Current Research, Technology and Education Topics in Applied ...

Current Research, Technology and Education Topics in Applied Microbiology and Microbial Biotechnology

FORMATEX Microbiology Series Nº 2 VOL. 2

Edited by A. Méndez-Vilas

Vol. 2 ISBN-13: 978-84-614-6195-0

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Current Research, Technology and Education Topics in Applied Microbiology and Microbial Biotechnology A. Méndez-Vilas (Ed.) _______________________________________________________________________________________

CONTENTS VOL. 1 Introduction............................................................................................................................. XVII

Environmental Microbiology, Geomicrobiology, Soil Microbiology, Biocontrol Waterborne transmission of Cryptosporidium and Giardia: detection, surveillance and implications for public health D. Carmena................................................................................................................................ 3-14 Purification of enzymes related to host penetration and pathogenesis from entomopathogenic fungi S. Ali, S.X. Ren, Z. Huang and J.H. Wu................................................................................... 15-22 Polyamines in cyanobacteria: biosynthesis, transport and abiotic stress response Aran Incharoensakdi, Saowarath Jantaro, Wuttinun Raksajit, and Pirkko Mäenpää................ 23-32 Adaptation to oxidative stress by Gram-positive bacteria: the redox sensing system HbpS-SenS-SenR from Streptomyces reticuli Matthew R. Groves, and Darío Ortiz de Orué Lucana.............................................................. 33-42 Pioneer communities in the forefields of retreating glaciers: how microbes adapt to a challenging environment Lazzaro A, Franchini AG, Brankatschk R, Zeyer J................................................................... 43-52 Molecular Microbial Ecology of Marmara Sea Sediments O. Ince, M. Kolukirik and B.K. Ince......................................................................................... 53-63 Sludge oomph: harnessing the power of sediment microbiota Alexandra S. Alves, Bruno M. Fonseca and Ricardo O. Louro................................................ 64-73 Comparative analysis of two phytohormone and siderophores rhizobacteria producers isolated from heavy metal contaminated soil and their effect on Lens esculenta growth and tolerance to heavy metals M.O. Franco-Hernández, S. Montes-Villafàn, M. Ramírez-Melo, A. Rodríguez-Dorantes, A. Rodriguez- Tovar, A.N. Ruíz-Flores, M.S. Vásquez-Murrieta and A. Ponce-Mendoza.................................................................................................................... 74-80 Capturing the potential of Haloalkaliphilic bacteria from the saline habitats through culture dependent and metagenomic approaches S. P. Singh, M. K. Purohit, V.H. Raval, S. Pandey, V. G. Akbari and C. M. Rawal................ 81-87 Characteristics of Extremophylic Fungi from Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant Т. Belozerskaya, K. Aslanidi, А. Ivanova, N. Gessler, A. Egorova, Yu. Karpenko, and S. Olishevskaya............................................................................................................................. 88-94 Induction of secondary symbiosis between the ciliate Paramecium and the green alga Chlorella Y. Kodama, and M. Fujishima.................................................................................................. 95-102

