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ADVANCES IN Applied Microbiology VOLUME 35 This Page Intentionally Left Blank ADVANCES IN Applied Microbiology Edited by SAUL L. NEIDLEMAN Emeryville, California ALLEN I. LASKIN Somerset, New Jersey VOLUME 35 Academic Press, Inc. Hurcourt Bruce Jovanovich, Publishers San Diego New York Boston London Sydney Tokyo Toronto This book is printed on acid-free paper. @ COPYRIGHT 0 1990 BY ACADEMIC PRESS, INC. All Rights Reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopy, recording, or any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher. ACADEMIC PRESS, INC, San Diego, California 92101 Unitcd Kingdom Edition published by ACADEMIC PRESS LIMITED 24-28 Oval Road, London N W 1 7DX LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOG CARD NUMBER: ISBN 0-12-002635-X (alk. paper) PRINTED IN THE UNI'I'HD STATES 01: AMERICA 9OYl'J293 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 59-1 3823 CONTENTS PREFACE ................................................................ ix Production of Bacterial Thermostable &-Amylaseby Solid-state Fermentation: A Potential Tool for Achieving Economy in Enzyme Production and Starch Hydrolysis B. K. LONSANEAND M. V. RAMESH Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Possible Modes for Economy . . . . . . . , . . . . . . . .................. Solid-state Fermentations Involving Bacterial Specific Advantages of the Solid-state Fermentation Technique in a-Amylase Production . . . . . . . . . , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . , . . . , , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . V. Current Status of Industrial Production of Bacterial a-Amylase Bacterial a-Amylase Production Using Solid-state Fermentation: Present Status.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... ... . . .. . . VII. Epilogue. Epilogue... ...,.......,.. . . . . . . . . .... .............,. .. . . . . . . . . . .... .............. ..... References . . . . . . . . . . . . ......... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I. 11. Ill. IV. ~ 1 3 7 8 13 18 46 47 Methods for Studying Bacterial Gene Transfer in Soil by Conjugation and Transduction G. STOTZKY, MONICAA. DEVANAS,AND LAWRENCE R. ZEPH 1. Introduction.. . . . . . . . ~.. . . . . . . . , . . . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . . , . , . . . . ~.. . . . . . . . 11. Literature Review of Conjugation and Transduction in 111. Terrestrial Microcosms. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . IV. Selection, Preparation, Maintenance, and Storage of Soils V. Methods for Studying Conjugation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . VI. Methods for Studying Transduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . VII. Identification, Characterization, and Confirmation of R VIII. Quality Assurance and Quality Control . . . . . . . . . . . , . . ....... ............ References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . , . . . 58 73 105 111 115 132 139 152 156 159 Microbial Levan YOUNW. HAN I. Introduction . . . , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . , . . . , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . , . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11. Occ