The effect of sodium chlorate and nitrapyrin on the nitrification mediated nitrosation process in soils

Summary The influence of total nitrification to nitrate or partial nitrification to nitrite on the soil organic nitrogen status was examined. NH ₄ ⁺ –¹⁵N was added to the soil in the absence and the presence of NaClO₃, respectively nitrapyrin. The first chemical inhibits only nitrate formation, the second inhibits total nitrification. The accumulation of nitrite nitrogen in the soil at levels up to 5 mg kg^–1 increased the loss of nitrogen. Yet, it did not increase the binding of mineral nitrogen into soil organic matter, relative to the control soil. The data suggest that the biochemistry of the nitrite formation process, rather than the levels of nitrite ions formed, are of primary importance in the role of nitrification mediated nitrosation of soil organic matter.     

Plant regeneration from protoplasts of the monocotyledonous Haworthia magnifica v. Poelln.

Calli were initiated from flower buds, gynoecia and inflorescence segments of Haworthia magnifica v. Poelln. and subcultured on solid medium. Two liquid culture steps were necessary to prepare the calli for the isolation of protoplasts capable of sustained cell divisions. Plants were regenerated from protoplast-derived calli. The influence of both the osmolality of the culture media and exudates on the viability of protoplasts and protoplast-derived cell colonies is briefly discussed.     

Lactic acid bacteria: Micro-organisms able to grow in the absence of available iron and copper

Summary The growth of different species of the genera Lactobacillus, Streptococcus, Pediococcus and Leuconostoc was followed in media in which all available iron and copper was chelated by 2,2-dipyridyl. None of the species tested was inhibited in its growth. Iron and copper complexation, by means of chemical scavengers, could be a useful method to direct non-axenic lactic fermentations.     

Methode zum Nachweis der Dauersporen des Kohlhernieerregers Plasmodiophora brassicae in gärtnerischen Kultursubstraten

Populations of pathogenic Pseudomonas syringae pv. syringae were monitored on apparently healthy leaves, blossoms, and fruit from two apple orchards with known histories of blister bark and a pear orchard with a known history of blossom blast. Populations on blossoms and fruits were higher on pears than on apples. Yellow-pigmented, non-pathogenic bacteria might have suppressed or masked the presence of P. syringae pv. syringae on apple trees. Populations of P. syringae pv. syringae on apple and pear leaves fluctuated sharply but higher levels generally occurred during the 1984/85 growing season than during the drier 1983/84 season. This investigation indicates that the resident phase of P. syringae pv. syringae is probably a major source of inoculum for apple blister bark and pear blossom blast in South Africa.     

Nitrification and organic nitrogen formation in soils

Summary The formation of mineral nitrogen species and of organic nitrogen was studied in three different types of soils in relation to the application of the nitrification inhibitor nitrapyrin. The results indicate that nitrification brings about a deficit in total mineral nitrogen and a concomitant surplus in non biomass organic nitrogen. This phenomenon increases with increasing levels of applied ammonium nitrogen and soil organic matter. The phenomenon is considered to be due to the reaction of the transient nitrite formed with soil phenolic compounds and appears to be of significance in all soils in which nitrification occurs, even neutral to alkaline and low carbon soils.     

Conversion of organic acids to h(2) by Rhodospirillaceae grown with glutamate or dinitrogen as nitrogen source

Axenic cultures of Rhodopseudomonas capsulata. Rhodospirillum rubrum, and Rhodomicrobium vannielii grown with glutamate as the nitrogen source converted lactate, acetate, and butyrate to H(2) and CO(2). Conversion rates ranged from 100 to 926 mL H(2) L(r) (-1) day(-1) (where L(r) is the reactor contents), and efficiencies varied from 23 to 100% When grown with N(2), conversion rates up to 760 mL H(2) L(r) (-1) day(-1) and efficiencies up to 100%were achieved. Upon aging, cultures appear to rapidly increase in hydrogen uptake activity and furthermore decrease in nitrogenase activity, both factors leading to a slowdown of hydrogen production. This was particularly the case for diazotrophically grown photobacteria.     

