Staff and Publications

Staff

Regional Specialised Collection

of Alkanotrophic Microorganisms

Phone: +7 342 2808114

Fax: +7 342 2809211

Director: Prof. Irena B. Ivshina, D.Sc., RAS Corresponding member	E-mail: ivshina@iegm.ru
Secretary and Public Relations: Mrs. Ludmila A. Alfimova	E-mail: lalfimova@iegm.ru
Databases: Dr. Tatyana N. Kamenskikh, PhD Prof. Maria S. Kuyukina, D.Sc. Mr. Konstantin N. Smartsalov	E-mail: kamenskikh@iegm.ru E-mail: kuyukina@iegm.ru E-mail: smart@iegm.ru
Preservation and Storage: Dr. Tatyana N. Kamenskikh, PhD Mrs. Ludmila V. Rybalka Mrs. Helen A. Sukhanova	E-mail: kamenskikh@iegm.ru E-mail: rybalka@iegm.ru E-mail: sukhanova@iegm.ru
Identification service: Prof. Irena B. Ivshina, D.Sc. Dr. Anastasia V. Krivoruchko, PhD Prof. Maria S. Kuyukina, D.Sc. Dr. Yekaterina M. Nogovitsina, PhD Mrs. Ludmila V. Rybalka Dr. Marina I. Rytchkova, PhD	E-mail: ivshina@iegm.ru E-mail: nast@iegm.ru E-mail: kuyukina@iegm.ru E-mail: nogov@iegm.ru E-mail: rybalka@iegm.ru E-mail: ritchkova@iegm.ru

