TABLE OF CONTENTS
Foreword (J. Długoński) / 11
Foreword to the handbook Microbiological Biotechnology. Exercises and specialist laboratories from 1997 (J. Długoński) / 15
1. Methods of screening, culturing, improvement and storage of microorganisms of industrial importance / 17
1.1. General characteristics of microorganisms used in biotechnological processes (J. Długoński) / 19
1.2. Screening of microorganisms useful in microbiological processes (J. Długoński, K. Lisowska, N. Wrońska, K. Zawadzka, A. Felczak) / 21
1.2.1. Suitability of various environments for isolation of microorganisms used in industrial processes / 21
1.2.2. Soil as a source of potential producers of biologically active compounds / 22
1.2.3. Microbial screening / 24
1.2.4. Soil of polluted environments as a source of microorganisms used in environmental protection processes / 27
1.3. Methods of culturing and stabilisation of microorganisms under aerobic conditions (including bioreactors and immobilisation in gels) (J. Długoński, P. Bernat, K. Lisowska, S. Walisch) / 33
1.3.1. Batch culture / 34
1.3.2. Fed-batch culture – batch with continuous dosing of nutrient to the fermenter / 37
1.3.3. Continuous culture / 37
1.3.4. Bioreactors for submerged cultures / 40
1.3.5. Stabilisation of microorganisms by immobilization / 42
1.4. Microorganism culture in anaerobic conditions (M. Krupiński) / 47
1.5. Fungal protoplasts: release, properties and application (J. Długoński, K. Paraszkiewicz, M. Słaba, K Milczarek) / 53
1.6. Strain development – mutagenesis, fusion and electroporation of protoplasts (J. Długoński,
D. Wilmańska, S. Różalska, K. Lisowska, K. Milczarek) / 58
1.7. Storage of industrial strains (K. Zawadzka, N. Wrońska, S. Walisch, K. Milczarek, D. Wilmańska) / 74
Literature / 79
2. Fundamentals of modern analytical techniques used in microbial biotechnology and related sciences / 83
2.1. Confocal, fluorescent microscopy and spectrofluorimetry (S. Różalska) / 85
2.1.1. Fluorescence phenomenon / 85
2.1.2. Spectrofluorimetry / 86
2.1.3. Fluorescent and confocal microscopy – comparison / 87
2.1.4. Autofluorescence and fluorescent markers / 89
2.1.5. Fluorescent proteins / 89
2.2. Isotopic techniques (radioactive isotopes) (J. Długoński, S. Różalska) / 93
2.3. Chromatography (R. Szewczyk) / 96
2.3.1. Basic parameters measured in chromatography / 96
2.3.2. Liquid chromatography / 101
2.3.3. Gas chromatography / 106
2.4. Mass spectrometry (R. Szewczyk) / 108
2.4.1. Principle of mass spectrometer operation / 109
2.4.2. Ion sources and ion types in mass spectrometry / 110
2.4.3. Mass analysers / 113
2.4.4. Basic scanning modes / 116
2.4.5. Ion detection / 118
2.4.6. Application of mass spectrometry / 119
2.5. Atomic absorption spectroscopy (M. Słaba) / 119
2.6. Modern digital techniques used to record changes in the environment (A. Długoński) / 124
2.6.1. Satelitte imagery in analyzing historical and last landuse / 125
2.6.2. Principles of detection selected remote sensing systems / 128
2.6.3. Airplane scanning in terrain measurement / 130 Literature / 133
3. Determining the taxonomic affiliation of microorganisms / 137
3.1. Genotypic techniques for differentiation and identification of bacteria (M. Krupiński) / 139
3.1.1. Isolation from the soil and identification of anaerobes by multiplex PCR / 142
3.1.2. Taxonomic classification of the genus Streptomyces based on PCR 16S rRNA method / 149
3.2. Fungi of the phyla Mucoromycota, Ascomycota and Basidiomycota – morphological, biochemical features and genetic analysis (M. Słaba, S. Różalska) / 156
3.2.1. Mucoromycota / 160
3.2.2. Ascomycota / 161
3.2.3. Basidiomycota / 164
3.2.4. Molecular identification of filamentous fungi / 167