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Isolation and characterization of bioluminescent bacteria from marine environments of Puerto Rico J. Malave-Orengo, Eva N. Rubio-Marrero and C. Rios-Velazquez......................................... 103-108 Isolation and characterization of purple non-sulfur anoxyphototropic bacteria from two microecosystems: tropical hypersaline microbial mats and bromeliads phytotelmata K. Soto-Feliciano, M. De Jesús, J. Vega- Sepúlveda and C. Ríos-Velázquez.......................... 109-116 Characterization of blue pigmented bacteria isolated from Puerto Rico V. Cardona-Cardona, David Arroyo, J. Scellekens and C. Rios-Velazquez............................. 117-123 Bacterial Extracellular Enzymatic Activity in Globally Changing Aquatic Ecosystems A. Cunha, A. Almeida, F.J.R.C. Coelho, N. C. M. Gomes, V. Oliveira, and A. L. Santos...... 124-135 Bacteria in molluscs: good and bad guys J.L. Romalde, and J.L. Barja..................................................................................................... 136-147 Antioxidative defense systems of anaerobic sulfate-reducing microorganisms A. Brioukhanov, L. Pieulle and A. Dolla.................................................................................. 148-159 Evaluation of sol-gel silica matrices as inoculant carriers for Mesorhizobium spp. cells G. S. Alvarez, F. L. Pieckenstain, M. F. Desimone, M. J. Estrella, O. A. Ruiz and L. E. Díaz........................................................................................................................................... 160-167 Biological fertilization Mohammad Miransari............................................................................................................... 168-176 Metabolic strategies deployed by Pseudomonas fluorescens to combat metal pollutants: Biotechnological prospects Joseph Lemire, Christopher Auger, Adam Bignucolo, Varun P. Appanna, and Vasu D. Appanna..................................................................................................................................... 177-187 Adsorptions of DNA molecules by soils and variable-charged soil constituents K. Saeki and T. Kunito.............................................................................................................. 188-195 Mechanisms of infection used by Xanthomonas axonopodis pv. citri in citrus canker disease N. Gottig, B.S. Garavaglia, C.G. Garofalo, T. Zimaro, G.G. Sgro, F.A. Ficarra, G. Dunger, L.D. Daurelio, L. Thomas, C. Gehring, E.G. Orellano and J. Ottado....................................... 196-204 Proteomics of fungal plant pathogens: the case of Botrytis cinerea R. González Fernández, and J.V. Jorrín Novo..................................... .................................... 205-217 The universe of basidiomycetous ground fungi G. Gramss.................................................................................................................................. 218-229 Management of the Mycorrhizal Soil Infectivity to Improve Reforestation Program Achievements in Sahelian Ecosystems Arsene Sanon, Fatou Ndoye, Ezékiel Baudoin, Yves Prin, Antoine Galiana and Robin Duponnois................................................................................................................................. 230-238 Phytophthora cinnamomi suppressive soils B. Keen and T. Vancov............................................................................................................. 239-250

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Rhizospheric plant-microbe interactions that enhance the remediation of contaminated soils E. Amora-Lazcano, L.A. Guerrero-Zúñiga, A. Rodriguez-Tovar, A. Rodriguez-Dorantes and M.S. Vasquez-Murrieta...................................................................................................... 251-256 Investigating the role of microorganisms in soil seed bank management J. Chee-Sanford, and X. Fu....................................................................................................... 257-266 On the life of Ralstonia solanacearum, a destructive bacterial plant pathogen Belén Álvarez, Elena G. Biosca, and María M. López............................................................. 267-279 Molecular diversity and enzymatic potential of salt-tolerant alkaliphilic actinomycetes S. P. Singh, J.T. Thumar, S.D. Gohel, and M. K. Purohit........................................................ 280-286 Fate and environmental impact of the recently marketed herbicide Mesotrione: coupling biological and chemical studies for a global overview Isabelle Batisson, Martine Sancelme, Clarisse Mallet, and Pascale Besse-Hoggan................. 287-294 A challenge to mushroom growers: the green mould disease of cultivated champignons L. Kredics, L. García Jimenez, S. Naeimi, D. Czifra, P. Urbán, L. Manczinger, C. Vágvölgyi, and L. Hatvani........................................................................................................ 295-305 Nitrogen metabolism in ectomycorrhizal fungi: fHANT-AC gene regulation in Laccaria bicolor Minna J. Kemppainen and Alejandro G. Pardo......................................................................... 306-318 Biological soil quality indicators: a review Martinez-Salgado M,M., Gutiérrez-Romero, V., Jannsens, M., Ortega-Blu, R........................ 319-328 Fungal weathering and implications in the solubilization of metals from soil and from asbestos fibres S. Daghino, E. Martino and S. Perotto...................................................................................... 329-338 Lecanicillium muscarium as microbial insecticide against whitefly and its interaction with other natural enemies S.X. Ren, S. Ali, Z. Huang and J.H. Wu................................................................................... 339-348 Novel Fermentation media for the production of mosquito pathogenic bacilli in mosquito control Subbiah POOPATHI................................................................................................................. 349-358

Antimicrobials, Susceptibility, Resistance,

Biosynthesis of antibiotics Inorganic nano mental oxides used as anti-microorganism agents for pathogen control Lu-E Shi, Liangying Xing, Baochao Hou, Hongjuan Ge, Xiaofeng Guo and Zhenxing Tang........................................................................................................................................... 361-368 Antimicrobial efficacy and systematic use of disinfectants K. Steinhauer............................................................................................................................. 369-376 Identification and bioactive properties of endophytic fungi isolated from phyllodes of Acacia species H.B.Q. Tran, J.M. McRae, F. Lynch, and E.A. Palombo.......................................................... 377-382

