Succinic acid has recently emerged as an important chemical (commodity) because it can be used for the manufacturing of synthetic resins and biodegradable polymers and as an intermediate for chemical synthesis. Till...Succinic acid has recently emerged as an important chemical (commodity) because it can be used for the manufacturing of synthetic resins and biodegradable polymers and as an intermediate for chemical synthesis. Till date, succinic acid is mainly produced by chemical processes, however, due to the environmental concerns and the concepts of sustainability, researches are directed towards the production of succinic acid by microbial fermentation. The fact that carbon dioxide (CO2) is needed by the microorganisms for succinic acid production is another interesting feature. The fermentation was carried out with Actinobacillus succinogenes using a two-level fractional factorial design 2sl. The variables analyzed and their levels were: concentration of glucose, yeast extract, temperature, pH and agitation. The results show that the variables that more influenced on succinic acid production were pH, temperature and yeast extract.展开更多
The occurrence and the detection system of mesophilic and psychrotrophic aerobic sporulating microorganisms (MPAS) in raw cow's milk were studied. Samples of raw cow's bulk tank milk were taken 21 times in 14 farm...The occurrence and the detection system of mesophilic and psychrotrophic aerobic sporulating microorganisms (MPAS) in raw cow's milk were studied. Samples of raw cow's bulk tank milk were taken 21 times in 14 farms during one year. Basis of the method for MPAS assessment is the milk sample inactivation at the temperature 80-82 ℃ for 30 minutes followed by incubation in cultivation dishes at 30 -4- 1 ℃ for 3 days-mesophilic aerobic sporulates (MAS), and at 6.5 .4- 1 ℃ for 10 days-psychrotrophic aerobic sporulates (PAS). The total count of MPAS was within the span 2.5-340 CFU/mL (colony forming units). Average plate count of MPAS was 59.4 CFU/mL with variation coefficient 93.1%. MPAS count found in the same dishes at incubation for mesophilic and subsequently strictly psychrophilic microorganisms (MAS + SPAS) which enables to exclude overestimation of results by sporulates able to grow at both incubation temperatures was on average 56.9 CFU/mL what represents 95.8% out of the number of sums of individual dishes at two temperatures (MAS + PAS). Correlation coefficient of these two types of results r = 0.99 gives evidence of close dependence that is expressed by linear regression equation y = 0.9773x. We can consider the method using at first 30 .4- 1 ℃ and subsequently 6.5 -4-1℃ (MAS + SPAS) as more correct than the method with the opposite order of cultivation temperatures because of better regression coefficient of linear dependence and higher correlation coefficient in relation to the sum of independent incubations (MAS + PAS).展开更多
A pot culture experiment was carried out to study the interaction of Melodogyne incognita and Fusarium chlamydosporurn on Coleus forskohlii. The nematode multiplication was adversely affected when fungus was inoculate...A pot culture experiment was carried out to study the interaction of Melodogyne incognita and Fusarium chlamydosporurn on Coleus forskohlii. The nematode multiplication was adversely affected when fungus was inoculated prior to nematode. Simultaneous inoculation of nematode and fungus as well as nematode followed by fungus seven days later, caused 85.5 per cent root rot disease and significant reduction in plant growth as well as nematode multiplication when compared to the inoculation fungus alone or fungus inoculation prior to nematode.展开更多
文摘Succinic acid has recently emerged as an important chemical (commodity) because it can be used for the manufacturing of synthetic resins and biodegradable polymers and as an intermediate for chemical synthesis. Till date, succinic acid is mainly produced by chemical processes, however, due to the environmental concerns and the concepts of sustainability, researches are directed towards the production of succinic acid by microbial fermentation. The fact that carbon dioxide (CO2) is needed by the microorganisms for succinic acid production is another interesting feature. The fermentation was carried out with Actinobacillus succinogenes using a two-level fractional factorial design 2sl. The variables analyzed and their levels were: concentration of glucose, yeast extract, temperature, pH and agitation. The results show that the variables that more influenced on succinic acid production were pH, temperature and yeast extract.
文摘The occurrence and the detection system of mesophilic and psychrotrophic aerobic sporulating microorganisms (MPAS) in raw cow's milk were studied. Samples of raw cow's bulk tank milk were taken 21 times in 14 farms during one year. Basis of the method for MPAS assessment is the milk sample inactivation at the temperature 80-82 ℃ for 30 minutes followed by incubation in cultivation dishes at 30 -4- 1 ℃ for 3 days-mesophilic aerobic sporulates (MAS), and at 6.5 .4- 1 ℃ for 10 days-psychrotrophic aerobic sporulates (PAS). The total count of MPAS was within the span 2.5-340 CFU/mL (colony forming units). Average plate count of MPAS was 59.4 CFU/mL with variation coefficient 93.1%. MPAS count found in the same dishes at incubation for mesophilic and subsequently strictly psychrophilic microorganisms (MAS + SPAS) which enables to exclude overestimation of results by sporulates able to grow at both incubation temperatures was on average 56.9 CFU/mL what represents 95.8% out of the number of sums of individual dishes at two temperatures (MAS + PAS). Correlation coefficient of these two types of results r = 0.99 gives evidence of close dependence that is expressed by linear regression equation y = 0.9773x. We can consider the method using at first 30 .4- 1 ℃ and subsequently 6.5 -4-1℃ (MAS + SPAS) as more correct than the method with the opposite order of cultivation temperatures because of better regression coefficient of linear dependence and higher correlation coefficient in relation to the sum of independent incubations (MAS + PAS).
文摘A pot culture experiment was carried out to study the interaction of Melodogyne incognita and Fusarium chlamydosporurn on Coleus forskohlii. The nematode multiplication was adversely affected when fungus was inoculated prior to nematode. Simultaneous inoculation of nematode and fungus as well as nematode followed by fungus seven days later, caused 85.5 per cent root rot disease and significant reduction in plant growth as well as nematode multiplication when compared to the inoculation fungus alone or fungus inoculation prior to nematode.