3.2.5. Yeast / 171
3.3. Microbial biotyping by LC-MS/MS and MALDI-TOF/TOF methods (R. Szewczyk) / 175
3.3.1. LC-MS/MS biotyping on the example of Mycobacterium strains / 176
3.3.2. MALDI-TOF and MALDI-TOF/TOF biotyping / 182 Literature / 188
4. Industrial applications of microorganisms / 191
4.1. Biosynthesis processes (J. Długoński) / 193
4.1.1. Microbial biomass production and using (P. Bernat) / 194
4.1.2. Characteristics, classification and directions for practical use of surfactants. Screening of Bacillus strains capable of lipopeptide surfactants production. (K. Paraszkiewicz, A. Walaszczyk) / 198
4.1.3. Microbiological production of enzymes from the hydrolase class (J. Długoński, K. Paraszkiewicz, A. Jasińska, K. Milczarek) / 210
4.1.4. Polysaccharides biosynthesis (J. Długoński, S. Różalska) / 219
4.1.5. Antibiotic biosynthesis using tetracyclines as a study model (J. Długoński, P. Bernat) / 230
4.1.6. Production of bacterial lipopeptides (P. Bernat) / 237
4.1.7. Citric acid biosynthesis (S. Walisch, P. Bernat, K. Paraszkiewicz) / 239
4.2. Fermentation processes (J. Długoński) / 244
4.2.1. Winemaking and brewing (S. Walisch, P. Bernat, K. Paraszkiewicz) / 245
4.2.2. Practical use of lactic acid bacteria (S. Walisch, P. Bernat, K. Paraszkiewicz) / 251
4.2.3. Use of microorganisms in the baking industry and for the production of fermented meat and vegetable products (K. Paraszkiewicz, A. Jasińska, A. Góralczyk-Bińkowska) / 257
4.2.4. Asian food obtained by the use of microorganisms (A. Jasińska, A. Góralczyk-Bińkowska, K. Paraszkiewicz) / 270
4.3. Biotransformation processes (J. Długoński) / 277
4.3.1. Biotransformation of ethanol and sorbitol (J. Długoński, S. Walisch) / 277
4.3.2. Biotransformation of steroids (J. Długoński) / 282 Literature / 287
5. Microorganisms in environmental and human health protection / 295
5.1. Revitalisation of degraded urban green areas (A. Długoński) / 297
5.1.1. Interdisciplinary research in urban revitalisation: work stages / 298
5.1.2. Field research in the scope of landscape architecture and related disciplines / 300
5.1.3. Laboratory research in biotechnology, microbiology, environmental chemistry and related disciplines / 302
5.1.4. Total score and summary of research / 304
5.2. Microbiological analysis of polluted environments – Next generation sequencing (S. Różalska) / 310
5.3. Biological wastewater treatment processes / 317
5.3.1. Biological methods of wastewater treatment in municipal treatment plants (K. Lisowska, K. Zawadzka) / 318
5.3.2. Municipal-industrial wastewater treatment (A. Długoński) / 320
5.3.3. Wastewater treatment in scattered areas – small infrastructure (A. Długoński) / 322
5.4. Waste composting (A. Długoński, K. Lisowska) / 325
5.4.1. Waste composting in municipal composting plants / 325
5.4.2. Local use of waste from urban green areas / 327
5.5. Use of municipal green waste for energy production in local biogas and incineration plants and the synthesis of fungal laccases (A. Długoński, A. Góralczyk-Bińkowska) / 330
5.5.1. Energy production / 330
5.5.2. Use of urban green waste for biosynthesis of fungal enzymes on the example of laccases / 332
5.6. Biodegradation of toxic xenobiotics (J. Długoński) / 335
5.6.1. Bisphenol A (A. Jasińska) / 336
5.6.2. Organotin compounds (P. Bernat, A. Felczak, J. Długoński) / 341
5.6.3. Use of microorganisms to eliminate pesticides (P. Bernat) / 345
5.6.4. Nonylphenol (J. Długoński, S. Różalska) / 348
5.6.5. Simultaneous elimination of organic and inorganic pollutants based on the example of alachlor and zinc (M. Słaba, J. Długoński) / 350
5.6.6. Heterocyclic compounds (A. Felczak, N. Wrońska) / 354
5.6.7. Dyes (A. Jasińska, A. Góralczyk-Bińkowska) / 357
