[Growth of microfungi on the external polyethylene anticorrosive coating of oil-gas pipes].

The authors have studied the resistance of external anticorrosive polyethylene coat of oil-gas pipes (based on the high-density polyethylene, HDPE) to the action of microfungi, natural contamination, fungistatic and fungicide activity. It was found that the intensity of growth of standard test cultures on the surface of polyethylene coat increases in terms which imitate mineral and organic contaminations, and this results in the decrease of the index of its resistance to the action of microfungi. The microfungi, found in the process of study of natural contamination of polyethylene coat and its components, are presented by six species, Alternaria sp.

[Damage of modern building materials by microscopic fungi].

Resistance of three materials, produced on the basis of concrete compounds to the action of microscopic fungi, isolated from damaged living buildings, has been first investigated. It has been shown that samples of froth-block and thermoeffective block had low fungal resistance, in contrast to samples of cellular polystyrene concrete, which were resistant to fungal action, that can be associated with peculiarities of their component composition.

[Enzyme immobilization via silochromes, modified by transition metal salts].

The immobilization of pectoawamorine G 10X, pronase E and P, protease from Bac. mesentericus and rat liver microsomal fraction was performed by sylochromes modified by Ti, Zr and Hf salts. The pectinesterase, caseinolytic, esterase and hydroxylating activity of the immobilized preparations, their stability during storage, thermostability and pH optimum are determined.