing, MI 48824, USA NDN-
032-0074-2988-2
Microbial degradation of TCDD was studied by using pure culture isolates of
microorganisms, terrestrial and aquatic model systems and an outdoor pond.
In each case metabolic activities were recognized by the appearance of
metabolic products from super(14)C-TCDD. In the outdoor pond the apparent
half-life of TCDD was in the order of 1 year, recoveries of TCDD after 12
and 25 months being 49.7 and 29.4%, respectively Two microbial isolates,
Bacillus megaterium and Nocardiopsis sp., were found to degrade TCDD.
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CIANOGENESIS IN BOVINE RUMEN FLUID AND PURE CULTURES OF RUMEN BACTERIA.
0803021
Majak, W. Cheng, K.-J.
0. ANIM. SCI , vol. 59, no. 3, pp. 784-790 LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH PUBL .
DATE- 1984. SUMMARY LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH TYPE- JOURNAL ARTICLE TAPE
NUMBER- 1184 COMPANY RELATED- Agric. Canada Res. Stn., Kamloops, B.C.
V2B 8A9, Canada NDN- 032-0073-3256-1
Serviceberry browse (containing prunasin) was administered i ntraruminal 1 y to
examine cianogenesis in the bovine rumen. Maximum levels of hydrogen cyanide
(HCN) in rumen fluid were observed .5 h after dosing, after which rates of
HCN disappearance ranged from .99 to -8.48 mu g HCN multiplied by ml
super(-1). Thiocyanate formation was detected in vivo and the degree of HCN
detoxification was significant when it disappeared at slower rates.
Cyanogenic activity was found widely but unevenly distributed among pure
cultures of rumen bacteria. Production of HCN from amygdalin occurred in 30
out of 68 strains of rumen bacteria tested. Thiocyanate formation was also
detected in vitro when mixed rumen cultures were incubated with amygdalin or
sodium cyanide.
DEGRADATION OF ORGANIC COMPOUNDS. 0773823
Gibson, D . T (ed . )
MICROBIOL. SER., PUBLISHER- MARCEL DEKKER, INC . PUB . PLACE- NEW YORK, NY (USA)
vol. 13 LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH PUBL. DATE- 1984. TYPE- BOOK ISBN-
ISBN 0-8247-7102-8 TAPE NUMBER- 1084 NDN- 032-0072-9448-6
The contents of this book include: the evolution of degradative pathways;
methods for chemical characterization of biodegradat i on; transformation of C
sub(1) compounds by microorganisms, microbial degradation of aliphatic
microorganisms, microbial degradation of the alicyclic ring; degradation of
aromatic hydrocarbons; degradation of aromatic compounds by the meta and
gentisate pathways; microbial metabolism of furans; microbial metabolism of
condensed thiophenes; microbial degradation of halogenated aromatic
compounds; microbial degradation of PCB ; microbial degradation of
phthalates; degradation of lignin; biodegradat ion and the significance of
microbial communities; and, an aerobic degradation of aromatic compounds.
MICROBIAL DEGRADATION OF ORGANIC COMPOUNDS. 0773855
Gibson, D . T . ( ed . )
MICROBIOL. SER., vol. 13 LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH PUBL. DATE- 1984.
TYPE- BOOK ISBN- ISBN 0-8247-7102-8 TAPE NUMBER- 1084 COMPANY
RELATED- Biotechnol. Cent., Cranfield Inst. Technol . , Cranfield, Bedford,
Kent, UK NDN- 032-0072-9428-5
The authors discuss the following: sources of C sub(1) compounds in the
environment; microorganisms and habitats; metabolism of reduced C sub( 1 )
compounds (speci f ical 1 y-methane and dimethyl ether oxidation, 58 methanol
oxidation, formaldehyde oxidation, formate and formamide oxidation,
tr imethyl sul f onium chloride oxidation, oxidation of methyl amines, oxidation
of urea and N-methy 1 urea, carbon monoxide oxidation, cyanide oxidation,
oxidation of other C sub( 1 ) compounds); and, possible involvement of methane
utilizers in degradation of more complex compounds.
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MICROBIAL DEGRADATION OF ORGANIC COMPOUNDS. 0773885
Gibson, D. T. (ed.)
MICROBIOL. SER., vol. 13 LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH PUBL. DATE- 1984.
TYPE- BOOK ISBN- ISBN 0-8247-7102-8 TAPE NUMBER- 1084 COMPANY
RELATED- Cent. Appl. Microbiol., Univ. Texas, Austin, TX 78712, USA NDN-
032-0072-9409-0
The chapter includes: organisms; factors relating to growth on aliphatic
hydrocarbons, (substrate specificity, hydrocarbon uptake, regulation of
oxidative enzymes); pathways and mechanisms. (N-alkanes, subterminal
oxidation, alkenes, branched-chain sliphatics); and, anaerobic degradation
of aliphatic hydrocarbons.
MICROBIAL DEGRADATION OF ORGANIC COMPOUNDS. 0773902
Gibson, D. T. (ed.)
MICROBIOL. SER., vol. 13 LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH PUBL. DATE- 1984.
TYPE- BOOK ISBN- ISBN O-8247-7102-8 TAPE NUMBER- 1084 COMPANY
RELATED- Dep. Biochem. and Agric. Biochem., University Coll Wales,
Aberystwyth, Dyfed, Wales, UK NDN- 032-0072-9397-3
The chapter is divided into the following sections: Growth of Microorganisms
with Alicyclic Hydrocarbons; Microbial Degradation of Alicyclic Alcohols and
Ketones; Microbial Degradation of Cycloalkyl Carboxylic Acids; Microbial
Degradation of n-Alkylcycloalkanes; Rules to Be Broken; Degradation of
Alicyclic Molecules of Greater Structural Complexity; and, Complex Alicyclic
Molecules.
MICROBIAL DEGRADATION OF ORGANIC COMPOUNDS. 0773919
Gibson, D. T. (ed.)
MICROBIOL. SER., vol. 13 LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH PUBL. DATE- 1984.
TYPE- BOOK ISBN- ISBN O-8247-7102-8 TAPE NUMBER- 1084 COMPANY
RELATED- Cent. Appl. Microbiol., Univ. Texas, Austin, TX 78712, USA NDN-
032-O072-9384-8
The chapter is divided into the following sections: Bacterial Oxidation of
Aromatic Hydrocarbons (benzene, halogenated benzenes, alkylbenzenes,
naphthalene, phenanthrene, anthracene, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons);
Enzymatic Oxidation of Aromatic Hydrocarbons (benzene dioxygenase, toluene
dioxygenase, naphthalene dioxygenase); Fungal Oxidation of Aromatic
Hydrocarbons (naphthalene, biphenyl, benzo(a)pyrene, benzo(a)anthrancene,
3-methylcholanthrene); and, Algal Oxidation of Aromatic Hydrocarbons
(naphthalene and biphenyl).
PETROLEUM MICROBIOLOGY 0775878
Atlas, R. M. (ed.)
pp. 129-152 LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH PUBL. DATE- 1984. TYPE- BOOK
ISBN- ISBN 0-O2-949OOO-6 TAPE NUMBER- 1084 COMPANY RELATED- Dep.
Biol. Sci., Univ. Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH 45221, USA NDN-
032-0072-8341-1
In this article the use of gaseous hydrocarbons as substrates for the growth
of microorganisms is considered. Gaseous alkanes are widespread in nature,
and numerous types of microbes have evolved that can oxidize these reduced
compounds for their sole source of carbon and energy A few unsaturated
gaseous hydrocarbons are also produced in nature, and their utilization
patterns have also been determined. The use of gaseous carbon sources for
cell growth is common and found in autotrophic organisms (photosynthetic
organisms and chemolithotrophic bacteria) where CO sub(2) is reduced and
assimilated by the cells as the primary carbon source. However, using
reduced forms of carbon such as.hydrocarbons, which require oxidation for
energy generating metabolism, is less common. The metabolic pathways for
most gaseous hydrocarbons have been determined, and in this article the
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microbial metabolism of methane, ethane, propane, n-butane, ethylene,
acetylene and propylene is discussed.
PETROLEUM MICROBIOLOGY 0776005
Atlas, R. M. (ed.)
PUBLISHER- MACMILLAN PUBLISHINGPUB.PLACE- NEW YORK, NY (USA) 7O2 pp
LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH PUBL. DATE- 1984. TYPE- BOOK ISBN- ISBN
0-02-949000-6 NOTES- Price: $55.00. TAPE NUMBER- 1084 NDN-
032-0072-8303-8
This book features seventeen state-of-the-art reviews of the major applied
and basic research areas concerning the interaction of microorganisms and
petroleum. The initial section examines the microbial metabolism of
hydrocarbons, with individual chapters on the microbial utilization of
aliphatic, alicyclic, aromatic, and gaseous hydrocarbons, and the production
of methane. Several chapters on environmental aspects of the petroleurm
industry related to microbiology cover the fate and effects of petroleum
pollutants in marine, freshwater, and soil ecosystems. An especially timely
chapter is devoted to the genetics of hydrocarbon utilizers, which have been
at the forefront of advances in genetic engineering. Additional chapters
relevant to biotechnology examine the production of biosurfactants,
hydrocarbons as substrates for industrial processes, and the use of
microorganisms for enhanced recovery of petroleum resources. The petrleum
industry is further examined in chapters on the biodeterioration of
petroleum products, corrosion, and the use of microbial processes for the
disposal of refinery effluents.
PETROLEUM MICROBIOLOGY 0776078
Atlas, R. M. (ed.)
pp. 299-354 LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH PUBL. DATE- 1984. TYPE- BOOK
ISBN- ISBN 0-02-949000-6 TAPE NUMBER- 1084 COMPANY RELATED- Dep.
Microbiol., Univ. Georgia, Athens, GA 306O1, USA NDN- 032-0072-8283-2
The study of the genetics of hydrocarbon-utilizing microorganisms has
essentially occurred within the past decade, with insight into the genetics
of simple aromatic hydrocarbon-utilizing microorganisms far surpassing our
knowledge and understanding of the genetics of alkane-uti1izing
microorganisms. In this chapter the authors discuss understanding of the
genetic systems involved in the bacterial dissimilation of three classes of
model hydrocarbon substrates: alkanes, naphthalene/salicy!ate, and
toluene/xylenes . A wide diversity of metabolic functionalities are coded on
plasmids, some of which are hydrocoarbon-degradative genes. Catabolic
plasmids are nonessential genetic elements insofar as growth or viability of
an organism is concerned, but they do provide a metabolic versatility not
normally pressent in the cell
PETROLEUM MICROBIOLOGY. 0776125
Atlas, R. M. (ed.)
pp. 355-397 LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH PUBL. DATE- 1984. TYPE- BOOK
ISBN- ISBN 0-02-949000-6 TAPE NUMBER- 1084 COMPANY RELATED- Mar. Sci.
Lab., University Coll North Wales, Anglesey, UK NDN- 032-O072-8270-9
During the last decade the skein of closely integrated processes involved
with the interaction of oil with microorganisms in the sea has been
unraveled to some extent. The general outline of the process has been clear
for some time; it is the detail that remains vague and obscure, particularly
in quantitative terms. It can confidently be asserted that microorganisms
are the major agents of oil degradation in the oceans and that
petroleum-degrading bacteria are common in seawater becoming abundant in
areas that receive a significant amount of hydrocarbons. The same degree of
confidence can also be shown about the abiological factors that affect the
rate and degree of oil change. What is still missing is information that
will allow reliable predictions to be made following an oil spill. Partly
this is because it is not known whether these factors are independent or
interactive. The general availability of computers with sophisticated
statistical-analytical facilities should now make it possible to construct
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stochastic models for the comparatively simple water column.
THE WORLD BIOTECH REPORT 1984, VOLUME 2: USA. 0776203
Sojka, S. A.
pp. 533-539 LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH PUBL. DATE- 1984. SUMMARY
LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH TYPE- BOOK CONF.NAME- Biotech 84 USA
CONF.PLACE- Washington, DC (USA) CONF.DATE- 10-12 Sep 1984 ISBN- ISBN
0-86353-004-4 TAPE NUMBER- 1O84 COMPANY RELATED- Online Conferences,
Ltd., Pinner, Middlesex (UK) Occidental Chemical Corp., 10889 Wilshire
Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90024, USA NDN- 032-O072-8247-A
Hyde Park Landfill was used from 1953 to 1975 as a disposal site for
chemical wastes, including chlorinated hydrocarbons. A compacted clay cover
was installed in 1978 and a tile leachate collection system, in 1979. The
present treatment of Hyde Park leachate by conventional activated carbon
technology, although producing a suitable quality effluent, is unacceptable
for economic and technical reasons. Biological waste treatment in a
Sequencing Batch Reactor (SBR) was selected as the most cost effective
alternative. Wild-type strains were isolated from the landfill site which
showed unusual versatility and diversity in degrading selected chlorinated
hydrocarbons. Biological degradation of the leachate in the SBR was tested
both with and without the addition of Occidental organisms HCV. Between 85
and 95% of the total organic carbon (TOC) was removed by the SBR operating
strategies investigated. Any increased TOC removal obtained from organism
addition was small and will require additional research before the full
potential can be evaluated. Nevertheless, use of biological waste treatment
in the SBR is expected to result in substantial cost savings because of the
extended life of the activated carbon beds.
PETROLEUM MICROBIOLOGY 0776223
Atlas, R. M. (ed.)
pp. 399-433 LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH PUBL. DATE- 1984. TYPE- BOOK
ISBN- ISBN 0-O2-949000-6 TAPE NUMBER- 1084 COMPANY RELATED- Dep.
Environ. Sci., Univ. Massachusetts, Boston, MA 02125, USA NDN-
032-0072-8240-8
This chapter attempts to summarize work on the fate of hydrocarbons in
freshwater ecosystems. A significant amount of the information presented
here was derived from work done on soil, marine, and estuarine organisms and
systems. It has been included here because factors such as nutrient
limitations, also applies to freshwater ecosystems, and in some instances it
was included because it was the only information available. Likewise, some
information on substituted hydrocarbons, which are not components of
petroleum, has been included.
PETROLEUM MICROBIOLOGY 0776293
Atlas, R. M. (ed.)
pp. 475-505 LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH PUBL. DATE- 1984. TYPE- BOOK
ISBN- ISBN 0-02-949000-6 TAPE NUMBER- 1084 COMPANY RELATED- Dep.
Biol. Sci., Univ Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH 45221, USA NON-
032 -0072-821O-8
The effects of various crude and/or refined petroleum hydrocarbons on
aquatic microorganisms are mediated by the water in which the organisms
grow. It is the slight solubility of hydrocarbons that allows them to
interact with microorganisms; exposure to hydrocarbons may be stimulatory,
inhibitory, or neutral Because photosynthetic microorganisms are the most
important primary producers in marine and freshwater ecosystems, any
deleterious effect on these primary producers by exposure to hydrocarbons
can alter the trophic structure of the ecosystem. It is, therefore,
important to study the effects of petroleum hydrocarbons on marine and
freshwater microorganisms, especially those supporting the productivity of
the ecosystem, because accidental spillage of hydrocarbons upon these waters
could have economic, as well as aesthetic, consequences.
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PETROLEUM MICROBIOLOGY 0776349
Atlas, R. M. (ed.)
pp. 537-552 LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH PUBL. DATE- 1984. TYPE- BOOK
ISBN- ISBN 0-02-949000-6 TAPE NUMBER- 1084 COMPANY RELATED- Address
not stated NDN- 032-0072-8185-2
This article considers the involvement of microorganisms, particularly
bacteria, in the formation and utilization of heavy crude oils and oil
shales with a view toward the potential use of bacteria in the tertiary
recovery of petroleum from oil-bearing formations. Information in the
literature clearly supports the contention hat microorganisms are present
and do grow in oil reservoirs. Such natural activities participate in the
conversion of conventional crude oils to heavy oils and in the souring of
reservoirs. The potential for use of microorganisms in situ in enhanced
oil-recovery procedures is based on the fact that the products of their
growth, particularly of anaerobes, can reduce the physical forces holding
oil in reservoirs after primary production has ceased. The successful use of
such microorganisms in situ will be dependent upon the selection of
organisms able to grow under the physical conditions, such as temperature,
pressure, and salinity, found in reservoir environments.
IMPACT OF AN OIL FIELD EFFLUENT ON MICROBIAL ACTIVITIES IN A WYOMING RIVER.
0785719
Heitkamp, M. A. Johnson, B. T
CAN. J. MICROBIOL., vol. 30, no. 6, pp. 786-792 LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH
PUBL. DATE- 1984. SUMMARY LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH FRENCH TYPE- JOURNAL
ARTICLE TAPE NUMBER- 1084 COMPANY RELATED- U.S. Dep. Interior, Fish
and Wildl. Serv., Columbia Natl. Fish. Res. Lab., Route 1, Columbia, MO
65201, USA NDN- 032-0072-3368-8
The survival, functions, and physiological diversity of autochthonous
sediments microbiota were examined in situ at five stations along the Little
Popo Agie River. WY; one station above, one at, and three below a discharge
point for oil wastewater from Union Oil Company's Dallas Field.
Microorganisms appeared to maintain physiological diversity and increased in
numbers and activity in a riverine environment that contained petroleum
hydrocarbon concentrations known to be deleterious to freshwater fish and
macrobenthic communities.
OIL-DEGRADING CAPABILITIES OF YEASTS AND FUNGI ISOLATED FROM COASTAL MARINE
ENVIRONMENTS. 0756992
Fedorak, P M. Semple, K. M. Westlake, D. W. S.
CAN. J. MICROBIOL., vol. 30, no. 5, pp. 565-571 LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH
PUBL. DATE- 1984. SUMMARY LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH FRENCH TYPE- JOURNAL
ARTICLE TAPE NUMBER- 0984 COMPANY RELATED- Dep. Microbiol., Univ.
Alberta, Edmonton, Alta., Canada T6G 2E9 NDN- 032-0072-0016-5
Seventy-four yeasts and 224 fungi were isolated from marine water and
sediment samples taken from the Strait of Juan de Fuca and northern Puget
Sound. When these isolates were grown in the presence of Prudhoe Bay crude
oil, only three yeasts and 63 fungi were able to degrade some or all of the
n-alkanes. None degraded the isoprenoids, pristane and phytane. Forty-seven
isolates were identified as PeniciIlium species and of these, 39 atacked
the n-alkanes in the crude oil. Twelve organisms which degrade n-alkanes
were tested for their ability to mineralize ( super(14)C)naphthalene and (
super(14)C)phenanthrene with had been added to the crude oil. No
super(14)CO sub(2) was detected from any of the cultures containing these
compounds. Capillary gas chromatographic analyses of the aromatic fractions
from these 12 cultures showed no loss of hydrocarbons or sulfur
heterocycles, indicating that they were unable to completely or partially
oxidize any of the resolvable compounds in this fraction.
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PROCEEDINGS OF THE INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON PEAT UTILIZATION. 0748024
Fuchsman, C. H. Spigarelli, S. A. (eds.)
pp. 159-171 LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH PUBL. DATE- 1983. SUMMARY
LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH TYPE- BOOK CONF.NAME- International Symposium on
Peat Utilization CONF.PLACE- Bemidji, MN (USA) CONF.DATE- 10-13 Oct
1983 ISBN- ISBN 0-94309O-01-6 TAPE NUMBER- 0884 COMPANY RELATED-
Bioconversion Res., Inst. Gas Technol., 3424 S. State. St., Chicago, IL
60616, USA NDN- 032-0070-7797-5
A new process is described for in situ or in vitro biological treatment of
peat that improves its biodegradabi1ity for subsequent anaerobic metabolism
to methane or other hydrocarbon fuels. In the process, water, high in
dissolved oxygen and nutrients, is applied to a peat bog (or reactor
containing wet harvested peat), creating an aerobic zone near the point of
application. Metabolism of aerobic microorganisms hydrolyzes peat components
which are refractory to hydrolysis under anaerobic conditions. Fermentation
of hydrolysis porducts results in rapid depletion of dissolved oxygen
creating an enaerobic environment for further fermentation of the hydrolysis
products to low-molecular weight acids and other fermentation products.
These products, present in the leachate, are collected and transported to an
attached-film fixed-ben methanogenic digester, where they are converted to
methane and carbon dioxide.
ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS RELATED TO THE DISTRIBUTION OF PETROLEUMOLYTIC BACTERIA
IN AN INDUSTRIAL SUBESTUARY OF THE CHESAPEAKE BAY. 0718849
Sokolowski, S. W. Erkenbrecher, C. W.
DEV. IND. MICROBIOL., vol. 24, pp. 579-590 LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH PUBL.
DATE- 1983. SUMMARY LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH TYPE- JOURNAL ARTICLE
CONF.NAME- 39. Annual Meeting of the Society for Industrial Microbiology
CONF.PLACE- St. Paul, MN (USA) CONF.DATE- 14-20 Aug 1982 TAPE NUMBER-
0784 COMPANY RELATED- Dep. Biol Sci , Old Dominion Univ., Norfolk, VA
23508, USA NDN- 032-0070-3997-1
Petroleumolytic bacteria capable of utilizing 20 weight motor oil (20 WT) ,
South Louisiana Crude oil (SLC), and Bunker C fuel oil (BC) were enumerated
with both silica gel petroleum (SGP) and petroleum MPN media in subsurface
water samples from the Elizabeth River This highly-stressed industrial
estuary exhibited mean densities of 11, 12 and 17 colony-forming units (CFU)
per 1OO ml on 20 WT, SLC, and BC silica gel media, respectively, and 7025,
5422 and 9039 bacteria per 1OO ml, respectively using an MPN technique.
Petroleumolytic bacteria comprised < 1% of the total viable count,
regardless of the petroleum substrate or enumeration technique. The MPN
technique yielded 100 to 1,000 times higher densities of petroleum degraders
than did the SGP technique.
ECOLOGICAL STUDY OF THE AMOCO CADIZ OIL SPILL: REPORT OF THE NOAA-CNEXO JOINT
SCIENTIFIC COMMISSION. 0706909
Gundlach, E. R. Marchand, M. (eds.)
pp. 1-25 LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH PUBL. DATE- 1982. SUMMARY
LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH TYPE- BOOK CONF.NAME- NOAA/CNEXO Joint Scientific
Commission Workshops: Physical, Chemical, and MicrobiologicalCONF.PLACE-
Charleston, SC (USA). Brest (France) CONF.DATE- 17 Sep 1981. 28 Oct 1981
TAPE NUMBER- 0684 COMPANY RELATED- Dep. Biol., Univ. Louisville,
Louisville, KY 40292, USA NDN- 032-0069-6927-7
The wreck of the Amoco Cadiz in March 1978 released over 210,000 tons of
oil into the marine environment. As much as one third of the spilt oil may
have been washed into the intertidal zone. The spill occurred during storm
surges, thereby spreading the oil throughout the intertidal zone. Two years
after the Amoco spill, the wreck of the tanker Tanio resulted in another oil
spill that contaminated much of the same Brittany shoreline impacted by the
Amoco Cadiz This study was undertaken to determine the fate of petroleum
hydrocarbons within surface sediments along the Brittany coast with
reference to the role of microorganisms in the oil weathering process.
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BIODEGRADATION OF MATERIALS USED IN ENHANCED OIL RECOVERY FINAL REPORT, JULY
1, 1978-NOVEMBER 30, 1981. O681223
Grula, M. M . Grula, E. A .
PUBLISHER- NTISPUB.PLACE- SPRINGFIELD, VA (USA) 88 pp LANGUAGE(S)-
ENGLISH PUBL. DATE- 1983. SUMMARY LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH TYPE- REPORT
NOTES' NTIS Order No.: DE84002019. TAPE NUMBER- O584 COMPANY RELATED-
Oklahoma State Univ., Sti11 water. OK 74074, USA NDN- 032-0069-1323-9
Although the importing of oil by the United States has declined in the last
two years, there is still a great deal of interest in enhanced oil recovery
(EOR) from domestic oil fields. At least two of the technologies used in
EOR, ivz., polymer flooding and micellar-polymer flooding, involve the use
of chemical agents. With the prospect of substantially increased application
of such agents in enhanced recovery operations in the future, it is
important to have information on the potential environmental impact of their
heavy or widespread use. A major environmental impact could result from
spills occurring during the transportation, preparation of solutions,
storage, or handling of the chemicals. The degree of this impact would be
largely a reflection of the ability of soil microflora to degrade the
chemicals used for EOR. Failure of degradation within a reasonable time
could result in toxicity for microbes, plants, or even animals, thus leading
to environmental deterioration. The goals of this work are: (1) to obtain
information on biodegradabi1ity of various chemicals used in EOR
technologies under conditions similar to those found in the field; (2) to
determine toxicities of EOR chemicals for a representative group of
bacteria; (3) to determine the effects of environmental parameters on
readiness of biodegradation; and (4) in the case of mixtures, to determine
the relative rates of degradation of various components.
MICROBIAL DEGRADATION OF ALKYL CARBAZOLES IN NORMAN WELLS CRUDE OIL.
O697862
Fedorak, P M. Westlake, D. W. S.
APPL. ENVIRON. MICROBIOL., vol 47, no. 4, pp. 858-862 LANGUAGE(S)-
ENGLISH PUBL. DATE- 1984. SUMMARY LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH TYPE- JOURNAL
ARTICLE TAPE NUMBER- 0584 COMPANY RELATED- Dep. Microbiol., Univ.
Alberta, Edmonton, Alta., Canada T6G 2E9 NDN- 032-0068-3428-9
Norman Wells crude oil was fractionated by sequential alumina and silicic
acid column chromatography methods. The resulting nitrogen-rich fraction was
analyzed by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry and showed 26 alkyl (C
sub(1) to C sub(5)) carbazoles to be the predominant compounds. An
oi1-degrading mixed bacterial culture was enriched on carbazole to enhance
its ability to degrade nitrogen heterocycles. This culture was used to
inoculate a series of flasks of mineral medium and Norman Wells crude oil
Residual oil was recovered from these cultures after incubation at 25 degree
C for various times. The nitrogen-rich fraction was analyzed by capillary
gas chromatography, using a nitrogen-specific detector. Most of the C
sub(1)-, C sub(2)-, and C sub(3)- carbazoles and one of the C sub(4)-isomers
were degraded within 8 days. No further degradation occurred when incubation
was extended to 28 days. The general order of susceptibility of the isomers
to biodegradation was C sub(1) > C sub(2) > C sub(3) > C sub(4). The
carbazole-enriched culture was still able to degrade n-alkanes, isoprenoids,
aromatic hydrocarbons, and sulfur heterocycles in the crude soil.
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ORGANIC MATTER DIAGENESIS IN THE ANOXIC SEDIMENTS OF SAANICH INLET, BRITISH
COLUMBIA, CANADA: A CASE FOR HIGHLY EVOLVED COMMUNITY INTERACTIONS.
0698259
Ahmed, S. I. King, S. L. Clayton, J. R.,Jr
MAR. CHEM., vol. 14, no. 3, pp. 233-252 LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH PUBL.
DATE- 1984. SUMMARY LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH TYPE- JOURNAL ARTICLE TAPE
NUMBER- 0584 COMPANY RELATED- Sch. Oceanogr , WB-10, Univ Washington,
Seattle, WA 98195, USA NDN- O32-0068-3145-9
Cytochrome c and ferricyanide reducing activities are measured in a
Desulfovibrio desulfuricans (strain ATCC No. 17990) that indicate that the
APS reductase activity is constitutive. This enzymatic activity is also
measurred in a Saanich Inlet isolate identified as Desulfovibrio salexigens
(Saanich). Successful measurement of the cytochrome c reducing activity was
also made in the sediment extracts from Saanich Inlet, and this activity was
found to be present in sediments as deep as 50 cm. Bacterial biomass
distributions were estimated using measurements of ATP in the Saanich Inlet
sediments. ETS activity measurements correlated well with the in situ (
super(35)S)-SO sub(4)@)u2 super(-) reduction rate measurements; both of the
methods showing a subsurface maximum in activity at a depth of about 10
cm .
BIODEGRADATION OF TOPPED KUWAIT CRUDE.
Boyles, D. T
0659701
BIOTECHNOL. LETT., vol 6, no. 1, pp. 31-36 LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH PUBL.
DATE- 1984. SUMMARY LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH TYPE- JOURNAL ARTICLE TAPE
NUMBER- 0484 COMPANY RELATED- British Petroleum Company pic, BP Res.
Cent., Chertsey Rd., Sunbury-on-Thames, Middx. TW16 7LN, UK NDN-
032-0068-2724-6
Biodegradation of a 'topped' Kuwait crude by a mixed microbial culture in a
stirred tank fermenter was characterised by bursts of respiratory activity.
Acinetobacter cal coaceticus var anitratus predominated during the
degradation process. n-Alkanes were rapidly and completely removed--1osses
from other hydrocarbon classes were only partial. THe products of the
reaction were CO sub(2), biomass and oxidised hydrocarbon derivatives.
MICROBIAL DEGRADATION OF SELECTED HAZARDOUS MATERIALS: PENTACHLOROPHENOL,
HEXACHLOROCYCLOPENTADIENE, AND METHYLPARATHION. 0679050
Thuma, N. K. O'Neill, P E. Brownlee, S. G. Valentine, R. S.
PUBLISHER- NTIS, SPRINGFIELD, VA (USA)76 pp LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH PUBL.
DATE- 1983. SUMMARY LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH TYPE- REPORT NOTES-
PB84-123934. TAPE NUMBER- 0484 COMPANY RELATED- Atlantic Res. Corp.,
Alexandria, VA, USA NDN- 032-0067-7584-3
This program evaluated the use of selected pure culture microrganisms for
potential in biodegrading the hazardous materials pentachlorphenol (PCP),
hexachlorocyclopentadiene (HCCP), and methyl parathion (MP). each chemical
was separately challenged by each of 24 organisms in aqueous medium under
aerobic conditions. Following the initial screening and seelction process,
pure culture organisms identified as having potential for biodegradation of
the selected chemcials were subjected to further testing and evaulation.
Although no fully conclusive of biodegration of these substances was
obtained, data indicated that a number of fungi have potential for disposal
of PCP, HCCP. and MP. One bacterial culture demonstrated tolerance to PCP at
200 ppm in soil and appeared to reduce the PCP concentration in an aqueous
medium when dextrose was provided. This isolate may have potential for
removal of PCP from spill contaminated areas. A fungus also showed some
potential for degrading PCP
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EFFECTS OF CHRONIC OIL POLLUTION FROM REFINERY EFFLUENT ON SEDIMENT MICROFLORA
IN A DANISH COASTAL AREA. 0652212
Gruettner, H. Jensen, K.
MAR. POLLUT BULL., vol. 14, no. 12, pp. 456-459 LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH
PUBL. DATE- 1983. SUMMARY LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH TYPE- JOURNAL ARTICLE
TAPE NUMBER- 0384 COMPANY RELATED- Novo Industry A/S, 4400 Kalundborg,
Denmark NDN- 032-0067-3739-2
Kalundborg Fjord is a Danish marine area which has been heavily oil polluted
by refinery effluent, leading to accumulation of petroleum hydrocarbons in
the surface sediments. A study of the occurence in the sediment of
heterotrophic bacteria, yeasts, and filamentous fungi has been carried out,
and the physiological composition of the microbial community has been
recorded. Though the abundance of oi1-degrading microorganisms was
significant, a correlation between the number of these and the oil content
in the sediment could not be demonstrated.
OXIDATIVE DEGRADATION OF 2,3,7,8-TETRACHLORODIBEN20-P-DIOXIN BY MICROORGANISMS.
0652884
Quensen, U. F ,111 Matsumura, F
ENVIRON. TOXICOL. CHEM., vol 2, no. 3, pp. 261-268 LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH
PUBL. DATE- 1983. SUMMARY LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH TYPE- JOURNAL ARTICLE
CONF.NAME- 2. Annual Meeting of the Society of Environmental Toxicology and
Chemistry CONF.PLACE- Arlington, VA (USA) CONF.DATE- 22-25 Nov 1981
TAPE NUMBER- 0384 COMPANY RELATED- Pestic. Res. Cent., Michigan State
Univ., East Lansing, MI 48824, USA NDN- O32-O067-3639-7
2,3,7,8-Tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD) was metabolized by pure cultures
of Nocardiopsis spp. and Bacillus megaterium . The degree of metabolism was
strongly dependent on the solvent used, with ethyl acetate giving the best
results. TCDD metabolism by B. megaterium increased when the concentration
of soybean extract was reduced from 1.6% to 0.8%. Two TCDD-degrading
bacteria were isolated from farm soil that consistently showed a low level
of TCDD-degrading activity.
MICROBIAL DEGRADATION OF HYDROCARBONS IN ISMAILIA CANAL WATER. 0629065
Moursy, A. S. El-Abagy, M. M.
ENVIRON. INT., vol. 7, no. 6,»PP• 423-427 LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH PUBL.
DATE- 1982. SUMMARY LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH TYPE- JOURNAL ARTICLE TAPE
NUMBER- 0284 COMPANY RELATED- Water Pollut. Control Lab., Natl Res.
Cent., Dokki, Cairo, Egypt NDN- 032-0066-5594-3
The biodegradation of hydrocarbons was performed in refinery wastewater
obtained by natural microbial flora in Ismailia canal water About 87% of
hydrocarbons were degraded after 9 days under simulated natural conditions.
It was found that the addition of fuel oil to the canal water, which already
contained significant amounts of refinery wastewater, retarded biological
degradation. Percentage of degradation was found to be 67%. This increase in
the hydrocarbons concentration affects dramatically on the generation rate
of microorganisms present naturally in canal water
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WATER POLLUTION RESEARCH, PART 3. 0629115
Jenkins, S. H. (ed.)
WATER SCI. TECHNOL., vol. 13, no. 2 LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH PUBL. DATE-
1981. SUMMARY LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH TYPE- BOOK CONF.NAME- 10.
International Conference of the IAWPR CONF.PLACE- Toronto, Ont. (Canada)
CONF.DATE- 23-27 dun 1980 TAPE NUMBER- 0284 COMPANY RELATED- Drexel
Univ , Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA NDN- 032-0066-5574-A
The anaerobic digestion process has excellent potential for the treatment
for warm industrial wastewaters. However this process is generally
considered to be especially sensitive to many toxicants which occur
occasionally or chronically in industrial wastewaters. Cyanide and
chloroform were selected as sample toxicants which show inhibition of
methane production at concentrations less than 1 mg/1. This study was
directed toward an evaluation of the inhibition pattern of these two
toxicants. Even though cyanide and chloroform show extreme toxicity to
unacclimated methanogens, with proper attention paid to solids retention
time and acclimation rate, the toxicity tolerance could be increased 50
fold.
MICROBIAL DEGRADATION OF CRUDE OIL IN SEA WATER IN CONTINUOUS CULTURE.
0629140
Bertrand, J. C. Rambeloarisoa, E. Rontani, J. F Giusti, G. Mattel, G.
BIOTECHNOL. LETT , vol. 5, no. 8, pp. 567-572 LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH
PUBL. DATE- 1983. SUMMARY LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH TYPE- JOURNAL ARTICLE
TAPE NUMBER- 0284 COMPANY RELATED- Cent. Oceanol Marseille (U.R.A. 41),
Fac. Sci. Luminy, 13288 Marseille Cedex 9, France NDN- 032-0066-5565-5
The degradation of crude oil in continuous culture of a mixed bacteria
population has been studied. The degradation percentage reaches 83% with a
0.05 h super(-1) dilution rate and a 6 g 1 super(-1) crude oil
concentration. The different crude oil compounds: saturated, aromatic, polar
hydrocarbons and asphaltenes are degraded at 97%, 81%, 52% and 74%
respect ively.
BIODETERIORATION 5. O608822
Oxley, T. A. Barry, S. (eds.)
pp. 382-294 LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH PUBL. DATE- 1983. TYPE- BOOK
CONF.NAME- 5. International Biodeterioration Symposium CONF.PLACE-
Aberdeen (UK) CONF.DATE- Sep 1981 ISBN- ISBN 0-471-10296-2 TAPE
NUMBER- 0184 COMPANY RELATED- Univ. Rhode Island, Kingston, RI O2881,
USA NDN- 032-O065-4117-5
This chapter summarizes data on the effect of oil dispersion on the
potential of natural microbial population to metabolize petroleum
hydrocarbons. The work is a portion of a larger project to assess dispersant
treated vs. untreated oil spills in marine environments. The introduction of
oil or dispersed oil into seawater did not invoke a significant increase in
the size of the heterotrophic population of the seawater, but did result in
an enrichment for hydrocarbon utilizers except at very low temperatures.
Whereas the percentage changes associated with the enrichment was great, the
increases in real numbers of hydrocarbon utilizers was minor and apparently
have little effect on hydrocarbon turnover values. The hypothesis by
Stevenson (1978) of physiological dormancy in bacteria suspended in water
may account for the unexpected minimum responses of the seawater populations
to oil and dispersed oil The hypothesis does not imply no metabolic
activity, but rather a state below maximum potential because of nutrient
limitation and physical stresses.
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EFFECT OF THE DISPERSANT COREXIT 9527 ON THE MICROBIAL DEGRADATION OF SULFUR
HETEROCYCLES IN PRUDHOE BAY OIL. 0533274
Foght, J. M. Fedorak, P M. Westlake, D. W. S.
CAN. J. MICROBIOL., vol. 29, no. 5, pp. 623-627 LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH
PUBL. DATE- 1983. SUMMARY LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH FRENCH TYPE- JOURNAL
ARTICLE TAPE NUMBER- 8310 COMPANY RELATED- Dep. Microbiol., Univ.
Alberta, Edmonston, Alta., Canada T6G 2E9 NDN- 032-0062-2923-0
Samples from a previous study observing the effects of Corexit 9527 on
microbial degradation of aromatics and saturates in crude oil were
reanalyzed by capillary gas chromotography with a sulfur-specific detector.
The results shown an inhibitory effect on degradation of sulfur heterocycles
(such as benzothiophenes and dibenzothiophenes), dependent upon dispersant
concentration and nutrient supplementation.
PRODUCTION OF EXTRACELLULAR AMINO ACIDS BY HYDROCARBON UTILIZING BACTERIA.
0534668
Ghosh, B. B. Banerjee, A. K.
SCI. CULT., vol. 48, no. 8, pp. 292-293 LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH PUBL.
DATE- 1982. TYPE- JOURNAL ARTICLE TAPE NUMBER- 8310 COMPANY
RELATED- Dep. Bot., Burdwan Univ., Burdwan, India NDN- 032-0062-2411-6
During the course of a survey on the occurrence of hydrocarbon utilizing
microorganisms in West Bengal, amino acid production was also taken into
consideration. In the present communication the results of this survey has
been briefly summarised. Most of the cultures were found to produce small
quantities of a mixture of amino acids. One of the isolates (No. 45) was
found to produce a mixture of only two amino acids, methionine and glutamic
acid in comparatively greater amounts (780 mu g/ml and 1680 mu g/ml
respectively). As methionine has been reported are produced by relatively
few microorganisms, the isolate No. 45 was taxonomically characterised and
identified as Serratia marcescens subsp. kiliensis
MICROBIAL METABOLISM OF ( SUPER(14)C)NITROANILINES TO ( SUPER(14)C)CARBON
DIOXIDE. 0473509
Zeyer, J. Kearney, P C.
J. AGRIC. FOOD CHEM., vol. 31, no. 2, pp. 3O4-308 LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH
PUBL. DATE- 1983. SUMMARY LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH TYPE- JOURNAL ARTICLE
TAPE NUMBER- 0883 COMPANY RELATED- Pesticide Degrad. Lab., Environ.
Oual. Inst., US Dep. Agric., Beltsville, MD 20705, USA NDN-
032-OO60-9203-A
A strain of Pseudomonas (P6), isolated from soil, grew slowly on
p-nitroani1ine (PNA) as a sole source of carbon. PNA degradation was
considerably faster in the presence of yeast extract. A culture grown on 1.5
mM ( super(14)C)PNA plus 200 ppm of yeast extract for 8 days released 73% of
the initial radioactivity as super(l4)CO sub(2) and 16% of the
radioactivity was associated with the cells. o-Nitroani1ine (ONA) and
m-nitroani1ine (MNA) were not degradable as sole sources of carbon. Strain
P6, however, was able to degrade ( super(14)C)MNA rapidly to super(14)CO
sub(2) in the presence of PNA.
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MICROBIAL DESULFURIZATION OF PETROLEUM AND HEAVY PETROLEUM FRACTIONS. 3. COMM.:
THE CHANGE OF CHEMICAL COMPOSITION OF FUEL-D-OIL BY MICROBIAL AEROBIC
DESULFURIZATION. 0474420
Eckart, V. Hieke, W. Bauch, d. Gentzsch, H.
ZENTRALBL. BAKTERIOL., PARASITENKD., INFEKTIONSKR. HYG., II., vol. 137, no.
4, pp. 270-279 LANGUAGE(S)- GERMAN PUBL. DATE- 1982. SUMMARY
LANGUAGE(S)- GERMAN ENGLISH TYPE- JOURNAL ARTICLE ORIG.TITLE-
Mikrobielle Entschwefelung von Erdoel und schweren Erdoelfrakt1onen. 3.
Mitteilung: Die Veraenderung der chemischen Zusammensetzung des Heizoel-D
durch mikrobielle aerobe Entschwefelung TAPE NUMBER- 0883 COMPANY
RELATED- Address not stated NDN- 032-0060-8761-6
In the present paper, the authors report about the changes of chemical
composition of fuel-D-oil (HE-D) by microorganisms, which were isolated from
different sources of oil, contaminated soils, and sewages. Organic sulfur
compounds of HE-D were tested as carbon and sulfur sources. It has been
found that the mixed culture HE-D-1 grew very well on HE-D and utilized both
aromatic hydrocarbons and non-hydrocarbons as benzothiopene and
dibenzothiophene. The active culture HE-D-1 was capable of removing about 30
percent of sulfur from HE-D. Mixed culture HE-D-1 was purified and
identified as Gram negative rods. The major part is a Pseudomonas
desmolyticum .
INFLUENCE OF SALINITY AND TEMPERATURE ON THE ALIPHATIC HYDROCARBON DEGRADATION
BY MARINE BACTERIA. 0484638
Nagata, S.
BULL. JAP SOC. SCI. FISH., vol 49, no. 2, pp. 269-271 LANGUAGE(S)-
ENGLISH PUBL. DATE- 1983. SUMMARY LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH JAPANESE
TYPE- JOURNAL ARTICLE TAPE NUMBER- 0883 COMPANY RELATED- Res. Inst.
Mar Cargo Transp., Kobe Univ. Mer Mar., Fukae, Higashinada, Kobe 658,
Japan NDN- 032-0060-4601-4
Degradation rates of n-alkane substrate were obtained as functions of
salinity (0 similar to 5%) and temperature (10 degree C similar to 50
degree C) for marine petroleum-degrading bacteria, Corynebactrium sp. and
Flavobacterium sp. For both strains, only a slight dependency on salinity
was found in the range of 0 similar to 5% NaCl. Temperature dependency,
however, was quite large, i.e., while the most appropriate temperature for
n-hexadecane degradation was at ca. 30 degree C for both isolates, the
activity was lost completely at 10 degree C and at 50 degree C.
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BIOGAS (NATURAL GAS?) PRODUCTION BY ANAEROBIC DIGESTION OF OIL CAKE BY A MIXED
CULTURE ISOLATED FROM COW DUNG. 0459711
Gollakota, K. G. Jayalakshmi, B.
BIOCHEM. BIOPHYS. RES. COMMUN., vol. 110, no. 1, pp. 32-35 LANGUAGE(S)-
ENGLISH PUBL. DATE- 1983. SUMMARY LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH TYPE- JOURNAL
ARTICLE TAPE NUMBER- 0783 COMPANY RELATED- Microbiol. and Biochem.
Lab., A.P. Agric. Univ., Rajendranagar, Hyderabad-500 030, India NDN-
032-006O-2222-A
Starting with cow dung, a mixed culture capable of producing biogas by the
anaerobic digestion of castor cake (oil expelled) has been isolated and
stabilized. The biogas so produced contains small quantities of ethane,
propane and butane in addition to methane and carbon dioxide which are the
major constituents. This suggests that the mixed culture contains organisms
hitherto unisolated and unidentified which are capable of synthesizing these
hydrocarbons through the mediation of the alkyl derivatives of coenzyme M.
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EMULSIFICATION OF HYDROCARBONS BY BACTERIA FROM FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEMS.
0459739
Broderick, L. S. Cooney, J. J.
DEV. IND. MICROBIOL., vol. 23, pp. 425-434 LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH PUBL.
DATE- 1982. SUMMARY LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH TYPE- JOURNAL ARTICLE
CONF.NAME- 38. General Meeting of the Society for Industrial Microbiology
CONF.PLACE- Richmond, VA (USA) CONF.DATE- 9-14 Aug 1981 TAPE NUMBER-
0783 COMPANY RELATED- Dep. Biol., Univ Dayton, Dayton, OH 45469, USA
NDN- 032-006O-2206-3
One-hundred-twenty-nine cultures of hydrocarbon-using bacteria were isolated
from freshwater lakes with varying histories of hydrocarbon pollution. The
sediment rather than the water column provided a greater number of total
isolates as well as the majority of strong emul sifiying organisms. Of three
methods used to quantify emusifying capacity, a method involving agitation
followed by visual inspection gave the best results.
INTERRELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN BIODETERIORATION, CHEMICAL BREAKDOWN, AND FUNCTION
IN SOLUBLE OIL EMULSIONS. 0460134
Holtzman, G. H. M. Rossmoore, H. W. Holodnik, E. Weintraub, M.
DEV. IND. MICROBIOL., vol. 23, pp. 207-220 LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH PUBL.
DATE- 1982. SUMMARY LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH TYPE- JOURNAL ARTICLE
CONF.NAME- 38. General Meeting of the Society for Industrial Microbiology
CONF.PLACE- Richmond, VA (USA) CONF.DATE- 9-14 Aug 1981 TAPE NUMBER-
0783 COMPANY RELATED- Internatl Minerals & Chem. Corp., Terre Haute, IN
47808, USA NDN- 032-0060-2062-9
Two metalworking fluids, a reclaimed soluble oil and a virgin soluble oil,
were examined in an effort to correlate loss of fluid function with
degradation of the hydrocarbon by microbial action. Hydrocarbon degradation
was monitored by infrared spectrophotometry and gas chromatography, while
fluid function was measured by the Falex No.8 Tapping Torque machine.
Significant hydrocarbon degradation of the C sub(14)-C sub(20) series was
observed in the presence of aerobic and anaerobic populations in both fluid
types. The rate at which degradation occurred was directly related to Ca++
and Mg++ in the diluting water, as well as to the complexity of the
emulsificat ion systems employed in the fluid concentrates. Statistically, no
significant functional differences between intact degraded and undegraded
fluids were noted.
MICROBIAL DETERIORATION OF HYDROCARBON FUELS FROM OIL SHALE, COAL, AND
PETROLEUM. 0461097
May, M. E. Neihof, R. A.
DEV. IND. MICROBIOL., vol 23, pp. 495-502 LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH PUBL.
DATE- 1982. SUMMARY LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH TYPE- JOURNAL ARTICLE
CONF.NAME- 38. General Meeting of the Society for Industrial Microbiology
CONF.PLACE- Richmond, VA (USA) CONF.DATE- 9-14 Aug 1981 TAPE NUMBER-
0783 COMPANY RELATED- Naval Res. Lab., Washington, D.C. 20375, USA
NDN- 032-0060-1783-2
NO-ABSTRACT
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t/CONCENTRATIONS AND MICROBIAL MINERALIZATION OF FOUR TO SIX RING POLYCYCLIC
AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS IN COMPOSTED MUNICIPAL WASTE. 0409534
Martens , R .
CHEMOSPHERE . , vol. 11, no. 8, pp. 761-770 LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH PUBL.
DATE- 1982. SUMMARY LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH TYPE- JOURNAL ARTICLE TAPE
NUMBER- 83O4 COMPANY RELATED- Inst. Bodenbiol., Bundesf orschung .
Landwi rtschaf t , Bundesallee 50, D-3300 Braunschweig, FRG NDN-
032-0058-8915-0
Contents of four to six ring polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) were
estimated in twelve composted municipal wastes of different origin and age.
Concentrations of PAHs ranged from 0.17 mu g perylene to 56.75 mu g
benz(a)anthracene/chrysene g super(-1) compost (dwt). In spite of total
weight reduction during compost processing (40-60% loss) no accumulation of
PAH concentrations in ripe composts was detected. This points to a decay of
PAHs by microbial activities during composting. Degradation studies carried
out with four super ( 14 )C-1 abel 1 ed PAHs indicated that in fresh composts
only minor amounts of PAHs can be degraded.
^DEGRADATION OF PHENOLIC CONTAMINANTS IN GROUND WATER BY ANAEROBIC BACTERIA: ST
LOUIS PARK, MINNESOTA. 0409936
Ehrlich, G. G. Goerlitz, D. F Godsy, E. M. Hult, M. F
GROUND WATER.
DATE- 1982.
NUMBER- 8304
vol. 20, no. 6, pp. 703-710 LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH PUBL.
SUMMARY LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH TYPE- JOURNAL ARTICLE TAPE
COMPANY RELATED- U.S. Geol. Surv., 345 Middlefield Rd . ,
Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA
NDN- 032-0058-8623-3
Coal-tar derivatives from a coal-tar distillation and wood-treating plant
that operated from 1918 to 1972 at St. Louis Park, Minnesota contaminated
the near-surface ground water. The concentration of phenolic compounds in
the aqueous phase under the wetlands is about 30 mg/ 1 but decreases to less
than 0.2 mg/1 at a distance of 430 m immediately downgradient from the
source. Anaerobic biodegradat ion of phenolic compounds is primarily
responsible for the observed attenuation. Methane was found only in water
samples from the contaminated zone (2-20 mg/1) Methane-producing bacteria
were found only in water from the contaminated zone. Methane was produced in
laboratory cultures of contaminated water inoculated with bacteria from the
contaminated zone.
MICROBIAL DEGRADATION OF HYDROCARBONS.
Gibson , D . T .
0416695
TOXICOL. ENVIRON. CHEM., vol. 5, no. 3-4, pp. 237-250 LANGUAGE(S)-
ENGLISH PUBL. DATE- 1982. SUMMARY LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH TYPE- JOURNAL
ARTICLE CONF.NAME- Workshop on the Chemistry and Analysis of Hydrocarbons
in the Environment CONF. PLACE- Barcelona (Spain) CONF.DATE- Nov 1981
TAPE NUMBER- 8304 COMPANY RELATED- Cent. Appl . Microbiol., Univ. Texas
at Austin, Austin, TX 78712, USA NDN- 032-0058-5365-6
The filamentous fungus, Cunni nghamel 1 a elegans oxidizes naphthalene,
biphenyl, benzo(a)-pyrene , benzo(a)anthracene and 3-methyl chol anthrene to
the same metabolic products that are formed by mammals. In the case of
benzo(a)pyrene evidence was obtained for the formation of (+)-9 alpha ,10
alpha -epoxy-7 beta ,8 alpha -dihydroxy-7 , 8 , 9 , 1O-tetrahydrobenzo(a)pyrene
which has been implicated as the ultimate carcinogenic benzo(a)pyrene
metabolite formed by higher organisms. In contrast, bacteria oxidize
naphthalene, biphenyl, benzo(a)pyrene , benzo(a)anthracene and
3-methylcholanthrene to dihydrodiols in which the hydroxyl groups have a cis
relative stereochemistry.
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CHLOROTETRACYCLINE AND SODIUM CHLORIDE TREATMENT EFFECTS ON SOME
MICRO-ORGANISMS AND UNSAPONIFIABLES OF BOLTI FISH FILLETS. O421548
Farag, R. S. Sedky, K. A. Taha, R. A. El-Zayet, F M.
FETTE SEIFEN ANSTRICHM., vol. 85, no. 1, pp. 33-38 LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH
PUBL. DATE- 1983. SUMMARY LANGUAGE(S)- GERMAN ENGLISH TYPE- JOURNAL
ARTICLE TAPE NUMBER- 8304 COMPANY RELATED- Biochem. Dep., Fac.
Agric., Giza, Egypt NDN- 032-0058-1679-5
The effects of chlorotetracycline (CTC), brine (NaCl) and combination of
them on Bolti unsaponifiabl es and associated micro-organisms were studied
under different storage conditions. Lipolytic and psychropholic bacterial
counts in cold stored fillets with combined employment of NaCl and CTC were
much lower than either NaCl or CTC. The data for partial freezing indicated
that lipolytic bacteria increased much lower than that of psychrophi1ic
bacteria. NaCl had a synergistic effect on CTC and this phenomenon was
superior in decreasing lipolytic bacterial counts to that of psychrophi 1 ic
bacteria. The hydrocarbons of the fresh Bolti fillets were fractionated by
GLC into 10 different components of which 7 were completely characterized.
The detected sterols were cholesterol, campesterol and beta -sitosterol
with cholesterol being the most predominant. With cold storage, slight
interconversion might occur between hydrocarbons or sterols and not between
these lipid classes. On the contrary, remarkable amounts of sterols wer
converted to hydrocarbons in partially frozen fillets.
COMPARATIVE DIGESTIBILITY OF CARBOHYDRATES OF MICROBIAL PRODUCTS AND THEIR
METABOLISABLE ENERGY VALUES IN CHICKS AND RATS. 0430340
Longe, 0. G. Norton, G. Lewis, D.
J. SCI. FOOD. AGRIC., vol. 33, no. 2, pp. 155-164 LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH
PUBL. DATE- 1982. SUMMARY LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH TYPE- JOURNAL ARTICLE
TAPE NUMBER- 8304 COMPANY RELATED- Dep. Anim. Sci , Univ. Ibadan,
Ibadan, Nigeria NDN- O32-O057-7326-8
The digestibility of the carbohydrate components and the metabolisable
energy (ME) values of two yeasts grown on hydrocarbon (BPG and BPL yeasts)
and a filamentous fungus grown on carbohydrate waste (RHM fungus) have been
investigated in rats and chicks. The microbial products were included at
three different levels. Mannan, beta -glucan, chitin and glycogen have been
shown to be the major constituent polysaccharides of these microbial
products. Glycogen in the three samples tested was found to be completely
digested by both animals. Mannan, beta -glucan and chitin were less
digestible and their utilisation varied according to the level of inclusion
in the diet. The difference in the ability of the animals to digest the cell
wall carbohydrates or to metabolise the gross energy from the test
ingredients was significant (P < 0.001).
BIODEGRADATION OF AROMATIC HYDROCARBON IN MARINE SEDIMENTS OF THREE NORTH SEA
OIL FIELDS. 0398410
Saltzmann, H. A.
MAR. BIOL., vol. 72, no. 1, pp. 17-26 LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH PUBL. DATE-
1982. SUMMARY LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH TYPE- JOURNAL ARTICLE TAPE
NUMBER- 8301-03 COMPANY RELATED- Inst. Meereskunde, Univ.Kiel,
Duesternbrooker Weg 20, D-2300 Kiel, FRG NDN- 032-0057-1919-2
On a survey around three North Sea oil fields in 1980 the biodegradation of
the hydrocarbons super(14)C-naphthalene and super(14)C-benzo(a)pyrene was
measured. The rate of uptake of naphthalene was found to increase with
decreasing distance from the oil platform at all fields with maximum values
at stations 0.5 miles (ca 0.8 km) from the centre of oil activity. Data on
naphthalene uptake parallel GC MS data for aromatic hydrocarbons and allow
an estimation of the actual uptake velocity of naphthalene in the sediment
to be made. A significant mineralisation of benzo(a)pyrene could only
occasionally be detected.
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IN SITU MICROBIAL DEGRADATION OF PRUDHOE BAY CRUDE OIL IN BEAUFORT SEA
SEDIMENTS. 0389119
Haines, J. R. Atlas, R. M.
MAR. ENVIRON. RES., vol. 7, no. 2, pp. 91-102 LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH
PUBL. DATE- 1982. SUMMARY LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH TYPE- JOURNAL ARTICLE
TAPE NUMBER- 8301-03 COMPANY RELATED- US EPA EMSL, Rm. 368, 26 W. St.
Clair. Cincinnati, OH 45268, USA NDN- 032-0056-9706-2
This study examined the fate of Prudhoe Bay crude oil in nearshore sediments
of the Beaufort Sea, in situ, with emphasis on the role of microorganisms in
the weathering process. The results indicate that oil is degraded in Arctic
sediments very slowly; only after 1 year's exposure was biodegradation
evident. Several factors probably contributed to the slow rate of microbial
weathering. Abiotic weathering of the oil was also slow, with limited loss
of low molecular weight aliphatic and aromatic hydrocarbons during 2 years'
exposure. Significant features of the overall weathering process were: lack
of initial loss of low molecular weight compounds; aliphatic compounds were
not preferentially degraded over aromatic compounds and C sub(17) and lower
molecular weight normal alkanes were preferentially degraded over higher
molecular weight alkanes. The results of this study indicate that
hydrocarbons will persist relatively unaltered for several years if Beaufort
Sea sediments are contaminated with petroleum.
A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF CHEMICAL AND MICROBIOLOGICAL MONITORING OF POLLUTANT
HYDROCARBONS IN URBAN AQUATIC ENVIRONMENTS. 0378756
Solanas, A. M. Pares, R. Albaiges, J. Marfi1, C.
J. ENVIRON. ANAL. CHEM., vol. 12, no. 2, pp. 141-152 LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH
PUBL. DATE- 1982. SUMMARY LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH TYPE- JOURNAL ARTICLE
CONF.NAME- Workshop on the Chemistry and Analysis of Hydrocarbons in the
Environment CONF.PLACE- Barcelona (Spain) CONF.DATE- Nov 1981 TAPE
NUMBER- 8301-03 COMPANY RELATED- Inst. Bio-Organic Chem. (CSIC), Jorge
Girona Salgado, Barcelona 34, Spain NDN- 032-0056-56O8-3
Conventional chemical and microbiological methods--aromatics by
UV-f1uorescence and the number of oi1-degrading microorganisms,
respectively--have been used for the monitoring of pollutant hydrocarbon in
three different aquatic systems: two rivers, one harbour and three marine
coastal areas. An evaluation of the first year data of such study is
presented. Relative populations of total heterotrophic microorganisms and
those of degrading hydrocarbons correlate satisfactorily with hydrocarbon
concentrations in marine areas, where chronic pollution situations occur,
whereas unreliable results were obtained in the river systems. The water
temperature seems to have a positive influence on the response of
microorganisms to oil pollution.
MICROBIOLGICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF ACTIVATED SLUDGE PARTICIPATING IN
OIL-CONTAINING SEWAGE TREATMENT 0351638
Grinberg T.A. Pavlyuk D.M. Mitko, V S. Tashirev, A. V Budkova, E. N.
Malashenko, Yu.R.
MIKROBIOL. ZH., vol. 43, no. 3, pp. 307-310 LANGUAGE(S)- RUSSIAN PUBL.
DATE- 1981. SUMMARY LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH TYPE- JOURNAL ARTICLE TAPE
NUMBER- 8301-03 COMPANY RELATED- Address not stated NDN-
032-0055-570.1-2
The paper deals with the microbic composition of 35 activated sludge samples
from aerotanks (purification stages I and II) and a methane-tank of the
biological station for treating oi 1-containing sewage. Aerobic heterotrophic
hydrocarbon-assimilating forms predominate in the studied samples from the
aerotanks; a large amount of yeast and fungi is found (2.74 multiplied by 10
super(4)-2.80 multiplied by 10 super(5)). In aerotanks at purification stage
II the quantity of nitrifying and nitrogen-fixing microorganisms is two
orders higher than at stage I. A considerable amount of nitrogen-fixing
microflora in the activated sludge may be a control test evidencing for a
high quality of sludges applied for treating oi1-containing sewage. It is
shown that dominating microflora of the methane-tank is represented by
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obligatory anaerobic microorganisms whose quantity is three orders higher
than that of aerobic and facultative-aerobic bacteria.
COMPARATIVE DIGESTIBILITY OF CARBOHYDRATES OF MICROBIAL PRODUCTS AND THEIR
METABOLISABLE ENERGY VALUES IN CHICKS AND RATS. 0430340
Longe, 0. G. Norton, G. Lewis, D.
J. SCI. FOOD. AGRIC., vol. 33, no. 2, pp. 155-164 LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH
PUBL. DATE- 1982. SUMMARY LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH TYPE- JOURNAL ARTICLE
TAPE NUMBER- 8304-06 COMPANY RELATED- Dep. Anim. Sci., Univ. Ibadan,
Ibadan, Nigeria NDN- 032-0055-2989-A
The digestibility of the carbohydrate components and the metabolisable
energy (ME) values of two yeasts grown on hydrocarbon (BPG and BPL yeasts)
and a filamentous fungus grown on carbohydrate waste (RHM fungus) have been
investigated in rats and chicks. The microbial products were included at
three different levels. Mannan, beta -glucan, chitin and glycogen have been
shown to be the major constituent polysaccharides of these microbial
products. Glycogen in the three samples tested was found to be completely
digested by both animals. Mannan, beta -glucan and chitin were less
digestible and their utilisation varied according to the level of inclusion
in the diet. The difference in the ability of the animals to digest the cell
wall carbohydrates or to metabolise the gross energy from the test
ingredients was significant (P < 0.001).
CHLOROTETRACYCLINE AND SODIUM CHLORIDE TREATMENT EFFECTS ON SOME
MICRO-ORGANISMS AND UNSAPONIFIABLES OF BOLTI FISH FILLETS. 0421548
Farag, R. S. Sedky, K. A. Tana, R. A. El-Zayet, F M.
FETTE SEIFEN ANSTRICHM., vol 85, no. 1, pp. 33-38 LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH
PUBL. DATE- 1983. SUMMARY LANGUAGE(S)- GERMAN ENGLISH TYPE- JOURNAL
ARTICLE TAPE NUMBER- 8304-06 COMPANY RELATED- Biochem. Dep., Fac.
Agric., Giza, Egypt NDN- 032-0054-8632-3
The effects of chlorotetracycline (CTC), brine (NaCl) and combination of
them on Bolti unsaponifiables and associated micro-organisms were studied
under different storage conditions. Lipolytic and psychropholic bacterial
counts in cold stored fillets with combined employment of NaCl and CTC were
much lower than either NaCl or CTC. The data for partial freezing indicated
that lipolytic bacteria increased much lower than that of psychrophi1ic
bacteria. NaCl had a synergistic effect on CTC and this phenomenon was
superior in decreasing lipolytic bacterial counts to that of psychrophi1ic
bacteria. The hydrocarbons of the fresh Bolti fillets were fractionated by
GLC into 10 different components of which 7 were completely characterized.
The detected sterols were cholesterol, campesterol and beta -sitosterol
with cholesterol being the most predominant. With cold storage, slight
interconversion might occur between hydrocarbons or sterols and not between
these lipid classes. On the contrary, remarkable amounts of sterols wer
converted to hydrocarbons in partially frozen fillets.
MICROBIAL DEGRADATION OF HYDROCARBONS. 0416695
Gibson, D. T
TOXICOL. ENVIRON. CHEM., vol. 5, no. 3-4, pp. 237-250 LANGUAGE(S)-
ENGLISH PUBL. DATE- 1982. SUMMARY LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH TYPE- JOURNAL
ARTICLE CONF.NAME- Workshop on the Chemistry and Analysis of Hydrocarbons
in the Environment CONF.PLACE- Barcelona (Spain) CONF.DATE- Nov 1981
TAPE NUMBER- 8304-06 COMPANY RELATED- Cent. Appl. Microbiol., Univ.
Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712, USA NDN- 032-0054-4946-1
The filamentous fungus, Cunninghamel1 a elegans oxidizes naphthalene,
biphenyl, benzo(a)-pyrene, benzo(a)anthracene and 3-methylcholanthrene to
the same metabolic products that are formed by mammals. In the case of
benzo(a)pyrene evidence was obtained for the formation of (+)-9 alpha ,10
alpha -epoxy-7 beta ,8 alpha -dihydroxy-7,8,9,10-tetrahydrobenzo(a)pyrene
which has been implicated as the ultimate carcinogenic benzo(a)pyrene
metabolite formed by higher organisms. In contrast, bacteria oxidize
naphthalene, biphenyl, benzo(a)pyrene, benzo(a )anthracene and
3-methylcholanthrene to dihydrodiols in which the hydroxyl groups have a cis
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relative stereochemistry.
I/DEGRADATION OF PHENOLIC CONTAMINANTS IN GROUND WATER BY ANAEROBIC BACTERIA: ST.
LOUIS PARK, MINNESOTA. 0409936
Ehrlich, G. G. Goerlitz, D. F Godsy, E. M. Hult, M. F.
GROUND WATER., vol. 20, no. 6, pp. 703-710 LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH PUBL.
DATE- 1982. SUMMARY LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH TYPE- JOURNAL ARTICLE TAPE
NUMBER- 8304-06 COMPANY RELATED- U.S. Geol. Surv., 345 Middlefield Rd.,
Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA NDN- 032-0054-1684-9
Coal-tar derivatives from a coal-tar distillation and wood-treating plant
that operated from 1918 to 1972 at St. Louis Park, Minnesota contaminated
the near-surface ground water The concentration of phenolic compounds in
the aqueous phase under the wetlands is about 30 mg/1 but decreases to less
than 0.2 mg/1 at a distance of 430 m immediately downgradient from the
source. Anaerobic biodegradation of phenolic compounds is primarily
responsible for the observed attenuation. Methane was found only in water
samples from the contaminated zone (2-20 mg/1). Methane-producing bacteria
were found only in water from the contaminated zone. Methane was produced in
laboratory cultures of contaminated water inoculated with bacteria from the
contaminated zone.
CONCENTRATIONS AND MICROBIAL MINERALIZATION OF FOUR TO SIX RING POLYCYCLIC
AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS IN COMPOSTED MUNICIPAL WASTE. 0409534
Martens, R.
CHEMOSPHERE., vol. 11, no. 8, pp. 761-770 LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH PUBL.
DATE- 1982. SUMMARY LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH TYPE- JOURNAL ARTICLE TAPE
NUMBER- 8304-O6 COMPANY RELATED- Inst. Bodenbiol., Bundesforschung.
Landwirtschaft, Bundesallee 50, D-3300 Braunschweig, FRG NDN-
032-0054-1392-4
Contents of four to six ring polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) were
estimated in twelve composted municipal wastes of different origin and age.
Concentrations of PAHs ranged from 0.17 mu g perylene to 56.75 mu g
benz(a)anthracene/chrysene g super(-1) compost (dwt). In spite of total
weight reduction during compost processing (40-60% loss) no accumulation of
PAH concentrations in ripe composts was detected. This points to a decay of
PAHs by microbial activities during composting. Degradation studies carried
out with four super(14)C-1abel1ed PAHs indicated that in fresh composts
only minor amounts of PAHs can be degraded.
PECULIARITIES IN DISTRIBUTION OF BACTERIA CAUSING OIL BIODEGRADATION IN THE
DNIEPER RIVER. 0335993
Kvasnikov, E. I. Smirnova, G. F Klyushnikova, T. M. Kuberskaya, S. L.
MIKROBIOL. ZH., vol. 43, no. 1, pp. 39-43 LANGUAGE(S)- RUSSIAN PUBL.
DATE- 1981. SUMMARY LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH TYPE- JOURNAL ARTICLE TAPE
NUMBER- 8210-12 COMPANY RELATED- Address not stated NDN-
032-0053-3479-8
The group hydrocarbon composition of oil products polluting the water is
studied in different seasons. The quantitative content of oi1-oxidizing
microorganisms is determined in ports and along the river fairway The most
active oil destructors are established to belong to the Rhodococcus ,
Corynebacterium , Arthrobacter , Micrococcus , Pseudomonas , Acinetobacter ,
genera.
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HYDROCARBON-OXIDIZING BACTERIA AND THEIR ACTIVITY IN OIL-BEARING STRATA.
0335678
Rozanova, E. P Nazina, T N.
MIKROBIOLOGIYA., vol 51, no. 2, pp. 342-349 LANGUAGE(S)- RUSSIAN
PUBL. DATE- 1982. SUMMARY LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH TYPE- JOURNAL ARTICLE
TAPE NUMBER- 8210-12 COMPANY RELATED- Address not stated NDN-
032-0053-3178-5
The incidence of hydrocarbon-oxidizing and their accompanying bacteria was
examined in oil-bearing strata of the Binagadin deposit. As was shown, the
bacteria penetrate in the strata with the pumped water and are located in
the critical zones of discharge wells where their quantity reaches hundreds
of thousands per 1 ml. A water flow brings hydrocarbon-oxidizing bacteria
into the zones with operating wells where their incidence does not exceed
hundreads or thousands of cells per 1 ml. Pure cultures of
hydrocarbon-oxidizing bacteria were isolated from samples of stratal water
and classified as Pseudomonas putida, P chlororaphis and Pseudomonas sp.
A scheme for trophic relationships between bacteria producing methane and
hydrogen sulfide from oil hydrocarbons is presented.
A NEW HYDROCARBON DEGRADATION FUNGUS: VERTICILIUM ECANII 0333445
Stoermer. F C.
EUR. J. APPL. MICROBIOL. BIOTECHNOL., vol. 10, pp. 259-260 LANGUAGE(S)-
ENGLISH PUBL. DATE- 1980. SUMMARY LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH TYPE- JOURNAL
ARTICLE TAPE NUMBER- 8210-12 COMPANY RELATED- Natl. Inst. Public
Health, Postuttak, N-Oslo 1, Norway NDN- 032-0053-2525-5
V. lecanii was isolated from tar lumps resulting from a marine oil spill
It has not previously been reported to utilize hydrocarbons. During a
blowout in the North Sea in April 1977 (Bravo platform) where approximately
12,700 metric tons of crude oil were spilled into the sea, small tar lumps
were collected. Among others, a filamentous fungi V lecanii which has not
previously been described as a hydrocarbon utilizer, was isolated. The
samples, taken from the surface of -the lumps, were streaked out on plates
that contained 1% agar, phosphate and nitrogen, and overlaid with oil The
organism was identified as V. lecanii
PLASMID INCIDENCE IN MARINE BACTERIA ISOLATED FROM PETROLEUM POLLUTED SITES ON
DIFFERENT PETROLEUM HYDROCARBONS. 0330768
Devereux, R. Sizemore, R. K.
MAR. POLLUT BULL., vol. 13, no. 6, pp. 198-202 LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH
PUBL. DATE- 1982. SUMMARY LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH TYPE- JOURNAL ARTICLE
TAPE NUMBER- 8210-12 COMPANY RELATED- Dep. Biol , Univ. North Carolina,
Wilmington, NC 28406, USA NDN- 032-0053-1739-6
Oi1-degrading bacteria isolated from oil spills, an industrial bay, and an
offshore oil field by liquid enrichment on crude oils and polynuclear
aromatic hydrocarbon compounds were screened for extra-chromosomal DNA.
