To be submitted to Applied and Environmental Microbiology 1 2 Specific developmental window for establishment of an insect-microbe gut 3 symbiosis 4 5 Yoshitomo Kikuchi 1, 2* , Takahiro Hosokawa 3 and Takema Fukatsu 3 6 7 National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Hokkaido Center, 8 Sapporo 062-8517, Japan 1 ; Laboratory of Novel Microbial Functions, Graduate Schoo...

This is a literature review for the year 2015 and contains information specifically associated with suspended growth processes including activated sludge, upflow anaerobic sludge blanket, and sequencing batch reactors. The review encompasses modeling and kinetics, nutrient removal, system design and operation. Compared to past reviews, many topics show increase in activity in 2015. These includ...

of Saccharomyces cerevisiae subjected to diurnal temperature cycles 2 3 Marit Hebly, Dick de Ridder, Erik A.F. de Hulster, Pilar de la Torre Cortes , Jack T. Pronk 4 and Pascale Daran-Lapujade 5 6 Industrial Microbiology Section, Department of Biotechnology, Delft University of Technology, 2628 7 BC Delft, The Netherlands; Kluyver Centre for Genomics of Industrial Fermentation, 2628 BC Delft, T...

Despite the rise of ‘omics techniques for the study of biological systems, the quantitative description of phenotypes still rests to a large extent on quantitative data produced on chromatography platforms. Here, we describe an improved liquid chromatography method for the determination of sugars, carboxylates, alcohols and aldehydes in microbial fermentation samples and cell extracts. Specific...

In 2006, the first isolate of KPC-2-producing Pseudomonas aeruginosa in the world was identified in Colombia. Recently, similar strains have been reported in Puerto Rico. We now report KPC-2-producing P. aeruginosa in Trinidad and Tobago. Surveillance for similar strains is warranted, considering their wide geographic spread and known association with mobile genetic elements.

1Department of Oral Science, Kanagawa Dental University, Japan 2Institute of Oral Regenerative Medicine, Kanagawa Dental University, Japan 3Institute for Research of Disaster Dental Medicine in Yokosuka and Shonan, Japan 4Department of Cariology and Restrative Dentistry, Kanagawa Dental University, Japan 5Department of Prosthodontic Dentistry for Function of TMJ and Occlusion, Kanagawa Dental U...