scholarly journals Growth of Micro-organisms in Two Propofol Products at Room Temperature

2005 ◽  
Vol 25 (2) ◽  
pp. 154-161
Author(s):  
Michiaki YAMAKAGE ◽  
Hiroki YAMAMOTO ◽  
Akiyoshi NAMIKI
Keyword(s):  
Room Temperature ◽  
Micro Organisms

scholarly journals ACTION OF FORMALDEHYDE ON ENZYMES AND ON CERTAIN PBOTEIDS

1899 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 47-80 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. L. Bliss ◽  
F. G. Novy
Keyword(s):  
Room Temperature ◽  
Dilute Solution ◽  
Cent Solution ◽  
Dilute Solutions ◽  
Moderate Amount ◽  
Strong Concentration ◽  
Preceding Work ◽  
Micro Organisms ◽  
Short Time ◽  
Sufficient Concentration

The following general conclusions may be drawn from the preceding work: Fibrin is altered by formaldehyde and is then less easily digested by pepsin and by trypsin. Papaïn is apparently unable to digest fibrin even when this is exposed to very weak formaldehyde (1:1000) for a very short time. The casein of milk, on contact with formaldehyde, undergoes rapid alteration and is as a result not coagulated by rennet, or but very slowly. Such altered casein, like similar fibrin, is not readily digested by the proteolytic ferments. The longer the formaldehyde acts on casein and on fibrin the more marked is the result. Pepsin is not affected by a one per cent solution of formaldehyde, even when the mixture has stood for four weeks. Even a five per cent solution of formaldehyde acting for three weeks has no effect on pepsin. Contrary results obtained by others are due to an alteration of the fibrin by the formaldehyde. A putrid solution of pepsin in distilled water one month old digests fibrin as readily as a fresh solution. Rennet is not affected even by a four per cent solution of formaldehyde acting for several weeks. The absence of coagulation at times is due to the action of formaldehyde on the casein of the milk and not on the rennet ferment. Papaïn is very quickly altered by formaldehyde, even in very dilute solution. Moreover, it is unable to digest fibrin that has been exposed to the action of a very dilute solution of formaldehyde for a short time. Trypsin is altered by formaldehyde to such an extent that digestion of fibrin will not take place, or but very slowly. The extent to which trypsin is affected by formaldehyde depends largely upon the amount of organic matter present, as well as on the amount of ferment in the solution. Amylopsin is not destroyed by very dilute solutions of formaldehyde, but stronger solutions decrease the activity of the ferment, and if used in sufficient concentration will destroy it completely. Ptyalin, like the diastatic ferment of the pancreas, is not destroyed by dilute solutions of formaldehyde. If the latter is used in rather strong concentration and allowed to act for some time it will destroy the ferment. The action of formaldehyde is more rapid and more marked at a slightly elevated temperature than at ordinary room temperature. Malt diastase, unlike the diastatic ferments of the saliva and pancreatic solution, is not destroyed by formaldehyde when this is used in moderate amount and at ordinary temperature. Unlike pepsin, a solution of malt diastase readily undergoes decomposition on standing even for one or more days. This destruction is undoubtedly due to bacteria since it does not take place when formaldehyde is present. Consequently the favoring action which formaldehyde apparently exerts on diastase really consists in the inhibition of the growth of micro-organisms, and hence the diastase is protected against decomposition.

scholarly journals Short-period fluctuations in the numbers of bacterial cells in soil

1936 ◽  
Vol 119 (814) ◽  
pp. 269-295 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Room Temperature ◽  
Short Interval ◽  
Bacterial Cells ◽  
Intensive Study ◽  
Natural Conditions ◽  
Short Period ◽  
Initial Decrease ◽  
Plate Counts ◽  
Micro Organisms ◽  
Different Parts

Seasonal changes in the numbers of micro-organisms in fresh soil were first reported at the beginning of the present century; their existence has since been confirmed by workers in many different parts of the world. (For references, see below .) More recently, short-period fluctuations in bacterial numbers were found to exist. Such fluctuations were found in plate counts from daily samples of field soil by Cutler, Crump, and Sandon (1922) and from 2-hourly samples by Thornton and Gray (1930). Periodic determinations of bacterial numbers in soils other than those taken from natural conditions have been few in number and have usually been made as checks on work of some other nature. In earlier work of Russell and Hutchinson (1909), soil incubated at room temperature showed fluctuations in microbial content over such a short interval as 8 hours and over as long a period as 60 days. In their later work, Russell and Hutchinson (1913) working with three soils of different moisture contents, dry, moist, and saturated, incubated at constant temperature, found changes in numbers between samples taken at from 5- to 8-day intervals. Such changes in numbers were not related to temperature, nor necessarily to moisture changes. A more intensive study was made by Allison (1917). He brought soil samples into the laboratory and made bacterial and fungal counts at short intervals of time. Samples taken during the winter showed a drop in numbers of as much as 40% during the first 1½ hours’ storage, followed by a large rise after some hours; in summer the initial decrease was less pronounced, this being attributed to the fact that at that season outdoor temperatures more nearly approached indoor temperatures. Cutler and Dixon (1927) found that, with soil stored at laboratory temperatures in deep narrow bottles, bacterial numbers decreased steadily over a period of 5 weeks. In soil stored in pots with a large surface area, fluctuations in bacterial numbers of as much as 100% were obtained from week to week, and the soil in general behaved as fresh soil.