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“Weapons of a pathogen: Proteases and their role in virulence of Pseudomonas aeruginosa” R. Hoge, A. Pelzer, F. Rosenau, S. Wilhelm............................................................................. 383-395 Antimicrobial activity of secondary metabolites and lectins from plants P.M.G. Paiva, F.S. Gomes, T.H. Napoleão, R.A. Sá, M.T.S. Correia and L.C.B.B. Coelho........................................................................................................................ 396-406 Nanobiotechnology: A new strategy to develop non-toxic antimicrobial textiles Isabel C. Gouveia...................................................................................................................... 407-414 Pitfalls of antimicrobial susceptibility testing of enterococci isolated from farming broilers by the disk diffusion method Manuela Oliveira, Verónica Santos, Amélia Fernandes, Sandro Filipe Nunes, Fernando Bernardo, and Cristina Lobo Vilela.......................................................................................... 415-418 Multi-functions of photodynamic pigments in ciliated protozoans T. Matsuoka, H. Kotsuki and Y. Muto...................................................................................... 419-426 Blueberries: Genotype-dependent variation in antioxidant, free-radical scavenging, and prebiotic activities A.L. Molan, M. A. Lila and G. Ravindran................................................................................ 427-434 Microbial superoxide dismutase enzyme as therapeutic agent and future gene therapy Hatem M. El Shafey, Saleh A. Bahashwan, Abdulaziz A. Alghaithy and Samah Ghanem................................................................................................................... 435-443 Fruit and vegetable peels – strong natural source of antimicrobics S. Chanda, Baravalia Y, Kaneria M and Rakholiya K.............................................................. 444-450 Novel leads from herbal drugs for infectious skin diseases S. Chanda and Y. Baravalia....................................................................................................... 451-456 Inhibitory Effect of Green Onion on the Growth of Aspergillus parasiticus Jong-Gyu Kim........................................................................................................................... 457-462 Peptidoglycan hydrolases as novel tool for anti-enterococcal therapy Lenka Maliničová, Mária Piknová, Peter Pristaš, and Peter Javorský.................................... 463-472 Seaweeds: A novel, untapped source of drugs from sea to combat Infectious diseases S. Chanda, Dave R, Kaneria M and Nagani K.......................................................................... 473-480 How do bees prevent hive infections? The antimicrobial properties of propolis H. Fokt, A. Pereira, A. M. Ferreira, A. Cunha, and C. Aguiar.................................................. 481-493 Novel Scientific Research in the College Classroom: Identification of Antibiotic Resistant Pseudomonas Species from a Wastewater Treatment Plant K. F. Picardo and D. W. Giroux................................................................................................ 494-500 Comparative analysis of 16S rRNA methyltransferases conferring resistance to aminoglycoside antibiotics in producing strains S. Vojnović, T. Ilić-Tomić, M. Savić, S. Bajkić, I. Morić, and B. Vasiljević.......................... 501-508

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Antibiotic resistance dissemination and sewage treatment plants K.L. Jury, T. Vancov, R.M. Stuetz, S.J. Khan.......................................................................... 509-519 Analysis of plasmids as genetic support of the class D carbapenemase OXA-40 in multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii isolates L. Gallego.................................................................................................................................. 520-528 Global resistance trends and the potential impact of Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and its solutions S. Chanda, B.R.M. Vyas, Y. Vaghasiya, H. Patel..................................................................... 529-536 Bacillus spp. thermal resistance and validation in soups A. Rodríguez-Lozano, M. Campagnoli, K. Jewel, F. Monadjemi and J.E. Gaze..................... 537-544 All Stressed Out: Mycobacterial Responses to Stress Beatrice Saviola......................................................................................................................... 545-549 Defensin-like antifungal proteins secreted by filamentous fungi L. Galgóczy, L. Kovács and Cs. Vágvölgyi.............................................................................. 550-559 Streptomyces developmental cycle and secondary metabolite production A. Manteca and J. Sanchez........................................................................................................ 560-566 Endophytic fungi for producing bioactive compounds originally from their host plants J. Zhao, L. Zhou, J. Wang, T. Shan, L. Zhong, X. Liu, and X. Gao......................................... 567-576 Evolution of fungal β-lactam biosynthesis gene clusters Carlos García-Estrada, Francisco Fierro, and Juan-Francisco Martín...................................... 577-588

