Two years ago, a modification (1) of the Bell-Doisy phosphate method was published and at that time technique ‘was given for its application to inorganic phosphorus in blood and urine. Since then its use has been extended to a variety of analytical procedures, some of which are given below. In principle the method consists of the formation of phosphomolybdic acid and its subsequent reduction by...

Complete treatment of sulfur dioxide (SO2) from flue gases in a two-stage process consisting of a biotrickling filter followed by biological post-treatment unit was investigated. The biotrickling filter could remove 100% of influent SO2 from simulated flue gas at an empty bed residence time of 6 s for a concentration range of 300-1000 ppm(v). All the absorbed SO2 was recovered in the biotrickli...

Thermosulfurimonas dismutans S95(T), isolated from a deep-sea hydrothermal vent is the first bacterium of the phylum Thermodesulfobacteria reported to grow by the disproportionation of elemental sulfur, sulfite, or thiosulfate with carbon dioxide as the sole carbon source. In contrast to its phylogenetically close relatives, which are dissimilatory sulfate-reducers, T. dismutans is unable to gr...

Two years ago, a modification (1) of the Bell-Doisy phosphate method was published and at that time technique ‘was given for its application to inorganic phosphorus in blood and urine. Since then its use has been extended to a variety of analytical procedures, some of which are given below. In principle the method consists of the formation of phosphomolybdic acid and its subsequent reduction by...

in this research, an enzyme modified electrode has been produced during the electropolymerization of aniline through incorporation of sulfite oxidase into a conducting polymer. then the bioelectrochemical response of resulted sulfite biosensor was investigated at different experimental conditions. study of  the stability of the resulted sulfite biosensor revealed that formation of a passive fil...

Laboratory studies have been carried out on the effect of chemical treatment with use various sulfite-containing reagents sugar production concentrated intermediates - thick juice and remelt syrups beet quality. It has established that sulfur dioxide provides a greater reduction in their color compared to sodium bisulfite – from 996,7 830,30 857,30 ICUMSA units, respectively. improves quality r...

Cysteine (Cys) synthase [O-acetyl-L-Ser(thiol)-lyase, EC 4.2.99.8; CSase] is responsible for the final step in biosynthesis of Cys. Transgenic tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum; F(1)) plants with enhanced CSase activities in the cytosol and in the chloroplasts were generated by cross-fertilization of two transformants expressing cytosolic CSase or chloroplastic CSase. The F(1) transgenic plants were h...

Sulfite oxidase (SO) plays an important role in sulfite metabolism. To date, the molecular mechanisms of sulfite metabolism in plants are largely unknown. Previously, a full-length cDNA of the putative sulfite oxidase gene from maize (ZmSO) was cloned, and its response to SO(2)/sulfite stress at the transcriptional level was characterized. In this study, the recombinant ZmSO protein was purifie...

Coenzyme F(420)-dependent sulfite reductase (Fsr) of Methanocaldococcus jannaschii, a sulfite-tolerant methanogen, was expressed with activity in Methanococcus maripaludis, a sulfite-sensitive methanogen. The recombinant organism reduced sulfite to sulfide and grew with sulfite as the sole sulfur source, indicating that Fsr is a sulfite detoxification and assimilation enzyme for methanogens and...