Plasmids were detected in 21% of the strains isolated on whole crude oil and
in 17% of the strains isolated on polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons.
Multiple plasmids were observed in 50% of the piasmid-containing strains.
Pseudomonas was the predominant genus isolated during the study Plasmids
do not appear to be of importance to these strains during degradation of
freshly introduced oil at a nonpolluted site such as might be the case in an
ocean oil spill Plasmids do appear to be significant in the adaptation of
Pseudomonas species to chronic petroleum pollution.
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HYDROCARBON-OXIDIZING BACTERIA AND THEIR ACTIVITY IN OIL-BEARING STRATA.
0323947
Rozanova, E. P. Nazina, T. N.
MIKROBIOLOGIYA., vol. 51, no. 2, pp. 342-349 LANGUAGE(S)- RUSSIAN
PUBL. DATE- 1982. SUMMARY LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH TYPE- JOURNAL ARTICLE
TAPE NUMBER- 8210-12 COMPANY RELATED- Inst. Microbiol., Acad. Sci. SSSR,
Moscow, USSR NDN- 032-O052-8975-4
The incidence of hydrocarbon-oxidizing and accompanying them bacteria was
examined in oil-bearing strata of the Binagadin deposit. As was shown, the
bacteria penetrate in the strata with the pumped water and are located in
the critical zones of discharge wells where their quantity reaches hundreds
of thousands per 1 ml. A water flow brings hydrocarbon-oxidizing bacteria
into the zones with operating wells where their incidence does not exceed
hundreds or thousands of cells per 1 ml. Pure cultures of
hydrocarbon-oxidizing bacteria were isolated from samples of strata! water
and classified as Pseudomonas putida, P. chlororaphis and Pseudomonas sp.
The cultural broth of the cenosis growing in a mineral medium with oil
contained higher fatty acids and acetate whose maximal content reached 203
mg per litre. A scheme for trophic relationships between bacteria producing
methane and hydrogen sulfide from oil hydrocarbons is presented.
DETECTION OF ALIPHATIC HYDROCARBONS DERIVED BY RECENT "BIO-CONVERSION" FROM
FOSSIL FUEL OIL IN NORTH SEA WATERS. 0313085
Gassmann, G.
MAR. POLLUT BULL., vol. 13, no. 9, pp. 309-315 LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH
PUBL. DATE- 1982. TYPE- JOURNAL ARTICLE TAPE NUMBER- 8210-12
COMPANY RELATED- Biol. Anst. Helgoland, Meeresstation, D-2192 Helgoland, FRG
NDN- 032-0052-57OO-3
The higher boiling point range of saturated aliphatic hydrocarbon fractions
extracted from North Sea water have been re-investigated in detail with
improved high resolution glass capillary columns suitable for high
temperature gas-chromatography. The resulting chromatograms reveal
hydrocarbon patterns, most of which have the same common feature: a smooth
distribution of the long-chain n-alkanes combined with a lack of the
branched alkanes normally expected for fossil fuel oil. Instead, two
homologus series of iso- and anteiso-alkanes could be detected. Since this
finding is always associated with traces of present or past fossil fuel oil
contamination of the upper water column, these environmental n-, iso and
anteiso-alkanes are considered to be recently "bio-converted" from fossil
fuel oil hydrocarbons. They form a third group beside recent biogenic and
fossil petrogenic hydrocarbons in the marine environment. Oil pollution
records of the marine environment will have to take into account this group
of microbial hydrocarbons.
DEGRADATION OF ALIPHATIC AND AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS BY MARINE BACTERIA.
0301335
Nagata, S.
BULL. JAP. SOC. SCI. FISH., vol 48, no. 6, pp. 781-786 LANGUAGE(S)-
JAPANESE PUBL. DATE- 1982. SUMMARY LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH JAPANESE
TYPE- JOURNAL ARTICLE TAPE NUMBER- 8210-12 COMPANY RELATED- Res.
Inst. Mar Cargo Transport., Kobe Univ. Mercantile Mar., Fukae, Higashinada,
Kobe 658, Japan NDN- 032-0052-1607-3
By the sus of marine petroleum-degrading bacteria Flavobacteriurn sp. and
Corynebacteriurn sp., the degradation rates of n-hexadecane (n-C sub(16))
and alpha -methylnaphthalene ( alpha -MN) as representatives of aliphatic
and aromatic hydrocarbons, respectively, were quantitatively examined
through the analyses of gas-liquid chromatography. These two strains had no
capability of degradation of alpha -MN even at the substrate concentration
as low as 0.25 ml/1, in spite of utilizing sufficiently n-C sub(16)
substrate as sole energy source of carbon. Such a poor ability of alpha -MN
degradation, however, was improved, to some extent, in the presence of
co-substrate, n-C sub(16), only for Corynebacterium sp. Moreover, the
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cooxielation mechanism brought about a remarkable advance in n-C sub(16)
degradation at its higher ranges of initial concentrations. In addition, it
may be plausible that the decomposition of cetyl alcohol rather than that of
palmitic acid is rate determining step for n-C sub(16) degradation in the
system studied.
IN VITRO MICROBIAL DEGRADATION OF BITUMINOUS HYDROCARBONS AND IN SITU
COLONIZATION OF BITUMEN SURFACES WITHIN THE ATHABASCA OIL SANDS DEPOSIT
0274804
Wyndham, R. C. Costerton, J. W.
APPL. ENVIRON. MICROBIOL., vol 41, no. 3, pp. 791-800 LANGUAGE(S)-
ENGLISH PUBL. DATE- 1981. SUMMARY LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH TYPE- JOURNAL
ARTICLE TAPE NUMBER- 8207-09 COMPANY RELATED- Dep. Biol., Univ.
Calgary, Calgary, Alta., Canada T2N 1N4 NDN- 032-0051-4057-0
Bituminous hydrocarbons extracted from the Athabasca oil sands of
northeastern Alberta were absorbed onto filter supports and placed at sites
in the Athabasca River and its tributaries where these rivers come in
contact with the oil sands formation. Colonization of the hydrocarbon
surfaces at summer and winter ambient temperatures was examined by scanning
and transmission electron microscopy as well as by epif1uorescence
microscopy of acridine orange-stained cross sections. Ruthenium red and
alkaline bismuth stains visualized an association of bacteria with the
hydrocarbon surface which was mediated by bacterial polysaccharides.
Bacteria apparently lacking a glycocalyx were also found closely associated
with the surface of the hydrophobic substrate and in channels within the
substrate.
DEVELOPMENTS IN INDUSTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY 0266504
Underkofler, L. A. Wulf, M. L. (eds.)
DEV. IND. MICROBIOL., vol. 22 LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH PUBL. DATE- 1981.
SUMMARY LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH TYPE- BOOK CONF.NAME- 37. General Meeting
of the Society for Industrial Microbiology CONF.PLACE- Flagstaff, AZ
(USA) CONF.DATE- 9-15 Aug 1980 ISSN- ISSN: 0070-4563 TAPE NUMBER-
8207-O9 COMPANY RELATED- Dep. Biol , Georgia State Univ., Atlanta, GA
30303, USA NDN- 032-0051-O759-7
Growth rates on hexadecane and tetradecane, though slower for both
organisms, were always greater for C. maltosa . Growth and yield for C.
lipolytica were best on hexadecane, followed by pristane and tetradecane.
The C. maltosa grew best on tetradecane but gave similar yield on
hexadecane, with slower growth. With naphthalene incorporated into the
hydrocarbon medium at 1% of hydrocarbon, yield and growth rates of both
organisms were affected. A comparison of naphthalene concentration and yield
on tetradecane demonstrated a general reduction in yield in C. maltosa with
a plateau between 50 and 150 ppm. Candida lipolytica increased yield with
increasing naphthalene concentration up to 100 ppm; yield remained at this
level up to 200 ppm, then declined at concentrations above 100 ppm.
DEVELOPMENTS IN INDUSTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY 0266482
Underkofler, L. A. Wulf, M. L. (eds.)
DEV IND. MICRDBIOL., vol. 22 LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH PUBL. DATE- 1981.
SUMMARY LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH TYPE- BOOK CONF.NAME- 37. General Meeting
of the Society for Industrial Microbiology CONF.PLACE- Flagstaff, AZ
(USA) CONF.DATE- 9-15 Aug 1980 ISSN- ISSN: 0070-4563 TAPE NUMBER-
8207-09 COMPANY RELATED- Sohio Res., 4440 Warrensville Cent. Rd.,
Cleveland, OH 44128, USA NDN- 032-O051-0753-7
The mechanism by which Pseudomonas aeruginosa grew anaerobical1y in the
presence of n-alkanes was investigated. Previously published results used
unwashed hydrocarbon-grown (aerobic) P aeruginosa to initiate anaerobic
growth on n-decane. In growth experiments designed to emulate the inoculum
preparation, arginine, lysine, glutamic acid, and proline were found in the
medium of P aeruginosa grown aerobically on n-decane. Only proline and
arginine were released into the medium when the organism was grown on
n-octane. Electron microscopy of cells grown on n-octane or n-decane showed
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distortion of the cell wall and membrane which may account for the amino
acid release. Both proline and arginine could support the anaerobic growth
of P. aeruginosa ; therefore, it was concluded that P. aeruginosa grew
anaerobical1y at the expense of amino acids released into the medium during
aerobic inoculum preparation.
DEVELOPMENTS IN INDUSTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY. 0266450
Underkofler, L. A. Wulf, M. L. (eds.)
DEV. IND. MICROBIOL., vol. 22 LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH PUBL. DATE- 1981.
SUMMARY LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH TYPE- BOOK CONF.NAME- 37. General Meeting
of the Society for Industrial Microbiology CONF.PLACE- Flagstaff, A2
(USA) CONF.DATE- 9-15 Aug 1980 ISSN- ISSN: 0070-4563 TAPE NUMBER-
8207-09 COMPANY RELATED- Univ. Houston, Marine Sci. Program, 4700 Ave.
U, Bldg. 303, Galveston, TX 77550, USA NDN- 032-0051-0740-9
Water and sediment samples were collected from sites of suspected low-level,
chronic petroleum contamination around Galveston Island, TX. Fresh samples
were inoculated into a medium for the enrichment and isolation of
oi1-degrading bacteria. Pseudomonas was the predominant genus among the
strains isolated in this manner Agarose gel electrophoresis was employed to
screen these isolates for the presence of plasmids. PIasmid-containing
bacteria were examined for growth on a variety of hydrocarbons and were
tested for their ability to utilize components of a model petroleum.
HETEROTROPHIC POTENTIALS AND HYDROCARBON BIODEGRADATION POTENTIALS OF SEDIMENT
MICROORGANISMS WITHIN THE ATHABASCA OIL SANDS DEPOSIT 0247034
Wyndham, R. C. Costerton, J. W.
APPL. ENVIRON. MICROBIOL., vol 41, no. 3, pp. 783-790 LANGUAGE(S)-
ENGLISH PUBL. DATE- 1981. SUMMARY LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH TYPE- JOURNAL
ARTICLE TAPE NUMBER- 8207-09 COMPANY RELATED- Dep. Biol , Univ.
Calgary, Calgary, Alta., Canada T2N 1N4 NDN- O32-0050-2339-3
Techniques for the enumeration and the determination of the potential
activity of disturbed sediment mixed populations at control sites and sites
within the Athabasca oil sands formation were applied to August and December
samples. Enumeration by epif1uorescence direct counts, oil sand hydrocarbon
plate counts, and most-probable-number determinations of (
super(14)C)hexadecane and ( super(14 )C)-naphthalene degraders indicated that
only the plate count was sensitive to increased numbers of oil sand-related
hydrocarbon-oxidizing microorganisms within the oil sands deposit. Unlike
the most probable number determinations of ( super(14)C)hexadecane and (
super(14)C)naphthalene degraders, however, the biodegradation potential
results of these substrates indicated a significant increase in activity at
oil sands sites. These biodegradation potentials also showed a marked
seasonal fluctuation. The results suggest that a general capability for
hydrocarbon oxidation exists in the Athabasca River system and that this
capability is enhanced within the natural bounds of the Athabasca oil
sands.
DEGRADATION OF LUBRICATING OILS BY MARINE BACTERIA OBSERVED BY QUANTITATIVE
MASS SPECTROMETRY. 0198057
Kawakami, Y Nishimura, H.
J. OCEANOGR. SOC. JAPAN., vol. 37, no. 1, pp. 1-8 LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH
PUBL. DATE- 1981. SUMMARY LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH TYPE- JOURNAL ARTICLE
TAPE NUMBER- 82O4-06 COMPANY RELATED- Dept. Chem. Eng., Univ. Tokyo,
Hongo 7-3-1, Tokyo 113, Japan NDN- O32-0048-2586-1
Bacterial degradation of the hydrocarbons of lubricating oils was
investigated by mass spectrometric analysis which gives both total amount
and the composition of hydrocarbon types of residual oil. An unused
lubricating oil, which mainly consisted of hydrocarbon types with only a
small percentage of n-alkanes, was degraded by marine Bacillus sp. and
Pseudomonas sp. with 55% and 25% decreases in 10 days, respectively.
Susceptibility of respective hydrocarbon types to biodegradation was in the
following order: alkanes > non-condensed cycloalkanes, mono-aromatics >
condensed cycloalkanes. A used lubricating oil of different brand showed a
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larger decrease than the unused oil. Both species of bacteria degraded large
portions of alkane fraction of Arabian light crude oil.
MICROBIOL DEGRADATION OF PETROLEUM HYDROCARBONS: AN ENVIRONMENTAL PERSPECTIVE.
0192766
Atlas, R. M.
MICROBIOL. REV., vol 45, no. 1, pp. 180-209 LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH
PUBL. DATE- 1981. TYPE- JOURNAL ARTICLE TAPE NUMBER- 8201-03
COMPANY RELATED- Dept. Biol , Univ Louisville, Louisville, KY 40292, USA
NDN- 032-0048-0544-8
NO-ABSTRACT
EFFECT OF NITROGEN SOURCE ON END PRODUCTS OF NAPHTHALENE DEGRADATION.
0170906
Aranha, H. G. Brown, L. R.
APPL. ENVIRON. MICROBIOL., vol. 42, no. 1, pp. 74-78 LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH
PUBL. DATE- 1981. SUMMARY LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH TYPE- JOURNAL ARTICLE
TAPE NUMBER- 8201-03 COMPANY RELATED- Dept. Biol. Sci., Mississippi
State Univ., Mississippi State, MS 39762, USA NDN- 032-0047-3511-9
Soil cultures, enrichment cultures, and pure culture isolates produced
substantial quantities of salicylic acid from naphthalene in a mineral salts
medium containing NH sub(4)Cl as the nitrogen source. However, when KNO
sub(3) was substituted for NH sub(4)Cl, these same cultures failed to
accumulate detectable quantities of salicylic acid but did turn the medium
yellow. When an isolate identified as a Pseudomonas) species was used,
viable cell numbers were much greater in the medium containing KNO sub(3),
but up to 94% of the naphthalene was utilized in both media. After 48 h of
incubation in a 0.1% naphthalene-mineral salts medium, the cultures
containing NH sub(4)Cl showed irregular clumped cells, a pH of 4.7, 42 mu g
of salicylic acid per ml, and the production of 4.4 ml of CO sub(2). Under
the same conditions, the cultures in the medium containing KNO sub(3) showed
uniform cellular morphology, a pH of 7.3, no salicylic acid, the production
of 29.7 ml of CO sub(2), and a distinct yellow coloration of the medium. The
differences between nitrogen sources could not be accounted for by pH alone
since results obtained using buffered media were similar. Growth with NH
sub(4)NO sub(3) displayed a pattern similar to that obtained when NH
sub(4)Cl was used. The yellow coloration in the medium containing KNO sub(3)
was apparently due to more than one compound, none of which were
1 ,2-naphthoquinone or acidic in nature, as suggested by other
i nvest igators.
THE DEGRADATION OF N-ALKYLCYCLOALKANES BY A MIXED BACTERIAL CULTURE.
0129635
Feinberg, E. L. Ramage, P I. N. Trudgill, P W.
J. GEN. MICROBIOL., vol. 121, no. 2, pp. 507-511 LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH
PUBL. DATE- 1980. SUMMARY LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH TYPE- JOURNAL ARTICLE
TAPE NUMBER- 8201-03 COMPANY RELATED- Dept. Biochem., Univ. Coll. Wales,
Aberystwyth, Dyfed SY23 3DD, UK NDN- 032-0046-2269-4
Mycobacterium rhodochrous strain 7EIC grows with dodecylcyclohexane at the
expense of acetyl fragments released by beta -oxidation of the side-chain.
Cyclohexaneacetic acid, which is not amenable to beta -oxidation and is not
oxidized by this organism, accumulates in significant yield. In combination
with Arthrobacter strain CAI, which degrades cyclohexaneacetic acid by a
novel pathway, a stable mixed cultrue is established that is capable of the
complete degradation of dodecylcyclohexane and related hydrocarbons.
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HYDROCARBON WEATHERING IN SEASHORE INVERTEBRATES AND SEDIMENTS OVER A TWO-YEAR
PERIOD FOLLOWING THE AMOCO CADIZ OIL SPILL. INFLUENCE OF MICROBIAL METABOLISM.
0120927
Oudot, J. Fusey, P Van Praet, M. Feral, J. P Gaill, F
ENVIRON. POLLUT. SER. A., vol. 26, no. 2, pp. 93-110 LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH
PUBL. DATE- 1981. SUMMARY LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH TYPE- JOURNAL ARTICLE
TAPE NUMBER- 8201-03 COMPANY RELATED- Cryptogamie, Museum Nat.
d'Histoire Nature!1, LA, CNRS 257, 12, rue de Buffon, 750005 Paris, France
NDN- 032-0045-784O-7
The weathering of aliphatic and aromatic hydrocarbons from the Amoco cadiz
oil was monitored from May 1978 to Jan. 1980 in selected seashore
invertebrates and sediments of the polluted area in Brittany, using high
temperature high resolution gas-liquid chromatography. The major part of the
oil was relatively rapidly eliminated but some petroleum constituents, such
as log-chain n-alkanes, triterpanes and alkylated phenanthrenes and
dibenzothiophenes, appeared to persist for a time. In high energy sites
(Roscoff beach), depuration was generally quite complete between 12 and 18
months after the wreck, whereas, in sheltered muddy sediments and associated
organisms of Aber Benoit and Aber Wrach, the presence of neosynthesized very
long-chain alkanes up to nC56 was shown. These compounds are believed to
result from bacterial metabolism and were still clearly visible 22 months
after the accident. Microbial degradation was the main weathering factor and
bacterial counts in the Aber Benoit muds showed that almost all the bacteria
present were adapted to hydrocarbon utilization.
MICROBIAL BIODEGRADATION AND CHEMICAL EVOLUTION OF OIL FROM THE AMOCO SPILL.
0112O82
Ward, D. M. Atlas, R. M. Boehm, P D. Calder, J. A.
AMBIO., vol. 9, no. 6, pp. 277-283 LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH PUBL. DATE-
1980. SUMMARY LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH TYPE- JOURNAL ARTICLE TAPE
NUMBER- 8201-03 COMPANY RELATED- Dept. Microbiol., Montana State Univ ,
Bozeman, MT 59717. USA NDN- 032-0045-3559-A
Microbial biodegradation of Amoco Cadiz oil was evidenced by increases in
the number and activity of hydrocarbon-utilizing bacteria, and by changes in
the chamical composition of oil exposed to weathering in various marine
environments. Because of the complexity of the oil and the contrasting
nature of microbial responses in the aerobic and anaerobic environments
polluted in this oil spill, the effectiveness of microbial oil degradation
is varied and does not result in rapid removal of all oil pollutants.
CYANIDE DEGRADATION BY IMMOBILISED FUNGI. 0111595
Nazly, N. Knowles, C. J.
BIOTECHNOL. LETT., vol. 3, no. 7, pp. 363-368 LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH
PUBL. DATE- 1981. SUMMARY LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH TYPE- JOURNAL ARTICLE
TAPE NUMBER- 82O1-03 COMPANY RELATED- Biol Lab., Univ Kent, Canterbury
CT2 7NJ, UK NDN- 032-0045-3194-A
Cyanide hydratase, which converts cyanide to formamide, was induced in
mycelia of Stemphylium loti by growth in the presence of low concentrations
of cyanide. Mycelia were immobilised by several methods. The most useful
system was found to be treatment with flocculating agents. This technique is
applicable to a wide range of easily isolated fungi that contain cyanide
hydratase.
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MICROBIAL DEGRADATION OF AROMATICS AND SATURATES IN PRUDHOE BAY CRUDE OIL AS
DETERMINED BY GLASS CAPILLARY GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY 81-10 O8747
FEDORAK, P M. WESTLAKE, D. W. S.
CAN. J. MICROBIDL., 27(4), 432-443 (1981) LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH,
FRENCH AFFILIATION- (DEP. MICROBIOL., UNIV. ALBERTA, EDMONTON, ALTA. T6G
2E9, CANADA) TYPE- JOURNAL ARTICLE: ORIG. RESEARCH NDN-
032-OO45-O971-5
WATER SAMPLES OBTAINED FROM 3 DIFFERENT MARINE ENVIRONMENTS (INCLUDING A
COMMERCIAL HARBOR, A PRISTINE AREA, AND AN OIL TANKER DOCK AREA) FROM THE
COAST OF WASHINGTON STATE WERE CHALLENGED WITH PRUDHOE BAY CRUDE OIL UNDER
SHAKE-FLASK CONDITIONS AT 8 C. REPLICATE CULTURES WERE GROWN WITH AND
WITHOUT NITROGEN (NO 3 , NH 4 H+) AND PHOSPHATE SUPPLEMENTATION. AFTER 27
DAYS OF INCUBATION, BOTH THE AROMATIC AND SATURATE FRACTIONS WERE
EXTENSIVELY DEGRADED BY THE MICROORGANISMS FROM THESE ENVIRONMENTS WHEN
SUPPLEMENTED WITH NITROGEN AND PHOSPHORUS. WITHOUT NUTRIENT
SUPPLEMENTATION,THE AROMATICS WERE MORE READILY ATTACKED THAN THE SATURATES
BY THE POPULATIONS FROM THE PRISTINE ENVIRONMENT AND FROM THE COMMERCIAL
HARBOR AREA. UNDER THESE LIMITED NUTRIENT CONDITIONS, SAMPLES FROM NEAR OIL
TANKER DOCKS SHOWED MODERATE DEGRADATION OF BOTH THE SATURATE AND AROMATIC
FRACTIONS. THE SIMPLE AROMATICS (E.G., NAPHTHALENE AND 2-METHYLNAPHTHALENE)
WERE MORE READILY DEGRADED THAN THE N-ALKANES. HOWEVER, ONCE THE BREAKDOWN
OF THESE SATURATES COMMENCED, THESE WERE QUICKLY REMOVED FROM THE OIL. THE
AROMATIC DEGRADATION CONTINUED TO PROGRESS FROM LOWER MOL WT, LESS COMPLEX
MOLECULES TO LARGER, MORE COMPLEX MOLECULES IN THE APPROXIMATE SERIES C 2
NAPHTHALENES; PHENANTHRENE AND DIBENXOTHIOPHENE; C 3 NAPHTHALENES AND
METHYLPHENATHRENES; C 2 PHENANTHRENES.
CONVERSION OF GLUCOSE TO FATTY ACIDS AND METHANE: ROLES OF TWO MYCOPLASMAL
AGENTS. 81-10 05853
ROSE, C. PIRT, S. J.
d. BACTERIOL., 147(1), 248-254 (1981) LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH
AFFILIATION- (MICROBIOL. DEP., QUEEN ELIZABETH COLL., CAMPDEN HILL, LONDON
W8 7AH, UK) TYPE- JOURNAL ARTICLE: ORIG. RESEARCH NDN-
032-0044-9446-8
TWO SPECIES OF OBLIGATELY ANAEROBIC MYCOPLASMAS WERE THE MAJOR COMPONENTS OF
A METHANOGENIC GLUCOSE-LIMITED ENRICHMENT CULTURE. IN PURE CULTURE, 1 OF
THESE ORGANISMS, TENTATIVELY NAMED ANAEROPLASMA SP. STRAIN LONDON, WAS
SHOWN TO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE FERMENTATION OF GLUCOSE TO FATTY ACIDS,
HYDROGEN, AND CARBON DIOXIDE; THE OTHER MYCOPLASMA WAS SHOWN TO PRODUCE
METHANE FROM HYDROGEN AND CARBON DIOXIDE AND WAS NAMED METHANOPLASMA
ELIZABETHII . THIS SAME METHANOGENIC MYCOPLASMA CONTAINED A LOW-MOL-WT
FLUORESCENT COFACTOR WHICH HAD A MAXIMUM LIGHT ABSORBANCE AT 430 NM. WHEN
BOTH SPECIES OF MYCOPLASMAS WERE GROWN TOGETHER ON GLUCOSE, FERMENTATION
PRODUCTS INCLUDED FATTY ACIDS AND METHANE. FOR THE FIRST TIME, MYCOPLASMAS
ARE IMPLICATED AS AGENTS OF ANAEROBIC DEGRADATION AND METHANOGENESIS IN A
SEWAGE SLUDGE DIGESTER.
INHIBITION OF CATECHOL 2,3-DIOXYGENASE FROM PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA BY
3-CHLOROCATECHOL. 81-08 96630
KLECKA, G. M. GIBSON, D. T
APPL. ENVIRON. MICROBIOL., 41(5), 1159-1165 (1981) LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH
AFFILIATION- (DEP. MICROBIOL., UNIV. TEXAS AT AUSTIN, AUSTIN, TX 78712, USA)
TYPE- JOURNAL ARTICLE: ORIG. RESEARCH NDN- 032-0043-8955-4
THE INHIBITION BY 3-CHLOROCATECHOL OF THE CATECHOL DIOXYGENASE FROM P.
PUTIDA IS DESCRIBED. EVIDENCE IS PRESENTED THAT INDICATES THE INACTIVATION
OF THE RING-FISSION ENZYME IS DUE TO THE ABILITY OF 3-CHLOROCATECHOL TO
CHELATE THE IRON COFACTOR REQUIRED FOR CATALYTIC ACTIVITY.
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PRODUCTION OF MOLECULAR HYDROGEN UNDER THE ACTION OF MICROFLORA FROM
OIL-BEARING STRATA ON OIL. 81-08 92259
NAZINA, T N.
MIKROBIOLOGIYA, 50(1), 163-166 (1981) LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH, RUSSIAN
AFFILIATION- (INST. MICROBIOL., ACAD. SCI. USSR, MOSCOW, USSR) TYPE-
JOURNAL ARTICLE: ORIG. RESEARCH NDN- 032-O043-6532-2
METHANE AND CARBON DIOXIDE WERE PRODUCED DURING THE GROWTH OF A METHANE
FORMING BACTERIAL BIOCENOSIS FROM OIL-BEARING STRATA IN THE CULTURAL BROTH
OF HYDROCARBON OXIDIZING MICROORGANISMS GROWN IN A MEDIUM WITH
METHANE-NAPHTHENE OIL. MOLECULAR HYDROGEN CAN BE PRODUCED BY FERMENTING
MICROORGANISMS ISOLATED FROM STRATAL WATER IN THE COURSE OF THEIR GROWTH IN
THE CULTURAL BROTH OF HYDROCARBON OXIDIZING BACTERIA CULTIVATED IN MEDIA
WITH METHANE OIL, METHANE-NAPHTHENE OIL AND NAPHTHENE-AROMATIC OIL.
MICROBIAL DESULFURIZATION OF PETROLEUM AND HEAVY PETROLEUM FRACTIONS. I.
STUDIES ON MICROBIAL AEROBIC DESULFURIZATION OF ROMASHKINO-CRUDE OIL.
81-08 90333
ECKART, V. HIEKE, W. BAUCH, J. GENTZSCH, H.
ZENTRALBL. BAKTERIOL. PARASITENKD. INFEKTIONSKR. HYG., II, 135(8), 674-681
(1980) LANGUAGE(S)- GERMAN, ENGLISH AFFILIATION- (VEB PETROLCHEM.
KOMBINAT SCHWEDT, HAUPTABTEILUNG VERFAHREN, DDR-1330 SCHWEDT, GDR)
TYPE- JOURNAL ARTICLE: ORIG. RESEARCH NDN- 032-0043-1551-2
THE AEROBIC DESULFURIZATION OF CRUDE ROMASHKINO OIL BY USING SPECIAL TYPES
OF MICROORGANISMS ( PSEUDOMONAS SP) IS DESCRIBED. BACTERIA USED IN THIS
STUDY HAVE BEEN ISOLATED FROM OIL POLLUTED WATER, SOIL AND REMANENTS IN OIL
TANKS. AS A MEASURE OF THE DESFULURIZATION CAPACITY OF THE BACTERIA THE
DECREASE OF THE SULFUR CONTENT OVER CERTAIN PERIODS OF TIME WAS DETERMINED.
THE MOST ACTIVE STRAINS SE 6, SE 7 AND SE 8 WERE CAPABLE OF REMOVING 5O-55%
OF SULFUR DURING 5 DAYS FROM ROMASHKINO OIL IN DISCONTINUOUSLY RUNNING
LABORATORY FERMENTORS.
METABOLISM OF ACETATE AND HYDROGEN BY A MIXED POPULATION OF ANAEROBES CAPABLE
OF CONVERTING CELLULOSE TO METHANE. 81-08 90340
KHAN, A. W. MES HARTREE, M.
0. APPL. BACTERIOL., 50(2), 283-288 (1981) LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH
AFFILIATION- (DIV BIOL. SCI., NATL. RES. COUNC. CANADA, OTTAWA, ONT K1A
OR6, CANADA) TYPE- JOURNAL ARTICLE: ORIG. RESEARCH NDN-
032-0043-1544-3
A METHANOGENIC SYSTEM FOUND IN CELLULOSE-ENRICHED CULTURED PRODUCED CH 4
FROM COL2-REDUCTION AT 19-24 MMOL/L/DAY, AND CONVERTED ACETATE TO CH 4 AT
9-11 MMOL/L/DAY. ACETATE TO CH 4 CONVERSION OCCURRED ON APPROX MOL/MOL BASIS
AND WAS NOT AFFECTED BY THE PRESENCE OF H 2. METHANE FORMATION, FROM
PROBABLE INTERMEDIATES OF CELLULOSE DEGRADATION, DECREASED IN THE ORDER, H
2-CO 2>, ACETATE > ETHANOL > PYRUVATE > LACTATE > PROPRANOL > PROPIONATE >
BUTANOL > ACETALDEHYDE > IDOBUTANOL > FORMATE > METHANOL. CONVERSION OF
ACETATE TO CH 4 APPEARS TO BE BROUGHT ABOUT BY THE LONG FILAMENTOUS BACTERIA
WHICH ARE ALSO PRESENT IN ACETATE-ENRICHED CULTURES.
MICROBIAL COOXIDATION OF NAPHTHALENE FOR THE PRODUCTION OF
1,2-DIHYDROXY-l,2-DIHYDRONAPHTHALENE. 81-08 87124
HSIEH, J. H. WANG, S. S.
ENZYME MICROB. TECHNOL., 2(4), 299-304 (1980) LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH
AFFILIATION- (MONSANTO CO., 80O N. LINDBERGH BLVD., ST. LOUIS, MO 63166,
USA) TYPE- JOURNAL ARTICLE: ORIG. RESEARCH NDN- 032-0042-9492-1
A MICROBIAL COOXIDATION PROCESS FOR 1,2-DIHYDROXY-1,2-DIHYDRONAPHTHALENE
FROM NAPHTHALENE HAS BEEN DEMONSTRATED. A PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA 119 MUTANT
STRAIN GROWN WITH GLUCOSE AS THE SOLE CARBON AND ENERGY SOURCE WAS USED TO
OXIDIZE NAPHTHALENE. GROWTH CHARACTERISTICS OF THE P PUTIDA MUTANT STRAIN
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WERE STUDIED IN BOTH BATCH AND CONTINUOUS FERMENTATION EXPERIMENTS. THE RATE
OF PRODUCT FORMATION WAS FOUND TO DEPEND ON NAPHTHALENE PARTICLE SIZES,
INITIAL NAPHTHALENE AND GLUCOSE CONCENTRATIONS. KINETIC MODELS WERE
DEVELOPED TO QUANTIFY THE MICROBIAL COOXIDATION PROCESS AND A 2-STAGE
FERMENTATION PROCESS IS PROPOSED FOR FURTHER STUDIES.
FORMATION OF C 4-C 7 HYDROCARBONS FROM BACTERIAL DEGRADATION OF NATURALLY
OCCURRING TERPENOIDS. 81-07 85029
HUNT, J. M. MILLER, R. J. WHELAN, J. K.
NATURE, 288(5791), 577-578 (1980) LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH
AFFILIATION- (WOODS HOLE OCEANOGR. INST , WOODS HOLE, MA 02543, USA)
TYPE- JOURNAL ARTICLE: ORIG. RESEARCH NDN- 032-0042-5945-1
THE AUTHORS FOUND MANY LIGHT HYDROCARBONS, BOTH ALKANES AND ALKENES, IN
TRACE AMOUNTS (NG COMPOUND PER G SEDIMENT) IN RECENT MARINE SEDIMENTS. THESE
HYDROCARBONS ARE BELIEVED TO ORIGINATE FROM BOTH BIOLOGICAL AND
LOW-TEMPERATURE REACTIONS IN THE SEDIMENTS. UNDERSTANDING THEIR MECHANISM OF
FORMATION MAY ALLOW USE OF THESE COMPOUNDS TO DECIPHER THE PAST BIOLOGICAL
AND THERMAL HISTORY OF THE SEDIMENTS. TO INVESTIGATE BIOLOGICAL ORIGINS THE
AUTHORS CULTIVATED MIXED POPULATIONS OF BACTERIA ON NATURAL TERPENOIDS AND
FOUND, AS DEGRADATION PRODUCTS, BOTH ALKANES AND ALKENES IN THE C 1-C 7
RANGE; THIS IS THE FIRST REPORT OF C 4-C 7 HYDROCARBONS BEING FORMED FROM
MICRDBIAL ACTIVITIES. AEROBIC FOLLOWED BY ANAEROBIC DEGRADATION YIELDED
MAINLY SMALL AMOUNTS OF STRAIGHT-CHAIN ALKENES. NO SUCH PRODUCTS RESULTED
FROM BLANKS OR CONTROLS. THE RESULTS ARE CONSISTENT WITH PRODUCTS OBSERVED
IN NATURAL ENVIRONMENTS.
OSCILLATIONS IN OXYGEN UPTAKE IN CULTURES OF NEUROSPORA CRASSA LYS 3 TREATED
WITH 2'-DEOXYADENOSINE. 81-07 85614
FLETCHER, M. H. TRINCI, A. P. J.
TRANS. BR. MYCOL. SOC. , 76(2), 243-247 (1981) LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH
AFFILIATION- (MICROBIOL. DEP., QUEEN ELIZABETH COLL., CAMPDEN HILL ROAD,
LONDON W8 7AH, UK) TYPE- JOURNAL ARTICLE: ORIG. RESEARCH NDN-
032-O042-5360-6
THE RATE OF OXYGEN UPTAKE BY EXPONENTIAL PHASE CULTURES OF N. CRASSA LYS 3
WAS MEASURED IN THE PRESENCE AND ABSENCE OF THE RESPIRATORY UNCOUPLER,
CARBONYL-CYANIDE-M-CHLOROPHENYLHYDROZONE (CCCP). ADDITION OF CCCP (2.45 MM)
APPROXIMATELY DOUBLED THE ORGANISM'S RATE OF OXYGEN UPTAKE BUT THE
STIMULATORY EFFECT OF THE UNCOUPLER DECLINED AS THE CULTURE INCREASED IN
BIOMASS. DNA SYNTHESIS IN EXPONENTIAL PHASE CULTURES WAS SYNCHRONIZED BY
2'-DEOXYADENOSINE (2 MM). THE RATE OF OXYGEN UPTAKE BY THESE 'SYNCHRONIZED'
CULTURES EXHIBITED DAMPED OSCILLATIONS WITH 2 RESPIRATORY PEAKS PER 'DNA
CYCLE'; CCCP HAD MAXIMUM STIMULATORY EFFECT ON OXYGEN UPTAKE AT TIMES OF
MINIMUM RATES OF RESPIRATION, I.E. DURING 'TROUGHS' IN THE OSCILLATIONS.
DEGRADATION OF AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS AND DERIVATIVES BY MICROORGANISMS. I
METABOLIC PATTERN OF A NEW ISOLATED BACTERIAL STRAIN PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA
81-07 82552
HALAMA, D. AUGUSTIN, J.
BIOLOGIA, 35(12), 889-896 (1980) LANGUAGE(S)- CZECH, ENGLISH, RUSSIAN
AFFILIATION- (DEP. APPL. MICROBIOL. AND BIOCHEM., SLOVAK POLYTECH. UNIV.,
880 37 BRATISLAVA, CZECHOSLOVAKIA) TYPE- JOURNAL ARTICLE: ORIG.
RESEARCH NDN- 032-0042-1232-4
A BACTERIAL STRAIN IDENTIFIED AS P. PUTIDA WAS ISOLATED FROM SURFACE
WATERS POLLUTED BY WASTES AND OIL REFINERY PRODUCTS BY ENRICHMENT CULTURE
AND SUBSEQUENT CONTINUOUS CULTIVATION. THE MEDIUM USED CONTAINED ONLY
MINERAL SALTS AND BENZENE. SEVERAL MONO- AND DISUBSTITUTED BENZENE AND
NAPHTHALENE DERIVATIVES WERE TESTED FOR GROWTH, SUBSTRATE CONSUMPTION, AND
RESPIRATION RATE.
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HYDROCARBON-UTILISING MICRO-ORGANISMS FROM DONA PAULA BAY, GOA.
81-07 82575
BHOSLE, N. B. MAVINKURVE, S.
MAR. ENVIRON. RES., 4(1), 53-58 (1980) LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH
AFFILIATION- (NATL. INST. OCEANOGR., DONA PAULA, GOA 403 004, INDIA)
TYPE- JOURNAL ARTICLE: ORIG. RESEARCH NDN- 032-0042-1209-7
TWENTY-THREE HYDROCARBON-UTILISING BACTERIA AND ONE YEAST WERE ISOLATED,
USING ENRICHMENT TECHNIQUES, FROM WATER AND SEDIMENT SAMPLES. VIBRIO AND
PSEUDOMONAS WERE THE PREDOMINANT GENERA. OF THE DIFFERENT ORGANISMS
SCREENED, BACILLUS, CANDIDA AND ARTHROBACTER SP EXHIBITED THE WIDEST
RANGE OF HYDROCARBON-UTILISING PROFILES. ARABIAN SEA CRUDE AND KEROSENE
SUPPORTED THE GROWTH OF MOST OF THE ISOLATES.
THE ROLE OF DODECANOIC ACID IN THE MICROBIOLOGICAL CORROSION OF JET AIRCRAFT
INTEGRAL FUEL TANKS. 81-07 78704
DE SCHIAPPARELLI, E. R. DE MEYBAUM, B. R.
INT. BIODETERIOR. BULL., 16(3), 61-66 (1980) LANGUAGE(S)- GERMAN,
ENGLISH, SPANISH, FRENCH AFFILIATION- (CITEFA (GRUPO CORROSION),
ZUFRIATEGUI Y VARELA, (1603) VILLA MARTELLI, BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA)
TYPE- JOURNAL ARTICLE: ORIG. RESEARCH NDN- 032-0041-8498-6
PROLIFERATION OF CLADOSPORIUM RESINAE PRODUCES LOCALIZED CORROSION OF THE
STRUCTURAL ALUMINIUM ALLOYS USED IN INTEGRAL FUEL TANKS OF JET AIRCRAFT.
DODECANOIC ACID IS ONE OF THE METABOLIC PRODUCTS OF THE BIODEGRADATION OF
HYDROCARBONS BY C. RESINAE . BY MEANS OF ELECTROCHEMICAL MEASUREMENTS THE
AGGRESSIVENESS OF THIS ACID ON 2024 STRUCTURAL ALUMINIUM ALLOY WAS MEASURED
AND IT WAS SHOWN TO LOWER PITTING POTENTIAL. SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY
WAS EMPLOYED FOR THE MORPHOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF THE ATTACK PRODUCED ON
SAMPLES SUBMITTED TO THE ELECTROCHEMICAL TESTS.
RATES OF MICROBIAL TRANSFORMATION OF POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS IN WATER
AND SEDIMENTS IN THE VICINITY OF A COAL-COKING WASTEWATER DISCHARGE.
81-06 76219
HERBES, S. E.
APPL. ENVIRON. MICROBIOL., 41(1), 20-28 (1981) LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH
AFFILIATION- (ENVIRON. SCI. DIV., OAK RIDGE NATL. LAB., OAK RIDGE, TN 37830,
USA) TYPE- JOURNAL ARTICLE: ORIG. RESEARCH NDN- 032-0041-6673-9
NO-ABSTRACT
ANAEROBIC DEGRADATION OF LACTATE BY SYNTROPHIC ASSOCIATIONS OF METHANOSARCINA
BARKERI AND DESULFOVIBRIO SPECIES AND EFFECT OF H 2 ON ACETATE DEGRADATION.
81-O6 76320
MCINERNEY, M. J. BRYANT, M. P
APPL. ENVIRON. MICROBIOL., 41(2), 346-354 (1981) LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH
AFFILIATION- (DEP. DAIRY SCI., UNIV. ILLINOIS, URBANA, IL 61801, USA)
TYPE- JOURNAL ARTICLE: ORIG. RESEARCH NDN- 032-OO41-6572-6
WHEN GROWN IN THE ABSENCE OF ADDED SULFATE, COCULTURES OF D. DESULFURICANS
OR D. VULGARIS WITH METHANOBREVIBACTER SMITHIII (METHANOBACTERIUM
RUMINANTIUM ), WHICH USES H 2 AND CO 2 FOR METHANOGENESIS, DEGRADED LACTATE,
WITH THE PRODUCTION OF ACETATE AND CH 4. WHEN D. DESULFURICANS OR D.
VULGARIS WAS GROWN IN THE ABSENCE OF ADDED SULFATE IN COCULTURE WITH M.
BARKERI (TYPE STRAIN), WHICH USES BOTH H 2-CO 2 AND ACETATE FOR
METHANOGENESIS, LACTATE WAS STOICHIOMETRICALLY DEGRADED TO CH 4 AND
PRESUMABLY TO CO 2. DURING THE FIRST 12 DAYS OF INCUBATION OF THE D.
DESULFURICANS-M. BARKERI COCULTURE, LACTATE WAS COMPLETELY DEGRADED, WITH
ALMOST STOICHIOMETRIC PRODUCTION OF ACETATE AND CH 4. LATER, ACETATE WAS
DEGRADED TO CH 4 AND PRESUMABLY TO CO 2. RESULTS OF EXPERIMENTS SUGGEST THAT
H 2 PRODUCED BY THE DESULFOVIBRIO SPP DURING GROWTH WITH LACTATE INHIBITED
ACETATE DEGRADATION BY M. BARKERI
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INVESTIGATIONS IN THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA. 84TH CRUISE OF THE R/V AKADEMIK A.
KOVALEVSKIJ , JUNE-JULY 1978. 81-06 00769
MIRONOV, 0. G. MILOVIDOVA, N. YU .
PUBL. BY- VSES. NAUCH. ISSLED. INST. GIDROMETEOROL. INFORM. MIROVOJ TSENTR
DANNYKH; OBNINSK (USSR). 1980. 51 P. LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH, RUSSIAN
AFFILIATION- (EDS.) TYPE- BOOK : MONOGRAPH NDN- 032-0041-4607-8
THIS IS A COLLECTION OF PAPERS DEALING WITH SOME RESULTS OF THE CRUISE
CARRIED OUT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROGRAM OF COOPERATIVE INVESTIGATIONS OF
THE MEDITERRANEAN (CIM) AND MAINLY CONCERNED WITH THE STUDY OF HYDROCARBON
OXIDIZING MICROORGANISMS.
ATTACHMENT OF MICROORGANISMS TO SURFACES IN THE AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT.
81-06 73961
CDLWELL, R. R. BELAS, M. R. ZACHARY. A. AUSTIN, B. ALLEN, D.
DEV. IND. MICROBIOL., NO. 21, 169-178 (1980) LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH
AFFILIATION- (DEP. MICROBIOL., UNIV. MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARK, MD 20742, USA)
TYPE- JOURNAL ARTICLE: ORIG. RESEARCH NDN- 032-0041-4228-2
BACTERIA OF ECOLOGICAL SIGNIFICANCE IN MARINE AND ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENTS
INCLUDE SPECIES WHICH ACT AS PRIMARY COLONIZERS OF NATURAL SUBSTRATES. AN
INVESTIGATION OF WOOD PILINGS IN HARBOR WATER OF PUERTO RICO REVEALED THAT
PIONEER BACTERIA INITIALLY ATTACHING TO SURFACES ARE LATER REPLACED BY OTHER
TYPES OF BACTERIA, AS COLONIZATION PROCEEDS. PRIMARY COLONIZERS REPRESENT A
COMMUNITY STRUCTURE DISTINCT FROM THAT OF THE WATER COLUMN. A VERY LOW
SPECIES DIVERSITY WAS OBSERVED FOR NEWLY PLACED PILINGS, WITH INCREASED
DIVERSITY NOTED AS A MATURE BIOFOULING COMMUNITY WAS FORMED.
NAPHTHALENE-ENRICHED CREOSOTE CAUSED A SHORT-TERM IMPACT ON THE MICROBIAL
ECOLOGY OF THE PILING SURFACES SINCE UNTREATED WOOD WAS COLONIZED MORE
RAPIDLY AND EXTENSIVELY THAN TREATED WOOD. ON UNTREATED WOOD EXPOSED FOR 2
DAYS IN THE HARBOR, FLOC-FORMING BACTERIA APPEARED MAT-LIKE AT LOW
MAGNIFICATION, BUT WERE CLEARLY VISIBLE AS BACTERIAL CELLS ENMESHED IN AN
EXTENSIVE FIBRILLAR NETWORK WHEN VIEWED AT HIGHER MAGNIFICATION. BACTERIA
SHOWING FIBRILS WERE OBSERVED ON NAPHTHALENE/CREOSOTE-TREATED WOOD EXPOSED
TO SEAWATER FOR 2 DAYS, BUT MAT-LIKE COLONIES WERE NOT SEEN UNTIL AFTER 4
DAYS. THUS, COLONIZATION APPEARS TO BE SLOWER AND MORE SELECTIVE ON THE
TREATED WOOD.
STUDIES OF METHANOGENIC BACTERIA IN SLUDGE.
SMITH, P H.
81-06 01169
ENVIRON. PROT. TECHNOL. SER., EPA-600/2-80-093, 112 PP. (1980)
LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH AFFILIATION- (UNIV. FLORIDA, GAINESVILLE, FL 32601,
USA) TYPE- MONOGRAPHIC SERIES NDN- 032-0041-2396-7
METHANOGENIC BACTERIA WERE ISOLATED FROM MESOPHILIC ANAEROBIC DIGESTERS. THE
ISOLATES WERE ABLE TO UTILIZE H 2 AND CO 2 ACETATE, FORMATE AND METHANDL,
BUT WERE NOT ABLE TO METABOLIZE PROPIONATE AND BUTYRATE . IT WAS SHOWN THE
PROPIONATE AND BUTYRATE ARE NOT SUBSTRATES FOR METHANOGENIC BACTERIA BUT ARE
CONVERTED TO HYDROGEN, CARBON DIOXIDE AND ACETATE BY A HYDROGENOGENIC
MICROFLORA. THE REACTIONS LEADING TO METHANE WERE QUANTITATIVELY ANALYZED.
IT WAS SHOWN THAT ACETATE, PROPIONATE AND BUTYRATE METABOLISM WERE INHIBITED
BY HYDROGEN. THE FORMATION OF ACETATE AND PROPIONATE WERE SHOWN TO BE RATE
LIMITING IN THE DIGESTION PROCESS, AND THAT SLUDGE DIGESTION WAS NOT
INHIBITED BY HYDROGEN UNDER CONDITIONS OF EXCESS SUBSTRATE.
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ANAEROBIC DEGRADATION OF LACTATE BY SYNTROPHIC ASSOCIATIONS OF METHANOSARCINA
BARKERI AND DESULFOVIBRIO SPECIES AND EFFECT OF H 2 ON ACETATE DEGRADATION.
81-06 72559
MCINERNEY, M. J. BRYANT, M. P.
APPL. ENVIRON. MICROBIOL., 41(2), 346-354 (1981) LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH
AFFILIATION- (DEP. DAIRY SCI , UNIV. ILLINOIS, URBANA, IL 61801, USA)
TYPE- JOURNAL ARTICLE: ORIG. RESEARCH NDN- 032-OO41-0290-8
WHNN GROWN IN THE ABSENCE OF ADDED SULFATE, COCULTURES OF D. DESULFURICANS
OR D. VULGARIS WITH METHANOBREVIBACTER SMITHIII (METHANOBACTERIUM
RUMINANTIUM ), WHICH USES H 2 AND CO 2 FOR METHANOGENESIS, DEGRADED LACTATE,
WITH THE PRODUCTION OF ACETATE AND CH 4. WHEN D. DESULFURICANS OR D.
VULGARIS WAS GROWN IN THE ABSENCE OF ADDED SULFATE IN COCULTURE WITH M.
BARKERI (TYPE STRAIN), WHICH USES BOTH H 2-CO 2 AND ACETATE FOR
METHANOGENESIS, LACTATE WAS STOICHIOMETRICALLY DEGRADED TO CH 4 AND
PRESUMABLY TO CO 2. DURING THE FIRST 12 DAYS OF INCUBATION OF THE D.
DESULFURICANS-M. BARKERI COCULTURE, LACTATE WAS COMPLETELY DEGRADED, WITH
ALMOST STOICHIOMETRIC PRODUCTION OF ACETATE AND CH 4. LATER, ACETATE WAS
DEGRADED TO CH 4 AND PRESUMABLY TO CO 2. RESULTS OF EXPERIMENTS SUGGEST THAT
H 2 PRODUCED BY THE DESULFOVIBRIO SPP DURING GROWTH WITH LACTATE INHIBITED
ACETATE DEGRADATION BY M. BARKERI
MICROBIAL METABOLISM OF ALICYCLIC HYDROCARBONS: CYCLOHEXANE CATABOLISM BY A
PURE STRAIN OF PSEUDOMONAS SP 81-06 73658
ANDERSON, M. S. HALL, R. A. GRIFFIN, M.
J. GEN. MICROBIOL., 120(1), 89-94 (1980) LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH
AFFILIATION- (DEP. LIFE SCI., TRENT POLYTECHNIC, NOTTINGHAM NG1 4BU, UK)
TYPE- JOURNAL ARTICLE: ORIG. RESEARCH NDN- 032-0040-9196-1
A MICROORGANISM CAPABLE OF GROWTH ON CYCLOHEXANE AS THE SOLE CARBON SOURCE
WAS ISOLATED FROM SOIL OF AN ASH WOOD; THE ORGANISM WAS IDENTIFIED AS A
PSEUDOMONAD. GROWTH, RESPIRATION AND ENZYMIC STUDIES WITH THE ORGANISM ARE
CONSISTENT WITH AN OXIDATION ROUTE FOR CYCLOHEXANE PROCEEDING VIA
CYCLOHEXANOL, CYCLOHEXANONE, E-CAPROLACTONE, 6-HYDROXYCAPROATE AND ADIPATE.
CELL-FREE EXTRACTS OF THE ORGANISM GROWN ON CYCLOHEXANE DEMONSTRATED
CYCLOHEXANE HYDROXYLASE ACTIVITY WHICH WAS FOUND TO BE VERY LABILE,
DEPENDENT ON MOLECULAR OXYGEN AND SPECIFIC FOR NADH; THE PRODUCT OF THIS
REACTION WAS IDENTIFIED AS CYCLOHEXANOL.
BIOLOGICAL/CHEMICAL SURVEY OF TEXOMA AND CAPLINE SECTOR SALT DOME BRINE
DISPOSAL SITES OFF LOUISIANA, 1978-1979. VOLUME 3 DESCRIBE BACTERIAL
COMMUNITIES. 81-05 00823
SCHWARZ, J. R. ALEXANDER, S. K. SCHROPP, S. J. CARPENTER, V. L.
NOAA TECH. MEMO. PUBL. BY : NOAA/NMFS; GALVESTON, TX (USA).
NOV 1980. 74P NOAA-TM-NMFS-SEFC-27 REP TO DEP. ENERGY INTERAGENCY
AGREEMENT EL-78-1-0-7146. LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH CORP. AUTH- NATIONAL
MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE, GALVESTON, TX (USA). SOUTHEAST FISHERIES CENTER.
AFFILIATION- (TEXAS A AND M UNIV., MOODY COLLEGE, GALVESTON, TX 77550, USA)
TYPE- REPORT NDN- 032-0040-6362-3
SEDIMENT BACTERIAL POPULATIONS WERE MOST NUMEROUS DURING SUMMER,
CORRESPONDING TO MAXIMUM MEAN IN SITU TEMPERATURES. GREATEST LEVELS DURING
ALL SEASONS OCCURRED AT THE WEST HACKBERRY SITE, WHERE THE SUBSTRATE WAS
FINER TEXTURED AND CONTAINED A HIGHER ORGANIC CONTENT. HYDROCARBON DEGRADING
BACTERIA WERE AN INDIGENOUS COMPONENT OF THE BENTHIC BACTERIAL POPULATION
THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. SEDIMENT FROM THE TWO STUDY SITES CONTAINED A RESIDENT
POPULATION OF HALOPHILIC (SALT-TOLERANT) BACTERIA CAPABLE OF GROWTH IN 50
0/00 SALT. HALOPHILES IN SEDIMENT EXHIBITED SEASONAL AND SPATIAL VARIATIONS
SIMILAR TO THOSE OF THE AEROBIC HETEROTROPHIC POPULATIONS. PHOTOSYNTHETIC
BACTERIA WERE ISOLATED FROM THE TWO STUDY SITES. HOWEVER, THESE BACTERIA
WERE NEITHER PREVALENT OR NUMEROUS. MEMBERS OF THE GENUS BACILLUS WERE THE
PREDOMINANT AEROBIC HETEROTROPHIC AND HALOPHILIC BACTERIA ISOLATED FROM WEST
HACKBERRY SITE SEDIMENT, WHILE VIBRIO SP WERE THE PREDOMINANT ISOLATES
FROM WEEKS ISLAND SITE SEDIMENT. THE PREDOMINANT HYDROCARBON DEGRADING
BACTERIA FROM BOTH SITES WERE PSEUDOMONAS SP AEROBIC HETEROTROPHIC
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BACTERIA ISOLATED FROM WATER OF BOTH SITES
VIBRIO . THE BACTERIA. DIVERSITY OF SEDIMENT
WEST HACKBERRY SITE. AND FROM 0.12 TO 2.06 AT
DIVERSITY WAS AT A MAXIMUM DURING SUMMER-FALL.
PREDOMINANTLY SPECIES OF
FROM 0.38 TO 1»93 AT THE
THE WEEKS ISLAND
METHANE FERMENTATION OF BAGASSE
81-05 66455
AND
SOME FACTORS TO IMPROVE THE FERMENTATION.
01
YAMANAKA, H. YAMAMOTO, T
J. FERMENT. TECHNOL., 58(4). 367-372 (1980) LANGUAGE(S^-
AFFILIATION- (FAC SCI., OSAKA CITY UNIV., SUGIMOTOCHO, SUMIYOSHIKU,
558, JAPAN) TYPE- JOURNAL ARTICLE: ORIG. RESEARCH NDN-
032-OO4O-4404-9
OSAKA
THE EFFICIENCY OF THE MESOPHILIC METHANE FERMENTATION WAS GREATLY IMPROVED
BY PREVIOUS TREATMENT OF THE BAGASSE WITH DIOXANE OR DIOXOLANE FOLLOWED BY
INCUBATION WITH CELLULO- AND HEMICELLULOLYTIC ENZYMES. THE GAS EVOLVED FROM
THE BAGASSE THUS TREATED AND FERMENTED WITH A SUPPLY OF A SMALL AMOUNT OF
L-GLUTAMIC ACID AMOUNTED TO NEARLY 2OO ML/G BAGASSE WITH A METHANE RATIO OF
68%. BAGASSE TREATED WITH AMMONIUM HYDROXIDE. CADOXENE OR ZINKOXENE FOLLOWED
BY INCUBATION WITH CELLULO- AND HEMICELLULOLYTIC ENZYMES ALSO GAVE GOOD GAS
EVOLUTION. HOWEVER. THE GAS EVOLVED CONTAINED MUCH LOWER RATIOS OF METHANE.
ANALYSIS OF THE MASH BEFORE AND AFTER FERMENTATION SUGGESTED THAT THE
STIMULATIVE EFFECT OF L-GLUTAMIC ACID FOR EVOLUTION OF METHANE WAS
ATTRIBUTED TO THE INCREASE IN FORMATION OF VARIOUS VOLATILE FATTY ACIDS
READILY CONVERTIBLE TO METHANE IN THE FERMENTATION ENVIRONMENT.
HYDROCARBON-UTILISING MICRO-ORGANISMS FROM DONA PAULA BAY, GOA .
81-O5 O0483
BHOSLE, N. B. MAVINKURVE, S.
MAR ENVIRON RES., 4(1). 53-58
AFFILIATION- (NATL. INST. OCEANOGR
TYPE- BOOK • EDITED COLLECTION
(1980) LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH
, DONA PAULA, GOA 4O3 O04, INDIA)
NDN- 032-0039-9851-9
TWENTY-THREE HYDROCARBON-UTILISING BACTERIA AND ONE YEAST WERE ISOLATED,
USING ENRICHMENT TECHNIQUES. FROM WATER AND SEDIMENT SAMPLES. VIBRIO AND
PSEUDOMONAS WERE THE PREDOMINANT GENERA. OF THE DIFFERENT ORGANISMS
SCREENED. BACILLUS. CANDIDA AND ARTHROBACTER SP. EXHIBITED THE WIDEST
RANGE OF HYDROCARBON-UTILISING PROFILES. ARABIAN SEA CRUDE AND KEROSENE
SUPPORTED THE GROWTH OF MOST OF THE ISOLATES.
FERMENTATION STUDIES IN SOLID HYDROCARBONS UTILIZING BACTERIAL ISOLATES
81-O5 58303
LONSANE. E. K. SINGH. H. D. NIGAM. J. N. BARUAH, J. N.
INDIAN J. EXP. 6IOL.. 17(11), 1263-1264 (1979) LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH
AFFILIATION- (FERMENT. TECHNOL DISC., CENT. FOOD TECHNOL RES INST
MYSORE 570 013. INDIA) TYPE- JOURNAL ARTICLE: ORIG RESEARCH "
032-O039-6538-3
NDN-
OF
STRAINS OF PSEUDOMONAS ( SW6 , SW12 AND SW13) AND AZOTOMONAS ( SW7 AND SW9
CAPABLE OF GROWING ON EMULSIFIED SOLID HYDROCARBONS (SLACK WAX PARAFFIN S?X
AND N-EICOSANE) AT 37 C. WERE STUDIED FOR THEIR GROWTH CHARACTERISTICS
2.8 L AIR-LIFT FERMENTOR. LINEAR GROWTH BEHAVIOUR WAS OBSERVED BY MD??
THE STRAINS ON SOLID HYDROCARBONS AND EXPONENTIAL GROWTH WAS ^ERVEn
SLACK WAX BY SLOW GROWING AZOTOMONAS SW7 AND SWQ THP TMTTT?? rC
GROWTH ON SLACK WAX BY SLOW GROWING PstuDOMO^ ^SWl" WAS FOLtoWE^BY
.INEAR GROWTH. INCREASING THE CONCENTRATION OF SUBSTRATE INCREA?Fn THF
.INEAR GROWTH RATES ON EMULSIFIED SOLID HYDROCARBONS INCREASED THE
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COMPOUNDS.
CLARKE, P. H
n«
REFS.)
™E BIODEGRADATION OF NATURAL AND SYNTHETIC ORGANIC
81-05 028OO
PHILOS. TRANS. R. SOC
LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH
ST. . LONDON WC1E 6BT ,
032-0039-3855-5
NO-ABSTRACT
LOND. SER. B,
AFFILIATION-
UK) TYPE
290(1040). 355-367 (1980)
(DEP. BIOCHEM., UNIVERSITY COLL.. GOWER
JOURNAL ARTICLE : REVIEW NDN-
EFFECTS OF CHEMICAL AND HEAT TREATMENTS
81-O4 57482
SUTHERLAND, J. B. COOK, R. J.
ON ETHYLENE PRODUCTION IN SOIL.
SOIL BIOL. BIOCHEM., 12(4), 357-362 (1980) LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH
AFFILIATION- (DEP. BACTERIOL. AND BIOCHEM., UNIV. IDAHO, MOSCOW. ID 83843,
USA) TYPE- JOURNAL ARTICLE: ORIG. RESEARCH NDN- 032-0039-29O7-6
THE RESULTS OF VARIOUS TREATMENTS OF SOIL WITH ANTIBIOTICS AND OTHER
CHEMICALS, ALONE AND IN COMBINATION WITH HEAT, TO INVESTIGATE THE ROLES OF
FUNGI AND BACTERIA IN C 2H 4 PRODUCTION ARE PRESENTED. IT WAS SHOWN THAT C
2H 4 IN SOIL IS MOST LIKELY PRODUCED BY FACULTATIVE OR STRICTLY ANAEROBIC
BACTERIA WHICH ARE PROBABLY SPORE-FORMERS AND MAY ALSO BE THERMOPHILIC
SEVERAL ISOLATES OF SPORE-FORMING BACTERIA WERE INOCULATED INTO AUTOCLAVED
SOIL, BUT NONE PRODUCED APPRECIABLE AMOUNTS OF C 2H 4 UNDER THE TEST
CONDITIONS.
SEAWEED AS SOURCE OF ENERGY. 1. EFFECT OF A SPECIFIC BACTERIAL STRAIN ON BIOGAS
PRODUCTION. 81-04 54882
SREENIVASA RAO, P. TARWADE, S. J. SARMA. K. S. R.
BOT. MAR., 23(9), 599-602 (1980)
(CENTRAL SALT AND MAR. CHEM. RES. INST
TYPE- JOURNAL ARTICLE: ORIG. RESEARCH
LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH AFFILIATION
BHAVNAGAR 364002, INDIA)
NDN- 032-O039-1724-5
ONLY CERTAIN MARINE BACTERIA CAPABLE OF DIGESTING AGAR AND ALGINIC ACID CAN
BRING ABOUT THE BIODEGRADATION OF THESE SUBSTANCES AND UTILISE THEM AS A
CARBON SOURCE TO PRODUCE THE ORGANICS WHICH WILL BE UTILISED BY METHANE
BACTERIA TO PRODUCE METHANE WHEN A BACTERIAL STRAIN WAS USED IN CONJUNCTION
WITH COWDUNG AS A SOURCE OF METHANE BACTERIA IN A SEAWEED DIGESTER.
PRODUCTION OF BIOGAS FROM SEAWEED WAS ACCELERATED. ADDING A SMALL AMOUNT OF
ULVA TO THE SEAWEED DIGESTER INCREASED THE OUTPUT OF GAS
(BACTERIAL DEGRADATION OF HYDROCARBONS)
81-04 54920
SANTIAGO, G. CHEREGUINI, 0. MATE. P. PEREZ. A
BOL. INST. ESP. OCEANOGR., 4(4), 95-1O9 (1978)
SPANISH AFFILIATION- (INST. ESP. OCEANOGR..
TYPE- JOURNAL ARTICLE: ORIG. RESEARCH NDN-
LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH,
ALCALA. 27, MADRID-14. SPAIN)
032-OO39-1686-O
UNDER FAVOURABLE CONDITIONS OF NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY AND OVER A WIDE RANGE
OF INCUBATION TEMPERATURES. BACTERIA WERE OBSERVED CAPABLE OF DEGRADING THE
CRUDE OIL SPILLED BY THE TANKER URQUIOLA IN LA CORUNA. SPAIN, MAY 1976.
THESE OBSERVATIONS WERE MADE. BOTH IN THE WATER AND THE SEDIMENTS. ALL THE
ISOLATES CAPABLE OF DEGRADING HYDROCARBONS WERE SUBJECTED TO 31
MORPHOLOGICAL, PHYSIOLOGICAL AND BIOCHEMICAL TESTS FOR LATER
IDENTIFICATION
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CORROSION BY MICROORGANISMS OF JET AIRCRAFT INTEGRAL FUEL TANKS. PART 2:
CORROSION. 81-04 51442
DE MEYBAUM, B. R. DE SCHIAPPARELLI, E. R.
INT BIODETERIOR. BULL., 16(2), 31-36 (1980) LANGUAGE(S)- GERMAN,
ENGLISH, SPANISH, FRENCH AFFILIATION- (CORROSION GROUP, CITEFA,
ZUFRIATEGUI Y VARELA 1603 VILLA MARTELLI, ARGENTINA) TYPE- JOURNAL
ARTICLE: ORIG. RESEARCH NDN- 032-OO38-8629-2
ONE OF THE MECHANISMS PROPOSED TO EXPLAIN THE ROLE OF MICROORGANISMS IN THE
CORROSION OF ALUMINIUM ALLOYS IS THAT THE METABOLIC PRODUCTS OF THE
HYDROCARBON BIOLOGICAL DEGRADATION INFLUENCE THE CORROSION PROCESS. THE
CORRECTNESS OF THIS HYPOTHESIS IS DEMONSTRATED BY AN ELECTROCHEMICAL
TECHNIQUE WHICH ALSO REVEALS THE TYPE AND MAGNITUDE OF THE ATTACK EXPECTED.
THE RESULTS OF THE TEST APPLIED TO WATER DRAINED FROM AIRCRAFT FUEL TANKS IN
SERVICE CONDITIONS ARE IN GOOD AGREEMENT WITH VISUAL ASSESSMENT OF
PROLIFERATION AND CORROSION.
METHANOGENIC ORGANISMS FROM FERMENTING SLURRY OF THE GOBAR GASPLANT.
81-04 53559
RANADE, D. R. GORE, J. A. GODBOLE, S. H.
CURR. SCI., 49(10), 395-397 (1980) LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH AFFILIATION-
(DEP. MICROBIOL., MACS RES. INST., LAW COLL. ROAD, PUNE 411004, INDIA)
TYPE- JOURNAL ARTICLE: ORIG. RESEARCH NDN- 032-0038-6512-5
SIX SAMPLES OF FERMENTING CATTLE DUNG WERE EXAMINED FOR THE PRESENCE OF
METHANOGENIC BACTERIA. FIVE ISOLATES WERE IDENTIFIED AS METHANOBACTERIUM
SP., M. FORMICICUM, M. RUMINANTIUM, M. MOBILE AND METHANOSPIRILLUM
HUNGATTI .
ASSIMILATION OF ACETATE AND PRODUCTION OF METHANE BY CATTLE WASTE SLURRY-
81-03 46822
SINGH, R. JAIN, M. K. TAURO, P
CURR. SCI., 49(10), 399-400 (1980) LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH AFFILIATION-
(DEP MICROBIOL., HARYANA AGRIC. UNIV., HISSAR 125 004, HARYANA, INDIA)
TYPE- JOURNAL ARTICLE: ORIG. RESEARCH NDN- 032-0038-2120-4
THE OPTIMUM RANGE OF VOLATILE FATTY ACIDS (IN TERMS OF ACETIC ACID) TO GIVE
MAXIMUM BIOGAS OUTPUT AND THE DAILY RATE OF UTILIZATION OF ACETATE IN A
BIOGAS DIGESTOR RUN ON CATTLE WASTE WAS DETERMINED. AN ACETATE LEVEL OF
2500-35OO PPM WAS FOUND TO BE OPTIMUM FOR MAXIMUM PRODUCTION OF BIOGAS
(84-87% METHANE) BUT THE AVERAGE UTILIZATION Of ACETATE/DAY VARIED DEPENDING
ON THE CONCENTRATION OF ACETATE, PH ETC. BEING IN THE RANGE 2000-2500 PPM
ACETATE/DAY
MICROBIAL ASPECTS OF OIL SPILLS.
81-03 01767
ATLAS, R. M.
ASM, AM. SOC. MICROBIOL. NEWS, 46(9), 495-499 (1980) LANGUAGE(S)-
ENGLISH AFFILIATION- (DEP. BIOL., UNIV. LOUISVILLE, LOUISVILLE, KY 40292,
USA) TYPE- JOURNAL ARTICLE : REVIEW NDN- 032-0037-3249-8
MICROORGANISMS PLAY AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN NATURAL REMOVAL OF PETROLEUM
HYDROCARBONS FROM CONTAMINATED ECOSYSTEMS. THE FATE OF THE COMPLEX
HYDROCARBON MIXTURE IN PETROLEUM DEPENDS ON MANY FACTORS, INCLUDING THE
CHEMICAL COMPOSITION OF THE HYDROCARBON MIXTURE, THE PHYSICAL STATE OF THE
OIL, THE MICROORGANISMS INVOLVED IN THE DEGRADATION PROCESS, AND THE
ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS THAT INFLUENCE THE RATE AND EXTENT OF DEGRADATION.
MICROBIAL HYDROCARBON DEGRADATION IS PROBABLY THE MOST IMPORTANT NATURAL
PROCESS FOR REMOVING CONTAMINATING HYDROCARBONS. THE PROCESS, HOWEVER, IS
NORMALLY INCOMPLETE; NOT ALL HYDROCARBONS IN THE PETROLEUM MIXTURE ARE
SUBJECT TO BIODEGRADATION, AND A TARRY RESIDUE NORMALLY REMAINS EVEN AFTER
EXTENSIVE BIODEGRADATION. MICROBIAL SEEDING AND ENVIRONMENTAL MODIFICATION
ARE VIABLE MANAGEMENT OPTIONS, IN SOME CASES, FOR THE ABATEMENT OF PETROLEUM
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HYDROCARBON POLLUTANTS.
MICROBIAL ASPECTS OF OIL SPILLS. 81-03 01632
ATLAS, R. M.
ASM, AM. SOC. MICROBIOL. NEWS, 46(9), 495-499 (1980) LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH
AFFILIATION- (DEP. BIOL., UNIV. LOUISVILLE, LOUISVILLE, KY 40292, USA)
TYPE- JOURNAL ARTICLE : REVIEW NDN- 032-0037-1840-4
MICROORGAN ISMS PLAY ANIMPORTANT ROLE IN NATURAL REMOVAL OF PETROLEUM
HYDROCARBONS FROM CONTAMINATED ECOSYSTEMS. THE FATE OF THE COMPLEX
HYDROCARBON MIXTURE IN PETROLEUM DEPENDS ON MANY FACTORS, INCLUDING THE
CHEMICAL COMPOSITION OF THE HYDROCARBON MIXTURE, THE PHYSICAL STATE OF THE
OIL, THE MICROORGANISMS INVOLVED IN THE DEGRADATION PROCESS, AND THE
ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS THAT INFLUENCE THE RATE AND EXTENT OF DEGRADATION.