5.7. Microbiological elimination of heavy metals from the environment (M. Słaba, J. Nykiel-Szymańska) / 362
5.8. Detoxification processes of polluted environments. Ecotoxicological tests (M. Krupiński) / 371
5.9. Use of industrial waste in microbiological biotechnology (K. Paraszkiewicz, A. Góralczyk-Bińkowska, A. Jasińska) / 377
5.10. Biodeterioration caused by fungi (S. Różalska, M. Słaba, A. Długoński) / 383
5.11. Characteristics and use of ligninolytic enzymes produced by fungi in environmental protection, industry and medicine (A. Jasińska, A. Góralczyk-Bińkowska, A. Długoński) / 391
5.12. Determination of antimicrobial properties of macromolecules (dendrimers) and newly synthesised silver compounds (A. Felczak, K. Zawadzka) / 398
5.13. Entomopathogenic fungi and their use in biocontrol (S. Różalska) / 403
5.14. Toxigenic fungi. Search for and identification of aflatoxins (K. Paraszkiewicz, M. Słaba, R. Szewczyk) / 407 Literature / 418
6. Omics in microbial biotechnology / 431
6.1. Proteomics in microbiological analysis of xenobiotics degradation (R. Szewczyk) / 433
6.1.1. Isolation and separation of proteins / 434
6.1.2. Identification of proteins / 438
6.2. Metabolomic analysis as a tool for multi-level characterisation of the biodegradation process (R. Szewczyk) / 446
6.3. Application of lipidomics in the study of detoxification processes in microorganisms (P. Bernat) / 452
6.4. Search for biomarkers in industry and medicine (R. Szewczyk) / 459
6.4.1. Analytical methods / 460
6.4.2. Characteristics and sources of biomarkers / 460
6.5. Quantitative analysis of pesticides – multimethods (R. Szewczyk) / 464
6.5.1. Multimethods / 464
6.5.2. Method validation / 466 Literature / 470
7. Media, buffers (K. Milczarek, N. Wrońska, A. Felczak) / 473
7.1. Media / 475
7.2. Buffers / 494 Literature / 496
8. Macroscopic and microscopic images of fungal strains applied at the Department of
Industrial Microbiology and Biotechnology at the University of Łódź / 497
8.1. Photographs of fungi cultured under laboratory conditions (K. Milczarek, S. Różalska) / 499
8.1.1. Aureobasidium pullulans / 499
8.1.2. Ashbya gossypii / 500
8.1.3. Aspergillus niger / 501
8.1.4. Aspergillus versicolor IM2161 / 502
8.1.5. Chaetomium globosum / 503
8.1.6. Cunninghamella echinulata IM1785 21Gp (previously C. elegans) / 504
8.1.7. Curvularia lunata IM2901 / 507
8.1.8. Curvularia lunata IM4417 / 510
8.1.9. Exophiala sp. / 511
8.1.10. Kluyveromyces marxianus / 512
8.1.11. Metarhizium robertsii IM2358 / 513
8.1.12. Mucor ramosissimus IM6203 / 514
8.1.13. Myrothecium roridum IM6482 / 516
8.1.14. Nectriella pironii IM6443 / 517
8.1.15. Paecilomyces marquandii IM6003 (currently Metarhizium marquandii) / 518
8.1.16. Phanerochaete chrysosporium DSM1556 / 520
8.1.17. Schizosacharomyces pombe / 521
8.1.18. Serpula himantioides DSM6419 / 523
8.1.19. Stachybotrys chartarum DSM2144 / 524
8.1.20. Trametes versicolor / 525
8.1.21. Trichoderma harzianum QF10 / 527
8.1.22. Trichoderma viride IM6325 / 528
8.1.23. Umbelopsis ramanniana IM833 / 529
8.2. Photographs of trees and wood infected by ligninolytic fungi (A. Długoński) / 530
8.2.1. Pleurotus ostreatus (oyster mushroom) / 530
8.2.2. Trametes versicolor (turkey tail) / 531
8.2.3. Heterobasidion annosum (annosum root rot) / 531
8.2.4. Brown wood rot / 532
8.2.5. White wood rot / 534
8.2.6. Soft wood rot / 535
8.2.7. Tremella mesenterica (yellow brain) / 536
8.2.8. Phellinus pomaceus / 538
8.2.9. Piptorus betulinus (birch polypore) / 539
8.2.10. Fomes fometorius (tinder fungus) / 540
8.2.11. Interaction of pathogens causing the rot of trees / 541
8.2.12. Schizophyllum commune (split gill) / 542
Literature / 543
Authors / 545