Publications

Ivshina, I.B., Oborin, A.A., Nesterenko, O.A., Kasumova, S.A. (1981). Bacteria of the Rhodococcus genus from the ground water of oil-bearing deposits in the Perm region near the Urals. Mikrobiologiya, 50, 4: 709-717 (in Russian).
Ivshina, I.B., Nesterenko, O.A., Glazacheva, L. E., Shekhovtzov, V.P. (1982). Facultative gas-assimilating Rhodococcus rhodochrous strains studied by electron microscopy. Mikrobiologiya, 51, 3: 477-481 (in Russian).
Ivshina, I.B., Kevorkov, N.N., Koblova, I.V., Nesterenko, O.A., Kvasnikov, E.I., Kasumova, S.A. (1982). Identification of bacteria belonging to the genus Rhodococcus using the technique of immunodiffusion. Mikrobiologiya, 51, 4: 636-641 (in Russian).
Berdichevskaya, M.V., Ivshina, I.B., Nesterenko, O.A., Shekhovtzov, V.P. (1984). The properties and species composition of hydrocarbon-oxidizing rhodococci from stratal waters in the Perm region. Mikrobiologiya, 53, 4: 681-685 (in Russian).
Ivshina, I.B., Pshenichnov, R.A., Kevorkov, N.N. (1985). The antigenic structure of rhodococci cultivated on different media. Mikrobiologiya, 54, 2: 290-292 (in Russian).
Ivshina, I.B. (1986). Methods for obtaining specific immune sera aganst bacteria of the genus Rhodococcus. Mikrobiol. Zhurn., 48, 2: 8-13. ISSN 0201-8462 (in Russian).
Ivshina, I.B., Koblova, I.V., Bezmaternykh, G.I., Nesterenko, O.A., Kvasnikov, E.I., Shkaruba, V.V. (1986). Identification of new species of the genus Rhodococcus by the immunodiffusion method. Mikrobiol. Zhurn., 48, 2: 3-8. ISSN 0201-8462(in Russian).
Ivshina, I.B., Pshenichnov, R.A., Oborin, A.A. (1987). Propane-utilising rhodococci. Sverdlovsk. Ural branch of the USSR Academy of Sciences, 125 pp. (in Russian).
Barban, P.S., Pshenichnov, R.A., Pantukhina, A.N., Ivshina, I.B. (1988). Immunofluorescent analysis. Sverdlovsk. Ural branch of the USSR Academy of Sciences, 175 pp. (in Russian).
Glazacheva, L.E., Ivshina, I.B., Oborin, А.А. (1990). Cell adaptations ofRhodococcus rhodochrous andRhodococcus ruber, assimilating propane and n-butane. Mikrobiologiya, 59, 2: 301-306 (in Russian).
Ivshina, I.B. (1992). Creation of a network of interacting collections of microbial cultures and computerised data banks as bases for study and preservation of microbial diversity. Ecologiya, 6: 12-17 (in Russian).
Ivshina, I.B. (1993). Microbial culture collections under threat. Mikrobiologiya, 62, 6: 1148-1152 (in Russian).
Ivshina, I.B., Kamenskich, T.N., Kuyukina, M.S., Rytchkova, M.I., Shadrin, O.A., Rybalka, L.V., Zvereva, L.A., Chumakov, O.B. (1994). Methods of Rhodococus spp. cultures conservation and their usage in practice of supporting alkanotrophic Rhodococus specialized fund. Mikrobiologiya, 63, 1: 118-128 (in Russian).
Ivshina, I.B. (ed.) (1994). Catalogue of strains of Regional Speciased Collection of Alkanotrophic Microorganisms. Moscow, Nauka, 163 pp. ISBN 5-7691-0468-6.
Ivshina, I.B., Gvozdyak, О.R., Bogomyagkova, О.А., Shkaruba, V.V. (1995). Application of the immunodiffusion method to the determination of micrococci. Mikrobiologiya, 64, 1: 78-82 (in Russian).
Ivshina, I.B., Berdichevskaya, M.V., Zvereva, L.V., Rybalka, L.V., Elovikova, E.A. (1995). Phenotypic characterization of alkanotrophic rhodococci from various ecosystems. Mikrobiologiya, 64, 4: 507-513 (in Russian).
Ivshina, I. B., Kuyukina, M.S. (1997). Isolation of propane-oxidizing rhodococci on selective media with antibiotics. Mikrobiologiya, 66, 4: 494-500 (in Russian).
Ivshina, I. B. (1997). Regional specialized collection as a source for preservation of alkanotrophic microoganisms diversity. In: Read, P. & Kinross, J. (eds.). 1997. Environmental Pollution: Assessment and Treatment. Napier University Publication, Edinburgh, UK. 77-84. ISBN 0902703307.
Kamenskikh, T.N., Ivshina, I.B. (1997). Conservation and safe storage of propane-oxidising rhodococci. In: Read, P. & Kinross, J. (eds.). 1997. Environmental Pollution: Assessment and Treatment. Napier University Publication, Edinburgh, UK. 85-91. ISBN 0902703307.
Christofi, N., Ivshina, I.B., Kuyukina, M.S., Philp, J. C. (1998). Biological treatment of crude oil contaminated soil in Russia. In. Lerner, D. N. & Walton, N. R. G. (eds.). 1998. Contaminated Land and Groundwater: Future Directions. Geological Society, London, Engineering Geology Special Publication, 14: 45-51. ISBN 1-86239-001-0.
