Staff
Regional Specialised Collection of
Alkanotrophic Microorganisms
Phone: +7 3422 646714
Fax: +7 3422 646711
E-mail: iegmcol@ecology.psu.ru

 

Director:

Prof. Irena B. Ivshina, PhD


E-mail: ivshina@ecology.psu.ru
Secretary and Public Relations:

Mrs. Helen A. Sukhanova



E-mail: sukhanova@ecology.psu.ru

Databases:

Dr. Maria S. Kuyukina, PhD
Mr. Konstantin N. Smartsalov


E-mail: kuyukina@ecology.psu.ru
E-mail: smart@ecology.psu.ru
Preservation and Storage:

Dr. Tatyana N. Kamenskikh, PhD
Mr. Oleg B. Chumakov


E-mail: kamenskikh@ecology.psu.ru

E-mail: chumakov@ecology.psu.ru

Identification service:

Dr. Maria S. Kuyukina, PhD
Mrs. Helen A. Elovikova
Mrs. Ludmila V. Rybalka

Mrs. Marina I. Rytchkova
Mrs. Olga A. Bogomyagkova



E-mail: kuyukina@ecology.psu.ru
E-mail: elovikova@ecology.psu.ru
E-mail: rybalka@ecology.psu.ru
E-mail: rytchkova@ecology.psu.ru
E-mail: bogomyagkova@ecology.psu.ru

 

Publications

  • 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, À.À. (1990). Cell adaptations of Rhodococcus rhodochrous and Rhodococcus 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, Î.R., Bogomyagkova, Î.À., 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.
  • Bell, K.S., Kuyukina, M.S., Heidbrink, S., Philp, J.C., Aw, D.W.J., Ivshina, I.B. and Christofi, N. (1999). Identification and environmental detection of Rhodococcus species by 16S rDNA-targeted PCR. J. Appl. Microbiol. V. 87. P. 472-48.
  • Kuyukina, M.S., Ivshina, I.B., Ritchkova, M.I. and Chumakov, O.B. (2000). Effect of cell lipid composition on the formation of nonspecific antibiotic resistance in alkanotrophic rhodococci. Mikrobiologiya. 69, 1: 51-57.
  • 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.