Anti-Contamination Strategies for Yeast Fermentations
Yeasts are very useful microorganisms that are used in many industrial fermentation processes such as food and alcohol production. Microbial contamination of such processes is inevitable, since most of the fermentation substrates are not sterile ...
Seung-Oh Seo +4 more
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Microbial volatile fingerprints: potential use for soil/water diagnostics and correlation with traditional microbial parameters [PDF]
This project used an electronic nose (E-nose) system composed of an array of 14 nonspecific conducting polymer sensors for soil and water diagnostics, based on qualitative microbial volatile production patterns. It tested the feasibility of using soil
Bastos, Ana Catarina
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Microbial contamination of nonsterile pharmaceuticals in public hospital settings [PDF]
Veronica Mugoyela1, Kennedy D Mwambete21Department of Medicinal Chemistry, 2Department of Pharmaceutical Microbiology, University of Health and Allied Sciences, Dar es Salaam, TanzaniaPurpose: Contamination of pharmaceuticals with microorganisms ...
Veronica Mugoyela, Kennedy D Mwambete
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Is the thermodynamic efficiency of soil microbial communities related to ecosystem maturity and stress? [PDF]
According to the second law of thermodynamics, no process can be 100% efficient and all processes must increase the total entropy of the system they occupy.
Grice, Samuel M.
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Quantitative Assessment of Microbial Contamination and Patterns of Public Behaviour with Used Toothbrushes:Implications of Storage and Replacement [PDF]
Introduction: Toothbrushes can readily become contaminated with microbes during use and storage. They present a potential hazard of cross-contamination and subsequent infection. Aims: To investigate the nature and level of microbial contamination of used
Bashir, Amreen, Lambert, Peter
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Techno-economic and environmental assessment of gas turbines utilizing biofuels [PDF]
The continued global reliance on fossil fuels with impact on resource depletion, human health, atmospheric pollution and environmental degradation has necessitated a global drive to integrate renewable fuels such as biodiesels.
Onabanjo, Tosin
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The cross-contamination potential of mobile telephones [PDF]
The use of mobile devices for professional, business, educational, personal and social purposes has accelerated exponentially over the last decade.
Humphreys, P. +9 more
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Microbial contamination of extended use ophthalmic drops in ophthalmology clinic [PDF]
Purpose: The objectives of this study were to determine the prevalence of microbial contamination of multi-user preserved ophthalmic drops (POD) in Ophthalmology Outpatient Clinic (OOC), to compare the rate of contamination between the dropper tip and ...
Chua, Shee Wen +5 more
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Evaluating microbial contaminations of alternative heating oils
Since 2008, European and German legislative initiatives for climate protection and reduced dependency on fossil resources led to the introduction of biofuels as CO2‐reduced alternatives in the heating oil sector.
Maximilian J. Surger +7 more
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Bacterial contamination of table eggs and the influence of housing systems [PDF]
With the introduction of alternative housing systems for laying hens in the EU, recent research has focussed on the bacterial contamination of table eggs, e.g. eggshell and egg content contamination.
Heyndrickx, M +12 more
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