The Journal of General and Applied Microbiology
Online ISSN : 1349-8037
Print ISSN : 0022-1260
ISSN-L : 0022-1260
Volume 17, Issue 6
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  • J.N. NIGAM, B.K. LONSANE, K. VADALKAR, H.D. SINGH, J.N. BARUAH, M.S. I ...
    1971 Volume 17 Issue 6 Pages 433-437
    Published: 1971
    Released on J-STAGE: August 16, 2006
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    Ten strains of yeast isolated from the oil fields of Assam in India and identified as Endomycopsis lipolytica were studied. The characteristics of the growth of these ascosporogenous yeast strains on various petroleum fractions and n-alkanes are reported for the first time.
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  • AKINORI KATO, KAZUO IZAKI, HAJIME TAKAHASHI
    1971 Volume 17 Issue 6 Pages 439-456
    Published: 1971
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    Various floc-forming bacteria isolated from activated sludge were found to form capsular matrix or extracellular fibrils around the cells. Such extracellular materials were susceptible to cellulase, pectinase, or protease, and deflocculation was observed after treatment by these enzymes. The cellulase- susceptible floc-forming bacterium was identified as Bacillus cereus. while the protease-susceptible one was identified as Flavobacterium dormitator which has not been observed as a floc-former thus far. Among the isolated bacteria, Corynebacterium fascians was also identified as a new floc-former. It is postulated that the extracellular polymers are responsible for the flocculent growth habit of bacteria.
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  • II. INHIBITION OF GLUCOSE PERMEATION BY CITRATE IN ARTHROBAGTER SIMPLEX IFO 12069
    KO IMAI, TEIJI IIJIMA
    1971 Volume 17 Issue 6 Pages 457-468
    Published: 1971
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    The growth of Arthrobacter simplex IFO 12069 is specifically inhibited by citrate but not by isocitrate or cis-aconitate in the glucose basal medium. Citrate binds to the cell surface and inhibits glucose permeation of this organism.
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  • TAKASHI NAKASE
    1971 Volume 17 Issue 6 Pages 469-478
    Published: 1971
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    Four new yeasts, Pichia nonfermentans, Candida boleticola, Candida butyri, and Candida quercuum, were described on the basis of taxonomic characteristics commonly employed and the base composition in DNA.
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  • III. PREFERENTIAL DEVELOPMENT OF ACONITASE ACTIVITY BY FLUOROACETATE
    YOSHIO TAKAHASHI
    1971 Volume 17 Issue 6 Pages 479-490
    Published: 1971
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    The development in respiratory activity for several substrates during the aeration of anaerobically grown Escherichia coli was inhibited by fluoroacetate (FAA), but the inhibition was lessened if formate was further added to the aeration medium. During an aeration with FAA and formate, an enormous increase in the activity of aconitase was observed; under the anaerobic incubation aconitase activity did not show significant increase.
    The addition of FAA after a certain period of aeration induced a rapid increase in aconitase activity. Aeration before the addition of FAA made subsequent increase of the enzyme activity under anaerobic condition possible. The increase of aconitase activity- during the aeration of anaerobic cells with FAA was repressed by chloramphenicol or by the starvation of cells for amino acids. In pre-aerated cells, however, subsequent increase of enzyme activity by the addition of FAA was not inhibited by chloramphenicol or puromycin, and also not repressed by the starvation of cells for amino acids. During aeration, citrate accumulation in the cell suspension was caused not only by FAA but also by picolinate. However, the latter did not induce the development of aconitase activity.
    From these results the role of FAA and formate on the increase of aconitase activity in anaerobically grown cells is discussed.
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  • B. RAY, S.K. BOSE
    1971 Volume 17 Issue 6 Pages 491-498
    Published: 1971
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    Streptomycin-resistant or adenine-requiring mutants of Bacillus subtilis may be producers, feeble producers or non-producers, of mycobacillin, an antifungal polypeptide antibiotic, but they all form spores including even the mycobacillin-negative mutants. The spores were characterized by dipicolinic acid content, spore staining, heat resistance (80°, 15min), and germination.
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  • B.K. LONSANE, H.D. SINGH, K. VADALKAR, B. BARUA, J.N. BARUAH, M.S. IYE ...
    1971 Volume 17 Issue 6 Pages 499-507
    Published: 1971
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    1. Four strains of yeast belonging to Endomycopsis and Saccharomyces species with optimum temperature of growth on hydrocarbons at 37° or more have been isolated.
    2. Three more strains belonging to Saccharomyces species which tolerate a temperature of 37° for growth on hydrocarbons have also been described.
    3. Growth of these strains at different temperatures and on various petroleum fractions and n-alkanes, and their crude protein content and essential amino acid profile are presented.
    4. Use of these strains for production of single cell protein may obviate the necessity for elaborate cooling system for the fermentor.
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  • AHMED FOUAD ABDEL-FATTAH, SOUHAIR SOLIMAN MABROUK
    1971 Volume 17 Issue 6 Pages 509-512
    Published: 1971
    Released on J-STAGE: August 16, 2006
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  • TAIRO OSHIMA, KAZUTOMO IMAHORI
    1971 Volume 17 Issue 6 Pages 513-517
    Published: 1971
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