Microbes in applied research : current advances and challenges : Malaga, Spain, 14-16 September 2011 / editor A. Mendez-Vilas.

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This book offers the latest scientific research on applied microbiology presented at the IV International Conference on Environmental, Industrial and Applied Microbiology (BioMicroWorld2011) held in Spain in 2011. A wide-ranging set of topics including agriculture, environmental, food, industrial and medical microbiology makes this book interesting not only for microbiologists, but also for anyone who likes to keep up with cutting-edge research in microbiology and microbial biotechnology. Readers will find a major collection of knowledge, approaches, methods and discussions on the latest advances and challenges in applied microbiology in a compilation of 136 chapters written by active researchers in the field from around the world. The topics covered in this single volume include biodegradation of pollutants, water, soil and plant microorganisms, biosurfactants, antimicrobial natural products, antimicrobial susceptibility, antimicrobial resistance, human pathogens, food microorganisms, fermentation, biotechnologically relevant enzymes and proteins, microbial physiology, metabolism and gene expression mainly, although many other subjects are also discussed.

Introduction; CONTENTS; Agriculture, Soil, Environmental and Marine-Aquatic Microbiology; A microcosm study on the die-off response of the indicator bacteria, Enterococcus faecium and Enterococcus faecalis Juan Du, Hofung Cheng, Ken T.M. Wong and Stanley C.K. Lau; 1. Introduction; 2. Materials and Methods; 2.1 Isolation of model strains; 3. Results and Discussion; 3.1 Determination of die-off rate constant; 3.2 The role of the environmental factors and response surface analysis; 4. Concluding Remarks; References.

Ampelomyces quisqualis Ces. ex Schlecht. as an alternative measure of protection Miroslava Markovic and Snezana Rajkovic1. Introduction; 2. Material and Methods; 2.1 Material; 2.2 Methods; 3. Results and Discussion; 4. Conclusions; References; An individual-based model for dealing with organic amendments and mineral nitrogen soil fertilizations A. Gras, J. Comas and M. Ginovart; 1. Introduction; 2. Material and Methods; 2.1 Experimental conditions; 2.2 The individual-based model INDISIM-SOMFERTIL; 3. Results and Discussion iscussion; References.

An investigation of mixed microbial populations for use in the treatment of waste fats, oils and greases M. Tzirita and B. Quilty1. Introduction; 2. Materials and Methods; 2.1 Inoculum preparation; 2.2 Culture media; 2.3 Gravimetric determination of total fat; 2.4 Identification of bacteria; 3. Results; 3.1 Fat degradation by three bio-augmentation products; 3.2 Microbiology; 4. Discussion and Conclusions; References; Anti-oxidative stress enzymes in golden chanterelle (Cantharellus cibarius) Jacqueline Keyhani and Ezzatollah Keyhani; 1. Introduction; 2. Materials and Methods; 3. Results.

3.1 SOD activity3.2 CAT activity; 3.3 POX activity; 4. Discussion; References; Application of flotation and biodegradation to eliminate persistent organic pollutants in the influent stream of Cerny Prikop Iva Janáková and Hana Vojtková; 1. Introduction; 1.1 Flotation of sediments; 1.2 Locality Cerny Prikop; 1.3 Bacterial leaching; 1.4 The characteristics of the Rhodococcus bacteria; 2. Materials and Methods; 2.1 Flotation experiments; 2.2 Biodegradation experiments; 3. Results and Discussion; 4. Conclusion; References.

Bacterial assessment and antibiotic susceptibility of pathogenic bacteria of Domat Al-Jandal Lake, Saudi Arabia M.A. Al-Ruwaili1. Introduction; 2. Materials and Methods; 2.1 Study area; 2.2 Sample collections; 2.3 Enumeration of different bacterial groups; 2.4 Biochemical characterization and presumptive identification; 2.6 Statistical analysis; 3. Results and Discussion; References; Bioaugmentation of microbial consortia and supplementation of bulking agents in removal of crude oil from soil A. Hamzah, S.N. Md. Salleh, S.L. Lee and S. Sarmani; 1. Introduction; 2. Materials and Methods.

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