Bacteriophages are widely recognized for their importance in microbial ecology and bacterial control. However, little is known about how phage polyvalence (i.e., broad host range) affects bacterial suppression and interspecies competition in environments harboring enteric pathogens and soil bacteria. Here we compare the efficacy of polyvalent phage PEf1 versus coliphage T4 in suppressing a mode...

Application of seed inoculation with active nodule bacteria strains increases crop productivity legumes and reduces the impact negative environmental factors. The effectiveness complex has not been studied thoroughly. purpose study was to determine endophytic on plant growth development, rhizosphere microbiota, soybean in irrigated soil Southern Steppe Ukraine. In field research, seeds ultra-ea...

Wild Cardon cactus seeds were inoculated with Azospirillum brasilense strains Cd and Sp-245 to improve seed germination and seedling growth parameters. Differential germination responses were related to the bacterial strain. A. brasilense Cd (the type strain for the species A. brasilense) significantly decreased seed germination. A. brasilense Sp245 (a known beneficial bacteria for cereal plant...

OBJECTIVE This study was to determine the bacterial diversity and monitor the community dynamic changes during storage of vacuum-packaged sliced raw beef as affected by Lactobacillus sakei and Lactobacillus curvatus. METHODS L. sakei and L. curvatus were separately incubated in vacuumed-packaged raw beef as bio-protective cultures to inhibit the naturally contaminating microbial load. Dynamic...

Autoclaving of crude oil is often used to evaluate the hydrocarbon-degrading abilities of bacteria. This may be potentially useful for bioaugmentation and microbial enhanced oil recovery (MEOR). However, it is not entirely clear if "endogenous" bacteria (e.g., spores) in/on crude oil survive the autoclaving process, or influence subsequent evaluation of the hydrocarbon-degradation abilities of ...

Abstract The work was focused on the effect of bioaugmentation process STWW contaminated by pentachlorophenol (PCP: 100 mg L−1) Pseudomonas putida AE015451. monitoring treatments assessed chloride content determination via high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC), optical density (OD) for microbial biomass determination, and pyoverdine biofilm production. a PGPR strain showed high-efficien...

background in recent decades bacteriophages have been used as treating agents against some pathogens. also, bacteriophages could be considered as alternatives of antimicrobial agents in plant protection. objectives this study aimed to isolate a pathogen from potato (solanum tubersom) tubers (pseudomonas putida), and of its specific bacteriophage from soil and wastewater. materials and methods i...

The influence of trichloroethylene (TCE) on a mixed culture of four different toluene-degrading bacterial strains (Pseudomonas putida mt-2, P. putida F1, P. putida GJ31, and Burkholderia cepacia G4) was studied with a fed-batch culture. The strains were competing for toluene, which was added at a very low rate (31 nmol mg of cells [dry weight] h). All four strains were maintained in the mixed c...