3. Into the Mouth of the Moloch: Weimar Surface Culture Goes to the Movies

2019 ◽  
pp. 142-190
Keyword(s):  
Surface Culture

Surface culture of Steinernema sp. on two solid media and their pathogenicity against Galleria mellonella

2021 ◽  
Vol 95 ◽  
Author(s):  
C.I. Cortés-Martínez ◽  
A.I. Rodríguez-Hernández ◽  
M.R. López-Cuellar ◽  
N. Chavarría-Hernández
Keyword(s):  
Galleria Mellonella ◽  
Egg Yolk ◽  
Infective Juvenile ◽  
Surface Culture ◽  
Solid Media ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Bacterial Lawn ◽  
The Mean

Abstract The use of native entomopathogenic nematodes as biocontrol agents is a strategy to decrease the environmental impact of insecticides and achieve sustainable agriculture crops. In this study, the effect of the surface culture of Steinernema sp. JAP1 over two solid media at 23–27°C on infective juvenile (IJ) production and pathogenicity against Galleria mellonella larvae were investigated. First, the bacterial lawn on the surface of the media with egg yolk (P2) or chicken liver (Cl) were incubated in darkness at 30°C for 48 and 72 h, and 100 surface-sterilized IJs were added. Four harvests were conducted within the next 35 days and the mean accumulated production was superior on Cl (210 × 103 IJs) than on P2 (135 × 103 IJs), but the productivity decreased up to 10% when the incubation time of the bacterial lawn was of 72 h. The mean pathogenicity of in vitro- and in vivo-produced IJs were of 47–64% and 31%, respectively. It is worth noting that none of the two solid media had a statistically significant difference in IJ pathogenicity. Considering that the maximum multiplication factor of IJs on solid media was 2108 and that the pathogenicity against G. mellonella was outstanding, Steinernema sp. has a good potential for in vitro mass production.

scholarly journals Bacterial Cellulose (BC) and BC Composites: Production and Properties

Nanomaterials ◽  
2022 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 192
Author(s):  
Tatiana G. Volova ◽  
Svetlana V. Prudnikova ◽  
Evgeniy G. Kiselev ◽  
Ivan V. Nemtsev ◽  
Alexander D. Vasiliev ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Bacterial Cellulose ◽  
Synthesis Process ◽  
Diffusion Method ◽  
Disc Diffusion Method ◽  
Surface Culture ◽  
E Coli ◽  
Productive Process ◽  
Komagataeibacter Xylinus ◽  
Submerged Conditions ◽  
Properties Of Composites

The synthesis of bacterial cellulose (BC) by Komagataeibacter xylinus strain B-12068 was investigated on various C-substrates, under submerged conditions with stirring and in static surface cultures. We implemented the synthesis of BC on glycerol, glucose, beet molasses, sprat oil, and a mixture of glucose with sunflower oil. The most productive process was obtained during the production of inoculum in submerged culture and subsequent growth of large BC films (up to 0.2 m2 and more) in a static surface culture. The highest productivity of the BC synthesis process was obtained with the growth of bacteria on molasses and glycerol, 1.20 and 1.45 g/L per day, respectively. We obtained BC composites with silver nanoparticles (BC/AgNPs) and antibacterial drugs (chlorhexidine, baneocin, cefotaxime, and doripenem), and investigated the structure, physicochemical, and mechanical properties of composites. The disc-diffusion method showed pronounced antibacterial activity of BC composites against E. coli ATCC 25922 and S. aureus ATCC 25923.

Adenotonsillar microbiome: an update

2018 ◽  
Vol 94 (1113) ◽  
pp. 398-403 ◽  
Author(s):  
James Jordan Johnston ◽  
Richard Douglas
Keyword(s):  
Pathogenic Bacteria ◽  
Current Knowledge ◽  
Otitis Media With Effusion ◽  
Paediatric Population ◽  
Sleep Apnoea ◽  
Recurrent Tonsillitis ◽  
Surface Culture ◽  
Upper Airways ◽  
Palatine Tonsils ◽  
Obstructive Sleep

Pathogenic bacteria associated with the adenoids and tonsils cause much morbidity in the paediatric population. Hyperplasia of the adenoids is associated with otitis media with effusion and hyperplasia of the palatine tonsils is associated with both recurrent tonsillitis and obstructive sleep apnoea. Most current knowledge of the microbiology of the upper airways has been derived from culture-based studies, which usually reflect only a small fraction of the bacteria present on the mucosal surface. Culture-independent molecular surveys based on 16S ribosomal RNA sequencing are now being employed to determine the microbiota on the surface and within the tissue of adenoids and palatine tonsils. This review describes the new techniques applied in determining the microbiome and summarises the results of studies employing these techniques.

THE INFLUENCE OF NITROGENOUS COMPOUNDS ON GROWTH OF PYTHIUM SPECIES

1967 ◽  
Vol 13 (11) ◽  
pp. 1509-1519 ◽  
Author(s):  
V. P. Agnihotri ◽  
O. Vaartaja
Keyword(s):  
Amino Acids ◽  
Organic Nitrogen ◽  
Aminobutyric Acid ◽  
Pythium Species ◽  
Surface Culture ◽  
Poor Growth ◽  
Nitrogenous Compounds ◽  
Chromatographic Techniques ◽  
Ammonium Compounds ◽  
N Compounds

The utilization of N compounds by P. ultimum Trow (strain I and II), P. rostratum Butler, and P. irregulare Buisman was examined in a chemically denned medium under controlled conditions in surface culture. All species were able to metabolize nitrate, ammonium, and organic nitrogen, and the amount of growth varied with the nitrogen source. In general, yeast extract, peptone, glycine, serine, histidine, cysteine, asparagine, aspartic acid, and glutamic acid supported favorable growth, whereas γ-aminobutyric acid, threonine, and alanine supported poor growth of these fungi. The addition of succinic acid at 0.02 M concentration to ammonium compounds further increased growth of four isolates.Preferential utilization of amino acids from a given mixture was recorded using paper chromatographic techniques. All four isolates gave more vegetative growth on mixtures of amino acids than when they were supplied singly.

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