Beneficial Effect of the New sp. Strain on Development of Blueberry Microclones in the Process of Their Adaptation.

The paper searches for new solutions for the development of highbush blueberry orchards ( L. (1753)) in Western Siberia. All species of the genus display special symbiotic mycorrhizal associations with root systems-ericoid mycorrhiza, which essentially enhances the formation of adventitious and lateral roots.

Stable and Variable Parts of Microbial Community in Siberian Deep Subsurface Thermal Aquifer System Revealed in a Long-Term Monitoring Study.

The goal of this work was to study the diversity of microorganisms inhabiting a deep subsurface aquifer system in order to understand their functional roles and interspecies relations formed in the course of buried organic matter degradation. A microbial community of a deep subsurface thermal aquifer in the Tomsk Region, Western Siberia was monitored over the course of 5 years via a 2.7 km deep borehole 3P, drilled down to a Palaeozoic basement.

Draft genome sequence of the first acid-tolerant sulfate-reducing deltaproteobacterium Desulfovibrio sp. TomC having potential for minewater treatment.

The sulfidogenic bacterium Desulfovibrio sp. TomC was isolated from acidic waste at the abandoned gold ore mining site in the Martaiga gold ore belt, Western Siberia. This bacterium, being the first reported acid-tolerant gram-negative sulfate-reducer of the order Deltaproteobacteria, is able to grow at pH as low as 2.

Increased mycelial biomass production by Lentinula edodes intermittently illuminated by green light emitting diodes.

Fungi possess a range of light receptors to regulate metabolism and differentiation. To study the effect of light on Lentinula edodes (the shiitake mushroom), mycelial cultures were exposed to blue, green, and red fluorescent lights and light-emitting diodes, as well as green laser light. Biomass production, morphology, and pigment production were evaluated.

Characterization of precipitates formed by H(2)S-producing, Cu-resistant Firmicute isolates of Tissierella from human gut and Desulfosporosinus from mine waste.

The purpose of this study was to characterize precipitates formed in anaerobic, H2S-producing cultures of two Tissierella isolates and Desulfosporosinus strain DB. The cultures were grown in Cu-containing media as part of a larger study of Cu resistance in anaerobic sulfidogens. The Tissierella strains produced H2S from peptone.