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Thermophilic Bacteria is a comprehensive volume that describes all major bacterial groups that can grow above 60-65°C (excluding the Archaea). Over 60 different species of aerobic and anaerobic thermophilic bacteria are covered. Isolation, growth methods, characterization and identification, ecology, metabolism, and enzymology of thermophilic bacteria are examined in detail, and an extensive compilation of recent biotechnological applications and the properties of many thermostable enzymes are also included. Major topics discussed in the book include a general review on thermophilic bacteria and archaea; heterotropic bacilli; the genus Thermus; new and rare genera of aerobic heterophophs, such as Saccharococcus, Rhodothermus, and Scotohermus; aerobic chemolithoautotrophic thermophilic bacteria; obligately anaerobic thermophilic bacteria; and hyperthermophilic Thermotogales and thermophilic phototrophs. Extensive bibliographies are also provided for each chapter. The vast amount of information packed into this one volume makes it essential for all microbiologists, biochemists, molecular biologists, and students interested in the expanding field of thermophilicity. Biotechnologists will find the book useful as a source of information on thermophiles or thermostable enzymes of possible industrial use.
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This well-illustrated volume brings together for the first time current research on all aspects of the genus Thermus-covering ecology, isolation, taxonomy, physiology, molecular biology and genetics, cell structure, and biotechnology. Featured in this reference is a 16s RNA data collection to help researchers differentiate the various species. Noteworthy chapters include a discussion of the applications and enzymes produced by Thermus as well as a study on the environments and conditions where Thermus are isolated.
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The effect of the pollutant load on the efficiency of aerobic biodegradation of potato slops with a mixed population of thermo- and mesophilic bacteria of the genus Bacillus was examined. Batch biodegradation processes were carried out at 45^oC, using slops with the initial chemical oxygen demand (COD) totalling 11.3, 18.0, 42.6, 58.0 and 74.0gO"2/l. The extent of COD removal ranged from 80.4% (with COD of 11.3gO"2/l) to 88.7% (with COD of 58.0gO"2/l). With potato slops of higher initial COD levels (58.0 and 74.0gO"2/l), the first 24h of growth were characterised by a deficiency of oxygen and a considerable rise in the content of acetic acid, which was then removed. In the first 48h of the process, irrespective of the initial COD level, the biodegradation of the pollutants removed in the course of the entire process exceeded 91%. The rate of COD removal calculated for that period was a linearly increasing function of the initial pollution load.
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Common petrochemical compounds, such as homocyclic polyaromatic hydrocarbons and heterocyclic NOS-polyaromatics (NOS-compounds), were used as the sole carbon and energy source to enrich indigenous bacteria harboring the catabolic ability to degrade these compounds from petroleum-contaminated soils from Kuwait. Chemical analysis of the extracted soil materials revealed residual amounts of oil (
<5% w/w), presumably of heavy oil fractions with elevated S-content. Aerobic culturable mesophilic polyaromatic hydrocarbon- and NOS-degraders were abundant in these soils, whereas their moderately thermophilic counterparts constituted only a minor fraction. Glucose stimulated the growth of mesophiles and drastically suppressed the number of thermophiles. 16S rDNA was amplified by PCR from nine of the purified thermophilic strains, using primers specific for eubacteria. Sequencing of 900bp of the 16S rDNA and database homology search tentatively aligned these isolates to low G+C Gram positive bacteria of the family Bacillaceae. Electron microscopy characterization revealed endospore-forming bacilli varying in size, with well-structured cell walls. Gas chromatography and mass spectrometry (GC/MS) analysis revealed a versatile catabolic ability of the pure and mixed cultures to degrade all tested compounds. The metabolism of the offered substrates does not involve co-metabolism, since all pure cultures consumed the offered substrates completely.
