scholarly journals Sulphate Ions Removal from an Abandoned Mine Water using Electrocoagulation. Characterization of the Flocs Originated through Chemical and Morphological Analysis

Author(s):  
Brett González-Cárdenas ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 85-93
Author(s):  
Wallapat Phongtang ◽  
Ekachai Chukeatirote

Abstract Bacillus cereus is considered to be an important food poisoning agent causing diarrhea and vomiting. In this study, the occurrence of B. cereus bacteriophages in Thai fermented soybean products (Thua Nao) was studied using five B. cereus sensu lato indicator strains (four B. cereus strains and one B. thuringiensis strain). In a total of 26 Thua Nao samples, there were only two bacteriophages namely BaceFT01 and BaceCM02 exhibiting lytic activity against B. cereus. Morphological analysis revealed that these two bacteriophages belonged to the Myoviridae. Both phages were specific to B. cereus and not able to lyse other tested bacteria including B. licheniformis and B. subtilis. The two phages were able to survive in a pH range between 5 and 12. However, both phages were inactive either by treatment of 50°C for 2 h or exposure of UV for 2 h. It should be noted that both phages were chloroform-insensitive, however. This is the first report describing the presence of bacteriophages in Thua Nao products. The characterization of these two phages is expected to be useful in the food industry for an alternative strategy including the potential use of the phages as a biocontrol candidate against foodborne pathogenic bacteria.


2009 ◽  
Vol 63 (6) ◽  
Author(s):  
Yan Li ◽  
Chuan-Sheng Liu ◽  
Yun-Ling Zou

AbstractZnO nano-tubes (ZNTs) have been successfully synthesized via a simple hydrothermal-etching method, and characterized by X-ray diffraction, field emission scanning electron microscopy and room temperature photoluminescence measurement. The as-synthesized ZNTs have a diameter of 500 nm, wall thickness of 20–30 nm, and length of 5 µm. Intensity of the plane (0002) diffraction peak, compared with that of plane (10$$ \bar 1 $$0) of ZNTs, is obviously lower than that of ZnO nano-rods. This phenomenon can be caused by the smaller cross section of plane (0002) of the nano-tubes compared with that of other morphologies. On basis of the morphological analysis, the formation process of nano-tubes can be proposed in two stages: hydrothermal growth and reaction etching process.


Geoderma ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 299 ◽  
pp. 32-42 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vojtěch Ettler ◽  
Martin Chren ◽  
Martin Mihaljevič ◽  
Petr Drahota ◽  
Bohdan Kříbek ◽  
...  

2013 ◽  
Vol 41 (2) ◽  
pp. 472 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carmen F. POPESCU ◽  
Liviu C. DEJEU ◽  
Rafael R. OCETE

The individuals belonging to three different groups of wild grapevines populations Vitis vinifera L. ssp. sylvestris (Gmelin) Hegi harvested along, or near the Danube River, were described by means of usual ampelographic methods. The twenty standardized descriptors used for morphological analysis revealed obvious differentiation among analyzed populations. Out of 65 individuals, a half produced flowers with separate sex and a high proportion of them were males (70%). Pollen measurements on light microscope provided information on differences in pollen size among inside wild grapevine populations of V. sylvestris with the polar length varying between 15.3 and 23 μm and the equatorial length between 15.5 and 24.4μm. The in vitro regenerative potential from meristematic tissue tested with each phenotype showed that the moment of differentiation, the aspect of proliferative structures and the rate of multiplication varied inside these wild grapevine populations, without any correlation with the location of harvesting. Our results provided valuable information about these Vitis vinifera ssp. sylvestris populations, possible to be used as starting plant material for research in general and further breeding of cultivars and grapevine rootstocks.


2006 ◽  
Vol 70 (22) ◽  
pp. 5469-5487 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kai-Uwe Ulrich ◽  
André Rossberg ◽  
Harald Foerstendorf ◽  
Harald Zänker ◽  
Andreas C. Scheinost

2017 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
pp. 28 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sebastián Muñoz-Leal ◽  
Ricardo A. Dias ◽  
Carlos R. Abrahão ◽  
Marcelo B. Labruna

Ornithodoros capensis sensu lato (s. l.) is a worldwide-distributed group of soft ticks that parasitize birds in insular and continental lands. It is currently composed of 11 morphologically closely related species. Several viral and bacterial pathogens, and particularly Coxiella-like endosymbiont organisms have been described coexisting with ticks of this group. Since it last report in 1983, the presence of O. capensis s. l. in Brazil has remained undocumented. By a morphological analysis of larvae and a molecular characterization of ticks and Coxiella genes we describe for the first time O. capensis sensu stricto in Brazil from specimens collected on Queimada Grande Island, in São Paulo state.


2012 ◽  
Vol 61 (3) ◽  
pp. 611-623 ◽  
Author(s):  
Diego Arosio ◽  
Laura Longoni ◽  
Monica Papini ◽  
Luigi Zanzi

Blood ◽  
1987 ◽  
Vol 69 (2) ◽  
pp. 677-681 ◽  
Author(s):  
DN Podell ◽  
CH Packman ◽  
J Maniloff ◽  
GN Abraham

Abstract The morphology of the amorphous, gelatinous, and crystalline varieties of monoclonal IgG cryoglobulins was analyzed by light and transmission and scanning electron microscopy. Each cryoglobulin had a characteristic fine structure that correlated with its gross morphology. Transmission electron microscopy showed that the amorphous precipitates were random and disorganized molecular clumps. In contrast, cryogels were thin-walled, well-organized, and hydrated strawlike clusters, whereas cryocrystals formed tightly compacted, highly structured molecular clusters. Crystals that formed in blood produced rouleaux, and analysis by scanning electron microscopy indicated that the crystals could form thick-walled, branching, macromolecular nets that could physically trap cells. The morphological properties provided visual impressions by which cryoglobulins could cause clinical disease secondary to vascular occlusion produced by self- associated IgG cryoglobulin molecules.


2019 ◽  
Vol 958 ◽  
pp. 129-134 ◽  
Author(s):  
Monica Castoldi Borlini Gadioli ◽  
Victor Moza Ponciano ◽  
Bárbara da Hora Rocha Bessa ◽  
Jefferson Luiz Camargo ◽  
Pedro Porto Pizeta

Ornamental stones processing produces large amounts of wastes, which without treatment, are disposed in deposits, constituting the major environmental problem in this sector in Brazil. There is a great variety of rocks and different technologies in the ornamental stones processing. Rock block sawing can be performed using multi-blade gangsaw, the conventional technology, or multiwire gangsaw, latest technology which uses only diamond wire and water to cut blocks. In recent years there has been a great change in the use of ornamental stones sawing technologies, where currently almost 50% of the sawed materials are processed by the multi wire technology. The ornamental stones wastes have compounds that can collaborate in the processing of the ceramic. Due to the great variety of Brazilian ornamental stones and technologies in addition to the growth of de sector in recent years, there is a need for new studies regard to the characterization and environmental classification of waste, for a better management and application. Therefore, the objective of this work was the characterization and environmental classification of ornamental stones wastes aiming their use in red ceramics. The wastes were characterized with the determination of its chemical composition and mineralogical analysis, particle size, morphological analysis and environmental, the latter by means of the leaching and solubilization tests, for subsequent classification. The wastes are composed mainly of SiO2, Al2O3, alkaline oxides, earth alkaline oxides and iron, and those which were submitted to the leaching and solubilization tests are classified as non-inert.


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