Given that the degradation of aromatic pollutants in anaerobic environments such as sediment is generally very slow, aeration could be an efficient bioremediation option. Using stable isotope probing (SIP) coupled with pyrosequencing analysis of 16S rRNA genes, we identified naphthalene-utilizing populations in aerated polyaromatic hydrocarbon (PAH)-polluted sediment. The results showed that na...

abstract fluorescens pseudomonads can suppress soil-borne plant pathogens by employing several mechanisms such as competition for iron by means of siderophores. three indigenous strains pseudomonas fluorescens (utpf5, utpf61 and utpf76), pseudomonas aeruginosa 7nsk2 and its pyoverdin mutant, mpfm1, were used for investigation the effect of iron competition on bean damping-off suppression. the r...

The sequence of oprI, the gene coding for the major outer membrane lipoprotein I, was determined by PCR sequencing for representatives of 17 species of rRNA group I pseudomonads, with a special emphasis on Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Pseudomonas fluorescens. Within the P. aeruginosa species, oprI sequences for 25 independent isolates were found to be identical, except for one silent substitution...

Regulation of siderophore production in response to iron concentration in the medium was examined. Threshold concentration was recorded for twenty fungi and three rhizobacterial pseudomonads. Organisms showed difference in threshold values at which they stopped siderophore elaboration. In nine fungi (3 aspergilli, 1 penicillium, N. crassa, F. dimerum and 3 mucors) siderophore production was rep...

Though iron is fourth in abundance in the earth crust it is not readily available to many m icroorga­ nisms: In the early days of earth life developed in a reductive atm osphere where iron necessary for many physiological processes was abundant in its divalent form. Fe2+-salts are sufficiently w ater soluble to provide an adequate supply of this elem ent to the cells. But as a consequence of th...

Pseudomonas aeruginosa is an opportunistic pathogen which is evolving resistance to many currently used antibiotics. While much research has been devoted to the roles of pathogenic P. aeruginosa in cystic fibrosis (CF) patients, less is known of its ecological properties. P. aeruginosa dominates the lungs during chronic infection in CF patients, yet its abundance in some environments is less th...

Incorporation of various diazenes into Trypticase soy media appeared selectively to permit the growth of pseudomonads while inhibiting the growth of a variety of enterobacteria. One of these diazenes, diamide (diazenedicarboxylic acid bisdimethylamide), was shown to be bactericidal for pure cultures of Escherichia coli, Proteus sp., and Salmonella enteritidis and to cause a 1- to 2-hr delay in ...