Medical & Veterinary Microbiology Medical Genetics, Viruses Microbes at the host surface Sara K Linden and Michael A McGuckin................................................................................. 591-596 Chikungunya fever: A review of a re-emerging mosquito-borne infectious disease and the current status Po-Ying Chia, Mary Mah-Lee Ng and Justin Jang Hann Chu.................................................. 597-606 Cortactin, an oncoprotein targeted by pathogens during infection E. Nieto-Pelegrín, E. Meiler, and N. Martínez-Quiles.............................................................. 607-614 Apparent impact of enteric pathogens in drinking water and implications for the relentless saga of HIV/AIDS in South Africa MNB Momba, E Madoroba and CL Obi................................................................................... 615-625 Campylobacter concisus: an emerging pathogen of the gastrointestinal tract Taghrid Istivan, Peter Ward and Peter Coloe............................................................................ 626-634 Regulation of the LEE-pathogenicity island in attaching and effacing bacteria C. Lara-Ochoa, R. Oropeza and A. Huerta-Saquero................................................................. 635-645

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The genomes of Group B Streptococcus and the relationship to pathogenesis of disease H. H. L. Ma and M. Ip............................................................................................................... 646-657 Incidence of fungalysin and subtilisin virulence genes in dermatophytes A. Lemsaddek, L. Chambel and R. Tenreiro............................................................................. 658-665 Bacteria and yeast normal microbiota from respiratory tract and genital area of bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) R. Avalos-Téllez, F. Suárez-Güemes, E. M. Carrillo-Casas, and R. Hernández-Castro.......... 666-673 Lactobacilli and other lactic acid-related bacteria in the mucosal proximal gastrointestinal tract of pigs: a review of ecology for two derivative approaches for isolation of novel species Mareike Kraatz.......................................................................................................................... 674-686 Leptospirosis: an important zoonotic diseasesis Angeliki R. Burriel.................................................................................................................... 687-693 Experiences in Mexico of the vaccination in bovines and goats, with Brucella abortus RB51 strain E. Herrera-López , F. Suárez-Güemes, B. Arellano Reynoso, E.G. Palomares-Resendiz, R. Hernández-Castro, and E. Díaz Aparicio............................................................................. 694-699 Bacterial biofilms: Importance in animal diseases F. Aguilar-Romero, N.A. Pérez-Romero, E.Díaz-Aparicio and R. Hernández-Castro........... 700-703 Identification and Characterization of Novel Adhesins in Leptospira M. V. Atzingen, G. M. Cerqueira, M. L. Vieira, R. Oliveira, T. R. Oliveira, R. F. Domingos, A. T. Barros, R. S. Mendes and Ana L. T. O. Nascimento.................................... 704-713 The role of viruses in encephalitides of unknown origin in dogs A. M. Amude, A. F. Alfieri, A. A. Alfieri..............................................................................

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Clinical courses and neurological signs of canine distemper virus infection in dogs A. M. Amude, A. F. Alfieri, A. A. Alfieri................................................................................ 723-728 Non-conventional neuropathological manifestations of canine distemper virus infection in dogs A. M. Amude, A. F. Alfieri, A. A. Alfieri................................................................................ 729-736 Canine distemper virus and multiple sclerosis: A real or an anecdotal association? A. M. Amude, A. F. Alfieri, A. A. Alfieri................................................................................ 737-745 Deciphering the infection biology of avian pathogenic Escherichia coli: role of experimental infection models Francis Dziva............................................................................................................................. 746-753 Vibrio parahaemolyticus Strain ATCC 17802 Contains Two Transcriptionally Active 16S rRNA Genes and neither degrades preferentially in starvation N. González-Escalona, C.X. Moreno, J. Romero and R.T. Espejo........................................... 754-757 Differentiation and typing of Vibrio parahaemolyticus and V. vulnificus strains by variability in their 16S-23S rRNA intergenic spacer regions Narjol González-Escalona......................................................................................................... 758-766

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Aichi virus in Alberta, Canada: a one year examination of human diarrheic stool samples by RT-PCR A. Houde, E. Poitras, D. Leblanc, P. Ward, G.D. Inglis, V.F. Boras, F. Loisy-Hamon and B. Lebeau....................................................................................................................................... 767-772 Preferential Assortment of Rearranged NSP3 Gene in the Genetic Background of Simian Rotavirus SA11 Mohammed Mahbub Alam, Nobumichi Kobayashi, Masaho Ishino, and Souvik Ghosh........ 773-778 Laboratory surveillance of co-circulating respiratory viruses and enteroviruses during the 2009 H1N1 influenza pandemic J. Tan, and M.P. Carlos............................................................................................................. 779-788

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VOL. 2 Introduction............................................................................................................................. XVII

