Biotechnology of thermophilic bacteria — Growth, products, and application

2005 ◽  
pp. 69-138 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bernhard Sonnleitner
Keyword(s):  
Thermophilic Bacteria ◽  
Bacteria Growth

Thermophilic bacteria present in a sample from Fumarole Bay, Deception Island

2011 ◽  
Vol 23 (6) ◽  
pp. 549-555 ◽  
Author(s):  
Patricio A. Muñoz ◽  
Patricio A. Flores ◽  
Freddy A. Boehmwald ◽  
Jenny M. Blamey
Keyword(s):  
Denaturing Gradient Gel Electrophoresis ◽  
Thermophilic Bacteria ◽  
Ribosomal Gene ◽  
South Shetland Islands ◽  
Deception Island ◽  
Bacteria Growth ◽  
Shetland Islands ◽  
Ground Temperatures ◽  
Gradient Gel Electrophoresis ◽  
Reducing Bacteria

AbstractDeception Island, an active stratovolcano located in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica, provides excellent conditions for the thermophilic bacteria growth because of high ground temperatures in specific areas, such as Fumarole Bay where the temperatures are above the mesophilic range. Denaturing Gradient Gel Electrophoresis (DGGE) was used with the 16S ribosomal gene to analyse cultures of thermophilic bacteria from a soil sample taken from Fumarole Bay. Nine bands were sequenced and analysed from DGGE and they indicated the presence of bacteria from the generaGeobacillus,Bacillus,Brevibacillus,Thermusand uncultured sulphate reducing bacteria. Some of which have been reported in other Antarctic geothermal sites.Geobacillus,BacillusandBrevibacillusgenera were successfully cultivated in an enriched medium. A pure culture of one thermophilicGeobacillusbacterium was obtained closely related toGeobacillus jurassicus.

Selenium Uptake by a Coal Mine Wetland Sediment

2003 ◽  
Vol 38 (3) ◽  
pp. 483-497 ◽  
Author(s):  
Susan A. Baldwin ◽  
Al Henry Hodaly
Keyword(s):  
Growth Medium ◽  
Coal Mine ◽  
Mine Waste ◽  
Reduction Rate ◽  
Plant Debris ◽  
Bacteria Growth ◽  
Sulfate Reducing ◽  
Selenium Uptake ◽  
Negative Effect ◽  
Reducing Bacteria

Abstract Sediment from a wetland receiving runoff from a coal mine waste dump in the Elk River Valley of southeast British Columbia was assessed for potential selenium uptake. Selenite [SeO32-, Se(IV)] was found to adsorb to the washed sediment at pH 7 to 8, whereas no selenate [SeO42-, Se(VI)] was adsorbed, in the concentration range of 8 to 225 μg L-1 Se as selenite or selenate. Sulfate- and selenate-reducing bacterial activity was detected in the sediment. In the presence of sulfate-reducing bacteria growth medium, Se as selenate was reduced from 619(±53) μg L-1 to 15(±0.7) μg L-1, and in the presence of selenate-reducing bacteria growth medium, Se as selenate was reduced from 364(±66) mg L-1 to 22(±10) mg L-1. Semi-continuous microcosms containing sediment overlaid with selenate (500 μg L-1 Se) and sulfate (0.9 g L-1) containing water were amended with plant debris from the site or nutrients (lactate and fertilizer). Potential selenate reduction rate (0.76 h-1) was highest in the unamended microcosms. Amendment with plant debris from the site had a negative effect on selenate reduction rate in the short term (after one hour) and a positive effect on Se removal in the long term (after one week). This study suggests that wetland sediments at the mine site may be important sinks for Se.

scholarly journals Decomposition of Rice Chaff Using a Cocultivation System of Thermobifida fusca and Ureibacillus thermosphaericus

Proceedings ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 66 (1) ◽  
pp. 31
Author(s):  
Sachiko Nakamura ◽  
Norio Kurosawa
Keyword(s):  
Lignin Peroxidase ◽  
Culture Medium ◽  
Reducing Sugars ◽  
Thermophilic Bacteria ◽  
Thermobifida Fusca ◽  
Bacterial Strains ◽  
Basal Salt Medium ◽  
Moderately Thermophilic ◽  
Fuels And Chemicals ◽  
Ureibacillus Thermosphaericus

Lignocellulosic biomass comprises cellulose, hemicellulose, and lignin and is a potential source of fuels and chemicals. Although this complex biomass is persistent, it can be cooperatively decomposed by a microbial consortium in nature. In this study, a coculture of the moderately thermophilic bacteria Thermobifida fusca and Ureibacillus thermosphaericus was used for biodegradation of rice chaff. The bacterial strains were incubated in modified Brock’s basal salt medium (pH 8.0) supplemented with yeast extract and rice chaff at 50 °C for 7 days. The concentration of reducing sugars and the enzymatic activities of laccase, lignin peroxidase, cellulase, and xylanase in the supernatant of the culture medium were measured every day. The concentrations of reducing sugars in solo cultures of T. fusca and U. thermosphaericus and a mixed culture of the two strains after 7 days of incubation were 0.047, 0.040, and 0.195 mg/mL, respectively, indicating that the decomposition of rice chaff was enhanced in the coculture. Based on the results, it is thought that the lignin surrounding the cellulose was decomposed by laccase and lignin peroxidase secreted from U. thermosphaericus, resulting in cellulose and hemicellulose in the rice chaff being easily decomposed by enzymes from T. fusca.

scholarly journals Thermostable Protease from Thermophilic Bacteria

1966 ◽  
Vol 241 (24) ◽  
pp. 5919-5925 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yumiko Ohta ◽  
Yasuyuki Ogura ◽  
Akiyoshi Wada
Keyword(s):  
Thermophilic Bacteria

Ethanol formation from cellulose by thermophilic bacteria

1985 ◽  
Vol 22 (4) ◽  
pp. 246-248 ◽  
Author(s):  
Olga Volfová ◽  
Olga Suchardová ◽  
Jan Panoš ◽  
Vladimír Krumphanzl
Keyword(s):  
Thermophilic Bacteria ◽  
Ethanol Formation

Ethanol production by anaerobic thermophilic bacteria: Kinetics in fed-batch cultures ofClostridium thermohydrosulfuricum

1989 ◽  
Vol 11 (6) ◽  
pp. 443-448 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fatiou Toukourou ◽  
Luiz Donaduzzi ◽  
Andr� Miclo ◽  
Pierre Germain
Keyword(s):  
Ethanol Production ◽  
Thermophilic Bacteria ◽  
Fed Batch ◽  
Batch Cultures
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