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Mapping Time is an account for the general reader of the history and underlying basis of each of the most important calendars of the world, from antiquity to modern times. There are descriptions of prehistoric calendars, of those devised by the Egyptians, the Mayans, the Aztecs, and other civilizations, of the short-lived French Republican calendar, which introduced a ten-day week, and of our present-day Gregorian calendar. This fascinating and highly entertaining book is the perfect guide to understanding the background of time in the run up to the millennium. 'an easily accessible mine of material' TLS 'Richards makes even the most arcane complications arising from the accident of Earth's spin and orbit seem fascinating' New Scientist
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A little heavy on the facts and too light on the story.......2004-10-29
If expanded, this would make a good reference text. As a leisure read, it's weighed down by a fact-heavy writing style that makes it read like a bulleted list. While the information is great (if occasionally slightly inaccurate) and the additional reference material is useful for context, it lost my interest pretty early on, and I only finished it out of a grudging desire to just be done with it.
Great reference material; not very re-readable.
Erudite But Fun.......2003-07-18
This is a nice examination of the different calendars and methods of mapping time that humans have employed over the centuries. On the surface it has the air of a dusty reference book, but inside the author is often witty and amusing as he covers the histories and backgrounds of different dating systems. I'm especially impressed by his inclusion of the different algorithms used to calculate dates, of Easter for example, which are marvelously complex. Most readers will never have occasion to use these algorithms, but its nice to know they're there. I also appreciated the charts and the glossary of the more obscure calendrical terms.
Past Perfect.......2001-09-19
One of several books written in anticipation of the millennium, "Mapping Time: The Calendar and Its History" by E. G. Richards suffers from an especially heavy burden of typographical errors. As can be seen on the author's own web page, the address of which also is incorrect, there are hundreds of errors, some of which affect the accuracy of the account. For example, on page 208, January 1 came to mark the beginning of the Roman civil year in 153 BC, not 158 BC, and was in response to the Second Celtiberian War in Spain. Rather than wait until the middle of March for consuls to assume office, the new year was moved to the first of January so the Roman commander could depart with his legions that much sooner. It is a pity that so many errors compromise an otherwise informative history. Until they can be corrected, a better introduction to the calendar is "The Oxford Companion to the Year."
An intriguing compendium of obscure lore.......2001-06-14
Designing calendars is one of the more difficult tasks that human beings have set themselves. You first needed to -determine- the lengths of the cycles of the solar year and the lunar month. This was not an easy task, and it was not achieved until well into recorded history.
The various cycles don't fit into each other particularly easily, either. With a solar year of just under 365.25 days, and a lunar month of just over 29.5 days, you aren't going to get it to come out even in the short run. You can stick with the sun and ignore the moon --- the solution of the Roman calendar fixed by Julius Cæsar. You can go with the moon, and leave the seasons to fall where they may --- as Muhammad, the desert-dwelling prophet of Islam, chose.
Or you can try to keep the moon and sun tied together, necessarily loosely. This requires a number of cumbersome kludges, as the Babylonians, the Jews, the Chinese, and the Christians who fixed the date of Easter all discovered. These calendars took a lot more thought than the ones that simply discarded one or the other heavenly lights, and rank among the most intricate and intriguing works of ancient astronomy.
This book contains a complete listing and description of the several solutions people have come up with to this seemingly intractable problem of arithmetic.
Interesting but flawed.......2000-05-19
Very interesting history of the major calendar systems used around the world, both in the present day and in the past. It also gets into the mathematics of how to convert between calendar systems, including algorithms suitable for computer programming. Unfortunately, there are numerous typographical errors in the narrative and in the algorithms! The word "temperature" where the author clearly meant "temperate", substitution of "*" for "-" in a formula, etc. So far, I have been able to correct the formula for computing the day of the week and the formula for computing the date of Easter. I'm not looking forward to tackling the other algorithms. Did anyone proofread this before it was printed? Maybe the publisher could put up an errata sheet on their web site.
Good for the history, but be prepared to do some algebra if you want to use the algorithms.
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The War between the States comes alive in this outstanding collection of Civil War stories by some of America's most respected authors, including Ambrose Bierce, Kate Chopin, Stephen Crane, Louisa May Alcott, and Edith Wharton.
