Developments in Industrial Microbiology: Volume 1 Proceedings of the Sixteenth General Meeting of the Society for Industrial Microbiology Held at State College, Pennsylvania, August 30–September 3, 1959

Front Matter....Pages i-ix
Introduction....Pages 1-2
Front Matter....Pages 3-4
Training for a Career in Industrial Microbiology: Academic Viewpoint....Pages 5-7
Training for a Career in Industrial Microbiology: Industrial Viewpoint....Pages 8-12
Front Matter....Pages 13-14
Gnotobiotics in Relation to Space Biology....Pages 15-20
Adaptation of Microorganisms to Radiation....Pages 21-25
Algae and Submarine Habitability....Pages 26-32
Studies on Algal Gas Exchangers with Reference to Space Flight....Pages 33-44
The Microbiological Challenge in Space....Pages 45-55
Front Matter....Pages 57-58
Problems in the Selection, Testing, and Formulation of Antibacterials to be Used as Textile Additives....Pages 59-64
Factors Involved in Testing Products Carrying Residual Germicidal Chemicals....Pages 65-73
The Merchant Looks at Microbiology....Pages 74-78
Front Matter....Pages 79-80
Problems in Detection and Isolation of Antitumor Antibiotics....Pages 81-85
The Cancer Chemotherapy National Service Center Antitumor Testing Program for Antibiotics....Pages 86-90
Mechanisms of Action of Anticancer Antibiotics....Pages 91-100
Screening of Antineoplastic Agents with Neurospora Crassa ....Pages 101-107
Methods for the Production of Certain Hallucinogenic Agarics....Pages 109-109
Some Biochemical and Physiological Correlations Developed from Clinical Observations with Various Toxic Mushrooms and Medicinal Products....Pages 110-119
Front Matter....Pages 121-124
Proteolysis by Microbial Proteinases....Pages 125-132
Microbial Deterioration of Skin Proteins....Pages 133-136
Some Aspects of Protein Degradation in Leather Processing....Pages 137-145
Front Matter....Pages 147-147
Deterioration of Wood by Terrestrial Ascomycetes and Fungi Imperfecti....Pages 148-156
Cellulolytic Activity of Lignicolous Marine Ascomycetes and Deuteromycetes....Pages 157-168
Front Matter....Pages 169-170
Gluconolactone as an Inhibitor of Carbohydrases....Pages 171-180
Effect of Cycloheximide (Actidione) on the Metabolism and Growth of Fungi....Pages 181-186
Effects of Elemental Sulfur, Dithiocarbamates, and Related Fungicides on Organic Acid Metabolism of Fungus Spores....Pages 187-205
Front Matter....Pages 207-210
Variations in Neurospora Crassa ....Pages 211-220
Physiological and Cultural Variation of Genetic Origin in Yeasts....Pages 221-221
Modification of Radiation Effects in Bacteria....Pages 222-230
The Mechanism of Chemical Mutagenesis with Special Reference to Triethylene Melamine Action....Pages 231-241
Coagulase Activity of Bovine Clinical Isolates and Phage Propagating Strains of Staphylococcus....Pages 243-244
Treatment of Spontaneous Ringworm in Mice with Griseofulvin....Pages 245-247
The Decomposition of the Cellulose of Cotton Fibers by Fungi of the Genus Aspergillus....Pages 248-252
A Technique for the Direct Estimation of Bacteria in Oil Field Waters....Pages 253-260
The Past and Future of the Society for Industrial Microbiology....Pages 261-267