The chemolithoautotrophic Gram-negative bacterium Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans is versatile and can grow on a number of electron donors and acceptors. In the A. ferrooxidans ATCC 23270 genome, computer analysis identified 11 genes encoding putative cytochromes c. At least eight putative cytochromes c were differentiated on gels in ATCC 33020 cells grown on ferrous iron or sulfur. All these cy...

Abstract Gels were used to perform localized dechlorination treatments on ferrous or copper alloy archaeological objects. Agar gel (3% w ) was as a medium for the electrolyte, 1% KNO 3 solution. Localized electrolysis with carried out using same parameters immersion electrolysis. To determine end of treatment, two tools validated: determining quantity chlorides present in gels by XRF and monito...

Two simple, accurate and precise methods are described for the determination of propranolol hydrochloride with cerium(IV) sulphate. The titrimetric method is based on the oxidation of the drug by a known excess amount of cerium(IV) sulphate and back titration of the unconsumed oxidant with ammonium ferrous sulphate. In the spectrophotometric method, the unreacted cerium(IV) sulphate is treated ...

The immobilization of Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans cells on ceramic beads as carrier is described. The effects of ferrous ion concentration and dilution on the kinetics of ferrous ion oxidation in a packed-bed bioreactor were studied. In a medium containing 13.91 g of ferrous ion per litre, the fastest oxidation rate was 4.21 g L–1 at a dilution rate of 0.8 h–1. The corresponding conversion w...

Phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase was purified from mitochondria of guinea-pig liver by affinity chromatography on GMP-Sepharose. The enzyme was purified 100fold to a high degree of electrophoretic homogeneity asjudged by detection of a single protein band on sodium dodecyl sulphate/polyacrylamide gels. The yield was about 16%. The Mr of the purified enzyme was estimated to be 68 500 + 680 by a...

Introduction. Different ferric and ferrous iron preparations can be used as oral iron supplements. Our aim was to compare the effects of oral ferric and ferrous iron therapies in women with iron deficiency anaemia. Methods. The present study included 104 women diagnosed with iron deficiency anaemia after evaluation. In the evaluations performed to detect the aetiology underlying the iron defici...

A recent paper from this hospital (Morrison, Bass, Davis, Hobson, Madsen and Masters, 1957) reported that about one half of the children under 2 years of age admitted because of acute respiratory infections had haemoglobin concentrations below 11 g. per 100 ml. The purposes of the present investigation were to determine the distribution of the haemoglobin levels in children between 3 months and...