Characterization of phe B gene encoding catechol 2,3-dioxygenase

A shaken thermal gradient device providing temperatures between 8.3 and 33.5° C was used to investigate the effects of silver ion on the duration of the lag phase and on minimum apparent growth temperatures of Hyphomicrobium spp. grown at 29 and 9°C. With 29°C-grown inocula, at lower temperatures, an increased time was required for growth initiation in the presence of silver ion added at 5 ng ml^-1. With silver ion added at 10 or 100 ng ml^-1, growth initiation was not observed at lower temperatures. With 100 ng ml^-1 added silver ion, this effect also was observed with 9°C-grown inocula. This increased sensitivity to silver ion could limit the ability of Hyphomicrobium spp., and possibly other microbes, to initiate growth and to contribute to microbial functioning in silver-impacted low temperature environments.     

Automatic rearing system of mice and transmission of pseudomonas aeruginosa]

Mice either excreting or not excreting Pseudomonas aeruginosa in feces were maintained in stainless steel mesh cages on an automated rearing apparatus with automatic water-supply nozzles and intermittently flusing metal racks. No evidence of transmission of the organisms from positive mice to negative ones was obtained during at least eight weeks.     

17K-spore coat protein antigen in sporulating cells of Bacillus megaterium ATCC 19213

Using immunological techniques, we studied the behavior of spore coat protein during sporulation of Bacillus megaterium ATCC 19213. Antibody specific to the main coat protein of 17,000 daltons was prepared and used to demonstrate that the spore coat protein was synthesized and deposited at a later stage during sporulation.