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Carbon isotopes were determined on the organic matter (OM) in sediments recovered from four sites (1143, 1144, 1146, and 1148) in the South China Sea during Ocean Drilling Program Leg 184. Concentrations of finely disseminated OM in the sediments were low (generally 0.1 to 0.5 wt%) and show organic δ13C isotope values (generally –22‰ to –24‰) indicative of marine to mixed marine and land-derive...

River Mandovi and Zuari (west coast of India) are flowing through iron and manganese mining areas and are heavily used for iron and manganese ore transport. This region generates 25-30 million tons of mining rejects per year. The iron ore of Mandovi-Zuari catchments area has approximately 50.04 μg/g of arsenic and partial dissolution of the mining rejects could enrich the dissolved arsenic in e...

The capacity for dissimilatory reduction of NO(3) to N(2) (N(2)O) and NH(4) was measured in NO(3)-amended marine sediment. Incubation with acetylene (7 x 10 atmospheres [normal]) caused accumulation of N(2)O in the sediment. The rate of N(2)O production equaled the rate of N(2) production in samples without acetylene. Complete inhibition of the reduction of N(2)O to N(2) suggests that the "acet...

Nanobiotechnology combines biological principles with physical and chemical procedure to generate nanosized particles with specific functions. Recently, a variety of nanoparticles with well-defined size, chemical composition and morphology have been synthesized by using different microorganisms. This work focuses on marine Actinomycetes which is a Gram positive bacteria that has been isolated f...