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Activity of the enzymes can give information on the kind and duration of the effects of pollutants on the metabolic activity of soil. Results of studies on the dehydrogenase activity in soils experimentally contaminated with diesel fuel, with and without modification used in investigation over biodégradation process (including fertilization, stirring and inoculation) were presented in paper. Studies...
Studies were carried out on the microflora of phyllosphere and soil rhizosphere of hulled (Chwat variety) and naked (Akt variety) oats. The material taken for study embraced samples of leaves and soil rhizosphere taken from cultivations differing in extent of nitrogen fertilization. The studies involved determination of total number of aerobic heterotrophic bacteria belonging to the genus Pseudomonas...
The strain ANU 6277 was isolated from laterite soil and identified as Streptomyces sp. closely related to Streptomyces albidoflavus cluster by 16S rRNA analysis. The cultural, morphological and physiological characters of the strain were recorded. The strain exhibited resistance to chloramphenicol, penicillin and streptomycin. It had the ability to produce enzymes such as amylase and chitinase. A...
Some parts of the Indian Himalayan region are covered by established and abandoned tea bushes. Rhizospheric soils of these plants were studied for bacterial dominance and antagonism. Representatives of Bacillus and Pseudomonas genera were found to dominate the rhizosphere of established and abandoned tea bushes, respectively. Amongst the isolated species Bacillus subtilis and Bacillus mycoides appeared...
Two soils were kept moist at 4°C, -20°C or air-dried at 20-22°C and after one week, one month, two months and six months of storage at these conditions changes in soil populations of Rhizobium leguminosarum bv. trifolii (Rlt) and Rhizobium leguminosarum bv. \iciae (Rlv) were examined. In one air-dried soil (from Grabów) markedly lower numbers of both Rlt and Rlv., as compared to the refrigerated or...
The influence of L-serine on the growth of different strains of the genus Bacillus was investigated. It has been observed that the addition of L-serine to minimal synthetic media results in an inhibition in the growth of certain strains of Bacillus spp. but not B. thuringiensis. Then L-serine-resistance phenomenon was used in isolation of B. thuringiensis strains from soil. An isolation method with...
In this work, we present the construction of a metagenomic library in Escherichia coli using pUC19 vector and environmental DNA directly isolated from Antarctic topsoil and screened for lipolytic enzymes. Screening on agar supplemented with olive oil and rhodamine B revealed one clone with lipolytic activity (Lip 1) out of 11000 E. coli clones. This clone harbored a plasmid, pLip 1, which has an insert...
Optimizing production of α-amylase production by Thermoactinomyces vulgaris isolated from Egyptian soil was studied. The optimum incubation period, temperature and initial pH of medium for organism growth and enzyme yield were around 24 h, 55°C and 7.0, respectively. Maximum α-amylase activity was observed in a medium containing starch as carbon source. The other tested carbohydrates (cellulose, glucose,...
Aerobic bacteria degrading endosulfan were isolated from contaminated sludge. One of the isolates, LD-6, was identified as Stenotrophomonas sp. The bacterium could utilize endosulfan as the sole source of carbon and sulfur. 100 mg/l endosulfan was completely degraded within 10 days, and endosulfan diol and endosulfan ether were detected as major metabolites with a slight decrease in culture pH. The...
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