N. Cresswell
Manchester Metropolitan University
23 Papers
303 Citations
N. Cresswell is an academic researcher from Manchester Metropolitan University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Biology & Streptomyces. The author has an hindex of 17, co-authored 23 publications. Previous affiliations of N. Cresswell include University of Warwick.
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Papers
Rapid DNA extraction protocol from soil for polymerase chain reaction‐mediated amplification
TL;DR: The extraction and purification protocol applied to various different soil types resulted in DNA of sufficient purity to permit amplification by PCR, and target DNA was detected in soil 5 months after release, when the introduced organism was no longer detectable on selective agar plates.
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Characterization of activated carbon prepared from a single cultivar of Jordanian Olive stones by chemical and physicochemical techniques
TL;DR: In this article, the results showed that the active carbon is essentially amorphous and indicated the presence of traces of oxides of calcium and magnesium, while infrared spectroscopy showed peaks relating to hydroxyl, aliphatic, ether, aromatic and phenolic groups.
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Growth and survival of streptomycete inoculants and extent of plasmid transfer in sterile and nonsterile soil.
TL;DR: The growth and survival of strains of Streptomyces lividans and S. violaceolatus in sterile and nonsterile soil was investigated by using inoculated soil microcosms run as batch systems and the transfer of a high-copy-number, self-transmissible plasmid, pIJ673, was detected.
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Molecular detection of streptomycin-producing streptomycetes in Brazilian soils.
A. S. Huddleston,N. Cresswell,M. C. P. Neves,J. E. Beringer,S. Baumberg,D. J. I. Thomas,Elizabeth M. H. Wellington +6 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors used 16S rRNA and trpBA (tryptophan synthetase) genes to identify Streptomycetes species and the presence of two genes, strA and strB1, known to be involved in streptomycin biosynthesis in Strobacter griseus.
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Effects of increased deposition of atmospheric nitrogen on an upland moor: leaching of N species and soil solution chemistry.
Michael G. Pilkington,Simon J.M. Caporn,Jacqueline A. Carroll,N. Cresswell,John A. Lee,T.W. Ashenden,S. A. Brittain,Brian Reynolds,Bridget A. Emmett +8 more
TL;DR: Investigation of the leaching response of an upland moorland to long-term ammonium nitrate additions showed increases in nitrate leaching only in response to high rates of N input, and litter C:N ratios were significantly lowered but values remained above a threshold predicted to increase leaching of N in forests.
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