Article | 26-August-2018
The paper presents the evaluation of the possibility of the use of a biomass with high moisture content in a cogeneration plant with gas piston engine. The dried sewage sludge-derived syngas is used as a fuel. Sewage sludge are characterized by about 70 wt% of moisture content after the dewatering process. The drying process which is applied as the next step requires great amount of energy. For this reason the thermal integration of the drying process with a piston engine which produce a
Wojciech UCHMAN,
Marcin JOB,
Anna SKOREK-OSIKOWSKA
Architecture, Civil Engineering, Environment, Volume 9 , ISSUE 3, 147–152
research-article | 30-November-2019
installations in Ukraine allows producing over 8.4 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity annually [1]. This will reduce over 9 million tons of greenhouse gas emissions [2]. The profitability and environmental friendliness of biogas installations is determined by the energy costs of the fermentation process under optimal thermal stabilization conditions [3].
The fermentation of biomass, depending on the temperature interval can be carried out in cryophilic, mesophilic and thermophilic modes of digestion [4
Georgiy RATUSHNIAK,
Yuriy BIKS,
Olena LYALYUK,
Olga RATUSHNYAK,
Andriy LYALYUK
Architecture, Civil Engineering, Environment, Volume 13 , ISSUE 4, 115–124
original-paper | 05-December-2019
were done using microbial biomass (algae, bacteria, and fungi) as biosorbent for remediation of metal ions from polluted water resources. The biosorption process relies on nature and biosorbent type, and metal species to be biosorbed (El-Naggar et al. 2018).
The process of biosorption is associated with many advantages as a low operating cost, biosorbent reuse, the minimized disposal of chemical or biological sludge, detoxification of very dilute effluents with high efficiency, specific metal
SRI LAKSHMI RAMYA KRISHNA KANAMARLAPUDI,
SUDHAMANI MUDDADA
Polish Journal of Microbiology, Volume 68 , ISSUE 4, 549–558
Article | 27-August-2018
Use of spent mushroom substrate (SMC) for energy production appears as a response to the problem with the utilization of this waste throughout the whole year. In the Polish national energy supply system, which is based mainly on hard coal and lignite, use of biomass may contribute to limiting CO2 emissions. The work presents a comparative analysis of the unit emission of CO2, CO, SO2, NOx and particle matter referred to the unit of energy produced from the referenced hard coal, spent mushroom
Monika CZOP,
Krzysztof PIKOŃ
Architecture, Civil Engineering, Environment, Volume 10 , ISSUE 1, 95–102
original-paper | 28-June-2019
g/l in case of whey), glycogen (~ 10 g/l in case of MPW), proteins (~ 5.0 g/l in case of whey and 3.5 g/l in case of MPW), as well as micronutrients, including amino acids, vitamins and minerals (Murado et al. 1994; Costas et al. 2018). For these reasons, both substrates have been used for productions of probiotic biomass (Costas et al. 2018) and bacteriocins (Garsa et al. 2014; Costas et al. 2018) by different LAB.
The comparison of the antibacterial activity of 38 bacteriocin-producing LAB
MÓNICA COSTAS MALVIDO,
ELISA ALONSO GONZÁLEZ,
RICARDO J. BENDAÑA JÁCOME,
NELSON PÉREZ GUERRA
Polish Journal of Microbiology, Volume 68 , ISSUE 2, 269–280
Article | 09-August-2018
The efficiency of nitrification has a great influence on the effect of removing nitrogen from wastewater. Problems with the process are associated with reducing the age of activated sludge, lower temperatures of wastewater in aeration chambers, rapid changes in the amount and composition of wastewater containing toxic substances or inhibiting the oxidation of ammonia nitrogen. The research concerned the possibility of cultivation and storage of the nitrifying bacteria biomass, which could be
Magdalena DOMAŃSKA,
Kamila HAMAL,
Małgorzata FRĄSZCZAK,
Janusz ŁOMOTOWSKI
Architecture, Civil Engineering, Environment, Volume 9 , ISSUE 1, 113–118
Original Paper | 30-June-2018
useful for lignocellulose biomass conversion e.g. for biofuel production.