MICROBIAL HYDROCARBON DEGRADATION IS PROBABLY THE MOST IMPORTANT NATURAL
PROCESS FOR REMOVING CONTAMINATING HYDROCARBONS. THE PROCESS, HOWEVER, IS
NORMALLY INCOMPLETE; NOT ALL HYDROCARBONS IN THE PETROLEUM MIXTURE ARE
SUBJECT TO BIODEGRADATION, AND A TARRY RESIDUE NORMALLY REMAINS EVEN AFTER
EXTENSIVE BIODEGRADATION. MICROBIAL SEEDING AND ENVIRONMENTAL MODIFICATION
ARE VIABLE MANAGEMENT OPTIONS, IN SOME CASES, FOR THE ABATEMENT OF PETROLEUM
HYDROCARBON POLLUTANTS.
ECOLOGICAL IMPACT OF THE AMOCO CADIZ OIL SPILL: BACTERIAL AND MICROPHYTIC
SETTLEMENTS IN SEDIMENTS OF THE SALT MARSHES OF ILE GRANDE. 81-02 00427
LE CAMPION ALSUMARD, T PLANTE CUNY, M. R. VACELET, E.
PUBL. BY: STN. MARINE D'ENDOUME; MARSEILLE (FRANCE) 1980. 115 P
CONTRACTS CNEXO 78/5750 AND 78/5889. LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH, FRENCH
AFFILIATION- (STN. MARINE D'ENDOUME, RUE DE LA BATTERIE DES LIONS, 13007
MARSEILLE, FRANCE) TYPE- REPORT NDN- 032-O037-1699-7
IN DECEMBER 1978 (NINE MONTHS AFTER THE AMOCO CADIZ GROUNDING). THE
POPULATIONS OF BACTERIA AND MICROSCOPIC ALGAE HAVE BEEN OBSERVED IN THE
SEDIMENTS OF ILE GRANDE (ON THE NORTHERN COAST OF BRITTANY) AND HAVE BEEN
SURVEYED DURING THE YEAR 1979. THE COMPARISON WITH A NON-POLLUTED ZONE
BROUGHT TO AUTHORS TO CONSIDER A NATURAL RESTORATION, ESPECIALLY IN THE SALT
MARSHES THAT ARE THE MOST OFTEN UNDER WATER, HYDROCARBONS DEGRADATION IS
SLOWER IN MUDS BECAUSE OF A THICK ALGAL MAT
EFFECT OF ESTUARINE SEDIMENT PH AND OXIDATION-REDUCTION POTENTIAL ON MICROBIAL
HYDROCARBON DEGRADATION. 81-02 36671
HAMBRICK, G. A. , III DELAUNE, R. D. PATRICK, W. H. , JR.
APPL. ENVIRON. MICROBIOL., 40(2), 365-369 (1980) LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH
AFFILIATION- (LAB. WETLAND SOILS AND SEDIMENTS, CENT WETLAND RESOUR.,
LOUISIANA STATE UNIV., BATON ROUGE, LA 70803, USA) TYPE- JOURNAL
ARTICLE: ORIG. RESEARCH NDN- 032-0037-0483-4
HYDROCARBON (OCTADECANE AND NAPHTHALENE) MINERALIZATION RATES WERE INFERRED
FROM THE ACTIVITY OF RESPIRED 1 4CO 2. SEDIMENT PH AND OXIDATION-REDUCTION
POTENTIAL WERE IMPORTANT FACTORS IN GOVERNING THE POPULATION OF
HYDROCARBON-DEGRADING MICROORGANISMS IN THE SEDIMENT AND SUBSEQUENT
MINERALIZATION RATES. HIGHEST MINERALIZATION RATES OCCURRED AT PH 8.0, AND
THE LOWEST OCCURRED AT PH 5.0. AT ALL PH LEVELS MINERALIZATION DECREASED
WITH DECREASING OXIDATION-REDUCTION POTENTIAL (I.E., INCREASING SEDIMENT
ANAEROBIOSIS). GENERALLY, MINERALIZATION RATES FOR OCTADECANE WERE GREATER
THAN THOSE FOR NAPHTHALENE.
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ADHERENCE OF BACTERIA TO HYDROCARBONS: A SIMPLE METHOD FOR MEASURING
CELL-SURFACE HYDROPHOBICITY 81-02 28112
ROSENBERG, M. GUTNICK, D. ROSENBERG, E.
FEMS MICROBIOL. LETT., 9(1), 29-33 (1980) LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH
AFFILIATION- (DEP MICROBIOL., GEORGE S. WISE FAC. LIFE SCI., TEL AVIV
UNIV., RAMAT AVIV, ISRAEL) TYPE- JOURNAL ARTICLE: ORIG. RESEARCH
NDN- 032-0036-0981-0
A RAPID QUANTITATIVE ASSAY IS DESCRIBED FOR THE HYDROPHOBIC INTERACTION OF
ACINETOBACTER CALCOACETICUS, ESCHERICHIA COLI, BACILLUS SUBTILIS,
ENTEROBACTER AEROGENES, MICROCOCCUS LUTEUS, STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS, S.
EPIDERMIDIS, PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA , OR SERRATIA MARCESCENS CELLS WITH
LIQUID HYDROCARBONS. IT IS BASED ON THE DEGREE OF ADHERENCE OF CELLS TO
VARIOUS LIQUID HYDROCARBONS FOLLOWING A BRIEF PERIOD OF MIXING. THIS METHOD
MAY PROVE USEFUL IN THE SEPARATION OF CERTAIN CELL MIXTURES, AND SEPARATING
HYDROPHOBIC CELL COMPONENTS.
(BACTERIAL DEGRADATION OF HYDROCARBONS).
81-01 25280
SANTIAGO, G. CHEREGUINI, 0. MATE, P PEREZ, A.
BOL. INST. ESP. OCEANOGR., 4(4), 95-109 (1978) REFERRED TO ALSO AS
BOLETIN 263. LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH, SPANISH, NORWEGIAN AFFILIATION-
(INST ESPANOL OCEANOGR., ALACALA 27, MADRID-14, SPAIN) TYPE- JOURNAL
ARTICLE: ORIG. RESEARCH NDN- 032-0035-7931-A
UNDER FAVOURABLE CONDITIONS OF NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY AND OVER A WIDE RANGE
OF INCUBATION TEMPERATURES, BACTERIA WERE OBSERVED CAPABLE OF DEGRADING THE
CRUDE OIL SPILLED BY THE TANKER URQUIOLA IN LA CORUNA, SPAIN, MAY 1976.
THESE OBSERVATIONS WERE MADE BOTH IN THE WATER AND THE SEDIMENTS. ALL THE
ISOLATES CAPABLE OF DEGRADING HYDROCARBONS WERE SUBJECTED TO 31
MORPHOLOGICAL, PHYSIOLOGICAL AND BIOCHEMICAL TESTS FOR LATER IDENTIFICATION.
THE R$E AND VELOCITY OF CRUDE OIL DEGRADATION IN THE WATER AND THE SEDIMENTS
WAS ALSO DETERMINED.
CORYNEBACTERIUM SP
MICROBIAL DEGRADATION OF CYCLOPENTANECARBOXYLIC ACID BY
81-01 26028
HASEGAWA, Y OBATA, H. TOKUYAMA, T.
J. FERMENT TECHNOL., 58(3), 215-220 (1980) LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH
AFFILIATION- (FAC. ENG.. KANSAI UNIV., YAMATE 3-3-35,».SUITA-SHI, OSAKA 564,
JAPAN) TYPE- JOURNAL ARTICLE: ORIG. RESEARCH NDN- 032-O035-7183-3
A BACTERIUM UTILIZING CYCLOPENTANECARBOXYLIC ACID (C 5CA) AS A SOLE C
SOURCE, STRAIN KUC-5A, WAS ISOLATED FROM SOIL AND CLASSIFIED AS A
CORYNEBACTERIUM SP IT WAS SUGGESTED THAT C 5CA IS METABOLIZED VIA 2-OXO-C
5CA AND ADIPIC ACID, BECAUSE THESE ACIDS ACCUMULATED IN THE CULTURE MEDIUM
WITH C 5CA IS METABOLIZED VIA 2-OXO-C 5CA AND ADIPIC ACID, BECAUSE THESE
ACIDS ACCUMULATED IN THE CULTURE MEDIUM WITH C 5CA AS THE SOLE C SOURCE.
STRAIN KUC-5A COULD ALSO UTILIZE CYCLOHEXANECARBOXYLIC ACID.
CORROSION BY MICROORGANISMS OF JET AIRCRAFT INTEGRAL FUEL TANKS. PART 1.
ANALYSIS OF FUNGAL CONTAMINATION. 81-01 24598
CABRAL, D.
INT BIODETERIOR. -BULL., 16(1), 23-27 (1980) LANGUAGE(S)- GERMAN,
ENGLISH, SPANISH, FRENCH AFFILIATION- (LAB. MICOL., DEP. CIENC. BIOL.,
FAC. CIENC. EXACTAS Y NAT., UNIV. BUENOS AIRES, BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA)
TYPE- JOURNAL ARTICLE: ORIG. RESEARCH NDN- 032-0035-4544-2
TWENTY-FOUR SAMPLES OF JET FUEL (KEROSENE) FROM STORAGE TANKS, HOSE TIPS,
AND AIRCRAFT INTEGRAL FUEL TANKS, WERE ANALYZED. IT WAS POSSIBLE TO VERIFY
THE PRESENCE OF CLADOSPORIUM RESINAE F. AVELLANEUM AS THE PRINCIPAL
CONTAMINANT IN THESE SYSTEMS. FROM THE RESULTS OBTAINED IT IS CONSIDERED
THAT TANKS WITH >500 VIABLE PARTICLES OF C. RESINAE /L EXHIBIT 'INTERNAL
CONTAMINATION' BUT NOT 'PROLIFERATION' RESULTS ABOVE THIS NUMBER INDICATE A
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POSSIBLE 'PROLIFERATION'.
PRODUCTION AND DESULFURIZATION OF BIOGAS FROM SWINE WASTE.
ANGLO, P. G. TANAKA, H. HAGA, K.
81-01 19839
KALIKASAN, 7(3), 247-258 (1978) LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH AFFILIATION-
(NATL. INST. SCI. AND TECHNOL., PEDRO GIL ST., MANILA 2901, PHILIPPINES)
TYPE- JOURNAL ARTICLE: ORIG. RESEARCH NDN- 032-0035-3647-6
FERMENTATION OF PIG MANURE YIELDED BIOGAS, A COMBINATION OF METHANE, CARBON
DIOXIDE, AND SULPHUR COMPOUNDS SUCH AS HYDROGEN SULPHIDE AND MERCAPTANS.
UNDER STRICT DARK, ANAEROBIC CONDITIONS AT 35 C, MAXIMUM PRODUCTION OF
METHANE AND CARBON DIOXIDE WAS 72 AND 28%, RESPECTIVELY. A PURPLE
PHOTOSYNTHETIC BACTERIUM, CHROMATIUM SP., WAS ISOLATED FROM THE METHANE
FERMENTOR AND FOUND CAPABLE OF REMOVING HYDROGEN SULPHIDE. DESULPHURIZATION
WAS OPTIMUM AT 35 C AND UNDER LIGHTED CONDITIONS (1000-1200 LUX.).
THE BACTERIAL COMMUNITY COMPOSITION OF AN ACTIVE OIL FIELD IN THE NORTHWESTERN
GULF OF MEXICO. 81-01 21491
HOLLAWAY, S. L. FAW, G. M. SIZEMORE, R. K.
MAR. POLLUT. BULL., 11(6), 153-156 (1980) LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH
AFFILIATION- (MAR. SCI. PROG., DEP. BIOL., UNIV. HOUSTON, HOUSTON, TX 77004,
USA) TYPE- JOURNAL ARTICLE: ORIG. RESEARCH NDN- 032-0035-1995-1
THE BACTERIAL COMPOSITION OF THE WATER COLUMN AROUND 2 OIL PRODUCTION
PLATFORMS AND A CONTROL SITE WAS EXAMINED. SAMPLES WERE COLLECTED DURING 3
SEASONS OF A 12-MONTH SAMPLING PERIOD AND 3 WATER DEPTHS WERE SAMPLED AT ALL
STATIONS OCCUPIED. NO MAJOR DIFFERENCES WERE DISCOVERED IN TAXONOMIC OR
PHYSIOLOGICAL MAKEUP OF BACTERIAL POPULATIONS OF THE OIL FIELD AND CONTROL
SITE. THE GENUS PSEUDOMONAS PREDOMINATED AT THE OIL FIELD STATIONS AND THE
CONTROL. BACTERIAL NUMBERS WERE LOWER FOR OIL FIELD STATIONS THAN THE
CONTROL AND GENERALLY DECREASED WITH DEPTH. MICROBIAL BIOMASS ESTIMATES WERE
CONSISTENTLY HIGHER AT THE CONTROL SITE. OIL DEGRADING AND SULPHUR OXIDIZING
BACTERIA WERE MORE NUMEROUS WITHIN THE OIL FIELD, AND THEIR NUMBERS
DECREASED WITH DISTANCE FROM THE PLATFORMS. BUCCANEER CRUDE OIL DID NOT
ADVERSELY AFFECT GROWTH OR ATTACHMENT ABILITY OF OIL FIELD ISOLATES.
METHANE PRODUCTION FROM WASTEWATERS BY IMMOBILIZED METHANOGENIC BACTERIA.
81-01 21881
KARUBE, I. KURIYAMA, S. MATSUNAGA, T SUZUKI, S.
BIOTECHNOL. BIOENG., 22(4), 847-857 (1980) LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH
AFFILIATION- (RES. LAB. RESOUR. UTIL., TOKYO INST. TECHNOL., NAGATSUTA-CHO,
MIDORI-KU, YOKOHAMA, 227, JAPAN) TYPE- JOURNAL ARTICLE: ORIG. RESEARCH
NDN- 032-0035-16O5-1
A METHANOGENIC POPULATION WAS IMMOBILIZED ONTO AGAR GEL, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL,
AND COLLAGEN MEMBRANE. AGAR-GEL-ENTRAPPED METHANOGENIC MICROORGANISMS GAVE
THE HIGHEST ACTIVITY. THE OPTIMUM AGAR CONCENTRATION WAS BETWEEN 1.5 AND 3%
(W/V), AND THE OPTIMUM MICROBIAL CONTENT WAS 20 MG WET CELLS/G GEL. THE
OPTIMUM CONDITIONS FOR METHANE PRODUCTION BY IMMOBILIZED WHOLE CELLS WERE PH
7.O-7.5 AND 37-45 C. THE RATE OF METHANE PRODUCTION WAS INITIALLY 1.8 MMOL/G
GEL/H. METHANE PRODUCTIVITY WAS GRADUALLY INCREASED AND REACHED A STEADY
STATE (4.5 MMOL/G GEL/H) AFTER 25 DAYS OF INCUBATION. THE IMMOBILIZED
METHANOGENIC MICROBIAL POPULATION CONTINUOUSLY EVOLVED METHANE OVER A 90 DAY
PERIOD. NO DIFFERENCE IN METHANE PRODUCTIVITY WAS OBSERVED AFTER 3 MONTHS OF
STORAGE AT 5 C. METHANE WAS ALSO PRODUCED BY IMMOBILIZED WHOLE CELLS UNDER
AEROBIC CONDITIONS. FURTHERMORE, CARBOHYDRATES, SUCH AS GLUCOSE, IN
WASTEWATER WERE COMPLETELY DECOMPOSED BY IMMOBILIZED WHOLE CELLS.
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COST EFFECTIVE DISPOSAL OF WHEY
ZALL, R. R.
80-12 00021
DAIRY IND. INT., 45(4), 30, 32, 34, 37, 39 (1980) LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH
AFFILIATION- (NEW YORK STATE COLL. AGRIC., CORNELL UNIV., ITHACA, NY 14850,
USA) TYPE- BOOK : CHAPTER NDN- 032-0034-5585-2
COST EFFECTIVE METHODS OF DISPOSING OF WHEY INCLUDE PRODUCING METHANE,
PRODUCING SINGLE-CELL PROTEIN, PRODUCING ALCOHOL USING SACCHAROMYCES
CEREVISIAE AND KLUYVEROMYCES FRAGILIS AND LAND APPLICATION. THE
PRETREATMENT OF MILK TO PRODUCE LESS WHEY FOR DISPOSAL AND THE PRODUCTION OF
WHEY PERMEATE TO BE USED AS A SUBSTRATE FOR STARTER CULTURES ARE ALSO
DISCUSSED.
INVESTIGATION OF MICROBIAL DEGRADATION OF PHENOLS IN THE BLACK SEA.
80-12 12318
ERMOLAEV, K. K.
BIOL. MORYA (KIEV), (NO. 50), 30-39 (1979) LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH,
RUSSIAN AFFILIATION- (INST. BIOL. YU2HN. MOREJ AN UKR. SSR, SEVASTOPOL',
USSR) TYPE- JOURNAL ARTICLE; ORIG. RESEARCH NDN- 032-0034-38O4-1
THE STUDY OF PHENOL-DECOMPOSING MICROFLORA FROM THE BLACK SEA SHELF ZONE
SHOWED THAT MOST BACTERIA WITH A HIGH PHENOL-DECOMPOSING ACTIVITY OCCURRED
IN PORTS AND ADJACENT AREAS. THE NUMBER OF THESE BACTERIA AND THEIR ACTIVITY
WERE FOUND TO BE CLOSELY RELATED TO THE PHENOL CONTENT IN THE WATER
DETERMINED CHEMICALLY. TEMPERATURE AND THE PRESENCE OF THE NUTRIENT SALT K
2HPO 4 AS WELL AS OF PROTEIN ORGANIC MATTER INFLUENCE SIGNIFICANTLY THE RATE
OF PHENOL OXIDATION. THE STUDY OF THE PHYSIOLOGICAL PROPERTIES OF
PHENOL-DECOMPOSING MICROORGANISMS REVEALED THAT THEY CONTAINED A WIDE
VARIETY OF ENZYMES FOR OXIDATION OF BOTH PHENOLS AND PROTEIN AND HYDROCARBON
COMPOUNDS.
IRELAND'S BIOLOGICAL WASTES.
DUNICAN, L. K.
80-12 O0081
IN: TODAY'S AND TOMORROW'S WASTES. RYAN.J. (ED.) PUBL. BY: NATL. BOARD
SCI. AND TECHNOL., SHELBOURNE HOUSE, SHELBOURNE RD., DUBLIN 4, EIRE. MARCH
1980. P. 133-139 LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH AFFILIATION- (DEP MICROBIOL.,
UNIV. COLL., GALWAY, EIRE) TYPE- BOOK REVIEW NDN-
032-O034-1052-2
THE ANAEROBIC DIGESTION OF WASTES
TO PRODUCE METHANE IS DESCRIBED.
[PIGGERY, POULTRY, CATTLE AND CELLULOSIC)
MARINE MICROBIAL ECOSYSTEMS AND THE DEGRADATION OF ORGANIC POLLUTANTS.
80-11 00074
STANLEY, S. 0. PEARSON, T H. BROWN, C. M.
IN: THE OIL INDUSTRY AND MICROBIAL ECOSYSTEMS. CHATER,K.W . A . ;
SOMERVILLE.H.J. (EDS.) PUBL. BY: HEYDEN AND SON LTD., SPECTRUM HOUSE,
HILLVIEW GARDENS, LONDON NW4 2JQ, UK 1978 P. 6O-79 ISBN: 0-85501-315-X
LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH AFFILIATION- (ORG. DEGRAD. GROUP, DUNSTAFFNAGE
MARINE RES. LAB., OBAN, UK) TYPE- BOOK EDITED COLLECTION NDN-
032-0034-1003-1
NO-ABSTRACT
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THE OIL INDUSTRY AND MICROBIAL ECOSYSTEMS. 80-11 00061
CHATER, K. W. A. SOMERVILLE, H. J.
PUBL. BY: HEYDEN AND SON LTD.; LONDON (UK). 1978. 260 P. ISBN
0-85501-315-X. $14.00; US S28.00; DM 64.50. LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH
TYPE- BOOK : CONFERENCE PROCEDDINGS NDN- 032-0034-0981-7
PAPERS ON ASPECTS OF MICROBIAL ECOSYSTEMS IN RELATION TO THE OIL INDUSTRY
INCLUDING BIODEGRADATION WERE PRESENTED.
DEGRADATION OF CRUDE OIL BY ARTHROBACTER SP 80-11 07570
HIRAYAMA, M. NAGATA, S.
BULL. JAP. SOC. SCI. FISH., 45(11), 1443-1447 (1979) LANGUAGE(S)-
ENGLISH, JAPANESE AFFILIATION- (RES. INST MAR. CARGO TRANSPORTATION,
KOBE UNIV., MERCANTILE MAR., HIGASHINADA-KU, KOBE 658, JAPAN) TYPE-
JOURNAL ARTICLE: ORIG. RESEARCH NDN- 032-O034-0101-1
A KUWAIT CRUDE OIL DEGRADATION EXPERIMENT WAS CARRIED OUT USING
ARTHROBACTER SP. ISOLATED FROM A MARINE ENVIRONMENT. FROM TOTAL WEIGHT
CHANGES OF OIL THE MOST RAPID DEGRADATION WAS FOUND TO OCCUR DURING THE
FIRST 3 DAYS. FROM 6 TO 9 DAYS' INCUBATION, THE AMOUNT OF ALIPHATIC
HYDROCARBON COMPONENTS IN CRUDE OIL DECREASED, BUT POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC POLAR
COMPOUNDS INCREASED. THIS MAY BE DUE TO THE EXTRACELLULAR PRODUCTION OF
POLAR COMPOUNDS FROM THE METABOLISM OF ALIPHATIC HYDROCARBON SUBSTRATES.
RING CLEAVAGE WAS SUGGESTED FOR MONOCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS. THE
BIODEGRADATION PERCENTAGE OF N-ALKANES WAS ESTIMATED TO BE ABOUT 87% FROM
G.L.C. ANALYSIS, BUT ONLY 45% DEGRADATION WAS OBSERVED BY THE ANALYIS OF
WEIGHT CHANGES. THE RESULTS INDICATE THAT ALIPHATIC HYDROCARBONS OTHER THAN
N-ALKANES MIGHT BE RESISTANT TO DEGRADATION BY THE STRAIN OF ARTHROBACTER
USED.
MEASUREMENT OF HYDROCARBON BIODEGRADATION POTENTIALS AND ENUMERATION OF
HYDROCARBON-UTILIZING MICROORGANISMS USING CARBON-14 HYDROCARBON-SPIKED CRUDE
OIL. PRESENTED AT: SYMPOSIUM; MINNEAPOLIS, MN (USA); 25 JUN 1977
80-11 07627
ATLAS, R. M.
SPEC. TECH. PUBL. AM. SOC. TEST. MATER. IN: NATIVE AQUATIC BACTERIA:
ENUMERATION, ACTIVITY AND ECOLOGY A SYMPOSIUM HELD MINNEAPOLIS, MN, 25 JUNE
1977. COSTERTON,J.W. ; COLWELL.R.R. (EDS.). AMERICAN SOCIETYo. FOR
TESTING AND MATERIALS, PHILADELPHIA, PA (USA), COMMITTEE D-19 ON WATER.
PUBL. BY: ASTM; PHILADELPHIA, PA (USA). NOV 1979. P. 196-2O4.
ASTM-STP-695. LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH AFFILIATION- (DEP BIOL.,
LOUISVILLE UNIV., KY 40208, USA) TYPE- JOURNAL ARTICLE: ORIG. RESEARCH
NDN- 032-0034-0044-9
A MOST-PROBABLE-NUMBER (MPN) METHOD IS DESCRIBED FOR ENUMERATING
HYDROCARBON-DEGRADING MICROORGANISMS. ALSO, METHODS ARE DESCRIBED FOR
MEASURING NATURAL AND NONNUTRIENT-LIMITED HYDROCARBON BIODEGRADATION
POTENTIALS. BOTH THE ENUMERATION AND THE ACTIVITY MEASUREMENTS USE CARBON-14
HYDROCARBON-SPIKED OIL. THE ADVANTAGES AND LIMITATIONS OF THESE METHODS FOR
ENUMERATING HYDROCARBON UTILIZERS AND MEASURING HYDROCARBON BIODEGRADATION
ARE CONSIDERED. ALSO, EXAMPLES OF THE TYPES OF DATA GENERATED BY THESE
METHODS AND THEIR INTERPRETATION ARE DISCUSSED.
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MICROBIOLOGICAL TRANSFORMATIONS OF TERRENES: PART XXVI. MICROBIOLOGICAL
TRANSFORMATION OF CARYOPHYLLENE. 80-11 09580
DEVI, J. R.
INDIAN J. BIOCHEM. BIOPHYS-, 16(2), 76-79 (1979) LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH
AFFILIATION- (ORG. CHEM DEP . , INDIAN INST. SCI., BANGALORE 560 012, INDIA)
TYPE- JOURNAL ARTICLE: ORIG. RESEARCH NDN- 032-0033-8091-8
PSEUDOMONAS CRUCIVIAE , WAS ISOLATED FROM SOIL BY THE ENRICHMENT CULTURE
TECHNIQUE USING THE SESOUITERPENE HYDROCARBON CARYOPHYLLENE AS THE SOLE
SOURCE OF CARBON. THE ORGANISM ALSO UTILIZED LONGIFOLENE. FERMENTATION OF
CARYOPHYLLENE BY THIS ORGANISM YIELDED SEVERAL OXYGENATED METABOLITES, THE
MAJOR ONE BEING B-CARYOPHYLLENE-1-OXO-8A-OL.
METHOD FOR SCREENING HYDROCARBON-OXIDIZING BACT-ERIA IN THE SEA.
80-11 O9813
FUJISAWA, H. MURAKAMI, M.
J. SHIMONOSEKI UNIV. FISH., 28(2/3), 101-108 (1980) LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH,
JAPANESE AFFILIATION- (ADDRESS NOT STATED) TYPE- JOURNAL ARTICLE:
ORIG. RESEARCH NDN- 032-0033-7858-0
A MEMBRANE FILTER METHOD WAS USEFUL FOR SEPARATING DIRECTLY
HYDROCARBON-OXIDIZING BACTERIA GROUPS A AND B FROM SEAWATER AND BOTTOM
SEDIMENT. THE LIQUID DILUTED SUCCESSIVELY FROM THE SOURCE WAS FILTERED
THROUGH A MEMBRANE FILTER OF 0.45 MM IN PORE SIZE, AND BACTERIA CAUGHT ON
THE FILTER WERE INCUBATED FOR 14-21 DAYS AT 25 C ON AGAR MEDIUM
(N-HEXADECANE WAS USED AS INDEX HYDROCARBON), AND COLONIES OF
HYDROCARBON-OXIDIZING BACTERIA GROWN ON THE FILTER WERE PICKED UP. THESE
SEPARATED BACTERIA WERE INCUBATED IN LIQUID MEDIUM WITH CONSTANT SHAKING AT
25 C FOR 10 DAYS, AND THE AMOUNT OF REMAINING N-HEXADECANE IN EACH CULTURE
LIQUID WAS DETERMINED BY GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY. ON THE BASIS OF DECOMPOSITION
RATE OF THE SUBSTRATE, HYDROCARBON-DECOMPOSING ACTIVITY OF BACTERIA EXAMINED
WAS DIVIDED INTO 6 GRADES. IT WAS FOUND THAT THE GREATER PART OF THE
BACTERIA EXAMINED WAS CLEARLY ACTIVE, 39 STRAINS OF THE 45 STRAINS IN GROUP
A AND 73 STRAINS OF THE 96 STRAINS IN GROUP B, RESPECTIVELY, BELONGED TO THE
HIGHEST 2 GRADES OF HYDROCARBON-DECOMPOSING ACTIVITY.
THE BIODEGRADATION OF HYDROCARBONS. 80-11 00045
HIGGINS, I. J. GILBERT, P D.
IN: THE OIL INDUSTRY AND MICROBIAL ECOSYSTEMS. CHATER,K.W . A . ;
SOMERVILLE,H.J. (EDS.) PUBL. BY: HEYDEN AND SON LTD., SPECTRUM HOUSE,
HILLVIEW GARDENS, LONDON NW4 2JO, UK 1978 P. 80-117 ISBN: 0-85501-315-X
LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH AFFILIATION- (UNIV KENT, CANTERBURY, KENT, UK)
TYPE- BOOK REVIEW NDN- 032-0033-5939-3
NO-ABSTRACT
INTERACTIONS OF OIL AND MICROORGANISMS IN SOIL. 80-11 00048
BLAKEBROUGH, N.
IN: THE OIL INDUSTRY AND MICROBIAL ECOSYSTEMS. CHATER,K.W.A.;
SOMERVILLE,H.J. (EDS.) .PUBL. BY: HEYDEN AND SON LTD., SPECTRUM HOUSE,
HILLVIEW GARDENS, LONDON NW4 2JQ, UK 1978 P. 28-40 ISBN: 0-85501-315-X
LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH AFFILIATION- (DEP CHEM. ENG. , UNIV. BIRMINGHAM,
BIRMINGHAM, UK) TYPE- BOOK : REVIEW NDN- O32-0033-5936-1
NO-ABSTRACT
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PRODUCTION OF INDUSTRIAL GASES FROM ORGANIC WASTES BY ANAEROBIC DIGESTION WITH
METHANE-PRODUCING BACTERIA. 80-11 O0183
MOREL, P. ORTEGA, Y JULLIEN, C. JULLIEN, A.
US 4204842 P 27.5.80. A 10.1.79. PR 1.4.76. (76-10364); 17.2.77.
(77-5174) (CONTN. APPN. SER. 783476, DATED 31.3.77., ABANDONED)
LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH, FRENCH, NORWEGIAN TYPE- PATENT NDN-
032-0033-5767-2
NO-ABSTRACT
CIRCULATION AND BIODEGRADATION OF THE CARCINOGENIC HYDROCARBON BENZ(A)PYRENE IN
MARINE SPHERE. 80-11 05049
TSYBAN', A. V. SHABAL, L. M. KHESINA, A. YA. VOLODKOVICH, YU. L. PANOV,
G. V. MIROSHNICHENKO, N. M. ERMAKOV, E. A.
DOKL. AKAD. NAUK SSSR, 252(6), 1490-1493 (1980) LANGUAGE(S)- RUSSIAN
AFFILIATION- (STATE OCEANOGR. INST., MOSCOW, USSR) TYPE- JOURNAL
ARTICLE: ORIG. RESEARCH NDN- 032-O033-3214-7
FRESH DATA ON THE ACCUMULATION AND BIODEGRADATION OF POLYAROMATIC
HYDROCARBONS, ARE REPORTED FROM PERIOD II OF THE SOVIET-SWEDISH 'ERNST
KRENKEL' EXPEDITION OF FEB-MAR 1978 BASED ON 20 STATIONS IN THE OFFSHORE
ZONE OF THE BALTIC. THE BENZ(A)PYRENE CAN BE BROKEN DOWN TO VARIOUS EXTENTS
BY MANY FORMS OF MARINE MICROFLORA, ESPECIALLY UNDER CO-OXIDATION
CONDITIONS. IN THE ZONE STUDIED, SUCH MICROFLORA IS PARTICULARLY ACTIVE IN
HIGH-HYDROCARBON AREAS AND ALSO AT THE INTERFACES WITH ACTIVE ACCUMULATION
OF ALLOCHTHONOUS ORGANIC MATTER. IT CAN ALSO BE USED TO CONTROL SEA WATER
QUALITY.
STUDIES ON THE FUNGAL OXIDATION OF POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS.
80-10 14094
CERNIGLIA, C. E. DODGE, R. H. GIBSON, D. T
EOT. MAR., 23(2), 121-124 (1980) LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH AFFILIATION-
(DEP. MICROBIOL., UNIV. TEXAS AT AUSTIN, AUSTIN, TX 78712, USA) TYPE-
JOURNAL ARTICLE: ORIG. RESEARCH NDN- 032-O032-4O57-A
RECENT STUDIES ON THE METABOLISM OF AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS BY FUNGI HAVE
SUGGESTED THE SIMILARITY BETWEEN FUNGAL AND MAMMALIAN ENZYME SYSTEMS IN THE
METABOLISM OF AROMATIC SUBSTRATES. CONSEQUENTLY, STUDIES WERE INITIATED TO
INVESTIGATE THE BIODEGRADATIVE SEQUENCES UTILIZED BY FUNGI TO DEGRADE
AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS. CUNNINGHAMELLA ELEGANS ISOLATED FROM A SOIL SAMPLE
COLLECTED ALONG THE NORTH CAROLINA COAST OXIDIZED NAPHTHALENE, BIPHENYL,
DIBENZOFURAN, BENZO(A)PYRENE AND BENZO(A)ANTHRACENE TO METABOLITES WHICH ARE
QUITE SIMILAR TO THOSE REPORTED TO BE FOUND IN MAMMALIAN ENZYME SYSTEMS. THE
METABOLISM OF BENZO(A)PYRENE AND BENZO(A)ANTHRACENE BY C. ELEGANS IS
DESCRIBED.
THE MICROBIAL PRODUCTION OF METHANE FROM HOUSEHOLD WASTES: FIXED-BED ANAEROBIC
DIGESTION. 80-10 16632
LE ROUX, N. W. WAKERLEY, D. S. SIMPSON, M. N.
CONSERV. RECYCLING, 3(2), 165-174 (1979) LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH
AFFILIATION- (WARREN SPRING LAB., STEVENAGE, HERTS., UK) TYPE- JOURNAL
ARTICLE: ORIG. RESEARCH NDN- 032-0032-0946-8
PUTRESCIBLE FRACTIONS OF SORTED HOUSEHOLD WASTE WERE ANAEROBICALLY DIGESTED
IN FIXED-BED TESTS. AT 30 C, DIGESTION WAS ALMOST COMPLETED IN 6O DAYS WHEN
UNFRAGMENTED WASTE WAS INOCULATED AND SUBMERGED WITH DIGESTED SLUDGE. THE
GAS YIELD WAS APPROX 0.12 M 3/KG PUTRESCIBLE WASTE WITH AN AVERAGE
COMPOSITION OF 58% CH 4 + 42% CO 2, BUT INITIALLY THE PERCENTAGE OF METHANE
WAS LOW. WITH WATER, INSTEAD OF A DIGESTED SLUDGE INOCULUM, ABOUT 160 DAYS
WAS REQUIRED FOR DIGESTION. DIGESTION OF FRAGMENTED WASTE, EVEN WITH CACO 3,
WAS SLOWER THAN WITH UNFRAGMENTED MATERIAL. AT 15 +- 3 C THE DIGESTION OF
INOCULATED FRAGMENTED WASTE REQUIRED ABOUT 280 DAYS. PRACTICAL AND ECONOMIC
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ASPECTS OF OPERATING FIXED-BED METHANE FERMENTATIONS ARE DISCUSSED.
PHENANTHRENE BIODEGRADATION IN FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENTS. 80-09 10949
SHERRILL, T W. SAYLER, G. S.
APPL. ENVIRON. MICROBIOL., 39(1), 172-178 (1980) LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH
AFFILIATION- (DEP. MICROBIOL., UNIV TENNESSEE, KNOXVILLE, TN 37916, USA)
TYPE- JOURNAL ARTICLE: ORIG. RESEARCH NDN- O32-0031-7631-4
PHENANTHRENE WAS INCUBATED WITH WATER SAMPLES FROM VARIOUS RESERVOIR SYSTEMS
IN TENNESSEE TO EVALUATE THE POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC
HYDROCARBON DEGRADATION BY THE INDIGENOUS MICROBIAL POPULATIONS. DURING 1977
FIELD STUDIES, THE MEAN PHENANTHRENE BIODEGRADATION WAS APPROX 80% AFTER A
4-WK INCUBATION. WITHIN A GIVEN HABITAT, 45% OF THE TOTAL VARIABILITY IN
PHENANTHRENE BIODEGRADATION WAS ATTRIBUTABLE TO THE PHYSICAL, CHEMICAL, AND
MICROBIOLOGICAL SITE CHARACTERISTICS EXAMINED. POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC
HYDROCARBON DEGRADATION WAS DIRECTLY RELATED TO THE HISTORICAL ENVIRONMENTAL
POLLUTION OF THE SAMPLING SITES EXAMINED, THE LENGTH OF BIODEGRADATION
ASSESSMENT, TEMPERATURE, AND THE MOLECULAR SIZE OF THE POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC
HYDROCARBON SUBSTRATE.
ASSESSMENT OF POTENTIAL INTERACTIONS OF MICROORGANISMS AND POLLUTANTS RESULTING
FROM PETROLEUM DEVELOPMENT ON THE OUTER CONTINENTAL SHELF OF ALASKA.
80-09 04485
ATLAS, R. M.
NOAA/ERL PRINC. INVEST. REP ENVIRON. ASSESS. ALASKAN CONT SHELF IN:
ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT OF THE ALASKAN CONTINENTAL SHELF. ANNUAL REPORTS OF
PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATORS FOR THE YEAR ENDING MARCH 1979, VOLUME 5,
RECEPTROS--MICROBIOLOGY, CONTAMINANT BASELINES. NOAA ENVIRONMENTAL
RESEARCH LABS, BOULDER, CO (USA) OUTER CONTINENTAL SHELF ENVIRONMENTAL
ASSESSMENT PROGRAM. PUBL. BY: NOAA/ERL; BOULDER, CO (USA) OCT. 1979.
P. 1-61. NOAA-ERL-AR-79-5. NOAA CONTRACT 03-5-022-85. LANGUAGE(S)-
ENGLISH, NORWEGIAN AFFILIATION- (DEP. BIOL., LOUISVILLE UNIV.,
LOUISVILLE, KY 40208, USA) TYPE- BOOK : CHAPTER NDN-
032-0031-7353-9
THIS STUDY IS A CONTINUATION OF AN EFFORT TO CHARACTERIZE MICROBIAL
POPULATIONS AND THE ABILITY OF MICROORGANISMS TO BIODEGRADE PETROLEUM
HYDROCARBONS IN PROPOSED ALASKAN DCS OIL AND GAS LEASE AREAS. THE APPROACH
HAS BEEN TO DETERMINE THE DISTRIBUTION AND POPULATION LEVELS OF SEVERAL
MICROBIOLOGICAL GROUPS, E.G., HYDROCARBON DEGRADERS WITHIN A GEOGRAPHIC
AREA, TO EXTENSIVELY CHARACTERIZE SELECTED MICROORGANISMS AND USING
NUMERICAL TAXONOMY TO DETERMINE THE DIVERSITY OF THE MICROBIAL COMMUNITY AND
AN INVENTORY OF THE DOMINANT MICROBIAL TAXA WITHIN THE GEOGRAPHIC AREA.
DURING THIS YEAR MICROBIAL POPULATIONS WERE CHARACTERIZED WITHIN COOK INLET
AND THE BEAUFORT SEA. STUDIES WERE BEGUN TO DEVELOP A PROBABILISTIC
IDENTIFICATION MATRIX FOR BACTERIAL POPULATIONS IN ALASKAN DCS AREAS.
INTENSIVE SURVEYS HAVE BEEN CONDUCTED TO DETERMINE THE BIODEGRADATION
POTENTIALS OF INDIGENOUS MICROBIAL POPULATIONS FOR PETROLEUM HYDROCARBONS.
DURING THE PAST YEAR HYDROCARBON BIODEGRADATION POTENTIALS WERE ESTIMATED
WITHIN COOK INLET AND THE BEAUFORT SEA. DENITRIFICATION POTENTIALS WERE ALSO
DETERMINED FOR SEDIMENT SAMPLES COLLECTED IN THE BEAUFORT SEA. IN ADDITION,
INTENSIVE STUDIES WERE CONTINUED IN THE BEAUFORT SEA TO FOLLOW THE CHEMICAL
CHANGES IN CRUDE OIL AS IT UNDERGOES BIOTIC (BIODEGRADATION) AND ABIOTIC
(PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL) WEATHERING IN SEDIMENT
STUDIES ON THE OXIDATION OF OCTANE BY ACINETOBACTER CALCOACETICUS AND
FLAVOBACTERIUM DEVORANS STRAINS. 80-09 08285
ZAWADZKI, Z. KOLWZAN, B. KUDLA, A.
ACTA MICROBIOL. POL., 28(4), 315-319 (1980) LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH
AFFILIATION- (INST. ENVIRON. PROT ENG., WROCLAW TECH. UNIV., PLAC
GRUNWALDZKI 9, 50-377 WROCLAW, POLAND) TYPE- JOURNAL ARTICLE: ORIG.
RESEARCH NDN- 032-0031-4046-6
NO-ABSTRACT
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SILVER IODIDE BURN COMPLEX AND SILVER PHOSPHATE EFFECTS ON METHANOGENESIS.
80-09 00088
CASTIGNETTI, D. KLEIN, D. A.
J. ENVIRON. SCI. HEALTH, PART A, 14(6), 529-546 (1979) LANGUAGE(S)-
ENGLISH AFFILIATION- (DEP. ENVIRON. SCI., UNIV. MASSACHUSETTS, AMHERST,
MA 01003, USA) TYPE- JOURNAL ARTICLE: ORIG. RESEARCH NDN-
032-0031-2816-0
WEATHER MODIFICATION NUCLEATING AGENTS MAY ACCUMULATE IN ANAEROBIC
ENVIRONMENTS SUCH AS AQUATIC MUDS AND ANAEROBIC SEWAGE TREATMENT FACILITIES.
SILVER IODIDE BURN COMPLEX AND SILVER PHOSPHATE EFFECTS ON METHANOGENESIS
WERE INVESTIGATED TO ASSESS THE POSSIBLE ECOLOGICAL IMPACTS OF THESE AGENTS.
ENRICHED CULTURES OF METHANOGENIC ORGANISMS DID NOT SIGNIFICANTLY ALTER
METHANOGENESIS WHEN SEEDING GENERATOR BURN COMPLEXES OF SILVER
IODIDE-AMMONIUM IODIDE, SILVER IODIDE-TITANIUM DIOXIDE, -AND SILVER
IODIDE-SODIUM IODIDE WERE PRESENT AT 37 AND 74, 122 AND 236 AND 90 AND 180
NG/ML, RESPECTIVELY. SIGNIFICANT STIMULATION OF METHANOGENESIS, 1 4CO 2
INCORPORATION INTO BIOMASS, AND THE BACTERIAL POPULATION, DID OCCUR WHEN
32-64 NG/ML SILVER FROM DISSOLVED SILVER PHOSPHATE WAS PRESENT IN THE
CULTURE MEDIUM. THESE DATA INDICATE THAT SILVER, IF IT WERE TO ACCUMULATE IN
AQUATIC OR SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT ENVIRONMENTS AT THE ABOVE CONCENTRATIONS,
WOULD NOT BE EXPECTED TO CAUSE DETECTABLE CHANGES IN METHANOGENESIS. IN
CONTRAST TO THE SUGGESTIONS OF EARLIER STUDIES, IT DOES NOT APPEAR THAT
ANAEROBIC ORGANISMS HAVE A GREATER SUSCEPTIBILITY TO WEATHER MODIFICATION
AGENTS THAN DO AEROBIC ORGANISMS.
CHARACTERIZATION OF AN ACETATE-DECARBOXYLATING, NON-HYDROGEN-OXIDIZING METHANE
BACTERIUM. 80-09 03814
ZEHNDER, A. J. B. HUSER, B. A. BROCK, T D. WUHRMANN, K.
ARCH. MICROBIOL., 124(1), 1-11 (1980) LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH
AFFILIATION- (SWISS FED. INST TECHNOL., ZURICH AND FED. INST. WATER
RESOURCES AND WATER POLLUTION CONTROL, UBERLANDSTR. 133, CH-8600 DUBENDORF,
SWITZERLAND) TYPE- JOURNAL ARTICLE: ORIG. RESEARCH NDN-
032-0030-9091-5
A METHANOGENIC BACTERIUM, COMMONLY SEEN IN DIGESTED SLUDGE AND REFERRED TO
AS THE 'FAT ROD' OR METHANOBACTERIUM SOEHNGENII , WAS ENRICHED TO A
MONOCULTURE AND CHARACTERIZED.
STUDIES ON THE FUNGAL OXIDATION OF POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS.
80-08 00395
CERNIGLIA, C. E. DODGE, R. H. GIBSON, D. T
BOT. MAR., 23(2), 121-124 (1980) LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH AFFILIATION-
(DEP. MICROBIOL., UNIV. TEXAS AT AUSTIN, AUSTIN, TX 78712, USA TYPE-
BOOK : EDITED COLLECTION NDN- 032-0030-6735-2
RECENT STUDIES ON THE METABOLISM OF AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS BY FUNGI HAVE
SUGGESTED THE SIMILARITY BETWEEN FUNGAL AND MAMMALIAN ENZYME SYSTEMS IN THE
METABOLISM OF AROMATIC SUBSTRATES. CONSEQUENTLY, STUDIES WERE INITIATED TO
INVESTIGATE THE BIODEGRADATIVE SEQUENCES UTILIZED BY FUNGI TO DEGRADE
AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS. CUNNINGHAMELLA ELEGANS ISOLATED FROM A SOIL SAMPLE
COLLECTED ALONG THE NORTH CAROLINA COAST OXIDIZED NEPHTHALENE, BIPHENYL,
DIBENZOFURAN, BENZO(A)PYRENE AND BENZO(A)ANTHRACENE TO METABOLITES WHICH ARE
QUITE SIMILAR TO THOSE REPORTED TO BE FOUND IN MAMMALIAN ENZYME SYSTEMS. THE
METABOLISM OF BENZO(A)PYRENE AND BENZO(A)ANTHRACENE BY C. ELEGANS IS
DESCRIBED.
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(BIOTRANSFDRMATION OF HYDROCARBONS BY MARINE BACTERIA). 80-08 81464
AZOULAY, E. TOURNOUX, B. DOU, H. J. M. GIUSTI, G.
VIE MAR., (NO. 1), 61-70 (1979) LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH, FRENCH
AFFILIATION- (LAB. STRUCT. FONCT BIOMEMBRANES, UNIV. LUMINY, 13288
MARSEILLE CEDEX 2, FRANCE) TYPE- JOURNAL ARTICLE: ORIG. RESEARCH
NDN- 032-0030-5356-8
SEDIMENT BACTERIA WERE COLLECTED IN A MEDITERANEAN LAGOON (ETANG DE BERRE,
FRANCE); AN EXPERIMENT WAS PERFORMED USING DOMESTIC FUEL. AN INCUBATION OF
THE FRACTION A COLLECTED IN ETANG DE BERRE WITH A MARINE BACTERIUM
ALCALIGENES SP. RESULTED IN A 10 TO 15% DEGRADATION, MOSTLY OF THE
ALIPHATIC HYDROCARBONS. THIS SEDIMENT (100 G/L) INCUBATED ALONE FOR 10 DAYS
UNDER STRONG AGITATION AT 32 C GAVE, AFTER EXTRACTION BY THE FARRINGTON
METHOD, A FRACTION A CONTAINING ESSENTIALLY AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS. TWO
FAMILIES OF MICRO-ORGANISMS HAVE BEEN ISOLATED FROM THIS SEDIMENT, ONE
GROWING ON FUEL, THE OTHER, THREE STRAINS GROWING SLOWLY SYMBIOTICALLY ON A
MIXTURE OF MONOSUBSTITUTED AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS, AS COMPARED WITH THE
STRAINS GROWING ON ALKANES EVEN UNDER OPTIMAL CONDITIONS. A CONCLUSION WHICH
FOLLOWS FROM THE RESULTS IS THAT THE AROMATIC COMPOUNDS PRESENT IN THE
MEDITERRANEAN SEDIMENTS COULD ORIGINATE FROM PETROLEUM FRACTIONS WHICH HAVE
POLLUTED THE MARINE BIOTOPES WHERE THE SAMPLING WAS MADE. THIS ACCUMULATION
WOULD BE THE RESULT OF A SELECTIVE DEGRADATION OF THE ALKANES WHICH ARE
ATTACKED AT A FASTER SPEED AND THUS ALWAYS ARE AT A VERY LOW LEVEL IN THE
SEDIMENTS WHERE THE AROMATIC COMPOUNDS HAVE ACCUMULATED.
BIOMETHANATION OF MINNESOTA REED SEDGE PEAT 80-08 86051
GHOSH, S. KLASS, D. L.
RESOUR. RECOVERY CONSERV., 4(2), 115-139 (1979) LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH
AFFILIATION- (INST GAS TECHNOL., 3424 SOUTH STATE STREET, IIT CENT.,
CHICAGO, IL 60616, USA) TYPE- JOURNAL ARTICLE: ORIG. RESEARCH NDN-
032-0030-0771-1
EXPORATORY DIGESTION RUNS DESIGNED TO STUDY THE EFFECTS OF SUCH FACTORS AS
DIGESTION MODE, INOCULUM SOURCE, TEMPERATURE, LOADING, DETENTION TIME, FEED
PARTICLE SIZE, AND CHEMICAL PRETREATMENT ON PEAT DIGESTER GAS YIELD,
PRODUCTION RATE, AND GAS QUALITY ARE REPORTED. WORK WITH MINNESOTA REED
SEDGE PEAT SHOWED THAT IT COULD BE DIGESTED IN BOTH BATCH AND CONTINUOUS
MODES WITH OR WITHOUT EXTERNAL NUTRIENT ADDITIONS.
QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS OF N-PARAFFINS IN HEAVY OIL (GRADE C) ADDED TO MEDIA FOR
OIL-DECOMPOSING BACTERIA BY A SIMPLIFIED INTERNAL STANDARD METHOD.
80-08 86329
FUJISAWA, H. MURAKAMI, M.
J. SHIMONOSEKI UNIV. FISH., 27(2/3), 131-146 (1979) LANGUAGE(S)-
ENGLISH AFFILIATION- (ADDRESS NOT STATED) TYPE- JOURNAL ARTICLE:
ORIG. RESEARCH NDN- 032-0030-0493-3
THE REPORT SHOWS A CONCISE METHOD WHICH DOES NOT NEED ANY PRELIMINARY
SEPARATION OF N-PARAFFIN FRACTION FROM HEAVY OIL (GRADE C), AND IS
APPLICABLE TO THE QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS OF N-PARAFFIN COMPONENTS OF HEAVY
OIL IN MEDIA FOR OIL-DECOMPOSING BACTERIA. THIS METHOD IS BASED ON THE
STANDARD ADDING METHOD, IN WHICH MANY AUTHENTIC N-PARAFFINS ARE NEEDED AS
THE STANDARD SUBSTANCES. BUT INSTEAD OF MANY STANDARDS, THE PRESENT METHOD
NEEDS ONLY ONE STANDARD SUBSTANCE (N-DODECANE) AND THE CORRECTION
COEFFICIENT FOR THE SENSITIVITY OF EACH N-PARAFFIN (THE SENSITIVITY OF
N-DODECANE AS THE STANDARD) OR AN EQUATION SHOWING A RELATION BETWEEN CHAIN
LENGTH AND RELATIVE SENSITIVITY. THE ACCURACY OF THIS METHOD WAS
STATISTICALLY TESTED BY COMPARING IT WITH THE RESULTS OF THE ORTHODOX
METHOD. THE COMPONENTS OF N-PARAFFINS IN THE 20 SAMPLES (4 SAMPLES IN THE 2
MEDIA UNDER THE 2 STERILIZATION CONDITIONS - AUTOCLAVED OR NOT, AND 4
SAMPLES OF THE ORIGINAL HEAVY OIL) WERE QUANTITATIVELY ANALYSED BY THE
PRESENT METHOD, FOR THE PURPOSE OF CLARIFYING THE VARIATION OF N-PARAFFIN
COMPONENTS CAUSED BY THE PROCEDURE INDISPENSABLE TO THE BACTERIOLOGICAL WORK
BY AUTOCLAVING TREATMENT IN THE PRESENCE OF THE DIFFERENT MEDIA.
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ANAEROBIC FORMATION OF VOLATILE ACIDS IN A CHEMOSTAT 80-08 86460
JOERGENSEN, M. H.
EUR. J. APPL. MICROBIOL. AND BIOTECHNOL., 6(2), 181-187 (1978)
LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH AFFILIATION- (DEP. APPL. BIOCHEM., TECH. UNIV.
DENMARK, BLOCK 223, DK-2800 LYNGBY, DENMARK) TYPE- JOURNAL ARTICLE:
ORIG. RESEARCH NDN- 032-0030-0362-1
IT IS DEMONSTRATED THAT THE COMPOSITION OF VOLATILE ACIDS RESULTING FROM THE
ANAEROBIC DIGESTION OF WASTE IN A CHEMOSTAT VARIES TO A GREAT EXTENT WITH
THE CHEMOSTAT DILUTION RATE, SO THAT, IF AN OPTIMAL COMPOSITION OF VOLATILE
ACIDS EXISTS FOR THE METHANE-FORMING STEP, IT MIGHT BE OBTAINED BY PROPER
CHOICE OF DILUTION RATE. THE BEST SUBSTRATE FOR METHANE FORMATION IS
DISCUSSED.
A PILOT SCALE ANAEROBIC UPFLOW REACTOR TREATING DISTILLERY WASTEWATERS.
80-08 86496
PIPYN, P. VERSTRAETE, W. OMBREGT, J. P
BIOTECHNOL. LETT., 1(12), 495-5OO (1979) LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH
AFFILIATION- (LAB. MICROB. ECOL., STATE UNIV. GENT, COUPURE 533, 9000 GENT,
BELGIUM) TYPE- JOURNAL ARTICLE: ORIG. RESEARCH NDN-
032-0030-0326-6
A 2-STAGE PILOT REACTOR WAS TESTED FOR THE ANAEROBIC DIGESTION OF DISTILLERY
WASTEWATER WITH A COD OF ABOUT 10,OOO MG/L. IN THE FIRST STAGE (RESIDENCE
TIME 16-72 H), CARBOHYDRATES ARE FERMENTED TO LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT
METABOLITES. THE SECOND STAGE IS AN UPFLOW REACTOR (RESIDENCE TIME 14 H) IN
WHICH THESE METABOLITES ARE CONVERTED TO BIOGAS. OVERALL COD ELIMINATION IS
84% (BOD, 92%) WITH BIOGAS PRODUCTION 5-7 TIMES THE ACTIVE VOLUME OF THE
UPFLOW REACTOR PER DAY. THE PROCESS WITHSTANDS TEMPORARY STRESS CONDITIONS
FAIRLY WELL. THE RESULTS INDICATE THAT ANAEROBIC TREATMENT IN THE UPFLOW
REACTOR QUALIFIES AS AN EFFICIENT AND LOW COST METHOD FOR DISTILLERY
WASTEWATER TREATMENT.
(EVALUATION OF CARBON IN THE IN VITRO BACTERIAL BIODEGRADATION OF CRUDE OIL).
80-08 86751
OUDOT, J.
ENVIRON. POLLUT., 20(3), 177-187 (1979) LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH, FRENCH
AFFILIATION- (LAB. CRYPTOGAM., MUS. NATL. HIST. NAT , LA, CNRS 257, 12 RUE
DE BUFFON, 75O05 PARIS, FRANCE) TYPE- JOURNAL ARTICLE: ORIG. RESEARCH
NDN- 032-0030-0071-4
HYDROCARBON DEGRADATION IN AN IN VITRO TOPPED CRUDE OIL BIODEGRADATION
EXPERIMENT USING SOIL BACTERIA, IN 21 DAYS AT 25 C, WAS DETERMINED. THE
ABIOTIC LOSS (EVAPORATION) WAS ESTIMATED TO BE 20% OF THE INITIAL CARBON,
AND THE GLOBAL BIODEGRADATION, COMPRISING TOTAL AND PRIMARY BIODEGRADATION,
WAS 21%. THE TOTAL BIODEGRADATION INCLUDED CARBON TRANSFORMATION INTO CO 2
(MINERALISATION) AND INTO BIOMASS, ESTIMATED RESPECTIVELY AT 13.7 AND 5.6%
OF THE INITIAL CARBON. THE PRIMARY BIODEGRADATION, AS MEASURED BY THE
ORGANIC CARBON DISSOLVED IN THE MEDIUM, WAS 1.5% OF THE INITIAL CARBON.
ANOTHER ESTIMATION OF THE GLOBAL BIODEGRADATION, INDEPENDENTLY OBTAINED BY
THE RESIDUAL WEIGHT OF THE CHLOROFORM EXTRACT, GAVE A SIMILAR RESULT (22%).
ANALYSIS OF THE CHLOROFORM-EXTRACTED RESIDUE, PERFORMED BY COLUMN
FRACTIONATION AND G.L.C., SHOWED THAT THE SATURATE FRACTION WAS 40% DEGRADED
AND THE AROMATIC FRACTION, 18% DEGRADED. THE PRISTANE AND PHYTANE WERE
COMPLETELY DEGRADED AND NO INCREASE OF LONG CHAIN PARAFFINS WAS NOTED. A
STATISTICALLY HIGHLY SIGNIFICANT ABSOLUTE INCREASE OF THE ASPHALTIC
FRACTION, DUE TO ACCUMULATION OF EXTRACELLULAR PRODUCTS, WAS SHOWN.
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REVERSION OF MUTANT STRAINS OF SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM BY RAW AND FINISHED
WATERS FROM SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA. 80-08 88059
PELON, W. WHITMAN, B. F BEASLEY, J. W. LESLEY, D. E.
ENVIRON. INT , 2(2), 69-75 (1979) LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH
AFFILIATION- (LOUISIANA STATE UNIV. MED. CENT., 1100 FLORIDA AVE., NEW
ORLEANS, LA 70119, USA) TYPE- JOURNAL ARTICLE: ORIG. RESEARCH NDN-
032-0029-8764-A
SAMPLES OF RAW AND FINISHED WATER WERE COLLECTED FROM WATER TREATMENT PLANTS
IN SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA BETWEEN JANUARY 1975 AND MAY 1976. THE WATER
SOURCE FOR EACH PLANT IS THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. FINISHED WATER SAMPLES ALSO
WERE OBTAINED AT WATER TREATMENT PLANTS AT ST. FRANCISVILLE, LA AND BATON
ROUGE, LA WHERE DEEP WELLS SERVE AS SOURCES OF WATER. ALL SAMPLES WERE
ASSAYED FOR MUTAGENS USING HISTIDINE DEPENDENT MUTANT STRAINS OF S.
TYPHIMURIUM . ALMOST TWICE AS MANY OF THE FINISHED WATER SAMPLES COLLECTED
AT LULING, JEFFERSON AND NEW ORLEANS INDUCED REVERSIONS THAN DID THE
CORRESPONDING RAW WATER SAMPLES. OFTEN REVERSION OF FINISHED WATER SAMPLES
OCCURRED ONLY WITH METABOLIC ACTIVATION. WHEN SAMPLES FROM BELLE CHASSE AND
PORT SULPHUR WERE ASSAYED, THE NUMBER OF FINISHED WATER SAMPLES INDUCING
REVERSION WERE COMPARABLE OR LESS THAN COMPARABLE TO THOSE WITH RAW WATER.
NEARLY EQUAL NUMBERS OF FINISHED WATER SAMPLES FROM ST. FRANCISVILLE AND
FROM BATON ROUGE INDUCED GENETIC CHANGE. THE MAJORITY OF THE SAMPLES FROM
BATON ROUGE WHICH CAUSED REVERSION, DID SO ONLY WITH LIVER ENZYME
ACTIVATION. DISCUS-SED IS THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THESE FINDINGS, AS WELL AS THE
POSSIBLE ROLE OF CHLORINATION PROCEDURES IN HALOGENATING HYDROCARBONS INTO
COMPOUNDS WHICH ARE MUTAGENIC AND/OR CARCINOGENIC.
PRELIMINARY STUDIES ON THE OCCURRENCE OF HYDROCARBON-UTILIZING MICROORGANISMS
IN VARIOUS SOURCES IN THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN PROVINCE OF SAUDI ARABIA.
80-08 00052
AB ZINADA, A. H. SABEK, A. M.
1980 P. 64 LANGUAGE(S)- ARABIC, ENGLISH AFFILIATION- (EOT DEP., RIYAD
UNIV., RIYAD, SAUDI ARABIA) TYPE- BOOK : ABSTRACT NDN-
032-0029-4164-5
THE OCCURRENCE OF MESOPHILIC AND THERMOPHILIC MICROORGANISMS CAPABLE OF
UTILIZING METHANE, METHANOL AND PARAFFIN OIL AS THE SOLE CARBON SOURCE FOR
GROWTH IN VARIOUS SAMPLES COLLECTED FROM OIL FIELD 74, AND DIFFERENT TYPES
OF WATER SOURCES WAS INVESTIGATED. THE MESOPHILIC BACTERIA WERE WIDESPREAD
IN SOIL COLLECTED FROM OIL FIELDS AND CULTIVATED LAND, AS WELL AS IN THE
SOIL AND WATER OF THE VARIOUS TYPES OF SPRING. HOWEVER, THE METHANE-WATER
YIELDED HIGHER CONCENTRATION OF THESE MICROORGANISMS AS COMPARED WITH OTHER
SOURCES. ON THE OTHER HAND, SULFUR-WATER GAVE A LOWER NUMBER OF THE
HYDROCARBON-UTILIZING BACTERIA AS COMPARED TO THE OTHER SOURCES OF WATER AND
SOIL. FUNGAL POPULATIONS CAPABLE OF UTILIZING VARIOUS HYDROCARBONS TESTED
WERE FOUND TO BE OF LIMITED NUMBERS IN THE VARIOUS SOIL AND WATER SOURCES
EXAMINED. A SMALLER NUMBER OF HYDROCARBON-UTILIZING THERMOPHILIC
MICROORGANISMS WERE COLLECTED FROM SOME OF THESE SOURCES. ALSO THE
OCCURRENCE OF MICROORGANISMS IN THE ATMOSPHERE OF THESE AREAS WAS STUDIED.
ANAEROBIC TREATMENT OF EFFLUENT TO PRODUCE A METHANE-CONTAINING GAS.
80-07 01307
D. EVERS AND ASSOCIATES LTD.
GB 2025922 A P 30.1.80. A 10.7.79. (7923958) PR GB 21.7.78. (78-30756)
LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH TYPE- PATENT NDN- 032-0029-3705-3
NO ABSTRACT TEXT
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PARTITION OF ALKANE BY AN EXTRACELLULAR VESICLE DERIVED FROM HEXADECANE-GROWN
ACINETOBACTER . 80-07 73736
KAPPELI, 0. FINNERTY, W. R.
J. BACTERIOL., 140(2), 707-712 (1979) LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH
AFFILIATION- (DEP. MICROBIOL., UNIV. GEORGIA, ATHENS, GA 30602, USA)
TYPE- JOURNAL ARTICLE: ORIG. RESEARCH NDN- 032-0029-1096-3
THE ENHANCED SOLUBILITY OF HEXADECANE IN THE GROWTH MEDIUM OF
HEXADECANE-GROWN ACINETOBACTER SPECIES WAS RELATED TO THE ACCUMULATION OF
AN EXTRACELLULAR VESICULAR COMPONENT. THE PARTITION OF HEXADECANE WAS
DETERMINED BY MEASURING THE AMOUNT OF ( 3H)HEXADECANE BOUND TO THE VESICULAR
PARTICLE. THE VESICLE WAS CHARACTERIZED AS A PHOSPHOLIPID-RICH,
LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE-RICH PARTICLE WITH A POLYPEPTIDE COMPOSITION SIMILAR TO
THE OUTER MEMBRANE OF ACINETOBACTER . THE ACCUMULATION OF AN EXTRACELLULAR
VESICULAR COMPONENT THAT BINDS HEXADECANE IN THE FORM OF A MICROEMULSION
REPRESENTS ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF MOLECULES PRODUCED BY MICROORGANISMS IN
RESPONSE TO PARAFFINIC SUBSTRATES.
USE OF THE WATER HYACINTH AS AN ADDITIVE IN BIO-GAS PRODUCTION.
80-07 74481
DESHPANDE; SARNAIK, S. GODBOLE, S. H. WAGLE, P M.
CURR. SCI., 48(11), 490-492 (1979) LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH AFFILIATION-
(DEP. MICROBIOL., M.A.C.S. RES. INST., PUNE 411 004, INDIA) TYPE-
JOURNAL ARTICLE: ORIG. RESEARCH NDN- 032-0029-0351-A
THE BIO-GAS AND VOLUME OF FATTY ACIDS GENERATED FROM AN ANAEROBIC
FERMENTATION OF CATTLE DUNG AND WATER HYACINTHS REVEALED THAT THE WATER
HYACINTH ( EICHHORNIA CRASSIPES ), BY ENHANCING THE VOLUME OF FATTY ACIDS IN
THE FERMENTATION SLURRY, INREASED THE AMOUNT OF METHANE PRODUCED.
ISOLATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF A THERMOPHILIC STRAIN OF METHANOSARCINA
UNABLE TO USE H 2-CO 2 FOR METHANOGENESIS. 80-07 77902
ZINDER, S. H. MAH, R. A.
APPL. ENVIRON. MICROBIOL., 38(5), 996-1008 (1979) LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH
AFFILIATION- (DIV. ENVIRON. AND NUTR. SCI., SCH. PUBLIC HEALTH, UNIV.
CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELES, CA 90024, USA) TYPE- JOURNAL ARTICLE: ORIG.
RESEARCH NDN- 032-0028-7044-4
A THERMOPHILIC STRAIN OF METHANOSARCINA , DESIGNATED METHANOSARCINA
STRAIN TM-1, WAS ISOLATED FROM A LABORATORY-SCALE 55 C ANAEROBIC SLUDGE
DIGESTOR BY THE HUNGATE ROLL-TUBE TECHNIQUE. METHANOSARCINA STRAIN TM-1
HAD A TEMPERATURE OPTIMUM FOR METHANOGENESIS NEAR 50 C AND GREW AT 55 C BUT
NOT AT 60 C. SUBSTRATES USED FOR METHANOGENESIS AND GROWTH BY
METHANOSARCINA STRAIN TM-1 WERE ACETATE (12-H DOUBLING TIME), METHANOL, (7-
TO 10-H DOUBLING TIME), METHANOL-ACETATE MIXTURES (5-H DOUBLING TIME),
METHYLAMINE, AND TRIMETHYLAMINE. WHEN RADIOACTIVELY LABELED ACETATE WAS THE
SOLE METHANOGENIC SUBSTRATE ADDED TO THE GROWTH MEDIUM, IT WAS PREDOMINANTLY
SPLIT TO METHANE AND CARBON DIOXIDE. WHEN METHANOL WAS ALSO PRESENT IN THE
MEDIUM, THE METABOLISM OF ACETATE SHIFTED TO ITS OXIDATION AND INCORPORATION
INTO CELL MATERIAL. H 2-CO 2 WAS NOT USED FOR GROWTH AND METHANOGENESIS BY
METHANOSARCINA STRAIN TM-1. WHEN PRESENTED WITH BOTH H 2-CO 2 AND METHANOL,
METHANOSARCINA STRAIN TM-1 WAS CAPABLE OF LIMITED HYDROGEN METABOLISM
DURING GROWTH ON METHANOL, BUT HYDROGEN METABOLISM CEASED ONCE THE METHANOL
WAS DEPLETED. METHANOSARCINA STRAIN TM-1 REQUIRED A GROWTH FACTOR (OR
GROWTH FACTORS) PRESENT IN THE SUPERNATANT OF ANAEROBIC DIGESTOR SLUDGE.
GROWTH FACTOR REQUIREMENTS AND THE INABILITY TIO USE H 2-CO 2 ARE
CHARACTERISTICS NOT FOUNND IN OTHER DESCRIBED METHANOSARCINA STRAINS.
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ADAPTATION OF METHANOGENIC SLUDGE TO HIGH AMMONIA-NITROGEN CONCENTRATIONS.
80-07 78054
VAN VELSEN, A. F M.
WATER RES., 13(10), 995-999 (1979) LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH AFFILIATION-
(AGRIC. UNIV., DEP. WATER PURIF., DE DREYEN 12, WAGENINGEN, NETHERLANDS)
TYPE- JOURNAL ARTICLE: ORIG. RESEARCH NDN- 032-0028-6892-3
THE INFLUENCE OF AMMONIA-NITROGEN CONCENTRATIONS >1500 MG/L ON METHANE
FORMATION FROM VOLATILE FATTY ACIDS BY 2 TYPES OF METHANOGENIC SLUDGE WAS
INVESTIGATED IN BATCH EXPERIMENTS. ONE WAS DIGESTED SEWAGE SLUDGE,
ACCLIMATED TO 815 MG/L AMMONIA-NITROGEN AND THE OTHER WAS DIGESTED PIGGERY
MANURE, ACCLIMATED TO AN AMMONIA-NITROGEN CONCENTRATION OF 2420 MG/L. IN THE
EXPERIMENT WITH DIGESTED SEWAGE SLUDGE, METHANE FORMATION STILL TOOK PLACE
AT AN AMMONIA-NITROGEN CONCENTRATION AS HIGH AS 5 G/L. HOWEVER, AN
INCREASING LAG-PHASE WAS OBSERVED AT INCREASING AMMONIA-NITROGEN
CONCENTRATIONS IN THE RANGE 730-499O MG/L. ON THE OTHER HAND IN DIGESTED
PIGGERY MANURE METHANE FORMATION STARTED IMMEDIATELY WITHOUT ANY LAG-PHASE
IN THE AMMONIA-NITROGEN CONCENTRATION RANGE OF 605-3075 MG/L. IN THE
EXPERIMENTS WITH BOTH TYPES OF SLUDGE THE MAXIMUM METHANE FORMATION RATE
SLOWLY DECREASED WITH INCREASING AMMONIA-NITROGEN CONCENTRATIONS.
HYDROCARBON-OXIDIZING MICROORGANISMS IN THE WATER OF SOME REGIONS OF THE WEST
AND CENTRAL ATLANTIC. 80-07 79922
SENTSOVA, 0. YU.
