Four experimental plots located in Granada (Spain) were used to investigate the potential movement of the insecticide methidathion during three treatments in a period of three years. To increase pesticide soil retention a municipal biosolid and the cationic surfactant, tetradecyl trimethyl ammonium bromide (TDTMA), were used as soil amendments. The presence of the insecticide was monitored in s...

Williams, Clayton-Cooper, Faulkner, and Thomas (1944) drew attention to the fact that Pseudomonas pyocyanea may survive and even multiply in solutions of cetrimide (cetyl-trimethyl-ammonium-bromide). The use of this compound in selective media for the identification of Ps. pyocyanea was suggested by Harper and Cawston (1945), who recommended a concentration of 1 % in nutrient agar. This medium,...

Cotton fibers were treated with titanium sulfate, urea and hexadecyl trimethyl ammonium bromide by low temperature hydrothermal method. The surface morphology, chemical structure, thermal stability and optical properties of cotton fibers before and after treatments were studied by scanning electron microscopy (SEM), transmission electron microscopy(TEM), Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy ...

Kinetic studies on the reduction of dithizone by stannous chloride was carried out in acidic medium (HCl) at room temperature. The study was made in the presence of cationic surfactant, Cetyl Trimethyl ammonium Bromide (CTAB) and anionic surfactant, Sodium Dodecyl Sulphate (SDS). The reduction of dithizone in the presence of CTAB is much faster than in the absence of surfactant in acidic medium...

Article history: Received March 28, 2013 Received in Revised form August 28, 2013 Accepted 27 November 2013 Available online 28 November 2013 In this work, acidity constants protonated form of 4.4'-bis astilbene-2,2'-disulfonic-disodium salts (TRIAZ) have been determined spectrophotometrically and spectrofluorimetrically at 25C and ionic strength of 0.1M KNO3. A program based on MCR-ALS applied...

6.1 Abstract Effect of binding of three surfactants, alpha olefin sulfonate (AOS, anionic), TritonXIOO (TX-100, non-ionic) and cetyl trimethyl ammonium bromide (CTAB, cationic) to the hydrogels of gelatin was studied at room temperature (25°C) by dynamic light scattering and oscillatory rheology with surfactant concentrations (20-1 OOmM) much larger than the critical micellar concentrations (er...

Drug resistance (especially multiple drug resistance) in Mycobacterium tuberculosis makes global concerns in treatment and control of tuberculosis. Rapid diagnosis of drug resistant strains of the bacteria has vital importance in the prognosis of the disease. The aim of this study was to identify the mutations responsible for drug resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains derived from pa...

Isolation of intact and pure genomic DNA (gDNA) is essential for many molecular biology applications. It is difficult to isolate pure DNA from mature trees of hot and dry desert regions because of the accumulation of high level of polysaccharides, phenolic compounds, tannins etc. We hereby report the standardized protocol for the isolation and purification of gDNA from seven ecologically and me...

One third of all genes of various organisms encode membrane proteins, emphasizing their crucial cellular role. However, due to their high hydrophobicity, membrane proteins demonstrate low solubility and a high tendency for aggregation. Indeed, conventional two-dimensional gel electrophoresis (2-DE), a powerful electrophoretic method for the separation of complex protein samples that applies iso...

The study of biofilm ecology and interactions might help to improve our understanding of their resistance mechanisms to control strategies. Concerns that the diversity of the biofilm communities can affect disinfection efficacy have led us to examine the effect of two antimicrobial agents on two important spoilage bacteria. Studies were conducted on single and dual species biofilms of Bacillus ...