scholarly journals HtrA in Porphyromonas gingivalis can regulate growth and gingipain activity under stressful environmental conditions

Microbiology ◽  
2006 ◽  
Vol 152 (11) ◽  
pp. 3391-3398 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. Roy ◽  
E. Vanterpool ◽  
H. M. Fletcher
Keyword(s):  
Temperature Stress ◽  
Porphyromonas Gingivalis ◽  
Room Temperature ◽  
Wild Type ◽  
Chromosomal Dna ◽  
Allelic Exchange ◽  
Increased Sensitivity ◽  
Important Virulence Factor ◽  
Micro Organisms ◽  
Virulence Regulator

In several micro-organisms, HtrA, a serine periplasmic protease, is considered an important virulence factor that plays a regulatory role in oxidative and temperature stress. The authors have previously shown that the vimA gene product is an important virulence regulator in Porphyromonas gingivalis. Further, purified recombinant VimA physically interacted with the major gingipains and the HtrA from P. gingivalis. To further evaluate a role for HtrA in the pathogenicity of this organism, a 1.5 kb fragment containing the htrA gene was PCR-amplified from the chromosomal DNA of P. gingivalis W83. This gene was insertionally inactivated using the ermF-ermAM antibiotic-resistance cassette and used to create an htrA-deficient mutant by allelic exchange. In one randomly chosen isogenic mutant designated P. gingivalis FLL203, there was increased sensitivity to hydrogen peroxide. Growth of this mutant at an elevated temperature was more inhibited compared to the wild-type. Further, in contrast to the wild-type, there was a significant decrease in Arg-gingipain activity after heat shock in FLL203. However, the gingipain activity in the mutant returned to normal levels after a further 30 min incubation at room temperature. Collectively, these data suggest that HtrA may play a similar role in oxidative and temperature stress in P. gingivalis as observed in other organisms.

Dependence of Intergranular Fracture on Boundary Topography and Cohesion

1973 ◽  
Vol 31 ◽  
pp. 150-151
Author(s):  
J. E. Doherty ◽  
A. F. Giamei ◽  
B. H. Kear ◽  
C. W. Steinke
Keyword(s):  
Grain Boundary ◽  
Room Temperature ◽  
Nickel Base Superalloy ◽  
Boundary Shear ◽  
Room Temperature Ductility ◽  
Solid Solution Matrix ◽  
Nickel Base ◽  
Solution Matrix ◽  
Different Levels ◽  
Base Superalloy

Recently we have been investigating a class of nickel-base superalloys which possess substantial room temperature ductility. This improvement in ductility is directly related to improvements in grain boundary strength due to increased boundary cohesion through control of detrimental impurities and improved boundary shear strength by controlled grain boundary micros true tures.For these investigations an experimental nickel-base superalloy was doped with different levels of sulphur impurity. The micros tructure after a heat treatment of 1360°C for 2 hr, 1200°C for 16 hr consists of coherent precipitates of γ’ Ni3(Al,X) in a nickel solid solution matrix.

Hepatocyte Alterations in Guinea Pigs FED Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs), Dibenzodioxins (PCDD), AND DIBENZOFURANS (PCDF)

1982 ◽  
Vol 40 ◽  
pp. 56-57
Author(s):  
J. N. Turner ◽  
D. N. Collins
Keyword(s):  
Guinea Pigs ◽  
Room Temperature ◽  
Dose Group ◽  
Methyl Cellulose ◽  
Uranyl Acetate ◽  
Target Organ ◽  
Office Building ◽  
Lead Citrate ◽  
Control Groups ◽  
Cooling Fluid

A fire involving an electric service transformer and its cooling fluid, a mixture of PCBs and chlorinated benzenes, contaminated an office building with a fine soot. Chemical analysis showed PCDDs and PCDFs including the highly toxic tetra isomers. Guinea pigs were chosen as an experimental animal to test the soot's toxicity because of their sensitivity to these compounds, and the liver was examined because it is a target organ. The soot was suspended in 0.75% methyl cellulose and administered in a single dose by gavage at levels of 1,10,100, and 500mgm soot/kgm body weight. Each dose group was composed of 6 males and 6 females. Control groups included 12 (6 male, 6 female) animals fed activated carbon in methyl cellulose, 6 males fed methyl cellulose, and 16 males and 10 females untreated. The guinea pigs were sacrificed at 42 days by suffocation in CO2. Liver samples were immediately immersed and minced in 2% gluteraldehyde in cacadylate buffer at pH 7.4 and 4°C. After overnight fixation, samples were postfixed in 1% OsO4 in cacodylate for 1 hr at room temperature, embedded in epon, sectioned and stained with uranyl acetate and lead citrate.