MIKROBIOLOGIYA, 48(6), 1102-1107 (1979) LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH, RUSSIAN
AFFILIATION- (MOSCOW STATE UNIV., MOSCOW, USSR) TYPE- JOURNAL ARTICLE:
ORIG. RESEARCH NDN- 032-0028-5025-5
THE INCIDENCE OF HYDROCARBON-OXIDIZING MICROORGANISMS IN WATER WAS
DETERMINED BY PLATING ON SOLID MEDIA. VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION OF
HYDROCARBON-OXIDIZING MICROFLORA DIFFERED BETWEEN THE SHORE AND THE OPEN
OCEAN; THE INCIDENCE OF THE MICROORGANISMS WAS LOW IN THE SURFACE WATER
LAYER BUT INCREASED AT DEPTHS OF 25 AND 75 M IN THE OPEN OCEAN, IN CONTRAST
TO REGIONS NEAR THE SHORE. PURE BACTERIAL AND FUNGAL CULTURES WERE ISOLATED
AND THEIR PROPERTIES WERE DESCRIBED. THE CULTURES WERE GROWN IN A LIQUID
MINERAL MEDIUM WITH DIESEL FUEL AND 50 CULTURES OF 66 WERE TRUE
HYDROCARBON-OXIDIZING MICROORGANISMS SURVIVING UNDER LABORATORY CONDITIONS.
BACTERIA AND FUNGI GREW ON TARBALLS COLLECTED FROM THE SURFACE OF THE OCEAN
DURING INCUBATION AT 30 C.
MICROBIAL DEGRADATION OF ORGANOCHLORINE COMPOUNDS IN ESTUARINE WATERS AND
SEDIMENTS. PPRESENTED AT: WORKSHOP ON MICROBIAL DEGRADATION OF POLLUTANTS
IN MARINE ENVIRONMENTS; PENSACOLA BEACH, FL (USA); 9 APR 1978.
80-07 80451
LEE, R. F RYAN, C.
MISC. REP SER. U. S. ENVIRON. PROTECT AGENCY IN: PROCEEDINGS OF THE
WORKSHOP: MICROBIAL DEGRADATION OF POLLUTANTS IN MARINE ENVIRONMENTS,
PENSACOLA BEACH, FLORIDA, USA, 9-14 APRIL 1978. BOUROUIN,A.W.;
PRITCHARD,P.H. (EDS.). ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY, GULF BREEZE, FL
(USA). ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH LAB. PUBL. BY: EPA; GULF BREEZE, FL (USA).
APR 1979. P. 443-450. EPA-600/9-79-012. LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH
AFFILIATION- (SKIDAWAY INST. OCEANOGR., PO BOX 13687. SAVANNAH, GA 31406,
USA) TYPE- JOURNAL ARTICLE: ORIG. RESEARCH NDN- 032-0028-4496-8
WATERS AND SEDIMENTS FROM AN ESTUARINE RIVER NEAR SAVANNAH, GEORGIA, WERE
INCUBATED WITH VARIOUS 1 4C-LABELED ORGANOCHLORINE COMPOUNDS. THE EXTENT OF
MICROBIAL DEGRADATION OF THESE COMPOUNDS WAS DETERMINED BY COLLECTING THE 1
4CO 2 PRODUCED AFTER INCUBATION PERIODS OF UP TO 4 D. A FIRST-ORDER RATE
EXPRESSION FITTED THE DEGRADATION DATA FOR MOST COMPOUNDS. EXCEPT FOR
CHLOROPHENOL, WITH A HALF-LIFE OF 20 D IN WATER, DEGRADATION WAS SLOW OR
ABSENT FOR THE CHLORINATED COMPOUNDS IN WATER. IN SEDIMENTS, HIGH RATES OF
DEGRADATION WERE OBSERVED FOR P-CHLOROPHENOL, TRICHLOROPHENOL,
TRICHLOROPHENOXYACETIC ACID AND CHLOROBENZENE WITH HALF-LIVES OF 3 23, 35
AND 75 D, RESPECTIVELY. DEGRADATION IN SEDIMENTS WAS VERY SLOW FOR
HEXACHLOROPHENE AND DDE WITH HALF-LIVES OF 290 AND 1100 D, RESPECTIVELY NO
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DEGRADATION WAS OBSERVED FOR MIREX, HEXACHLOROBIPHENYL AND HEXACHLOROBENZENE
IN WATER OR SEDIMENT. LARGE DECREASES IN DEGRADATION RATES WERE OBSERVED IN
THE WINTER WHEN WATER TEMPERATURES WERE 9-13 C.
SURFACE MICROLAYERS OF THE NORTH ATLANTIC: MICROBIAL POPULATIONS, HETEROTROPHIC
AND HYDROCARBONOCLASTIC ACTIVITIES. PRESENTED AT: WORKSHOP ON MICROBIAL
DEGRADATION OF POLLUTANTS IN MARINE ENVIRONMENT; PENSACOLA BEACH, FL (USA); 9
APR 1978. 80-07 80457
PASSMAN, F. J. NOVITSKY, T. J. WATSON, S. W.
MISC. REP SER. U. S. ENVIRON. PROTECT AGENCY IN: PROCEEDINGS OF THE
WORKSHOP: MICROBIAL DEGRADATION OF POLLUTANTS IN MARINE ENVIRONMENTS,
PENSACOLA BEACH, FLORIDA, USA, 9-14 APRIL 1978. BOURQUIN,A.W.;
PRITCHARD.P.H. (EDS.). ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY, GULF BREEZE, FL
(USA). ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH LAB. PUBL. BY: EPA; GULF BREEZE, FL (USA).
APR 1979. P. 214-226. EPA-6OO/9-79-012. LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH
AFFILIATION- (ENERGY RESOURCES COMPANY, INC., CAMBRIDGE, MA 02138, USA)
TYPE- JOURNAL ARTICLE: ORIG. RESEARCH NDN- 032-0028-4490-A
THE SURFACE MICROLAYER AND SUBSURFACE WATER WERE SAMPLED AT 7 STATIONS IN
THE GEORGES BANK REGION OF THE NORTH ATLANTIC DURING AUGUST 1977. COMPARISON
OF SURFACE MICROLAYER WITH SUBSURFACE DATA SUGGESTED THAT BACTERIAL AND
ULTRAPLANKTON DIRECT COUNTS, PHYTOPLANKTON BIOMASS, HETEROTROPHIC AND
HYDROCARBONOCLASTIC VIABLE TITERS, AND ALIPHATIC HYDROCARBON CONCENTRATIONS
WERE ENRICHED IN THE SURFACE MICROLAYER AT SEVERAL STATIONS. THIS WAS
DEMONSETRATED USING THE PAIRED-T TEST (95% CONFIDENCE LEVEL). GLUTAMATE
MINERALIZATION IN THE SURFACE MICROLAYERS WAS SIGNIFICANTLY LOWER THAN IN
THE SUBSURFACE WATER. DODECANE MINERALIZATION RATES AT 5 C AND
HYDROCARBONOCLASTIC VIABLE COUNTS COVARIED SIGNIFICANTLY (95% CONFIDENCE
LEVEL) WITH ALIPHATIC HYDROCARBON CONCENTRATIONS IN SURFACE MICROLAYERS. IN
SURFACE MICROLAYER AND SUBSURFACE WATER, ACETATE AND GLUTAMATE
MINERALIZATION AT 5 C COVARIED WITH ACETATE AND GLUTAMATE MINERALIZATION AT
20 C, RESPECTIVELY. EVIDENCE OBTAINED DURING ONE SEASON'S SAMPLING OF NORTH
ATLANTIC SURFACE MICROLAYER AND SUBSURFACE WATERS INDICATE THE ENRICHMENT OF
SEVERAL MICROBIAL PARAMETERS IN THE SURFACE MICROLAYER.
HYDROCARBON-DEGRADING ACTIVITY WAS NOT ENRICHED. HOWEVER, THE
HYDROCARBONOCLASTIC VIABLE COUNT AND ALIPHATIC HYDROCARBON CONCENTRATION
WERE ENRICHED IN THE SURFACE MICROLAYER.
TRANSPORT AND FATE OF ANTHRACENE IN AQUATIC MICROCOSMS. PRESENTED AT:
WORKSHOP ON MICROBIAL DEGRADATION OF POLLUTANTS IN MARINE ENVIRONMENTS;
PENSACOLA BEACH, FL (USA); 9 APR 1978. 80-07 80459
GIDDINGS, J. M. WALTON, B. T EDDLEMON, G. K. OLSON, K. G.
MISC. REP. SER. U. S. ENVIRON. PROTECT AGENCY IN: PROCEEDINGS OF THE
WORKSHOP: MICROBIAL DEGRADATION OF POLLUTANTS IN MARINE ENVIRONMENTS,
PENSACOLA BEACH, FLORIDA, USA, 9-14 APRIL 1978. BOURQUIN,A.W.;
PRITCHARD.P.H. (EDS.). ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY, GULF BREEZE, FL
(USA). ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH LAB. PUBL. BY: EPA; GULF BREEZE, FL (USA).
APR 1979. P. 312-32O. EPA-600/9-79-012. US DEP. ENERGY CONTRACT
W-7405-ENG-26. ALSO AS OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY PUBLICATION 1200.
LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH, NORWEGIAN AFFILIATION- (ENVIRON. SCI. DIV., OAK
RIDGE NATL. LAB., OAK RIDGE, TN 37830, USA) TYPE- JOURNAL ARTICLE:
ORIG. RESEARCH NDN- 032-0028-4488-3
POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARONS (PAH), MANY OF WHICH ARE KNOWN CARCINOGENS,
ARE EXPECTED TO BE IMPORTANT COMPONENTS OF WASTEWATER FROM COAL CONVERSION
FACILITIES. TWO 80 L POND MICROCOSMS WERE TREATED WITH 0.5 MG/L (9- 1 4C)
ANTHRACENE, A REPRESENTATIVE PAH, TO MEASURE: THE RATE OF SORPTION BY
SEDIMENTS, BIOACCUMULATION BY SEVERAL AQUATIC ORGANISMS, AND TRANSFORMATION
OF ANTHRACENE BY ABIOTIC PROCESSES AND BY AQUATIC ORGANISMS, INCLUDING
BACTERIA. SAMPLES OF WATER, SEDIMENT, ND ORGANISMS WERE REMOVED PERIODICALLY
FOR DETERMINATION OF 1 4C ACTIVITY ADDITIONAL SAMPLES WERE EXTRACTED WITH
ORGANIC SOLVENTS FOR SEPARATION AND QUANTITATION OF ANTHRACENE AND
TRANSFORMATION PRODUCTS BY THIN-LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY AND RADIOAUTOGRAPHY.
ANTHRACENE DISAPPEARED RAPIDLY FROM POND WATER BUT ACCUMULATED IN SEDIMENTS.
OVER A 12-WEEK PERIOD, 80% OF THE ANTHRACENE WAS TRANSFORMED, MAINLY BY
PHOTOLYSIS AND BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY. AN UNIDENTIFIED DERIVATIVE OF ANTHRACENE
PERSISTED IN ALL MICROCOSM COMPONENTS EXAMINED, WHILE ANTHRACENE AND ANOTHER
DEGRADATION PRODUCT PERSISTED IN THE UPPER LAYER OF SEDIMENT
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METHANOGENIC BIODEGRADATION OF AROMATIC COMPOUNDS. PRESENTED AT: WORKSHOP
ON MICROBIAL DEGRADATION OF POLLUTANTS IN MARINE ENVIRONMENTS; PENSACOLA BEACH,
FL (USA); 9 APR 1978. 80-07 80461
HEALY, J. B. , JR. YOUNG, L. Y
MISC. REP SER. U. S. ENVIRON. PROTECT AGENCY IN: PROCEEDINGS OF THE
WORKSHOP: MICROBIAL DEGRADATION OF POLLUTANTS IN MARINE ENVIRONMENTS,
PENSACOLA BEACH, FLORIDA, USA, 9-14 APRIL 1978. BOUROUIN,A.W.;
PRITCHARD.P.H. (EDS.). ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY, GULF BREEZE, FL
(USA). ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH LAB. PUBL. BY: EPA; GULF BREEZE, FL (USA).
APR 1979. P. 348-359. EPA-600/9-79-012. LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH
AFFILIATION- (DEP. CIVIL ENG. , STANFORD UNIV., STANFORD, CA 94305, USA)
TYPE- JOURNAL ARTICLE: DRIG. RESEARCH NDN- 032-0028-4486-3
DECOMPOSITION OF A RANGE OF LIGNO-AROMATIC COMPOUNDS TO METHANE UNDER STRICT
ANAEROBIC CONDITIONS WAS OBSERVED OVER VARYING PERIODS OF TIME. COMPOUNDS
EXAMINED INCLUDE VANILLIN, FERULIC ACID, CINNAMIC ACID, PROTOCATECHUIC ACID,
CATECHOL, PHENOL, AND SYRINGEALDEHYDE. EVIDENCE FOR RING CLEAVAGE WAS
PROVIDED BY GAS ANALYSIS AND MASS BALANCE CALCULATIONS, WITH CONVERSION OF
SUBSTRATE CARBON TO GAS RANGING FROM 60% TO 98%. METHANOGENIC CULTURES
MAINTAINED ON FERULIC ACID COMPRISE SEVERAL SPECIES FORMING AN ANAEROBIC
FOOD CHAIN. INHIBITION OF METHANE FORMATION BY BROMOETHANESULPHONIC ACID
(BESA) DID NOT APPEAR TO AFFECT DECOMPOSITION OF FERULIC OR PROPIONIC ACIDS.
GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY DEMONSTRATED THE TEMPORARY BUILDUP OF ACETATE AND
PROPIONATE AS INTERMEDIATES IN METHANE PRODUCTION. CULTURES INHIBITED WITH
BESA ALSO CONTAINED BUTYRATE, ISOBUTYRATE AND ISOVALERATE, SUGGESTING THAT
PATHWAYS OF DECOMPOSITION MAY BE DIFFERENT FROM THOSE OF BENZOATE . THE
RESULTING PRODUCTS OF FERMENTATION AGREE WITH THE CALCULATED
STOICHIOMETRY
A NOVEL SELECTIVE ENRICHMENT TECHNIQUE FOR USE IN BIODEGRADATION STUDIES.
PRESENTED AT- WORKSHOP ON MICROBIAL DEGRADATION OF POLLUTANTS IN MARINE
ENVIRONMENTS; PENSACOLA BEACH, FL (USA); 9 APR 1978. 80-07 80465
LIU, D .
MISC. REP SER. U. S. ENVIRON. PROTECT. AGENCY IN: PROCEEDINGS OF THE
WORKSHOP: MICROBIAL DEGRADATION OF POLLUTANTS IN MARINE ENVIRONMENTS,
PENSACOLA BEACH, FLORIDA, USA, 9-14 APRIL 1978. BOUROUIN,A.W.;
PRITCHARD.P.H. (EDS.). ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY, GULF BREEZE, FL
(USA). ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH LAB. PUBL. BY: EPA; GULF BREEZE, FL (USA)
APR 1979. P. 370-379. EPA-600/9-79-012. LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH
AFFILIATION- (TOXIC SUBSTANCES SECT., NATL. WATER RES. INST . , CANADA CENT.
INLAND WATERS, BURLINGTON, ONTARIO, CANADA) TYPE- JOURNAL ARTICLE:
ORIG. RESEARCH NDN- 032-0028-4482-6
A SELECTIVE ENRICHMENT TECHNIQUE HAS BEEN DEVELOPED FOR RAPID ISOLATION OF
LIPOPHILIC COMPOUND-DEGRADING MICROORGANISMS. THIS METHOD IS BASED ON THE
FACT THAT BIODEGRADATION OF LIPOPHILIC SUBSTANCES TAKES PLACE MAINLY AT THE
SUBSTANCE-WATER INTERFACE. THUS, THE AREAL EXTENT OF THIS INTERFACE WILL
DETERMINE THE AVAILABILITY OF SUBSTRATE TO THE DEGRADING MICROORGANISMS AND
THEREBY CONTROL THE PRIMARY BIODEGRADATION RATE AS WELL AS THE MICROBIAL
BIOMASS. THE ISOLATION PROCEDURE INVOLVES FINELY EMULSIFYING THE TEST
SUBSTANCE AND STABILIZATION OF THE EMULSION WITH SODIUM LIGNINSULFONATE.
MICROORGANISMS CAPABLE OF DEGRADING N-ALKANES, AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS,
PHENOLS AND POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS WERE ISOLATED USING THIS TECHNIQUE.
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DEGRADATION MECHANISMS. PPRESENTED AT: WORKSHOP ON MICROBIAL DEGRADATION
OF POLLUTANTS IN MARINE ENVIRONMENTS; PENSACOLA BEACH, FL (USA); 9 APR 1978.
80-07 80475
CHAPMAN, P J.
MISC. REP. SER. U. S. ENVIRON. PROTECT AGENCY IN: PROCEEDINGS OF THE
WORKSHOP: MICROBIAL DEGRADATION OF POLLUTANTS IN MARINE ENVIRONMENTS,
PENSACOLA BEACH, FLORIDA, USA, 9-14 APRIL 1978. BOUROUIN,A.W.;
PRITCHARD.P.H. (EDS.). ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY, GULF BREEZE, FL
(USA). ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH LAB. PUBL. BY: EPA; GULF BREEZE, FL (USA).
APR 1979. P. 28-66. EPA-600/9-79-012. LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH
AFFILIATION- (DEP BIOCHEM. AND MICROBIOL., MINNESOTA UNIV., ST. PAUL, MN
55108, USA) TYPE- JOURNAL ARTICLE: ORIG. RESEARCH NDN-
032-0028-4472-6
THE ROLE OF FUNGI AND BACTERIA IN ACCOMPLISHING THE BIODEGRADATION OF OGANIC
COMPOUNDS IS STRESSED BY CONSIDERING THE VARIETY OF REACTIONS WHICH THESE
MICROORGANISMS CAN EMPLOY TO INITIATE ATTACK ON DIFFERET CLASSES OF OGANIC
MOLECULES. REFERENCE IS MADE TO THE VALUE OF THIS TYPE OF INFORMATION,
OBTAINED BY PURE CULTURE STUDIES, IN UNDERSTANDING THE CHEMICAL EVENTS WHICH
MAY OCCUR IN NATURAL ENVIRONMENTS, YET AT THE SAME TIME SERVING ONLY TO
SUGGEST POSSIBILITIES RATHER THAN TO PREDICT SPECIFIC FATES. AMONG THE
VARIOUS CLASSES OF COMPOUNDS CONSIDERED ARE LINEAR, BRANCHED AND CYCLIC
HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC ACIDS, AND SELECTED HETEROCYCLES. MECHANISMS USED FOR
THE ENZYMIC MODIFICATION AND DISPLACEMENT OF DIFFERENT SUBSTITUENTS SUCH AS
SULPHONIC ACIDS, NITRD, ALKOXYL, AND HALIDE GROUOPS ARE ALSO DISCUSSED.
FINALLY, MENTION IS MADE OF THE DIFFICULTIES IN ASSESSING WHICH OF VARIOUS
DEGRADATIVE REACTIONS MAY OCCUR WITH A GIVEN SUBSTRATE BY REFERENCE TO
UNEXPECTED OXYGEN-INCORPORATING REACTIONS, ALTERNATIVE DEGRADATIVE ROUTES
FOR THE SAME COMPOUNDS FOUND IN DIFFERENT MICROBIAL GROUPS, AND THE
INFLUENCE WHICH ENVIRONMENTS CAN EXERT ON THE STRATEGIES AVAILABLE FOR
MICROBIAL ATTACK.
SOME APPROACHES TO STUDIES ON THE DEGRADATION OF AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS BY
FUNGI. PRESENTED AT: WORKSHOP ON MICROBIAL DEGRADATION OF POLLUTANTS IN
MARINE ENVIRONMENTS; PENSACOLA BEACH, FL (USA); 9 APR 1978. 80-07 80477
CERNIGLIA, C. E.
T
HERBERT, R. L. DODGE, R. H. SZANISZLO, P J. GIBSON, D.
MISC. REP SER. U. S. ENVIRON. PROTECT. AGENCY IN: PROCEEDINGS OF THE
WORKSHOP: MICROBIAL DEGRADATION OF POLLUTANTS IN MARINE ENVIRONMENTS,
PENSACOLA BEACH, FLORIDA, USA, 9-14 APRIL 1978. BOUROUIN,A.W.;
PRITCHARD.P.H. (EDS.). ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY, GULF BREEZE, FL
(USA). ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH LAB. PUBL. BY: EPA; GULF BREEZE, FL (USA)
APR 1979. P. 360-369. EPA-600/9-79-012. LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH
AFFILIATION- (DEP. MICROBIOL., TEXAS UNIV., AUSTIN, TX 78712, USA)
TYPE- JOURNAL ARTICLE: ORIG. RESEARCH NDN- 032-0028-4470-2
A WIDE TAXONOMIC AND PHYLOGENETIC SPECTRUM OF FUNGI WERE SHOWN TO TRANSFORM
NAPHTHALENE. THE ABILITY TO OXIDIZE NAPHTHALENE PREDOMINATED IN THE
MUCORALES, BUT SIGNIFICANT HYDROXYLATION ALSO OCCURRED IN SPECIES OF
NEUROSPORA, CLAVICEPS AND PSILOCYBE . THE PREDOMINANT METABOLITE FORMED
WAS 1-NAPHTHOL. OTHER PRODUCTS IDENTIFIED WERE 4-HYDROXY-1-TETRALONE,
TRANS-1,2-DIHYDROXY-l,2-DIHYDRONAPHTHALENE, 2-NAPHTHOL, 1-2, AND
1,4-NAPHTHOQUINONE. CUNNINGHAMELLA ELEGANS OXIDIZED NAPHTHALENE, BIPHENYL
AND DIBENZOFURAN BY REACTIONS SIMILAR TO THOSE OBSERVED WITH MAMMALIAN
ENZYME SYSTEMS.
CORRELATION OF MICROBIAL SPOILAGE OF WOOLSKINS WITH CURING TREATMENTS.
80-06 70179
ESPIE, S. A. MANDERSON, G. J.
J. APPL. BACTERIOL., 47(1), 113-119 (1979) LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH
AFFILIATION- (BIOTECHNOL. DEP., MASSEY UNIV., PALMERSTON NORTH, NEW ZEALAND)
TYPE- JOURNAL ARTICLE: ORIG. RESEARCH NDN- 032-0027-5778-3
THE MAJOR GROUPS OF MICROORGANISMS ON CURED WOOLSKINS WERE CORRELATED WITH
SPECIFIC CURING TREATMENTS. NO TREATMENT ELIMINATED BACILLUS SPP OR
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HALOPHILIC BACTERIA. OF THE TREATMENTS WHICH ELIMINATED FUNGI, COLIFORMS AND
MICROCOCCI, BIOCIDES AND FUNGICIDES WERE SIGNIFICANT. DIFFERENCES WERE FOUND
IN MICROBIAL POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BETWEEN WOOL AND SKIN. THE MINIMUM
CURING TREATMENT WAS SALT AND NAPHTHALENE. THE MOST EFFECTIVE WAS SALT AND
NAPHTHALENE AND BENLATE. AN ALTERNATIVE TREATMENT IS SALT AND SODIUM
FLUORIDE AND BUSAN 30.
INHIBITORY INTERACTIONS OF AROMATIC ORGANICS DURING MICROBIAL METABOLISM.
80-06 00453
MEYER, d. S. BERGMAN, H. L. MARCUS, M. D.
BULL. ECOL. SOC. AM., 60(2), 119 (1979) SUMMARY ONLY. LANGUAGE(S)-
ENGLISH AFFILIATION- (UNIV. WYOMING, LARAMIE, WY 82071, USA) TYPE-
JOURNAL ARTICLE : ABSTRACT NDN- 032-0027-4096-6
THE POTENTIAL PERSISTENCE OF CHEMICAL POLLUTANTS IS A MAJOR CONCERN IN
AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM RESEARCH. LONG RECOGNIZED AS AN IMPORTANT PROCESS OF
DEGRADATION, MICROBIAL METABOLISM HAS TRADITIONALLY BEEN CHARACTERIZED FOR
OPTIMIZED BACTERIAL STRAINS OPERATING ONLY ON SINGLE COMPOUNDS. IT IS ARGUED
THAT THE PRESENCE OF MORE THAN ONE POLLUTANT CAN APPRECIABLY AFFECT THE
KINETICS OF THIS METABOLISM AND INVALIDATE PREDICTIONS GENERATED FROM
SINGLE-COMPOUND STUDIES. BENZENE, PHENOL AND NAPHTHALENE WERE EXPOSED, BOTH
SINGLY AND COMBINED, TO OIL REFINERY SETTLING POND INOCULA AND MONITORED
CHROMATOGRAPHICALLY. ALTHOUGH ALL THREE AROMATICS WERE RAPIDLY DEGRADED WHEN
DOSED SINGLY, PHENOL IN COMBINED DOSAGES INHIBITED THE METABOLISM OF BENZENE
AND NAPHTHALENE AS LONG AS IT WAS PRESENT. THESE RESULTS INDICATE THAT
BACTERIAL UTILIZATION OF AROMATIC ORGANIC CARBON SOURCES MAY BE
PREFERENTIAL. MODELS OF POLLUTANT FATES IN AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS WILL HAVE TO
ACCOUNT FOR ANTAGONISTIC/SYNERGISTIC INTERACTIONS BETWEEN COMPOUNDS TO AVOID
SPURIOUS PREDICTIONS BASED ON SINGLE-COMPOUND KINETICS.
RESEARCH INTO THE CONTENT OF OIL DROPLETS, DETERGENTS AND BACTERIA IN THE SEA
WATER AND SEA BEDS OF THE NORTH TYRRHENIAN SEA. PRESENTED AT- SYMPOSIUM ON
POLLUTION OF THE MEDITERRANEAN; ANTALYA (TURKEY); 24 NOV 1978.
80-06 03229
DE RENZI, G. P
C.
PALMERINI MORELLI, R. ORLANDO, P VOLTA, S. DARDANELLI ,
IN: WORKSHOP ON POLLUTION OF THE MEDITERRANEAN. ANTALYA, 24-27 NOVEMBER
1978. / 4ES JOURNEES D'ETUDES SUR LES POLLUTIONS MARINES EN MEDITERRANEE.
ANTALYA, 24-27 NOVEMBRE 1978. INTERNATIONAL COMMISSION FOR THE
SCIENTIFIC EXPLORATION OF THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA, MONACO; UNITED NATIONS
ENVIRONMENT PROGRAMME, NAIROBI (KENYA). PUBL . BY: I.C.S.E.M.; MONACO
(MONACO). 1979. P. 123-128 LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH AFFILIATION-
(UNIV. STUD. URBINO, CATTEDRA ECOL., URBINO, ITALY) TYPE- BOOK :
CHAPTER NDN- 032-0027-3711-9
A SURVEY TO INVESTIGATE THE PRESENCE OF OIL DROPLETS, DETERGENTS AND
BACTERIA IN THE WATER AND SEDIMENT OF THE NORTH TYRRHENIAN SEA, IS DISCUSSED
IN THIS SHORT PAPER. THE LEVELS OF THESE SUBSTANCES ARE PRESENTED IN A
TABLE.
PETROLEUM AND HYDROCARBON DEGRADATION BY MYCOBACTERIA .
CARDOSO, C. L. FILHO, PPG.
80-05 51932
REV. MICROBIOL., 10(2), 46-49 (1979) LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH, PORTUGUESE
AFFILIATION- (UNIV. ESTADUAL DE MARINGA, 87100 MARINGA, PR. BOLSISTA DO
CNPQ, BRAZIL) TYPE- JOURNAL ARTICLE: ORIG. RESEARCH NDN-
032-0027-2754-3
ALL OF THE 22 FAST-GROWING MYCOBACTERIA TESTED UTILIZED HEXADECANE OR
HEPTADECANE BUT ONLY 4 (18.3%) OF THEM GREW ON RAW PETROLEUM AFTER 14 DAYS
INCUBATION. SLIGHT GROWTH IN THE PRESENCE OF HEXADECANE OR HEPTADECANE WAS
NOTED FOR 13 SLOW GROWING STRAINS.
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PRODUCTION OF A RED BEN2(A)ANTHRACENE FROM KEROSENE BY PSEUDOMONAS SP. S7K5.
80-05 51935
KIYOHARA, H.
AGRIC. BIOL. CHEM., 43(7), 1407-1413 (1979) LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH
AFFILIATION- (DEP APPL. CHEM., OKAYAMA UNIV. SCI., 1-1 RIDAI-CHO, OKAYAMA
700, JAPAN) TYPE- JOURNAL ARTICLE: ORIG. RESEARCH NDN-
032-O027-2751-2
NAPHTHALENE-ASSIMILATING, NON-FLUORESCENT PSEUDOMONAS SP S7K5, ISOLATED
FROM SOIL USING KEROSENE, PRODUCED A WATER-INSOLUBLE RED PIGMENT (RP) FROM A
HIGH BOILING FRACTION (HBK, 200-230 C) OF KEROSENE. RP WAS NOT PRODUCED FROM
N-ALKANES AND AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS, SUCH AS BENZENE, NAPHTHALENE AND
PHENANTHRENE. RP PRODUCTION WAS STIMULATED BY ADDING A LIMITED AMOUNT
(0.03%, W/V) OF NAPHTHALENE TO HBK (5.0%, W/V)-MINERAL SALT MEDIUM. RP WAS
ISOLATED BY CHELATING WITH MAGNESIUM AND CRYSTALLIZED FROM C 2S-PETROLEUM
ETHER TO GIVE DARK RED NEEDLES (MP, 218 C, MOL WT 316). FROM SPECTROMETRICAL
EXPERIMENTS OF RP AND ITS DERIVATIVES, RP WAS IDENTIFIED AS A
HYDROXYBENZ(A)ANTHRAOUINONE BEARING A METHYL GROUP.
DIFFERENTIATION BETWEEN ACETATE AND HIGHER VOLATILE ACIDS IN THE MODELING OF
THE ANAEROBIC BIOMETHANATION PROCESS. 80-05 56759
SINECHAL, X. J. INSTALLS, M. J. NYNS, E. J.
BIOTECHNOL. LETT., 1(8), 309-314 (1979) LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH
AFFILIATION- (LAB. AUTOMATIC CONTROL AND LAB. APPL. ENZYMOL., CATHOLIC UNIV.
LOUVAIN, B-1348 LOUVAIN-LA-NEUVE, BELGIUM) TYPE- JOURNAL ARTICLE:
ORIG. RESEARCH NDN- 032-0026-7927-3
A MODEL IS PRESENTED FOR THE SINGLE-STAGE COMPLETELY-MIXED ANAEROBIC
DIGESTION OF COMPLEX SUBSTRATES CONTAINING NO VOLATILE ACIDS. IN THE MODEL,
VOLATILE ACIDS PRODUCED BY THE ACIDOGENIC BACTERIA ARE NO LONGER CONSIDERED
TOGETHER. ACETATE IS ASSUMED TO BE REPRESENTATIVE OF THE SUBSTRATE AND
PROPIONATE AND BUTYRATE ACT ONLY AS INHIBITORS FOR THE METHANOGENIC
BACTERIA.
VMICROBIAL GROWTH ON HYDROCARBONS: TERMINAL BRANCHING INHIBITS BIODEGRADATION.
80-05 57234
SCHAEFFER, T L. CANTWELL, S. G. BROWN, J. L. WATT, D. S. FALL, R. R.
APPL. ENVIRON. MICROBIOL., 38(4), 742-746 (1979) LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH
AFFILIATION- (DEP. CHEM., UNIV. COLORADO, BOULDER, CO 80309, USA)
TYPE- JOURNAL ARTICLE: ORIG. RESEARCH NDN- 032-0026-7452-O
A VARIETY OF OCTANE-UTILIZING BACTERIA AND FUNGI WERE SCREENED FOR GROWTH ON
SOME TERMINALLY BRANCHED DIMETHYLOCTANE DERIVATIVES TO EXPLORE THE EFFECTS
OF ISO- AND ANTEISO-TERMINI ON THE BIODEGRADABILITY OF SUCH HYDROCARBONS. OF
27 MICROBIAL STRAINS TESTED, ONLY 9 WERE FOUND TO USE ANY OF THE BRANCHED
HYDROCARBONS TESTED AS A SOLE CARBON SOURCE, AND THEN ONLY THOSE
HYDROCARBONS CONTAINING AT LEAST ONE ISO-TERMINUS WERE SUSCEPTIBLE TO
DEGRADATION. ANTEISO- OR ISOPROPENYL TERMINI PREVENTED BIODEGRADATION. NONE
OF THE HYDROCARBONOCLASTIC YEASTS TESTED WAS ABLE TO UTILIZE
BRANCHED-HYDROCARBON GROWTH SUBSTRATES. IN THE CASE OF PSEUDOMONADS
CONTAINING THE OCT PLASMID, WHOLE-CELL OXIDATION OF N-OCTANE WAS POORLY
INDUCED BY TERMINALLY BRANCHED DIMETHYLOCTANES. IN THE PRESENCE OF A
GRATUITOUS INDUCER OF THE OCTANE-OXIDIZING ENZYMES, THE ISO-BRANCHED
2,7-DIMETHYLOCTANE WAS SLOWLY OXIDIZED BY WHOLE CELLS, WHEREAS THE
ANTEISO-BRANCHED 2,6-DIMETHYLOCTANE WAS NOT OXIDIZED AT ALL. THIS MICROBIAL
SAMPLING ILLUSTRATED THE DELETERIOUS EFFECT OF ALKYL BRANCHING, ESPECIALLY
ANTEISO-TERMINAL BRANCHING, ON THE BIODEGRADATION OF HYDROCARBONS.
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CANDIDA LIPOLYTICA ISOLATED FROM GUANABARA BAY AND ITS ABILITY TO GROW IN
MARINE AND ESTUARINE CONDITIONS. 80-05 58100
HAGLER, A. N. MENDONCA HAGLER, L. C.
REV. BRAS. PESQUI. MED. BIOL., 12(4-5), 273-277 (1979) LANGUAGE(S)-
ENGLISH, PORTUGUESE AFFILIATION- (INST. MICROBIOL., CENT. CIENC. SAUDE,
UNIV. FED. RIO DE JANEIRO, 21910 RIO DE JANEIRO, RJ, BRAZIL) TYPE-
JOURNAL ARTICLE: ORIG. RESEARCH NDN- 032-0026-6586-2
ALTHOUGH THE PETROLEUM DEGRADING ABILITY OF C. LIPOLYTICA IS WELL KNOWN,
ITS ABILITY TO GROW IN SEAWATER IS QUESTIONABLE. SIXTEEN STRAINS OF C.
LIPOLYTICA WERE ISOLATED FROM MARINE SITES IN RIO DE JANEIRO. SOME
VARIATIONS FROM THE STANDARD DESCRIPTION WERE NOTED INCLUDING STRAINS
INTERMEDIATE BETWEEN THE VARIETIES LIPOLYTICA AND DEFORMANS A
REPRESENTATIVE STRAIN WHICH GREW WELL ON PETROLEUM WAS FOUND TO GROW WELL IN
MARINE AND ESTUARY CONDITIONS WHICH REINFORCES ITS POTENTIAL AS A SEED
ORGANISM FOR MARINE OIL SPILLS.
METHANE PRODUCTION FROM AQUATIC BIOMASS BY ANAEROBIC DIGESTION OF GIANT BROWN
KELP 80-05 59335
KLASS, L. GHOSH, S. CHYNOWETH, P
PROCESS BIOCHEM., 14(4), 18-22 (1979) LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH
AFFILIATION- (INST. GAS TECHNOL., CHICAGO, IL 60616, USA) TYPE-
JOURNAL ARTICLE: ORIG. RESEARCH NDN- 032-O026-5351-2
THE RESULTS OF EXPERIMENTAL WORK PERFORMED WITH LABORATORY DIGESTERS TO
STUDY THE ANAEROBIC DIGESTION OF CALIFORNIAN GIANT BROWN KELP ( MACROCYSTIS
PYRIFERA ) ARE DESCRIBED. ENERGY RECOVERIES AS METHANE UP TO ABOUT 65% OF
THE SUBSTRATE ENERGY CONTENT WERE OBTAINED. AT THESE EFFICIENCY LEVELS, THE
SUBSTRATE SUSTAINED ENRICHED ANAEROBIC CULTURES OVER EXTENDED PERIODS
WITHOUT THE ADDITION OF EXTERNAL NUTRIENTS. CARBON, ENERGY AND COMPONENT
BALANCES FOR A SELECTED RUN WERE CALCULATED AND THE RELATIVE
BIODEGRADABILITIES OF THE ORGANICS WERE ESTIMATED. BIOMASS SPECIES FROM THE
OCEAN ARE POTENTIALLY LARGE SOURCES OF METHANE THAT CAN HELP ALLEVIATE THE
NATURAL GAS SHORTAGE.
OCCURRENCE OF MYCOBACTERIA IN WATER POLLUTED WITH INDUSTRIAL AND DOMESTIC
RESIDUES. 8O-05 59347
CARDOSO, C. L. FILHO, PPG.
REV. MICROBIOL.,
AFFILIATION- (UNIV
CAPES, BRASIL)
032-0026-5339-4
10(2), 59-65 (1979) LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH, PORTUGUESE
ESTADUAL DE MARINGA 87.00 MARINGA, PR. BOLSISTA DA
TYPE- JOURNAL ARTICLE: ORIG. RESEARCH NDN-
MYCOBACTERIUM STRAINS (150) WERE ISOLATED FROM WATER POLLUTED WITH
PETROLEUM RESIDUES BY TREATMENT WITH 4% SODIUM HYDROXIDE (111 STRAINS) OR
WITH 0.34% BENZALKONIUM CHLORIDE (47 STRAINS). SEVENTY-EIGHT OF THE ISOLATES
WERE ASSIGNED TO RUNYON'S GROUP III. ANOTHER 61 WERE GROUPED AND
CHARACTERIZED AS RAPID GROWERS AND 19 WERE PLACED IN THE SCOTOCHROMOGENIC
GROUP. ABOUT 32% OF THE STRAINS WERE CHARACTERIZED AS POTENTIALLY PATHOGENIC
MYCOBACTERIA, INCLUDING M. AVIUM-INTRACELLULARE (3.8%), M. SCROFULACEUM
(6.3%) AND M. FORTUITUM (22.2%). IT WAS CONCLUDED THAT THE WATER WAS
CONTAMINATED WITH POTENTIALLY PATHOGENIC MYCOBACTERIA AND COULD SERVE AS A
SOURCE OF HUMAN DISEASE.
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MICROBIAL TRANSFORMATIONS OF ORGANIC COMPOUNDS. 80-05 00317
SEBEK, 0. K. KIESLICH, K.
IN: ANNUAL REPORTS ON FERMENTATION PROCESSES. VOL. 1. PERLMAN.D. (ED.)
PUBL. BY: ACADEMIC PRESS INC. (LONDON) LTD., 24-28, OVAL RD, LONDON NW1
7DX, UK. 1977. P. 267-297 ISBN: 0-12-040301-3. LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH
AFFILIATION- (UPJOHN RES. LAB., KALAMAZOO, MI, USA) TYPE- BOOK :
REVIEW NDN- 032-0026-0615-8
MICROBIAL TRANSFORMATIONS OF ALKANES, ALICYCLIC COMPOUNDS AND TERPENES ARE
REVIEWED. (234 REFS. ) .
ANAEROBIC DIGESTION OF GLUCOSE WITH SEPARATED ACID PRODUCTION AND METHANE
FORMATION. 80-O4 44303
COHEN, A. ZOETEMEYER, R. J. VAN DEURSEN, A. VAN ANDEL, J. G.
WATER RES., 13(7), 571-580 (1979) LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH AFFILIATION-
(LAB. MICROBIOL., UNIV. AMSTERDAM, PLANTAGE MUIDERGRACHT 14, AMSTERDAM,
NETHERLANDS) TYPE- JOURNAL ARTICLE: ORIG. RESEARCH NDN-
032-0025-8479-2
IN A 2-PHASE ANAEROBIC DIGESTION SYSTEM, WITH SEPARATE REACTORS FOR THE
ACIDIFICATION PHASE AND THE METHANE FERMENTATION PHASE, THE GLUCOSE OF A 1%
GLUCOSE SOLUTION WAS ALMOST COMPLETELY CONVERTED INTO BIOMASS AND GASES. THE
ACID REACTOR WAS OPERATED AT 30 C AND PH 6.0, WITH A RETENTION TIME OF 10 H.
MAIN PRODUCTS OF THE ACID-FORMING PHASE WERE HYDROGEN, CARBON DIOXIDE,
BUTYRATE AND ACETATE. ON A MOLAR BASE, THESE PRODUCTS REPRESENTED >96% OF
ALL PRODUCTS, FORMED. ON AVERAGE, 12% OF THE COD CONTENT OF THE INFLUENT WAS
EVOLVED AS HYDROGEN. THE EFFLUENT OF THE FIRST REACTOR WAS PUMPED TO THE
METHANE REACTOR AFTER PASSING THROUGH A STORAGE VESSEL. THE METHANE REACTOR
WAS OPERATED AT 30 C, PH 7.8, AND A RETENTION TIME OF 100 H WAS GIVEN.
APPROX 98% OF THE ORGANIC SUBSTANCES FED TO THIS REACTOR WERE CONVERTED TO
METHANE, CARBON DIOXIDE AND BIOMASS. ABOUT 11% OF THE GLUCOSE FED TO THE
DIGESTING SYSTEM WAS CONVERTED TO BACTERIAL MASS.
CYANIDE PRODUCTION AND DEGRADATION DURING GROWTH OF THE SNOW MOULD FUNGUS.
80-04 45954
BUNCH, A. W. KNOWLES, C. J.
J. GEN. MICROBIOL., 116(1), 9-16 (1980) LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH
AFFILIATION- (BIOL. LAB., UNIV. KENT, CANTERBURY, KENT CT2 7NJ, UK)
TYPE- JOURNAL ARTICLE: ORIG. RESEARCH NDN- O32-O025-7018-A
ISOLATE W 2 OF THE SNOW MOULD BASIDIOMYCETE PRODUCED CYANIDE ONLY AT THE
START OF THE STATIONARY PHASE WHEN IT WAS GROWN IN SHAKE CULTURES ON A
GLUCOSE-CONTAINING SYNTHETIC MEDIUM IN WHICH GROWTH STOPPED BECAUSE OF
GLUCOSE DEPLETION. CYANOGENESIS WAS STIMULATED BY INCLUSION OF GLYCINE IN
THE MEDIUM, BUT THE PRESENCE OF METHIONINE IN ADDITION TO GLYCINE CAUSED
LITTLE FURTHER CYANIDE FORMATION. ADDITION OF CYCLIC AMP TO THE MEDIUM HAD
NO EFFECT ON THE TIME OF PRODUCTION OR THE CONCENTRATION OF CYANIDE FORMED.
CULTURES THAT CONTAINED EXCESS GLUCOSE AT THE START OF THE STATIONARY PHASE
ALSO PRODUCED CYANIDE. CULTURES WHICH CONTAINED ACETATE AS THE CARBON SOURCE
FORMED CYANIDE DURING GROWTH AND IN THE STATIONARY PHASE; CYANOGENESIS WAS
AGAIN STIMULATED BY GLYCINE. IN CULTURES CONTAINING GLUCOSE, (1- 1
4C)GLYCINE WAS CONVERTED TO 1 4CO 2 DURING BOTH THE GROWTH AND STATIONARY
PHASES, WHEREAS (2- 1 4C)GLYCINE WAS THE PRECURSOR OF ( 1 4C)CYANIDE ONLY AT
THE START OF THE STATIONARY PHASE. VERY LITTLE OF THE CYANOHYDRINS OF
GLYCOXYLIC ACID OR PYRUVIC ACID WERE FORMED. CYANIDE WAS CONVERTED TO CO 2
AS THE MAJOR DETOXICATION PRODUCT; THERE WAS LITTLE FORMATION OF ALANINE,
B-CYANOALANINE, GLUTAMATE, FORMAMIDE, OR ASPARTATE PLUS ASPARAGINE.
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DIAUXOTROPHIC PROPERTIES OF MICROORGANISMS ASSIMILATING HYDROCARBONS C 2-C 4.
80-03 32876
MALASHENKO, YU. R. ROMANOVSKAYA, V A. KRYSHTAB, T P POGREBNOY, I. P
MIKROBIOLOGIYA, 48(5), 798-802 (1979) LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH, RUSSIAN
AFFILIATION- (INST. MICROBIDL. AND VIROL., ACAD. SCI. USSR, MOSCOW, USSR)
TYPE- JOURNAL ARTICLE: ORIG. RESEARCH NDN- 032-0024-9348-A
DIAUXOTROPHIC PROPERTIES OF NOCARDIA RHODOCHROUS AND NOCARDIA UCRAINICA
ASSIMILATING GASEOUS HYDROCARBONS C 2-C 4 AND OTHER COMPLEX ORGANIC
SUBSTANCES BUT NOT METHANE WERE STUDIED. IF THE MEDIUM CONTAINED 2
SUBSTRATES (HYDROCARBON + CARBOHYDRATE), THE NON-GROWING CELLS DID NOT
DISPLAY DIAUXOTROPHIC PROPERTIES. IN THE EXPONENTIAL GROWTH PHASE DIAUXIE
WAS OBSERVED. IF A MICROBIAL ASSOCIATION CONTAINING AN OBLIGATE METHYLOTROPH
( METHYLOMONAS RUBRA ) AND A FACULTATIVE GAS-ASSIMILATING CULTURE WAS GROWN
ON A MEDIUM WITH NATURAL GAS, THE LATTER CULTURE ASSIMILATED
CARBON-CONTAINING METBOLITES OF THE METHYLOTROPH AND THEN, WHEN THEIR
CONCENTRATION DECREASED, GASEOUS HYDROCARBONS. THE ORDER IN WHICH COMPLEX
ORGANIC SUBSTANCES (EXOMETABOLITES OF METHYLOTROPHS) AND HYDROCARBONS C 2-C
4 WERE ASSIMILATED WAS DETERMINED BY THEIR CONCENTRATION IN THE MEDIUM. IN
THE COURSE OF GROWTH OF SUCH AN ASSOCIATION, THE INHIBITING EFFECT OF
METABOLITES OF METHYLOTROPHS ON THEIR GROWTH DECREASED AS WELL AS THE LOSS
OF METHANE BEING TRANSFORMED BY METHYLOTROPHS INTO EXOMETABOLITES, AND
HYDROCARBONS C 2-C 4 WERE UTILIZED.
DEGRADATION OF SELECTED POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS IN COASTAL SEDIMENTS:
IMPORTANCE OF MICROBES AND POLYCHAETE WORMS. 80-03 35713
GARDNER, W. S. LEE, R. F TENORE, K. R. SMITH, L. W.
WATER AIR SOIL POLLUT., 11(3), 339-347 (1979) LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH
AFFILIATION- (COLUMBIA NATL. FISH. RES. LAB., ROUTE 1, COLUMBIA, MO 65201,
USA) TYPE- JOURNAL ARTICLE: ORIG. RESEARCH NDN- 032-0024-6682-7
RATES OF DEGRADATION OF POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS (PAH) WERE EXAMINED
AFTER ADDITION OF CRUDE OIL ENRICHED WITH ANTHRACENE, FLUORANTHENE,
BENZ(A)ANTHRACENE, AND BENZO(A )PYRENE TO COASTAL SEDIMENTS IN A LABORATORY
(20 C) FLOWING SEAWTER SYSTEM. THREE TYPES OF SEDIMENT (FINE SAND, MEDIUM
AND, AND MARSH SEDIMENT) WITH AND WITHOUT THE BENTHIC POLYCHAETE WORM,
CAPITELLA CAPITATA , WERE USED. AFTER EXTRACTION FROM THE SEDIMENT, PAH
CONCENTRATIONS WERE MEASURED BY LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY WITH FLUORESCENT
DETECTION. MICROBIAL DEGRADATION WAS STUDIED BY INCUBATING SEDIMENTS WITH
RADIOACTIVE PAH AND MEASURING SUBSEQUENT PRODUCTION OF 1 4CO 2.
CONCENTRATIONS OF THE 4 PAH DECREASED SIGNIFICANTLY WITH TIME IN FINE AND
MEDIUM SIZED SANDS. PAH LEVELS ALSO DECREASED IN MARSH SEDIMENT BUT TRENDS
WERE NOT SIGNIFICANT C. CAPITATA STIMULATED PAH DEGRADATION. MICROBIAL
DEGRADATION WAS MORE RAPID IN UPPER SURFACES THAN IN LOWER LAYERS OF THE
SEDIMENTS.
3 2P INCORPORATION AND GROWTH OF THE HYDROCARBON-DEGRADING PSEUDOMONAD UP-2.
80-03 35981
ZILBER, I. K. GUTNICK, D. ROSENBERG, E.
CURR. MICROBIOL., 2(3), 163-167 (1979) LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH
AFFILIATION- (DEP. MICROBIOL., GEORGE S. WISE FAC. LIFE SCI., TEL-AVIV
UNIV., TEL-AVIV, ISRAEL) TYPE- JOURNAL ARTICLE: ORIG. RESEARCH
NDN- 032-0024-6414-1
THE MARINE PSEUDOMONAD UP-2 GREW, WITH A DOUBLING TIME OF 1.5 H AT 30 C, IN
MEDIA SUPPLEMENTED WITH N-TETRACOSANE AS THE SOLE ORGANIC CARBON AND ENERGY
SOURCE. OVER 99% OF THE SOLID HYDROCARBON WAS DEGRADED. IN ORDER TO OVERCOME
SERIOUS PROBLEMS OF SAMPLING AND MEASURING GROWTH IN THE BIPHASIC SYSTEM OF
HYDROCARBON-WATER, A TECHNIQUE WAS DEVELOPED COMBINING THE USE OF SEPARATE
1-ML CULTURES FOR EACH SAMPLE AND 3 2P LABELING AS AN ASSAY FOR GROWTH.
USING THIS TECHNIQUE, A GROWTH CURVE OF UP-2 ON N-TETRACOSANE WAS OBTAINED.
UP-2 PREGROWN ON SODIUM ACETATE CAN UTILIZE EVEN-CHAIN, LIQUID, OR SOLID
N-ALKANES WITH NO OBSERVABLE LAG; IN CONTRAST, WHEN UP-2 WAS PREGROWN ON
N-TETRACOSANE AND TRANSFERRED TO SODIUM ACETATE MEDIUM, A LAG OF 1 H WAS
OBSERVED.
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PROCESSES OF MICROBIAL OXIDATION OF PETROLEUM IN THE SEA (REVIEW).
80-03 37952
TSYBAN, A. V. SIMONOV, A. I.
OCEANOL. ACAD. SCI. USSR, 18(4), 458-467 (1978) LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH
AFFILIATION- (ADDRESS NOT STATED) TYPE- JOURNAL ARTICLE: ORIG.
RESEARCH NDN- 032-0024-4631-4
MODERN ACHIEVEMENTS IN THE STUDIES OF MICROBIOLOGICAL OXIDATION OF PETROLEUM
AND ITS HYDROCARBONS IN A MARINE ENVIRONMENT ARE REVIEWED. THE MOST
APPROPRIATE AND EFFECTIVE METHODS OF STUDY ARE DISCUSSED. THE MAIN FEATURES
OF THE DISTRIBUTION AND NUMBERS OF HYDROCARBON-OXIDIZING MICROORGANISMS IN
THE SHALLOW AND OPEN WATERS OF THE OCEAN, AS WELL AS THE BIOCHEMICAL
PROCESSES OF MICROBIOLOGICAL OXIDATION OF HYDROCARBONS ARE DESCRIBED. THE
SPECIFICITY IN THE CHOICE OF A SUBSTRATE BY HYDROCARBON-OXIDIZING
MICROORGANISMS AND THE GREAT ROLE OF COOXIDATIVE DEGRADATION OF POLLUTANTS
IN NATURAL ECOSYSTEMS ARE EMPHASIZED. DATA ON THE INFLUENCE OF PETROLEUM AND
ITS OXIDATION PRODUCTS UPON MARINE ECOSYSTEMS ARE PRESENTED AND THE MAJOR
ROLE OF MICROBIAL ASSOCIATIONS IN THE PROCESSES OF PETROLEUM DESTRUCTION IN
THE SEA IS NOTED. THE QUANTITATIVE ASPECTS OF MICROBIAL DESTRUCTION OF
HYDROCARBONS AND THE PROCESSES OF PETROLEUM OXIDATION BY MICROORGANISMS IN
THE NEAR-SURFACE MICROLAYER OF THE SEA ARE CONSIDERED.
WMICROBIAL CHANGES DURING OIL DECOMPOSITION IN SOIL.
PINHOLT, Y STRUWE, S. KJOLLER, A.
80-03 39732
HOLARCTIC ECOL., 2(3), 195-20O (1979) LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH
AFFILIATION- (INST. THALLOPHYTES, OSTER FARIMAGSGADE 2 D, DK-1353 COPENHAGEN
K, DENMARK) TYPE- JOURNAL ARTICLE: ORIG. RESEARCH NDN-
032-O024-3074-7
AN EXAMINATION WAS MADE OF THE CHANGES IN BACTERIAL AND FUNGAL POPULATIONS
DURING THE DECOMPOSITION OF OIL IN CONTAMINATED SOIL. THE NUMBER OF AEROBIC
AND ANAEROBIC BACTERIA AND THE LENGTH OF MYCELIUM INCREASED IN THE OILY SOIL
WHEREAS THE NUMBER OF COLONY FORMING UNITS, OF FUNGI WAS HIGHEST IN A
CONTROL SOIL. THE PERCENTAGE OF OIL-UTILIZING FUNGI INCREASED FROM 60% TO
82%, WHILE THE BACTERIAL UTILIZATION FIGURE INCREASED FROM 3% TO 50%. THE
IMPORTANT OIL-UTILIZING FUNGUS SCOLECOBASIDIUM APPEARED ONLY IN THE OILY
SOIL, BUT OTHERWISE THE COMPOSITION OF THE FUNGAL FLORA CHANGED ONLY LITTLE
AFTER ADDITION OF OIL. IN LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS THE CHEMICAL PAJAB FI WAS
SHOWN TO INCREASE MICROBIAL ACTIVITY
OXIDATION OF BENZO(A)PYRENE BY THE FILAMENTOUS FUNGUS CUNNINGHAMELLA ELEGANS
80-03 41186
CERNIGLIA, C. E. GIBSON, D. T
0. BIOL. CHEM., 254(23), 12174-12180 (1979) LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH
AFFILIATION- (DEP. MICROBIOL., UNIV. TEXAS AT AUSTIN, AUSTIN, TX 78712, USA)
TYPE- JOURNAL ARTICLE: ORIG. RESEARCH NDN- 032-0024-1680-8
C. ELEGANS OXIDIZED BENZO(A)PYRENE TO SEVERAL METABOLIC PRODUCTS. COMPOUNDS
THAT WERE ISOLATED AND IDENTIFIED WERE:
TRANS-9,10-DIHYDROXY-9,10-DIHYDROBENZO(A)PYRENE,
TRANS-7,8-DIHYDROXY-7,8-DIHYDROBENZO(A)PYRENE, BENZO(A)PYRENE 1,6-QUINONE,
BENZO(A)PYRENE 3,6-QUINONE, 9-HYDROXYBENZO(A)PYRENE, AND
3-HYDROXYBENZO(A)PYRENE. IN ADDITION, AN UNIDENTIFIED
DIHYDROXYBENZO(A)PYRENE METABOLITE WAS ALSO FORMED. EXPERIMENTS WITH ( 1
4C)BENZO(A)PYRENE SHOWED THAT OVER A 96-H PERIOD, 18.4% OF THE HYDROCARBON
WAS CONVERTED TO METABOLIC PRODUCTS. MOST OF THE METABOLITES WERE SULFATE
CONJUGATES AS DEMONSTRATED BY THE FORMATION OF BENZO(A)PYRENE OUINONES AND
PHENOLS AFTER TREATMENT WITH ARYL SULFATASE . GLUCURONIDE AND SULFATE
CONJUGATES WERE ALSO DETECTED AS WATER-SOLUBLE METABOLITES. THE RESULTS SHOW
THAT BENZO(A)PYRENE IS METABOLIZED BY A FILAMENTOUS FUNGUS IN A MANNER THAT
IS REMARKABLY SIMILAR TO THAT OBSERVED IN HIGHER ORGANISMS.
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ISOLATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF YEASTS AND BACTERIA PRODUCING RIBOFLAVIN FROM
PETROLEUM HYDROCARBONS. 80-03 41423
BARUAH, B. FREITAS, Y M.
INDIAN J. EXP. BIOL., 16(10), 1113-1115 (1978) LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH
AFFILIATION- (BIOCHEM. DIV., REG. RES. LAB., JORHAT 785 006, INDIA)
TYPE- JOURNAL ARTICLE: ORIG. RESEARCH NDN- 032-0024-1443-6
TWENTY SOIL SAMPLES FROM 5 PETROL STATIONS (4 SQUARE MILES AREA OF SOUTH
BOMBAY) WERE SCREENED BY ENRICHMENT TECHNIQUES AND 21 YEASTS AND 26 BACTERIA
UTILIZING HYDROCARBON WERE ISOLATED. OF THEM, 7 YEASTS AND 2 BACTERIA SHOWED
GOOD VITAMIN B 2 ACTIVITY WHEN GROWN ON PETROLEUM HYDROCARBONS. THE YEASTS
WERE IDENTIFIED AS STRAINS OF PICHIA SP., P. FARINOSA, P. POLYMORPHA,
CANDIDA SP., C. INTERMEDIA, C. ROBUSTA AND ENDOMYCOPSIS CAPSULARIS . THE
PRODUCTION OF VITAMIN B 2 BY P POLYMORPHA, E. CAPSULARIS AND C. ROBUSTA
FROM HYDROCARBONS WAS NOT KNOWN PREVIOUSLY. UTILIZATION OF HYDROCARBONS BY
E. CAPSULARIS WAS ALSO NOT PREVIOUSLY REPORTED.
BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION OF METHANE FROM ENERGY CROPS.
CLAUSEN, E. C. SITTON, 0. C. GADDY. J. L.
80-02 30273
BIOTECHNOL. BIOENG., 21(7), 1209-1219 (1979) LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH
AFFILIATION- (DEP. CHEM. ENG., UNIV. MISSOURI, ROLLA, MO 65401, USA)
TYPE- JOURNAL ARTICLE: ORIG. RESEARCH NDN- 032-0023-6715-8
LABORATORY STUDIES DEMONSTRATED THE FEASIBILITY OF PRODUCING METHANE BY
ANAEROBIC DIGESTION OF VARIOUS CROP MATERIALS, SUCH AS GRASSES AND CORN
STALKS. UP TO 6.0 F 3 METHANE ARE PRODUCED/LB CROP MATERIAL DESTROYED.
PRELIMINARY DESIGN AND ECONOMIC STUDIES OF A LARGE METHANE PLANT SHOW THAT
THE REACTORS REPRESENT THE LARGEST COST ITEM AND THAT EFFORTS SHOULD BE
CONCENTRATED ON DEFINING REACTION KINETICS AND REACTOR DESIGN. A PROCESS TO
PRODUCE 50 M F 3 METHANE/DAY IS DESCRIBED, AND THE PRELIMINARY DESIGN AND
ECONOMICS ARE ANALYZED.
TAXONOMIC SIGNIFICANCE OF THE CHARACTER
YEAST PICHIA GUILLIERMONDII WICKERHAM.
ASSIMILATION OF HYDROCARBONS'
80-01 05681
FOR
ZHAROVA, V. P SHCHELOKOVA, I. E. KVASNIKOV, E. I.
MIKROBIOL. ZH., 41(3), 235-238 (1979) LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH, UKRANIAN
AFFILIATION- (INST. MICROBIOL. AND VIROL., ACAD. SCI. UKR SSR, KIEV, USSR)
TYPE- JOURNAL ARTICLE: ORIG. RESEARCH NDN- 032-0022-8517-A
RECENTLY ISOLATED STRAINS (128) OF P. GUILLIERMONDII ARE ABLE TO
ASSIMILATE OIL HYDROCARBONS INDEPENDENTLY OF ISOLATION SOURCE AND COUPLING
TYPE, THE ABILITY TO ASSIMILATE N-ALKANES IN P GUILLIERMONDII BEING
PRESERVED AFTER LONG-TERM STORAGE. VARIATION IN THE STRAINS' ABILITY TO
OXIDIZE PARAFFIN AND HEXADECANE FOLLOWS THE NORMAL DISTRIBUTION LAW.
FREQUENCY OF APPEARANCE OF INDUCED MUTANTS IN P. GUILLIERMONDII UNABLE TO
ASSIMILATE N-ALKANES IS RATHER LOW AND VARIES WITHIN 0.32-0.39%. DATA ON
STABILITY OF THE CHARACTER 'ASSIMILATION OF HYDROCARBONS' AND ON THE LOW
FREQUENCY OF INDUCED MUTATIONS ACCORDING TO THE GIVEN CHARACTER INDICATE
THAT THIS MAY BE USED AS AN ADDITIONAL SPECIES CHARACTERISTIC OF P.
GUILLIERMONDII
VEFFECT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS ON THE BIODEGRADATION OF OIL SLUDGE.
80-01 05976
DIBBLE, J. T. BARTHA, R.
APPL. ENVIRON. MICROBIOL., 37(4), 729-739 (1979) LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH
AFFILIATION- (DEP. BIOCHEM. AND MICROBIOL., COOK COLL., RUTGERS STATE UNIV.
NEW JERSEY, NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ 08903, USA) TYPE- JOURNAL ARTICLE: ORIG.
RESEARCH
NDN- 032-0022-8222-4
A LABORATORY STUDY WAS CONDUCTED WITH THE AIM OF EVALUATING AND OPTIMIZING
THE ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS OF 'LANDFARMING', I.E., THE DISPOSAL BY
BIODEGRADATION IN SOIL OF OILY SLUDGES GENERATED IN THE REFINING OF CRUDE
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OIL AND RELATED OPERATIONS. OIL SLUDGE BIODEGRADATION WAS MONITORED BY CO 2
EVOLUTION AND BY PERIODIC ANALYSIS OF RESIDUAL HYDROCARBONS. THE PARAMETERS
STUDIED WERE SOIL MOISTURE, PH, MINERAL NUTRIENTS, MICRONUTRIENTS, ORGANIC
SUPPLEMENTS, TREATMENT RATE, TREATMENT FREQUENCY, AND INCUBATION
TEMPERATURE. ADDITION OF MICRONUTRIENTS AND ORGANIC SUPPLEMENTS WAS NOT
BENEFICIAL; SEWAGE SLUDGE INTERFERED WITH HYDROCARBON BIODEGRADATION.
BREAKDOWN OF THE SATURATED HYDROCARBON (ALKANE AND CYCLOALKANE) FRACTION WAS
HIGHEST AT LOW APPLICATION RATES, BUT HIGHER APPLICATION RATES FAVORED THE
BIODEGRADATION OF THE AROMATIC AND ASPHALTIC FRACTIONS. AN APPLICATION RATE
OF 5% (WT/WT) OIL SLUDGE HYDROCARBON TO THE SOIL (100,000 LITERS/HECTARE)
ACHIEVED A GOOD COMPROMISE BETWEEN HIGH BIODEGRADATION RATES AND EFFICIENT
LAND USE AND RESULTED IN THE BEST OVERALL BIODEGRADATION RATE OF ALL
HYDROCARBON CLASSES. FREQUENT SMALL APPLICATIONS RESULTED IN HIGHER
BIODEGRADATION THAN SINGLE LARGE APPLICATIONS.
EFFECT OF TENSIDES ON GAS PRODUCTION IN AN ANAEROBIC FILTER. 80-01 07483
LEVONEN MUNOZ, E. MALKKI, Y.
BIOTECHNOL. BIOENG., 21(2), 333-336 (1979) LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH
AFFILIATION- (DEP. CHEM., HELSINKI UNIV. TECHNOL., SF-02150 ESPOO, FINLAND)
TYPE- JOURNAL ARTICLE: ORIG. RESEARCH NDN- 032-0022-6871-3
EXPERIMENTS WERE CARRIED OUT TO DETERMINE WHETHER TENSIDES WOULD IMPROVE GAS
PRODUCTION IN ANAEROBIC FILTERS BY IMPROVING MASS TRANSFER AT THE CELL
SURFACE, BY INFLUENCING THE MEMBRANES OR BY INCREASING ENZYME PRODUCTION. OF
THE 2 TENSIDES STUDIED, TWEEN 20 (POLY(OXYETHYLENE SORBITAN MONOLAURATE))
INCREASED THE FORMATION OF GAS, PARTICULARLY AT LOW CONCENTRATIONS, AND 2
POSSIBLE MECHANISMS FOR THE PHENOMENON WERE SUGGESTED. THE DECOMPOSITION OF
SODIUM DODECYL SULPHATE (SDS) IN THE FILTER NULLIFIED ITS EFFECTS AS A
TENSIDE. AT HIGHER CONCENTRATIONS, BOTH OF THE TENSIDES INCREASED THE
CONTENT OF VOLATILE ACIDS IN THE EFFLUENT INDICATING REDUCED SYNTHESIS OF
CELL MATERIAL. THE RESULTS INDICATE THAT METHANE FORMATION CAN BE ENHANCED
BY ADDITION OF TENSIDES, PROVIDED THAT THE CONCENTRATIONS ADDED ARE LOW AND
THAT THE TENSIDES ARE NOT DECOMPOSED IN THE PROCESS.
MICROBIAL METHANE PRODUCTION - THEORETICAL ASPECTS. 80-01 15941
BRYANT, M. P
J. ANIM. SCI., 48(1), 193-201 (1979) LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH AFFILIATION-
(DEP. DAIRY SCI., UNIV. ILLINOIS, URBANA, IL 61801, USA) TYPE- JOURNAL
ARTICLE: ORIG. RESEARCH NDN- 032-0021-9402-5
THERE ARE 3 METABOLIC GROUPS OF BACTERIA CAPABLE OF THE METHANE
FERMENTATION. FERMENTATIVE BACTERIA HYDROLYZE MATERIALS SUCH AS LIPIDS,
PROTEIN, AND POLYSACCHARIDES AND FERMENT MOST PRODUCTS WITH EXCRETION OF
ACETATE AND OTHER SATURATED FATTY ACIDS, CO 2 AND H 2 AS MAJOR ENDPRODUCTS.
A SECOND GROUP OF MAINLY UNKNOWN SPECIES, THE H 2-PRODUCING ACETOGENIC
BACTERIA, PRODUCE ACETATE AND H 2 FROM ENDPRODUCTS OF THE FIRST GROUP. THE
METHANOGENIC BACTERIA CATABOLIZE THE ENDPRODUCTS, MAINLY ACETATE, CO 2 AND H
2 PRODUCED JOINTLY BY THE OTHER 2 GROUPS, TO THE TERMINAL PRODUCTS. REASONS
FOR THE IMPORTANCE OF THE MAINTENANCE OF A VERY LOW H 2 CONCENTRATION IN THE
ECOSYSTEM BY THE METHANOGENS FOR THE EFFICIENT REGULATION OF PRODUCT
FORMATION ARE DISCUSSED. THE STOICHIOMETRY, KINETICS OF GROWTH AND
ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS AFFECTING THE EFFICIENCY OF THE FERMENTATION ARE
BRIEFLY DISCUSSED.
EXPERIMENTAL METHANE PRODUCTION FROM ANIMAL EXCRETA IN PILOT-SCALE AND
FARM-SIZE UNITS. 80-01 15942
SMITH, R. J. HEIN, M. E. GREINER, T H.
J. ANIM. SCI., 48(1), 2O2-217 (1979) LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH AFFILIATION-
(AGRIC. ENG. DEP , IOWA STATE UNIV., AMES, IA 50011, USA) TYPE-
JOURNAL ARTICLE: ORIG. RESEARCH NDN- 032-0021-9401-9
THE FORMS OF ANAEROBIC DIGESTER THAT HAVE BEEN USED IN MUNICIPAL WASTE
TREATMENT ARE DESCRIBED. THE EXPECTED ENERGY OUTPUT FROM MESOPHILIC (35 C)
DIGESTERS FED LIVESTOCK MANURE IS ASSESSED. DAILY GAS PRODUCTION OF BETWEEN
1.1 AND 1.5 M 3/M 3 DAY PER UNIT LIQUID VOLUME OF THE DIGESTER IS EXPECTED.
ON-FARM STORAGE OF DIGESTER GAS IS NOT REGARDED AS PRACTICAL, AND IMMEDIATE
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USE IN AN ENGINE GENERATOR IS RECOMMENDED.
THE MICROBIAL PRODUCTION OF METHANE FROM THE PUTRESCIBLE FRACTIONS OF SORTED
HOUSEHOLD WASTE. 80-O1 15943
LE ROUX, N. W. WAKERLEY, D. S.
CONSERV. RECYCLING, 2(2), 163-179 (1978) LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH
AFFILIATION- (WARREN SPRING LAB., PO BOX 20, GUNNELS WOOD ROAD, STEVENAGE,
HERTS SG1 2BX, UK) TYPE- JOURNAL ARTICLE: ORIG. RESEARCH NDN-
032-0021-9400-0
REPRESENTATIVE MIXED SAMPLES OF THE PUTRESCIBLE FRACTIONS OF SORTED
HOUSEHOLD WASTES WERE ANAEROBICALLY DIGESTED AT 30 C TO PRODUCE METHANE.
FERMENTATION VESSELS FOR SEMICONTINUOUS OPERATION WERE DESIGNED.
THE USE OF ANAEROBIC DIGESTION FOR THE TREATMENT AND RECYCLING OF ORGANIC
WASTES. 80-01 15944
HAWKES, D. HORTON, R. STAFFORD, D. A.
CONSERV. RECYCLING, 2(2), 181-195 (1978) LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH
AFFILIATION- (DEP MECH. AND PROD. ENG., POLYTECH. WALES, PONTYPRIDD,
GLAMORGAN, UK) TYPE- JOURNAL ARTICLE: ORIG. RESEARCH NDN-
032-0021-9399-A
THE RE-CYCLING OF NATURAL ORGANIC WASTES BY MEANS OF ANAEROBIC DIGESTION
PRODUCES METHANE, A PREMIUM FUEL, AS WELL AS A PROTEIN RICH RESIDUE, WHILST
AT THE SAME TIME REDUCING THE POLLUTION NORMALLY ASSOCIATED WITH SUCH WASTE.
THE MICROBIAL PROCESS REQUIREMENTS IMPOSE ENGINEERING DESIGN CONSTRAINTS
WHICH ARE DISCUSSED IN SOME DETAIL. THE PAPER CONCLUDES BY LOOKING AT WAYS
IN WHICH THE PROCESS MAY BE MADE MORE ECONOMIC AND GIVES TYPICAL RESULTS
OBTAINED FROM PILOT PLANTS OPERATING AT THE POLYTECHNIC OF WALES SITE.
STUDIES OF HYDROCARBON-DECOMPOSING MICROORGANISMS FROM THE BALTIC).
80-01 19029
MACIEJOWSKA, M.