ROMAN MARECIK,
LIDIA BŁASZCZYK,
RÓŻA BIEGAŃSKA-MARECIK,
AGNIESZKA PIOTROWSKA-CYPLIK
Polish Journal of Microbiology, Volume 67 , ISSUE 2, –
Original Paper | 30-March-2017
Nutrient and organic matter concentration, microbial biomass and activities were studied at the surface microlayers (SML) and subsurface waters (SSW) in two small forest lakes of different water colour. The SML in polyhumic lake is more enriched with dissolved inorganic nitrogen (0.141 mg l–1) than that of oligohumic lake (0.124 mg l–1), the former also contains higher levels of total nitrogen (2.66 mg l–1). Higher activities of lipase (Vmax 2290 nmol l–1 h–1
Iwona Kostrzewska-Szlakowska,
Bartosz Kiersztyn
Polish Journal of Microbiology, Volume 66 , ISSUE 1, 75–84
research-article | 30-November-2020
(Bhuiyan et al., 2016; Stirling et al., 2011). The relationships of the number of root-lesion nematodes per plant and its impact on root or shoot biomass were poorly understood. Root-lesion nematodes are obligate parasites of sugarcane and their ability to multiply can be limited by the availability of active roots. Measuring shoot and root growth has been used as parameters in comparing accession lines (Stirling et al., 2011). If accession lines with similar root mass have different numbers of
S. A. Bhuiyan,
K. Garlick
Journal of Nematology, Volume 53 , 1–10
research-article | 30-November-2020
population
Nem13-2
2013
155
Introgression population
Nem12-1
2012
148
Introgression population
Total accession lines
–
802
–
Table 2.
List of 22 sugarcane accession lines used in multiple trials with root biomass, and nematode resistance parameters.
Accession
Type
No. of trialsa
Root biomass (g)
Relative eggs per plante (%)
Relative eggs per g root (%)
Visual gall rating
IJ76-333
Erianthus spb
5
25.3±12.5d
12.4±2.19
25.6±18.99
1.3±0.06
IJ76-370
Erianthus sp
5
23.2
S. A. Bhuiyan,
K. Garlick
Journal of Nematology, Volume 53 , 1–11
Article | 27-August-2018
The aim of this study was to determine the usefulness of two fungal strains of Hypholoma fasciculare (L1 and L3) for effective decolorization of anthraquinone dye RBBR (remazol Brilliant Blue R). The main part of the work was concentrated on assessment of the influence of immobilization of biomass on the efficiency of RBBR removal. Zoo- and phytotoxicity of after process solutions were evaluated. Differences in the dye removal effectiveness between strains were observed. Decoloration of dye was
Wioletta PRZYSTAŚ,
Ewa ZABŁOCKA-GODLEWSKA
Architecture, Civil Engineering, Environment, Volume 10 , ISSUE 1, 137–145
research-article | 30-November-2020
grasses, including M × g, is still lacking. The growing needs for such data are attributable to the rapid upscaling of M × g cultivation in Ukraine in agricultural, marginal, and deteriorated lands and increasing risk of nematode damage and adverse impact to the biomass yield. Generally, the results of the study of morphological and morphometric characters of two Ukrainian A. macrurus populations appeared consistent description after Wallace and Greet (1964) and Saltukoglu et al. (1976). Differential
Tatyana Stefanovska,
Andrzej Skwiercz,
Łukasz Flis,
Valentina Pidlisnyuk,
Miloslav Zouhar
Journal of Nematology, Volume 53 , 1–7
original-paper | 18-February-2020
communities in Daqu samples (Muyzer et al. 1998; Ahmadsah et al. 2018). Phospholipid fatty acid (PLFA) analysis is considered to reflect the actual condition of the microbial communities because this analytical method is based on the extraction and quantification of phospholipids from all microorganisms in the sample; this method has been applied to Daqu (Jiang et al. 2018). The total concentration of PLFA can be used as an indicator of viable microbial biomass, hence it can help us to understand the
YUXI LING,
WENYING LI,
TONG TONG,
ZUMING LI,
QIAN LI,
ZHIHUI BAI,
GUIJUN WANG,
JIAHAO CHEN,
YUGUANG WANG
Polish Journal of Microbiology, Volume 69 , ISSUE 1, 27–37
Article | 28-August-2018
The paper presents a mathematical model of the selected energy crops gasification. Firstly, the experimental study of the biomass gasification process using fixed-bed reactor was conducted. The highest calorific value was obtained from the gasification of Miscanthus x giganteus (3.84 MJ/m3n). Based on the experimental results, a model of the gasifier built in Aspen Plus was verified. The developed mathematical model of the gasification system properly reflects the processes occurring in the
Anna SKOREK-OSIKOWSKA,
Wojciech UCHMAN,
Sebastian WERLE
Architecture, Civil Engineering, Environment, Volume 10 , ISSUE 3, 135–141
Research Article | 27-December-2017
