Archaebacterium, Methanosarcina, Methanol, Iron, Mössbauer, Ferredoxin Cells of the archaebacterium Methanosarcina barkeri were grown strictly anaerobic in defined media. 57Fe-Mössbauer Spectroscopy of methanol grown cells oxidized in the presence of air demonstrated only the state of Fe3+ whereas active cells under reducing conditions offered spectra of two additional iron sites in the Fe2+ st...

Down-regulation of photosynthesis is among the most common responses observed in C3 plants grown under elevated atmospheric CO2 concentration ([CO2]). Down-regulation is often attributed to an insufficient capacity of sink organs to use or store the increased carbohydrate production that results from the stimulation of photosynthesis by elevated [CO2]. Down-regulation can be accentuated by inad...

salinity stress is one of the most important abiotic stresses which threaten plants. in order to study the effect of salinity stress on yield and yield components of sunflower and also genetic analysis of these traits in relation with salt tolerance, a factorial experiment based on a completely randomized design with three replications was conducted. pots were arranged outside the greenhouse in...

PURPOSE Air embolism is a rare but potentially fatal complication that may occur during the insertion of a central venous catheter. A valved peelable introducer sheath was developed to reduce the likelihood of an air embolus. This study was performed to determine the rate of air flow through this valved introducer sheath under different conditions that may be encountered in a clinical setting. ...

Aminooxyacetate induced excretion of glycolate from air-grown cells of Euglena gracilis in both air and 1% CO(2) atmospheres. The rate of the excretion reached 70% of the photosynthetic rate in the air on a carbon basis, and was 10% in 1% CO(2). The compulsory loss of photosynthetically fixed carbon as glycolate at the high rate in air in the presence of aminooxyacetate caused a decrease of the...

the quantitative performance of wheat crop under 1-5 year old poplar plantations in irrigated agro-ecosystem was studied to ascertain the biological yield of tree and crop. results revealed that growth and yield of wheat decreased significantly with the increase in poplar age. the per cent reduction in net grain yield was 17% under one year old poplar plantation, which increased to 52.15% under...