H2 is a low-impact energy carrier, which the EU hydrogen strategy has positioned as major component of policy. Dark fermentation by psychrophilic bacteria promising avenue production, though one that requires further study. The aim this study was to determine production performance Bacteroides vulgatus strain during cattle slurry. test isolated from an inland water body at depth 40 ± 5 m. exper...

The construction of new, artificially snowed, ski slopes and the accompanying infrastructure changes natural environment exerts pressure on ecosystems. This study examined impact operation a new slope, with its artificial snow production, quality nearby stream waters. research period covered time before, during after slope construction. Electrolytic conductivity (EC) pH were measured on-site, c...

background and objectives: with regard to the hazards of nitrite, application of natural preservatives in order to reduce the microbial load of meat and meat products is increasing. owing to their anti-bacterial properties, red barberry and the dried residue of red grape could be suitable replacers for nitrite. materials and methods: agar dilution method was employed in order to determine the m...

Bacterial contamination remains one of the major risks associated with blood product transfusion. The kinetics of bacterial growth in red blood cell concentrates (RBCC) is different than otherwise due to storage at 4 degrees C, conditions in which most bacteria do not survive. Psychrophilic bacteria such as Yersinia enterocolitica, however, can proliferate from a very low level of contamination...

Much of the Earth's surface, both marine and terrestrial, is either periodically or permanently cold. Although habitats that are largely or continuously frozen are generally considered to be inhospitable to life, psychrophilic organisms have managed to survive in these environments. This is attributed to their innate adaptive capacity to cope with cold and its associated stresses. Here, we revi...

The methanogenic community structures of six anaerobic sludges were examined using culture-independent techniques. The sludges were obtained from full-scale and laboratory-scale bioreactors, treating a variety of low- and high-strength, simple and complex wastewaters at psychrophilic (10-14 degrees C), mesophilic (37 degrees C) and thermophilic (55 degrees C) temperatures. Amplified rDNA restri...

Expressed sequence tags (ESTs) from the Antarctic green algae Pyramimonas gelidicola were analyzed to obtain molecular information on cold acclimation of psychrophilic microorganisms. A total of 2,112 EST clones were sequenced, generating 222 contigs and 219 singletons, and 200 contigs and 391 singletons from control (4 degrees C) and cold-shock conditions (-2 degrees C), respectively. The comp...

This study deals with influence of 1vol% and 2 vol% zeolites to survival of Salmonella typhimurium, S. seftenberg and indicator bacteria (psychrophilic, mesophilic, coliform and faecal coliform) in the solid fraction of pig slurry from agricultural wastewater treatment plant. PVC bottles with openings served as test carriers. In solid fraction with 1 vol% zeolites S. typhimurium survived for 9 ...

Psychrophilic algae blooms can be observed coloring the snow during the melt season in alpine snowfields. These algae are important primary producers on the snow surface environment, supporting the microbial community that coexists with algae, which includes heterotrophic bacteria and fungi. In this study, we analyzed the microbial community of green and red-colored snow containing algae from M...

A psychrophilic strain of bacteria identified as Chromobacterium lividum was established as the causative agent of an outbreak of violet discoloration in refrigerated, pasteurized retail milk and cream. The organism was rod-shaped, gram-negative, and produced viscid colonies with abundant violet pigment on Tryptone glucose yeast extract agar. Growth was abundant at 4 C but none occurred at 37 C...