Biodeterioration Research 2: General Biodeterioration, Degradation, Mycotoxins, Biotoxins, and Wood Decay

Front Matter....Pages i-xx
Biodeterioration: Its Role In Economics, Agriculture, Human Health, Ecology, and Conservation....Pages 1-2
Front Matter....Pages 3-6
Public Concerns Regarding Applications of Biotechnologies....Pages 7-17
Survival of Archaeological Textiles in an Arctic Environment....Pages 19-38
Biological Corrosion and Biofilm Effects on Metal Biodeterioration....Pages 39-50
A Study of Al°, Zn°, Sn°, V°, Ti°, Co°, Cu°, Ni° or Fe° as Sole Electron Sources for Methanogenesis, and the Effects of Organotins on Methanogenic Bacteria....Pages 51-60
Control of Sulfate-Reducing Bacteria in Hydrocarbon Fuel Tanks....Pages 61-66
Effect of Toxicants on Chitin Decomposition....Pages 67-73
Differential Mode of Chitinase Hydrolysis of Chitin and Chitan....Pages 75-80
Biodeterioration of Man-Made Textiles in Various Soil Environments....Pages 81-89
A Study of Hair Degradation in Agricultural Soil....Pages 91-98
The Long Term Effect of Vapona on Textiles: Preliminary Findings....Pages 99-115
Kinetics of Microbial Transformation of Organic Pollutants in Natural Aquatic Systems....Pages 117-130
Horizontal Gene Transfer Among Bacteria in Aquatic Systems: Effects of Nutrient Concentrations....Pages 131-138
Endotoxin Contamination and Immunological Analyses of Bulk Samples from a Mushroom Farm....Pages 139-150
Cardinal Temperatures for Germination and Other Factors Affecting the Germination of Rhizomucor Pusillus Sporangiospores....Pages 151-159
Use of a Mixed Microbial System in the Removal of Lead from Contaminated Water....Pages 161-174
Microbial Deterioration of Lamparosa ( Vomer Setapinnis ) Stored at 2°C....Pages 175-186
Front Matter....Pages 187-190
Importance of Mycotoxins in the Brewing Process....Pages 191-200
Health Impact of Mycotoxins in the Home and Workplace: An Overview....Pages 201-215
Preharvest Aflatoxin Contamination of Peanuts, Corn and Cottonseed: A Review....Pages 217-244
Front Matter....Pages 187-190
Survival of Aspergillus Flavus Conidia in Soil....Pages 245-250
Aflatoxin Occurrence in 1985–86 Corn from Venezuela and its Destruction by the Extrusion Process....Pages 251-259
Evaluation of Mycotoxin Production by Two Isolates of Aspergillus Flavus on Illicit Marihuana....Pages 261-273
Occurrence of Bright Greenish Yellow-Fluorescing Spots Associated with Aspergillus Flavus Infection in Fiber of the U.S. Cotton Crop of 1987....Pages 275-286
Responses of the American Cockroach, Periplaneta Americana (L.), to High Concentrations of Dietary Aflatoxin B 1 ....Pages 287-294
Field Testing for Mycotoxins Using the Spectrochrom Myco-Quick Kit ® and Others....Pages 295-300
Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay of Aflatoxins B 1 , B 2 , and G 1 in Corn, Cottonseed, Peanuts, Peanut Butter, and Poultry Feed....Pages 301-311
Conversion of Aflatoxins to Bisulfite Adducts for Quantitation and Confirmation....Pages 313-335
Mycotoxins in North Carolina 1985 Crop Soybeans. I. Zearalenone and Deoxynivalenol in Soybeans and Soybean Meal....Pages 337-349
Mycotoxin Contamination in North Carolina 1985 Crop Soybeans. II. Toxigenicity of Fusarium Species Isolated from Contaminated Soybeans....Pages 351-362
 Chlorella, Ustilago , and Trichoderma Biological Assay for Detection of Macrocyclic Trichothecenes....Pages 363-369
Acute Toxicity of Cyclopiazonic Acid in Selected Avian Species....Pages 371-381
Allelopathic Potential of Plant-Derived Macrocyclic Trichothecenes on Selected Crop Species....Pages 383-392
Temperature-Dependent Toxin Production by Stachybotrys Species ....Pages 393-400
A Survey for Mold Contaminated Marihuana in the Forensic Laboratory....Pages 401-411
Studies on Equine Leucoencephalomalacia....Pages 413-420
Altered Differential Leukocyte Counts Induced by Acute and Chronic Administration of Trichothecene T-2 Toxin or Aflatoxin B 1 ....Pages 421-428
Front Matter....Pages 429-433
Dynamics of Decay in Trees and Timber....Pages 435-450
 In Vitro Growth of Coriolus Versicolor , a Wood-Decay Fungus, Responds Differentially to Catechol and Tannic Acid....Pages 451-464
Decomposition of Wood by Brown-Rot Fungi....Pages 465-484
Front Matter....Pages 429-433
Manganese as a Probe of Fungal Degradation of Wood....Pages 485-496
Oxygen Free Radical Detection in Wood Colonized by the Brown-Rot Fungus, Postia Placenta ....Pages 497-509
Effect of Brown-Rot Fungi on Cellulose....Pages 511-525
Guayule Resin as a Protectant for Wood Against Attack by Various Marine and Terrestrial Wood-Destroying Organisms....Pages 527-532
Bacteria, Fungi and Endotoxin in Stored Timber Logs and Airborne Sawdust in Poland....Pages 533-547
Ultrastructure and Amino Acid/Protein Contents of Pinus Strobus Needles: A Potential Monitor for Ozone (O 3 )....Pages 549-570
An Ultrastructural Analysis of Spruce Budworm-Promoted Defoliation in Abies Balsamea ....Pages 571-582
Time of Fertilization in Pinus Taeda L. (Loblolly Pine)....Pages 583-595
Front Matter....Pages 597-600
Structure of “Sensory” Nerves and Serotonin-Like Immunofluorescent Activity in Schistosoma Mansoni Miracidia and Cercariae....Pages 601-626
 Biomphalaria Glabrata , A Continuing Environmental Biodeteriogen: Alterations in the Levels of Some Hydrolases Following Schistosoma Mansoni Infection. 1. Phosphatases and N-Acetyl-Beta-D-Glucosaminidase....Pages 627-637
Cilia Polymorphism among Schistosome Snail Hosts as Revealed by Scanning Electron Microscopy....Pages 639-659
Surface Ultrastructural Changes in the Tegument of Cysticercus Fasciolaris and Schistosoma Mansoni Following In Vitro Low Doses of the Antihelminthic Drug, Oltipraz....Pages 661-682
Back Matter....Pages 683-697