ACTA HYDROCHIM. HYDROBIOL., 6(3), 235-243 (1978)
AFFILIATION- (MORSKI INST RYBACKI , GDYNIA, POLAND)
ARTICLE: ORIG. RESEARCH NDN- 032-0021-6583-9
LANGUAGE(S)- GERMAN
TYPE- JOURNAL
HYDROCARBON-DECOMPOSING BACTERIA AND FUNGI WERE ISOLATED FROM SEDIMENT
SAMPLES FROM 5 BALTIC SEA STATIONS. GROWTH WAS STUDIED IN FLUID AND SOLID
NUTRIENT MEDIA WITH HYDROCARBONS AS SOLE CARBON SOURCE. SYNTHETIC MIXTURES
OF DIFFERENT HYDROCARBONS AND HEATING OIL WERE USED AS MEDIA. A TOTAL OF 81
STRAINS OF HYDROCARBON-DECOMPOSING BACTERIA AND 26 OF
HYDROCARBON-DECOMPOSING FUNGI WERE FOUND. GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY OF THE CULTURE
FLUID ENABLED THE BREAKDOWN OF INDIVIDUAL COMPONENTS OF THE HYDROCARBON
MIXTURE TO BE QUANTITATIVELY DETERMINED. THIS WAS FOUND TO LIE BETWEEN 66
AND 87% IN C 1 4-C 1 8 COMPOUNDS; C 2 4 COMPOUNDS WERE NOT DEGRADABLE FOR
THE 70 DAY PERIOD.
EVALUATION OF MICROBIOLOGICAL TEST KITS FOR HYDROCARBON FUEL SYSTEMS.
80-01 21378
BAILEY, C. A. MAY, M. E.
APPL. ENVIRON. MICROBIOL., 37(5), 871-877 (1979) LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH
AFFILIATION- (NAVAL RES. LAB, WASHINGTON, DC 20375, USA) TYPE- JOURNAL
ARTICLE: ORIG. RESEARCH NDN- 032-0021-4473-2
COMMERCIALLY AVAILABLE KITS WERE TESTED FOR THEIR ABILITY TO DETECT
BACTERIAL AND FUNGAL CONTAMINATION IN HYDROCARBON FUEL SYSTEMS. THE HANDLING
EASE OF THE KITS WAS EVALUATED, AND THEIR SENSITIVITY WAS COMPARED WITH THAT
OF CONVENTIONAL METHODS. MOST KITS IN BOTH LABORATORY AND FIELD STUDIES
COMPARED WELL WITH LABORATORY METHODS AND WERE SUFFICIENTLY SENSITIVE TO
DETERMINE CONTAMINATION IN SHIPBOARD FUEL TANKS.
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DEGRADATION OF MODEL RECALCITRANT HYDROCARBONS BY MICROORGANISMS FROM
FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEMS. 80-01 21657
GRIFFIN, W. M. COONEY, J. J.
DEV. IND. MICROBIOL., 20, 479-488 (1979) LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH
AFFILIATION- (DEP PLANT PATHOL., UNIV RHODE ISLAND, KINGSTON, RI 02881,
USA) TYPE- JOURNAL ARTICLE: ORIG. RESEARCH NDN- O32-O021-4194-2
PRISTANE (2,6,10,14-TETRAMETHYLPENTANE), 1,13-TETRADECADIENE, CYCLOHEXANE,
AND BENZENE WERE USED AS MODELS OF RECALCITRANT HYDROCARBONS. PRISTANE AND
1,13-TETRADECADIENE (TDD) WERE USED A SOLE CARBON SOURCES IN MEDIA
INOCULATED WITH WATER AND SEDIMENT SAMPLES FROM 5 BODIES OF FRESH WATER.
PURE CULTURES OF 35 HYDROCARBON-DEGRADING ORGANISMS ISOLATED FROM THE SAME
SYSTEMS WERE ALSO EXAMINED. PRISTANE WAS DEGRADED IN 14 OF 35 WATER-SEDIMENT
CULTURES, BY 5 OF 21 BACTERIA AND BY 11 OF 14 FUNGI, INDICATING THAT THERE
ARE INDIVIDUAL ORGANISMS IN FRESH WATERS WHICH CAN DEGRADE BRANCHED
HYDROCARBONS. TDD WAS DEGRADED IN 22 OF 35 WATER-SEDIMENT CULTURES, BY 3 OF
14 FUNGI BUT BY NONE OF THE 21 BACTERIA, SUGGESTING THAT INDIVIDUAL
ORGANISMS AND COMBINATIONS OF ORGANISMS IN FRESH WATERS CAN DEGRADE
UNSATURATED HYDROCARBONS. OF 35 PURE CULTURES, ONE BACTERIUM DEGRADED
BENZENE AND NONE DEGRADED CYCLOHEXANE. THE PURE CULTURES WERE ALSO TESTED
FOR THE ABILITY TO UTILIZE N-HEXADECANE. ALL OF THE FUNGI TESTED GREW ON
N-HEXADECANE, HOWEVER, ONLY 8 OF 21 BACTERIA GREW ON THE HEXADECANE,
INDICATING THAT GROWTH ON HEXADECANE SHOULD NOT BE THE SOLE INDICATOR OF
HYDROCARBON DEGRADATION POTENTIAL. ORGANISMS INCAPABLE OF GROWTH ON THE
MODEL HYDROCARBONS WERE EXAMINED FOR THE ABILITY TO COOXIDIZE THE
HYDROCARBONS. TWO OF 41 FUNGI AND 4 OF 12 BACTERIA GAVE EVIDENCE OF
CO-OXIDATIVE ALTERATION OF ONE OR MORE OF THE MODEL COMPOUNDS. THESE DATA
SUGGEST THAT CO-OXIDATION MAY PLAY AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN HYDROCARBON
DEGRADATION IN SITU. WITH ( 1 4C)BENZENE AS COSUBSTRATE, EACH ORGANISM
YIELDED 2 OR 3 PRODUCTS OF CO-OXIDATION.
PHENYLACETIC ACID METABOLISM BY THREE AQUATIC BACTERIA ISOLATED FROM CONTINUOUS
CULTURE ENRICHMENTS. 80-01 21658
MAHAFFEY, W. R. PRITCHARD, P H. BOUROUIN, A. W.
DEV. IND. MICROBIOL., 20, 489-495 (1979) LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH
AFFILIATION- (DEP. MICROBIOL., UNIV. TEXAS, AUSTIN, TX 78712, USA)
TYPE- JOURNAL ARTICLE: ORIG. RESEARCH NDN- 032-0021-4193-0
THE FATE OF TOXIC ORGANIC COMPOUNDS IN AQUATIC ENVIRONMENTS DEPENDS, IN
PART, ON THE CAPACITY OF MICROORGANISMS TO METABOLIZE THESE COMPOUNDS AT
VERY LOW CONCENTRATION. LITTLE INFORMATION EXISTS ON THE FATE OF AROMATIC
RING COMPOUMDS AT LOW CONCENTRATION (<100 MG/L) IN AQUATIC ENVIRONMENTS.
THEREFORE, THE CHARACTERIZATION OF THE DEGRADATION OF THE AROMATIC COMPOUND
PHENYLACETIC ACID (PAA) AT LOW CONCENTRATION BY AQUATIC BACTERIA WAS
ATTEMPTED. THREE BACTERIAL ISOLATES, PAL-1, PAL-10, AND PAL-100 (IDENTIFIED
AS PSEUDOMONAS SPP) WERE OBTAINED FROM CONTINUOUS CULTURE ENRICHMENT
EXPERIMENTS AT PAA CONCENTRATIONS OF 1, 10, AND 100 MG/L, RESPECTIVELY.
WASHED CELL SUSPENSIONS OF EACH ISOLATE METABOLIZED PAA, AS MEASURED BY
OXYGEN UPTAKE, WITHOUT LAG REGARDLESS OF WHETHER CELLS WERE GROWN IN ACETATE
OR PAA MINIMAL SALTS MEDIUM, SUGGESTING PAA METABOLISM WAS CONSTITUTIVE,
ACETATE-GROWN PAL-1 AND PAL-100 CULTURES SHOWED GREATER OXYGEN UPTAKE
ACTIVITY IN THE PRESENCE OF PAA THAN DID PAA-GROWN CULTURES. ALL 3 ISOLATES
HAD HIGH ACTIVITY IN THE PRESENCE OF META-HYDROXY-PAA. INCUBATION OF WASHED
CELL SUSPENSIONS AT 25 C FOR 12 H SHOWED THAT ONLY THE PAL-1 ISOLATE LOST
ACTIVITY (75%) RELATIVE TO CELL SUSPENSIONS INCUBATED AT 4 C. THE STUDIES
PROVIDE PHYSIOLOGICAL CRITERIA THAT MAY CHARACTERIZE THE TYPES OF BACTERIA
THAT TRANSFORM AROMATIC COMPOUNDS AT LOW CONCENTRATION IN AQUATIC
ENVIRONMENTS.
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HYDROCARBON BIODEGRADATION IN COOK INLET, ALASKA. 80-01 21659
ROUBAL, G. E. ATLAS, R. M.
DEV. IND. MICROBIOL., 20, 497-502 (1979) LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH
AFFILIATION- (DEP. BIOL., UNIV. LOUISVILLE, LOUISVILLE, KY 40208, USA)
TYPE- JOURNAL ARTICLE: ORIG. RESEARCH NDN- 032-0021-4192-7
HYDROCARBON-UTILIZING BACTERIA WERE ENUMERATED FROM WATER AND SEDIMENT IN
COOK INLET, ALASKA, USING A MOST PROBABLE NUMBER (MPN) PROCEDURE WITH ( 1
4C)HEXADECANE-SPIKED COOK INLET CRUDE OIL. THE DISTRIBUTION OF
HYDROCARBON-UTILIZING BACTERIA CORRELATED WITH KNOWN PATTERNS OF WATER FLOW
AND PRESENCE OF HYDROCARBONS IN THE ENVIRONMENT. SPRING AND FALL SAMPLES
EXHIBITED SIMILAR GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION PATTERNS, BUT NUMBERS OF
HYDROCARBON UTILIZERS WERE AN ORDER OF MANGITUDE HIGHER IN FALL THAN IN
SPRING. POTENTIAL BIODEGRADATION ACTIVITIES WERE ESTIMATED BY MEASURING 1
4CO 2 PRODUCTION FROM ( 1 4C)HEXADECANE, ( 1 4C)PRISTANE, ( 1
4C)NAPHTHALENE, AND ( 1 4C )BENZANTHRACENE-SPIKED CRUDE OIL. BIODEGRADATION
POTENTIALS WERE HIGHER IN SPRING THAN FALL. WHEN INCUBATED WITH MOST
SAMPLES, PRISTANE AND BENZANTHRACENE WERE NOT MINERALIZED. FOR HEXADECANE
AND NAPHTHALENE, MAXIMAL BIODEGRADATION POTENTIALS DID NOT EXCEED 20%
MINERALIZATION.
DISAPPEARANCE OF HYDROCARBONS FOLLOWING A MAJOR GASOLINE SPILL IN THE OHIO
RIVER. 8O-01 21660
ROUBAL, G. E. HOROWITZ, A. ATLAS, R. M.
DEV. IND. MICROBIOL., 2O, 503-507 (1979) LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH
AFFILIATION- (DEP. BIOL., UNIV. LOUISVILLE, LOUISVILLE, KY 40208, USA)
TYPE- JOURNAL ARTICLE: ORIG. RESEARCH NDN- 032-0021-4191-1
IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING SPILLAGE OF 300,000 L OF GASOLINE INTO THE OHIO RIVER
NEAR LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY, HYDROCARBONS WERE FOUND IN SEDIMENT AS FAR AS O.2
KM DOWNSTREAM FROM THE SPILL SITE. HOWEVER, 58 H AFTER THE SPILL OCCURRED,
GASOLINE HYDROCARBONS WERE NOT DETECTABLE IN THE SEDIMENT HIGH NUMBERS OF
HYDROCARBON-UTILIZING MICROORGANISMS WERE FOUND ABOVE AND BELOW THE SPILL
SITE. BIODEGRADATION POTENTIALS, MEASURED WITH ( 1 4C)HYDROCARBON-SPIKED
GASOLINE, SHOWED THAT INDIGENOUS MICROBIAL POPULATIONS WERE CAPABLE OF RAPID
HYDROCARBON DEGRADATION. EVAPORATION, PHYSICAL PARTITIONING WITH FLOWING
WATER, BIOEMULSIFICATION, AND BIODEGRADATION PROBABLY ALL CONTRIBUTED TO THE
RAPID REMOVAL OF CONTAMINATING GASOLINE HYDROCARBONS. LEVELS OF BACTERIAL
POPULATIONS WERE NOT ALTERED BY THE GASOLINE SPILLAGE. THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE
OF ENRICHMENT OR TOXICITY TO MICROBIAL POPULATIONS. ADDITION OF 2
FIRE-RETARDANT FOAMS WERE NOT TOXIC TO MICROBIAL POPULATIONS.
WATER COLUMN BACTERIOLOGICAL STUDIES OF THE SOUTH TEXAS OUTER CONTINENTAL
SHELF 8O-01 21682
OUJESKY, H. BROOKS, W. SMITH, B. HAMILTON, B.
DEV. IND. MICROBIOL., 20, 695-703 (1979) LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH
AFFILIATION- (UNIV. TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO, SAN ANTONIO, TX 78285, USA)
TYPE- JOURNAL ARTICLE: ORIG. RESEARCH NDN- 032-0021-4169-2
BACTERIOLOGICAL POPULATIONS FROM SEAWATER SAMPLES COLLECTED FROM FEB 1977 TO
DEC 1977 AT 3 STATIONS LOCATED ON THE SOUTH TEXAS OUTER CONTINENTAL SHELF
WERE STUDIED. FOR EACH SAMPLE, AEROBIC, HETEROTROPHIC BACTERIA AND
PETROLEUM-DEGRADING BACTERIA WERE ENUMERATED, AND THE PERCENTAGE OF
OIL-DEGRADING BACTERIA WAS ESTABLISHED. THE LARGEST NUMBER OF HETEROTROPHIC
BACTERIA OCCURRED AT STATION 1/II FROM FEB THROUGH APRIL, AT STATION 2/II IN
NOV, AND AT STATION 3/II IN JUNE. ALTHOUGH THE FEWEST HETEROTROPHS WERE
ENUMERATED IN THE SAMPLES COLLECTED AT ALL 3 STATIONS DURING JULY AND AUG,
THE PERCENTAGE OF PETROLEUM-DEGRADING BACTERIA WAS THE HIGHEST AT ALL
STATIONS SAMPLED DURING THIS PERIOD. INVESTIGATIONS WERE ALSO CONDUCTED ON
THE EFFECTS OF 0.5% SOUTH LOUISIANA CRUDE OIL ON THE GROWTH RATES OF THE
MIXED BACTERIAL POPULATIONS IN THE WATER COLUMN SAMPLES FROM THE SOUTH TEXAS
OUTER CONTINENTAL SHELF
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ANAEROBIC BIODEGRADATION OF ELEVEN AROMATIC COMPOUNDS TO METHANE.
80-01 23851
HEALY, J. B. , JR. YOUNG, L. Y
APPL. ENVIRON. MICROBIOL., 38(1), 84-89 (1979) LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH
AFFILIATION- (ENVIRON. ENG. AND SCI., DEP. CIVIL ENG., STANFORD UNIV.,
STANFORD, CA 94305, USA) TYPE- JOURNAL ARTICLE: ORIG. RESEARCH
NDN- 032-0021-2259-5
A RANGE OF 11 SAMPLE AROMATIC LIGNIN DERIVATIVES ARE BIODEGRADABLE TO
METHANE AND CO 2 UNDER STRICT ANAEROBIC CONDITIONS. A SERUM-BOTTLE
MODIFICATION OF THE HUNGATE TECHNIQUE FOR GROWING ANAEROBES WAS USED FOR
METHANOGENIC ENRICHMENTS ON VANILLIN, VANILLIC ACID, FERULIC ACID, CINNAMIC
ACID, BENZOIC ACID, CATECHOL, PROTOCATECHUIC ACID, PHENOL, P-HYDROXYBEN20IC
ACID, SYRINGIC ACID, AND SYRINGALDEHYDE. MICROBIAL POPULATIONS ACCLIMATED TO
A PARTICULAR AROMATIC SUBSTRATE CAN BE SIMULTANEOUSLY ACCLIMATED TO OTHER
SELECTED AROMATIC SUBSTRATES. CARBON BALANCE MEASUREMENTS MADE ON VANILLIC
AND FERULIC ACIDS INDICATE THAT THE AROMATIC RING WAS CLEAVED AND THAT THE
AMOUNT OF METHANE PRODUCED FROM THESE SUBSTRATES CLOSELY AGREES WITH
CALCULATED STOICHIOMETRIC VALUES. THESE DATA SUGGEST THAT MORE THAN HALF OF
THE ORGANIC CARBON OF THESE AROMATIC COMPOUNDS POTENTIALLY CAN BE CONVERTED
TO METHANE GAS AND THAT THIS TYPE OF METHANOGENIC CONVERSION OF SIMPLE
AROMATICS MAY NOT BE UNCOMMON.
OIL DEGRADATION AND MICROBIOLOGICAL CHANGES IN SOILS DELIBERATELY CONTAMINATED
WITH PETROLEUM HYDROCARBONS. 80-01 23881
ODU, C. T. I .
REP. INST. PET., NO. 5, 11 PP. (1977) LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH CORP. AUTH-
INSTITUTE OF PETROLEUM, LONDON (UK) AFFILIATION- (DEP. AGRON., UNIV.
IBADAN, IBADAN, NIGERIA) TYPE- JOURNAL ARTICLE: ORIG. RESEARCH
NDN- 032-0021-2229-A
RESULTS OF A FIELD EXPERIMENT ON OIL DISAPPEARANCE IN A SANDY LOAM
CONTAMINATED WITH 0, 1, 2, 5 AND 10 KG/M 2, WITH AND WITHOUT FERTILIZER
APPLICATION, AS WELL AS CHANGES IN TOTAL BACTERIAL NUMBERS, TOTAL FUNGI,
AEROBIC NITROGEN FIXERS AND NITRIFIERS, ARE PRESENTED. OIL DISAPPEARED MORE
RAPIDLY WITH AERATION AND FERTILIZER APPLICATION. TOTAL BACTERIAL NUMBERS
AND AEROBIC NITROGEN FIXERS INCREASED WITH OIL APPLICATION. FUNGI INCREASED
WITH OIL APPLICATION BUT THE INCREASES WERE NOT AS MARKED AS THOSE FOR
BACTERIA AND AEROBIC NITROGEN FIXERS. THE TOTAL NUMBER OF NITRIFIERS IN THE
UNTREATED SOIL WAS SMALL AND WAS ADVERSELY AFFECTED BY OIL CONTAMINATION.
OIL CONTAMINATION UP TO 2 KG/M 2 IN SUCH SANDY SOILS COULD BE EASILY
DEGRADED BY NATURAL REHABILITATION PROCESSES UNDER HUMID TROPICAL
CONDITIONS.
BIOTRANSFORMATION OF HYDROCARBONS AND RELATED COMPOUNDS BY WHOLE ORGANISM
SUSPENSIONS OF METHANE-GROWN METHYLOSINUS TRICHOSPORIUM OB 3B.
80-O1 25902
HIGGINS, I. J. HAMMOND, R. C. SARIASLANI, F. S. BEST, D. DAVIES, M. M.
TRYHORN, S. E. TAYLOR, F.
BIOCHEM. BIOPHYS. RES. COMMUN., 89(2), 671-677 (1979) LANGUAGE(S)-
ENGLISH AFFILIATION- (BIOL. LAB., UNIV. KENT, CANTERBURY, KENT CT2 7NJ,
UK) TYPE- JOURNAL ARTICLE: ORIG. RESEARCH NDN- 032-0021-0367-6
WHOLE CELLS OF M. TRICHOSPORIUM OB 3B PARTIALLY METABOLISE A WIDE RANGE OF
COMPOUNDS INCLUDING N-ALKANES, ALKENES, AROMATIC, ALICYCLIC AND TERPENOID
HYDROCARBONS, ALCOHOLS, PHENOL, PYRIDINE AND AMMONIA. THE REACTIONS INVOLVE
OXIDATIONS, DECHLORINATIONS AND CONDENSATIONS; MOST OF THEM ARE PROBABLY
INITIATED BY A BROAD SPECIFICITY METHANE MONO-OXYGENASE. RATES OF OXIDATION
OF ETHANE AND PROPENE ARE OF THE SAME ORDER AS THOSE FOR METHANE. CATALYTIC
ACTIVITIES ARE QUITE STABLE IN ORGANISMS STORED UNDER APPROPRIATE
CONDITIONS. THE FINDINGS DIFFER SUBSTANTIALLY FROM THOSE RECENTLY DESCRIBED
FOR METHYLOCOCCUS CAPSULATUS (BATH), WHOLE ORGANISMS OF WHICH SHOW VERY
RESTRICTED BIOTRANSFORMATION CAPACITY.
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PROCESSES OF MICROBIAL OXIDATION OF OIL IN THE SEA. 80-01 00506
TSIBAN, A. V SIMONOV, A. I.
OKEANOLOGIYA, 18(4), 695-708 (1978) LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH, RUSSIAN
AFFILIATION- (STATE OCEANOL. INST., MOSCOW, USSR) TYPE- JOURNAL
ARTICLE : REVIEW NDN- 032-O020-9496-8
A REVIEW WITH 137 REFS.
OIL DEGRADATION IN THE MARINE ENVIRONMENT 79-11 01024
HIGGINS, I. d. GILBERT, P D.
INT. BIODETERIOR. BULL., 14(3), V (1978) SUMMARY ONLY LANGUAGE(S)-
ENGLISH AFFILIATION- (BIOL. LAB., UNIV. KENT, CANTERBURY. KENT, CT2 7NJ,
UK) TYPE- JOURNAL ARTICLE NDN- 032-002O-5540-5
BOTH PHOTOCHEMICAL AND MICROBIOLOGICAL PROCESSES ARE INVOLVED IN MINERAL OIL
DEGRADATION AT OR NEAR THE SEA SURFACE BUT THEIR RELATIVE IMPORTANCE IS
UNKNOWN. ALTHOUGH THERE IS AN EXTENSIVE LITERATURE CONCERNING MICROBIAL
HYDROCARBON DEGRADATION THERE HAVE BEEN FEW ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES. A METHOD
FOR MAINTAINING WEATHERED CRUDE OILS IN THE MARINE ENVIRONMENT HAS BEEN
DEVELOPED. OIL IS ADSORBED ONTO CELLULOSE ACETATE FILTER DISCS WHICH ARE
ENCLOSED IN PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT ALLOWING FREE INTERCHANGE WITH THE
ENVIRONMENT. GRAM-NEGATIVE, FACULATIVE, PSYCHOPHILIC RODS COLONISE THE
DISCS, MAXIMUM POPULATIONS BEING REACHED IN 5 AND 11 DAYS AT 13 AND 5 C
RESPECTIVELY. AT 5 C, 16-85% DEGRADATION OCCURRED IN 40 DAYS DEPENDING ON
OIL COMPOSITION; RATES AT 13 C WERE THREE TIMES THOSE AT 5 C. LABORATORY
STUDIES REVEALED SOME PLASMID-CONTAINING STRAINS AND THAT SOME STORE OIL
WHILST OTHERS SYNTHESIZE HYDROCARBONS DE NOVO DURING THE DEGRADATION
PROCESS.
WORKSHOP ON 'ECOLOGICAL EFFECTS OF HYDROCARBON SPILLS IN ALASKA'
79-10 02329
PARSONS, T R. JANSSON, B. 0. LONGHURST, A. K. SAETERSDAL, G.
ARCTIC, 31(3), 155-411 (1978) LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH TYPE- JOURNAL
CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS NDN- 032-0020-5322-9
RELEVANT PAPERS FROM THIS WORKSHOP ARE CITED INDIVIDUALLY
GROWTH OF VARIOUS BACTERIA ON POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS AND
N-2-FLUORENYLACETAMIDE. 79-10 03603
MARTINSEN, C. S. ZACHARIAH, P K.
J. APPL. BACTERIOL., 44(3), 365-371 (1978) LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH
AFFILIATION- (DIV. HUM. NUTR. , DIETETICS AND FOODS, SCH. NUTR. SCI. AND
TEXTILES, UNIV. WASHINGTON, SEATTLE, WA 98195, USA) TYPE- JOURNAL
ARTICLE: ORIG. RESEARCH NDN- 032-0020-4760-A
SEVERAL HETEROTROPHIC BACTERIA (ENVIRONMENTAL ISOLATES AND ESCHERICHIA
COLI, STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS, KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAS, PROTEUS MIRABILIS,
ENTEROBACTER AEROGENES, SHIGELLA FLEXNERI, SALMONELLA HEIDELBERG, BACILLUS
CEREUS AND VIBRIO PARAHAEMOLYTICUS WERE TESTED) GREW IN NUTRIENT BROTH
MEDIUM CONTAINING HIGH CONCENTRATIONS (10 5M) OF THE POTENT CARCINOGENIC
COMPOUNDS, BENZ(A)PYRENE, 3-METHYLCHOLANTHRENE OR N-2-FLUORENYLACETAMIDE.
THEY WERE CAPABLE OF METABOLIZING THE POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS TO
SMALLER MOLECULES AND UTILIZED THESE COMPOUNDS AS THE SOLE SOURCE OF CARBON
AND ENERGY. IDENTIFICATION OF THE METABOLITES FORMED FROM BENZ(A)PYRENE
REVEALED THAT THE MAJOR METABOLITE (3-HYDROXYEENZ(A)PYRENE) OF MAMMALIAN
SYSTEMS DID NOT ACCUMULATE IN ANY OF THESE CULTURES WHEN THE STANDARD
FLUOROMETRIC ASSAY WAS USED. BENZ(A)PYRENE METABOLISM PROFILES WITH
HIGH-PRESSURE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY ALSO EXHIBITED NO ACCUMULATION OF ANY
METABOLITES (HYDROXY, QUINONE AND DIOL DERIVATIVES)
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EFFECT OF NEGATIVE TEMPERATURES ON VIABILITY OF HYDROCARBON OXIDIZING BACTERIA.
79-10 03609
TELEGINA, Z. P BOGDANOVA, V M. MOGILEVSKY, G. A. STADNIK, E. V
PRIKL. BIOKHIM. MIKROBIOL., 15(2), 254-257 (1979) LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH,
RUSSIAN AFFILIATION- (ALL-UNION RES. INST. GEOPHYS. AND GEOCHEM., MOSCOW,
USSR) TYPE- JOURNAL ARTICLE: ORIG. RESEARCH NDN- 032-0020-4754-5
THE EFFECT OF NEGATIVE TEMPERATURES ON VIABILITY OF HYDROCARBON BACTERIA
ISOLATED FROM THE SNOW COVER OF A NORTHERN AREA OF THE USSR WAS FOLLOWED.
THE METHANE- AND PROPANE-OXIDIZING BACTERIA RETAINED IN PART AND THE
HEXANE-OXIDIZING BACTERIA RETAINED ENTIRELY THEIR VIABILITY AFTER PROLONGED
EXPOSURE TO -2 TO -27 C. TWO HEXANE-OXIDIZING STRAINS OF THE GENUS
PSEUDOMONAS SHOWED GROWTH AT THESE SUB-ZERO TEMPERATURES.
MICROBIAL METABOLISM OF METHANOL IN A MODEL ACTIVATED SLUDGE SYSTEM.
79-10 11489
SWAIN, H. M. SOMERVILLE, H. J.
J. APPL. BACTERIOL., 45(1), 147-151 (1978) LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH
AFFILIATION- (SHELL RES. LTD., SHELL BIOSCI. LAB., SITTINGBOURNE RES. CENT ,
SITTINGBOURNE, KENT, UK) TYPE- JOURNAL ARTICLE: ORIG. RESEARCH
NDN- 032-OO19-8390-0
METHANOL IS NOT BROKEN DOWN WHEN ADDED TRANSIENTLY (0.23% V/V) TO A MODEL
ACTIVATED SLUDGE SYSTEM OPERATING WITH A RETENTION TIME OF 11 H. MEASUREMENT
OF METHANOL IN THE EFFLUENT AGREED CLOSELY WITH CALCULATED VALUES.
ADAPTATION OF THE SLUDGE IN SUCH A SYSTEM TO 0.1% (V/V) METHANOL OCCURS OVER
A PERIOD OF SEVERAL DAYS; >80% OF THE METHANOL IS THEN METABOLIZED.
CRUDE OIL BIODEGRADATION IN ARCTIC TUNDRA PONDS. 79-10 12889
BERGSTEIN, P. E. VESTAL, J. R.
ARCTIC, 31(3), 158-169 (1978) LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH, FRENCH
AFFILIATION- (DEP. BIOL. SCI., UNIV. CINCINNATI, CINCINNATI, OH 45221, USA)
TYPE- JOURNAL ARTICLE: ORIG. RESEARCH NDN- 032-O019-7033-A
THE DEGRADATION OF PRUDHOE CRUDE OIL WAS STUDIED IN ARCTIC TUNDRA PONDS.
CONTAINED SUBPONDS WERE TREATED WITH OIL AND/OR OLEOPHILIC PHOSPHATE OR
INORGANIC PHOSPHATE FERTILIZERS IN AN ATTEMPT TO ENHANCE THE DEGRADATION OF
THE OIL BY THE INDIGENOUS MICROFLORA. ENUMERATION STUDIES OF WATER AND
SEDIMENT SAMPLES INDICATED THAT OIL TREATMENT ALONE DID NOT INCREASE NUMBERS
OF TOTAL HETEROTROPHIC OR OIL-DEGRADING BACTERIA OVER A SHORT PERIOD (28
DAYS). IT WAS ALSO SHOWN THAT OIL SPILLED YEARS PREVIOUSLY ON 2 WHOLE PONDS
AT A HIGH (10 L/M 2) AND A LOW DOSE (0.24 L/M 2) DID NOT ALTER THE
MICROFLORA QUANTITATIVELY, EXCEPT IN A SMALL CORE SPILLED WITH OIL. ALTHOUGH
OIL ALONE SEEMED TO EXHIBIT NEITHER STIMULATORY NOR TOXIC EFFECTS,
OLEOPHILIC PHOSPHATE, ADDED WEEKLY AT A CONCENTRATION OF 0.1MM,
SIGNIFICANTLY STIMULATED THE MICROFLORA IN THE PRESENCE OR ABSENCE OF OIL.
SINCE EQUAL CONCENTRATIONS OF INORGANIC PHOSPHATE FAILED TO INDUCE THIS
EFFECT, THE STIMULATION WAS ATTRIBUTED TO THE HYDROCARBON PORTION OF THE
ORGANIC PHOSPHATE MOLECULE. ( 1 4C)HYDROCARBON MINERALIZATION STUDIES
DEMONSTRATED THAT THE MICROFLORA WOULD MINERALIZE THE SATURATE FRACTION OF
THE OIL BEFORE THE POLYAROMATIC FRACTION. IT WAS CONCLUDED THAT OLEOPHILIC
FERTILIZERS MAY PROVIDE A USEFUL TOOL TO ENHANCE THE BIODEGRADATION OF CRUDE
OIL SPILLED ON OLIGOTROPHIC WATERS.
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EFFECT OF PETROLEUM HYDROCARBONS ON MICROBIAL POPULATIONS IN AN ARCTIC LAKE.
79-10 12890
JORDAN, M. J. HOBBIE, J. E. PETERSON, B. J.
ARCTIC, 31(3), 170-179 (1978) LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH AFFILIATION-
(ECOSYST. CENT., MAR. BIOL. LAB., WOODS HOLE, MA 02543, USA) TYPE-
JOURNAL ARTICLE: ORIG. RESEARCH NDN- 032-0019-7O32-7
A SEA-CURTAIN ENCLOSED SECTION OF A LAKE (OIL L.) 240 KM SOUTH OF PRUDHOE
BAY, ALASKA WAS EXPOSED TO PRUDHOE CRUDE OIL IN JULY 1976. ONE YEAR
FOLLOWING EXPOSURE TO THE OIL, NO SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCES WERE DETECTED
BETWEEN THE WATERS OR SEDIMENTS OF THE OILED VERSUS CONTROL AREA IN RATES OF
TURNOVER OF GLUCOSE. TOTAL NUMBERS OF BACTERIA WERE SLIGHTLY HIGHER IN OILED
THAN IN CONTROL WATERS. THERE WERE NO DIFFERENCES IN NUMBERS OF SEDIMENT
BACTERIA. RATES OF UPTAKE OF HEXADECANE AND NAPTHALENE BY SEDIMENT MICROBES
WERE NOT LINEAR WITH TIME. HEXADECANE WAS TAKEN UP SOONER AND FASTER THAN
WAS NAPTHALENE. IN SOME INCUBATIONS, SIGNIFICANTLY (88-95% PROBABILITY
LEVEL) GREATER RATES OF HYDROCARBON UPTAKE WERE MEASURED FOR OILED THAN FOR
CONTROL SEDIMENTS. ONLY INCORPORATED, NOT MINERALIZED, HYDROCARBONS WERE
MEASURED DUE TO METHODOLOGICAL PROBLEMS. SEVERAL METHODS OF USING 1
4C-LABELLED HYDROCARBONS IN A FIELD SITUATION ARE PRESENTED.
HYDROCARBONS AND MICROBIAL ACTIVITIES IN SEDIMENT OF AN ARCTIC LAKE ONE YEAR
AFTER CONTAMINATION WITH LEADED GASOLINE. 79-10 12891
HOROWITZ, A. SEXSTONE, A. ATLAS, R. M.
ARCTIC, 31(3), 180-191 (1978) LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH, FRENCH
AFFILIATION- (DEP. BIOL., UNIV. LOUISVILLE, LOUISVILLE, KY 402O8, USA)
TYPE- JOURNAL ARTICLE: ORIG. RESEARCH NDN- 032-0019-7031-2
HYDROCARBONS WERE FOUND TO PERSIST IN THE SEDIMENT OF AN ARCTIC LAKE ONE
YEAR AFTER THE LAKE WAS ACCIDENTALLY CONTAMINATED WITH LEADED GASOLINE. THE
CONTAMINATING GASOLINE WAS CONTINUING TO SPREAD FROM THE ORIGINAL SITE OF
CONTAMINATION. HIGH NUMBERS OF HYDROCARBON UTILIZING MICROORGANISMS WERE
FOUND IN THE CONTAMINATED SEDIMENT. RATES OF NITROGEN FIXATION DID NOT
APPEAR TO BE AFFECTED BY HYDROCARBON CONTAMINATION, BUT POTENTIAL
DENITRIFICATION ACTIVITIES APPEARED TO BE ALTERED BY THE GASOLINE.
FERTILIZER APPLICATION RESULTED IN A MODERATE DECREASE OF HYDROCARBON
CONCENTRATIONS IN THE SEDIMENT
RESPONSE OF MICROORGANISMS TO HOT CRUDE OIL SPILLS ON A SUBARCTIC TAIGA SOIL.
79-10 12895
SPARROW, E. B. DAVENPORT, C. V GORDON, R. C.
ARCTIC, 31(3), 324-338 (1978) LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH, FRENCH
AFFILIATION- (INST. WATER RESOUR., UNIV ALASKA, FAIRBANKS, AK 99701, USA)
TYPE- JOURNAL ARTICLE: ORIG. RESEARCH NDN- 032-0019-7027-6
THE SHORT-TERM EFFECTS OF SEASONAL SPILLS OF HOT PRUDHOE BAY CRUDE OIL ON
MICROORGANISMS IN A TAIGA SOIL IN INTERIOR ALASKA WERE STUDIED. FOLLOWING A
WINTER SPILL, THE FILAMENTOUS FUNGAL POPULATIONS WERE INHIBITED WHEREAS THE
HETEROTROPHIC BACTERIAL POPULATIONS WERE STIMULATED. AFTER A SUMMER SPILL
THERE WAS AN INITIAL DEPRESSION OF BOTH THE FILAMENTOUS FUNGAL AND BACTERIAL
POPULATIONS FOLLOWED BY A GENERAL ENHANCEMENT. IN BOTH OIL SPILL PLOTS,
YEASTS (ALONG WITH THE DENITRIFYING, PROTEOLYTIC, OIL-UTILIZING, AND
CELLULOSE-UTILIZING MICROORGANISMS) WERE FAVORABLY AFFECTED BY THE OIL. SOIL
RESPIRATION WAS ALSO ENHANCED IN THE OILED PLOTS. AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF
STUDY IS REQUIRED TO FULLY EVALUATE THE IMPACT OF OIL ON THE SOIL MICROFLORA
AND THE ROLE OF THESE MICROORGANISMS IN RECOVERY OF OIL-INUNDATED AREAS IN
SUBARCTIC ECOSYSTEMS.
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AN MPN METHOD FOR THE ENUMERATION OF MARINE HYDROCARBON DEGRADING BACTERIA.
79-09 01292
HIGASHIHARA, T SATO, A. SIMIDU, U.
BULL. JAP. SOC. SCI. FISH., 44(10), 1127-1134 (1978) LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH
AFFILIATION- (FERMENT. RES. INST., AGENCY IND. SCI. AND TECHNOL.,
INAGE-HIGASHI 5-8-1, CHIBA 281, JAPAN) TYPE- JOURNAL ARTICLE: ORIG.
RESEARCH NDN- 032-0019-3206-8
A MOST PROBABLE NUMBER (MPN) METHOD FOR THE COUNTING OF MARINE (SEAWATER AND
BEACH SAND) HYDROCARBON-DEGRADING BACTERIA WAS DEVELOPED. INCORPORATION OF
0.05% (W/V) YEAST EXTRACT IN THE ENUMERATION MEDIUM RESULTED IN INCREASES OF
UP TO 100 TIMES IN THE NUMBER OF HYDROCARBON-DEGRADING BACTERIA. DURING THE
COURSE OF THE STUDY, SOME SAMPLES OF HYDROCARBON FRACTIONS, ESPECIALLY SOME
KEROSENE SAMPLES, WERE FOUND TO BE TOXIC TO THE GROWTH OF MARINE
HYDROCARBON-DEGRADING BACTERIA.
CHEMICAL STRUCTURE AND BIODEGRADABILITY OF HALOGENATED AROMATIC COMPOUNDS.
SUBSTITUENT EFFECTS ON 1,2-DIOXYGENATION OF BENZOIC ACID. 79-09 86580
REINEKE, W. KNACKMUSS, H. J.
BIOCHIM. BIOPHYS. ACTA, 542(3), 412-423 (1978) LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH
AFFILIATION- (INST. MIKROBIOL., UNIV. GOTTINGEN, GRIESBACHSTR. 8, GOTTINGEN,
D-3400 GFR) TYPE- JOURNAL ARTICLE: ORIG. RESEARCH NDN-
032-0019-0486-9
DIOXYGENATION OF SUBSTITUTED BENZOIC ACIDS BY WHOLE CELLS OF
3-CHLOROBENZOATE-UTILIZNG PSEUDOMONAS SP B13, BENZOATE-INDUCED CELLS OF
ALCALIGENES EUTROPHUS B9 AND TOLUATE-GROWN CELLS OF PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA
MT-2 WAS EXAMINED. ELECTRON-ATTRACTING SUBSTITUENTS SUCH AS HALOGENS
DECREASED THE REACTION RATES OF BENZOATE 1,2-DIOXYGENATION. DIOXYGENATION OF
SUBSTITUTED BENZOIC ACIDS BY P. PUTIDA MT-2 WAS MOSTLY UNDISTURBED BY
STERIC EFFECTS OF THE SUBSTITUENTS. GOOD CORRELATION RESULTED BETWEEN THE
LOG V R E L VALUES AND THE HAMMETT SUBSTITUENT CONSTANT S. IN CONTRAST THE
REACTION RATES OF DIOXYGENATION BY PSEUDOMONAS SP B13 AND A. EUTROPHUS
WERE DECREASED PREDOMINANTLY BY STERIC EFFECTS OF SUBSTITUENTS. A NON-POLAR
REACTION MECHANISM OF BENZOATE 1,2-DIOXYGENATION IS DISCUSSED. RESULTS FROM
INHIBITION STUDIES DEMONSTRATE HIGH STEREOSPECIFICITIES FOR THE
1,2-DIOXYGENATION BY PSEUDOMONAS SP B13 OF BENZOIC ACIDS WITH SUBSTITUENTS
IN ORTHO-OR PARA-POSITION. IN THE CASE OF P PUTIDA MT-2 STERIC HINDRANCE
BY SUBSTITUENTS WAS OBSERVED ONLY WITH ORTHO-SUBSTITUTED BENZOIC ACIDS.
STEREOSPECIFICITIES OF THE BENZOATE 1,2-DIOXYGENATION BY PSEUDOMONAS SP
B13 AND P. PUTIDA MT-2 ARE ILLUSTRATED SCHEMATICALLY
CHEMICAL STRUCTURE AND BIODEGRADABILITY OF HALOGENATED AROMATIC COMPOUNDS.
SUBSTITUENT EFFECTS ON DEHYDROGENATION OF
3.5-CYCLOHEXADIENE-1,2-DIOL-1-CARBOXYLIC ACID. 79-09 86581
REINEKE, W. KNACKMUSS, H. J.
BIOCHIM. BIOPHYS. ACTA, 542(424-429 (1978) LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH
AFFILIATION- (INST. MIKROBIOL. UNIV GOTTINGEN, GRISEBACHSTR. 8, D-3400
GOTTINGEN, GFR) TYPE- JOURNAL ARTICLE: ORIG. RESEARCH NDN-
032-0019-0485-8
THE DEHYDROGENATION OF SUBSTITUTED 3,5-CYCLOHEXADIENE-1,2-DIOL-1-CARBOXYLIC
ACIDS BY DIHYDRODIHYDROXYBENZOIC ACID DEHYDROGENASES FROM BENZOATE GROWN
CELLS OF ALCALIGENES EUTROPHUS AND PSEUDOMONAS SP B13 AND
3-CHLOROBENZOATE GROWN CELLS OF THE LATTER ORGANISM WAS EXAMINED. NO
SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCES (K M AND V R E L VALUES) WERE DETECTED FOR THE
ENZYMES FROM BOTH ORGANISMS. THE SAME DIHYDRODIHYROXYBENZOIC ACID
DEHYDROGENASE IS FORMED IN PSEUDOMONAS SP B13 DURING GROWTH ON BENZOATE AS
WELL AS ON 3-CHLOROBENZOATE. THE LOWER TURNOVER RATES OF 3- AND
5-CHLORODIHYDRODIHYDROXYBENZOIC ACID COMPARED TO DIHYDRODIHYDROXYBENZOIC
ACID ARE COUNTERBALANCED BY AN INCREASED IN SPECIFIC ACTIVITY. WITH THE
EXCEPTION OF 4-SUBSTITUTED DIHYDRODIHYDROXYBENZOIC ACIDS EXHIBITING RELATIVE
HIGH K M VALUES, ONLY SLIGHT STERICAL AND ELECTRONIC SUBSTITUENT EFFECTS ARE
EVIDENT REACTION RATES WERE NEVER REDUCED TO A CRITICAL LEVEL.
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EFFECT OF SURFACE APPLIED CRUDE OIL ON SOIL AND VASCULAR PLANT ROOT
RESPIRATION, SOIL CELLULASE, AND HYDROCARBON HYDROXYLASE AT BARROW, ALASKA.
79-09 87936
LINKINS, A. E. ATLAS, R. M. GUSTIN, P
ARCTIC, 31(3), 355-365 (1978) LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH, FRENCH
AFFILIATION- (DEP. BIOL., VIRGINIA POLYTECH. INST. AND STATE UNIV.,
BLACKSBURG, VA 24061, USA) TYPE- JOURNAL ARTICLE: ORIG. RESEARCH
NDN- 032-0018-9226-0
SURFACE APPLICATION OF CRUDE OIL AT 5 OR 12 L/M 2 TO POLYGONAL COASTAL
ARCTIC TUNDRA ALTERED MICROBIAL ACTIVITY IN ALL SOIL TYPES DURING 3 SUMMERS
AFTER APPLICATION. RESPIRATION IN 5 L/M 2 OIL TREATED SOILS INCREASED WITH
DECREASES IN CELLULASE ACTIVITY (AS ENDO- AND EXO-GLUCANASE) AND INCREASES
IN ARYL HYDROCARBON HYDROXYLASE INDICATING A SHIFT IN THE CATABOLIC BASE OF
SOIL MICROBIOTA. THESE TRENDS WERE PARALLELED IN THE 12 L/M 2 SOIL, BUT
USUALLY AFTER A LAG PERIOD OF ONE YEAR, PERHAPS DUE TO SOME TOXIC EFFECT OF
THE OIL AT HIGH CONCENTRATIONS. THESE DATA SUGGEST THAT TUNDRA SOIL
MICROBIOTA CAN ACTIVELY MODIFY OIL AND CAN UTILIZE IT TO SUPPORT METABOLISM.
HIGHER RESPIRATION RATES IN OILED SOILS THAN IN CONTROL SOILS SUGGEST THAT
SOIL MICROBIOTA DEGRADE AND UTILIZE OIL FASTER THAN THE NORMAL RESIDUAL
PLANT MATERIAL.
RESISTANCE OF BACTERIAL CHEMOTAXIS TO BLOCKAGE IN PETROLEUM WATERS.
79-09 95O02
BITTON, G. CHUCKRAN, D. A. CHET, I. MITCHELL, R.
MAR. POLLUT. BULL., 10(2), 48-49 (1979) LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH
AFFILIATION- (DEP ENVIRON. ENG. SCI., UNIV. FLORIDA, GAINESVILLE, FL 32611,
USA) TYPE- JOURNAL ARTICLE: ORIG. RESEARCH NDN- 032-0018-2832-1
BACTERIAL CHEMOTAXIS IS NORMALLY INHIBITED BY HYDROCARBONS. THE AUTHORS HAVE
FOUND THAT THE CHEMOTACTIC RESPONSE OF MOTILE HYDROCARBON DEGRADING BACTERIA
LIVING IN WATER THAT HAS BEEN POLLUTED WITH OIL IS UNAFFECTED BY PETROLEUM
HYDROCARBONS.
jynllCROBIAL OXIDATION OF METHYL BRANCHED ALKANES. 79-09 08137
PIRNIK, M. P.
CRC, CRIT. REV. MICROBIOL., 5(4), 413-422 (1977) LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH
AFFILIATION- (WAKSMAN INST MICROBIOL., RUTGERS UNIV., NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ
07103, USA) TYPE- JOURNAL ARTICLE : REVIEW NDN- 032-0018-1666-2
DATA CONCERNING THE MICROBIAL OXIDATION OF METHYL BRANCHED ALKANES ARE
REVIEWED UNDER THE FOLLOWING HEADINGS: (1) MICROBIAL OXIDATION OF BRANCHED
COMPOUNDS; (2) PRISTANE; (3) MICROBIAL METABOLISM OF METHYL BRANCHED AND
NORMAL ALKANES. IT IS EVIDENT THAT BRANCHED ALKANE OXIDATIONS ARE COMMON,
AND THE DEGRADATIONS OF BRANCHED ACIDS DERIVED FROM THEM PROCEED ALONG
SEVERAL DISTINCT PATHWAYS WHICH ARE OUTLINED. ADDITIONAL RESEARCH IS
PARTICULARLY NEEDED WHERE THE MICROBIAL METABOLISM OF BRANCHED ALKANES
DIVERGES FROM THAT OF NORMAL ALKANES. ORGANISMS WHICH CARRY OUT THESE KINDS
OF OXIDATIONS INCLUDE PSEUDOMONAS SPP (ESPECIALLY P. AERUGINOSA ),
CORYNEFORM BACTERIA (IN PARTICULAR THE RHODOCHROUS S GROUP) MYCOBACTERIA,
NOCARDIA AND TORULOPSIS SPP
MICROBIAL METABOLISM OF OXALATE AND ONE-CARBON COMPOUNDS. 79-09 08199
CHANDRA, T S. SHETHNA, Y I.
J. INDIAN INST. SCI., 59(4), 26-52 (1977) LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH
AFFILIATION- (MICROBIOL. AND CELL BIOL. LAB., INDIAN INST. SCI., BANGALORE
560012, INDIA) TYPE- JOURNAL ARTICLE REVIEW NDN- 032-0018-1607-A
THERE IS CURRENT INTEREST IN ONE-CARBON METABOLIZING MICROORGANISMS AS A
SOURCE OF SINGLE-CELL PROTEIN. FURTHERMORE, INVESTIGATIONS ON THE METABOLISM
OF THOSE BACTERIA THAT ALSO ASSIMILATE OXALATE WOULD AID IN ELUCIDATING THE
FUNDAMENTAL PROCESS OF AUTOTROPHIC-HETEROTROPHIC INTERCONVERSIONS ON THESE
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SIMPLE CARBON COMPOUNDS. THE PRESENT REVIEW SUMMARIZES THE RECENT
DEVELOPMENTS IN THE LATTER FIELD, WHILE ALSO ATTEMPTING TO POINT OUT AVENUES
FOR FUTURE INVESTIGATIONS. IT IS DIVIDED INTO SECTIONS DEALING WITH THE
METABOLISM OF (A) OXALATE (B) FORMATE (C) FORMAMIDE (D) METHANE, METHANOL,
METHYLAMINE AND CO 2 FOLLOWED BY COMPARATIVE NOTES ON (E) AUTOTROPHY AND
METHYLOTROPHY
AEROSOL DISPERSION OF MICROORGANISMS TO ELIMINATE OIL SLICKS.
79-08 02083
EISA, K. EISA, T.
US 4136024 P 23.1.79. A 24.1.78. PR DT 17.2.75. (2506612)
LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH TYPE- PATENT NDN- 032-0018-0444-0
THE INVENTION RELATES TO METHODS FOR THE ELIMINATION OF HYDROCARBON
CONTAMINATION FROM SURFACES OF THE EARTH, SUCH AS FUEL OIL SPILLS ON THE
OCEAN OR SIMILAR WATER SURFACES, IN WHICH AT LEAST ONE LIBERATED AEROSOL
CLOUD CONTAINING A COMBINATION OF ONE OR MORE BACTERIA HAVING THE PROPERTY
OF DEGRADING THE HYDROCARBONS AND A CULTURE MEDIUM THEREFORE IN PARTICULATE
FORM IS FORMED IN THE ATMOSPHERE AT A SUBSTANTIAL HEIGHT, TYPICALLY 50
M-1000 M, ABOVE AN AREA OF HYDROCARBON CONTAMINATION ON THE SURFACE OF THE
EARTH IN SUCH POSITION AND UNDER SUCH CONDITIONS THAT THE CLOUD MAY SETTLE
TOWARD AND ONTO THAT AREA, THE MICROORGANISMS UNDERGOING SUBSTANTIAL GROWTH
AS THE CLOUD SETTLES.
HYDROCARBON-OXIDIZING MICROFLORA OF NONCONTAMINATED SEA WATERS.
79-08 82431
ILYINSKY, V V GUSEV, M. V. KORONELLI, T V
MIKROBIOLOGIYA, 48(2), 346-350 (1979) LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH, RUSSIAN
AFFILIATION- (MOSCOW STATE UNIV., FAC. BIOL., MOSCOW, USSR) TYPE-
JOURNAL ARTICLE: ORIG. RESEARCH NDN- 032-0017-7499-0
THE DISTRIBUTION OF HYDROCARBON-OXIDIZING MICROFLORA IN NONCONTAMINATED
SEAWATER WAS STUDIED IN THE NORTHERN REGION OF THE PACIFIC OCEAN IN THE
VICINITY OF THE COPPER ISLAND. THE TOTAL NUMBER OF MICROORGANISMS WAS
ASSAYED AS WELL AS THE NUMBER OF HETEROTROPHIC, OLIGOCARBOPHILIC AND
HYDROCARBON-OXIDIZING MICROORGANISMS. OLIGOCARBOPHILIC BACTERIA WERE THE
MOST ABUNDANT GROUP (120-24,000 CELLS/ML), AND PREDOMINATED AT 12 OF THE 23
STATIONS. THE NUMBER OF HETEROTROPHIC ORGANISMS WAS NOT GREAT AND DID NOT
EXCEED 200 CELLS/ML AT 13 STATIONS. A SOLID MEDIUM WITH AN OIL PRODUCT (1%)
WHICH WAS USED TO DETERMINE THE NUMBER OF HYDROCARBON-OXIDIZING BACTERIA
GAVE OVERESTIMATED RESULTS DUE TO THE GROWTH OF OLIGOCARBOPHILIC FORMS THAT
COULD SURVIVE IN THE PRESENCE OF HIGH HYDROCARBON CONCENTRATIONS. A SILICA
GEL MEDIUM WITH AN OIL PRODUCT IS RECOMMENDED. DESPITE THE ABSENCE OF OIL
CONTAMINATIONS IN LITTORAL WATERS, HYDROCARBON-OXIDIZING BACTERIA WERE FOUND
IN ALL SAMPLES AND THEIR CONTENT WAS HIGH AT SOME STATIONS. THIS CAN BE
ACCOUNTED FOR BY THE VARIETY OF NUTRIENT REQUIREMENTS OF THESE
MICROORGANISMS AND, APPARENTLY, BY THE PRESENCE IN WATER OF HIGH-MOL-WT
ALIPHATIC LIPIDS INDUCING THE CAPACITY TO OXIDIZE HYDROCARBONS. ORGANISMS
BELONGING TO THE GENERA MYCOBACTERIUM AND ARTHROBACTER PREVAILED AMONG
HYDROCARBON-OXIDIZING BACTERIA.
EXPERIMENTAL DEGRADATION OF CRUDE OIL BY MARINE BACTERIA. 79-07 70393
NAGATA, S. KONDO, G. ASANO, T.
J. OCEANOGR. SOC. JAP., 34(3), 105-107 (1978) LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH,
JAPANESE AFFILIATION- (RES. INST. MAR. CARGO TRANSPORTATION, KOBE UNIV.
MERCANTILE MAR., FUKAE, HIGASHINADA-KU, KOBE 658, JAPAN) TYPE- JOURNAL
ARTICLE: ORIG. RESEARCH NDN- 032-0017-3094-4
THE ABILITY OF BIODEGRADATION OF CRUDE OIL WAS EXAMINED USING 10 STRAINS OF
MARINE BACTERIA. WITH REGARD TO THEIR DEGRADATION ABILITY FOR N-ALKANES THE
MICROORGANISMS TESTED COULD BE DIVIDED INTO 4 GROUPS, ALTHOUGH THE SAME
RESULT WAS NOT OBSERVED FOR MICROBIAL DEGRADATION OF AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS
OBTAINED BY U.V. MEASUREMENTS.
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FLUORIMETRIC MONITORING OF METHANOGENESIS IN ANAEROBIC DIGESTORS.
79-07 70950
DELAFONTAINE, M. J. NAVEAU, H. P NYNS, E. J.
BIOTECHNOL. LETT., 1(2), 71-74 (1979) LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH
AFFILIATION- (LAB. APPL. ENZYMOL., UNIV. LOUVAIN, B-1348, LOUVAIN-LA-NEUVE,
BELGIUM) TYPE- JOURNAL ARTICLE: ORIG. RESEARCH NDN-
032-0017-2619-7
A NEW PARAMETER, 0 C H 4(F 4 2 0), IS PROPOSED TO DETERMINE THE POTENTIAL
METHANOGENIC ACTIVITY IN THE MIXED MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES OF ANAEROBIC
DIGESTORS. IT IS BASED ON THE PARTICULAR FLUORIMETRIC PROPERTIES OF F 4 2 0,
A COENZYME COMMON TO AND SPECIFIC FOR METHANOGENIC BACTERIA.
BIODEGRADATION OF ALDRIN AND LINDANE BY RHIZOBIA. 79-07 71708
JUNEJA, S. DOGRA, R. C.
PESTICIDES (BOMBAY), 12(7), 34-35 (1978) LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH
AFFILIATION- (DEP MICROBIOL., HARYANA AGRIC. UNIV., HISSAR (HARYANA),
INDIA) TYPE- JOURNAL ARTICLE: ORIG. RESEARCH NDN- 032-OO17-2007-1
THE BIODEGRADATION OF 2 CHLORINATED HYDROCARBON INSECTICIDES, ALDRIN AND
LINDANE, BY RHIZOBIUM SPP FROM CICER AND PHASEOLUS WAS INVESTIGATED.
BIODEGRADATION OF ALDRIN AND LINDANE BY BOTH THE SPECIES OF RHIZOBIUM WAS
STUDIED IN A SEMI-SYNTHETIC MEDIUM. AMOUNT OF CHLORIDE RELEASED WAS TAKEN AS
AN INDEX OF BIODEGRADATION OF BOTH LINDANE AND ALDRIN. RHIZOBIUM FROM BOTH
CICER AND PHASEOLUS POSSESS THE ABILITY TO DEGRADE OR DETOXIFY ALDRIN AND
LINDANE. DEGRADATION OR DETOXIFICATION WAS OBSERVED EVEN DURING THE FIRST
WEEK. THE RATE OF DEGRADATION WAS MAXIMAL BETWEEN WK 2 AND 3, AFTER WHICH IT
DECREASED.
DEGRADATION OF LONG CHAIN ALKANES BY BACILLI. I. DEVELOPMENT AND PRODUCT
FORMATION BY BACILLI DEGRADING ALKANES IN THE PRESENCE OF OTHER CARBON SOURCES.
79-07 72405
KACHHOLZ, T REHM, H. J.
EUR. J. APPL. MICROBIOL., 4(2), 101-110 (1977) LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH
AFFILIATION- (INST. MIKROBIOL., UNIV. MUNSTER,-D-4400 MUNSTER, GFR)
TYPE- JOURNAL ARTICLE: ORIG. RESEARCH NDN- 032-O017-1575-5
AMONG 14 DIFFERENT SPECIES OF BACILLUS (B. CEREUS, B. LICHENIFORMIS, B.
LENTUS, B. FIRMUS, B. COAGULANS, B. AMYLOLIQUEFACIENS, B. SUBTILIS, B.
MACERANS, B. SPHAERICUS, B. STEAROTHERMOPHILUS, B. POLYMYXA, B. PUMILUS, B.
MEGATERIUM AND B. THURINGIENSIS ) AND 100 ISOLATES FROM SOIL SAMPLES, NO
SPECIES WAS ABLE TO ASSIMILATE C 1 4-C 1 8 ALKANES AS SOLE CARBON SOURCE. IN
CONTRAST TO THESE RESULTS, 5 BACILLUS WERE SUBSTANTIALLY ABLE TO OXIDIZE
ALKANES IN THE PRESENCE OF OTHER CARBON SOURCES. ALL 5 STRAINS TESTED FORMED
RELATIVELY HIGH AMOUNTS OF SECONDARY ALCOHOL IN CONTRAST TO LOW AMOUNTS OF
KETONES AND TRACES OF PRIMARY ALCOHOLS WITH CHAIN LENGTH EQUIVALENT TO THE
N-ALKANE IN THE SUBSTRATE, SHOWING THAT THE DEGRADATION PATHWAY IN BACILLI
IS MAINLY SUBTERMINAL. THIS CONCLUSION IS ALSO SUPPORTED BY COMPARISON OF
THE EXTRACELLULAR FATTY ACIDS OF CULTURES OF BACILLI GROWN ON N-TRIDECANE
AND ON N-TETRADECANE SUPPLEMENTED WITH OTHER CARBON SOURCES AND ON THE SAME
CARBON SOURCES WITHOUT ALKANE.
BENZENE DEGRADATION BY BACTERIAL CELLS IMMOBILIZED IN POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL.
79-07 72406
SOMERVILLE, H. J. MASON, J. R. RUFFELL, R. N.
EUR. J. APPL. MICROBIOL., 4(2), 75-85 (1977) LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH
AFFILIATION- (SHELL RES. LTD., SHELL BIOSCI LAB., SITTINGBOURNE RES. CENT.,
SITTINGBOURNE, KENT ME9 BAG, UK) TYPE- JOURNAL ARTICLE: ORIG. RESEARCH
NDN- 032-0017-1574-7
WHOLE CELLS OF PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA WERE IMMOBILIZED IN POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL
AND THEIR ABILITY TO UTILISE BENZENE WAS EXAMINED. ON INITIAL IMMOBILIZATION
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CELLS WERE FOUND TO LOSE 4O-70% OF THEIR ACTIVITY, THIS ACTIVITY COULD BE
RESTORED BY INCUBATION IN A MEDIUM CONTAINING BENZENE AND SUCCINATE. IT WAS
ALSO FOUND THAT PARTIAL ACTIVATION COULD BE ACHIEVED BY INCUBATION WITH IRON
SALTS, IN THE ABSENCE OF A CARBON SOURCE. ELECTRON MICROSCOPY SHOWED THIS
ACTIVATION TO BE ACCOMPANIED BY AN INCREASE IN CELL NUMBERS, WITH THE
FORMATION OF CELL CONGLOMERATES WITHIN GEL INTERSTICES. HOWEVER, UNDER SOME
CONDITIONS, PROLONGED ELUTION WITH SUBSTRATE RESULTED IN CELL DISRUPTION AND
LOSS OF ACTIVITY
EMULSIFIER OF ARTHROBACTER RAG-1: CHEMICAL AND PHYSICAL PROPERTIES.
79-07 72433
ZUCKERBERG, A. DIVER, A. PEERI, Z. GUTNICK, D. L. ROSENBERG, E.
APPL. ENVIRON. MICROBIOL., 37(3), 414-420 (1979) LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH
AFFILIATION- (DEP. MICROBIOL., GEORGE S. WISE CENT. LIFE SCI., TEL AVIV
UNIV., TEL AVIV, ISRAEL) TYPE- JOURNAL ARTICLE: ORIG. RESEARCH
NDN- 032-0017-1547-6
THE EXTRACELLULAR EMULSIFIER OF ARTHROBACTER RAG-1 WAS DEPROTEINIZED BY
HOT PHENOL TREATMENT AND PURIFIED BY FRACTIONAL PRECIPITATION WITH (NH 4)
2SO 4. THE ACTIVE FRACTION, PRECIPITATING BETWEEN 30 AND 35% SATURATION
(EF-RAG(UET)WA), APPEARED TO BE HOMOGENEOUS BY IMMUNODIFFUSION AND
SEDIMENTATION ANALYSIS. EF-RAG(UET )WA HAD AN INTRINSIC VISCOSITY OF 750 CM
3/G, A SEDIMENTATION CONSTANT OF 6.06S, A DIFFUSION CONSTANT OF 5.25 X 10
8 CM 2 S 1, AND A PARTIAL MOLAR VOLUME OF 0.712 CM 3 G 1. FROM THESE
DATA A WEIGHT AVERAGE MOL WT OF 9.76 X 10 5 AND A VISCOSITY AVERAGE MOL WT
OF 9.88 X 10 5 WERE CALCULATED. EF-RAG(UET)WA CONTAINED 46.7% C, 7.01% H,
AND 6.06% N. TITRATION OF THE NONREDUCING POLYMER GAVE A SINGLE INFLECTION
POINT (PK' 3.05), CORRESPONDING TO 1.5 MMOL CARBOXYL GROUPS/MG. DIRECT
ESTIMATION OF 0-ESTER AND HEXOSE CONTENT OF THE HIGHLY ACIDIC POLYMER
YIELDED 0.65 AND 0.29 MMOL/MG, RESPECTIVELY MILD ALKALINE HYDROLYSIS
RELEASED FATTY ACIDS WITH AN AVERAGE MOL WT OF ABOUT 231. STRONG ACID
HYDROLYSIS OF EF-RAG(UET)WA YIELDED D-GLUCOSE (MINOR), D-GALACTOSAMINE
(MAJOR), AND AN UNIDENTIFIED AMINO URONIC ACID (MAJOR).
CRUDE OIL UTILIZATION BY FUNGI. 79-07 76821
DAVIES, J. S. WESTLAKE, D. W. S.
CAN. J. MICROBIOL., 25(2), 146-156 (1979) LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH
AFFILIATION- (PLANT IND. LAB., O.S. LONGMAN BUILD., 6909-116 STREET,
EDMONTON, ALTA., CANADA T6H 4P2) TYPE- JOURNAL ARTICLE: ORIG. RESEARCH
NDN- 032-0016-7855-7
SIXTY FUNGAL ISOLATES, 34 OBTAINED BY A STATIC ENRICHMENT TECHNIQUE FROM
SOILS OF NORTHERN CANADIAN OIL-PRODUCING AREAS AND 26 FROM CULTURE
COLLECTIONS, WERE SCREENED FOR THEIR ABILITY TO GROW ON N-TETRADECANE,
TOLUENE, NAPHTHALENE, AND 7 CRUDE OILS OF VARYING COMPOSITION. FORTY
CULTURES, INCLUDING 28 SOIL ISOLATES, WERE CAPABLE OF GROWTH ON ONE OR MORE
CRUDE OILS. THE GENERA MOST FREQUENTLY ISOLATED FROM SOILS WERE THOSE
PRODUCING ABUNDANT SMALL CONIDIA, E.G. PENICILLIUM AND VERTICILLIUM
OIL-DEGRADING STRAINS OF BEAUVERIA BASSIANA, MORTIERIELLA SP, PHOMA SP,
SCOLECOBASIDIUM OBOVATUM , AND TOLYPOCLADIUM INFLATUM WERE ALSO ISOLATED.
QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVE DIFFERENCES WERE NOTED AMONG THE CAPACITIES OF
DIFFERENT CRUDE OILS TO SUSTAIN THE GROWTH OF INDIVIDUAL FUNGAL ISOLATES.
DATA ARE PRESENTED WHICH SHOW THAT ABILITY TO GROW ON A PURE N-ALKANE IS NOT
A GOOD INDICATOR OF ABILITY TO GROW ON CRUDE OIL. DEGRADATION OF RAINBOW
LAKE CRUDE OIL BY INDIVIDUAL ISOLATES WAS DEMONSTRATED BY GRAVIMETRIC AND
GAS-CHROMATOGRAPHIC TECHNIQUES. THE PROBLEMS INVOLVED IN DETERMINING THE
RESPONSE AND THE POTENTIAL OF FUNGI TO DEGRADE OIL SPILLED IN THE
ENVIRONMENT ARE DISCUSSED.
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THE MICROBIOLOGY OF AQUATIC OIL SPILLS.
BARTHA, R. ATLAS, R. M.
79-O7 07136
ADV. APPL. MICROBIOL., NO.22, 225-266 (1977) LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH
AFFILIATION- (DEP BIOCHEM. AND MICROBIOL., RUTGERS UNIV., NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ
07103, USA) TYPE- JOURNAL ARTICLE : REVIEW NDN- 032-0016-5388-4
THE MICROBIOLOGY OF ACCIDENTAL OR ROUTINE OIL DISCHARGES INTO AQUATIC
ENVIRONMENTS IS REVIEWED UNDER THE FOLLOWING HEADINGS: (1) SOURCES AND
BEHAVIOUR OF OIL POLLUTANTS; (2) EFFECTS OF PETROLEUM HYDROCARBONS ON
MICROORGANISMS; (3) MICROBIAL EMULSIFICATION AND DEGRADATIONS OF PETROLEUM
HYDROCARBONS; AND (4) MICROORGANISMS AND OIL POLLUTION ABATEMENT. A
QUANTITATIVE RECOVERY OF AN OIL SLICK IS ALMOST NEVER FEASIBLE, AND FOR SOME
OR MOST OF THE SPILL MICROBIAL DEGRADATION REMAINS THE PRINCIPAL MECHANISM
OF REMOVAL.
USE OF AN INTERNAL STANDARD IN MONITORING THE BACTERIAL DEGRADATION OF CRUDE
OIL. 79-05 52873
MRSNY, R. J. BARLES, R. W. CHIN, D. ENEVOLD, K. C. THOMAS, B. R.
WHEELIS, M. L.
APPL. ENVIRON. MICROBIOL., 36(5), 776-779 (1978) LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH
AFFILIATION- (DEP. BACTERIOL., UNIV. CALIFORNIA AT DAVIS, DAVIS, CA 95616,
USA) TYPE- JOURNAL ARTICLE: ORIG. RESEARCH NDN- 032-0015-1898-5
HEXACHLOROETHANE IS NONVOLATILE, INSOLUBLE IN WATER, AND APPARENTLY NOT
TOXIC TO OR METABOLIZED BY BACTERIA. ITS ADDITION TO CULTURES GROWING AT THE
EXPENSE OF CRUDE OIL THUS PROVIDES AN INTERNAL STANDARD AGAINST WHICH THE
RATE OF DEGRADATION OF INDIVIDUAL CRUDE OIL COMPONENTS CAN BE CONVENIENTLY
AND REPRODUCIBLY MEASURED.
MOST-PROBABLE-NUMBER TECHNIQUE FOR THE ENUMERATION OF AROMATIC DEGRADERS IN
NATURAL ENVIRONMENTS. 79-05 58025
DIGERONIMO, M. J. NIKAIDO, M. ALEXANDER, M.
MICROS. ECOL., 4(3), 263-266 (1978) LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH AFFILIATION-
(LAB. SOIL MICROBIOL., DEP. AGRON., CORNELL UNIV., ITHACA, NY 14853, USA)
TYPE- JOURNAL ARTICLE: ORIG. RESEARCH NDN- 032-0014-7241-7
A MOST-PROBABLE-NUMBER (MPN) METHOD IS DESCRIBED FOR THE ENUMERATION OF
HETEROTROPHIC POPULATONS CAPABLE OF UTILIZING CHLORINATED AND NONCHLORINATED
BENZOATES AND PHENOLS AS SOLE CARBON SOURCES. A CORRELATION COEFFICIENT OF
0.91 WAS OBTAINED BETWEEN THE NUMBERS DETERMINED BY THE MPN TECHNIQUE AND
THE STANDARD PLATE COUNT. THE MPN METHOD GAVE REALISTIC CELL COUNTS WHEN
POPULATION DENSITIES WERE LOW, AND THE PRESENCE OF OLIGOCARBOPHILES DID NOT
GIVE SPURIOUS RESULTS.
STUDIES ON SOME BIOCHEMICAL INDICES OF PHENOL DEGRADATION BY BACTERIUM ALBUM
79-O4 01758
DIVAVIN, I. A. ERMOLAEV, K. K. MIRONOV, 0. G.
RAPP. P.-V. REUN. CONS. INT. EXPLOR. MER, 171, 126-128 (1977)
LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH AFFILIATION- (INST. BIOL. SOUTH SEAS, 2 NAKHIMOR
PROSPECT, SEVASTOPOL, USSR) TYPE- JOURNAL : CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS
NDN- 032-0014-5467-9
PROTEIN, LIPIDS, LIPID FRACTIONS, NUCLEIC ACIDS AND THEIR COMPONENTS, AS
WELL AS FREE NUCLEOTIDES, WERE INVESTIGATED DURING PHENOL DEGRADATION BY
CELLS OF B.ALBUM ISOLATED FROM THE BLACK SEA. THE AUTHORS FOUND A
CONSIDERABLE DECREASE IN TOTAL CELL PROTEIN AND SOME INCREASE IN TOTAL CELL
LIPID WHEN THE ORGANISM WAS GROWING ON PHENOL. THE CONTENT OF NUCLEIC ACIDS
AND FREE NUCLEOTIDES ALSO INCREASED AND THE RNA LEVEL MORE THAN DOUBLED.