Biofilms, Quorum Sensing Manipulating bacterial cell fate: key role of surface-sensing and signal transduction C. Dorel..................................................................................................................................... 791-800 Sugarcane and Grapevine Endophytic Bacteria: Isolation, Detection of Quorum Sensing Signals and Identification by 16S v3 rDNA Sequence Analysis A. O. Hudson, N. H. Ahmad, R. Van Buren, and M. A. Savka................................................ 801-806 Microbial biofilms: case reviews of bacterial and fungal pathogens persisting on biomaterials and environmental substrata Ian R. Cooper............................................................................................................................ 807-817 Multiple approaches to control dental unit water line biofilm contamination Iram Liaqat and Anjum Nasim Sabri........................................................................................ 818-826 A Lactobacillus-derived biosurfactant inhibits biofilm formation of human pathogenic Candida albicans biofilm producers L. Fracchia, M. Cavallo, G. Allegrone, and M.G. Martinotti................................................... 827-837 The Perfect Adhesive Stephen A. Klotz and Peter N. Lipke........................................................................................ 838-844 Advances in industrial biofilm control with micro-nanotechnology Ferreira C., Pereira A. M., Melo L. F, Simões M..................................................................... 845-854 Biofilms: An Evolving and Universal Evasive Strategy of Bacterial Pathogens S.Sekhar, M.Ohri, A.Chakraborti.............................................................................................. 855-859 Atomic force microscopy and optical microscopy: suitable tools for the study of the initial stages of biofilm formation Patricia Schilardi, Carolina Diaz, Constanza Flores, Florencia Alvarez, and Mónica Fernández Lorenzo de Mele...................................................................................................... 860-869

Industrial & Food Microbiology, Biodegradation, Production of chemicals and pharmaceuticals Optimization of cell mass production of the probiotic strain Lactococcus lactis in batch and fed-bach culture in pilot scale levels N. Elmarzugi, H. El Enshasy, R. Abd Malek, Z. Othman, M. R. Sarmidi, and R. Abdel Aziz........................................................................................................................................... 873-879 Current trends of ß-galactosidase research and application S. Sheik Asraf and P. Gunasekaran........................................................................................... 880-890

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Characteristics and potential use of b-glucosidases from Zygomycetes Judit Krisch, Miklós Takó, Tamás Papp, Csaba Vágvölgyi...................................................... 891-896 Lignocellulose as raw material in fermentation processes S. I. Mussatto, and J. A. Teixeira.............................................................................................. 897-907 Improvement of wine organoleptic characteristics by non-Saccharomyces yeasts L. Mendoza and M.E. Farías..................................................................................................... 908-919 Strategies for the enhancement of malolactic fermentation in the new climate conditions J.Vila-Crespo, J.M. Rodriguez-Nogales, E. Fernández-Fernández, and M.C. HernanzMoral......................................................................................................................................... 920-929 Yarrowia lipolytica: an industrial workhorse M.A.Z. Coelho, P.F.F. Amaral and I. Belo............................................................................... 930-944 Characterization of a thermostable α-glucosidase from Geobacillus thermodenitrificans F84a A. C. Cihan, B. Ozcan, N. Tekin, and C. Cokmus.................................................................... 945-955 Microbial Fuel Cells (MFCs) - a novel source of energy for new millennium L. Veeranjaneya Reddy, S. Pradeep Kumar Young-Jung Wee................................................. 956-964 Botulinum neurotoxin: a deadly protease with applications to human medicine K.M. Land and L.W. Cheng...................................................................................................... 965-971 Progresses on the knowledge about the ecological function and structure of the protists community in activated sludge wastewater treatment plants L. Arregui, B. Pérez-Uz, H. Salvadó and S. Serrano................................................................ 972-979 Decisionmaking in the development of a biocatalytic route for resolution of Snaproxen – from screening to scale-up LH Steenkamp and D Brady..................................................................................................... 980-987 Microbial ecology of anaerobic reactors for treatment of alcohol industry wastewaters: a review B.K. Đnce, N. Ayman-Öz, G. Türker, Ş. Çelikkol, O. Đnce....................................................... 988-999 Biocatalytic potential of thermophilic bacteria and actinomycetes B.A. Kikani, R.J. Shukla, and S.P. Singh.................................................................................. 1000-1007 Nitroreductases: Enzymes with Environmental, Biotechnological and Clinical Importance Iuri Marques de Oliveira, Diego Bonatto and João Antonio Pêgas Henriques......................... 1008-1019 Strain and process development for citric acid production from glycerol-containing waste of biodiesel manufacture S.V. Kamzolova, S.G. Anastassiadis, A.R. Fatyhkova, N.P. Golovchenko, and I.G. Morgunov.................................................................................................................................. 1020-1028 Design and Development of Microbial Fuel cells Sourish Karmakar, Kanika Kundu and Subir Kundu............................................................... 1029-1034