Different approaches of non-destructive estimation of the LAI in winter wheat were compared. Plant height had weak relation with the LAI, while estimated biomass showed high logarithmic relationship (R2=0.839). NDRE and REIP were logarithmically well related to the LAI (R2=0.726 and 0.779 respectively). Saturation effect of NDRE and REIP was less than NDVI. Some RGB-based indices also showed good potential to estimate the LAI. Among the indices, Gm, GMB, RMB, and NRMB were better related to the
H. Tavakoli,
S.S. Mohtasebi,
R. Alimardani,
R. Gebbers
International Journal on Smart Sensing and Intelligent Systems, Volume 7 , ISSUE 1, 337–359
Article | 03-March-2018
The analysis of biological resources for biofuels production in Ukraine has been carried out, and it has been shown that usage of alternative energy sources has great potential for substantially improving energy supply of the state and solving environmental problems. The directions of development and new technologies of obtaining motor fuels from biomass are systematized. It has been established that usage of different types of biofuels and their mixtures for feeding internal combustion engines
Myroslav PANCHUK,
Sviatoslav KRYSHTOPA,
Liubomyr SHLAPAK,
Liudmyla KRYSHTOPA,
Andrii PANCHUK,
Volodymyr YAROVYI,
Aleksander SŁADKOWSKI
Transport Problems, Volume 12 , ISSUE 4, 15–26
Original Paper | 28-June-2017
Growth kinetics of four Trichoderma strains was tested on lignocellulosic by-products in solid state fermentation (SSF). The strains were also analyzed for their survival rate and growth after lyophilization on these carriers. All applied monocomponent and bicomponent media were substrates for the production and preservation of Trichoderma biomass. However, the maximum number of colony forming units (CFU/g dm) was acquired on bicomponent media based on dried grass and beet pulp or grass with
Danuta Witkowska,
Katarzyna Buska-Pisarek,
Wojciech Łaba,
Michał Piegza,
Anna Kancelista
Polish Journal of Microbiology, Volume 66 , ISSUE 2, 181–188
Article | 09-August-2018
Biogas is produced during anaerobic digestion of organic substances by a consortium of microorganisms. Biogas consists mainly of methane (CH4 ) and carbon dioxide (CO2). Other gases such as dinitrogen (N2), water vapour (H2 O), ammonia (NH3), hydrogen sulfide (H2S) and other sulfur compounds could also be found therein. Biogas produced by waste biomass has been recognized as one of the most important alternative energy sources in the recent years. In order to be used as a source of energy to
Krzysztof Barbusiński,
Katarzyna Kalemba
Architecture, Civil Engineering, Environment, Volume 9 , ISSUE 1, 103–112
research-article | 30-November-2018
Conolly, 2000) and cattle fodder (Beerling et al., 1994). F. japonica produces a large amount of biomass and form monospecific stands that can have a major impact on ecosystem functions (Mincheva et al., 2014) and on soil biodiversity (Beerling et al., 1994; Muller, 2004). Most of the previous studies on F. japonica have focused on methods for their control and eradication (Kabat et al., 2006), effects on natural plants (Aguilera et al., 2010), changes in soil chemical properties (Dassonville et al
Andrea Čerevková,
Lenka Bobuľská,
Dana Miklisová,
Marek Renčo
Journal of Nematology, Volume 51 , 1–16
Mini Review | 28-June-2017
Biochar is a solid material of biological origin obtained from biomass carbonization, designed as a mean to reduce greenhouse gases emission and carbon sequestration in soils for a long time. Biochar has a wide spectrum of practical utilization and is applied as a promising soil improver or fertilizer in agriculture, or as a medium for soil or water remediation. Preparations of biochar increase plant growth and yielding when applied into soil and also improve plant growth conditions
Sławomir Głuszek,
Lidia Sas-Paszt,
Beata Sumorok,
Ryszard Kozera
Polish Journal of Microbiology, Volume 66 , ISSUE 2, 151–161
research-article | 30-November-2019
., 2014; Messiga et al., 2018). This experiment presented an opportunity to also assess the effects of N fertilization on nematode populations under blueberry. Specifically, the objective of this research was to determine the effects of N fertilization on population densities of three species of plant-parasitic nematodes (Rotylenchus robustus, Pratylenchus crenatus, and Paratrichodorus renifer), root biomass, and indices of free-living soil nematode diversity and food web structure, under highbush
Thomas Forge,
David Ehret,
Aime Messiga,
Martine Dorais
Journal of Nematology, Volume 52 , 1–14
original-paper | 27-March-2019
Central Composite Design (CCD) to obtain high-quality AgNPs from A. fumigatus BTCB10 by optimizing different growth condition variables and to assess the interactions between them.