THIS STUDY OF THE BIOCHEMICAL COMPONENTS DURING PHENOL DEGRADATION INDICATED
A REARRANGEMENT IN THE METABOLIC PROCESSES OF THE ORGANISM. THESE
HETEROTROPHIC MICROORGANISMS ARE THE MAIN CONSUMERS OF HYDROCARBONS IN THE
SEA.
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MICROBIAL DEGRADATION OF INDUSTRIAL CHEMICALS. 79-04 04264
COLWELL, R. R. SAYLER, G. S.
IN : WATER POLLUTION MICROBIOLOGY VOLUME 2. MITCHELL,R. (ED.) PUBL. BY :
JOHN WILEY AND SONS LTD., BAFFINS LANE, CHICHESTER, P019 1UD, UK 1978 P
111-134 ISBN 0-471-01902-X LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH AFFILIATION- (DEP.
MICROBIOL., UNIV MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARK, MD 20740, USA) TYPE- BOOK
CHAPTER NDN- 032-0014-5054-9
MANY SYNTHETIC ORGANIC COMPOUNDS ENTER THE AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT IN EFFLUENTS
OF CHEMICAL AND INDUSTRIAL PROCESSES. A RECENT US NATIONAL SCIENCE
FOUNDATION REPORT IDENTIFIED APPROX 200 COMPOUNDS AS BEING OF NATIONAL
CONCERN ON THE BASIS OF COMMON OCCURRENCE AS ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINANTS OR
RELATIVE TOXICITY. ATTENTION IS FOCUSED ON THE MICROBIAL DEGRADATION OF
PROCESS CHEMICALS AND/OR BY-PRODUCTS AND THE TOPIC IS DEALT WITH UNDER THE
FOLLOWING HEADINGS: INTRODUCTION; PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL FACTORS; SOME
BIOCHEMICAL MECHANISMS OF BIODEGRADATION; BIODEGRADATION OF SELECTED
INDUSTRIAL COMPOUNDS (POLYCHORINATED BIPHENYLS, AROMATIC SUBSTRATES,
PETROLEUM, MISCELLANEOUS SUBSTRATES).
ENHANCEMENT OF MICROBIAL DEGRADATION OF OIL POLLUTANTS USING LIPOPHILIC
FERTILIZERS. 79-04 41895
OLIVIERI, R. ROBERTIELLO, A. DEGEN, L.
MAR. POLLUT BULL., 9(8), 217-220 (1978) LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH
AFFILIATION- (LAB. PROCESSI MICROBIOL., SNAMPROGETTI, MONTEROTONDO, ROME,
ITALY) TYPE- JOURNAL ARTICLE: DRIG. RESEARCH NDN- 032-0014-3916-6
LIPOPHILIC PHOSPHORUS AND NITROGEN-CONTAINING COMPOUNDS WERE SCREENED TO
ATTAIN A FERTILIZING COMPOSITION TO ENHANCE MICROBIAL DEGRADATION OF OIL
POLLUTANTS IN THE AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT. SOYA-BEAN LECITHIN AND ETHYL
ALLOPHANATE HAVE BEEN PROVED TO BE GOOD SOURCES OF PHOSPHORUS AND NITROGEN,
RESPECTIVELY, FOR OIL DEGRADING MICROORGANISMS. ENZYME-DEPENDENT MECHANISMS
REGULATE THE RELEASE OF NUTRIENTS ACCORDING TO ENVIRONMENTAL NEEDS.
PERSISTENCE OF OIL IN TUNDRA SOILS. 79-04 46850
SEXSTONE, A. ATLAS, R. M.
IN : DEVELOPMENTS IN INDUSTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY. VOL. 19. UNDERKOFLER, L.A.
(ED.) PUBL.BY : SOCIETY FOR INDUSTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY, 1401 WILSON BLVD.,
ARLINGTON, VA 22209, USA 1978 P.507-515 LIBR. CONGR. CAT CARD NO. 60-13953
LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH AFFILIATION- (DEP. BIOL., UNIV. LOUISVILLE,
LOUISVILLE, KY 40208, USA) TYPE- JOURNAL ARTICLE: ORIG. RESEARCH
NDN- 032-O013-9443-9
THE LONG-TERM PERSISTENCE OF CRUDE OIL IN TUNDRA SOILS WAS EXAMINED. DURING
THE SECOND SUMMER FOLLOWING ESTABLISHMENT OF EXPERIMENTAL PRUDHOE CRUDE OIL
SPILLS ON POLYGONAL TUNDRA, AT 5 AND 12 L/M 2, BIODEGRADATION OF OIL WAS
FOUND TO BE OCCURRING SLOWLY. NORMAL PARAFFINS OF CHAIN LENGTHS GREATER THAN
C 1 2 REMAINED IN HIGH CONCENTRATION AT THE END OF THE SUMMER IN THE SURFACE
2 CM OF SOILS TREATED AT 12 L/M 2. SIX YEARS AFTER SPILLAGE OF PRUDHOE CRUDE
OIL ON NEARBY SITES, N-ALKANES HAD LARGELY DISAPPEARED, BUT SIGNIFICANT
AMOUNTS OF BRANCHED PARAFFINS REMAINED IN THE SURFACE LAYERS OF SOILS
TREATED WITH 5 OR 12 L/M 2 OIL. RESIDUAL OIL FROM SPILLS OF GREATER THAN 20
L/M 2 STILL RETAINED SIGNIFICANT CONCENTRATIONS OF N-PARAFFINS 4 YR AFTER
SPILLAGE. BACTERIAL OIL-DEGRADING POPULATIONS WERE SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER IN
OIL-TREATED SOILS THAN IN UNOILED SOILS, ESPECIALLY IN SOIL LAYERS FOUND TO
CONTAIN RESIDUAL OIL. OIL-DEGRADING POPULATIONS, HOWEVER, WERE LOWER IN
SOILS THAT WERE IN CONTACT WITH A NATURAL OIL SEEPAGE AT CAPE SIMPSON,
ALASKA, THAN IN ADJACENT UNCONTAMINATED SOILS. NO RESOLVABLE PARAFFINS COULD
BE DETECTED FROM THE SIMPSON SEEP SITE.
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CRUDE OIL DEGRADATION IN THE ARCTIC: CHANGES IN BACTERIAL POPULATIONS AND OIL
COMPOSITION DURING ONE-YEAR EXPOSURE IN A MODEL SYSTEM. 79-04 46851
HOROWITZ, A. ATLAS, R. M.
IN : DEVELOPMENTS IN INDUSTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY. VOL. 19. UNDERKOFLER, L.A.
(ED.) PUBL.BY SOCIETY FOR INDUSTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY, 1401 WILSON BLVD.,
ARLINGTON, VA 22209, USA 1978 P.517-522 LIBR. CONGR. CAT. CARD NO.
60-13953 LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH AFFILIATION- (DEP. BIOL., UNIV.
LOUISVILLE, LOUISVILLE, KY 40208, USA) TYPE- JOURNAL ARTICLE: ORIG.
RESEARCH NDN- 032-0013-9442-A
DURING A 2-WK PERIOD IN EARLY SUMMER FOLLOWING ESTABLISHMENT OF EXPERIMENTAL
SPILLS OF PRUDHOE CRUDE OIL IN A MODEL FLOW-THROUGH SYSTEM, AN APPROX 18%
WEIGHT LOSS, ATTRIBUTABLE TO ABIOTIC WEATHERING, WAS FOUND. FOLLOWING THIS
PERIOD, BIODEGRADATION OF OIL OCCURRED VERY SLOWLY, WITH 75% OFUNTREATED OIL
SLICKS REMAINING AT THE END OF THE SUMMER (70 DAYS) AND NO BIODEGRADATION
OCCURRING DURING THE WINTER. OIL BIODEGRADATION PROBABLY WAS LIMITED
SEVERELY NOT ONLY BY TEMPERATURE AND AVAILABLE NUTRIENTS BUT ALSO BY
AVAILABLE SURFACE AREA OF OIL. STIMULATION OF OIL BIODEGRADATION BY NUTRIENT
ADDITION OCCURRED, 60% REMAINING AFTER 70 DAYS, BUT WAS STILL LIMITED BY
SOME OTHER FACTORS. BIODEGRADATION LESSENED WEIGHTS OF RESIDUAL OIL BUT DID
NOT ALTER THE RELATIVE PERCENTAGES OF COMPONENT HYDROCARBON CLASSES. RATIOS
OF OIL DEGRADERS TO TOTAL HETEROTROPHIC BACTERIA WERE 5 TIMES HIGHER UNDER
OIL SLICKS THAN CONTROLS. RATES OF REMOVAL OF 1 4C HYDROCARBONS WERE HIGHER
IN WATER PREVIOUSLY EXPOSED TO OIL THAN IN CONTROLS.
ENUMERATION OF PETROLEUM-DEGRADING MARINE AND ESTUARINE MICROORGANISMS BY THE
MOST PROBABLE NUMBER METHOD. 79-04 47364
MILLS, A. L. BREUIL, C. COLWELL, R. R.
CAN. J. MICROBIOL., 24(5), 552-557 (1978) LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH,
FRENCH AFFILIATION- (DEP. MICROBIOL., UNIV. MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARK, MD
20742, USA) TYPE- JOURNAL ARTICLE: ORIG. RESEARCH NDN-
032-0013-8930-8
SEVERAL MEDIA DESIGNED FOR USE IN A MOST PROBABLE NUMBER (MPN) DETERMINATION
OF PETROLEUM-DEGRADING MICROORGANISMS WERE COMPARED. THE BEST RESULTS, I.E.,
LARGEST NUMBERS, WERE OBTAINED USING A BUFFERED (32 MM PO 4 3 -) LIQUID
MEDIUM CONTAINING 1% HYDROCARBON SUBSTRATE. OF 104 PRESUMPTIVE OIL DEGRADERS
TESTED, 20 GREW ON OIL AGAR MEDIUM BUT DID NOT UTILIZE OIL OR A MIXTURE OF
PURE PARAFFINIC HYDROCARBONS (C 1 0-C 1 6 N-ALKANES) IN LIQUID (MPN) MEDIUM.
VISIBLE TURBIDITY IN THE LIQUID MEDIUM WAS CORRELATED WITH HYDROCARBON
UTILIZATION. COUNTS OF PETROLEUM DEGRADERS OBTAINED USING LIQUID MEDIUM
(MPN) WERE IN MOST CASES HIGHER THAN THOSE OBTAINED ON AN OIL-AMENDED SILICA
GEL MEDIUM. BOTH PROCEDURES YIELD AN ESTIMATION OF OIL DEGRADERS, AND THE
OIL-AMENDED AGAR PERMITS GROWTH OF ORGANISMS WHICH DO NOT DEGRADE CRUDE OIL.
ALL STRAINS OF OIL-DEGRADING MICROORGANISMS EXAMINED IN THIS STUDY WERE
LIPOLYTIC, BUT THE CONVERSE WAS NOT ALWAYS TRUE.
I/.
PROPORTION OF BACTERIA IN AGRICULTURAL SOILS ABLE TO PRODUCE DEGRADATIVE
ENZYMES. 79-04 48868
HANKIN, L. HILL, D. E.
SOIL SCI., 126(1), 40-43 (1978) LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH AFFILIATION-
(DEP. BIOCHEM., CONNECTICUT AGRIC. EXP STN., NEW HAVEN, CT 06504, USA)
TYPE- JOURNAL ARTICLE: ORIG. RESEARCH NDN- 032-OO13-7605-1
SITES IN THE ELLINGTON QUADRANGLE IN NORTHCENTRAL CONNECTICUT, USA, WERE
EXAMINED FOR NUMBERS OF BACTERIA ABLE TO PRODUCE SPECIFIC DEGRADATIVE
ENZYMES. ALL THE SITES ARE CURRENTLY USED FOR AGRICULTURE, EITHER FOR ROW
CROPS OR AS PASTURES AND ORCHARDS. ALL AREAS CONTAINED ABUNDANT NUMBERS OF
BACTERIA ABLE TO DEGRADE PROTEINS, LIPIDS, PECTIN, STARCH, CELLULOSE, AND
HYDROCARBONS (ALKANES). TO TEST QUANTITATIVE ASPECTS OF SUBSTRATE
DEGRADATION IN DISSIMILAR SOILS, N-HEXADECANE WAS ADDED TO 2 SOILS USED FOR
GROWING TOBACCO AND 2 SOILS FROM PASTURES. ALTHOUGH THE NUMBER OF ALKANE
DEGRADERS WAS ESSENTIALLY THE SAME IN EACH OF THE SOILS, THE ORGANISMS IN
THE SOILS FROM THE PASTURES DEGRADED 2-3 TIMES THE AMOUNT OF N-HEXADECANE
THAN DID THOSE IN THE TOBACCO SOILS. RESULTS SHOW THAT DATA ON NUMBER OF
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BACTERIAL DEGRADERS ALONE CANNOT GUARANTEE PERFORMANCE OF A SOIL TO DEGRADE
A SPECIFIC SUBSTRATE, BUT THAT THE QUANTITATIVE ENZYMIC ACTIVITY OF THE
BACTERIA MUST BE TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT
ISOLATION AND PEPTIDOGLYCAN OF GRAM-NEGATIVE HYDROCARBON-UTILIZING THERMOPHILIC
BACTERIA. 79-04 48986
MERKEL, G. J. STAPLETON, S. S. PERRY, J. J.
J. GEN. MICROBIOL., 109(1), 141-148 (1978) LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH
AFFILIATION- (DEP. MICROBIOL., UNIV. TENNESSEE, KNOXVILLE, TN 37916, USA)
TYPE- JOURNAL ARTICLE: ORIG. RESEARCH NDN- 032-0013-7528-2
FOUR GRAM-NEGATIVE, NON-SPORULATING, AEROBIC, OBLIGATE THERMOPHILIC
BACTERIA, ISOLATED FROM NON-THERMAL ENVIRONMENTS BY ENRICHMENT WITH
N-HEPTADECANE AS SUBSTRATE, UTILIZED N-ALKANES, CARBOHYDRATES AND ORGANIC
ACIDS AS SOLE SOURCE OF CARBON AND ENERGY AND ALSO GREW ON COMPLEX MEDIA.
THE GROWTH RATE OF THESE ORGANISMS, WHEN UTILIZING N-HEPTADECANE AS
SUBSTRATE, WAS MARKEDLY INCREASED BY ADDING A LOW CONCENTRATION (7.5 MG L
1) OF YEAST EXTRACT. THEY GREW OPTIMALLY BETWEEN 55 AND 65DEG.C, AND AT A PH
BETWEEN 6.2 AND 7.5. THE MOL% G+C FOR ALL WAS BETWEEN 51 AND 58. ON THE
BASIS OF THE AMINO ACID AND AMINO SUGAR COMPOSITIONS OF THEIR PEPTIDOGLYCAN,
THESE ORGANISMS AND OTHER GRAM-NEGATIVE THERMOPHILIC BACTERIA CAN BE DIVIDED
INTO 4 DISTINCT GROUPS. GROUP A INCLUDES THE NEWLY ISOLATED
HYDROCARBON-UTILIZING BACTERIA WHICH HAVE NEARLY EQUIMOLAR AMOUNTS OF
GLUTAMIC ACID, ALANINE, DIAMINOPIMELIC ACID AND GLUCOSAMINE. GROUP B
CONSISTS OF OBLIGATE HYDROCARBON-UTILIZING MICROBES THAT HAVE LOWER MOLAR
RATIOS OF GLUTAMIC ACID AND DIAMINOPIMELIC ACID, AND CONTAIN EITHER
ORNITHINE OR LYSINE. THE PREVIOUSLY ISOLATED NON-HYDROCARBON-UTILIZING
THERMOPHILES (K-2, THERMUS AQUATICUS YT-1, THERMUS X-1) AND A NEWLY
ISOLATED ORGANISM FROM A HOT SPRING COMPRISE GROUP C AND CONTAIN GLYCINE,
ORNITHINE, NO DIAMINOPIMELIC ACID, AND MUCH LOWER MOLAR RATIOS OF GLUTAMIC
AND MURAMIC ACIDS THAN IN GROUPS A AND B. THERMOMICROBIUM ROSEUM LACKED
PEPTIDOGLYCAN AND IS PLACED SEPARATELY IN GROUP D.
MICROORGANISMS AND PETROLEUM POLLUTANTS.
ATLAS, R. M.
79-04 49044
BIOSCIENCE, 28(6), 387-391 (1978) LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH
AFFILIATION- (DEP. BIOL., UNIV. LOUISVILLE, LOUISVILLE, KY 40208, USA)
TYPE- JOURNAL ARTICLE: ORIG. RESEARCH NDN- 032-0013-7470-9
THE ROLE OF MICROORGANISMS IN DEGRADING PETROLEUM HYDROCARBONS IS EXAMINED
AND BOTH THE NATURAL ROLE OF MICROORGANISMS AND THEIR POTENTIAL USE IN THE
ABATEMENT OF PETROLEUM POLLUTANTS ARE DISCUSSED. ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS
AND HYDROCARBON COMPOSITION INFLUENCE BIODEGRADATION OF CONTAMINATING OIL.
MICROBIAL SEEDING AND ENVIRONMENTAL MODIFCATION CAN BE USED IN CERTAIN
SITUATIONS TO ENHANCE BIODEGRADATION AS PART OF AN OVERALL PROGRAMME AIMED
AT CONTROLLING OIL POLLUTION.
^DEGRADATION OF HYDROCARBON SLUDGES IN THE SOIL.
CANSFIELD, P. E. RACZ, G. J.
79-04 50161
CAN. J. SOIL SCI., 58(3), 339-345 (1978) LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH, FRENCH
AFFILIATION- (DEP. SOIL SCI., UNIV. MANITOBA, WINNIPEG, MAN. R3T 2N2,
CANADA) TYPE- JOURNAL ARTICLE: ORIG. RESEARCH NDN- 032-0013-6402-5
HYDROCARBON RESIDUES FROM CRUDE OIL STORAGE TANKS WERE INCORPORATED INTO
FIELD PLOTS OF A RED RIVER CLAY SOIL. THE OIL CONTENT IMMEDIATELY AFTER
APPLICATION WAS 1 45% BASED ON THE WEIGHT OF AIR-DRIED SOIL. THE PLOTS WERE
SAMPLED AFTER APPLICATION AND AFTER 1O6, 476 AND 833 DAYS. HYDROCARBONS WERE
EXTRACTED FROM SAMPLES WITH TETRAHYDROFURAN AT ROOM TEMPERATURE AND
FRACTIONATED BY A COMBINATION OF SOLVENT EXTRACTION AND COLUMN
CHROMATOGRAPHY INTO THE FOLLOWING FRACTIONS: (1) SATURATES, (2)
MONOAROMATICS, (3) DIAROMATICS, (4) POLYAROMATICS AND POLAR COMPOUNDS AND
(5) HIGH MOLECULAR WEIGHT MATERIAL SUCH AS ASPHALTENES. FRACTIONS (1) TO (4)
WERE EXAMINED BY GAS-LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY. THE RESULTS SHOWED THAT 50.4% OF
THE TOTAL APPLIED RESIDUES WERE DEGRADED WITHIN 833 DAYS. THE INDIVIDUAL
FRACTIONS WERE DEGRADED TO VARYING EXTENTS: (1) 54.6%, (2) 50.0%, (3) 57.1%,
(4) 44.4% AND (5) 11.1%. THE ALKANES IN FRACTION (1) DEGRADED TO LOW LEVELS
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DURING THE FIRST 106 DAYS.
INITIAL RESEARCH ON THE MARINE DISTRIBUTION OF HYDROCARBON-OXIDISING
MICROORGANISMS. 79-02 25028
DE DOMENICO, M.
BOLL. PESCA PISCIC. IDROBIOL., 30(2), 157-176 (1975) LANGUAGE(S)-
ENGLISH, ITALIAN AFFILIATION- (1ST. IDROBIOL., UNIV. MESSINA, MESSINA,
SICILY) TYPE- JOURNAL ARTICLE: ORIG. RESEARCH NDN- 032-0011-7620-0
RESEARCH ON HYDROCARBON-OXIDIZING MICROORGANISMS WAS CARRIED OUT OFF THE
AUGUSTA ROADSTEAD AND NEAR ITS SHORES, IN THE STRAITS AND THE HARBOUR OF
MESSINA, IN SEWER TRUNK LINES OF CAR'S STATIONS OF EASTERN SICILY, AND IN
THE GULF OF MILAZZO. THE OCCURRENCE OF THIS FLORA IS RELATED TO THE FEATURES
OF THE INVESTIGATED AREAS. LITERATURE ON THIS SUBJECT IS ALSO REVIEWED.
PRODUCTION OF ANDROSTANE-3,17-DIONE DERIVATIVES. 79-01 01153
SCHERING AG
US 4097334 P 27.6.78. A 17.12.76. PR DT 19.12.75. (2558089)
LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH TYPE- PATENT NDN- 032-O011-4282-1
THE INVENTION RELATES TO A PROCESS FOR THE PREPARATION OF AN
ANDROSTANE-3,17-DIONE COMPOUND OF FORMULA: 15(WHERE X IS 1,2-METHYLENE OR
1- OR 2-METHYL) WHICH COMPRISES FERMENTING A STEROL OF FORMULA: 15(WHERE X
IS AS ABOVE; AND R 1 IS SATURATED OR UNSATURATED HYDROCARBON STEROL SIDE
CHAIN OF 8-10 C ATOMS) WITH A MICROORGANISM CULTURE CAPABLE OF DEGRADING THE
STEROL SIDE CHAIN. SUITABLE CULTURES ARE, FOR EXAMPLE, THOSE OF THE GENERA
ARTHROBACTER, BREVIBACTERIUM, MICROBACTERIUM, PROTAMINOBACTER, STREPTOMYCES
THOSE OF THE GENUS MYCOBACTERIUM ARE PREFERRED.
PREPARATION OF 4-ANDROSTENE-3,17-DIONE DERIVATIVES. 79-01 01295
SCHERING AG
US 41O0027 P 11.7 78. A 16.12.76. PR DT 19.12.75. (2558088)
LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH TYPE- PATENT NDN- 032-O011-4125-8
THE INVENTION RELATES TO A PROCESS FOR THE PREPARATION OF
4-ANDROSTENE-3,17-DIONE DERIVATIVES OF THE FORMULA: 14 (WHERE X IS
6,7-METHYLENE OR FLUORO, CHLORO, OR METHYL IN THE 6- OR 7-POSITION) WHICH
COMPRISES FERMENTING A STEROL OF THE FORMULA: 14 (WHERE X IS AS ABOVE; AND R
1 IS A HYDROCARBON RESIDUE OF 8-10 C ATOMS) WITH A MICROORGANISM CULTURE
CAPABLE OF DEGRADING THE SIDE CHAIN OF A STEROL. EXAMPLES OF SUITABLE
MICROORGANISMS INCLUDE: MICROBACTERIUM LACTUM, PROTAMINOBACTER ALBOFLAVUS,
BACILLUS ROSEUS, B.SPHAERICUS, NOCARDIA GARDNERI, N.MINIMA, N.CORALLINA,
STREPTOMYCES RUBESCENS, MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM, M.PHLEI, M.SMEGMATIS,
M.FORTUITUM, MYCOBACTERIUM SP NRRL-B-3805, AND MYCOBACTERIUM SP
NRRL-B-3683. MYCOBACTERIA ARE THE PREFERRED ORGANISMS, MOST PREFERABLY
MYCOBACTERIUM SP NRRL-B-3805, AND MYCOBACTERIUM PHLEI ATCC-354.
\/MICROBIAL DEGRADATION OF THE WATER-SOLUBLE FRACTION OF GAS OIL.1
79-01 10581
KAPPELER, T. WUHRMANN, K.
WATER RES., 12(5), 327-333 (1978) LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH
AFFILIATION- (SWISS FED. INST. TECHNOL., ZURICH, SWITZERLAND) TYPE-
JOURNAL ARTICLE: ORIG. RESEARCH NDN- 032-0011-2365-1
THE MICROBIAL DEGRADATION OF THE WATER-SOLUBLE COMPONENTS OF GAS OIL WAS
MEASURED BOTH QUALITATIVELY AND QUANTITATIVELY. THE MIXED AUTOCHTHONOUS
FLORA IN CLEAN GROUND WATER SERVED AS THE INOCULUM IN CONTINUOUS PERCOLATION
EXPERIMENTS. CONCENTRATION GRADIENTS OF INDIVIDUAL COMPOUNDS AS WELL AS OF
DOC WERE MEASURED AS A FUNCTION OF THE PERCOLATION TIME. A LAG PERIOD OF
APPROX 5 DAYS AT 10DEG.C AND OF APPROX 1 DAY AT 25DEG.C RESPECTIVELY
PRECEDED MEASURABLE ATTACK OF THE DISSOLVED HYDROCARBONS. AT THE
EXPERIMENTAL INFILTRATION RATES, COMPLETE HYDROCARBON ELIMINATION WITHIN A
FEW DECIMETERS OF PERCOLATION DEPTH OCCURRED WHEN STEADY STATE CONDITIONS OF
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THE MICROBIAL SETTLEMENT OF THE SAND WERE ESTABLISHED.
^/MICROBIAL DEGRADATION OF THE WATER-SOLUBLE FRACTION OF GAS OIL.2. BIOASSAYS
WITH PURE STRAINS. 79-01 10582
KAPPELER, T WUHRMANN, K.
WATER RES., 12(5), 335-342 (1978) LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH
AFFILIATION- (SWISS FED. INST. TECHNOL., ZURICH SWITZERLAND) TYPE-
JOURNAL ARTICLE: ORIG. RESEARCH NDN- 032-0011-2364-5
THE RATE OF DEGRADATION OF 47 WATER-SOLUBLE COMPONENTS OF GAS OIL BY THE
MIXED AUTOCHTHONOUS MICROFLORA OF CLEAN GROUND WATER AS WELL AS BY 4
ISOLATES ( PSEUDOMONAS SPP WAS MEASURED IN BATCH EXPERIMENTS.
IDENTIFICATION OF SOME INTERMEDIATE DEGRADATION PRODUCTS GAVE INSIGHT INTO
THE PRIMARY REACTIONS OF THE OXIDATIVE BREAKDOWN OF SOME OF THE AROMATIC
COMPONENTS OF GAS OIL. AVAILABLE NITROGEN AND DISSOLVED OXYGEN ARE LIMITING
FACTORS IN THE MICROBIAL PURIFICATION OF HYDROCARBON-CONTAMINATED GROUND
WATER.
ECOLOGICAL STUDIES ON HYDROCARBON-OXIDIZING BACTERIA IN JAPANESE COASTAL
WATERS. II. DISTRIBUTION OF HYDROCARBON-OXIDIZING BACTERIA IN THE OIL-POLLUTED
AREAS CAUSED BY THE MIZUSHIMA OIL REFINERY ACCIDENT. 79-01 12485
FUJISAWA, H. MURAKAMI, M. MANABE, T.
BULL. JAP. SOC. SCI. FISH., 44(2), 91-104 (1978) LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH,
JAPANESE AFFILIATION- (LAB. MICROBIOL., SHIMONOSEKI UNIV. FISH.,
SHIMONOSEKI, JAPAN) TYPE- JOURNAL ARTICLE: DRIG. RESEARCH NDN-
032-0011-0817-8
A LARGE AMOUNT OF HEAVY OIL (GRADE C) WHICH WAS ESTIMATED AT 7500 TO 9500
KL, WAS SPILT ON DEC 18 OF 1974 FROM THE MIZUSHIMA OIL REFINERY IN OKAYAMA
PREFECTURE INTO THE STRAITS OF BISAN (BISAN SETO). ACCORDINGLY THE EASTERN
PARTS OF THE SETO INLAND SEA WERE WIDELY POLLUTED BY THE SPILT OIL, AND
VARIOUS FISHERIES WERE GREATLY DAMAGED. THE DISTRIBUTIONS OF
HYDROCARBON-OXIDIZING BACTERIA AND HETEROTROPHIC BACTERIA IN BISAN SETO WERE
INVESTIGATED FOR 1 YR, FOR THE PURPOSE OF ASSESSING BACTERIOLOGICAL
SELF-PURIFICATION OF THE AREAS FOLLOWING THIS ACCIDENT. THE RESULTS CAN BE
SUMMARIZED AS FOLLOWS. THE POPULATIONS OF HETEROTROPHIC BACTERIA,
HYDROCARBON-OXIDIZING BACTERIA GROUPS A AND B/ML SEAWATER IN BISAN SETO,
WERE RESPECTIVELY 10 2 TO 10 5 (AVERAGE 3.0 X 10 4), 10 0 TO 10 5 (4.3 X 1O
3) AND 1O 0 1O 4 (6.6 X 10 2), AND THEIR POPULATIONS PER G OF BOTTOM
SEDIMENTS WERE 10 4 TO 10 6 (8.9 X 10 5), 10 3 TO 10 6 (2.9 X 10 5) AND 10 3
TO 10 5 (5.0 X 1O 4). THE POPULATION DENSITY OF HYDROCARBON OXIDIZERS GROUP
A WAS HIGHER THAN THAT OF GROUP B IN BOTH SEAWATER AND BOTTOM SEDIMENTS OF
SURVEYED AREAS. THESE DENSITIES ESTIMATED IN THE PRESENT REPORT WERE
COMPARED WITH THOSE OF TOKYO BAY OBSERVED BY SEKI USING THE SAME HYDROCARBON
BUT IN A DIFFERENT MEDIUM. IT WAS FOUND THAT THE DENSITY OF HYDROCARBON
OXIDIZERS (GROUP B) IN SEAWATER OF BISAN SETO WAS APPROX 1000 TIMES AS MUCH
AS THAT OF TOKYO BAY, WHEREAS THE DENSITY OF HETEROTROPHIC BACTERIA
ENUMERATED BY THE SAME METHOD WAS SIMILAR IN BOTH AREAS. THE RATIO OF THE
NUMBER OF HYDROCARBON OXIDIZERS (GROUP B) IN BOTTOM SEDIMENTS OF BISAN SETO
TO THAT OF HETEROTROPHIC BACTERIA WAS, AS IN THE CASE OF THE TORREY CANYON
DISASTER INVESTIGATED BY GUNKEL, HIGHER THAN THE RATIO OF OTHER AREAS
UNAFFECTED BY ACCIDENTAL OIL SPILLS. ON THE BASIS OF THESE AND OTHER
RESULTS, IT MAY BE SAID THAT THESE HYDROCARBON OXIDIZERS CONTRIBUTE TO THE
DECOMPOSITION OF OIL POLLUTANTS IN THESE OIL-POLLUTED AREAS.
FUNGAL TRANSFORMATION OF NAPHTHALENE. 79-01 13809
CERNIGLIA, C. E. HEBERT, R. L. SZANISZLO, P J. GIBSON, D. T
ARCH. MICROBIOL., 117(2), 135-143 (1978) LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH
AFFILIATION- (DEP. MICROBIOL., UNIV. TEXAS AT AUSTIN, AUSTIN, TX 78712, USA)
TYPE- JOURNAL ARTICLE: ORIG. RESEARCH NDN- 032-0010-9893-2
EIGHTY-SIX SPECIES OF FUNGI BELONGING TO 64 GENERA WERE EXAMINED FOR THEIR
ABILITY TO METABOLIZE NAPHTHALENE. ANALYSIS BY THIN-LAYER AND HIGH PRESSURE
LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY REVEALED THAT NAPHTHALENE METABOLISM OCCURRED IN 47
SPECIES BELONGING TO 34 GENERA FROM THE MAJOR FUNGAL TAXA. ALL ORGANISMS
TESTED FROM THE ORDER MUCORALES OXIDIZED NAPHTHALENE WITH SPECIES OF
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CUNNINGHAMELLA, SYNCEPHALASTRUM AND MUCOR SHOWING THE GREATEST ACTIVITY.
SIGNIFICANT METABOLISM WAS ALSO OBSERVED WITH NEUROSPORA CRASSA, CLAVICEPS
PASPALI AND 4 SPECIES OF PSILOCYBE . THE PREDOMINANT METABOLITE FORMED BY
MOST ORGANISMS WAS 1-NAPHTHOL. OTHER PRODUCTS IDENTIFIED WERE,
4-HYDROXY-1-TETRALONE, TRANS-1,2-DIHYDROXY-1,2-DIHYDRONAPHTHALENE,
2-NAPHTHOL, 1,2- AND 1,4-NAPHTHOQUINONE.
•/MICROBIAL DEGRADATION OF STYRENE OLIGOMER. 78-12 01411
TSUCHII, A. SUZUKI, T TAKAHARA, Y.
AGRIC. BIOL. CHEM., 41(12), 2417-2421 (1977) LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH
AFFILIATION- (FERMENT. RES. INST., INAGE, CHIBA, JAPAN) TYPE- JOURNAL
ARTICLE: DRIG. RESEARCH NDN- 032-0010-2360-3
OF 72 SOIL SAMPLES, 10 SAMPLES CONTAINED ONE OR MORE ORGANISMS CAPABLE OF
DEGRADING STYRENE OLIGOMER TO SOME EXTENT. IN THE COURSE OF INVESTIGATION,
DIMERS ARE FOUND TO DISAPPEAR RAPIDLY FROM THE CULTURE MEDIUM. TRIMERS,
HOWEVER, ARE DEGRADED A LITTLE AND OLIGOMERS HIGHER THAN TETRAMER NOT AT
ALL. ONE OF THE ISOLATES, ALCALIGENES SP 559, GROWS WELL ON STYRENE
OLIGOMER AND IS SELECTED FOR FURTHER STUDY. THIS BACTERIAL STRAIN UTILIZES
UNSATURATED DIMER (1,3-DIPHENYL-1-BUTENE) AS A SOLE SOURCE OF CARBON AND
DEGRADES CYCLIC DIMER (1-METHYL-3-PHENYLINDANE) TOGETHER. NO DEGRADATION OF
TRIMERS BY THE STRAIN WAS DETECTED. FURTHERMORE, THE ASSIMILATION OF VARIOUS
AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS BY THIS STRAIN WAS EXAMINED AND NON-SUSCEPTIBILITY OF
THE OLIGOMERS HIGHER THAN TRIMER WAS DISCUSSED ACCORDING TO THE RESULTS.
I/THE EFFECT OF NUTRIENT APPLICATION AND AERATION ON OIL DEGRADATION IN SOIL.
78-12 O3628
ODU, C. T. I.
ENVIRON. POLLUT., 15(3), 235-240 (1978) LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH
AFFILIATION- (DEP. AGRON., UNIV. IBADAN, IBADAN, NIGERIA) TYPE-
JOURNAL ARTICLE: ORIG. RESEARCH NDN- 032-0009-9823-1
OIL DEGRADATION WAS DETERMINED IN OIL-POLLUTED (1 OR 2 ML LIGHT NIGERIAN
CRUDE/20 G SOIL, EOUOIVALENT TO 5 AND 10% POLLUTION) SOILS TREATED WITH (NH
4) 2SO 4 AND WITH NUTRIENT ELEMENTS WITH AND WITHOUT ENHANCED AERATION.
THERE WAS NO SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE IN OIL DEGRADATION IN SOILS WITH AND
WITHOUT ENHANCED AERATION, NOR IN SOILS TREATED WITH AND WITHOUT (NH 4) 2SO
4 AND/OR NUTRIENTS AFTER 4 WK INCUBATION. AFTER 12 WK, OIL DEGRADATION WAS
SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER (P 0.05) IN THE (NH 4) 2SO 4 AND NUTRIENT TREATED
SOILS IN COMPARISON TO THE UNTREATD SOILS, AND IN SOILS WITH ENHANCED
AERATION IN COMPARISON TO THE UNDISTURBED SOIL, AT THE 5% OIL POLLUTION
LEVEL. WARBURG RESPIROMETER STUDIES SHOWED MORE OXYGEN CONSUMPTION
(SIGNIFICANT AT P 0.05) IN THE POLLUTED SOILS COMPARED WITH THE UNPOLLUTED
SOILS. IN OIL-POLLUTED SOILS OXYGEN CONSUMPTION WAS DEPRESSED SIGNIFICANTY
(P 0.05) BY THE ADDITION OF (NH 4) 2SO 4, BUT WAS ENHANCED SIGNIFICANTLY
(P 0.005) BY THE ADDITION OF (NH 4) 2SO 4 AND NUTRIENT ELEMENTS. THE
RESPIRATORY QUOTIENT (TO) WAS REDUCED FROM 0.81 IN UNPOLLUTED SOILS TO 0.62
IN OIL-POLLUTED SOILS.
1/^ICROBIAL METABOLISM OF CYCLIC HYDROCARBONS AND RELATED COMPOUNDS.
78-12 04604
PERRY, J. J.
CRC CRIT. REV. MICROBIOL., 5(4), 387-412 (1977) LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH
AFFILIATION- (DEP MICROBIOL., NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIV., RALEIGH, NC
27607, USA) TYPE- JOURNAL ARTICLE : REVIEW NDN- 032-0009-8654-A
THE BIODEGRADATION OF NON-AROMATIC CYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, THE OXYGENATED
COMPOUNDS THAT ARE INTERMEDIATES IN THE MINERALIZATION OF ALICYCLIC
SUBSTRATES, AND TERPENES IS REVIEWED AS FOLLOWS: UTILIZATION AND
NON-UTILIZATION OF THE UNSUBSTITUTED CYCLOPARAFFINS BY MICROBES; UTILIZATION
OF SUBSTITUTED CYCLICS AND POLYCYCLICS; BIODEGRADATION OF OXYGEN-CONTAINING
CYCLICS; AND BIODEGRADATION OF CYCLIC SUBSTRATES (CYCLOPARAFFINIC
HYDROCARBONS, CYCLOALKANE, CYCLOHEXANE, CYCLOALKANONE AND CYCLOALKANOL,
CYCLOHEXANECARBOXYLIC ACID, DICYCLICS, ALKYL-SUBSTITUTED CYCLOPARAFFINS,
CYCLOALKANE DIOLS, CYCLOHEXENE, AND TERPENES).
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HEALTH CONSIDERATIONS IN USE OF TERTIARY EFFLUENTS. 78-12 05189
COOPER, R. C.
PROC. AM. SOC. CIV. ENG., J. ENVIRON. ENG. DIV., 103(EE1), 37-47 (1977)
LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH AFFILIATION- (DEP. BIOMED. AND ENVIRON. HEALTH SCI.,
UNIV CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY, CA 94720, USA) TYPE- JOURNAL ARTICLE:
ORIG. RESEARCH NDN- 032-0009-8282-6
THE NATURE OF THE AGENTS INVOLVED, THEIR HEALTH IMPLICATIONS AND NEEDED
AREAS OF RESEARCH ARE CONSIDERED. THEY ARE INFECTIOUS AND TOXIC AGENTS IN
WASTEWATER THAT MAY WELL CARRY OVER WHEN THE WATER IS RENOVATED. THE LEAST
UNDERSTOOD OF THE INFECTIOUS AGENTS IN WASTEWATER ARE THE VIRUSES
PARTICULARLY IN TERMS OF 'DOSE' AND DETECTION. ORGANIC CHEMICALS PRESENT,
EVEN IN TRACE AMOUNTS, IN WASTEWATER AND RENOVATED WATER ARE OF GREATEST
CONCERN TO PUBLIC HEALTH OFFICIALS. THERE IS CERTAIN INDIRECT
EPIDEMIOLOGICAL EVIDENCE THAT THE PRESENCE OF SUCH MATERIALS IN DRINKING
WATER IS A FACTOR IN THE CANCER MORTALITY RATES IN VARIOUS COMMUNITIES.
CHEMICAL DISINFECTION, USUALLY CHLORINATION, HAS BEEN RELIED UPON AS THE
PRINCIPAL ASSURANCE OF REMOVING INFECTIOUS AGENTS. THE RECOGNITION THAT THE
CLORINATION OF WATER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASE CONTROL CONTAINING ORGANIC
MATERIAL MAY PRODUCE CARCINOGENIC HALOGENATED HYDROCARBONS PRESENTS AN
OBVIOUS PROBLEM IN WATER REUSE MANAGEMENT.
TRANSPOSITION OF PLASMID DNA SEGMENTS SPECIFYING HYDROCARBON DEGRADATION AND
THEIR EXPRESSION IN VARIOUS MICROORGANISMS. 78-12 08524
CHAKRABARTY, A. M. FRIELLO, D. A. BOPP, L. H.
PROC. NATL. ACAD. SCI. USA, 75(7), 3109-3112 (1978) LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH
AFFILIATION- (GEN. ELEC. RES. AND DEV. CENTER, SCHENECTADY, NY 12301, USA)
TYPE- JOURNAL ARTICLE: ORIG. RESEARCH NDN- 032-OO09-5089-4
THE CONJUGATIVE TOL PLASMID (75 MDAL), SPECIFYING BIODEGRADATION OF XYLENES,
TOLUENE, AND TRIMETHYLBENZENE DERIVATIVES, UNDERGOES DISSOCIATION IN
PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA PAD TO A NONCONJUGATIVE TOL* PLASMID (28 MDAL) AND A
TRANSFER PLASMID TERMED TOLCAP DELTA (48 MDAL). THE TOL* PLASMID IS RENDERED
TRANSMISSIBLE THROUGH INTRODUCTION OF A NUMBER OF CONJUGATIVE PLASMIDS SUCH
AS FACTOR K, CAM, AND TOLCAP DELTA BUT NOT BY THE FP2 DERIVATIVE PR0271.
TRANSFER OF TOL* VIA FACTOR K OR TOLCAP DELTA IS MEDIATED BY THE FORMATION
OF PLASMID COINTEGRATES; NO RECOMBINATION IS OBSERVED WITH CAM. A
RECOMBINANT RP4-TOL PLASMID (76 MDAL), WHICH HAS LOST RESISTANCE TO
TETRACYCLINE, HAS BEEN ISOLATED. THE TOL* SEGMENT CAN BE TRANSPOSED FROM
THIS PR4-TOL RECOMBINANT PLASMID TO OTHER ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE PLASMIDS
SUCH AS R702. A SEGMENT OF DNA, SPECIFYING SALICYLATE DEGRADATION FROM SAL
PLASMID, WAS TRANSPOSED ONTO PAC10, THE TOL* DERIVATIVE OF RP4-TOL
RECOMBINANT PLASMID, WHICH HAS LOST RESISTANCE TO TETRACYCLINE BUT RETAINS
THE TRANSFER GENES OF RP4. TRANSPOSITION OF THE SALICYLATE DEGRADATIVE GENES
ONTO PAC10 RESULTS IN THE LOSS OF KANAMYCIN RESISTANCE. IT HAS BEEN POSSIBLE
TO ISOLATE SAL + SEGREGANTS FROM PAC10::SAL TRANSPOSITION DERIVATIVES THAT
HAVE LOST THE PAC10 PLASMID. SUCH SEGREGANTS HARBOR THE SALICYLATE
DEGRADATIVE GENES IN THE FORM OF A NONCONJUGATIVE PLASMID (SAL*). TRANSFER
OF RP4::TOL* OR PAC10::SAL* TRANSPOSITION DERIVATIVES TO ESCHERICHIA COLI,
SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM, AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS , OR AZOTOBACTER
VINELANDII RESULTS IN THE FUNCTIONAL EXPRESSION OF THE ANTIBIOTIC
RESISTANCE GENES BUT NOT OF THE HYDROCARBON DEGRADATIVE GENES. SUCH GENES,
HOWEVER, ARE FULLY EXPRESSED ON BEING TRANSFERRED BACK TO PSEUDOMONAS
OIL TANKERS AND POLLUTION: A MICROBIOLOGICAL APPROACH. 78-11 03823
GUTNICK, D. L. ROSENBERG, E.
ANNU. REV. MICROBIOL., 31, 379-396 (1977) LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH
AFFILIATION- (DEP MICROBIOL., GEORGE S. WISE CENT. LIFE SCI., TEL AVIV
UNIV., RAMAT AVIV, ISRAEL) TYPE- JOURNAL ARTICLE : REVIEW NDN-
032-0009-3058-3
THE CHEMICAL HETEROGENEITY AND WATER INSOLUBILITY OF PETROLEUM ARE
DISCUSSED. A WIDE VARIETY OF PETROLEUM-DEGRADING MICROORGANISMS HAS BEEN
FOUND TO BRING ABOUT THE FORMATION OF OIL IN WATER EMULSIONS WHILE GROWING
ON HYDROCARBONS. SUCH EMULSIONS ARE MICROBIOLOGICAL IN ORIGIN. CERTAIN
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MICROORGANISMS (CANDIDA TROPICALIS) CAN BRING ABOUT EMULSIFICATION OF
HYDROCARBONS EVEN IN THE ABSENCE OF CELL GROWTH. CULTURES OF ARTHOBACTER,
BREVIBACTERIUM, CORYNEBACTERIUM, NOCARDIA AND CANDIDA PETROPHILUM EXCRETE
EMULSIFYING FACTORS WHILE GROWING ON HYDROCARBONS. THE METABOLIC SPECIFICITY
OF MICROORGANISMS WHICH DEGRADE PETROLEUM IS DISCUSSED. THE APPLICATION OF
SOME PRINCIPLE OF PETROLEUM MICROBIOLOGY TO PROBLEMS OF OIL POLLUTION,
SAFETY AND MAINTENANCE THAT ARISE AS A RESULT OF NORMAL OIL TANKER
OPERATIONS ARE THEN CONSIDERED. TWO SUCH APPLICATIONS ARE TREATMENT OF
CONTAMINATED SEA-WATER AND THE USE OF OIL-EMULSIFYING BACTERIA FOR CLEANING
OIL TANKS. AS STRICTER OIL POLLUTION REGULATIONS COME INTO FORCE THE NEED
FOR MICROBIOLOGICAL PROCESSING OF OIL WILL INCREASE.
DEGRADATION OF HYDROCARBONS BY FUNGUS, FUSARIUM SP 78-11 81818
NAIR, S. LOKABHARATHI, P. A.
INDIAN J. MAR. SCI., 6(2), 173-175 (1977) LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH
AFFILIATION- (NAT. INST. OCEANOGR., DONA PAULA 403004, GOA, INDIA)
TYPE- JOURNAL ARTICLE: ORIG. RESEARCH NDN- 032-0008-9445-8
NO APPRECIABLE INCREASE WAS NOTICED IN THE GROWTH OF FUSARIUM SP, ISOLATED
FROM TAR BALLS ACCUMULATED ON GOA BEACHES, IN VARYING CONCENTRATION OF
GLUCOSE. IN MEDIA CONTAINING DIFFERENT CONCENTRATIONS OF PETROLEUM
HYDROCARBONS (KEROSENE AND PETROL), THE GROWTH WAS ENHANCED. OPTIMUM
CONCENTRATION FOR BOTH KEROSENE AND PETROL WAS 4%. GROWTH DECLINED AT HIGHER
CONCENTRATIONS OF PETROLEUM HYDROCARBONS. RELATIVELY, KEROSENE WAS A BETTER
SUBSTRATE FOR GROWTH THAN PETROL.
PRODUCTION OF METHANE AND CARBON DIOXIDE FROM METHANE THIOL AND DIMETHYL
SULPHIDE BY ANAEROBIC LAKE SEDIMENTS. 78-11 81819
ZINDER, S. H. BROCK, T D.
NATURE, 273(5659), 226-228 (1978) LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH
AFFILIATION- (DEP. EARTH AND SPACE SCI., UCLA, LOS ANGELES, CA 90024, USA)
TYPE- JOURNAL ARTICLE: ORIG. RESEARCH NDN- 032-0008-9444-3
METHANE THIOL (METHYL MERCAPTAN, MESH), ITS OXIDATION PRODUCT, DIMETHYL
DISULPHIDE (DMDS), AND DIMETHYL SULPHIDE (DMS) ARE NATURALLY OCCURRING
METABOLITES. THEY ARE ALSO PRODUCED BY PAPER MILLS USING THE KRAFT PULP
PROCESS AND CAUSE AN INDUSTRIAL ODOUR PROBLEM BECAUSE OF THEIR LOW ODOUR
THRESHOLD. ALTHOUGH THE BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION OF THESE COMPOUNDS IS FAIRLY
WELL UNDERSTOOD, LITTLE IS KNOWN ABOUT THEIR BIOLOGICAL DECOMPOSITION. THE
AUTHORS REPORT THAT MICROBIAL POPULATIONS PRESENT IN ANAEROBIC FRESHWATER
SEDIMENTS AND IN ANAEROBIC SEWAGE DIGESTOR SLUDGE ARE CAPABLE OF
METABOLISING THE CARBON IN THESE VOLATILE ORGANIC SULPHUR COMPOUND TO
METHANE AND CARBON DIOXIDE. THEREFORE, ANAEROBIC HABITATS MAY SERVE AS SINKS
IN THE BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLING OF THESE COMPOUNDS.
STUDIES ON 2,3,7,8-TETRACHLORODIBENZO-P-DIOXIN-INDUCED IMMUNE SUPPRESSION AND
DECREASED RESISTANCE TO INFECTION: ENDOTOXIN HYPERSENSITIVITY, SERUM ZINC
CONCENTRATIONS AND EFFECT OF THYMOSIN TREATMENT. 78-11 91976
VOS, J. G. KREEFTENBERG, d. G. ENGEL, H. W. B. MINDERHOUD, A. VAN
NOORLEJANSEN, L. M.
TOXICOLOGY, 9(1-2), 75-86 (1978) LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH AFFILIATION-
(NATL. INST. PUBLIC HEALTH, PO BOX 1, BILTHOVEN, NETHERLANDS) TYPE-
JOURNAL ARTICLE: ORIG. RESEARCH NDN- 032-0008-0171-A
SUBLETHAL DOSES OF THE HIGHLY TOXIC CHEMICAL
2,3,7,8-TETRACHLORODIBENZO-P-DIOXIN (TCDD) CAUSE THYMUS ATROPHY IN SEVERAL
SPECIES AND INDUCE SUPPRESSION OF CELL-MEDIATED IMMUNITY AS MEASURED BY
DIFFERENT PARAMETERS. THE SELECTIVE EFFECT ON THYMUS IS NOT LIKELY CAUSED BY
A CYTOTOXIC EFFECT ON LYMPHOCYTES OR BY AN EFFECT ON PITUITARY OR ADRENALS.
IN THE PRESENT STUDY, MICE RECEIVED DAILY INJECTIONS WITH THYMOSIN IN ORDER
TO STUDY WHETHER REDUCED PRODUCTION OF THYMIC HORMONES COULD BE INVOLVED IN
THE ATROPHY. ALSO, SERUM ZINC CONCENTRATIONS WERE MEASURED. AS THYMOSIN
INJECTIONS DID NOT INCREASE THYMUS WEIGHT AND MITOGENIC REPONSIVENESS OF
THYMOCYTES, AND ZINC LEVELS WERE NOT DEPRESSED, THE MODE OF ACTION OF
TCDD-INDUCED THYMUS ATROPHY REMAINS UNKNOWN. IT HAS BEEN REPORTED THAT TCDD
MARKEDLY DECREASED RESISTANCE OF MICE TO INFECTION WITH SALMONELLA BERN
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IN THIS STUDY, DATA ARE PRESENTED THAT INDICATE THAT THE INCREASED
SUSCEPTIBILITY IS LIKELY DUE TO THE ENDOTOXIN CONTENT OF THE BACTERIA:
PRE-TREATMENT OF MICE WITH SINGLE OR REPEATED DOSES OF TCDD MARKEDLY
ENHANCED THEIR SUSCEPTIBILITY TO ENDOTOXIN EVEN AT DOSE LEVELS THAT DID NOT
PRODUCE THYMUS ATROPHY. FINALLY, POSSIBLE EFFECTS OF TCDD ON MACROPHAGE
FUNCTIONS WERE STUDIED. AS TREATMENT WITH TCDD DID NEITHER IMPAIR
NON-SPECIFIC KILLING AND PHAGOCYTOSIS OF LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES , OR
MACROPHAGE REDUCTION OF NITROBLUE TETRAZOLIUM, IT SEEMS LIKELY THAT THE
IMMUNOSUPPRESSION IS ONLY DUE TO A, TO DATE UNKNOWN, EFFECT ON
T-LYMPHOCYTES, AND NOT DUE TO A COMBINED EFFECT ON BOTH T-CELLS AND
MACROPHAGES, AND THAT THE ENDOTOXIN HYPERSENSITIVITY IS NOT THE RESULT OF
ALTERATION IN PHAGOCYTIC FUNCTION OF MACROPHAGES.
DEVELOPMENTS IN BIODEGRADATION OF HYDROCARBONS
WATKINSON, R. J.
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78-10 00157
**O4 PUBL. BY : APPLIED SCIENCE PUBLISHERS LTD.; RIPPLE ROAD, BARKING,
ESSEX, UK. 1978 232 PP. ISBN: 0-85334-715-4 $16.00 LANGUAGE(S)-
ENGLISH
TYPE- BOOK : EDITED COLLECTION
NDN- 032-0007-9794-4
THIS VOLUME COVERS THE INVESTIGATION AND ADVANCEMENTS MADE IN THE
BIODEGRADATION OF HYDROCARBONS AND OILS. THE FOLLOWING PAPERS ARE INCLUDED:
DEGRADATION OF ALIPHATIC HYDROCARBONS, BY RATLEDGE, C.; MICROBIAL
DEGRADATION OF ALICYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, BY TRUDGILL, P.W.; MICROBIAL
DEGRADATION OF AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS, BY HOPPER, D.J.; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC
HYDROCARBONS: METABOLISM AND ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS, BY CRIPPS, R.E. AND
WATKINSON, R.J.; MICROBIAL GENETICS RELATING TO HYDROCARBON DEGRADATION, BY
WILLIAMS, P.A.; DEGRADATION OF OIL IN THE MARINE ENVIRONMENT, BY VAN DER
LINDEN, A.C.; BIODEGRADATION OF HYDROCARBON-BASED PRODUCTS IN INDUSTRIAL
USE, BY HILL, E.C. A SUBJECT INDEX COMPLETES THE VOLUME.
^DEGRADATION OF ALIPHATIC HYDROCARBONS.
RATLEDGE, C.
78-10 00215
**04IN : DEVELOPMENTS IN BIODEGRADATION OF HYDROCARBONS _ 1. WATKINSON, J.R,
(ED.) PUBL. BY : APPLIED SCIENCE PUBLISHERS LTD., RIPPLE ROAD, BARKING,
ESSEX, UK. 1978 P. 1-46 ISBN: 0-85334-751-4 LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH
AFFILIATION- (DEP. BIOCHEM., UNIV HULL, HULL HU6 7RX, UK) TYPE- BOOK
: REVIEW NDN- 032-0007-9757-3
THE PUBLISHED RESEARCH OVER THE PAST 5-6 YR IS REVIEWED IN 3 MAIN SECTIONS:
ASSIMILATION, MECHANISMS OF OXIDATION, AND CELL PHYSIOLOGY ASSIMILATION OF
HYDROCARBONS IS DISCUSSED WITH EMPHASIS ON THE SPECIFICITY AND TOXICITY OF
HYDROCARBONS ON THE FACTORS GOVERNING INITIATION OF GROWTH AND ON THE
PROCESSES BY WHICH ALKANES ENTER THE CELL. A DETAILED COVERAGE OF THE
MECHANISMS OF OXIDATION OF ALKANES, ALKENES AND BRANCHED-CHAIN ALKANES THEN
FOLLOWS. THIS SECTION COVERS THE VARIOUS SYSTEMS WHICH HAVE BEEN DESCRIBED
FOR INITIAL OXIDATION OF AN ALKANE AND HOW THE PRODUCTS, FATTY ALCOHOLS AND
ACIDS, ARE METABOLISED. SUB-TERMINAL AND DITERMINAL OXIDATIVE PATHWAYS ARE
ALSO COVERED. THE REVIEW CONTINUES WITH AN APPRAISAL OF THE CHANGES WHICH
OCCUR IN MICROBIAL PHYSIOLOGY AS A RESULT OF GROWTH ON ALKANES.
MORPHOLOGICAL CHANGES IN CELLS ARE FIRST DESCRIBED AND THE CELL COMPOSITION
IS THEN DISCUSSED WITH PARTICULAR ATTENTION BEING PAID TO LIPIDS AND FATTY
ACIDS. THE CHANGES BROUGHT ABOUT IN METABOLISM AND IN THE REGULATION OF
METABOLISM AT THE ENZYME LEVEL ARE SURVEYED AND THE QUESTION OF WHETHER THE
METABOLISM OF FATTY ACIDS, FROM ALKANE OXIDATION, IS LINKED TO ENERGY
PRODUCTION IS DISCUSSED. A SHORT ACCOUNT OF THE AREAS STILL NEEDING
RESOLUTION CONCLUDES THE REVIEW.
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MICROBIAL DEGRADATION OF ALICYCLIC HYDROCARBONS. 78-10 00216
TRUDGILL, P W.
**04IN : DEVELOPMENTS IN BIODEGRADATION OF HYDROCARBONS. _ 1. WATKINSON,
J.R. (ED.) PUBL. BY : APPLIED SCIENCE PUBLISHERS LTD., RIPPLE ROAD,
BARKING, ESSEX, UK 1978 P. 47-84 ISBN: O-85334-751-4 LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH
AFFILIATION- (DEP. BIOCHEM. AND AGRIC. BIOCHEM., UNIV. COLL. WALES,
PENGLAIS, ABERYSTWYTH SY23 3DD, UK) TYPE- BOOK . REVIEW NON-
032 -0007 -9756-0
SATURATED CARBOXYLIC RINGS OCCUR IN A VARIETY OF ORGANIC STRUCTURES
ENCOUNTERED IN NATURE. ALICYCLIC HYDROCARBONS ARE COMPONENTS OF CRUDE OILS
AND PLANT OILS, WAXES AND PIGMENTS WHILE POLAR DERIVATIVES ARE MORE
GENERALLY DISTRIBUTED AND OCCUR AS INTERMEDIATES IN THE MICROBIAL BREAKDOWN
OF THE PARENT HYDROCARBONS. FOUR BASIC PATTERNS OF ALICYCLIC RING CLEAVAGE
HAVE BEEN DESCRIBED: (A) SUBSEQUENT TO CONVERSION TO A KETONE,
MONO-OXYGENATION BY A BIOLOGICAL BAEYER-VILLIGER REACTION YIELDS A
HYDROLYSABLE OR INHERENTLY-UNSTABLE LACTONE; (B) CONVERSION OF ALICYCLIC
HYDROCARBONS CARRYING ALKYL SIDE CHAINS TO CYCLOHEXANE CARBOXYLATE IS
FOLLOWED EITHER BY B-OXIDATION OF THE COA-ESTER OF THE ACID OR BY
HYDROXYLATION AND DEHYDROGENATION TO YIELD 4-OXOCYCLOHEXANE CARBOXYLATE
WHICH IS THEN AROMATISED TO P-HYDROXYBENZOATE AND FURTHER METABOLISED BY
WELL-DESCRIBED PATHWAYS; (C) HYDROLYTIC CLEAVAGE FOLLOWING CONVERSION TO A
1,2-DIKETONE. THE EXTENT OF KNOWLEDGE CONCERNING SITUATIONS IN WHICH THESE
PATHWAYS ARE INVOLVED IS OUTLINED AND THEIR POSSIBLE WIDER INVOLVEMENT IN
THE DEGRADATION OF ALICYCLIC HYDROCARBONS IS DISCUSSED.
I/MICROBIAL DEGRADATION OF AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS. 78-10 00217
HOPPER, D. J.
**04IN : DEVELOPMENTS IN BIODEGRADATION OF HYDROCARBONS _ 1. WATKINSON, J.R.
(ED.) PUBL. BY APPLIED SCIENCE PUBLISHERS LTD., RIPPLE ROAD, BARKING,
ESSEX, UK 1978 P. 85-112 ISBN: 0-85334-751-4 LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH
AFFILIATION- (DEP. BIOCHEM., UNIV. COLL. WALES, PENGLAIS, ABERYSTWYTH SY23
3DD, UK) TYPE- BOOK : REVIEW NDN- 032-0007-9753-2
AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS OCCUR IN THE ENVIRONMENT AS PRODUCTS BOTH OF
BIOSYNTHESIS AND OF THOSE INDUSTRIES BASED ON COAL AND PETROLEUM. THEIR
MICROBIAL DEGRADATION (BY E.G. PSEUDOMONAS SPECIES, ACHROMOBACTER
SPECIES, ALCALIGENES EUTROPHUS ) FOLLOWS THE PATTERN SEEN FOR THE AEROBIC
BREAKDOWN OF OTHER AROMATIC COMPOUNDS IN THAT DIHYDRIC PHENOLS, E.G.
CATECHOLS, PROTOCATECHUIC ACID, ARE FORMED AS SUBSTRATES FOR RING FUSION.
THIS INVOLVES THE INSERTION. OF 2 HYDROXYL GROUPS INTO THE AROMATIC RING AND
IN MOST CASES THIS PROCEEDS BY FORMATION OF A CIS-DIOL WHICH IS THEN
CONVERTED TO THE DIHYDRIC PHENOL. HOWEVER, PRIOR TO THIS ATTACK ON THE RING
ITSELF, OXIDATION OF ALKYL SIDE-CHAINS MAY OCCUR. SOME MICROORGANISMS E.G.
NOCARDIA SP , PSUEDOMONAS PUTIDA ALSO USE THESE REACTIONS FOR THE PARTIAL
OXIDATION OF RELATED COMPOUNDS WHICH THEY CANNOT USE AS GROWTH SUBSTRATES.
EVIDENCE FOR THESE REACTIONS AND THE CHARACTERISTICS OF SOME OF THE ENZYMES
WHICH CATALYSE THESE EARLY STEPS ARE DESCRIBED. PATHWAYS FOR THE FURTHER
DEGRADATION OF THE RING-FISSION SUBSTRATES ARE ALSO OUTLINED.
POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS: METABOLISM AND ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS.
78-10 00218
CRIPPS, R. E. WATKINSON, R. J.
**04IN : DEVELOPMENTS IN BIODEGRADATION OF HYDROCARBONS _ 1. WATKINSON, J.R.
(ED.) PUBL. BY APPLIED SCIENCE PUBLISHERS LTD., RIPPLE ROAD, BARKING,
ESSEX, UK 1978 P 113-134 ISBN: 0-85334-751-4 LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH
AFFILIATION- SHELL RES. LTD., SHELL BIOSCI. LAB., SITTINGBOURNE RES. CENT.,
SITTINGBOURNE, KENT ME9 SAG, UK) TYPE- BOOK : REVIEW NDN-
032-0007-9752-2
POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS ARE CONSTANTLY PRODUCED AND DEGRADED WITHIN
THE ENVIRONMENT. THE METABOLISM OF THESE COMPOUNDS BY MAMMALIAN AND
MICROBIAL SYSTEMS SHOWS VARIATIONS IN THE INITIAL REACTION WITH OXYGENASE
ENZYMES THAT ARE IMPORTANT IN THE CARCINOGENIC EFFECTS IN HIGHER ORGANISMS
BY SOME MEMBERS OF THIS CLASS OF COMPOUNDS. THE ROUTES OF METABOLISM OF THE
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SIMPLER MEMBERS (E.G. NAPHTHALENE, PHENANTHRENE, ANTHRACENE, BIPHENYL) BY A
VARIETY OF ORGANISMS (E.G. PSEUDOMONAS SPP, FLAVOBACTERIUM SP,
AEROMONAS SP, BEIJERINCKIA SP) ARE DISCUSSED.
MICROBIAL GENETICS RELATING TO HYDROCARBON DEGRADATION.
WILLIAMS, P. A.
78-10 00219
**04IN : DEVELOPMENTS IN BIODEGRADATION OF HYDROCARBONS _ 1. WATKINSON, J.R.
(ED.) PUBL. BY : APPLIED SCIENCE PUBLISHERS LTD., RIPPLE ROAD, BARKING,
ESSEX, UK 1978 P. 135-164 ISBN: 0-85334-751-4
AFFILIATION- (DEP. BIOCHEM. AND SOIL SCI., UNIV.
BUILDINGS, DEINIOL RD., BANGOR, GWYNEDD LL57 2UW,
REVIEW NDN- 032-0007-9751-0
LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH
COLL. NORTH WALES, MEM.
UK) TYPE- BOOK :
SINCE 1972 IT HAS BEEN SHOWN THAT, IN SOME STRAINS OF PSEUDOMONAS (P.
PUTIDA, P. OLEOVORANS) , THE GENES CODING FOR THE DEGRADATION OF CERTAIN
HYDROCARBONS CAN BE CARRIED ON EXTRA-CHROMOSOMAL DNA (PLASMIDS): THESE
PLASMIDS CAN BE TRANSFERRED BETWEEN BACTERIA, BOTH IN VIVO AND IN VITRO.
DURING THE SAME PERIOD, SOPHISTICATED EXPERIMENTAL TECHNIQUES HAVE BEEN
DEVELOPED BY WHICH DNA FROM ANY BIOLOGICAL SOURCE, BOTH PROKARYOTIC AND
EUKARYOTIC, CAN BE INCORPORATED INTO BACTERIAL PLASMIDS. IN CONJUNCTION,
THESE ADVANCES HAVE OPENED UP POSSIBILITIES OF CONSTRUCTING IN THE
LABORATORY BACTERIAL STRAINS CAPABLE OF HYDROCARBON DEGRADATION WITH NEW AND
ADVANTAGEOUS CHARACTER. THE PRESENT PAPER CONSIDERS THE RELEVANT PROPERTIES
OF PLASMIDS IN GENERAL AND THE NATURALLY OCCURRING PLASMIDS WHICH DETERMINE
THE ABILITY TO GROW ON HYDROCARBONS IN PARTICULAR; THE TECHNIQUES OF GENETIC
ENGINEERING ARE OUTLINED TOGETHER WITH THE POSSIBLE USES OF
NEWLY-CONSTRUCTED STRAINS IN PROBLEMS RELATING TO HYDROCARBON DEGRADATION.
OTHER ASPECTS NORMALLY CONSIDERED UNDER THE BROAD HEADING OF GENETICS, FOR
EXAMPLE, THE ORGANISATION AND REGULATION OF RELEVANT CHROMOSOMAL GENES, ARE
DEALT WITH WHERE THEY RELATE TO PLASMID FUNCTION.
DEGRADATION OF OIL IN THE MARINE ENVIRONMENT
VAN DER LINDEN, A. C.
78-10 00220
**O4IN : DEVELOPMENTS IN BIODEGRADATION OF HYDROCARBONS _ 1. WATKINSON,
R.J. (ED.) PUBL. BY : APPLIED SCIENCE PUBLISHERS LTD.; RIPPLE ROAD,
BARKING, ESSEX, UK 1978 P 165-2OO ISBN: 0-85334-751-4 LANGUAGE(S)-
ENGLISH AFFILIATION- (SHELL RES. B.V., KONINKLIJKE/SHELL LAB., BADHUISWEG
3, AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS) TYPE- BOOK : REVIEW NDN-
032-0007-9748-9
THE PAPER IS MAINLY A REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE ON MICROBIAL DEGRADATION OF
PETROLEUM HYDROCARBONS IN SEA WATER. THE SUBJECT IS TREATED IN RELATION TO
OTHER MECHANISMS CAUSING THE DISAPPEARANCE OF OIL FROM THE SEA SURFACE. A
FEW FUNDAMENTALS OF MICROBIOLOGY ARE FURTHER EXPLAINED AND THE CONSTITUTION
AND CHARACTERISTICS OF OIL TO ENVIRONMENTALISTS. IN ADDITION, THERE IS ALSO
A DISCUSSION OF ORIGINAL LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS NOT PREVIOUSLY PUBLISHED.
THE RESULTS OF THE MEASUREMENT OF THE GENERATION TIME (OR DOUBLING TIME) OF
A MIXED FLORA GROWING AT THE EXPENSE OF GAS OIL AT 5DEG.C (17.6 H) ARE
DESCRIBED. THE MARKED EFFECT OF MICROBIAL CO-OXIDATIONS ON THE CONVERSION OF
ESSENTIALLY AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS THAT CAN BE DETECTED IN THE WATER PHASE
AFTER EQUILIBRATION WITH GAS OIL IS DISCUSSED. IT IS SHOWN THAT ILLUMINATION
OF GAS OIL FLOATING ON WATER PRODUCES CONSIDERABLE AMOUNTS OF PHOTOOXIDATION
PRODUCTS WHICH _ BECAUSE OF THEIR RELATIVELY LOW MOL WT _ EASILY PASS INTO
THE WATER PHASE. THESE PHOTOOXIDATION PRODUCTS WERE FOUND TO BE TOXIC TO
MICROBES IN HIGH CONCENTRATIONS (40 MG/L TOC) WHILE AT A CONCENTRATION OF 25
MG/L TOC THESE PRODUCTS WERE NOT, OR AT LEAST, NOT EASILY, BIODEGRADABLE.
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BIODEGRADATION OF HYDROCARBON-BASED PRODUCTS IN INDUSTRIAL USE.
78-10 00221
HILL, E. C.
**04IN : DEVELOPMENTS IN BIODEGRADATION OF HYDROCARBONS _ 1. WATKINSON, R.J.
(ED.) PUBL. BY : APPLIED SCIENCE PUBLISHERS LTD., RIPPLE ROAD, BARKING,
ESSEX, UK 1978 P. 201-225 ISBN: 0-85334-751-4 LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH
AFFILIATION- (DEP. MICROBIOL., UNIV. COLL., NEWPORT RD., CARDIFF, CF2 1TA,
UK) TYPE- BOOK : MONOGRAPH NDN- 032-0007-9747-5
A VERY CONSIDERABLE LITERATURE NOW EXISTS ON THE GROWTH OF MICROORGANISMS IN
PETROLEUM PRODUCTS, ALTHOUGH IN FACT THE FIELD HAS BEEN THE PROVINCE OF
RELATIVELY FEW MICROBIOLOGISTS. THIS PAPER MAKES NO ATTEMPT TO REVIEW THIS
LITERATURE, BUT ATTEMPTS TO CLASSIFY THE WIDE RANGE OF 'SPOILAGE' PROBLEMS
WHICH EXIST SO THAT THEIR ONSET, DEVELOPMENT AND TREATMENT MAY BE BETTER
UNDERSTOOD. THE PROBLEMS WHICH ARISE CAN BE CATEGORISED INTO 5 CLASSES WHICH
DIFFER FUNDAMENTALLY. THEY ALL HAVE IN COMMON THE PARTICIPATION OF FREE
WATER, AS ALTHOUGH ORGANISMS CAN OFTEN PASS INTO THE OIL PHASE, THEIR GROWTH
AND ACTIVITY ARE LARGELY CONFINED TO THE WATER PHASE. VERY LITTLE FREE WATER
IS NECESSARY TO INITIATE GROWTH (A FEW MILLIGRAMMES WILL SUFFICE) BUT AS ONE
PRODUCT OF MICROBIAL OXIDATION OF HYDROCARBONS IS WATER, A SELF-PERPETUATING
AND INDEED A SELF-ACCELERATING SYSTEM IS CREATED. A WIDE VARIETY OF BACTERIA
(MAINLY PSEUDOMONAS SPECIES, BUT ALSO SPECIES OF ALCALIGENES AND
ACHROMOBACTER ), MOULDS (MAINLY ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS ), AND YEASTS MAY BE
IMPLICATED IN INFECTIONS OF PETROLEUM PRODUCTS AND ALTHOUGH CLASSICAL NAMES
CAN OFTEN BE ATTACHED, THERE IS NO DOUBT THAT MANY ISOLATES ARE STRAINS OR
SPECIES NOT PREVIOUSLY NOTED AND THESE STILL AWAIT ADEQUATE DESCRIPTION AND
DELINEATION.