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Competition Between Spontaneous And Commercial Yeasts In Winemaking: Study Of Possible Factors Involved N. Barrajón, M. Arévalo-Villena, J. Úbeda, and A. Briones.................................................... 1035-1041 Exploring the biodiversity of a wine region: Saccharomyces yeasts associated with wineries and vineyards L. Mercado, M. Combina.......................................................................................................... 1042-1053 Chitin deacetylase: A comprehensive account on its role in nature and its biotechnological applications V. Ghormade, S. Kulkarni, N. Doiphode, P.R. Rajamohanan and M.V. Deshpande............... 1054-1066 Microbial diversity within the phyllosphere of different vegetable species Baoguo Zhang, Zhihui Bai, Daniel Hoefel, Xiaoyi Wang, Ling Zhang and Zuming Li.......... 1067-1077 Microbiological Control of Mycotoxins: Present Status and Future Concerns K.R.N. Reddy, N.I. Farhana, B. Salleh and C.A.F. Oliveira..................................................... 1078-1086 Are consumers aware of the risks related to Biogenic Amines in food? P. Russo, G. Spano, M.P. Arena, V. Capozzi, D. Fiocco, F. Grieco and L. Beneduce............. 1087-1095 Biology of Escherichia coli O157:H7 in human health and food safety with emphasis on sublethal injury and detection Amanda L. Robinson and John L. McKillip............................................................................. 1096-1105 Molecular Mechanisms of Stress Resistance in Lactococcus lactis William M. Smith, Gary A. Dykes, Aijaz H. Soomro and Mark S. Turner.............................. 1106-1118 Dualistic aspects of Enterococcus spp. in foods Bruna Carrer Gomes, Bernadette Dora Gombossy de Melo Franco and Elaine Cristina Pereira De Martinis................................................................................................................... 1119-1125 Nutritional potential of biomass and metabolites from filamentous fungi J.A. Takahashi and S.A. Carvalho............................................................................................ 1126-1135 Potential for manipulating the polysaccharide content of shiitake mushrooms D. Brauer, T.E. Kimmons, M. Phillips, and D.E. Brauer........................................................

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Fresh-cut fruits preservation: current status and emerging technologies M.R. Corbo, B. Speranza, D. Campaniello, D. D’Amato, and M. Sinigaglia........................... 1143-1154 Functional nutrition and psycho-intellectual possibilities of man: things in common E.I. Tkachenko, Yu.P. Uspenskiy, Yu.A. Fominykh................................................................ 1155-1159 Advantages of traditional lactic acid bacteria fermentation of food in Africa PK Chelule, MP Mokoena and N Gqaleni................................................................................ 1160-1167 Update in bread fermentation by lactic acid bacteria G. Rollán, C.L. Gerez, A. M. Dallagnol, M.I. Torino and G. Font........................................... 1168-1174 Coliform bacteria in fresh vegetables: from cultivated lands to consumers M.P. Falomir, D. Gozalbo, and H. Rico.................................................................................... 1175-1181 The problem of Listeriosis and ready-to-eat products: prevalence and persistence V. Garrido, A.I.Vitas and I. García-Jalón................................................................................. 1182-1189

