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Biodeterioration Research 1

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Editors:
  1. Gerald C. Llewellyn

    1. Virginia Department of Health, Richmond, USA

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  2. Charles E. O’Rear

    1. George Washington University, USA

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Part of the book series: Biodeterioration Research (BIOR, volume 1)

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Table of contents (40 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvii
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  2. Biodeterioration and Biodegradation of Synthetic Materials and Structures of Biological Origin

    1. Introduction and Overview

      • Gerald C. Llewellyn
      Pages 1-2

  3. Biodeterioration and Biodegradation of Synthetic Materials and Structures of Biological Origin

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 3-3
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    2. Introduction

      • William V. Dashek
      Pages 5-5

    3. Effect of the Soil Environment on the Biodeterioration of Man-Made Textiles

      • David M. Northrop, Walter F. Rowe
      Pages 7-16

    4. Characterization of an Extracellular Polyester Depolymerase of Cryptococcus Laurentii

      • J. A. Cameron, Albert S. Costa
      Pages 17-24

    5. Bacterial Counts on Commercial U.S. Cotton Fiber and their Possible Relation to Byssinosis in Cotton Mills

      • Marion E. Simpson, Paul B. Marsh
      Pages 25-34

    6. Effects of Differences in Areas of Growth and Plant Varieties on Endotoxin Contamination of Airborne Dusts from Carded Cottons

      • Stephen A. Olenchock, Robert M. Castellan
      Pages 35-42

    7. Attempts to Determine Whether the Products of Extracellular Polyphenol Oxidase Modulate the Catechol-Induced Bimodal Growth Response of Coriolus Versicolor

      • Rosannah Taylor, John E. Mayfield, Walter C. Shortle, Gerald C. Llewellyn, William V. Dashek
      Pages 43-62

    8. Time-Dependent Appearance of Extracellular Polyphenol Oxidase in Relation to Catechol-Induced Bimodal Growth Response of Coriolus Versicolor

      • Rosannah Taylor, Gerald C. Llewellyn, John E. Mayfield, Walter C. Shortle, William V. Dashek
      Pages 63-74

    9. Resistance of Some Woods from Africa and Southeast Asia to Neotropical Wood-Destroyers

      • John D. Bultman, Raymond H. Beal, Frederick F. K. Ampong
      Pages 75-85

    10. Biodeterioration of Hair in a Soil Environment

      • Joseph M. Serowik, Walter F. Rowe
      Pages 87-93

  4. Mycotoxins as Biodeteriogens and Mycotoxin Biodegradation

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 95-95
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    2. Introduction

      • Gerald C. Llewellyn
      Pages 97-98

    3. Field Cotamination of Sorghum with Zeralenone and Deoxynivalenol in North Carolina: Density Segregation to Remove Mycotoxins

      • Mohammad Babadoost, Winston M. Hagler Jr, Daryl T. Bowman, Paul E. Nelson
      Pages 99-109

    4. Analysis of Venezuelan Corn for Aflatoxin and Aspergillus Flavus or Aspergillus Parasiticus Contamination

      • Amaury J. Martinez, Mary W. Trucksess, Douglas L. Park
      Pages 111-118

    5. The Level of Toxigenic Fungi in 1985 Maryland Corn Before and During Storage

      • Sunee Trofa, George A. Bean, Hamdy Y. Aly
      Pages 119-126

    6. Myrotoxins Produced by Myrothecium Roridum a Fungus Pathogenic to Tomatoes

      • George A. Bean, Bruce B. Jarvis
      Pages 127-134

    7. Slaframine and Swainsonine Production by Rhizoctonia Leguminicola: Strain Comparsion

      • Helen S. Bartlett, Mark E. Wilson, James Croom Jr., Harry P. Broquist, Winston M. Hagler Jr.
      Pages 135-148

    8. Evaluating Illicit Marihuana for Aflatoxins and Toxigenic Fungi

      • Adrian S. Krawczeniuk, Charles E. O’Rear, Philip B. Mislivec, Verneal R. Bruce, Mary W. Trucksess, Gerald C. Llewellyn
      Pages 149-164
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Man-made textile fibers are frequently encountered as trace evidence in criminal investigations. This study examined the effects of burial in soil on the biodeterioration of synthetic textile fibers such as cellulose acetate, nylon, polyesters and acrylics. Cellulose acetate fibers began to show signs of decomposition within two months after burial in common garden topsoil and were completely degraded within four to nine months. It was found that severely decomposed cellulose acetate fibers could be identified by pyrolysis-gas liquid chromatography even when other methods such as polarized light microscopy and dispersion staining failed. The solubility behavior of the cellulose acetate fibers also was altered. The other types of fibers showed no detectable alteration at the end of the twelve-month study. REFERENCES American Association of Textile Chemists and Colorists (1971). AATCC Technical Manual, AATCC, Triangle Park, NC. Cook, R., and Paterson, M.D. (1978). New techniques for the identifi- tion of microscopic samples of textile fibers by infrared spectroscopy. Forensic Sci. Int., 12, 237-243. DeForest, P.R., Geansslen, R.E., and Lee, H.C. (1983). Forensic Science: An Introduction to Criminalistics, McGraw-Hill Book Company, NY. Federal Bureau of Investigation (1978). Solubility schemes by generic class. Federal Bureau of Investigation, Washington, DC. Fong, W. (1982). Rapid microscopic identification of synthetic fibers in a single liquid mount. ~ Forensic Sci., 27, 257-263.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Virginia Department of Health, Richmond, USA

    Gerald C. Llewellyn

  • George Washington University, USA

    Charles E. O’Rear

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Biodeterioration Research 1

  • Editors: Gerald C. Llewellyn, Charles E. O’Rear

  • Series Title: Biodeterioration Research

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-0949-9

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Plenum Press, New York 1987

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4612-8260-0Published: 10 October 2011

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4613-0949-9Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVIII, 388

  • Topics: Microbial Ecology, Microbiology

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