Experimental
Materials and Methods
Isolation of strain and biomass preparation. A. fumigatus BTCB10 (GenBank accession no. KY486782) (Shahzad and Iqtedar 2017) was isolated from waste effluents of the textile industry and was grown on potato dextrose agar (PDA) at 30°C (Harrigan 1998). The media used for generating
ASMA SHAHZAD,
MEHWISH IQTEDAR,
HAMID SAEED,
SYED ZAJIF HUSSAIN,
ASMA CHAUDHARY,
ROHEENA ABDULLAH,
AFSHAN KALEEM
Polish Journal of Microbiology, Volume 68 , ISSUE 1, 35–42
original-paper | 14-August-2020
stock culture has been preserved in the Culture Collection Center at the Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Science, Khon Kaen University. The inoculum was grown in 100 ml of Nutrient broth (NB) and incubated at 30°C by shaking at 150 rpm for 24 hours. The biomass was harvested and washed twice with equal volumes of Mineral Salt medium (MS) (Whittenbury et al. 1970). Cell suspension was inoculated into MS medium to an OD600 of 0.1. Various carbon sources, including glucose, sucrose, lactose
JINDARAT EKPRASERT,
SASIWIMON KANAKAI,
SULADDA YOSPRASONG
Polish Journal of Microbiology, Volume 69 , ISSUE 3, 273–282
Original Paper | 27-September-2017
investigated strain. Under these conditions, strain 20BM-3 produced 6.2 ± 0.17 g/l of arabitol from 17.5 g/l of arabinose after 4 days with a yield of 0.35 ± 0.01 g/g. This strain also produced arabitol from glucose, giving much lower yields, but did not produce it from xylose. The new strain can be successfully used for arabitol production from abundantly available sugars found in plant biomass.
Monika Kordowska-Wiater,
Adam Kuzdraliński,
Tomasz Czernecki,
Zdzisław Targoński,
Magdalena Frąc,
Karolina Oszust
Polish Journal of Microbiology, Volume 66 , ISSUE 3, 335–343
original-paper | 11-March-2020
fermentation is an acidogenic decomposition of carbohydrate rich substrates. Dark fermentation has gained much interest due to its simplicity, high hydrogen production rates, and versatility of potential substrates (Łukajtis et al. 2018; Mohammed et al. 2018). Potential feedstock for hydrogen production via dark fermentation is discarded lignocellulosic biomass from agriculture, forestry and food processing. It is the most abundant raw material in nature with annual worldwide production exceeding 220
ROMAN ZAGRODNIK,
KRYSTYNA SEIFERT
Polish Journal of Microbiology, Volume 69 , ISSUE 1, 109–120
original-paper | 12-May-2020
fatty acid (PLFA) is one of the most popular techniques for analyzing of total biomass in a sample (Green and Scow 2000; Zheng et al. 2013; Ding et al. 2015). Therefore, pyrosequencing and PLFAs were employed to assess the structure of prokaryotic communities within the FPM and to reveal the changes within these communities with age during the FPM maturation. In addition, the relationship between environmental factor variables and prokaryotic community structure and diversity in the FPM was revealed
XU-JIA WANG,
HONG-MEI ZHU,
ZHI-QIANG REN,
ZHI-GUO HUANG,
CHUN-HUI WEI,
JIE DENG
Polish Journal of Microbiology, Volume 69 , ISSUE 2, 151–164
original-paper | 30-November-2018
10 ml of the medium I (without agar and gelatin – liquid medium), incubated at 32°C for 48 h with shaking (160 rpm). After incubation, the cultures were centrifuged at 4500 rpm for 10 min. The supernatant and biomass were collected for further experiments. The ability of isolated strains to degrade cellulose was investigated using a diffusion method (Mayrhofer et al. 2008; Pastuszewska and Gryń 2013). Biomass was inoculated directly on the medium I (as a spot). Additionally, for the cell-free
AGNIESZKA WITA,
WOJCIECH BIAŁAS,
RADOSŁAW WILK,
KATARZYNA SZYCHOWSKA,
KATARZYNA CZACZYK
Polish Journal of Microbiology, Volume 68 , ISSUE 1, 105–114
original-paper | 31-May-2021
, number of nodules, plant biomass, and nodule dry weight were collected at 30 DAI (days after inoculation) as an appropriate time for determining the symbiotic efficiency.
