TRICHOSPORON ANEURINOLYTICUM, A NEW THIAMINE-DESTROYING FUNGUS

Trichosporon aneurinolyticum, a new thiamine-destroying fungus.

The production of thiaminase by a bacterium of the intestinal tract as an etiologic factor of beriberi has received considerable study by Japanese work ers. Chang (1) observed that when a thiamine solution was placed in the sigmoidal colon of a patient having habitual constipation combined with beri beri, the vitamin soon disappeared. The first discovery of a thiaminase producing micro-organism...

Destroying Civilization, Destroying Nature

A new fluorometric determination of thiamine.

Several different types of assay procedure have been proposed for the quantitative determination of thiamine. In a discussion (1) of the difficulties encountered in some of the methods, it has been pointed out that calorimetric (2, 3) and fluorometric (4) methods often suffer from a lack of sufficient sensitivity or specificity. The procedure described in the present communication, while not so...

A new nematode-destroying Harposporium with slender helieoid conidia

Among the hyphomycetous endoparasites destructive to eelworms that abound in slowly decaying plant materials, as well as in agar plate cultures earlier inoculated with partly decomposed vegetable detritus, Harposporium anguillulae Lohde emend. Zopf (1888) is observed much more frequently than allied forms. In seeking an explanation for this more frequent occurrence it would seem highly signific...

New Fungus Eater Experiments

Although there seems to be a high agreement among researchers that the concept of autonomous agents should also be applied in Psychology, especially in Emotion Psychology, most work did not exceed the theoretical level yet. One reason obviously is the lack of adequate tools for applying and exploring this concept. This paper describes, on the bases of an implemented software package, what such ...