Contents of volume 27

ELSEVIER

Journal of Microbiological

Methods

Journal ofMicrobiological Methods

27 (1996) 247-248

Contents of Volume 27 No. 1, September Recovery

and analysis

11996 of solubilised

brown coal from cultures

of wood-rot

fungi

J.P. Ralph and D.E.A. Catcheside (Australia) Isolation

of Fusarium DIVA for molecular

1

analysis

with and without mechanical

cell disruption

IV. de Nijs, L. Nabben and K. Wernars (The Netherlands) Purification

of meningocsaccal

group C polysaccharide

13

by a procedure

suitable for scale-up

M.M. Tanizaki, L.R. IGarcia, J. B. Ramos, L.C.C. Leite, H. Hiss, J.A. Furuta, J. Cabrera-Crespo and 1. Raw (Brazil) Differentiation and identification of human faecal anaerobic bacteria producing B-galactosidase C. Favier. C. Neat, C. Mizon, A. Cortot, J.-F. Colombel artd J. Mizon (France)

19

(a new methodology) 25

Raffinose-Bifidobacterium (RB) agar, a new selective medium for bifidobacteria R. Hartemink, B.J. Kok. G.H. Weenk and F.M. Rombouts (The Netherlands) Reducing

interference

of visible particles

with epifluorescent

microscopy

33

during counting

of total cell numbers

on stained films

X. Zuo, C. Jiang ana Y. Du (China)

45

Deduction of the cell volume and mass from forward scatter intensity A.L. Koch, B.R. Robertson and D.K. Button (USA) The use of a classic lipid extraction method for simultaneous J. Fang and R.H. Firrdlay (USA) Immunomagnetic

bead enrichment

recovery

of bacteria

analyzed

by flow cytometry 49

of organic

pollutants

and microbial

lipids from sediments 63

of Helicobacter pylon‘ in human stools

and PCR for detection

H.-O. Nilsson, P. Aleljung, 1. Nilsson, T. Tyszkiewicz and T. Wadstriim (Sweden) Ion mobility

spectrometrf

as an immunoassay

detection

73

technique

A.P. Snyder, D.A. Blyth and J.A. Parsons (USA)

81

Rapid identification of Saccharomonospora strains by multiplex PCR using species-specific primers within the 16s rRNA gene J.-H. Yoon, S. Taik Lee, Y. Kook Shin, S.-B. Kim, H.-J. Kim, M. Goodfellow and Y.-H. Park (Republic of Korea, UK)

89

Abstracts

97

of the First Meeting of the European

Nos. 2,3 November

Study Group on Molecular diagnostics

1996

Obituary Research

109

papers

Interlaboratory evaluation of MI agar and the US Environmental Protection recovery of total coliforms and Escherichia coli from drinking water

Agency-Approved

Membrane

Filter Method

for the

K.P. Brenner, C.C. Rankin and M. Sivaganesart (USA) Detection

of metapyrocatechase

homologous

111

genes in petroleum

hydrocarbon

contaminated

groundwater

by polymerase

chain

reaction B. Joshi and S.K. Walia (USA)

121

Monitoring muramic acid in air (after alditol acetate derivatization) A. Fox, M. Krahmer and D. Harrelson (USA) Non-radiometric assay for glucosylglycerol-synthesizing enzymes A. Schoor, M. Hagemann and N. Erdmann (Germany) A modified medium and method for the cultivation K.A. Malik (German))

using a gas chromatograph-ion

trap tandem mass spectrometer 129

involved

in the cyanobacterial

salt adaptation 139

of Chlorojlexus 147

Contents qf’ volume 27

248 A convenient

Chlorojlexus

method for maintaining

for long time periods as slow growing

liquid cultures

K.A. Malik (Germany)

Characterization H. Haag,

Cultivation

151

and identification H.-U. Gremlich,

of actinomycetes

R. Bergmanrt

of Cryptosporidium

parvum

Community

analysis

J.B. Guckert.

A statistical

Carr,

Fricker

human monocytic

to identify

Toxoplasma

T.D. Johnson,

lambda

Rapid detection

clones containing

the hupB gene of Anabaena

sp. strain

for statistical

analysis

of activated

B.G. Hamm. D.H. Davidson

survival patterns

of culturable

sludge microbial

and Y. Kumagai

microbes

habitats

(USA, Japan)

in environmental

183

microcosms 199

technology

artd C.R. Fricker

and a novel procedure

for estimating

the numbers

of enterococci

in water

(UK)

207

in vitro cultivation:

easy handling

long-term

in small batch systems 211

propagation

H. Asptick and A. Hassl (Austria)

gondii

C. Harmer.

165

(UK)

gondii

C. Harmer,

cell line

Petavy (France)

Ultrasonic standing wave removal of microorganisms from suspension M.S. Limaye, J.J. Hawkes and W.T. Coakley (UK) Toxoplasma

157

175

by Biolog: curve integration

G.J.

Use of defined substrate E.J.

strategy

(Switzerland)

(USA)

method to identify different

M.A. Harley

and A.-F.

and screening

PCC7 120 .I. Gubili and D. Borthakur

Sanglier

in a non-adherent

P. Lawton, M. Naciri, R. Mamassola

The use of a PCR cloning

by FT-IR spectroscopy

and J.-J.

in vitro cultivation:

A. Hassl, S. Kreinecker

economic

221 and efficient mass production

and H. Asppiick (Austria)

225

of M_vcobacterium kansasii in water by gas chromatography/mass

M. Slosdrek, S. Alugupalli, Sensitivity and specificity amplified DNA

J. Kaustovd

of a commercially

and L. Larsson

available

(Czech Republic,

enzyme-linked

spectrometry

Sweden)

immunoassay

for the detection

229 of polymerase

chain reaction

M. Ritzler and M. Altwegg (Switzerland)

235

Short communication Physico-chemical medium

and adhesive

cell surface properties

K.W. Millsap, H.C. van der Mei, G. Reid and H.J.

of Luctobacillus Busscher

strains grown in old formula

(The Netherlands,

Canada)

and new, standardized

MRS 239

Author Index of Volume 27

243

Subject Index of Volume 27

245

Contents Index of Volume 27

247