%0 Journal Article
%T A comparative study on the microbial activities in some caves from Padurea Craiului Mountains
%A Manuela Anelice SEULEAN
%A Agnes PUSKAS
%A Mihail DRAGAN-BULARDA
%A Alina Dora SAMUEL
%J Analele Universitatii din Oradea, Fascicula Biologie
%D 2006
%I University of Oradea Publishing House
%X Microorganisms represent a heterogeneous group, widely spread in different environments. Our goal in this study was to determine whether microorganisms are present in four particular Transylvanian caves, which are: Ungurului Cave, Izvor Cave, Lesianei Cave, and Moanei Cave, all situated in the P durea Craiului Mountains. All of those caves are often visited by tourists. In order to conceive this study we have collected and analyzed different samples, using enzymatic and microbiological methods; the samples were taken from the floor deposits, wall deposits and sludge. Some enzymatic activities were studied, such as: catalase activity, phosphatase activity, actual and potential dehydrogenase activity, urease activity as well as the non-enzymatic catalytic activity. We have also computed the EISQ ¨C which is the enzymatic indicator of soil or sludge quality ¨C based on the results obtained by studying the enzymatic activities.
%K sludge
%K wall deposits
%K enzymological research
%K Enzymatic Indicator of the Sludge Quality (EISQ)
%K enzymatic potential
%U http://www.fileden.com/files/2008/10/15/2144000/2006/062-068.Seulean.pdf