Composition of soil microbial communities enriched on a mixture of aromatic hydrocarbons
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Researchers isolated 55 different bacteria from soil contaminated with C5, a mixture of aromatic hydrocarbons generated during ethane pyrolysis. Most used benzene as a substrate, followed by toluene, xylenes, styrene, and naphthalene.
Publication Name: Applied and Environmental Microbiology
Subject: Biological sciences
ISSN: 0099-2240
Year: 2000
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Synergistic inhibition of microbial sulfide production by combinations of the metabolic inhibitor nitrite and biocides
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The control of a sulfide-producing consortium was determined by MICs of six broad-spectrum biocides and two specific metabolic inhibitors and fractional inhibitory concentration indexes (FICIs). The specific inhibition of dissimilatory sulfite reductase was responsible for nitrite being synergistic (FIFI<1) with all but one biocide indicating that the combination of nitrite and biocides allows more efficient and cost-effective control of sulfate-reducing bacteria.
Publication Name: Applied and Environmental Microbiology
Subject: Biological sciences
ISSN: 0099-2240
Year: 2006
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Composition of toluene-degrading microbial communities from soil at different concentrations of toluene
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Toluene-degrading bacteria were isolated from hydrocarbon-contaminated soil by incubating liquid enrichment cultures and agar plate cultures in desiccators in which the vapor pressure of toluene was controlled by dilution with vacuum pump oil. Analysis of the microbial communities in soil samples that were incubated with 10% toluene with reverse sample genome probing indicated that Pseudomonas strain Cstd5 was the dominant community member. However, incubation of soil samples with 0.1% toluene resulted in a community that was dominated by Pseudomonas strain Q7.
Publication Name: Applied and Environmental Microbiology
Subject: Biological sciences
ISSN: 0099-2240
Year: 1999
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