Ivshina, I.B., Kuyukina, M.S., Philp, J.C., Christofi, N. (1998). Oil desorption from mineral and organic materials using biosurfactant complexes produced by Rhodococcus species. World J. Microbiol. & Biotechnol., 14: 711-717.
Ivshina, I.B. (1998). Regional specialised collection of alkanotrophic microorganisms. WFCC Newsletter, 28: 11-14.
Bell, K.S., Kuyukina, M.S., Heidbrink, S., Philp, J.C., Aw, D.W.J., Ivshina, I.B., Christofi, N. (1999). Identification and environmental detection of Rhodococcus species by 16S rDNA-targeted PCR. J. Appl. Microbiol., 87: 472-48.
Kuyukina, M.S., Ivshina, I.B., Ritchkova, M.I., Chumakov, O.B. (2000). Effect of cell lipid composition on the formation of nonspecific antibiotic resistance in alkanotrophic rhodococci. Mikrobiologiya, 69, 1: 51-57(in Russian).
Kuyukina, M.S., Ivshina, I.B., Philp, J.C., Christofi, N., Dunbar, S.A. & Ritchkova, M.I. (2001). Recovery of Rhodococcus biosurfactants using methyl-tertiary butyl ether extraction. Journal of Microbiological Methods, 46: 149-156.
Ivshina, I.B., Kuyukina, M.S., Ritchkova, M.I., Philp J.C., Cunningham, C.J., Christofi, N. (2001). Oleophilic biofertilizer based on a Rhodococcus surfactant complex for the bioremediation of crude oil-contaminated soil. Contaminated Soil Sediment and Water. AEHS, 4: 20-24.
Ivshina, I.B. (2001). Operation and establishment of a Russian biological resource centre. WFCC Newsletter, 33: 8-14.
Ivshina, I.B., Peshkur, T.A., Korobov, V.P. (2002). Efficient uptake of cesium ions by Rhodococcus cells. Microbiology(Mikrobiologiya), 71, 3: 357-361.
Philp, J.C., Kuyukina, M.S., Ivshina, I.B., Dunbar, S.A., Christofi, N., Lang, S., Wray, V. (2002). Alkanotrophic Rhodococcus ruber as a biosurfactant producer. Appl. Microbiol. Biotechnol., 59: 318-324.
Christofi, N., Ivshina, I.B. (2002). Microbial surfactants and their use in field studies of soil remediation. J. Appl. Microbiol., 93: 915-929.
Kuyukina, M.S., Ivshina, I.B., Rychkova, M.I., Philp, J.C., Сunningham, C.J., Christofi, N. (2003). Bioremediation of crude contaminated soil using slurry-phase biological treatment and land farming techniques. Soil and Sediment Contamination. AEHS, 12, 1: 85-99.
Ivshina, I.B., Kuyukina, M.S., Kostarev, S.M. (2003). Application of ecologically safe express-technology of oil contaminated soil remediation (on territory of Perm oil-producing regions). Oil industry, 9: 116-119 (in Russian).
Cunningham, C.J., Ivshina, I.B., Lozinsky, V.I., Kuyukina, M.S., Philp, J.C. (2004). Bioremediation of diesel-contaminated soil by microorganisms immobilized in polyvinyl alcogol. Int. Biodeterior. Biodegr. J., 54, 2-3: 167-174.
Bell, J.M.L., Philp, J.C., Kuyukina, M.S., Ivshina, I.B., Dunbar, S.A., Cunningham, C.J., Anderson, P. (2004). Methods evaluating vanadium tolerance in bacteria isolated from crude oil contaminated land. J. Microbiol. Methods, 58, 1: 87-100.
Grishko, V.V., Ivshina, I.B., Tolstikov, A.G. (2004). Bioconversion of thioanisole by actinobacteria Rhodococcus sensu stricto. BiotechnologyinRussia, 5: 69-77.
Osipenko, M.A., Kuyukina, M.S., Ivshina, I.B., Poteryaeva, Ye.V., Rogozhnikova, Ye.N. (2004). A probabilistic model for antibiotic typing of non-pathogenic actinobacteria. Russian Journal of Biomechanics, 8, 2: 71-77.
Ivshina, I.B., Kamenskikh, T.N. (2004). A novel method for conservation and long-term preservation of Rhodococcus collection cultures. Cytologia, 46, 9: 797-798 (in Russian).
Philp, J.C., Cunningham, C.J., Kuyukina, M.S., Ivshina, I.B. (2005). In-situ bioremediation of contaminated groundwater. Water Encyclopedia: Ground Water. Eds. J.H. Lehr, J. Keeley, J. Lehr. Pub. John Wiley and Sons. Inc. New Jersey. 38-42.
Kuyukina, M.S., Ivshina, I.B., Makarov, S.O., Litvinenko, L.V., Cunningham, C.J., Philp, J.C. (2005). Effect of biosurfactants on crude oil desorption and mobilization in a soil system. Environment International, 31, 2: 155-161.