Comparison of the enthalpy state of vesicles of different size by their interaction with α-lactalbumin

The characteristics of small unilamellar, large unilamellar and large multilamellar vesicles of dimyristoylphosphatidylcholine and their interaction with α-lactalbumin are compared at pH 4. (1) By differential scanning calorimetry and from steady-state fluorescence anisotropy data of the lipophilic probe 1,6-diphenyl-1,3,5-hexatriene it is shown that the transition characteristics of the phospholipids in the large unilamellar vesicles resemble more those of the multilamellar vesicles than of the small unilamellar vesicles. (2) The size and composition of the lipid-protein complex formed with α-lactalbumin around the transition temperature of the lipid are independent of the vesicle type used. Fluorescence anisotropy data indicate that in this complex the motions of the lipid molecules are strongly restricted in the presence of α-lactalbumin. (3) The previous data and a comparison of the enthalpy changes, $\text{ΔH}$, of the interaction of the three vesicle types with α-lactalbumin allow us to derive that the enthalpy state of the small unilamellar vesicles just below 24°C is about 24 kJ/mol lipid higher than the enthalpy state of both large vesicle types at the same temperature. The abrupt transition from endothermic to exothermic $\text{ΔH}$ values around 24°C for large vesicles approximates the transition enthalpy of the pure phospholipid     

Elektronenmikroskopische Untersuchungen über die Innenversilberung der Sehnenfibrillen

Zusammenfassung 1. Die Behandlung der nativen und formolfixierten Sehnenfibrillen mit einer ammoniakalischen Silberlösung führt immer zu einer Einlagerung von Silberpartikeln in den D-Teilen der Fibrillen.2. Bei den nativen Fibrillen liegen die Silberkörner in einem, zwei oder drei Streifen im D-Teil.3. In den formolfixierten Fibrillen ist das Silber nur in einem Streifen vorhanden.4. Die Behandlung der nativen und formolfixierten Sehnenfibrillen mit anderen Silbersalzen führt zu keiner Versilberung der Fibrillen.5. Die Behandlung der nativen Sehnenfibrillen mit neutraler Kochsalzlösung oder Trypsin und anschließender Versilberung führt zu keiner wesentlichen Änderung des Silberbildes.6. Hyaluronidase-, Citratpuffer- und Perjodateinwirkung auf native Sehnenfibrillen mit anschließender Versilberung führt zu keiner Innenversilberung der D-Teile.7. Acetylierung und Behandlung mit Bisulfit der nativen Fibrillen und anschließender Versilberung mit ammoniakalischer Silberlösung verhindert eine Innenversilberung der D-Teile.8. Die formolfixierten Fibrillen zeigen eine Innenversilberung der D-Teile nach einer Vorbehandlung mit einer neutralen Kochsalzlösung, Citratpuffer, Hyaluronidase, Trypsin und Perjodat. Nur die Acetylierung und die Behandlung mit Bisulfit verhindert eine Innenversilberung.9. Die Innenversilberung der Sehnenfibrillen durch eine ammoniakalische Silberlösung wird weder durch Licht noch durch Chloride oder lichtempfindliche Silbereiweißverbindungen hervorgerufen.10. Die Versilberung in den D-Teilen wird durch Stoffe in den Fibrillen bewirkt, die Silber aus einer ammoniakalischen Silberlösung ausfällen können.11. Die reduzierenden Stoffe haben enge Beziehungen zur citratlöslichen Fraktion und sind perjodat- und hyaluronidaseempfindlich. Formalinfixierung beeinflußt diesen Versilberungsmodus durch ein vermehrtes Auftreten von Querbindungen.12. Die Sonderstellung der ammoniakalischen Silberlösung für die Innenversilberung wird diskutiert. Sie kann stereochemische Gründe haben oder durch die große Beständigkeitskonstante erklärt werden.13. Das Ausfallen von metallischem Silber in den D-Teilen der Sehnenfibrillen kann nicht mit dem photographischen Prozeß in Verbindung gebracht werden. Das gilt auch für die Bindegewebsversilberung nachGömöri.14. Die Silberorte in den D-Teilen lassen sich nur teilweise mit den bekannten Querstreifungsbildern nach Osmium- oder Phosphorwolframsäurefixierung in Beziehung setzen.

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Summary 1. After treatment of native or formalin-fixed tendon fibrils with an ammoniacal silver solution, silver particles are deposited in the D-bands of the fibrils. In the native fibrils these are arranged in one, two or three striae per band, but after formalin fixation they lie in one stria only.2. No external reducing agent is necessary for the production of the particles.3. Pretreatment of native fibrils with neutral salt solution or with trypsin has no effect on subsequent silvering. On the other hand, silvering is abolished by treatment with hyaluronidase, citrate buffer or periodate and also by acetylation and bisulphite.4. Formalin-fixed fibrils show the silvering effect after all these procedures except acetylation or bisulphite treatment.5. It is postulated that silvering of the D-bands is due to reducing substances which can precipitate silver from ammonical solutions and that formalin influences the process by the production of cross linkages.

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Principles and applications of luminescence spectrometry coupled to liquid chromatographic techniques

An overview is presented of the physicochemical basis of luminescence, and its application to the detection of chemicals (drugs, biomedically important compounds, environmentally active substances) in liquid chromatographic systems.