Spectrophometric analysis of volatile compounds in microorganisms
A simple modification of a spectrophometric method was proposed for the rapid detection of microorganisms based on their ability either to excrete or to absorb volatile compounds. The method provides the possibility of contactless control for bacterial growth at a concentration above 10⁷ cells/ml. I...
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Published in | Applied biochemistry and microbiology Vol. 46; no. 3; pp. 303 - 306 |
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Main Authors | , , , , |
Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
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Dordrecht
Dordrecht : SP MAIK Nauka/Interperiodica
01.05.2010
SP MAIK Nauka/Interperiodica Springer Nature B.V |
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Summary: | A simple modification of a spectrophometric method was proposed for the rapid detection of microorganisms based on their ability either to excrete or to absorb volatile compounds. The method provides the possibility of contactless control for bacterial growth at a concentration above 10⁷ cells/ml. In addition, the method allows discriminating mutants of the fungus Neurospora crassa defective in the nitrogen metabolism from the wild type strains. It is likely that nitrite reductase and nitrate reductase enzymes regulated by the nit-2 and nit-6 genes are involved in formation of the water soluble volatile compounds of this organism. |
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Bibliography: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1134/S0003683810030099 ObjectType-Article-2 SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1 ObjectType-Feature-1 content type line 23 |
ISSN: | 0003-6838 1608-3024 |
DOI: | 10.1134/S0003683810030099 |