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Potential links between irrigation water quality and microbiological quality of food in subsistence farming in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa Megan E. Gemmell and Stefan Schmidt................................................................................... 1190-1195 Production of Lactobacillus salivarius, a new probiotic strain isolated from human breast milk, in semi-industrial scale and studies on its functional characterization Roslinda Abd Malek, Sallehhuddin bin Hamdan, Hesham A. El Enshasy Nor Zalina Othman, Noor Azwani Zainol, Mohamad R. Sarmidi, Ramlan, A. Aziz.................................. 1196-1204 Microbial safety of raw milk cheeses traditionally made at a pH below 4.7 and with other hurdles limiting pathogens growth F. Perez Pacheco, and A. Bucio Galindo.................................................................................. 1205-1216 Effect of modified atmosphere packaging on the growth/survival of Yersinia enterocolitica and natural flora on fresh poultry sausage C.A. Conte-Junior, B.T. Macedo, M.M. Lopes, R.M. Franco, M.Q. Freitas, M. Fernandez and S.B. Mano........................................................................................................................... 1217-1223 S-layers in lactobacilli: structural characteristics and putative role in surface and probiotic properties of whole bacteria P. Mobili, E. Gerbino, E. E. Tymczyszyn, and A. Gómez-Zavaglia........................................ 1224-1234 Enhanced biodegradation of 4-chlorophenol using biosurfactant in an activated sludge A. Uysal and A. Turkman......................................................................................................... 1235-1240 Removal of Ca2+ impurities from brine by marine cyanobacteria from Gujarat coast of India for the production of Industrial grade salt S Mishra, PK Ghosh, MR Gandhi, AM Bhatt and SA Chauhan............................................... 1241-1248 Preliminary characterization of an estuarine, benzoate-utilizing Vibrio sp. isolated from Durban Harbour, South Africa Karis Moxley and Stefan Schmidt............................................................................................. 1249-1254 Microorganisms capable to degrade organochlorine pesticides María S. Fuentes, Claudia S. Benimeli, Sergio A. Cuozzo, Juliana M. Saez and María J. Amoroso.................................................................................................................................... 1255-1264 Microbial cold-active α-amylases: From fundamentals to recent developments Mohammed Kuddus, and Roohi................................................................................................ 1265-1276 Microbial biodegradation potential of hydrocarbons evaluated by colorimetric technique: a case study E. D. Bidoia, R. N. Montagnolli and P. R. M. Lopes................................................................ 1277-1288 Current Research Trends of Microbiological Leaching for Metal Recovery from Industrial Wastes Debaraj Mishra, Young-Ha Rhee.............................................................................................. 1289-1296 Adaptative response and degradation of quaternary ammonium compounds by Pseudomonas putida A ATCC 12633 Gloria I. Lucchesi, Andrés S. Liffourrena, Paola S. Boeris and Mario A. Salvano.................. 1297-1303 Microbiological reduction of hexavalent molybdenum to molybdenum blue Shukor M.Y. and M.A Syed...................................................................................................... 1304-1310

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Comparison of marine and terrestrial carbazole-degrading bacteria Rintaro Maeda, Yoshihiko Ito, Kenichi Iwata and Toshio Omori............................................ 1311-1321 Green bean coffee as nutrient source for pesticide degrading-bacteria B.E. Barragán-Huerta, and R. Rodríguez-Vázquez.................................................................. 1322-1327 Removal of organic load from wastewater by using Datura innoxia Mill. N. Vaillant-Gaveau, F. Monnet, H. Sallanon, A. Coudret, and A. Hitmi................................. 1328-1336 The impact of different carbon and nitrogen sources on antibiotic production by Streptomyces hygroscopicus CH-7 Slavica Ilić, Sandra Konstantinović, Vlada B. Veljković, Dragiša S. Savić and Gordana Đ. Gojgić-Cvijović......................................................................................................................... 1337-1342 Mycofabrication, mechanistic aspect and Multifunctionality of Metal Nanoparticles Where are we? And where should we go? Mahendra Rai, Alka Yadav, Aniket Gade................................................................................. 1343-1354 Third generation biofuels from microalgae Giuliano Dragone, Bruno Fernandes, António A. Vicente, and José A. Teixeira.................... 1355-1366 Biosurfactants from marine bacterial isolates R.Thavasi, S. Jayalakshmi and I.M. Banat................................................................................ 1367-1373 Citric acid production by yeasts: Fermentation conditions, process optimization and strain improvement Seda Karasu Yalcin, M. Tijen Bozdemir, Z. Yesim Ozbas....................................................... 1374-1382 Advances in butanol production by clostridia Y. Tashiro, and K. Sonomoto.................................................................................................... 1383-1394 Bacterially Produced Polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA): Converting Renewable Resources into Bioplastics Jiun-Yee Chee, Sugama-Salim Yoga, Nyok-Sean Lau, Siew-Chen Ling, Raeid M. M. Abed and Kumar Sudesh..................................................................................................................... 1395-1404 Microbial production of biodegradable polymers and their role in cardiac stent development P. Basnett and I. Roy................................................................................................................. 1405-1415

Methods and Techniques Design of experiments: a powerful tool in food microbiology A. Bevilacqua, M.R. Corbo and M. Sinigaglia......................................................................... 1419-1429 Specific and Sensitive Multiplex PCR Method for Detecting Salmonellae and Shigellae in Mayonnaise E. Villalobo............................................................................................................................... 1430-1436 Introduction of PapilloCheck®, a microarray-based assay for the detection and genotyping of HPV, into the clinical laboratory D.A. Pilger, T.T. Moreira, D.M. Leinberger, and V.V. Cantarelli............................................ 1437-1442