Determination of stress tolerance index (STI). The stress tolerance index (STI) was determined according to Shetty et al. (1995) following equations (1) and (2):
(1)
STI=DWS/DWC
(2)
STI=DWH/DWC
where, DWS – dry weight of plants grown under stress, DWH – dry weight of plants grown under stress with inoculation of bacteria, and
JENJIRA WONGDEE,
WATCHARIN YUTTAVANICHAKUL,
APHAKORN LONGTHONGLANG,
KAMONLUCK TEAMTISONG,
NANTAKORN BOONKERD,
NEUNG TEAUMROONG,
PANLADA TITTABUTR
Polish Journal of Microbiology, Volume 70 , ISSUE 2, 257–271
research-article | 06-November-2020
Barker, 1973). All the extracted nematodes and eggs were enumerated using an inverted microscope (Axio Vert.A1, Zeiss, Jena, Germany) at 50 x magnification. Plant biomass was dried at 55°C for a week and weighed.
Data analysis
Data obtained from laboratory and greenhouse assays were analyzed using mixed model in JMP PRO 14.3 (SAS Institute, Cary, NC) as factorial analysis (nematode species X exposure time). Nematode species, exposure time, nematode reproduction, and plant dry weight were used as
Churamani Khanal,
Mengyi Gu,
Natalia A. Peres,
Johan A. Desaeger
Journal of Nematology, Volume 52 , 1–10
research-article | 30-November-2017
terms of maximum pellet strength, is 14%. Finney et al. [12], who assessed the effect of temperature and addition of binder (caustic soda and corn starch) in the process of biomass compaction, found that the quality of granules (pellets) could increase by thickening at elevated temperatures (45–75°C), which would soften lignin (one of biomass components – a natural binder). Gilbert et al. [13] studied the influence of compaction pressure and process temperature on the density and mechanical strength
Sławomir OBIDZIŃSKI,
Magdalena DOŁŻYŃSKA,
Krzysztof SOSNA
Architecture, Civil Engineering, Environment, Volume 11 , ISSUE 2, 135–140
research-article | 30-November-2018
trials were terminated. At this time, the tops of the plants were removed and placed into a 70°C dryer for a week and then weighed to obtain aboveground biomass. Each pot was then lifted out of the ground and the contents of the pot emptied into a container. The contents of the pot were laid out to dry for a week in a greenhouse. The tubers were collected and the soil was mixed and a 100 g subsample of soil collected for G. ellingtonae extraction as described above. The tubers were counted and each
Inga A. Zasada,
Russell E. Ingham,
Hannah Baker,
Wendy S. Phillips
journal of nematology, Volume 51 , 1–10
research-article | 30-November-2020
root-knot nematode, Meloidogne incognita severity and plant biomass of tomato (Solanum lycopersicon L.) cultivar HM 1823 in the greenhouse, Gulf Coast Research and Education Center (GCREC), Feb–May, 2019.
Gall rating (0–10)
Eggs/g root
Dry root weight
Dry shoot weight
Treatments
60 DAT
105 DAT
60 DAT
105 DAT
60 DAT
105 DAT
60 DAT
105 DAT
Total fruit yield (kg)
Control
4.0a
8.3a
54688a
291536a
3.76a
4.41a
26.12a
54.21a
1.29a
Pre + Post
2.9b
7.2b
27393b
269600a
4.00a
4.88a
Homan Regmi,
Noor Abdelsamad,
Peter DiGennaro,
Johan Desaeger
Journal of Nematology, Volume 53 , 1–11