Abstract The problem of management and treatment wastewater from commercial laundries is a matter concern. present study provides an effective eco-friendly solution to the in Quebec (Canada) by using extracellular polymeric substance (EPS) as bio-flocculant. EPS was produced valorization crude glycerol paper mill sludge bacterial strain (BS-04). Two different types EPS: Slime (S-EPS) Broth (B-E...

Little is known about the production of exopolysaccharides (EPS) in cyanobacteria, and there are no genetic and physiological evidences that EPS are involved in cell protection against the frequently encountered environmental stresses caused by salt and metals. We studied four presumptive EPS production genes, sll0923, sll1581, slr1875 and sll5052, in the model cyanobacterium Synechocystis PCC6...

Biopolymers are considered a potential alternative to conventional chemical polymers because of their ease of biodegradability, high efficiency, non-toxicity and non-secondary pollution. Recently, extracellular polymeric substances (EPS, biopolymers produced by the microorganisms) have been recognised by many researchers as a potential flocculent for their applications in various water, wastewa...

This study discovered that biofilm extracellular polymeric substances (EPS) are biodegradable by their own producers and by other microorganisms when they are starved. The study was performed in a comparative fashion to examine the biodegradability of biofilm EPS by the microorganisms from the original biofilm (its own producers) and from activated sludge (other microorganisms). Four distinctiv...

The current study aimed to identify a comprehensive expression-profile of microRNAs (miRNAs) in expressed prostatic secretion (EPS) collected from healthy men and patients with CP/CPPS (Chronic prostatitis/Chronic pelvic pain syndrome). After clinical screening of 382 participants, 60 healthy men and 59 IIIA CP/CPPS patients with significant pelvic-pain were included into this study from March ...

Bacterial extracellular substances (also known as exopolysaccharides, or EPS) may serve as vectors for trophic transfer of metals in benthic systems because these ubiquitous sediment coatings can sorb high concentrations of toxic metals, and because many benthic invertebrates assimilate EPS sediment coatings upon ingestion. We conducted 3 sets of experiments to determine the assimilative bioava...

Production of extracellular polysaccharide by the marine bacterium Pseudomonas atlantica is a variable trait. Strains that produce extracellular polysaccharide (EPS(+)) have a mucoid colony phenotype, but during cultivation in the laboratory nonmucoid, EPS(-) variants arise that have a crenated colony morphology. This change is reversible since crenated variants rapidly switch to the original m...

OBJECTIVES To examine the immunohistochemical expression of cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) and nuclear factor-κB (NF-κB) in benign endometrial polyps (EPs), endometrial hyperplasia (EH), endometrial intraepithelial neoplasia (EIN), and endometrioid endometrial cancer (EC). METHODS The immunohistochemical expression of COX-2 and NF-κB was performed using an Aperio Scanscope XT automated system in 21...

OBJECTIVE We sought to determine the degree and possible causes of variability in admission practices among individual emergency physicians (EPs) at 1 emergency department (ED) using a Canadian Emergency Department Triage Acuity Scale (CTAS)-matched ED patient population. METHODS We distributed a survey measuring attitudes and demographics to all EPs (n = 30) at a large regional hospital. Hos...

Long-term peritoneal dialysis leads to encapsulating peritoneal sclerosis (EPS), which is a rare but often fatal complication. The pathogenesis of EPS is characterized by increased inflammation, neoangiogenesis, epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT), and fibrosis. Matrix metalloproteinase 2 (MMP-2), which degrades type IV collagen, plays an important role in pathogenesis. Clinical trials repo...