Lignin degrading white rot fungi, Schizophyllum commune and Lenzites eximia were collected from the living tree of Tramarindus indica and burnt tree respectively from the Western Ghats region of Tamil Nadu, India. The fungi were used for the decolourization of azo dyes such as congored, methylorange, erichrome blackT and also for decolourization of the dye industry effluents. Removal of azo dye...

sol-gel derived sulfur modified and pure zno nanorod were prepared using zinc chloride and thiocarbamide as raw materials. prepared nanorods were characterized by means of x-ray diffraction (xrd), thermogravimetry- differential scanning calorimetry (tg–dsc), uv- vis absorption spectroscopy, brunauer emmett teller (bet) specific surface area and barrett joyner halenda (bjh) pore size distributio...

Among the environmental stress factors the most widely limiting for crop production on a global basis is water. Water stress has been found to decrease productivity of most plant particularly soybean. The aims of the study are isolation and propagation of nodule bacteria from root of mungbean by using YEMA media, characterization of nodule bacteria by using YEMA + Congored and the investigation...

s-doped and bare mesoporous tio2 were prepared using titanium tetraisopropoxide and thiocarbamide as raw materials. prepared materials were characterized by means of fourier transform infrared spectroscopy ft-ir, thermogravimetry-differential scanning calorimetry (tg-dsc), x-ray diffraction (xrd), uv–vis absorption spectroscopy, brunauer–emmett–teller (bet) specific surface area and barrett–joy...

We report on a 55-year-old man of Turkish descent whowas admitted to hospital because of recurrent pneumonia. Besides a smoking history of 30 pack-years his past medical history was unremarkable. Physical examination was entirely unremarkable. Spirometry demonstrated an (postbronchodilator) airway obstruction with a FEV1 of 1,27L (38% predicted), FVC 2,83L (71% predicted), and FEV1/FVC ratio of...