background : microbial monitoring of aquatic sources is essential in the correct management of these vital sources. multiple tube fermentation (mtf) technique is currently used for assessment of the microbial quality of water sources. however, today enzymatic assay has been presented as an alternative approach for detecting indicator bacteria. the purpose of this study was to compare enzymatic ...

The polyamine spermidine (NH,(CH&NH(CH&NH,) is widespread in nature. It is present in mammalian tissues (1, 2), plants (3), bacteria (47), ribosomes (6, 8), and bacteriophages (9-11). There are various methods for its identification, including steam distillation (12)) paper chromatography (13-18)) paper electrophoresis (14, 16, 17, 19), ion exchange chromatography (2, 5), gas chromatography (31...

Enzymatic cycling assays for the determination of L-phenylalanine and phenylpyruvate in deproteinized tissue extracts are described. Assay 1 couples glutamine transaminase K with L-phenylalanine dehydrogenase. Assay 2 combines phenylalanine dehydrogenase, L-amino acid oxidase, and catalase. In both assays, tyrosine and some other amino acids (or their alpha-keto acid analogs) can replace phenyl...