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Sequencing a bacterial genome: an overview J. Duan, J.J. Heikkila, B.R. Glick.............................................................................................. 1443-1451 Predictive microbiology and table olives F.N. Arroyo-López, J. Bautista-Gallego, F. Rodríguez-Gómez, and A. Garrido-Fernández......................................................................................................... 1452-1461 Disposable electrochemical biosensors in microbiology O. Domínguez-Renedo, M.A. Alonso-Lomillo, M.J. Arcos-Martínez..................................... 1462-1470 Unraveling activities by functional-based approaches using metagenomic libraries from dry and rain forest soils in Puerto Rico José M. Cruz, Manuel A. Ortega, Jean C. Cruz, Pedro Ondina, Rossivette Santiago, and Carlos Ríos-Velázquez.............................................................................................................. 1471-1478 Comparison of methods for the extraction of bacterial DNA from human faecal samples for analysis by real-time PCR E.A Nelson, E.A Palombo, and S.R Knowles........................................................................... 1479-1485 Ca-alginate hydrogel rheological changes caused by yeast cell growth dynamics I. Pajic-Lijakovic, M. Plavsic, V. Nedovic, B. Bugarski........................................................ 1486-1493 The development of a robust industrial crystallography program for the bacterial 50S ribosomal subunit B.A. Maguire............................................................................................................................. 1494-1501 Tracking down microbial communities via fatty acids analysis: analytical strategy for solid organic samples M. Lores M. Gómez-Brandón and J. Domínguez..................................................................... 1502-1508 Application of Amplicon Length Polymorphism to differentiate amongst closely related strains of bacteria W. C. Rice................................................................................................................................. 1509-1516 Genetic tools for desiccation- and radiation-tolerant cyanobacteria of the genus Chroococcidiopsis D. Billi....................................................................................................................................... 1517-1521 PCR on slide: advantages in environmental and clinical microbiology J.-C. Avarre, E. Masseret, M. Alunni-Fabbroni, P. Hartmann, W. Mann, N. Häfner, M. Dürst, C. Woudstra, P. Fach, G. Cerovic, M. Rattier, A. Le bras, R. Melizzi, J.-L. Grabias and C. Weisbuch........................................................................................................................ 1522-1532 Preparation and analysis of environmental DNA: optimisation of techniques for phylogenetic analysis of ATAD sludge A.V. Piterina and J.T. Pembroke............................................................................................... 1533-1538 Use of immunohistochemistry and molecular assays such as RT-PCR for precise post mortem diagnosis of distemper-related encephalitis A. M. Amude, A. F. Alfieri, A. A. Alfieri................................................................................ 1539-1545 Microbial Biodiversity Investigation techniques S. Saman, P. Slattery and S. Saman.......................................................................................... 1546-1550

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Challenges in Environmental Monitoring of Pathogens: Case Study in Mycobacterium avium N. Radomski, R. Moilleron, F. S. Lucas, and J. O. Falkinham III............................................ 1551-1561 A modified cell extraction method to access microbial community structure in soil samples by phospholipid fatty acid analysis J. Malave-Orengo, S. E. Borglin, T. C. Hazen and C. Rios-Velazquez.................................. 1562-1568 Generation of large insert metagenomic libraries using indirect DNA extraction methods from benthic and ephemeral tropical hypersaline microbial mats I. Torres-Zapata, A. Gonzalez-Montalvo, C. Castro-Ruiz and C. Rios-Velazquez.................. 1569-1575 Protein- protein interaction mutants to study structure and assembly of cellular machineries: its application to the prokaryotic divisome L. Grenga................................................................................................................................... 1576-1581 Fourier tansform infrared (FT-IR) spectroscopy: A rapid tool for detection and analysis of foodborne pathogenic bacteria R. Davis and L.J. Mauer............................................................................................................ 1582-1594 UVA-LED Air Disinfection M. Gadelmoula, K. Mawatari, M. Yamato, M. Akutagawa, Y. Kinouchi, and Akira Takahashi................................................................................................................................... 1595-1600 Electron microscopy techniques and energy dispersive X-ray applied to determine the sorption of lead in Paracoccus sp. DE2007 Massimiliano Baratelli, Juan Maldonado, Isabel Esteve, Antoni Solé and Elia Diestra........... 1601-1608

Others Transport of dicarboxylates in Saccharomyces cerevisiae D.A. Aliverdieva, D.M. Mamaev, L.S. Lagutina, and D.I. Bondarenko.................................. 1611-1620

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