MICROBIAL TRANSFORMATION OF POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS IN PRISTINE AND
PETROLEUM-CONTAMINATED SEDIMENTS. 78-09 62614
HERBES, S. E. SCHWALL, L. R.
APPL. ENVIRON. MICROBIOL., 35(2), 306-316 (1978) LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH
AFFILIATION- (ENVIRON. SCI. DIV., OAK RIDGE NATL. LAB., OAK RIDGE, TN 37830,
USA) TYPE- JOURNAL ARTICLE: ORIG. RESEARCH NDN- 032-0007-0332-4
TO DETERMINE RATES OF MICROBIAL TRANSFORMATION OF POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC
HYDROCARBONS (PAH) IN FRESHWATER SEDIMENTS, 1 4C-LABELED PAH WERE INCUBATED
WITH SAMPLES FROM BOTH PRISTINE AND PETROLEUM-CONTAMINATED STREAMS. EVOLVED
1 4CO 2 WAS TRAPPED IN KOH, UNALTERED PAH AND POLAR METABOLIC INTERMEDIATE
FRACTIONS WERE OUANTITATED AFTER SEDIMENT EXTRACTION AND COLUMN
CHROMATOGRAPHY, AND BOUND CELLULAR 1 4C WAS MEASURED IN SEDIMENT RESIDUES.
LARGE FRACTIONS OF 1 4C WERE INCORPORATED INTO MICROBIAL CELLULAR MATERIAL;
THEREFORE, MEASUREMENT OF RATES OF 1 4CO 2 EVOLUTION ALONE WOULD SERIOUSLY
UNDERESTIMATE TRANSFORMATION RATES OF ( 1 4C)NAPHTHALENE AND ( 1
4C)ANTHRACENE. PAH COMPOUND TURNOVER TIMES IN PETROLEUM-CONTAMINATED
SEDIMENT INCREASED FROM 7.1 H FOR NAPHTHALENE TO 400 H FOR ANTHRACENE,
10,000 H FOR BENZ(A)ANTHRACENE, AND >30,000 H FOR BENZ(A)PYRENE. TURNOVER
TIMES IN UNCONTAMINATED STREAM SEDIMENT WERE 10-400 TIMES GREATER THAN IN
CONTAMINATED SAMPLES, WHILE ABSOLUTE RATES OF PAH TRANSFORMATION (MG PAH/G
SEDIMENT PER HOUR) WERE 3000-125,000 TIMES GREATER IN CONTAMINATED SEDIMENT
THE DATA INDICATE THAT 4- AND 5-RING PAH COMPOUNDS, SEVERAL OF WHICH ARE
CARCINOGENIC, MAY PERSIST EVEN IN SEDIMENTS THAT HAVE RECEIVED CHRONIC PAH
INPUTS AND THAT SUPPORT MICROBIAL POPULATIONS CAPABLE OF TRANSFORMING 2- AND
3-RING PAH COMPOUNDS.
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MICROBIOLOGICAL TRANSFORMATIONS OF TERPENES. PART XXIII. FERMENTATION OF
GERANIOL, NEROL AND LIMONENE BY A SOIL PSEUDOMONAD, PSEUDOMONAS INCOGNITA
(LINALOOL STRAIN) 78-09 62618
DEVI, J. R. BHATTACHARYYA, P. K.
INDIAN J. BIOCHEM. BIOPHYS., 14(3), 288-291 (1977) LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH
AFFILIATION- (DEP. ORG. CHEM., INDIAN INST. SCI., BANGALORE 560 012, INDIA)
TYPE- JOURNAL ARTICLE: ORIG. RESEARCH NDN- 032-OO07-0328-1
A STRAIN OF P.INCOGNITA ISOLATED BY ENRICHMENT CULTURE TECHNIQUE ON THE
MONOTERPENE ALCOHOL LINALOOL WAS FOUND TO GROW ALSO ON THE ISOMERIC ALCOHOLS
GERANIOL AND NEROL AS WELL AS THE MONOTERPENE HYDROCARBON LIMONENE.
FERMENTATION OF GERANIOL BY THIS STRAIN (LINALOOL STRAIN) RESULTED IN THE
FORMATION OF A NUMBER OF NEUTRAL AND ACIDIC METABOLITES. CITRAL,
3-(4-METHYL-3-PENTENYL)-3-BUTENOLIDE, 3,7-DIMETHYL-2-OXD-OCT-6-ENE-1,3-DIOL
AND 3.7-DIMETHYLOCT-6-ENE-1,2,3-TRIOL WERE ISOLATED AMONG THE NEUTRAL
PRODUCTS. THE ACIDIC PRODUCTS ISOLATED AND IDENTIFIED WERE GERANIC ACID AND
7-METHYL-3-OXO-6-OCTENOIC ACID. FERMENTATION OF NEROL YIELDED NERAL, A
NEUTRAL METABOLITE, AND NERANIC ACID, AN ACIDIC METABOLITE. THE FERMENTATION
OF LIMONENE BY THE LINALOOL STRAIN YIELDED PERILLIC AND B-ISOPROPENYL
PIMELIC ACIDS.
DISTRIBUTION OF HYDROCARBON-UTILIZING MICROORGANISMS AND HYDROCARBON
BIODEGRADATION POTENTIALS IN ALASKAN CONTINENTAL SHELF AREAS.
78-09 65981
ROUBAL, G. ATLAS, R. M.
APPL. ENVIRON. MICROBIOL., 35(5), 897-905 (1978) LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH
AFFILIATION- (DEP. BIOL., UNIV. LOUISVILLE, LOUISVILLE, KY 40208, USA)
TYPE- JOURNAL ARTICLE: ORIG. RESEARCH NDN- O32-0006-7259-7
HYDROCARBON-UTILIZING MICROORGANISMS WERE ENUMERATED FROM ALASKAN
CONTINENTAL SHELF AREAS BY USING PLATE COUNTS AND A NEW MOST-PROBABLE-NUMBER
PROCEDURE BASED ON MINERALIZATION OF 1 4C-LABELED HYDROCARBONS. HYDROCARBON
UTILIZERS WERE UBIQUITOUSLY DISTRIBUTED, WITH NO SIGNIFICANT OVERALL
CONCENTRATION DIFFERENCES BETWEEN SAMPLING REGIONS OR BETWEEN SURFACE WATER
AND SEDIMENT SAMPLES. THERE WERE, HOWEVER, SIGNIFICANT SEASONAL DIFFERENCES
IN NUMBERS OF HYDROCARBON UTILIZERS. DISTRIBUTION OF HYDROCARBON UTILIZERS
WITHIN COOK INLET WAS POSITIVELY CORRELATED WITH OCCURRENCE OF HYDROCARBONS
IN THE ENVIRONMENT. HYDROCARBON BIODEGRADATION POTENTIALS WERE MEASURED BY
USING 1 4C-RADIOLABELED HYDROCARBON-SPIKED CRUDE OIL. THERE WAS NO
SIGNIFICANT CORRELATION BETWEEN NUMBERS OF HYDROCARBON UTILIZERS AND
HYDROCARBON BIODEGRADATION POTENTIALS.«JHE BIODEGRADATION POTENTIALS SHOWED
LARGE SEASONAL VARIATIONS IN THE BEAUFORT SEA, PROBABLY DUE TO SEASONAL
DEPLETION OF AVAILABLE NUTRIENTS. NON-NUTRIENT-LIMITED BIODEGRADATION
POTENTIALS FOLLOWED THE ORDER HEXADECANE > NAPHTHALENE » PRISTANE >
BENZANTHRACENE. IN COOK INLET, BIODEGRADATION POTENTIALS FOR HEXADECANE AND
NAPHTHALENE WERE DEPENDENT ON AVAILABILITY OF INORGANIC NUTRIENTS.
BIODEGRADATION POTENTIALS FOR PRISTANE AND BENZANTHRACENE WERE RESTRICTED,
PROBABLY BY RESISTANCE TO ATTACK BY AVAILABLE ENZYMES IN THE INDIGENOUS
POPULATION.
PREVENTION OF MICROORGANISM-INDUCED CORROSION OF HYDROCARBON LIQUID STORAGE
TANKS. 78-08 00629
NALCO CHEM. CO.
**O4US 4086066 P 25.4.78. A 22.2.77 (77O887) LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH
TYPE- PATENT NDN- 032-0006-2828-6
THE INVENTION RELATES TO A METHOD FOR PREVENTING MICROORGANISM-INDUCED
CORROSION OF A STORAGE VESSEL WHICH CONTAINS A SMALL LOWER LAYER OF WATER
AND A LARGE UPPER LAYER OF A HYDROCARBON LIQUID BY INTRODUCING A
MICROORGANISM CONTROL CHEMICAL INTO THE SMALL LOWER LAYER OF WATER WHICH
COMPRISES: (A) PLACING THE MICROORGANISM CONTROL CHEMICAL INSIDE A POLYVINYL
ALCOHOL PACKAGE; (B) SEALING THE POLYVINYL ALCOHOL PACKAGE; (C) DROPPING THE
POLYVINYL ALCOHOL PACKAGE INTO THE STORAGE VESSEL SO THAT IT CAN PENETRATE
THE LARGE UPPER LAYER OF HYDROCARBON LIQUID AND PASS INTO THE SMALL LOWER
LAYER OF WATER; AND, (D) PERMITTING THE POLYVINYL ALCOHOL PACKAGE TO
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DISSOLVE IN THE WATER THEREBY RELEASING THE MICROORGANISM CONTROL
CHEMICAL.
HYDROCARBON BIODEGRADATION IN HYPERSALINE ENVIRONMENTS. 78-08 55039
WARD, D. M. BROCK, T D.
APPL. ENVIRON. MICROBIOL., 35(2), 353-359 (1978) LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH
AFFILIATION- (DEP. MICROBIOL., MONTANA STATE UNIV., BOZEMAN, MT 59715, USA)
TYPE- JOURNAL ARTICLE: ORIG. RESEARCH NDN- 032-0006-0703-8
WHEN MINERAL OIL, HEXADECANE, AND GLUTAMATE WERE ADDED TO NATURAL SAMPLES OF
VARYING SALINITY (3.3-28.4%) FROM SALT EVAPORATION PONDS AND GREAT SALT
LAKE, UTAH, RATES OF METABOLISM OF THESE COMPOUNDS DECREASED AS SALINITY
INCREASED. RATE LIMITATIONS DID NOT APPEAR TO RELATE TO LOW OXYGEN LEVELS OR
TO THE AVAILABILITY OF ORGANIC NUTRIENTS. SOME OXIDATION OF L-(U- 1
4C)GLUTAMIC ACID OCCURRED EVEN AT EXTREME SALINITIES, WHEREAS OXIDATION OF
(1- 1 4C)HEXADECANE WAS TOO LOW TO BE DETECTED. GAS CHROMATOGRAPHIC
EXAMINATION OF HEXANE-SOLUBLE COMPONENTS OF TAR SAMPLES FROM NATURAL SEEPS
AT ROZEL POINT IN GREAT SALT LAKE DEMONSTRATED NO EVIDENCE OF BIOLOGICAL
OXIDATION OF ISOPRENOID ALKANES SUBJECT TO DEGRADATION IN NORMAL
ENVIRONMENTS. SOME HEXANE-SOLUBLE COMPONENTS OF THE SAME TAR WERE ALTERED BY
INCUBATION IN A LOW-SALINITY ENRICHMENT CULTURE INOCULATED WITH GARDEN SOIL.
ATTEMPTS TO ENRICH FOR MICROORGANISMS IN SALINE WATERS ABLE TO USE MINERAL
OIL AS A SOLE SOURCE OF CARBON AND ENERGY WERE SUCCESSFUL BELOW, BUT NOT
ABOVE, ABOUT 20% SALINITY. THIS STUDY STRONGLY SUGGESTS A GENERAL REDUCTION
OF METABOLIC RATE AT EXTREME SALINITIES AND RAISES DOUBT ABOUT THE
BIODEGRADATION OF HYDROCARBONS IN HYPERSALINE ENVIRONMENTS
BACTERIAL AND SPONTANEOUS DEHALOGENATION OF ORGANIC COMPOUNDS.
78-08 57358
OMORI, T. ALEXANDER, M.
APPL. ENVIRON. MICROBIOL., 35(3), 512-516 (1978) LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH
AFFILIATION- (LAB. SOIL MICROBIOL., DEP AGRON., CORNELL UNIV., ITHACA, NY
14853, USA) TYPE- JOURNAL ARTICLE: ORIG. RESEARCH NDN-
032-0005-8565-5
ONLY 3 OF >50O SOIL ENRICHMENTS CONTAINED ORGANISMS ABLE TO USE
1,9-DICHLORONONANE AS A SOLE CARBON SOURCE. ONE ISOLATE, A STRAIN OF
PSEUDOMONAS , GREW ON THE COMPOUND AND RELEASED MUCH OF THE HALOGEN AS
CHLORIDE. RESTING CELLS DEHALOGENATED 1,9-DICHLORONONANE AEROBICALLY BUT NOT
ANAEROBICALLY . PSEUDOMONAS SP GREW ON AND RESTING CELLS DEHALOGENATED
1,6-DICHLOROHEXANE, 1,5-DICHLOROHEPTANE, 2-BROMOHEPTANOATE, AND 1-CHLORO-,
1-BROMO-, AND 1-IODOHEPTANE, BUT THE BACTERIUM COMETABOLI2ED BUT DID NOT
GROW ON 3-CHLOROPROPIONATE. P-METHYLBENZYL ALCOHOL, CHLORIDE, AND
P-METHYLBENZOATE WERE FORMED WHEN RESTING CELLS WERE INCUBATED WITH
A-CHLORO-P-XYLENE; THE FIRST 2 PRODUCTS WERE ALSO FORMED IN THE ABSENCE OF
THE BACTERIA. SIMILARLY, 0- AND M-METHYLBENZYL ALCOHOLS WERE GENERATED FROM
THE CORRESPONDING CHLORINATED XYLENES IN THE PRESENCE OR ABSENCE OF
PSEUDOMONAS SP. THE FORMATION OF M- AND P-CHLOROBENZOIC ACID FROM M- AND
P-CHLOROBENZYL CHLORIDE PROCEEDED ONLY IN THE PRESENCE OF THE CELLS, BUT
P-CHLOROBENZYL ALCOHOL WAS GENERATED FROM P-CHLOROBENZYL CHLORIDE EVEN IN
THE ABSENCE OF THE BACTERIUM. THESE RESULTS ARE DISCUSSED IN TERMS OF
POSSIBLE MECHANISMS OF DEHALOGENATION.
BACTERIAL DEHALOGENATION OF HALOGENATED ALKANES AND FATTY ACIDS.
78-08 57413
OMORI, T ALEXANDER, M.
APPL. ENVIRON. MICROBIOL., 35(5), 867-871 (1978) LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH
AFFILIATION- (LAB. SOIL MICROBIOL., DEP AGRON., CORNELL UNIV., ITHACA, NY
14853, USA) TYPE- JOURNAL ARTICLE: ORIG. RESEARCH NDN-
032-0005-8510-8
SEWAGE SAMPLES DEHALOGENATED 1,9-DICHLORONONANE, 1-CHLOROHEPTANE, AND
6-BROMOHEXANOATE, BUT AN ORGANISM ABLE TO USE 1,9-DICHLORONONANE AS THE SOLE
CARBON SOURCE COULD NOT BE ISOLATED FROM THESE SAMPLES. RESTING CELLS OF
PSEUDOMONAS SP GROWN ON N-UNDECANE, BUT NOT CELLS GROWN ON GLYCEROL,
DEHALOGENATED 1,9-DICHLORONONANE IN THE PRESENCE OF CHLORAMPHENICOL. RESTING
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CELLS OF 5 OTHER N-UNDECANE-UTILIZING BACTERIA CLEAVED THE HALOGEN FROM
DICHLORONONANE AND 6-BROMOHEXANOATE, AND 4 DEHALOGENATED 1-CHLOROHEPTANE;
HOWEVER, NONE OF THESE ORGANISMS USED 1,9-DICHLORONONANE FOR GROWTH. BY
CONTRAST, 4 BENZOATE-UTILIZING BACTERIA REMOVED BROMINE FROM
6-BROMOHEXANOATE BUT HAD LITTLE OR NO ACTIVITY ON THE CHLORINATED
HYDROCARBONS. INCUBATION OF SEWAGE WITH 1,9-DICHLORONONANE INCREASED ITS
SUBSEQUENT CAPACITY TO DEHALOGENATE 1,9-DICHLORONONANE AND 6-BROMOHEXANOATE
BUT NOT 1-CHLOROHEPTANE. A SOIL ISOLATE COULD DEHALOGENATE SEVERAL
DICHLOROALKANES, 3 HALOGENATED HEPTANES, AND HALOGEN-CONTAINING FATTY ACIDS.
AN ENZYME PREPARATION FROM THIS BACTERIUM RELEASED CHLORIDE FROM
1,9-DICHLORONONANE.
SITU DEGRADATION OF OIL IN A SOIL OF THE BOREAL REGION OF THE NORTHWEST
TERRITORIES. 78-08 57719
WESTLAKE, D. W. S. JOBSON, A. M. COOK, F D.
CAN. J. MICROBIOL., 24(3), 254-260 (1978) LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH, FRENCH
AFFILIATION- (DEP MICROBIOL., UNIV. ALBERTA, EDMONTON, ALTA., CANADA T6G
2E9) TYPE- JOURNAL ARTICLE: ORIG. RESEARCH NDN- 032-OOO5-8205-6
REPLICATE FIELD PLOTS COMPRISING A CONTROL; CONTROL PLUS OIL; CONTROL PLUS
OIL AND FERTILIZER (UREA PHOSPHATE, 27:27:0); CONTROL PLUS OIL AND BACTERIA;
AND CONTROL PLUS OIL, FERTILIZER, AND BACTERIA WERE ESTABLISHED AT NORMAL
WELLS, NWT, CANADA. PLOTS WERE MONITORED OVER A 3-YR PERIOD FOR CHANGES IN
MICROBIAL NUMBERS AND THE CHEMICAL COMPOSITION OF RECOVERED OIL. WHERE
FERTILIZER WAS APPLIED, THERE WAS A RAPID INCREASE IN BACTERIAL NUMBERS, BUT
NO INCREASE IN FUNGAL PROPAGULES. THIS WAS FOLLOWED BY A RAPID DISAPPEARANCE
OF N-ALKANES, ISOPRENOIDS, AND A CONTINUOUS LOSS IN WEIGHT OF SATURATE
COMPOUNDS IN RECOVERED OIL. CHANGES IN THE CONTENT OF ASPHALTENES,
AROMATICS, AND N-, S-, AND 0 2-CONTAINING FRACTIONS ALSO ARE DISCUSSED. THE
SEEDING OF OIL-SOAKED PLOTS WITH OIL-DEGRADING BACTERIA DID NOT HAVE ANY
EFFECT ON THE COMPOSITION OF RECOVERED OIL. FERTILIZED PLOTS SHOWED A MORE
RAPID RATE OF VEGETATION WITH COTTON GRASS AND LABRADOR TEA BEING THE
DOMINANT SPECIES IN REVEGETATION.
THE FATE OF OIL IN A MODEL ECOSYSTEM. 78-05 19527
HAGSTROM, A.
AMBIO, 6(4), 229-231 (1977) LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH AFFILIATION-
(NATL. ENVIRON. PROT. BOARD, BRACKISH WATER TOXICOL. LAB., STUDSVIK, S-611
01 NYKOPING, SWEDEN) TYPE- JOURNAL ARTICLE: ORIG. RESEARCH NDN-
032-0003-2262-2
THREE TYPES OF OILS (LIGHT FUEL OIL, MEDIUM FUEL OIL AND CRUDE OIL) WERE
STUDIED IN SIMULATED OIL SPILLS. A MODEL ECOSYSTEM REPRESENTING THE LITTORAL
ZONE OF THE BALTIC SEA, CONTAINED IN LARGE PLASTIC POOLS, WAS USED FOR THE
SIMULATIONS. CHANGES IN OIL COMPOSITION AND DISTRIBUTION WERE MONITORED FOR
54 DAYS. THE PRODUCTION OF BACTERIA, DUE TO THE ADDITIONAL CARBON SOURCE
PROVIDED BY THE OIL, WAS TAKEN AS A MEASURE OF THE MICROBIAL DEGRADATION OF
THE OIL. A THEORETICAL MODEL IS PRESENTED TO SUMMARIZE THE EVENTS LEADING TO
THE DISAPPEARANCE OF OIL AT SEA. BASED ON THIS MODEL, THE RATE OF
DEGRADATION AT SEA IS DISCUSSED.
MICROBIAL DEGRADATION OF MARINE LUBRICATING OIL. 78-05 20582
KING, R. MCKENZIE, P
TRANS. INST. MAR. ENG., SER. A, 89(2), 37-40 (1977) LANGUAGE(S)-
ENGLISH AFFILIATION- (ADDRESS NOT STATED). TYPE- JOURNAL ARTICLE:
ORIG. RESEARCH NDN- 032-OO03-1330-0
OVER THE PAST 2 YR, 10 VESSELS ON INTERCONTINENTAL ROUTES HAVE BEEN EXAMINED
AND FOUND TO HAVE SUFFERED VARYING DEGREES OF MICROBIOLOGICAL DETERIORATION
OF THE MAIN ENGINE LUBRICATING OIL. IN ONE CASE, THE EMULSIFICATION OF THE
OIL HAD CAUSED SEVERE CORROSION, NECESSITATING A CRANKSHAFT REGRIND. IN
SEVERAL CASES THE OIL WAS UNSUITABLE FOR FURTHER USE AND HAD TO BE
DISCARDED. THE PAPER BRIEFLY OUTLINES THE MECHANISM OF OIL DEGRADATION BY
MICROORGANISMS AND REPORTS PRACTICAL EXPERIENCE OF THE TYPES AND ORIGIN OF
ORGANISMS (I.E. BACTERIA (BACILLUS, PSEUDOMONAS, FLAVOBACTERIUM,
MYCOBACTERIUM, BACTERIUM, ENTEROBACTERIACEAE) AND FUNGI (ASPERGILLUS,
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PENICILLIUM, CLADOSPORIUM) ; IN PARTICULAR CIRCUMSTANCES THE
SULPHATE-REDUCING BACTERIA MAY BE INVOLVED) FOUND IN AFFECTED SHIPS AND THE
APPEARANCE OF THE OIL AND BEARING SURFACES SUFFERING THIS FORM OF ATTACK.
PRACTICAL RECOMMENDATIONS ARE GIVEN FOR IDENTIFICATION OF THE PROBLEM AT THE
EARLY STAGES AND TESTED METHODS USED TO ELIMINATE THE BACTERIAL INFECTION
ARE DISCUSSED.
FATE OF CYANIDE AND RELATED COMPOUNDS IN AEROBIC MICROBIAL SYSTEMS. I. CHEMICAL
REACTION WITH SUBSTRATE AND PHYSICAL REMOVAL. 78-05 21518
RAEF, S. CHARACKLIS, W. KESSICK, M. WARD, C.
WATER RES., 11(6), 477-483 (1977) LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH AFFILIATION-
(ENVIRON. SCI. AND ENG., RICE UNIV , HOUSTON, TX 77001, USA) TYPE-
JOURNAL ARTICLE: ORIG. RESEARCH NDN- 032-0003-0425-0
THE CHEMICAL REACTION OF CYANIDE WITH SUBSTRATE WAS INVESTIGATED IN SEALED
GLASS AMPOULES USING GLUCOSE AS SUBSTRATE AND INORGANIC BUFFERS. THE
REACTION WAS FOUND TO BE PSEUDO-FIRST ORDER AND PH DEPENDENT, WITH AN
OPTIMUM PH NEAR 11.0. THE CYANIDE-GLUCOSE REACTION PRODUCTS WERE FOUND TO BE
BIODEGRADABLE BY BOTH ACCLIMATED AND UNACCLIMATED HETEROGENEOUS CULTURES IN
SHAKE FLASK AND BOD BOTTLE SYSTEMS. ADSORPTION ONTO MICROBIAL SOLIDS WAS
INVESTIGATED USING SEALED, STIRRED GLASS REACTORS CONTAINING BACTERIA AND
POTASSUM CYANIDE IN WATER BUFFERED AT PH 7.0 WITH INORGANIC BUFFERS. VERY
LITTLE ADSORPTION OCCURRED ON A STARVED NON-FLOCCULATING PURE CULTURE OF
BACILLUS MEGATERIUM , ALTHOUGH UP TO 15% ADSORPTION OCCURRED IN SYSTEMS
CONTAINING A STIRRED FLOCCULENT HETEROGENEOUS CULTURE. STRIPPING WAS
INVESTIGATED FROM A STARVED HETEROGENEOUS CULTURE IN AN AERATED
MICROFERMENTER AT NEUTRAL PH. HYDROGEN CYANIDE AND CARBON DIOXIDE IN THE
OFF-GAS WERE TRAPPED IN SODIUM HYDROXIDE SOLUTION, SEPARATED AND ANALYZED.
STRIPPING REMOVED UP TO 80% OF ORIGINAL CYANIDE, AND TESTS USING K 1 4CN
REVEALED THAT A SMALL AMOUNT OF CYANIDE HAD BEEN METABOLIZED.
DEGRADATION OF CARBARYL BY SOIL MICROORGANISMS. 78-05 21652
RODRIGUEZ, L. DOROUGH, H.
ARCH. ENVIRON. CONTAM. TOXICOL., 6(1), 47-56 (1977) LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH
AFFILIATION- (DEP. ENTOMOL., UNIV. KENTUCKY, LEXINGTON, KY 4O506, USA)
TYPE- JOURNAL ARTICLE: ORIG. RESEARCH NDN- 032-0003-0293-2
FOUR DAYS AFTER (NAPHTHYL-1- 1 4C)CARBARYL WAS MIXED WITH SOIL FROM A FIELD
TREATED 6 MONTHS PREVIOUSLY WITH 4 LB/A OF THE SAME INSECTICIDE, ONLY 28% OF
THE RADIOCARBON REMAINED. APPROX 90% REMAINED IN SOILS WITH NO HISTORY OF
PESTICIDE APPLICATIONS. HOWEVER, DISSIPATION OF THE ( 1 4C)CARBARYL RESIDUES
FROM THE LATTER SOILS CONTINUED AT A STEADY RATE OVER A 120-DAY TEST PERIOD,
WHEREAS THERE WAS LITTLE DISSIPATION AFTER 4 DAYS FROM THE FORMER.
CONSEQUENTLY, THE TOTAL 1 4C-RESIDUE LEVELS WERE ABOUT THE SAME, 15-20% OF
APPLIED, WHEN THE LAST SAMPLES WERE TAKEN. CARBARYL, PER SE, WAS THE ONLY
APOLAR 1 4C-RESIDUE RECOVERED FROM THE SOIL AND ONLY SMALL QUANTITIES, < 2%
OF THE AMOUNT APPLIED, OF EXTRACTABLE POLAR METABOLITES WERE ENCOUNTERED.
ALMOST ALL OF THE TERMINAL RESIDUES WERE UNEXTRACTABLE FROM THE SOIL WITH
MIXTURES OF ACETONE AND WATER. MUCH OF THE LOSS OF 1 4C RESIDUES FROM THE
SOIL WAS ATTRIBUTED TO THE LIBERATION OF ( 1 4C)CARBON DIOXIDE AS A RESULT
OF MICROBIAL DEGRADATION OF THE NAPHTHALENE RING. SEVERAL FUNGAL AND
BACTERIAL ISOLATES DEGRADED CARBARYL IN THE SAME MANNER AS OBSERVED WITH
SOIL INCUBATIONS, BUT THE RATES OF DEGRADATION WERE MUCH SLOWER.
NEAR ULTRAVIOLET AND POSTIRRADIATION DNA DEGRADATION: EFFECTS ON THE INDUCIBLE
INHIBITOR OF IONIZING RADIATION-INDUCED DNA DEGRADATION. 78-04 13571
COETZEE, W. POLLARD, E.
PHOTOCHEM. PHOTOBIOL., 25(6), 513-517 (1977) LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH
AFFILIATION- (DEP MICROBIOL., INST. PATHOL., UNIV. PRETORIA, PRETORIA,
REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA) TYPE- JOURNAL ARTICLE: ORIG. RESEARCH
NDN- 032-0001-2101-3
POSSIBLE EFFECTS OF NEAR U.V. RADIATION ON DNA DEGRADATION WERE EXAMINED.
POSTIRRADIATION DNA DEGRADATION INDUCED BY IONIZING RADIATION IN STRAIN B S
1 (UVR -, LEX -) IS SHOWN TO BE INHIBITED BY CARBON MONOXIDE (CO) AND
POTASSIUM CYANIDE (KCN) IF THE CELLS ARE GROWN ON GLYCEROL. PRESUMABLY THE
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BLOCKAGE OF RESPIRATION BY THESE AGENTS LOWERS THE AMOUNT OF ATP IN THE
CELL. 50 KJ/M 2 NEAR U.V. DID NOT SIMULATE THE ACTION OF CO AND KCN,
INDICATING THAT AT THIS FLUENCE THE SUPPLY OF ATP REMAINS ADEQUATE FOR
POSTIRRADIATION DNA DEGRADATION. NEAR U.V. DID NOT, ITSELF, PRODUCE DNA
DEGRADATION. IN A STRAIN (B/R) IN WHICH AN INHIBITOR OF POSTIRRADIATION DNA
DEGRADATION CAN BE INDUCED BY BOTH U.V. AND IONIZING RADIATION, NEAR U.V
AFFECTS THE INHIBITOR FORMATION, WHETHER ADMINISTERED BEFORE OR AFTER
INDUCTION.
EFFECTS OF HEAVY METAL COMPOUNDS, INORGANIC SALTS, HYDROCARBON COMPOUNDS AND
ANTIBIOTICS IN METHANE FERMENTATION. 78-04 16187
SONODA,
SEIKO, Y
HAKKOKOGAKU KAISHI, 55(1), 22-29 (1977) LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH, JAPANESE
AFFILIATION- (FERMENT. RES. INST., INAGE, CHIBA, JAPAN) TYPE- JOURNAL
ARTICLE: ORIG. RESEARCH NDN- 032-0000-9807-2
IN AN EARLIER PAPER, THE BIODEGRADABILITY AND TOXICITY OF VARIOUS
CARBOHYDRATES AND ALCOHOLS UNDER ANAEROBIC DIGESTION WERE REPORTED. THE
EFFECTS OF HEAVY METAL COMPOUNDS, INORGANIC SALTS, HYDROCARBON COMPOUNDS AND
ANTIBIOTICS ON GAS PRODUCTION ARE NOW REPORTED. STUDIES WERE CARRIED OUT
THROUGH THERMOPHILIC DIGESTION (54DEG.C), WITH SEED CULTURES MADE UP USING
SYNTHETIC MEDIUM. (1) HEAVY METAL COMPOUNDS. EFFECTS OF CU-COMPOUNDS (CUSO
4.5H 20, CU 20, CUCL, CUS, ETC), CR-COMPOUNDS (K 2CR 20 7, CR(OH) 3, CR 20 3
ETC), NI-COMPOUNDS (NISO 4.7H 20, NICL 2.6H 20, NIS ETC) AND HG-COMPOUNDS
(HGCL 2, HGNO 3) WERE INVESTIGATED. THE PERMISSIBLE CONCENTRATIONS OF
TOXICITY WERE IN THE RANGE 200-400 P.P.M. FOR CU, 100-5OO P.P.M. FOR CR AND
40-120 P.P.M. FOR NI. (2) INORGANIC SALTS. THE PERMISSIBLE CONCENTRATIONS OF
NACL AND NH 4CL WERE 30 000 P.P.M. AND 10 000 P.P.M. RESPECTIVELY, BUT THOSE
OF NANO 2, NANO 3 AND KCN, WERE ONLY 100 P.P.M. (3) HYDROCARBON COMPOUNDS.
THE PERMISSIBLE CONCENTRATIONS WERE 500-10 000 P.P.M. FOR PHENOL, TOLUENE
AND CREOSOL, 50 P.P.M. IN ABS, 500 P.P.M. IN POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL
MIXTURE. (4) ANTIBIOTICS. THE ADDITION OF PENICILLIN, STREPTOMYCIN AND
KANAMYCIN AT A CONCENTRATION OF 5000 P.P.M. HAD NO EFFECT ON THE GAS
PRODUCTION.
ATE OF MICROBIAL TRANSFORMATION OF POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS: A
CHROMATOGRAPHIC QUANTIFICATION PROCEDURE. 78-03 03127
HERBES, S. SCHWALL, L. WILLIAMS, G.
APPL. ENVIRON. MICROBIOL., 34(2), 244-246 (1977) LANGUAGE(S)- ENGLISH
TYPE- JOURNAL ARTICLE: ORIG. RESEARCH NDN- 032-0000-4243-2
A CHROMATOGRAPHIC PROCEDURE WAS DEVELOPED FOR ISOLATING AND QUANTIFYING
MICROBIAL TRANSFORMATION PRODUCTS OF 1 4C-LABELED POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC
HYDROCARBONS. MICROORGANISMS WERE GROWN BY INOCULATION OF SOIL AND
WASTEWATER SAMPLES INTO AUTOCLAVED BASAL INORGANIC MEDIUM SATURATED WITH
NAPHTHALENE OR PHENANTHRENE. TRANSFORMATION RATES OF NAPHTHALENE,
ANTHRACENE, BENZ(A)ANTHRACENE AND BENZ(A)PYRENE BY A MIXED BACTERIAL
POPULATION WERE MEASURED. WITH THIS PROCEDURE, EXTREMELY SLOW OR INCOMPLETE
TRANSFORMATIONS MAY BE QUANTIFIED THAT WOULD NOT BE DETECTABLE BY PREVIOUSLY
USED TECHNIQUES.
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SUBJECT TERM INDEX
ACINETOBACTER
30 0773885
ACINETOBACTER CALCOACETICUS VA
36 0659701
ACTINOMYCETES
8 1492065
80 80-05 57234
ACTIVATED SLUDGE
70 80-09 03814
AEROMONAS
30 0773885
ALASKA UNIV., FAIRBANKS
26 0834190
ALCALIGENES
30 0773885
ALCALIGENES EUTROPHUS
94 79-O9 86580
ALICYCLIC RING
30 0773902
ALIPHATIC HYDROCARBONS
48 0313085
71 80-08 86329
ALKANE
1 13
78-08 57413
ALKANES
58 81-06 73658
AMERICAN SOCIETY OF
46 0335993
ANAEROBIC BACTERIA
6 1544530
25 0833877
26 0834190
ANAEROBIC CONDITIONS
1 1737340
ANAEROBIC ENVIRONMENTS
70 80-09 00088
ANAEROBIC PROCESS
34 0748024
ANALYTICAL TECHNIQUES
71 80-08 86329
ANE, FRANCE, BRITTANY, ILE GRA
62 81-02 00427
ANOXIC SEDIMENTS
36 0698259
ANTHRACENE
30 0773919
ANTIBACTERIAL AGENTS
70 8O-09 00088
78 80-06 70179
ANTIBIOTIC
116 78-04
16187
ANTIBIOTICS IN ANIMAL
48 O301335
ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS
78 8O-06 70179
ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY
78 80-06 70179
ANW, CANADA, NEWFOUNDLAND
4 1620059
ANW, GEORGES BANK
76 80-07 8O457
AQUATIC ANIMALS
23 O905013
AQUATIC BACTERIA
26 0834028
69 8O-09 1O949
70 8O-09 00088
AQUATIC COMMUNITIES
57 81-06 00769
AQUATIC ENVIRONMENTS
70 80-09 00088
113 78-08 55039
AQUATIC MICROORGANISMS
44 O378756
87 8O-01 19029
1O6 78-11 03823
AQUATIC MICRORGANISMS
5 1584512
AQUATIC ORGANISMS
5 1584512
10 1443823
23 0905013
28 0819078
32 0776293
AQUIFERS
1
1737340
ARCTIC OCEAN
112 78-09 65981
AROMATIC COMPOUNDS
14 1330897
S-1
-------
AROMATIC COMPOUNDS
25 0833877
30 0773919
AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS
5
18
23
25
25
26
44
77
1584512
1 1 15519
0905013
0829868
0833877
0834190
0378756
80-07 80461
AROMATIC HYDROCARBONSBACTERIA
1 1728702
AROMATIC HYDROCARBONSBACTERIAA
26 0833913
AROMATICS
69 80-09 10949
76 80-07 80459
77 80-07 80461
83 80-03 35713
88 80-01 21658
ARTHROBACTER
80 80-05 57234
103 79-01 01153
106 78-11 03823
ASFA08106X
91 79-10 02329
ASFA08201X
114 78-05
19527
ASFA082O2PSROUB6
112 78-09 65981
ASFA08202X
81 80-05
59347
ASFAO8206PSMACIE
87 80-01 19029
ASFA08206PSMAHAF
88 80-01 21658
ASFA08206X
89 80-01 21659
95 79-09 95002
96 79-07 70393
99 79-04 O1758
ASFAO8422X
107
78-11 81819
ASFA08461PSOUJES
89 80-01 21682
ASFA08482PSWARDD
113 78-08 55O39
ASFAO8485PSKINGR
114 78-05 20582
ASFA085O1PKO8007
91 79-10 02329
ASFA08501PSGUTNI
106 78-11 03823
ASFA08503PBWATKI
108 78-10 00157
ASFA08503PHHOROW
101 79-04 46851
ASFA08503PJ04DIV
99 79-04 01758
ASFAO8503PK08001
92 79-10 12889
ASFA08503PKO8003
93 79-10 12891
ASFA08503PSHAGSTR
114 78-05 19527
ASFA08503PSHERBE
111 78-09 62614
ASFA08503PSKAPPE
1O4 79-01 10582
ASFAO8503PSROUBA
89 80-01 21659
ASFA08503PSTSYBA
84 8O-03 37952
ASFA085O3X
88 80-01 21657
112 78-09 65981
ASFAO8504PK08002
93 79-10 12890
ASFA085O4PSBARTH
99 79-07 O7136
ASFA085O4PSBITTO
95 79-09 95002
ASFA08504PSCARDO
81 80-05 59347
ASFA08504PSGARNE
83 8O-03 35713
ASFA085O4PSNAIRS
107 78-11 81818
ASFA085O4PSZINDE
107 78-11 81819
ASFA085O4X
84 80-03 37952
88 80-01 21657
88 8O-01 21658
89 80-01 21682
93 79-10 12891
ASFA08505PSATLAS
102 79-04 49044
ASFA08505PSHAGLE
81 80-05 58100
S-2
-------
ASFA08505PSNAGAT
96 79-07 70393
ASFA08623PSKLASS
81 80-05 59335
ASFA08625X
81 80-05 59335
ASFA09363PSKINGR
114 78-05 20582
ASFA09441PK08007
91 79-10 02329
ASFA09441PSBARTH
99 79-07 07136
ASFA09442X
92 79-10 12889
ASFA09445PJ60005
91 79-11 01024
ASFA09445PK08001
92 79-10 12889
ASFA09445PK08003
93 79-10 12891
ASFA09445PSHAGSTR
114 78-05 19527
ASFA09445PSTSYBA
84 80-03 37952
ASPECTS
28 0819078
ASPERGILLUS
114 78-05 20582
ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS
111 78-10 00221
ASPERGILLUS VERSICOLOR
80 80-05 57234
ASSAYS
67 80-11 09813
71 80-08 86329
99 79-05 52873
ASSIMILATION
83 80-03 32876
85 80-01 05681
ASSOCIATION
10 1460582
81 80-05 59347
ASW, BRAZIL
81 80-05 58100
ASW, MEXICO GULF
89 80-01 21682
ASW, USA, TEXAS
89 80-01 21682
ATLANTIC
75 80-07 79922
ATLANTIC OCEAN
75 80-07 79922
89 80-01 21682
ATM
55 81-07 85029
ATI
ATU
42 0416695
AZOTOBACTER VINELANDII
1O6 78-12 08524
BACILLUS
114 78-O5 20582
BACILLUS CEREUS
97 79-O7 72405
BACILLUS COAGULANS
97 79-O7 72405
BACILLUS FIRMUS
97 79-07 72405
BACILLUS LENTUS
97 79-07 72405
BACILLUS LICHENIFORMIS
97 79-O7 72405
BACILLUS MACERANS
97 79-07 72405
BACILLUS MEGATERIUM
28 0819078
97 79-07 72405
BACILLUS POLYMYXA
97 79-07 72405
BACILLUS PUMILIS
97 79-07 72405
BACILLUS SPHAERICUS
97 79-07 72405
BACILLUS STEAROTHERMOPHILUS
97 79-07 72405
BACILLUS SUBTILIS
12 1432742
20 0968709
63 81-02 28112
97 79-07 72405
BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS
97 79-07 72405
BACTERIA
1 1736847
1 1737340
11 1448159
30 0773885
30 0773902
30 0773919
32 0776293
106 78-11 03823
S-3
-------
BACTERIA
34
35
39
53
65
69
70
76
78
79
81
86
89
91
94
94
96
99
100
103
105
1 1 1
1 12
0748024
0697862
0534668
81-10 O8747
80-12 00021
80-09 08285
80-09 O0088
80-07 80459
80-06 70179
80-05 51932
80-05 59347
80-01 15942
80-01 21660
79-11 01024
79-09 86580
79-09 86581
79-07 70393
79-05 52873
79-04 41895
79-01 01153
78-12 04604
78-09 62614
78-09 65981
BENOMYL
78 80-06 70179
BENZ<(A)>ANTHRACENE
116 78-03 03127
BENZ(A)ANTHRACENE
42 0409534
46 0409534
BENZENE
30
BENZENES
55
0773919
81-07 82552
BACTERIAL
60 81-04 54920
63 81-01 25280
BACTERIAL COUNTERS
101 79-04 47364
BACTERICIDES
78 80-06 70179
BACTERIOLOGY
89 80-01 21682
BACTERIOPLANKTON
60 81-O4 54920
75 80-07 79922
BACTERIUM
70 80-09 03814
114 78-O5 20582
BACTERIUM ALBUM
99 79-04 01758
BARROW
95 79-O9 87936
BASELINE STUDIES
58 81-05 00823
69 8O-09 04485
BASIDIOMYCETES
82 80-04 45954
BENZO(A)PYRENE
26 0833913
30 0773919
BENZOATES
26 0834028
BENZOIC ACID
90 80-01 23851
94 79-09 86580
BIO-CONVERSION
48 0313085
BIOACCUMULATION
23 0905013
BIOASSAYS
12
1432742
BIOCHEMICAL CHARACTERISTICS
3 1642824
BIOCHEMICAL CYCLE
107 78-11 81819
BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND
10 1443823
BIODEGRADATION
BAY
56
59
BEACH
75
76
76
77
78
81-07
81-05
82575
O0483
80-07 80451
80-07 80457
80-07 80459
80-07 80461
80-07 80477
1
1
1
5
5
6
6
8
10
12
13
15
16
18
18
18
19
20
21
23
25
25
26
26
1728702
1736847
1737340
1572510
1584512
1544530
1555327
1528391
1441458
1396927
1327770
1243340
1170856
1094340
1 1 14913
1115768
1041838
0968709
0953285
0905013
0829868
0833877
0833913
0834028
BEAUFORT SEA
44 0389119
S-4
-------
BIODEGRADATIDN
BIODEGRADATION
26
28
28
29
30
30
30
31
31
32
34
36
38
40
41
42
42
44
45
46
47
47
48
48
49
50
51
52
53
55
55
56
57
57
58
59
59
60
61
62
62
63
63
68
69
70
71
71
75
75
76
76
78
79
79
81
82
83
84
85
87
88
88
90
91
94
94
95
98
0834190
0819078
0838770
0773855
0773885
0773902
0773919
0776005
0776078
0776293
0706909
0698259
O629140
0484638
0461097
04O9534
0416695
0378756
0416695
0409534
0330768
0333445
0301335
0313085
0266482
0266450
0170906
0120927
81-10 08747
81-07 82552
81-07 85029
81-07 82575
81-06 00769
81-06 73961
81-05 00823
81-05 00483
81-05 58303
81-O4 54920
81-O3 01767
81-02 00427
81-03 01632
81-01 25280
81-01 26028
80-10 14094
80-09 08285
80-08 00395
80-08 81464
80-08 86329
80-07 79922
80-07 80451
80-07 80457
80-07 80459
80-07 80477
80-05 51932
80-06 00453
80-05 59347
80-04 45954
80-03 35713
80-03 37952
80-03 41423
80-01 19029
80-01 21657
80-01 21658
80-01 23881
79-11 01024
79-09 86580
79-09 86581
79-09 87936
79-07 76821
99
99
99
100
103
1O4
1O4
105
1O6
107
107
110
1 1 1
1 14
114
1 15
79-04
79-05
79-07
79-04
79-01
79-01
79-01
78-12
78-1 1
78-1 1
78-11
78-10
78-09
78-05
78-05
78-05
01758
52873
07136
41895
10581
10582
12485
03628
03823
81818
81819
00220
62614
19527
20582
21518
BIDDEGRADATIONALGAE
18 1115519
BIODEGRADATIONBACTERIAUSA, VIR
34 0718849
BIDDEGRADATIONFUNGI
33 0756992
BIODETERIORATION
41 O460134
61 81-04 51442
BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE
55 81-07 85029
BIOL. LAB., UNIV. KENT. CANTE
82 80-04 45954
91 79-11 01024
BIOLOGICAL SURVEYS
58 81-05 00823
BIOREACTORS
34 0748024
BIOSYNTHESIS
54 81-08 92259
58 81-06 73658
80 8O-05 51935
85 80-03 41423
BIOTECHNOL. DEP., MASSEY UNIV
78 80-O6 70179
BIOTECHNOLOGY
14 1258757
BIOTRANSFORMATION
71 8O-08 81464
BIOTROP, BOGOR (INDONESIA)
39
40
BIPHENYLS
2
BOD
10
22
BOMBAY
85
O473509
0474420
1741994
1443823
0930874
80-03 41423
S-5
-------
BOOK
3
8
1 1
14
18
18
21
23
25
26
26
26
28
28
29
30
30
30
30
31
31
32
32
32
33
34
34
38
38
49
49
50
1655572
1528057
1447219
1258757
1 1 14913
1 1 15519
0913567
0905013
0833877
0833913
0834028
0834190
0819078
0838770
0773855
0773885
0773902
0773919
0775878
0776078
0776125
0776203
0776223
0776293
0776349
0706909
0748024
0608822
06291 15
0266482
02665O4
0266450
BOOK REVIEW
108 78-10 00157
BOOKS
29
31
108
EOT DEP.
73
0773823
0776005
78-10 00157
, RIYAD UNIV. ,
80-08 00052
RIYAD
BOYCE THOMPSON INST , CORNELL
34 0718849
BRACKISH ENVIRONMENTS
55 81-07 85029
114 78-05 19527
BRACKISH WATER
101 79-04
47364
BRACKISHWATER POLLUTION
75 80-07 80451
BRAZIL
81
81
BREAKDOWN
41
80-05 58100
80-05 59347
0460134
BREVIBACTERIUM
103 79-01 01153
106 78-11 03823
BREVIBACTERIUM ERYTHROGENES
80 80-05 57234
BROMINATED HYDROCARBONS
26 O834028
BROMINATED HYDROCARBONSSACCOGL
12 1396927
CALIFORNIA UNIV., BERKELEV
42
45
CAMPHOR
30
CANADA
36
CANADA,
49
0416695
0416695
0773902
O698259
ALBERTA
0274804
CANADA, BRITISH COLUMBIA, SAAN
36
O698259
CANADA, NEWFOUNDLAND
CANADA,
1 14
CANDIDA
30
80
1620059
NORTHWEST TERRITORIES
78-08 57719
0773885
8O-05 57234
CANDIDA INTERMEDIA
85 80-03 41423
CANDIDA LIPOLYTICA
49 0266504
81 8O-05 58100
CANDIDA MALTOSA
49 0266504
CANDIDA PETROPHILUM
106 78-11 O3823
CANDIDA ROBUSTA
85 80-03 41423
CANDIDA SALMONICOLA
28 0842176
CANDIDA TROPICALIS
14 1258706
106 78-11 03823
CAPITELLA CAPITATA
83 80-03 35713
CARBON CYCLE
72 80-08 86751
CARBON DIOXIDE
20 0975847
54 81-08 92259
107 78-11 81819
CARBON ISOTOPES
55 ' 81-07
85029
CARBON SOURCES
3 1617806
S-6
-------
CARBON SOURCES
8 1528057
17 1125584
28 0842176
97 79-07 72405
CARBON 14
56 80-11 07627
CARBOXYLIC ACID
30 0773902
CATECHOL
90 80-01 23851
CATECHOK2,3->DIOXYGENASE
53 81-08 96630
CATTLE
40
0459711
CELL
115 78-05 21518
CELL CONSTITUENTSBACTERIA
47 O330768
CENTRAL SALT AND MAR. CHEM. R
60 81-04 54882
CES
24 0827628
53 81-10 08747
CHARACTERIZATION
56 81-07 82575
CHECK LISTS
81 80-05 59347
CHEMICAL COMPOSITION
114 78-08 57719
CHEMICAL POLLUTANTS
1O 1443823
79 80-06 OO453
111 78-09 62614
CHEMICAL POLLUTION
10 1443823
11 1448159
CHEMICAL POLLUTIONUSA, MINNESO
42 0409936
CHEMICALS
8 1528391
CHEMOSTATS
72 80-08 86460
CHESAPEAKE BAY
25 0829868
CHLORINATED AROMATIC COMPOUNDS
26 0834190
CHLORINATED HYDROCARBONS
2 1737644
20 0993585
CHLORINATED HYDROCARBONS
25 O833877
26 0834190
75 80-07 80451
CHLORINATED ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
25 0833877
CHLOROBENZOATES
60 81-05 02800
CHLOROPHENYLS
2 1741994
CHROMATOGRAPHY
53 81-1O 08747
116 78-03 03127
CHRYSENE
42 0409534
46 0409534
CINNAMIC ACID
90 8O-01 23851
CLADOSPORIUM
114 78-05 20582
CLADOSPORIUM RESINAE
56 81-07 78704
80 80-05 57234
CLE
47
0335678
CLEANING PROCESS
23 O873509
COAL
41
O461097
COASTAL ENVIRONMENTS
24 0827628
COASTAL WATERS
4
24
25
37
56
75
83
101
103
1O4
162O059
O827628
0833772
0652212
81-07
8O-07
80-03
79-04
79-02
79-01
82575
79922
35713
46851
25028
12485
COKE
56 81-06 76219
COLUMBIA
36 O698259
COLUMBIA NATL. FISH. RES. LAB
83 80-03 35713
COMM.
40 0474420
COMMISSION
34 0706909
S-7
-------
COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN
27
27
27
28
28
38
39
0838217
0838249
0838482
0819078
0838770
0608822
0534668
COMMUNITIES
25 0833877
58 81-05 00823
COMMUNITY COMPOSITION
4 1611772
15 1243340
64 81-01 21491
69 80-09 04485
89 80-01 21682
COMPOSTING
42 0409534
46 0409534
COMPOUNDS
10
30
30
30
60
94
94
95
1 13
1460582
0773885
0773902
0773919
81-05 0280O
79-09 86580
79-09 86581
79-09 O8199
78-08 57358
CONFERENCE
91 79-10 02329
CONFERENCES
66 80-11 00061
91 79-10 02329
CONTAMINATION
4 1611772
63 81-01 24598
CONTINENTAL SHELF
112 78-09 65981
CONTINUOUS CULTURE
38 O629140
CONTRIBUTION
17 1185896
CONTROL
106 78-11 03823
114 78-05 20582
CONTROLLED CONDITIONS
14 1258706
CONVERSION
48 0313O85
82 8O-05 00317
COOK INLET
89 80-01 21659
COPENHAGEN HEPATITIS ACUTA
52 0111595
CORROSION
114 78-05
20582
CORROSION GROUP, CITEFA, ZUFR
61 81-04 51442
CORYNEBACTERIUM
80 80-05 57234
106 78-11 03823
CORYNEFORMS
63 81-01 26028
80 80-05 57234
95 79-09 08137
COUNTING METHODS
99 79-05 58025
101 79-04 47364
CRO
67
80-11 09813
CRUDE
105
CRUDE OIL
16
105
78-12 03628
1164357
78-12 03628
CRUDE OILBACTERIA
38 0629140
CRUISES
57
81-06 00769
CRYPTOCOCCUS
30
CULTURE
51
54
59
74
CULTURES
27
0773885
0129635
81-08 90340
81-05 58303
80-07 73736
0838482
CULTURESBACTERIA
18 1115768
CUMENE HYDROPEROXIDE
8 1492065
CUNNINGHAMELLA
104 79-01
138O9
CUNNINGHAMELLA BLAKESLEEANA
80 80-05 57234
CUNNINGHAMELLA ELEGANS
42 0416695
45 0416695
68 80-10 14094
70 80-08 00395
78 80-07 80477
84 80-03 41186
CURING SALTS
78 80-06 70179
CUTTING
1 1 1
78-10 00221
S-8
-------
CYANIDE HYDRATASE
52 0111595
CYANIDES
82 80-04 45954
CYANOGENESIS
29 0803021
CYCLOHEXANE
88 80-01 21657
CYCLOHEXANOL
58 81-06 73658
CYCLOPENTANECARBOXYLIC ACID
63 81-01 26028
CYTOCHROME P450
8 1492065
DEBARYOMYCES
30 0773885
DEEP SEA
75 80-07 79922
DEGRADATION
DEGRADATION
7
9
29
39
51
53
54
54
54
56
56
56
57
58
60
60
62
63
63
64
67
67
68
69
71
73
74
75
80
80
81
81
82
84
84
85
87
87
89
89
89
90
1514931
1451697
08O302
1
0534668
0170906
81-O8
81-08
81-08
81-08
81-O6
81-07
81-07
81-O6
81-06
81-04
81-05
81-02
81-01
81-02
81-O1
80-1 1
80-1 1
80-10
80-O9
80-08
80-08
80-07
80-07
80-O5
80-05
80-O5
80-05
80-05
80-03
80-03
80-01
80-01
80-01
80-01
80-01
80-01
80-01
96630
87124
90340
92259
76219
78704
82575
73961
73658
54882
02800
36671
24598
281 12
21491
09580
09813
14094
08285
86329
00052
73736
79922
51935
57234
581OO
59347
00317
39732
41 186
05681
19029
21378
21659
21660
21682
23851
90
91
91
91
92
92
93
94
94
95
95
98
99
100
101
102
103
103
103
104
104
105
106
109
111
1 1 1
1 12
1 12
1 13
1 13
1 15
1 16
80-01
79-10
79-10
8O-01
79-10
79-10
79-10
79-O9
79-09
79-O9
79-09
79-07
79-05
79-04
79-04
79-O4
79-O1
79-01
79-02
79-01
79-01
78-12
78-1 1
78-10
78-09
78-10
78-08
78-09
78-08
78-08
78-O5
78-03
25902
02329
03603
O0506
03609
1 1489
12890
86580
86581
08137
08199
72433
58025
46850
47364
49044
01 153
01295
25028
12485
13809
04604
03823
00218
62614
O0221
00629
65981
57358
57413
21518
03127
DEGRADATION (ANAEROBIC)
53 81-10 05853
DEGRADATIVE
4 1611772
DEGRADING
99 79-05 58025
112 78-O9 65981
DEH
101
79-04 48868
DENITRIFYING BACTERIA
25 0833877
93 79-10 12895
DEP AGRON., UNIV. IBADAN, IB
90 80-01 23881
1O5 78-12 03628
DEP APPL. BIOCHEM., TECH. UN
72 8O-O8 86460
DEP. APPL. CHEM., OKAYAMA UNI
80 80-O5 51935
DEP APPL. MICROBIOL. AND BIO
55 81-07 82552
DEP BACTERIOL. AND BIOCHEM.
60 81-O4 57482
DEP. BACTERIOL., UNIV. CALIFO
99 79-05 52873
.DEP BIOCHEM. AND MICROBIOL.
78 8O-07 8O475
S-9
-------
DEP. BIOCHEM. AND MICROBIOL.
85 80-01 05976
99 79-07 07136
DEP. BIOCHEM., CONNECTICUT AG
101 79-04 48868
DEP. BIOCHEM., UNIV. COLL. WA
109 78-10 00217
DEP. BIOCHEM., UNIV. HULL, HU
108 78-10 00215
DEP. BIOCHEM., UNIVERSITY COL
60 81-05 02800
DEP BIOL. SCI., UNIV. CINCIN
92 79-10 12889
DEP BIOL., LOUISVILLE UNIV.
66 80-11 07627
69 80-09 04485
DEP BIOL., UNIV. LOUISVILLE
61 81-03 01767
62 81-03 01632
89 80-01 21659
89 80-01 21660
93 79-10 12891
100 79-04 46850
101 79-04 46851
102 79-O4 49044
112 78-09 65981
DEP BIOL., VIRGINIA POLYTECH
95 79-09 87936
DEP. BIOMED. AND ENVIRON. HEA
1O6 78-12 05189
DEP. CHEM. ENG., UNIV. BIRMIN
67 80-11 00048
DEP. CHEM. ENG., UNIV. MISSOU
85 80-02 30273
DEP CHEM., UNIV. COLORADO, B
80 80-05 57234
DEP CIVIL ENG., STANFORD UNI
77 80-07 80461
DEP. DAIRY SCI., UNIV. ILLINO
56 81-06 76320
58 81-06 72559
86 80-01 15941
DEP. EARTH AND SPACE SCI., UC
107 78-11 81819
DEP. ENTOMOL., UNIV. KENTUCKY
115 78-05 21652
DEP ENVIRON. ENG. SCI., UNIV
95 79-09 95002
DEP ENVIRON. SCI., UNIV MAS
70 80-09 00088
DEP. LIFE SCI., TRENT POLYTEC
58 81-06 73658
DEP. MECH. AND PROD. ENG., PO
87 80-01 15944
DEP MICROBIOL., GEORGE S. WI
63 81-02 28112
83 80-03 35981
98 79-07 72433
106 78-11 03823
DEP MICROBIOL., MONTANA STAT
113 78-08 55039
DEP. MICROBIOL., NORTH CAROLI
105 78-12 04604
DEP MICROBIOL., TEXAS UNIV.
78 80-07 80477
DEP. MICROBIOL., UNIV. ALBERT
53 81-10 08747
114 78-08 57719
DEP. MICROBIOL., UNIV. COLL.
111 78-10 00221
DEP. MICROBIOL., UNIV. GEORGI
74 8O-07 73736
DEP MICROBIOL., UNIV. MARYLA
57 81-06 73961
101 79-04 47364
DEP. MICROBIOL., UNIV. TENNES
69 80-09 10949
102 79-04 48986
DEP MICROBIOL., UNIV. TEXAS
53 81-08 96630
68 8O-10 14094
70 80-08 00395
84 80-03 41186
88 80-01 21658
104 79-01 13809
DEP. ORG. CHEM., INDIAN INST
112 78-09 62618
DEP PLANT PATHOL., UNIV RHO
88 80-01 21657
DEPENDENT
9 1460453
DEPOSIT
49 0274804
DEPOSITS
22 0933142
DERIVATIVES
94 79-09 86580
94 79-09 86581
103 79-01 01153
DESULFOVIBRIO DESULFURICANS
36 O698259
56 81-06 76320
58 81-06 72559
DESULFOVIBRIO VULGARIS
56 81-06 76320
S-10
-------
DESULFOVIBRIO VULGARIS
58 81-06 72559
DETECTION
13
DETRITUS
1 1
1375624
1444421
DIBENZOTHIOPHENES
39 0533274
DIGESTERS (ANAEROBIC)
97 79-07 70950
DIGESTION
27 0838482
34 0748024
DIGESTION (AEROBIC)
61 81-04 53559
DIGESTION (ANAEROBIC)
34
38
61
64
65
68
70
72
72
73
74
74
75
81
82
85
86
86
87
87
0748024
06291
81-03
81-01
80-12
80-1 1
80-09
80-08
80-08
80-07
80-07
80-07
80-07
80-05
80-04
80-02
8O-01
80-01
80-01
80-01
15
46822
21881
00081
00183
00088
86460
86496
01307
74481
77902
78054
59335
44303
30273
15941
15942
15943
15944
DIGESTORS
97 79-07
70950
DIMETHYL SULPHIDE
107 78-11 81819
DIV. BIOL. SCI., NATL. RES. C
54 81-08 90340
DIV. ENVIRON. AND NUTR. SCI.
74 80-07 77902
DIV. HUM. NUTR., DIETETICS AN
91 79-10 03603
DODECANOIC ACID
56 81-07
78704
DONA PAULA BAY
56 81-07 82575
DOW CHEMICAL COMPANY
35
36
DROPLETS
79
DUNG
40
DYES
0697862
0698259
80-06 03229
O459711
1460453
ECOLOGICAL
91 79-1O 02329
ECOSYST. CENT , MAR. BIOL.
93 79-1O 12890
LA
ECOSYSTEM DYNAMICSDESULFOVIBRI
36 0698259
ECOSYSTEM MODELS
23 0873509
114 78-05 19527
ECOSYSTEMS
5
23
32
41
88
1 13
1 14
1584512
0873509
0776223
O459739
80-01 21657
78-08 55039
78-05 19527
DIOXIDE
39
DIOXINS
28
0473509
0819078
ECT
60
EDS.
57
81-04 57482
81-06 00769
DISCHARGE
56 81-06 76219
DISINFECTION
106 78-12 05189
DISPERSANTS
38 0608822
39 0533274
DISPOSAL
106 78-12
05189
DISTILLERIES
72 80-08 86496
EFFECT OF
115 78-04 13571
116 78-04 16187
EFFECT ON
105 78-12 03628
115 78-04 13571
116 78-04 16187
EFFECTS ON
17 1161120
17 1185896
33 0785719
38 0608822
S-11
-------
EFFECTS
39
55
67
70
85
89
92
93
93
93
94
94
95
97
99
99
100
100
105
1 14
ON
0533274
81-07
80-1 1
80-09
8O-01
80-01
79-10
79-10
79-10
79-10
79-09
79-09
79-09
79-07
79-04
79-07
79-04
79-04
78-12
78-08
85614
00048
00088
05976
21682
03609
12890
12891
12895
86580
86581
95002
72405
01758
07136
41895
46850
03628
57719
EFFICIENCY
52 0112082
EFFLUENTS
33 0785719
106 78-12 05189
EGYPT, ARAB REP., SUEZ CANAL
37 0629065
EICHHORNIA CRASSIPES
74 8O-07 74481
EMP
81
80-05 58100
EMULSIFICATION
89 80-01 21660
EMULSIFIERS
98 79-07 72433
EMULSIONS
41 0460134
ENDOMYCES
30 0773885
ENDDMYCOPSIS CAPSULARIS
85 80-03 41423
ENE
87
ENERGY
60
80-01 15944
81-04 54882
ENTEROBACTER AEROGENES
91 79-10 03603
ENTEROBACTERIACEAE
63 81-02 28112
73 80-O8 88059
114 78-05 20582
ENUMERATION
24 0879951
ENVIRON. ENG. AND SCI., DEP
90 80-01 23851
ENVIRON. SCI. AND ENG., RICE
115 78-05 21518
ENVIRON. SCI. DIV., OAK RIDGE
56 81-06 76219
76 80-07 80459
111 78-09 62614
ENVIRONMENT
57 81-O6 73961
76 80-07 80457
110 78-10 00220
ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS
77 80-07 80461
99 79-07 07136
ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS
85 80-01 05976
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
32 0776293
70 80-09 O0088
ENVIRONMENTS
33
44
60
69
75
76
77
77
78
99
0756992
0378756
81-05 02800
80-09
80-07
80-O7
80-07
80-07
80-07
79-05
10949
80451
80459
80461
80465
80477
58025
ENZYMES
101 79-04 48868
EPT
23 0871662
ERM
107 78-11 81819
ENERGY RESOURCES
60 81-04 54882
ERO
91 79-10 02329
ENERGY RESOURCES COMPANY, INC
76 80-07 80457
ENRICHMENTS
88 8O-01 21658
ENTEROBACTER AEROGENES
63 81-02 28112
ES
63
81-02 28112
ESCHERICHIA COLI
63 81-O2 28112
91 79-10 03603
106 78-12 08524
115 78-04 13571
S-12
-------
ESE
75
80-07 78054
ESTUARIES
1
5
1 1
34
36
62
75
81
101
ETHANE
40
ETHANOL
65
1728702
1584512
1448159
0718849
0698259
81-02 36671
80-07 80451
80-05 58100
79-04 47364
0459711
80- 1 2 O002 1
EUPENICILLIUM
80 8O-05 57234
EVALUATION
72 8O-08 86751
EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH
71 80-08 81464
FAC. ENG., KANSAI UNIV
63 81-01 26028
YAMA
FAC. SCI
59
FATE
20
31
52
62
, OSAKA CITY UNIV
81-05 68455
0993585
0776125
0120927
81-02 36671
FATTY ACID
113 78-08 57413
FATTY ACIDS
7
19
53
74
FECES
40
1514931
1041838
81-1O 05853
80-07 74481
0459711
FERMENT. RES. INST., AGENCY I
94
79-09 01292
FERMENT. RES. INST., IMAGE, C
116 78-04 16187
FERMENT TECHNOL. DISC.
59 81-05 58303
FERMENTATION
40 0459711
65 SO-12 00021
116 78-04 16187
FERTILIZERS
1OO 79-04 41895
CENT
FERULIC ACID
90 80-01
FILAMENTOUS MICROORGANISMS
9 1451697
FILTRATION
67 80-11
09813
FISH SPOILAGE
43 0421548
FLAVOBACTERIUM
1 1736847
30 0773919
80 80-05 57234
114 78-05 20582
FLAVOBACTERIUM DEVORANS
69 80-09 08285
FLAVOBACTERIUMBACTERIAPELAGIC
15 1243340
FLUOROMETRY
97 79-07
70950
FONDAZIDNE INIZIATIVE
30 0775878
FORMATION
82 80-O4 44303
FRACTIONS
40 0474420
54 81-08 90333
FRANCE, BRITTANY
52 0112082
FRANCE, BRITTANY COAST
34 0706909
FRANCE, BRITTANY WESTINVERTEBR
52 0120927
FREEZING
92
79-10 03609
FRESHWATER
73 80-08 00052
92 79-10 12889
FRESHWATER BACTERIA
92 79-10 12889
93 79-10 12890
FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEMS
32 0776223
FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENTS
5
1 1
41
88
1 1 1
1584512
1448159
0459739
80-01 21657
78-09 62614
FRESHWATER MICROORGANISMS
32
32
88
89
93
0776223
0776293
80-01 21657
80-01 21660
79-10 12891
23851
S-13
-------
FRESHWATER ORGANISMS
32 0776223
FRESHWATER POLLUTION
25
26
32
32
33
73
92
93
93
0833877
0834190
0776223
0776293
0785719
80-08 88059
79-10 12889
79-10 12890
79-10 12891
FRESHWATER POLLUTIONBACTERIA
26 0834028
FRESHWATER SEDIMENT
107 78-11 81819
FUEL
1 1 1
78-10 00221
FUEL TANKS
56 81-07 78704
61 81-O4 51442
63 81-01 24598
FUELS
4
5
9
23
61
87
1 14
FUNGI
29
30
32
43
61
73
78
84
1 1 1
FUNGI
56
63
FUNGUS
47
82
107
161 1772
1572510
1451697
0871662
81-O4 51442
80-01 21378
78-05 20582
0773855
0773919
O776293
0430340
81-04 51442
8O-O8 O0052
80-06 70179
80-03 41186
78-10 O0221
IMPERFECTI
81-07 78704
81-01 24598
0333445
80-04 45954
78-11 81818
GAS
40 0459711
73 8O-07 01307
GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY
27
0838217
GASES
30
60
64
GASPLANT
61
0775878
81-04 54882
81-01 19839
81-04 53559
GEN. ELEC. RES. AND DEV. CENT
106 78-12 08524
GENES
20
0968709
GENETIC ANALYSIS
31 0776078
GENETIC ENGINEERING
14 1258757
GEOCHEMICAL CYCLE
107 78-11 81819
GEOCHEMISTRY
55 81-07 85029
GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION
81 80-05 58100
103 79-02 25028
GLA
15
1259641
GOA
56
59
81-07
81-05
82575
00483
GRADE
71 80-08 86329
GREAT SALT
113 78-08 55039
GROUND WATER
2 1737644
6 1544530
8 1528391
13 1375624
20 0993585
42 0409936
46 0409936
GROUNDWATER
8 1528391
GROUNDWATER POLLUTION
8 1528391
42 0409936
46 0409936
GROUPE DE TRAVAIL SCI. DE
48 0323947
GROUPING
102
GROWTH
75
81
1O6
109
109
110
110
1 13
79-04
80-07
80-05
78-1 1
78-10
78-10
78-10
78-10
78-08
48986
79922
58100
03823
00216
00218
00219
00220
57358
GROWTH RATE
10 1460582
S-14
-------
GROWTH RATE
49 0266504
GUNPOWDER RIVER
21 0953285
HOLOCENE EPOCH
55 81-07
85029
HONG KONG CHEST SERV./TB RES.