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Entertaining selections.......2003-09-29
The ten stories on these tapes are beautifully read by various actors. They range from grimly realistic battle scenes to a science-fiction type fantasy to a couple of stories from a woman's point of view. One of the latter is "The Brothers" by Louisa May Alcott, which I really enjoyed although it is a bit melodramatic. The storyteller here is a nurse who meets a wounded slave with an ax to grind against another patient, who turns out to be his white half-brother. I had no idea that the author of Little Women had written anything like this.
If you like historical fiction, you will find enough here to keep you engrossed for about six hours.
The Little Regiment & Other Great Civil War Stories.......2000-05-01
good book, many interesting stories. Lacks an atentiongeter
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Seven vivid, sensitively written tales of the Civil War by the author of The Red Badge of Courage. Includes fine title story plus "Three Miraculous Soldiers," "A Mystery of Heroism," "A Gray Sleeve," "An Indiana Campaign," "An Episode of the War" and "The Veteran."
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Stephen Crane also wrote seven short Civil War stories .......2005-11-06
Stephen Crane is best known, of course, for his remarkable short novel, The Red Badge of Courage. His short stories - like the seven Civil War tales in this short (76 pages) Dover edition - are less familiar. These tales are notable for portraying the Civil War from the perspective of the soldier - novice and veteran, young and old, courageous and otherwise. All seven stories are good and warrant reading.
The collection includes A Mystery of Heroism (1895), A Gray Sleeve (1895), Three Miraculous Soldiers (1896), The Little Regiment (1896), The Veteran (1896), An Indiana Campaign (1896), and An Episode of War (1899).
The Little Regiment, the best known (and at 16 pages the longest) story in this collection, is about two brothers that continually feud, thereby disguising their deep affection and love for each other.
My favorites were the shorter stories: A Mystery of Heroism, The Veteran, An Indiana Campaign, and An Episode of War. All four address the meaning of courage, but from quite varied perspectives.
I found both A Gray Sleeve and Three Miraculous Soldiers to be a little dated, a little staged, and maybe a bit too melodramatic.
Other collections that might interest you: Civil War Stories by Ambrose Bierce (Dover edition) and The Civil War Stories of Harold Frederic (Syracuse University Press).
A Collection Of Entertaining U.S. Civil War Tales.......2003-04-07
This Review refers to the paperback edition of "The Little Regiment" and Other Civil War Stories (Dover Thrift Editions), by Stephen Crane.
"The Little Regiment" and Other Civil War Stories is a small collection of Civil War tales by the masterful storyteller Stephen Crane. This particular collection contains; "A Mystery of Heroism", "A Gray Sleeve", "Three Miraculous Soldiers", "The Little Regiment", "The Veteran", "An Indiana Campaign", and "An Episode of War". Each story describes the plights of soldiers or ex-soldiers in a manner that few other authors have been able to portray. Preceding the selection is a short biography of the gifted author.
Crane's short stories are surprisingly true to the Civil War, despite his being born after the subject. Through his literary work, Crane provides a window into the life of the soldier - a detail dismissed in the majority of literature due to the centering on generals or famous leaders.
The literary style Crane presents is said, by some, to be confusing, especially due to his naming a certain person and then neglecting to call that person by their name later in the story (i.e. if an author starts a conversation in a book naming a soldier as "John" and then later refers to him as "the soldier"). However, this form of writing conveys a sense that the soldier is any soldier and that the name has no particular influence on how the soldier acts or reacts, therefore defining not a single soldier, but rather the general soldier - every soldier. Crane also presents environments not from a visual perspective, but rather from the perspective that a human consciousness would be in possession of.
The work of Stephen Crane is rather remarkable and deserves to be read in centuries to come. Despite the quality of his work, however, the book is composed of rather cheap materials. It is suggested that the reader purchase this collection only if they have the intention of reading the book a relatively few times, and that if the reader looks to have a book that will last a while to get a copy of his tales in a better quality paper. To conclude, the stories will make a great addition to any library although it would be best to get a print of higher quality paper composition.
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