Domain Formation in Synthetic Quartz

1971 ◽  
Vol 29 ◽  
pp. 156-157
Author(s):  
Joseph J. Comer
Keyword(s):  
Electron Beam ◽  
Room Temperature ◽  
Domain Formation ◽  
Synthetic Quartz ◽  
Transmission Electron ◽  
Black Spots ◽  
Diffraction Mode ◽  
Domain Boundaries ◽  
Kikuchi Lines ◽  
Straight Lines

Domains visible by transmission electron microscopy, believed to be Dauphiné inversion twins, were found in some specimens of synthetic quartz heated to 680°C and cooled to room temperature. With the electron beam close to parallel to the [0001] direction the domain boundaries appeared as straight lines normal to <100> and <410> or <510> directions. In the selected area diffraction mode, a shift of the Kikuchi lines was observed when the electron beam was made to traverse the specimen across a boundary. This shift indicates a change in orientation which accounts for the visibility of the domain by diffraction contrast when the specimen is tilted. Upon exposure to a 100 KV electron beam with a flux of 5x 1018 electrons/cm2sec the boundaries are rapidly decorated by radiation damage centers appearing as black spots. Similar crystallographio boundaries were sometimes found in unannealed (0001) quartz damaged by electrons.

A Liquid Nitrogen Cooled Stage for STEM

1974 ◽  
Vol 32 ◽  
pp. 444-445
Author(s):  
Louis T. Germinario
Keyword(s):  
Electron Microscope ◽  
High Resolution ◽  
Liquid Nitrogen ◽  
Room Temperature ◽  
Objective Lens ◽  
Thermal Drift ◽  
Specimen Holder ◽  
Resolution Capability ◽  
Focal Position

A liquid nitrogen stage has been developed for the JEOL JEM-100B electron microscope equipped with a scanning attachment. The design is a modification of the standard JEM-100B SEM specimen holder with specimen cooling to any temperatures In the range ~ 55°K to room temperature. Since the specimen plane is maintained at the ‘high resolution’ focal position of the objective lens and ‘bumping’ and thermal drift la minimized by supercooling the liquid nitrogen, the high resolution capability of the microscope is maintained (Fig.4).

Cryogenic atomic force microscopy

1991 ◽  
Vol 49 ◽  
pp. 54-55
Author(s):  
K. A. Fisher ◽  
M. G. L. Gustafsson ◽  
M. B. Shattuck ◽  
J. Clarke
Keyword(s):  
Room Temperature ◽  
Rapid Freezing ◽  
Cryogenic Temperatures ◽  
Soft Or ◽  
Electrically Conductive ◽  
Force Microscopy ◽  
Flexible Molecules ◽  
Advantages And Disadvantages ◽  
Atomic Force ◽  
Chemical Perturbation

The atomic force microscope (AFM) is capable of imaging electrically conductive and non-conductive surfaces at atomic resolution. When used to image biological samples, however, lateral resolution is often limited to nanometer levels, due primarily to AFM tip/sample interactions. Several approaches to immobilize and stabilize soft or flexible molecules for AFM have been examined, notably, tethering coating, and freezing. Although each approach has its advantages and disadvantages, rapid freezing techniques have the special advantage of avoiding chemical perturbation, and minimizing physical disruption of the sample. Scanning with an AFM at cryogenic temperatures has the potential to image frozen biomolecules at high resolution. We have constructed a force microscope capable of operating immersed in liquid n-pentane and have tested its performance at room temperature with carbon and metal-coated samples, and at 143° K with uncoated ferritin and purple membrane (PM).

Benzylamine Tartrate as an Organic Glass Substrate for Carbon Films by Evaporation

1970 ◽  
Vol 28 ◽  
pp. 484-485
Author(s):  
A. C. Faberge
Keyword(s):  
Vapor Pressure ◽  
Viscous Liquid ◽  
Glass Substrate ◽  
Room Temperature ◽  
Carbon Film ◽  
Carbon Films ◽  
Organic Glass ◽  
Spectroscopic Examination ◽  
Polymeric Substrates

Benzylamine tartrate (m.p. 63°C) seems to be a better and more convenient substrate for making carbon films than any of those previously proposed. Using it in the manner described, it is easy consistently to make batches of specimen grids as open as 200 mesh with no broken squares, and without individual handling of the grids. Benzylamine tartrate (hereafter called B.T.) is a viscous liquid when molten, which sets to a glass. Unlike polymeric substrates it does not swell before dissolving; such swelling of the substrate seems to be a principal cause of breakage of carbon film. Mass spectroscopic examination indicates a vapor pressure less than 10−9 Torr at room temperature.

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