Biodeterioration research 2 : general biodeterioration, degradation, mycotoxins, biotoxins, and wood decay

and Overview.- Biodeterioration: Its Role in Economics, Agriculture, Human Health, Ecology, and Conservation.- Section I General Biodeterioration and Biodegradation.- Public Concerns Regarding Applications of Biotechnologies.- Survival of Archeological Textiles in an Arctic Environment.- Biological Corrosion and Biofilm Effects on Metal Biodeterioration.- A Study Of Al , Zn , Sn , V , Ti , Co , Cu , Ni , or Fe as Sole Electron Sources for Methanogenesis and the Effects of Organotins on Methanogenic Bacteria.- Control of Sulfate-Reducing Bacteria in Hydrocarbon Fuel Tanks.- Effect of Toxicants on Chitin Decomposition.- Differential Mode of Chitinase Hydrolysis of Chitin And Chitan.- Biodeterioration of Man-Made Textiles in Various Soil Environments.- A Study of Hair Degradation in Agricultural Soil.- The Long Term Effect of Vapona on Textiles: Preliminary Findings.- Kinetics of Microbial Transformation of Organic Pollutants in Natural Aquatic Systems.- Horizontal Gene Transfer among Bacteria in Aquatic Systems: Effects of Nutrient Concentrations.- Endotoxin Contamination and Immunological Analyses of Bulk Samples from a Mushroom Farm.- Cardinal Temperatures for Germination and other Factors Affecting the Germination of Rhizomucor pusillus Sporangiospores.- Use of a Mixed Microbial System in the Removal of Lead from Contaminated Water.- Microbial Deterioration of Lamparosa (Vomer setapinnis) Stored at 2 C.- Section II Mycotoxins as Biodeteriogens.- Importance of Mycotoxins in the Brewing Process.- Health Impact of Mycotoxins in the Home and Workplace: An Overview.- Preharvest Aflatoxin Contamination of Peanuts, Corn, and Cottonseed: A Review.- Survival of Aspergillus flavus Conidia in Soil.- Aflatoxin Occurrence in 1985-86 Corn from Venezuela and its Destruction by the Extrusion Process.- Evaluation of Mycotoxin Production of Two Isolates of Aspergillus flavus on Illicit Marihuana.- Occurrence of Bright Greenish Yellow-Fluorescing Spots Associated with Aspergillus flavus Infection in Fiber of the U.S. Cotton Crop of 1987.- Responses of the American Cockroach, Periplaneta americana (L.), to High Concentrations of Dietary Aflatoxin B1.- Field Testing for Mycotoxins Using the Spectrochrom Myco-Quick Kit and Others.- Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay of Aflatoxins B1, B2, and G1 in Corn, Cottonseed, Peanuts, Peanut Butter, and Poultry Feed.- Conversion of Aflatoxins to Bisulfite Adducts for Quantitation and Confirmation.- Mycotoxins in North Carolina 1985 Crop Soybeans. I. Zearalenone and Deoxynivalenol in Soybeans and Soybean Meal.- Mycotoxin Contamination in North Carolina 1985 Crop Soybeans. II. Toxigencity of Fusarium Species Isolated from Contaminated Soybeans.- Chlorella, Ustilago, and Trichoderma Biological Assay for Detection of Macrocyclic Trichothecenes.- Acute Toxicity of Cyclopiazonic Acid in Selected Avian Species.- Allelopathic Potential of Plant-Derived Macrocyclic Trichothecenes on Selected Crop Species.- Temperature-Dependent Toxin Production by Stachybotrys Species.- A Survey for Mold Contaminated Marihuana in the Forensic Laboratory.- Studies on Equine Leukoencephalomalacia.- Altered Differential Leukocyte Counts Induced by Acute and Chronic Administration of Trichothecene T-2 Toxin or Aflatoxin B1.- Section III Timber and Wood Decay.- Dynamics of Decay in Trees and Timber.- In Vitro Growth of Coriolus versicolor, a Wood-Decay Fungus, Responds Differentially to Catechol and Tannic Acid.- Decomposition of Wood by Brown-Rot Fungi.- Manganese as a Probe of Fungal Degradation of Wood.- Oxygen Free Radical Detection in Wood Colonized by the Brown-Rot Fungus, Postia placuenta.- Effects of Brown-Rot Fungi on Cellulose.- Guayule Resin as a Protectant for Wood Against Attack by Various Marine and Terrestrial Wood-Destroying Organisms.- Bacteria, Fungi, and Endotoxin in Stored Timber Logs and Airborne Sawdust in Poland.- Ultrastructure and Amino Acid/Protein Contents of Pinus strobes needles: A Potential Monitor for Ozone (O3).- An Ultrastructural Analysis of Spruce Budworm-Promoted Defoliation in Abies balsamea.- Time of Fertilization in Pinus taeda L. (Loblolly Pine).- Section IV The Role of Biodeteriogens Relevant to Infectious Diseases and Ultrastructure.- Structure of "Sensory" Nerves and Serotonin-like Immunoflorescent Activity in Schistosoma mansoni Miracidia and Cercariae.- Biomphalaria glabrata, a Continuing Environmental Biodeteriogen: Alterations in the Levels of Some Hydrolases Following Schistosoma mansoni Infection. 1. Phosphatases and N-Acetyl-Beta-D-Glucosaminidase.- Cilia Polymorphism among Schistosome Snail Hosts as Revealed by Scanning Electron Microscopy.- Surface Ultrastructural Changes in the Tegument of Cysticercus fasciolaris and Schistosoma mansoni Following In Vitro Low Doses of the Antihelminthic Drug, Oltipraz.- Participants and Addresses.- Author Index.