stabilizer such as cane sugar to liquid lime-sulfur and evaporating to dryncss. Self-boiled lime-sulfur is made by utilizing the heat of hydration or slaking of quicklime, CaO, to carry on the reactions with sulfur. Ammonium polysulfide and sodium polysulfide are made by passing hydrogen Sulfide gas, H.^S, into ammonium or sodium hydroxide containing excess sulfur. It is supposed that the chemi...

Polysulfides formed through the breakdown of elemental sulfur or other sulfur compounds were found to be reduced to H(2)S by the hyperthermophilic archaebacterium Pyrococcus furiosus during growth. Metabolism of polysulfides by the organism was dissimilatory, as no incorporation of S-labeled elemental sulfur was detected. However, [S]cysteine and [S]methionine were incorporated into cellular pr...

A comparison of four selective detectors for analysis of single-digit ppb level sulfur is described. A dynamic blending system is used for point of use preparation of low level gaseous mixtures of eight sulfur compounds including H 2 S, COS, CS 2 and selected mercaptans in helium, ethylene, propylene, and carbon dioxide. The criteria to consider for selecting the best detector for an applicatio...

The enhanced inertness of the new 5973 inert MSD improves analysis of trace level volatile sulfur compounds. When operated in scan or selected ion monitoring mode, excellent sensitivity, selectivity, and peak symmetry are obtained for active compounds. Eight volatile sulfur species are used to demonstrate these attributes in a variety of hydrocarbon matrices. The system is well suited for the c...

This study examines the initial oxidation routes of the three major reduced sulfur compounds (CH(3)SH, CH(3)SCH(3), and CH(3)SSCH(3)) by the nitrate radical using density functional and ab initio methods. Stationary points along each reaction pathway are examined using different levels of theory and basis sets to ensure the convergence of the results. Kinetics calculations follow on the determi...

Holophaga foetida Liesack et al. 1995 is a member of the phylum Acidobacteria and is of interest for its ability to anaerobically degrade aromatic compounds and for its production of volatile sulfur compounds through a unique pathway. The genome of H. foetida strain TMBS4(T) is the first to be sequenced for a representative of the class Holophagae. Here we describe the features of this organism...

Sulfhydryl compounds have been demonstrated in various regions of the male reproductive tract: glutathione has been found in spermatozoa (1,2) and ergothioneine and possibly other sulfhydryl compounds originate in the prostate and seminal vesicles and are known t.o be influential constituents of seminal fluid (3). Little is known, however, about the identity or function of sulfur compounds in t...