Effluent of various industries contain number of inhibitory substances which are continuously added in sea via river and results in water pollution. There is need to degrade the organic content to abate water pollution. In the present study, actinomycetes were isolated on glycerol aspargine agar from marine sample of Calangut beach, Goa. The isolates were tested for their potential to tolerate ...

A study of t'.e effects of sodium azide on the gas metabolism of Bacillus subtilis and Pseudomonas aeruginosa under aerobic conditions has been described (Lichstenm and Soule, 1944c). It was shown that the chemical exerted an inhibitory effect on the oxygen consumption of these bacteria, and the respiratory quQtients obtained suggested that the organisms were respiring anaerobically. The fac. t...

Unidirectional Na fluxes from frog's striated muscle were measured in the presence of 0 to 5 mM sodium azide. With azide concentrations of 2 and 5 mM the Na efflux was markedly stimulated; the Na efflux with 5 mM azide was about 300 per cent greater than normal. A similar increase was present when all but the 5.0 mM sodium added with azide was replaced by choline. 10(-5)M strophanthidin abolish...

Present investigation reports the mutagenic efficacy of sodium azide with a view to study its effects on meiotic behavior and phenotypic quantitative traits of Brassica campestris L. Seeds were treated with three concentration of sodium azide i.e. 0.3%, 0.5% and 0.7%, along with control. Morphological/phenotypic parameters studied were plant height, number of primary branches, number of seconda...

Two fractions ET-1 and TW isolated from Terminalia arjuna were evaluated for their antimutagenic potential against 4-nitro-o-phenylenediamine (NPD) in TA98, sodium azide in TA100 and 2-aminofluorene, in both TA98 and TA100 tester strains of Salmonella typhimurium using bacterial reverse mutation assay. Both the fractions inhibited the mutagenicity of 2AF significantly in both the strains. ET-1 ...

In recent years, publications from this laboratory (Snyder and Lichstein, 1940; Lichstein and Snyder, 1941; Lichstein, 1941) have indicated the value of sodium azide (NaN3) as an aid in the isolation of streptococci from clinical material containing "spreaders" and other interfering gram-negative organisms. The use of blood-infusion agar containing 0.02 per cent sodium azide for the cultivation...

The title compound, [Zn(C(6)H(4)NO(3))(N(3))], has been prepared by the reaction of nicotinate N-oxide acid, zinc(II) nitrate and sodium azide. The Zn atom is five coordinated by two azide anions and three nicotinate N-oxide ligands. Each nicotinate N-oxide bridges three Zn atoms, whereas the azide bridges two Zn atoms, resulting in the formation of a two-dimensional metal-organic polymer devel...

To the Editor: Detection of circulating concentrations of the acute-phase reactant C-reactive protein (CRP), which is synthesized in response to proinflammatory cytokines, is a relevant tool for identifying the involvement of low-grade inflammation in atherosclerosis and for predicting future atherothrombotic events (1 ). Whether CRP is only a marker or is also an active player in atherosclerot...