Christofi, N., Ivshina, I.B. (2005). Microbial surfactant and their use in soil remediation. In: Bioremediation of Aquatic and Terrestrial Ecosystems (Milton Fingerman and R. Nagabhushanam (eds.): Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. Science Publishers. 311-327.
Stainsby, F.M., Philp, J.C., Dunbar, S.A., Ivshina, I.B., Kuyukina, M.S. (2005). Microbial foaming and bulking in activated sludge plants. In: Water Encyclopedia: Domestic, Municipal, and Industrial Water Supply and Waste Disposal. Eds. J.H. Lehr, J. Keeley, J. Lehr, T.B. Kingery. III. Pub. John Wiley and Sons Inc., New Jersey. 844-848.
Grishko, V.V., Mironova, A.V., Ivshina, I.B., Tolstikov, A.G. (2005). Biocatalytic separation of pantolactone acetate using rhodococci whole cells. Catalysis in Industry, 6: 54-58 (in Russian).
Ivshina, I.B., Grishko, V.V., Nogovitsina, Ye.M., Kukina, T.P., Tolstikov, A.G. (2005). Bioconversion of β-sitosterol and its esters by actinobacteria of the genus Rhodococcus. Applied Biochemistry and Microbiology (Prikladnaya Biokhimiya i Mikrobiologiya), 41, 6: 551-557.
Kuyukina, M.S., Ivshina, I.B., Gavrin, A.Yu., Podorozhko, E.A., Lozinsky, V.I., Jeffree, C.E., Philp, J.C. (2006). Immobilization of hydrocarbon-oxidizing bacteria in poly(vinyl alchohol) cryogels hydrophobized using a biosurfactant. J. Microbiol. Methods, 65: 596-603.
Ivshina, I.B., Rychkova, M.I., Vikhareva, E.V., Chekryshkina, L.A., Mishenina, I.I. (2006). Catalysis of the biodegradation of unusable medicines by alkanotrophic rhodococci. Applied Biochemistry and Microbiology (Prikladnaya Biokhimiya i Mikrobiologiya), 42, 4: 392-395.
Kuyukina, M.S., Ivshina, I.B., Osipenko, M.A., Nyashin, Yu.I., Korostina, O.A. (2006). Mathematical modeling of oil-contaminated soil washing process using Rhodococcus biosurfactant. Russian Journalof Biomechanics, 10, 1: 58-65.
Kovalenko, G.A., Perminova, L.V., Chuenko, T.V., Ivshina, I.B., Kuyukina, M.S., Rychkova, M.I., Philp, J.K. (2006). Carbon-containing macrostructured ceramic carriers for adsorption immobilization of enzymes and microorganisms. 5. Immobilization of yeast non-growing cells and alkanotrophic Rhodococcus growing cells. Biotechnology in Russia, 1: 102-113.
Kuyukina, M.S., Ivshina, I.B., Osipenko, M.A., Korostina, O.A., Nyashin, Yu.I. (2007). Mathematical modelling of crude oil-contaminated soil washing process using Rhodococcus-biosurfactant. In: Proc. Third IASTED Int. Conf. on Environmental Modelling and Simulation. Ed. J. Wilson. ACTA Press, Anaheim, Calgary, Zurich. 77-81. ISBN: 978-0-88986-682-9.
Kuyukina, M.S., Ivshina, I.B., Gein, S.V., Baeva, T.A., Chereshnev, V.A. (2007). In vitro immunomodulating activity of biosurfactant glycolipid complex from Rhodococcus ruber. Bulletin of Experimental Biology and Medicine, 144, 3: 326-330.
Kuyukina, M.S., Ivshina, I.B., Krivoruchko, A.V., Podorozhko, E.A., Lozinsky, V.I., Cunningham, C., Philp J.C. (2007). Novel biocatalysts based on immobilized Rhodococcus cells for oil-contaminated water purification. J. Biotechnology, 131, 2S: 99-100.
Podorozhko, E.A., Lozinsky, V.I., Ivshina, I.B., Kuyukina, M.S., Krivorutchko, A.B., Philp, J.C., Cunningham, C.J. (2008). Hydrophobised sawdust as a carrier for immobilisation of the hydrocarbon-oxidizing bacterium Rhodococcus ruber. Bioresour. Technol., 99, 6: 2001-2008.
Antsiferov, V.N., Porozova, S.E., Ivshina, I.B., Rychkova, M.I., Pimenova, N.V., Karmanov, V.I. (2008). Surface nanostructuring of quartz glass in the presence of Rhodococcus actinobacteria. Nanotechnologies in Russia, 3, 9-10: 633-638.
Grishko, V.V., Nogovitsyna, E.M., Ivshina, I.B. (2009). The biocatalytic obtainment of physiologically active compounds based on vegetative β-sitosterol. Catalysis in Industry (Kataliz v Promyshlennosti), 1: 157-164.
Kuyukina, M.S., Ivshina, I.B., Serebrennikova, M.K., Krivorutchko, A.B., Podorozhko, E.A., Ivanov, R.V., Lozinsky, V.I. (2009). Petroleum-contaminated water treatment in a fluidized-bed bioreactor with immobilized Rhodococcus cells. Int. Biodeterior. Biodegrad., 63: 427-432.
Kuyukina, M.S., Rubtsova, E.V., Ivshina, I. B., Ivanov, R.V., Lozinsky, V.I. (2009). Selective adsorption of hydrocarbon-oxidizing Rhodococcus cells in a column with hydrophobized poly(acrylamide) cryogel. J. Microbiol. Methods, 79: 76-81.