51 0192766
HABITATS
26
HUI
0834190
18
1094340
HALOGENATED
113 78-08 57358
HALOGENATED AROMATIC HYDROCARB
94 79-09 86580
94 79-O9 86581
HALOGENATED HYDROCARBONS
7 1514931
HALOGENS
94 79-09 86581
HALOPHILIC BACTERIA
2 1684164
78 80-06 70179
HARBOURS
103 79-02 25028
HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
36 0679050
HE
52
0112082
HEAVY METAL
116 78-04 16187
HERBICIDES
60 81-O5 02800
HETEROTROPHIC BACTERIA
4 1620059
11 1448159
89 80-01 21682
91 79-10 03603
92 79-10 12889
99 79-04 01758
104 79-O1 12485
HETEROTROPHIC MICROORGANISMS
50 0247034
96 79-08 82431
99 79-05 58025
HETEROTROPHIC ORGANISMS
4 1620059
50 0247034
HETEROTROPHY
95 79-09 08199
HEXADECANE
48 0301335
101 79-04 48868
HIC
51
HOL
52
0192766
01 1 1595
HUQIAO PEOPLE'S COMMUNE
33 0785719
HYDROCARBON
105
107
1O8
11 1
1 14
1 14
1 14
1 16
78-12
78-1 1
78-10
78-10
78-05
78-05
78-08
78-03
04604
81818
00215
00221
19527
20582
57719
03127
HYDROCARBON COMPOUND
116 78-04 16187
HYDROCARBON DEGRADING BACTERIA
80 8O-05 57234
HYDROCARBON-DEGRADING BACTERIA
3
3
4
4
5
7
7
7
8
9
1 1
12
13
13
14
15
17
17
18
20
22
23
23
24
24
25
31
31
33
34
35
36
39
39
41
47
48
54
56
60
67
1617806
1642824
1611772
1620O59
1572510
1514767
1514931
1515010
1492O65
1489291
1448159
1448459
1373775
1375624
1329150
1243340
1125584
1185896
1115768
0968836
0933142
O871662
0873509
0827628
0885836
0833772
0776078
0776125
0776349
0718849
0681223
0659701
0533274
0534668
0459739
0335678
0323947
81-08 92259
81-07 82575
81-04 54920
80-11 09813
S-15
-------
HYDROCARBON-DEGRADING BACTERIA
74
75
80
81
83
83
84
85
88
89
89
89
90
92
92
93
93
94
95
96
100
101
101
102
103
104
80-07
80-07
80-O5
80-05
80-03
80-O3
80-03
80-03
80-01
80-01
80-O1
80-01
80-01
79-10
79-10
79-10
79-10
79-09
79-O9
79-08
79-04
79-04
79-O4
79-04
79-02
79-O1
73736
79922
51935
59347
32876
35981
37952
41423
21658
21659
21660
21682
25902
03609
12889
12891
12895
01292
95002
82431
46850
46851
47364
48986
25028
12485
HYDROCARBONS
HYDROCARBON-DEGRADING MICROORG
75 80-07 79922
HYDROCARBONS
2
5
5
8
9
12
14
14
15
16
17
20
22
23
28
29
30
3O
31
31
33
33
39
40
42
45
47
49
50
51
53
53
53
54
54
54
56
56
1684164
1572346
1572510
1528057
1451697
1448459
1258706
1329150
1243340
1 193626
1 125584
0968836
0933142
0873509
O842176
0773823
0773885
0773902
0776078
0776125
0776349
0785719
0534668
0484638
O4 16695
0416695
0330768
02665O4
0247034
0192766
81-08 96630
81-10 05853
81-10 08747
81-08 90333
81-08 90340
81-08 92259
81-O6 76320
81-07 82575
57
58
58
58
59
59
60
60
60
61
61
61
62
63
63
64
64
64
65
65
65
66
66
67
67
67
68
68
69
69
70
70
71
71
72
72
72
73
74
74
74
75
75
76
79
79
80
80
81
81
81
82
82
83
84
85
86
86
86
87
87
87
89
90
90
91
91
92
92
81-06
81-05
81-06
81-06
81-05
81-05
81-04
81-04
81-05
81-03
81-04
81-O4
81-02
81-01
81-01
81-01
81-01
81-01
8O-1 1
80-12
80-12
80-1 1
8O-1 1
80-1 1
80-1 1
8O-1 1
80-10
80-1 1
8O-09
80-09
80-09
8O-O9
8O-O8
8O-08
80-08
80-O8
80-08
80-07
80-07
8O-07
80-07
80-07
8O-07
8O-07
80-05
8O-06
80-05
80-O5
80-05
80-05
80-O5
80-04
80-05
80-03
80-03
8O-02
80-01
8O-01
8O-01
80-01
80-01
80-01
8O-01
80-01
80-01
79-10
80-01
79-10
79-10
01 169
00823
72559
73658
00483
68455
54882
57482
02800
46822
51442
53559
36671
24598
26028
19839
21491
21881
O0074
00021
00081
00061
07627
OO045
00048
09813
16632
00183
08285
10949
00088
03814
86051
86329
86460
86496
86751
01307
73736
74481
77902
78O54
79922
80457
51932
03229
51935
56759
58100
59335
59347
44303
00317
35981
39732
30273
O7483
15941
15942
15943
15944
21378
21682
23851
23881
02329
00506
03609
1 1489
S-16
-------
HYDROCARBONS
ICR
92
93
94
94
94
95
95
97
97
98
98
99
99
1OO
1OO
100
103
103
104
104
105
107
1 12
1 13
1 14
116
79-10
79-10
79-09
79-09
79-09
79-09
79-09
79-07
79-07
79-07
79-07
79-05
79-05
79-04
79-04
79-04
79-01
79-02
79-01
79-01
78-12
78-1 1
78-08
78-08
78-05
78-03
12889
12895
01292
86580
86581
08137
08199
7O950
72405
72433
76821
52873
58025
04264
41895
46850
10581
25028
10582
12485
03628
81819
OO629
57358
20582
03127
HYDROCARBONS (AROMATIC POLYCYC
83 80-03 35713
HYDROCARBONS (AROMATIC)
91 79-10 03603
96 79-07 70393
HYDROCARBONS.
14 1329150
HYDROCARBONSFLAVOBACTERIUM
48 0301335
HYDROGEN PEROXIDE
9 1460453
HYDROGEN SULPHIDE
64 81-01 19839
HYDROPHOBICITY
63 81-02 28112
HYDROXYNAPHTHALENE-2-SULFONATE
10 1441458
HYL
23
IAT
67
IBO
16
ICA
102
ICE
39
ICPEMC
36
0905013
80-11 OO048
1164357
79-04 49044
0473509
0679050
68
89
80-10
80-01
14094
21659
IDENTIFICATION
28
102
IFI
36
II
IL
104
106
0838770
79-04 48986
0659701
79-01 12485
78-12 05189
IMMOBILIZATION
64 81-O1
21881
IMMOBILIZED CELLS
64 81-01 21881
97 79-07 72406
INA
105
78-12 01411
INCIDENCE
24
INDIA
56
85
0885836
81-07 82575
80-03 41423
INDIAN OCEAN
13 1373775
INDUSTRIAL
56 81-06 76219
82 80-O5 00317
INDUSTRIAL CHEMICALS
100 79-04 04264
INDUSTRIAL EFFLUENTS
15 1259641
24 0875272
37 0629065
37 0652212
38 0629115
INDUSTRIAL POLLUTANTS
10 1443823
INDUSTRIAL POLLUTION
10 1443823
60 81-05 02800
81 80-05 59347
INDUSTRIAL WASTES
9 1489291
33 0785719
INE
1 16
78-04 16187
INE, ALASKA GULF
69 80-09 04485
INE, COOK INLET
69 80-09 04485
S-17
-------
INE, USA, ALASKA, COOK INLET
89 80-01 21659
INE, USA, LASKA
112 78-09 65981
INHIBITORS
12 1396927
INLAND WATER ENVIRONMENT
32 0776223
41 0459739
INO
1O3 79-01 01295
INOCULATION
22 0930973
23 0873509
INORGANIC ACIDS
10 1441458
INORGANIC SALT
116 78-04 16187
INSECTICIDE
115 78-05 21652
INSECTICIDES
13 1327770
97 79-07 71708
INST. BIOL. SOUTH SEAS, 2 NAK
99 79-04 01758
INST. BIOL. YUZHN. MOREJ AN U
65 8O-12 12318
INST. ENVIRON. PROT. ENG., WR
69 80-09 08285
INST. ESP OCEANOGR., ALCALA
60 81-04 54920
INST. ESPANOL OCEANOGR., ALAC
63 81-01 25280
INST. GAS TECHNOL., CHICAGO
81 80-05 59335
INST. GAS TECHNOL., 3424 SOUT
71 8O-08 86051
INST. MICROBIOL. AND VIROL.
83 80-03 32876
85 80-01 05681
INST. MICROBIOL., ACAD. SCI.
54 81-08 92259
INST. MICROBIOL., CENT. CIENC
81 80-05 5810O
INST. MIKROBIOL. UNIV. GOTTIN
94 79-09 86581
INST. MIKROBIOL., UNIV. GOTTI
94 79-09 8658O
INST. MIKROBIOL., UNIV. MUNST
97 79-07 72405
INST. THALLOPHYTES, OSTER FAR
84 80-03 39732
INST. WATER RESOUR., UNIV. AL
93 79-10 12895
INSTITUTE OF PETROLEUM, LONDON
90 80-01 23881
INT
107 78-11 91976
INT. COMM. PROT. AGAINST
43 0430340
45 0430340
INT COMM. PROT. ENVIRON.
41 0460134
41 0461097
INTERACTIONS
36 O698259
INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY ON
48 0313085
INW
13
1373775
INW, JAPAN
104 79-01 12485
ION
76 80-07 80459
102 79-04 50161
IRL010O1P51
82 80-05 00317
IRL01001X
3 1617806
IRL01002X
17 1125584
39 0534668
IRL01005P2
95 79-09 08199
IRL01005X
65 80-12 00021
72 80-O8 86460
IRL01007X
101 79-04 48868
IRL010O8P3AND3A
103 79-O1 01153
IRL01008P3AND3M
1O3 79-01 01295
IRL01013P2BENZP
80 80-05 51935
IRL01014P3RIBO
85 80-03 41423
IRL01014P4EMULA
98 79-07 72433
S-18
-------
IRL01014P5METH
81 80-05
59335
IRL01016P2CAR2P
67 80-11
09580
IRL01014X
53
54
55
57
59
60
60
61
61
64
64
65
65
68
68
70
70
71
73
74
74
75
80
82
82
85
86
86
86
87
87
90
97
1 16
IRL01015X
65
IRL01016P
1
1
2
2
2
21
51
81-10 05853
81-08 87124
81-07 85029
81-06 01169
81-05 68455
81-04 54882
81-04 57482
81-03 46822
81-04 53559
81-01 19839
81-01 21881
80-12 00021
80-12 O0081
80-10 16632
80-11 00183
80-09 00088
80-09 03814
80-08 86051
80-07 01307
80-07 74481
80-07 77902
80-07 78054
80-05 56759
80-04 44303
80-05 00317
80-02 30273
80-01 07483
80-01 15941
80-01 15942
80-01 15943
80-01 15944
80-01 23851
79-07 70950
78-04 16187
80-12 00021
1736847
1737340
1684164
1737644
1741994
0953285
0170906
IRL01016P1
60 81-05 02800
IRLO1016P1AAA1
100 79-04 O4264
IRL01016P1HAL2
94 79-09 86580
94 79-09 86581
IRL01016P2AIR2C
56 8-1-07 78704
IRL01016P2ALU1
61 81-04 51442
IRL01016P2CYA1
115 78-05 21518
IRL01016P2CYC2C
63 81-01 26028
IRL01016P2GER2P
112 78-09 62618
IRL01016P2HYD1
67 80-11 00045
IRL01016P2LAC2M
56 81-06 76320
58 81-O6 72559
IRL01016P2LIG2
90 80-01 23851
IRL01016P2NAT2P
54 81-08 87124
IRL01016P20CT2A
69 80-09 O8285
IRL01016P20IL1
92 79-10 12889
IRL01016P2PHE1
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55 81-07 85614
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78 80-06 70179
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81 80-05 58100
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100 79-O4 41895
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60 81-04 54882
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64 81-01 21491
66 80-11 07570
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89 8O-01 21682
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75 80-07 79922
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72 80-08 86751
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92 79-10 12889
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104 79-01 12485
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97 79-07 71708
115 78-05 21652
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84 80-03 39732
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99 79-07 07136
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104 79-01
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21
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77 80-07 80465
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64 81-01 21491
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62 81-02 36671
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66 80-11 O0061
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58 81-05 00823
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71 80-08 86329
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63 81-01 2528O
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76 80-07 80459
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77 80-07 80461
S-32
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75 80-07 80451
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71 80-08 81464
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65 80-12 12318
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53 81-1O 08747
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62 81-02 36671
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77 80-07 80465
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62 81-02 00427
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70 80-09 00088
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64 81-01 21491
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73 80-08 88059
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61 81-03 01767
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63 81-01 25280
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69 80-09 04485
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76 80-07 80459
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75 80-07 80451
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70 80-09 00088
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53 81-10 O8747
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62 81-02 36671
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63 81-01 25280
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59 81-05 00483
76 80-07 80457
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115 78-04 13571
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106 78-12 08524
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20 0968709
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53 81-08 96630
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95 79-09 95002
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107 78-11 81819
S-33
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107 78-11
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106 78-12 08524
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106 78-12 05189
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106 78-12 05189
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115 78-05 21652
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107 78-11 91976
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104 79-01 12485
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105 78-12 03628
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73 80-08 88059
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73 80-08 88059
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IRRADIATION(IONIZING)
115 78-04 13571
IS-
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25 0833772
ISEW, SOUTH CHINA SEA
13 1373775
ISOCYANIDES
17 1161120
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81-05 58303
80-09 03814
79-10 03609
78-O8 57358
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24 0827628
47 0333445
70 80-09 03814
80 80-05 51935
1ST. IDROBIOL., UNIV. MESSINA
103 79-O2 25028
ISW, EAST INDIAN OCEAN
13 1373775
ISW, INDIA, DONA PAULA BAY
59 81-05 00483
IUM
IV
91
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79-10 03603
1193626
JAPAN
104
JOURNAL
1
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ARTICLE
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1736847
1737340
1741994
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161 1772
1620059
1572346
1572510
1584512
1535191
1544530
1555327
1514767
1514931
1515010
12485
JOURNAL
8
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10
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27
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38
39
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ARTICLE
1492065
1528391
1451697
1460453
1489291
1441458
1443823
1460582
1460654
1444421
1448159
1396927
1432742
1448459
1327770
1373775
1375624
12587O6
1329150
1330897
1237913
1243340
1259641
1164357
1170856
1193626
1125584
1161120
1185896
1094340
1115768
1027713
1041838
1071491
0968709
0968836
0975847
0993585
0953285
0981980
0930874
0930973
O933142
O871662
0873509
0827628
0875272
0879951
0885836
O829868
0833772
0838217
0838249
0838482
0842176
0803021
O756992
0785719
0718849
0697862
0659701
0698259
0629065
0652212
0652884
0629140
0473509
0533274
0534668
S-35
-------
JOURNAL
40
40
40
41
41
41
42
42
42
43
43
43
44
44
44
45
45
45
46
46
46
47
47
47
48
48
48
49
50
50
51
51
51
52
52
52
ARTICLE
045971 1
O474420
0484638
0459739
O460134
O461097
04O9534
0409936
0416695
0398410
0421548
0430340
0351638
0378756
03891 19
0416695
0421548
O430340
0335993
O409534
0409936
0330768
0333445
0335678
0301335
0313085
0323947
0274804
0198O57
0247034
0129635
0170906
0192766
01 1 1595
01 12082
0120927
KENTUCKY
89
KETONE
30
80-01 21660
0773902
LAB. MICRDB. ECOL., STATE UNI
72 80-08 86496
KINETICS
1 1728702
KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE
91 79-10 03603
KLUYVEROMYCES FRAGILIS
65 80-12 00021
KO
56
81-06 76320
KROC FOUNDATION SANTA YNEZ
49 0266482
49 0266504
50 0266450
LAB. APPL. ENZYMOL., UNIV. LO
97 79-O7 70950
LAB. AUTOMATIC CONTROL AND LA
8O 80-O5 56759
LAB. CRYPTOGAM., MUS. NATL. H
72 80-O8 86751
LAB. MICOL., DEP. CIENC. BIOL
63 81-O1 24598
LAB. MICROBIOL..
104 79-01
SHIMONOSEKI
12485
LAB. MICROBIOL., UNIV. AMSTER
82 80-04 44303
LAB. PROCESSI MICROBIOL., SNA
1OO 79-04 41895
LAB. SOIL MICROBIOL., DEP AG
99 79-05 58025
113 78-08 57358
113 78-08 57413
LAB. STRUCT. FONCT. BIOMEMBRA
71 80-08 81464
LAB. WETLAND SOILS AND SEDIME
62 81-02 36671
LACTATES
56
58
LAKES
1 1
93
93
107
81-06
81-06
76320
72559
1448159
79-10
79-10
78-1 1
12890
12891
81819
LAND APPLICATION
9 1489291
LAND DISPOSAL
9 1489291
65 80-12 00021
85 80-01 05976
102 79-04 50161
LANDFILLS
22
22
LAT
30
LEACHATE
22
LEACHATES
22
22
LEACHES
12
LEACHING
8
LEVELS
99
093O874
0930973
0773902
0930973
0930874
O930973
1432742
1528391
79-04 01758
LIB
69
80-09 08285
LIPID COMPOSITION
99 79-04 01758
S-36
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LITERATURE REVIEWS
11 1447219
23 0905013
LITTORAL ZONE
114 78-05
19527
LIZ
54
LLU
65
97
81-08 92259
80-12 00021
79-07 72406
LONGIFOLENE
67 80-11
09580
LOUISIANA
58 81-05 00823
LOUISIANA STATE UNIV. MED. CE
73 80-08 88059
LSC0409534
42 O409534
LSC0409936
42 0409936
LSC0416695
42 0416695
LSC0421548
43 0421548
LSC043O340
43 0430340
LSC045971 1
40 0459711
LSC0459739
41 0459739
LSC0460134
41 0460134
LSC0461097
41 0461097
LSC0473509
39 O473509
LSC0474420
40 0474420
LSC0484638
40 0484638
LSC0533274
39 0533274
LSC0534668
39 0534668
LSC0608822
38 0608822
LSC0629065
37 0629065
LSCO629115
38
LSC0629140
38
LSCO652212
37
LSC0652884
37
LSCO659701
36
LSCO679050
36
LSC0681223
35
LSCO697862
35
LSCO698259
36
LSC0706909
34
LSC0718849
34
LSC0748024
34
LSC0756992
33
LSC0773823
29
LSC0773855
29
LSC0773885
30
•LSC0773902
30
LSCO773919
30
LSCO775878
30
LSC0776005
31
LSC0776078
31
LSC0776125
31
LSC0776203
32
LSCO776223
32
06291 15
0629140
0652212
0652884
0659701
0679050
0681223
0697862
0698259
0706909
0718849
O748024
0756992
0773823
0773855
0773885
0773902
0773919
0775878
0776005
0776078
0776125
0776203
0776223
S-37
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LSC0776293
32 0776293
LSC0776349
33 0776349
LSC0785719
33 0785719
LSC0803021
29 0803021
LSC0819078
28 0819078
LSC0827628
24 0827628
LSC0829868
25 0829868
LSC0833772
25 0833772
LSC0833877
25 0833877
LSCO833913
26 0833913
LSCO834028
26 0834028
LSC0834190
26 0834190
LSC0838217
27 0838217
LSC0838249
27 O838249
LSC0838482
27 0838482
LSC0838770
28 0838770
LSC0842176
28 O842176
LSC0871662
23 0871662
LSCO873509
23 0873509
LSC0875272
24 O875272
LSC0879951
24 0879951
LSC0885836
24 O885836
LSCO905013
23 0905013
L5CO913567
21 0913567
LSC0930874
22 0930874
LSC0930973
22 0930973
LSCO933142
22 0933142
LSCO953285
21 0953285
LSC0968709
20 0968709
LSC0968836
20 0968836
LSC0975847
20 0975847
LSCO981980
21 0981980
LSCO993585
20 0993585
LSC1027713
19 1027713
LSC1041838
19 1041838
LSC1071491
19 1071491
LSC 1094340
18 1094340
LSC1 1 14913
18 1114913
LSC1 1 15519
18 1115519
LSC1 1 15768
18 1115768
LSC1 125584
17 1125584
LSC1 161 120
17 1161120
LSC1 164357
16 1164357
LSC1 170856
16 1170856
LSC1 185896
17 1185896
LSC1 193626
16 1193626
L5C1237913
15 1237913
LSC1243340
15 1243340
S-38
-------
LSC1258706
14
1258706
LSC1515010
7 1515010
LSC1258757
14
LSC1259641
15
LSC1327770
13
LSC1329150
14
LSC 1330897
14
LSC1373775
13
LSC1375624
13
LSC139S927
12
1258757
1259641
1327770
1329150
133O897
1373775
1375624
1396927
LSC1528057
8 1528057
LSC1528391
8 1528391
LSC1535191
6 1535191
LSC1544530
6 1544530
LSC1555327
6 1555327
LSC1572346
5 1572346
LSC1572510
5 1572510
LSC1584512
5 1584512
LSC1432742
12
LSC1441458
10
LSC1443823
10
LSC1444421
1 1
LSC1447219
1 1
LSC1448159
1 1
LSC1448459
12
LSC1451697
9
LSC1460453
9
LSC1460582
10
LSC1460654
10
LSC1489291
9
LSC1492065
LSC1514767
7
LSC1514931
7
1432742
1441458
1443823
1444421
1447219
1448159
1448459
1451697
1460453
1460582
1460654
1489291
1492065
1514767
1514931
LSC1611772
4 1611772
LSC1617806
3 1617806
LSC1620059
4 1620059
LSC1642824
3 1642824
LSC1655572
3 1655572
LSC1684164
2 1684164
LSC169979O
2 1699790
LSC1728702
1 1728702
LSC1736847
1 1736847
LSC1737340
1 1737340
LSC1737644
2 1737644
LSC1741994
2 1741994
LUBRICANT
111 78-10 00221
LUBRICANTS
12 1448459
114 78-05 20582
LUBRICANTSBACILLUS
50 0198057
S-39
-------
LY
L01
90
80-01 25902
MA
103
1 13
45
79-01
78-08
01 153
55039
0430340
MACROCYSTIS PYRIFERA
81 80-05 59335
MAR. SCI. PROG., DEP. BIOL
64
MARINE
60
67
89
1 12
MARINE
26
83
94
96
101
101
MARINE
31
MARINE
1 1
26
33
40
43
50
57
84
91
1 10
MARINE
53
56
57
60
64
67
75
81
83
84
87
89
89
91
100
101
81-01 21491
81-04 54920
80-11 09813
80-01 21682
78-09 65981
BACTERIA
0833913
80-03 35981
79-09 01292
79-07 70393
79-04 46851
79-04 47364
ECOSYSTEMS
0776125
ENVIRONMENT
1447219
0833913
0756992
0484638
0398410
0266450
81-06 00769
80-03 37952
79-11 O1024
78-10 00220
ENVIRONMENTS
81-10 08747
81-07 82575
81-06 73961
81-04 54920
81-01 21491
80-11 O9813
80-07 79922
80-05 581OO
80-03 35713
80-03 37952
80-01 19029
80-01 21659
80-01 21682
80-01 O0506
79-04 41895
79-04 47364
MARINE MICROORGANISMS
12 1396927
13 1373775
16 1164357
16 1170856
27 0838217
28 O838770
MARINE
31
38
44
48
53
56
62
62
65
66
67
68
75
84
87
89
89
91
MICROORGANISMS
0776125
0608822
03891 19
0301335
81-10 08747
81-07
81-02
82575
36671
81-03 01632
80-11 00074
80-1 1
80-11
80-1 1
80-07
80-03 37952
80-01 19029
80-01
80-01
8O-01
07570
00045
05049
79922
21659
21682
00506
MARINE ORGANISMS
11 1447219
14 12587O6
16 1170856
31 0776125
MARINE
26
31
34
39
44
48
56
61
64
65
66
68
71
78
79
83
91
99
100
101
104
POLLUTION
0833913
0776125
0706909
0533274
0389119
0313O85
81-07 82575
81-03 01767
81-01 21491
80-12 12318
80-11 07570
80-11 05049
80-08 81464
80-07 80475
80-06 03229
80-03 35713
79-11 01024
79-04 01758
79-04 41895
79-04 46851
79-01 12485
MARINE POLLUTIONBACTERIA
38 0608822
MATERIALS HANDLING
35 0681223
MATHEMATICAL MODELS
23 0873509
114 78-05 19527
MED
57
79
81-06 00769
80-06 03229
MED, BLACK SEA
65 80-12 12318
MED, FRANCE, BERRE LAGOON
71 80-08 81464
MED, TYRRHENIAN SEA
79 80-06 03229
S-40
-------
MEDIA (SELECTIVE)
74 80-07 77902
MEDICAGO SATIVA
82 80-04 45954
MEDITERRANEAN
79 80-06 03229
MEL
21
0981980
MEMBRANE FILTRATION
67 80-11 09813
MEMBRANE VESICLES
74 80-07 73736
METABOLIC PATHWAYS
63 81-01 26028
METABOLISM
3
7
1 1
18
40
53
74
84
90
1655572
1514767
1447219
1115519
0474420
81-10 05853
80-07 73736
80-O3 41186
80-01 259O2
METABOLITES
11 1448159
28 0842176
107 78-11 81819
METALS
24 0875272
61 81-O4 51442
70 80-09 00088
METHANE
56
58
61
65
68
70
71
72
73
80
87
97
81-06
81-06
81-04
80-12
80-1 1
80-09
80-08
80-08
80-07
80-05
80-01
79-07
76320
72559
53559
00021
00183
00088
86051
86496
013O7
56759
15944
70950
METHANE MONOOXYGENASE
90 80-01 25902
METHANE THIOL
107 78-11
81819
METHANE-OXIDIZING BACTERIA
92 79-10 03609
METHANOBACTERIUM FORMICICUM
61 81-04 53559
METHANOBACTERIUM MOBILE
61 81-04 53559
METHANOBACTERIUM RUMINANTIUM
56 81-06 76320
58 81-06 72559
61 81-04 53559
METHANOBACTERIUM SOEHNGENII
70 80-09 03814
METHANOGENESIS
7
34
42
46
54
56
57
58
59
60
61
61
64
64
65
65
68
68
70
71
72
72
73
74
75
80
81
82
85
86
86
86
87
87
90
1O7
1 16
1514767
0748024
0409936
0409936
8 1 -08 90340
81-06 76320
81-06 01169
81-06 72559
81-05 68455
81-04 54882
81-03 46822
81-04 53559
81-01 19839
81-01 21881
80-12 00021
80-12 00081
8O-10 16632
8O-11 00183
8O-09 03814
80-08 86051
80-08 8646O
80-08 86496
80-07 01307
80-07 74481
80-07 78054
80-05 56759
80-05 59335
80-04 44303
80-02 30273
80-01 07483
8O-01 15941
8O-01 15942
80-01 15943
80-01 15944
80-01 23851
78-11 81819
78-04 16187
METHANOGENIC BACTERIA
10
19
25
26
34
38
54
56
57
58
60
61
64
70
70
71
73
74
75
80
90
97
1460654
1027713
0833877
0834190
0748024
06291 15
81-08 90340
81-06 76320
81-06 01169
81-06 72559
81-04 54882
81-04 53559
81-01 21881
80-09 00088
80-09 03814
80-08 86051
80-07 01307
80-07 77902
80-07 78054
80-05 56759
80-01 23851
79-07 70950
S-41
-------
METHANOPLASMA ELIZABETH!
53 81-10 O5853
METHANOSARCINA BARKERI
56 81-06 76320
58 81-06 72559
METHANOSPIRILLUM HUNGATTI
61 81-04 53559
METHANOTROPHS
7 1514931
METHOD
18 1115768
101 79-04 47364
METHODOLOGY
18 1115768
32 0776203
67 80-11 09813
METHYL PARATHION
36 0679050
METHYLOCOCCUS
30 0773885
METHYLOMONAS RUBRA
83 80-03 32876
METHYLOSINUS
30 0773885
METHYLOSINUS TRICHOSPORIUM
90 8O-01 25902
METHYLOTROPHIC BACTERIA
7 '1514931
59 81-05 68455
83 80-03 32876
90 80-01 25902
METHYLPARATHION
36 0679050
MICRO-ORGANISMS
MEXICO
64
81-01 21491
MEXICO GULF
47 0330768
50 0266450
64 81-01 21491
89 80-01 21682
MICRO ORGANISMS
113 78-08
MICRO-ORGANISMS
53 81-10
57
61
62
66
66
69
78
79
84
88
81-O6
81-03
81-02
80-1 1
8O-1 1
80-09
80-07
80-06
80-03
8O-01
55039
08747
00769
01767
36671
00061
07627
04485
80475
00453
37952
21657
93
93
99
101
102
1O3
104
106
1 10
1 12
79-10
79-10
79-07
79-04
79-04
79-01
79-01
78-1 1
78-10
78-09
12890
12891
07136
47364
49044
10581
10582
03823
00220
65981
MICROBACTERIUM
1O3 79-01 01153
MICROBIAL
81 8O-05 59347
106 78-11 03823
112 78-O8 00629
116 78-04 16187
MICROBIAL ACTIVITY
40
43
44
48
48
50
0484638
0398410
03891 19
0301335
0313085
0198057
MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION
79 80-06 03229
114 78-05 20582
MICROBIAL CONTAMINATIONCANDIDA
23 0871662
MICROBIAL DEGRADATION
59 81-05 00483
66 80-11 00061
69 80-09 04485
75 80-07 80451
76 80-07 8O457
76 80-07 8O459
77 80-07 80461
77 80-07 80465
78 80-07 80475
78 80-07 80477
MICROBIOL. AND CELL BIOL . LAB
95 79-09 08199
MICROBIOL. DEP.,
53 81-10
55 81-07
QUEEN ELIZAB
O5853
85614
MICROBIOLOGICAL ANALYSIS
13 1373775
25 0833772
71 80-08 86329
MICROBIOLOGICAL CULTURE
77 80-07 8O465
MICROBIOLOGY
8
10
22
22
27
30
1528057
1460582
0930874
0933142
0838482
0775878
S-42
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MICROBIOLOGY
MICROORGANISMS
31
31
32
32
33
35
37
49
49
50
0776078
0776125
0776223
0776293
0776349
0681223
0652212
0266482
0266504
0266450
MICROBODIES
9 1460453
MICROCOCCUS
60 81-04 54320
78 80-O6 70179
MICROCOCCUS LUTEUS
63 81-02 28112
MICROCOCCUS VARIANS
17 1125584
MICROFLORA
78 80-06 70179
114 78-08 57719
MICROHABITATS
11 1448159
MICROORGANISMS
87
91
91
92
92
93
95
99
1OO
100
103
104
105
105
105
106
106
108
108
109
109
110
1 10
1 1 1
1 12
1 13
1 14
1 14
1 15
115
80-01
79-10
80-01
79-10
79-10
79-10
79-09
79-05
79-04
79-O4
79-01
79-01
78-12
78-12
78-12
78-12
78-12
78-10
78-10
78-10
78-10
78-10
78-10
78-09
78-O8
78-O8
78-05
78-O8
78-05
78-05
21378
02329
00506
1 1489
12889
12890
08137
58O25
04264
41895
10581
10582
01411
O3628
O46O4
05189
08524
O0157
O0215
O0216
00218
00219
00220
62614
00629
57413
19527
57719
21518
21652
5
7
8
14
14
14
19
19
20
20
22
22
23
24
28
36
37
41
41
42
46
48
55
56
56
60
65
67
69
71
72
81
82
83
85
85
86
1584512
1514767
1528391
1258706
1258757
1330897
1041838
1071491
0968836
0993585
0930874
0930973
0905013
0879951
0819078
0679050
0652884
0460134
0461097
0409534
0409534
0313085
81-07 82552
81-06 76219
81-07 82575
81-05 02800
80-12 00021
80-11 00045
80-09 10949
80-08 86051
80-08 8646O
80-05 59335
80-05 00317
80-03 35713
80-02 30273
80-03 41423
80-01 07483
MICROORGANISMSANE, FRANCE, BRI
34 0706909
MICROORGANISMSARTHROBACTER SIM
14 1258706
MICROORGANISMSPOLLUTION
11 1448159
EFFECT
MICROORGANISMSTILAPIA NILOTICA
43 0421548
45 0421548
MICROORGANISMSUSA, MARYLAND, G
21 0953285
MILK PRODUCTS
65 80-12 00021
MIN
57 81-06 01169
MINNEAPOLIS
66 80-11
07627
MIXED
10
28
51
53
54
83
MODELS
1
80
101
1 14
CULTURE
1460654
0842176
0129635
81-10 05853
81-08 90340
80-03 32876
1737340
80-05 56759
79-04 46851
78-05 19527
S-43
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MONSANTO CO., 800 N. LINDBERG
54 81-08 87124
MORAXELLA
15 1243340
MORSKI INST. RYBACKI, GDYNIA
87 80-01 19029
MORTIERELLA
98 79-07 76821
MOSCOW STATE UNIV., FAC. BIOL
96 79-08 82431
MOSCOW STATE UNIV., MOSCOW, U
75 80-07 79922
MOST PROBABLE NUMBER
24 0879951
94 79-09 01292
99 79-05 58025
101 79-04 47364
MOUSE
107 78-11 91976
MS
37 0652884
72 80-08 86751
82 8O-05 O0317
MUN
14
1258706
MUNICIPAL WASTES
42 O409534
MUTAGENESIS
73 8O-08 88O59
MUTAGENICITY
12 1432742
MUTANTS
73 80-08 88059
MUTATIONS
73 80-08 88059
MYCOBACTERIUM
79 80-05 51932
80 80-05 57234
95 79-09 OS 137
114 78-05 2O582
MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM-INTRACELLU
81 8O-05 59347
MYCOBACTERIUM FORTUITUM
81 8O-05 59347
MYCOBACTERIUM PARAFFINICUM
7 1515010
MYCOBACTERIUM RHODOCHROUS
51 0129635
MYCOBACTERIUM SCROFULACEUM
81 80-05 59347
MYCOLOGYFUNGI
11 1447219
MYCOPLASMATALES
53 81-10 05853
MYCOTORULA
30 0773885
NA,
17
1161120
NANNOPLANKTON
89 80-O1 21682
NAPHTHALENE
26 0833913
31 0776078
33 0756992
62 81-02 36671
NAPHTHALENES
55 81-07 82552
NAPHTHALENESULFONIC ACID
6 1555327
NAT. INST OCEANOGR., DONA PA
107 78-11 81818
NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES
43 0421548
45 0421548
NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERV
58 81-05 00823
NATIONAL RESEARCH INST FOR
43 0398410
NATL. ENVIRON. PROT. BOARD, B
114 78-05 19527
NATL. INST. OCEANOGR., DONA P
56 81-07 82575
59 81-05 00483
NATL. INST. PUBLIC HEALTH, PO
107 78-11 91976
NATL. INST. SCI. AND TECHNOL.
64 81-01 19839
NATURAL
40 0459711
NAVAL RES. LAB, WASHINGTON, D
87 80-O1 21378
NCE
28
29
0819078
0773855
NEUROSPORA CRASSA
55 81-07 85614
104 79-01 13809
NEW YORK ACADEMY OF MEDICINE
25 0829868
NEW YORK STATE COLL. AGRIC.
65 80-12 00021
S-44
-------
NG
97
NGE
14
NGL
NI ,
48
27
NICKEL
17
79-O7 717O8
1258757
0313085
0838217
1161120
NITRATE REDUCTION
1 1737340
NITRIC OXIDE
69 80-09 04485
NITRIFICATION
2 1699790
NITRIFYING BACTERIA
2 1699790
90 80-O1 23881
NITROANILINES
39 O473509
NITROGEN SOURCESSOIL ISOLATES
51 0170906
NITROGEN-FIXING BACTERIA
90
NIL)
34
NOCARDIA
30
30
80
80-01 23881
0748024
0773902
0773919
80-05 57234
NOCARDIA RHODOCHROUS
83 80-03 32876
NOCARDIA UCRAINICA
83 80-03 32876
NOM
103
79-01 10581
NORTH SEA
43 0398410
48 O313085
NOV
NS
NSI
55
85
1642824
81-07 82552
80-02 30273
NUCLEIC ACIDS
99 79-04 01758
NUM
NUMERICAL TAXONOMYBACTERIA
25 0829868
NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY
18 1094340
NUTRIENT SOURCES
58 81-06 73658
97 79-07 72405
OCA
65
OCI
87
8O-12 12318
80-01 21378
DOT PLASMID
80 80-05 57234
ODOUR POLLUTION
107 78-11 81819
OHIO RIVER
89 8O-01
OIL
21660
33
36
56
60
62
63
65
66
67
75
79
84
85
89
91
93
100
1 12
0756992
0659701
81-07
81-05
81-02
81-01
80-1 1
80-1 1
80-1 1
80-07
80-05
80-03
80-03
80-01
79-10
79-10
79-04
78-O9
82575
02800
36671
24598
00074
07627
00045
79922
51932
37952
41423
21659
02329
12891
04264
65981
37
O629065
OIL AND GAS FIELDS
24 0885836
64 81-01 21491
OIL AND GAS INDUSTRY
9 1489291
15 1259641
33 0785719
37 0629O65
OIL AND GAS OPERATIONS
9 1489291
OIL DISPERSANTS
38 0608822
39 0533274
OIL INDUSTRY
66 8O-11 00061
OIL INSTALLATIONS
43 0398410
64 81-01 21491
73 80-08 00052
OIL POLLUTION
6 1535191
S-45
-------
OIL POLLUTION
13
14
18
23
34
38
39
41
44
44
46
47
48
48
52
56
57
61
62
62
64
65
66
66
67
67
69
71
79
81
84
85
88
89
89
89
90
91
91
91
92
93
93
93
95
96
98
99
99
100
1OO
101
102
103
104
104
106
107
1 1 1
1 12
1 14
1373775
1329150
1094340
0873509
0718849
0629140
0533274
0459739
0378756
03891 19
0335993
0330768
0301335
0313085
01 12082
81-07 82575
81-06 00769
81-03 01767
81-02 00427
81-03 01632
81-01 21491
80-11 00074
80-11 O0061
80-11 07570
80- 1 1 OO045
80- 1 1 00048
80-09 04485
80-08 86329
80-06 03229
80-05 58100
80-03 39732
80-01 O5976
80-01 21657
80-01 21659
80-01 21660
80-01 21682
80-01 23881
79-10 02329
79-11 01024
80-01 O0506
79-10 12889
79-10 12890
79-10 12891
79-10 12895
79-09 95002
79-07 70393
79-07 76821
79-05 52873
79-07 07136
79-04 41895
79-04 46850
79-04 46851
79-04 49044
79-01 10581
79-01 10582
79-01 12485
78-11 03823
78-11 81818
78-09 62614
78-09 65981
78-O5 19527
OIL POLLUTIONBACTERIA
50 0266450
OIL RECOVERY
33 0776349
35 0681223
OIL SLICKSBACTERIA
39 O533274
OIL SPILLS
31
34
38
47
52
52
62
62
63
84
89
91
93
95
96
99
OIL. 1
1O3
OIL. 2
1O4
OILS
10O
105
1 14
0776125
0706909
0608822
O333445
0112082
0120927
81-02
81-03
81-01
80-03
80-01
79-1O
79-10
79-09
79-08
79-07
79-01
79-01
79-O4
78-12
78-08
OO427
01632
25280
37952
21660
02329
12895
87936
02O83
07136
10581
10582
41895
03628
57719
OLIGOTROPHIC LAKES
92 79-10 12889
ON
1O5
78-12 04604
ONLINE COFFERENCES, LTD.
32 0776293
ONLINE CONFERENCE, LTD.
31 0776005
ONLINE CONFERENCES LTD.
24 0827628
ONLINE CONFERENCES, LTD.
31
31
32
33
ONT
OR
21
61
0776078
0776125
O776223
O776349
0953285
81-04 51442
ORG. CHEM DEP., INDIAN INST
67 80-11 O9580
ORG. DEGRAD. GROUP, DUNSTAFFN
65 8O-11 OO074
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
6 1544530
22 O930973
29 O773823
75 8O-07 80451
OIL SANDS
50
0247034
S-46
-------
ORGANIC MATTER
11 1444421
36 0698259
ORGANO SOCIETE ITALIANA
34 0706909
ORNITHOLOGISCHEN
51 0129635
OSCILLATION
55
OSM
56
OSS
47
OTR
96
DDL
21
81-07 85614
81-07 78704
0330768
79-08 82431
O913567
OVERPRODUCTION
17 1125584
OVERTURNBACTERIASEASONAL VARIA
4 1620059
OXALATES
95
79-09 08199
OXIC CONDITIONS
12
OXIDATION
6
7
18
19
OXIDATIVE
27
1396927
1535191
1514767
1 1 15519
1O71491
0838217
OXYGENATION
94 79-09
PACIFIC OCEAN
86580
13
1 12
1373775
78-09 65981
PARK
42
46
PATENT
2
2
2
PATENTS
2
2
2
0409936
0409936
1684164
1699790
1737644
1684164
1699790
1737644
PED
54
81-08 87124
PENICILLIUM
114 78-05
PENTACHLOROPHENOL
36 0679050
PERSISTENCE
93 79-10
12891
PERSPECTIVE
51 0192766
PEST CONTROL
114 78-05
20582
PESTICIDES
6 1544530
60 81-05 02800
97 79-07 71708
PETROLEUM
16
19
25
35
41
44
48
53
62
64
88
89
89
93
96
PETROLEUM
1 1
13
14
25
33
33
34
44
62
1 17O856
1071491
0833772
0681223
0461097
03891 19
0301335
81-10 08747
81-02 36671
81-01 21491
80-01 21657
80-01 21659
80-01 21660
79-1O 12891
79-07 70393
HYDROCARBONS
1448159
1373775
1258706
0833772
0756992
0785719
0706909
03891 19
81-02 36671
PETROLEUM HYDROCARBONSBACTERIA
14 1329150
32 0776223
PETROLEUM HYDROCARBONSEGYPT, A
37 0629065
PETROLEUM HYDROCARBONSREVIEWS
32 0776293
PETROLEUM HYDROCARBONSUSA, OHI
18 1094340
PETROLEUMMED, FRANCE, FOS GULF
24 0827628
PETROLEUMMICROORGANISMS
33 0785719
PH
48
0301335
20582
PH EFFECTS
62 81-02 36671
PHAEOPHYTA
81 80-05 59335
S-47
-------
PHANEROCHAETE CHRYSOSPORIUM
9 1460453
20 0975847
PHENANTHRENE
26 0833913
33 0756992
PHENATHRENE
30
PHENOL
90
PHENOLS
12
42
46
53
99
0773919
80-01 23851
1396927
0409936
0409936
81-08 96630
79-O4 01758
PHENYLACETIC ACID
88 8O-01 21658
PHLEUM PRATENSE
17 1161120
PHOSPHORUS-32
83 8O-03 35981
PHOTOCHEMISTRY
91 79-11
01024
PHOTOTROPHIC BACTERIA
64 81-01 19839
PHYCOMYCETES
68 80-10 14094
84 80-03 41186
PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTIES
14 1258706
98 79-07 72433
PHYTOBENTHOS
62 81-02 00427
PICHIA FARINOSA
85 80-03 41423
PICHIA GUILLIERMONDII
85 80-01 05681
PICHIA POLYMORPHA
85 80-03 41423
PIGMENTS
80
PIGS
64
75
80-05
81-O1
8O-07
51935
19839
78054
PL
18
1 114913
PLANT IND. LAB., O.S. LONGMAN
98 79-07 76821
PLANT PHYSIOLOGY
11 1447219
PLANTS
56
82
81-06
80-04
76219
45954
PLASMID TOL
106 78-12 08524
PLASMIDS
50 0266450
80 80-05 57234
PNW, BEAUFORT SEA
69 8O-09 04485
POLAR ENVIRONMENTS
93 79-10 12895
101 79-O4 46851
POLCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON
23 0905013
POLLUTANT DETECTION
20 0975847
31 0776005
POLLUTANTS
25 0833877
65 80-11 00074
84 80-03 41186
POLLUTED ENVIRONMENTS
81 80-05 59347
POLLUTION
60
60
62
65
67
67
70
71
79
81
81
84
87
88
88
89
89
89
90
91
91
92
93
93
93
96
96
98
99
100
100
100
101
102
103
104
81-04
81-05
81-03
80-11
80-1 1
80-1 1
80-09
80-08
80-O5
80-05
80-05
80-03
80-01
80-01
80-01
80-01
80-01
80-01
80-01
79-10
80-01
79-10
79-10
79-10
79-10
79-07
79-08
79-07
79-O4
79-04
79-04
79-04
79-04
79-04
79-01
79-01
54920
02800
01632
00074
00045
00048
00088
86329
51932
58100
59347
39732
19029
21657
21658
21659
21660
21682
23881
02329
00506
12889
12890
12891
12895
70393
02083
76821
01758
04264
41895
46850
46851
49044
10581
12485
S-48
-------
POLLUTION
111 78-09
62614
POLLUTION CLEAN-UP
22
23
24
38
98
100
102
0930874
0873509
0875272
0629140
79-07 76821
79-04 41895
79-04 49O44
POLLUTION CONTROL
13
14
36
61
81
102
106
1327770
1258757
0679050
81-03 01767
80-05 58100
79-04 49044
78-11 03823
POLLUTION DETECTION
71 8O-08 86329
POLLUTION DISPERSION
42 0409936
46 0409936
POLLUTION
4
31
32
47
56
57
58
60
62
67
70
81
84
90
91
93
93
93
95
99
99
EFFECTS
161 1772
0776005
0776293
0330768
81-07 82575
81-06 00769
81-05 00823
81-05 02800
81-02 00427
80- 1 1 00048
80-09 00088
80-05 58100
80-03 37952
80-01 23881
79-10 02329
79-10 12890
79-10 12891
79-10 12895
79-09 95002
79-04 01758
79-07 07136
POLLUTION INDICATORS
44 0378756
POLLUTION MONITORING
44 0378756
79 80-06 03229
POLLUTION SURVEYS
57 81-06 00769
79 80-06 03229
POLUTION EFFECTS
106 78-12 05189
POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS
100 79-04 04264
POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC
116 78-03 03127
POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBO
5 1584512
26 0833913
27 0838482
POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS
68 80-11 05049
PONDS
76 80-07 80459
POPULATION DENSITY
62 81-02 00427
POPULATION DENSITYBACTERIAHYDR
25 0833772
POPULATION LEVELS
4 1620059
5 1572510
34 0718849
38 06O8822
89 80-01 21682
96 79-O8 82431
99 79-05 58025
POPULATION NUMBER
4 1620059
POPULATIONS
76 80-07 80457
POTENTIAL
112 78-O9 65981
PPR
75
PR-6
28
80-07 80451
0838770
PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS
106 78-11 03823
PRESERVATIVES
78 80-06 70179
PROCESS
80
PRODUCT
107
80-05 56759
78-11 81819
PRODUCTION
20 0975847
74 80-07 74481
101 79-04 48868
PROPERTIES
98 79-07
72433
PROTAMINOBACTER
103 79-01 01153
PROTEIN COMPOSITION
99 79-04 01758
PROTEOLYTIC BACTERIA
93 79-10 12895
PROTEUS MIRABILIS
91 79-10 03603
S-49
-------
PROTOCATECHUIC ACID
90 80-01 23851
PTI
PSEUDOMONAD
112 78-09
62618
PSEUDOMONAS
1
27
30
31
51
60
80
83
1 14
1736847
0838482
0773919
0776078
0170906
81-O4 54920
80-05 57234
80-03 35981
78-05 20582
PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA
18
37
49
63
95
106
1 1 14913
O629065
0266482
81-02 28112
79-09 08137
78-12 08524
PSEUDOMONAS CHLOROAPHIS
47 0335678
PSEUDOMONAS CHLORORAPHIS
7 1515010
48 0323947
PSEUDOMONAS CRUCIVIAE
67 80-11 O9580
PSEUDOMONAS DESMOLYTICUM
40 0474420
PSEUDOMONAS INCOGNITA
112 78-O9 62618
PSEUDOMONAS MENDOCINA
99 79-05 52873
PSEUDOMONAS OLEOVORANS
110 78-10 00219
PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA
44
0351638
PUBLIC HEALTH
106 78-12 05189
PULP WASTES
77 80-07 80461
PURIFICATION
24 0875272
P33
92
OUINONES
80
79-10 03609
80-05 51935
RADIATION (U . V. )
115 78-04 13571
RADIOACTIVE LABELLING
83 80-03 35981
RADIOACTIVE TRACERS
62 81-02 36671
RAP
44
0389119
RAPID METHODS
63 81-02 28112
RAT
RD
31
65
0776125
80-12 00081
RECOMMENDATIONS NATL.
44 0389119
REDOX POTENTIAL
62 81-02 36671
REFINERIESBACTERIAANE, DENMARK
37 0652212
5
7
47
48
53
54
55
94
97
109
1 1O
1572346
1515010
0335678
0323947
81-08 9663O
81-08 87124
81-07 82552
79-09 86580
79-07 72406
78-10 00217
78-10 00219
PSEUDOMONASASW, MEXICO GULFGUL
47
0330768
PSEUDOMONASASW, MEXICO GULFROL
50
0266450
REFS.
60
81-05 02800
RELATIONSHIP
104
REM
99
REMOVAL
54
64
1 15
REPORT
35
36
79-01 12485
79-05 52873
81-08 90333
81-01 19839
78-05 21518
0681223
0679050
PSEUDOMONASMARINE ORGANISMS MI
50 0198057
PSEUDOMONASUSSR
47 0335678
RES. INST MAR. CARGO TRANSPO
66 80-11 07570
96 79-07 70393
RES. LAB. RESDUR. UTIL., TOKY
64 81-01 21881
S-50
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RESEARCH
3
38
ROBERT BOSCH GMBH 7OOO
1655572
06291 15
RESERVOIRS
69 80-09 10949
RESIDUAL
106 78-12 05189
RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
69 80-09 04485
RESPIRATION
55 81-07
85614
REVIEW
82
84
95
99
105
1 10
REVIEWS
9
14
14
20
24
29
29
30
30
30
30
31
31
32
33
80-05 00317
80-03 37952
79-09 08137
79-07 07136
78-12 04604
78-10 00219
1489291
1258757
1329150
0968836
0885836
0773823
0773855
0773885
0773902
0773919
0775878
0776078
0776125
0776223
0776349
RHIZOBIA
97 79-07 71708
RHODOTORULA GLUTINIS
80 80-05 57234
RIM
115 78-04 13571
RIO DE JANEIRO
81 80-05 58100
RIS
107 78-11 81818
RISK
106 78-12 05189
RIVER
33
RIVERS
10
33
46
89
0785719
1441458
0785719
0335993
80-01 21660
RLA
56 81-07 82575
49
ROC
49
0274804
0266482
ROLE
19
27
66
68
83
107
1 10
ROYAL
37
37
1071491
O838249
80-11 07570
80-11 05049
8O-03 35713
78-11 91976
78-10 00219
IRISH ACADEMY, Dl
O652212
0652884
RT
RTI
19
26
1071491
O834028
RUMEN MICROORGANISMS
17 1161120
29 0803021
RY
1 1 1
78-09 62614
SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE
65 80-12 00021
SACCHARUM OFFICINALE
59 81-05 68455
SALICYLIC ACID
31 0776078
SALINITY EFFECTS
81 80-05 58100
113 78-08 55039
SALINITY EFFECTSCORYNEBACTERIU
40 0484638
SALMONELLA BERN
107 78-11 91976
SALMONELLA HEIDELBERG
91 79-1O 03603
SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM
73 80-08 88059
106 78-12 08524
SALT MARSHES
62 81-02 00427
SALTS
1 16
SAND
49
78-04 16187
0274804
SAUDI ARABIA
73 80-08 00052
SCOLECOBASIDIUM OBOVATUM
98 79-07 76821
S-51
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SCOTOCHROMOGENIC BACTERIA
81 8O-05 59347
SEA
13
15
57
67
67
91
106
112
1373775
1243340
81-06
80-1 1
8O-1 1
80-01
78-11
78-09
00769
00045
09813
00506
03823
65981
SEA WATER
18
38
1115768
0629140
SEA WATERCHEMICAL ANALYSIS
27 0838217
SEAFOOD
43
45
O421548
0421548
SEASONAL VARIATIONS
89 80-01 21682
SEAWATER
44
53
56
62
64
65
67
71
75
84
87
91
94
96
96
99
100
101
101
103
106
1 10
03891
81-10
81-07
81-03
81-O1
80-1 1
80-11
80-08
80-07
80-03
80-O1
80-01
79-09
79-07
79-08
79-04
79-04
79-04
79-04
79-02
78-1 1
78-10
19
08747
82575
01632
21491
00074
00045
86329
79922
37952
19029
00506
01292
70393
02083
01758
41895
46851
47364
25028
O3823
00220
SEAWATER (COASTAL)
1O4 79-01 12485
112 78-09 65981
SEAWEED PROCESSING
60 81-04 54882
81 80-05 59335
SEAWEED PRODUCTS
81 80-05 59335
SEAWEEDS
6O 81-O4 54882
SECRETORY PRODUCTS
12 1396927
SEDIMENT
62 81-02 00427
SEDIMENT CHEMISTRYCYANOPHYTA
11 1444421
SEDIMENT POLLUTION
44
52
69
70
75
79
83
93
SEDIMENTS
25
37
50
62
67
03891 19
0120927
80-09 O4485
80-09
80-07
80-06
80-03
79-10
00088
80451
03229
35713
12891
0833772
0652212
0247034
81-02 36671
80-11 09813
SELF PURIFICATION
13 1373775
25 0829868
SERRATIA KILIENSIS
39 0534668
SERRATIA MARCESCENS
63 81-02 28112
SEWAGE
70
106
1 15
80-09 03814
78-12 05189
78-05 21518
SEWAGE POLLUTION
81 80-05 59347
SEWAGE SLUDGE
53 81-10 05853
57 81-O6 01169
SEWAGE TREATMENT
44
SHALE
41
SHEEP
78
0351638
0461097
80-06 70179
SHELL RES. B.V , KONINKLIJKE
110 78-10 O0220
SHELL RES. LTD., SHELL BIOSCI
92 79-10 11489
97 79-07 72406
SHELL RES. LTD., SHELL BIOSCI
109 78-10 00218
SHIGELLA FLEXNERI
91 79-10 03603
SHIP
1 14
SIA
25
SICILY
103
78-05 2O582
O833877
79-02 25028
S-52
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SID
97
79-07 70950
SILVER COMPOUNDS
70 80-09 00088
SINGLE-CELL PROTEIN
8
24
65
95
SIS
28
85
1528057
0885836
80-12 00021
79-09 08199
0838770
80-01 05681
SKIDAWAY INST. OCEANOGR.
75 80-07 80451
PO
SKIN
78
SLICKS
96
SLUDGES
9
SLURRY
61
80-06 70179
79-08 02083
1489291
81-03 46822
SNOW MOULD
82 80-04 45954
SO
1 10
78-10 00220
SOCIEDADE PORTUGUESA DE
39 0533274
SOCIETY OF ANTIBIOTICS
28 0842176
SODIUM CHLORIDE
43 0421548
45 0421548
78 80-06 70179
SODIUM DODECYL SULPHATE
86 80-O1 07483
SODIUM FLUORIDE
78 80-06 70179
SOIL
47
67
91
92
97
99
102
105
0335678
80-11 00048
79-10 02329
79-10 03609
79-07 71708
79-05 58025
79-04 50161
78-12 03628
SOIL HORIZONS
48 0323947
SOIL ISOLATES
1 1736847
16 1193626
SOIL ISOLATES
58 81-06
73658
SOIL MICROFLORA
35 O681223
105 78-12 O3628
115 78-05 21652
SOIL MICROORGANISMS
2
3
4
6
8
9
13
28
58
60
63
67
67
68
72
80
83
84
85
85
9O
92
93
95
97
97
98
99
100
101
102
1 15
1737644
1655572
161 1772
1535191
1528391
1489291
1327770
0819078
81-06 73658
81-04 57482
81-01 26028
80-11 00048
80-11 09580
80-10 14094
80-O8 86751
80-05 51935
80-03 35713
80-03 39732
80-01 05976
80-03 41423
80-01 23881
79-10 03609
79-10 12895
79-09 87936
79-07 71708
79-07 72405
79-07 76821
79-05 58025
79-04 46850
79-04 48868
79-04 50161
78-05 21652
SOIL POLLUTION
4
84
93
95
100
105
SOILS
5
8
20
28
1 14
161 1772
80-03 39732
79-10 12895
79-09 87936
79-O4 46850
78-12 03628
1572510
1528391
0993585
0819078
78-08 57719
SOILS (SANDY)
5 1572510
SOUTH CHINA SEABACTERIAPELAGIC
13 1373775
SOUTHEASTERN CANCER STUDY
29
29
30
30
30
SP
0773823
0773855
0773885
0773902
0773919
1642824
S-53
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SP
15
58
63
66
107
SP.NOV.
3
1237913
81-O6 73658
81-01 26028
80-11 07570
78-11 81818
1642824
SPECIES COMPOSITION
13 1373775
22 0933142
SPECTROMETRY
50 0198057
SPHERE
68
SPILL
52
52
62
SO-11 05049
0112082
012O927
81-02 O0427
SPILLS
61 81-03 01767
62 81-03 01632
99 79-07 07136
SPOILAGE
43 0421548
45 0421548
56 81-07 78704
SPORE-FORMING BACTERIA
56 81-O7 82575
63 81-02 28112
SPOROBOLOMYCES
80 80-O5
57234
ST
42
46
0409936
0409936
STANDARDIZATION
99 79-05 52873
STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS
63 81-02 28112
STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS
63 81-02 28112
91 79-10 03603
STATE OCEANOGR. INST., MOSCOW
68 80-11 05049
STATE OCEANOL. INST., MOSCOW
91 80-01 00506
STEMPHYLIUM LOTI
52 0111595
STEROLS
103
1O3
79-01 01153
79-O1 01295
STN. MARINE D'ENDOUME, RUE DE
62 81-O2 00427
STORAGE CONDITIONS
43 0421548
45 0421548
STORAGE EFFECTS
43 0421548
45 0421548
STORAGE TANK
112 78-08 00629
STRAINS
69
104
80-09 08285
79-01 1O582
STREPTOMYCES ALBUS
13 1327770
STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RE
5 1584512
STS
54
STUDIES
77
SU
41
81-08 90340
80-07 80465
0460134
SUB-POLAR ENVIRONMENTS
100 79-04 46850
SUBSTANCES
7 1515010
SUBSTITUTION
94 79-09 86580
94 79-09 86581
SUBSTRATE PREFERENCESPSEUDOMON
10 1441458
SULFATE-REDUCING BACTERIA
23 0871662
25 0833877
26 0834190
SULFATES
14
1330897
SULFONATION
6 1555327
SULPHATE-REDUCING BACTERIA
114 78-05 2O582
SULPHUR
54
81-08 9O333
SULPHUR BACTERIA
64 81-01 19839
SURFACE MICROLAYER
84 80-03 37952
SURFACE MICROLAYERS
76 80-07 80457
SWISS FED. INST TECHNOL., ZU
70 80-09 03814
S-54
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SWISS FED. INST TECHNOL., ZU
103 79-01 10581
104 79-01 10582
SYMPOSIUM
66 80-11 07627
SYRINGALDEHYDE
90 80-01 23851
SYRINGIC ACID
90 80-01 23851
SYSTEM
23 0873509
101 79-04 46851
SYSTEMS
87 80-01 21378
S7K5
80 80-05 51935
TANKS
112 78-08 00629
TAXONOMIC SIGNIFICANCE
85 80-01 05681
TAXONOMY
3 1642824
TEMPERATURE EFFECTS
40 0484638
92 79-10 03609
93 79-10 12895
TO
61 81-03 01767
TER
17
1125584
TERPENES
67 80-11 09580
112 78-09 62618
TERRITORIES
114 78-O8 57719
TEXAS A AND M UNIV., MOODY CO
58 81-05 00823
THA
82 80-04 44303
THERMOMICROBIUM ROSEUM
102 79-04 48986
THERMOPHILIC BACTERIA
3 1642824
74 80-07 77902
102 79-04 48986
THERMUS AQUATICUS
102 79-04 48986
THIOCYANIC ACID
14 1330897
TIC
59 81-05 00483
TOKAI COOP STUDY GROUP FOR
40 0484638
TOLUENE
31 0776078
TOLYPOCLADIUM INFLATUM
98 79-07 76821
TOXIC SUBSTANCES SECT., NATL.
77 80-07 80465
TOXICANTS
32 0776203
TOXICITY
32 0776293
106 78-12 05189
TOXICITY TESTING
23 0905013
TOXICITY TESTS
23 0905013
TOXICOLOGY
23 0905013
TREATMENT
2 1699790
12 1432742
38 0608822
44 0351638
106 78-12 05189
115 78-05 21518
116 78-04 16187
TRICHOSPORON CUTANEUM
28 0842176
TURKEY
79 80-06 03229
TWEEN 20
86 8O-01 07483
TY
44
0378756
UB-
104 79-01 12485
UDE
62 81-03 01632
TIO
54 81-08 90333
ULA
83 80-03 35713
ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION
27 0838217
UNITS
86 8O-01 15942
UNIV ESTADUAL DE MARINGA 87
81 80-05 59347
UNIV. ESTADUAL DE MARINGA, 87
79 8O-05 51932
S-55
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UNIV. FLORIDA, GAINESVILLE, F
57 81-06 01169
UNIV. KENT, CANTERBURY, KENT
67 80-11 OOO45
UNIV. STUD. URBINO, CATTEDRA
79 80-O6 03229
UNIV. TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO, S
89 80-01 21682
UNIV. WYOMING, LARAMIE, WY 82
79 80-O6 O0453
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND
42 0409936
46 0409936
UPJOHN RES. LAB., KALAMAZOO
82 80-05 O0317
US
77
80-07 80461
US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY
52 0120927
USA
53
66
73
75
76
76
77
77
78
78
89
89
89
81-10 08747
80-11 07627
80-08 88059
80-07 8O451
80-07 8O457
80-07 80459
80-07 80461
80-07 80465
80-07 80475
80-07 80477
80-01 21659
80-01 21660
80-01 21682
USA, ALASKA
91
92
93
93
93
95
79-10 02329
79-10 12889
79-10 12890
79-10 12891
79-10 12895
79-09 87936
USA, ALASKA, OIL L.
93
79-10 12890
USA, CHESAPEAKE BAY
34
0718849
USA, FLORIDA
6
1544530
USA, KENTUCKY, OHIO R.
89
80-O1 21660
USA, LOUISIANA, BARATAI
62
81-02 36671
USA, LOUISIANA, MISSIS!
73
8O-08 88059
USA, MINNESOTA, DULUTH-
USA, UTAH, GREAT SALT L.
113 78-08 55039
USA, WYOMING
33 0785719
USSR
46
UTI
38
0335993
06291 15
UTILIZATION
14 12587O6
34 0748024
85 80-01 05681
UV->IRRADIATION
115 78-04 13571
VANILLIC ACID
90 80-01 23851
VANILLIN
90 80-01 23851
VAR.ANITRATUS
36 0659701
VEB PETROLCHEM. KOMBINAT SCHW
54 81-08 90333
VERTICILLIUM LECANII
47 0333445
VIBRIO
1
173684-7
VIBRIO FLUVIALISMICROBIOLOGICA
25 0829868
VIBRIO PARAHAEMOLYTICUS
25
91
VIRUS
106
VITAMINS
85
0829868
79-10 03603
78-12 05189
80-03 41423
VITRO"-ACTIVITY
13 1375624
WAKSMAN INST MICROBIOL.
95 79-09 08137
RUT
WARREN SPRING LAB., PO BOX 20
87 80-01 15943
WARREN SPRING LAB., STEVENAGE
68 80-10 16632
WASHINGTON UNIV., SEATTLE
34 0748024
WASTE
42
46
64
0409534
0409534
81-01 19839
S-56
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WASTE
87
1 15
1 16
80-01 15943
78-05 21518
78-04 16187
WASTES
102
79-04 50161
WASTE DISPOSAL
24 0875272
102 79-O4 50161
WASTE TREATMENT
59
61
61
64
68
68
72
74
74
75
80
86
86
87
87
WASTE
57
59
61
64
64
65
65
68
68
72
74
75
80
86
86
86
87
87
81-05
81-03
81-04
81-01
80-10
80-1 1
80-08
8O-07
8O-07
80-07
8O-05
80-01
80-01
80-01
80-01
UTILIZATION
81-06
81-05
81-03
81-01
81-01
80-12
80-12
80-10
80-11
80-08
80-07
80-07
80-05
80-01
8O-01
8O-01
80-01
80-01
68455
46822
53559
19839
16632
00183
86460
74481
77902
78054
56759
15941
15942
15943
15944
01 169
68455
46822
19839
21881
00021
00081
16632
00183
86496
74481
78054
56759
07483
15941
15942
15943
15944
WASTE WATER
32 0776203
81 80-05 59347
116 78-03 03127
WASTE WATER TREATMENT
70 80-09 00088
73 80-08 88059
WASTES
12
60
61
61
64
68
72
74
74
75
80
85
86
86
1432742
81-05
81-03
81-04
81-01
80-10
80-08
80-07
80-07
8O-07
80-05
80-01
80-01
80-01
02800
46822
53559
19839
16632
86460
74481
77902
78054
56759
05976
15941
15942
WASTEWATER
57 81-06 01169
65 80-12 O0081
73 80-07 01307
82 8O-04 44303
WASTEWATER DISCHARGES
14 1330897
WASTEWATER TREATMENT
2
14
15
22
24
32
37
53
56
57
60
64
65
65
70
72
73
82
86
92
1699790
1330897
1259641
0930874
0875272
0776203
0629065
81-10
81-06
81-06
81-05
81-01
80-12
80-12
80-09
80-08
80-07
80-04
80-01
79-10
05853
76219
O1 169
02800
21881
00021
00081
03814
86496
01307
44303
07483
1 1489
WASTEWATERS
72
WATER
62
62
65
67
67
70
71
79
81
84
87
88
89
91
91
93
93
94
96
98
99
99
99
100
100
101
104
1 1 1
1 13
1 14
80-08
81-02
81-03
80-1 1
80-1 1
80-1 1
80-09
80-O8
80-05
80-05
80-03
80-01
80-01
80-01
79-10
80-01
79-10
79-1O
79-09
79-07
79-07
79-04
79-05
79-07
79-04
79-O4
79-04
79-01
78-09
78-08
78-05
86496
36671
01632
00074
00045
09813
00088
86329
51932
58100
37952
19029
21658
21660
02329
005O6
12890
12891
01292
70393
76821
01758
58025
07136
04264
41895
47364
12485
62614
55039
19527
WATER (GROUND)
103 79-01
10581
S-57
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WATER (GROUND)
104 79-01 1O582
WATER (LAKE)
113 78-08 55039
WATER (SEA COAST)
103 79-02 25028
WATER ANALYSIS (CHEMICAL)
73 80-08 88059
WATER HYACINTH
74 8O-07 74481
WATER ISOLATES
10 1441458
21 0953285
25 0829868
WATER POLLUTION
70 80-09 00088
81 80-05 59347
99 79-07 07136
WATER QUALITY
21 0953285
WATER SALINITY
40 0484638
WATER SUPPLIES
73 80-08 88059
79 80-05 51932
WATER TEMPERATURE
XENOBIOTICS
18 1114913
24 0879951
18
40
44
WATER.
27
WATERS
48
95
96
104
1094340
0484638
0378756
0838217
0313085
79-09 95002
79-08 82431
79-01 12485
WATEWATER
70 8O-09 00088
WHO EXPERT COMMITTEE ON
33 0756992
WHO WORKING GROUP ON
44 0378756
WICKERHAM
85 8O-01
05681
WOOD PRESERVATIVES
8 1528391
WOODS HOLE OCEANOGR. INST.
55 81-07 85029
WORLD HEALTH ORG., DIV
50 0247034
XXIII
1 12
XXVI
67
XYLENE
31
YEAST
1 1 1
YEASTS
29
30
37
56
65
81
85
106
YR1980.
47
51
52
YR1981 .
38
44
46
49
49
49
50
50
50
51
51
52
52
YR1982.
34
37
39
40
41
41
41
42
42
42
43
43
44
44
45
45
46
46
47
47
48
48
48
78-09 62618
80-11 09580
0776078
78-10 O0221
0773855
0773885
0652212
81-07 82575
80-12 00021
80-05 58100
80-01 05681
78-11 03823
0333445
0129635
01 12082
06291 15
0351638
0335993
0266482
0266504
0274804
0198057
0247034
0266450
01709O6
0192766
01 1 1595
0120927
0706909
0629065
0534668
0474420
0459739
0460134
0461097
04O9534
0409936
0416695
0398410
0430340
0378756
03891 19
0416695
0430340
0409534
0409936
0330768
0335678
0301335
0313O85
0323947
WORMS
83
80-03 35713
S-58
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YR1983.
23
23
28
34
34
35
36
37
37
38
38
39
39
40
40
43
45
YR1984 .
1 1
12
16
16
18
19
20
20
21
21
22
22
23
24
24
24
25
25
25
26
26
26
27
27
27
28
28
29
29
29
30
30
30
30
31
31
31
32
32
32
33
33
33
35
36
36
YR1985 .
6
6
0871662
0873509
0819078
0718849
0748024
0681223
0679050
0652212
0652884
0608822
0629140
04735O9
0533274
0459711
0484638
0421548
0421548
1444421
1432742
1 164357
1 193626
1 1 15768
1041838
0968836
0993585
0913567
0953285
0930973
0933142
O905013
0827628
0875272
0885836
0829868
0833772
0833877
0833913
0834028
0834190
0838217
0838249
0838482
0838770
0842176
0773823
0773855
0803021
0773885
0773902
0773919
0775878
0776005
0776078
0776125
0776203
0776223
0776293
0756992
0776349
0785719
0697862
0659701
0698259
1535191
1544530
YR1985.
7
7
13
13
13
14
14
15
16
17
18
18
18
19
19
20
20
21
22
24
YR1986 .
8
9
9
9
10
1O
1 1
12
12
14
14
15
15
17
17
YR1987
2
3
3
3
4
4
5
5
5
6
7
8
8
10
10
1 1
YR1988.
2
1514767
1515010
1327770
1373775
1375624
1329150
1330897
1259641
1 170856
1 125584
1O94340
1 1 14913
1 1 15519
1027713
1O71491
0968709
0975847
0981980
0930874
O879951
1528057
1451697
1460453
1489291
1441458
1443823
1447219
1396927
1448459
1258706
1258757
1237913
1243340
1 161 120
1 185896
1684164
1617806
1642824
1655572
161 1772
1620059
1572346
1572510
1584512
1555327
1514931
1492065
1528391
1460582
1460654
1448159
1699790
006
68 80-11 00183
1978-1979
58 81-05 00823
2 , 6-DIMETHYLNAPHTHALE
1 1736847
S-59
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