Can p-xylene act as carbon source in media for the growth of bacteria?

More Santosh Kumar's questions See All

Which is the most efficient etching solution for nickel based alloys?

Which solution reveals the microstructure and features of nickel-based alloys?

02 March 2021 2,221 3 View

Which is the most convenient manufacturing software for Additive Manufacturing?

Which tools can be used to generate machine codes for additive manufacturing?

02 March 2021 7,220 2 View

Which is the best place in the world for the plant biotechnology research?

I am searching for a good place for the Post Doc,

02 March 2021 4,053 3 View

Which SAR dataset to use for generating coherency matrix and performing target decomposition (Description) ?

Working on chandrayaan-2 DFSAR data, there are three datasets available: 1) Slant range image data product: The slant range complex image file. Each pixel is represented by two 4-byte floating...

02 March 2021 8,481 3 View

What is the procedure to determine the permeability of concrete?

can anyone help me in this, it will help me with my research work

01 March 2021 834 3 View

How does one access the Cranet survey data on HRM practices?

Hello, The Cranet website does not provide any lead to the data obtained from their multinational survey on HRM practices. Any help on accessing the data would be most appreciated. Thank...

01 March 2021 9,536 3 View

Genome-wide gene identification protocol ?

Is there any book chapter/book, webpage or research article available to understand genome-wide gene identification?

28 February 2021 8,095 1 View

Can the problems of overfitting be solved without cross validation?

For an overfit data set the cross validation error will be much bigger than the training error. Is it true or false?

23 February 2021 3,616 2 View

Please help in identification of this insect?

This insect is minute in size around 1 mm and not clearly visible with naked eye.

22 February 2021 5,907 11 View

Research Gate Does it help researches to publicize their scientific work ?

In my opinion, the RG site is useful in solving scientific problems and shows the researcher's ability. Besides, the separation of the H-index from the self-citations and the overall index is an...

22 February 2021 3,894 6 View

What's the best way to measure growth rates in House sparrow chicks from day 2 to day 10?

What's the best way to measure growth rates in House sparrow chicks from day 2 to day 10? Since, the growth curve from day 2 to 10 won't be like the "Logistic curve" it might not follow logistic...

03 March 2021 1,401 3 View

Where to find data on trees in tropical agroforestry?

Hi, I'm looking for data (mainly related to management: growth rate, canopy size, soil and climate preferences, etc.) about tropical trees used in tropical agroforestry. Have you ever heard about...

28 February 2021 7,356 8 View

LEDs on Vis Light photo degradation of MB water sol via N doped TiO2 in a mini flume?

Good day to all, I have no experience with light emitting diodes. I am building a glass mini flume to demonstrate the photo degradation of Methylene Blue in water running over self cleaning...

26 February 2021 4,026 5 View

Does RNAiMAX transfection reagent work in serum free medium?

I diluted siRNA and RNAiMAX in opti-MEM and added to the cells which they were in the growth medium. Is it a right way? or should I culture cells in the opti-MEM medium for a while and not in...

26 February 2021 10,041 3 View

How do I transfect a large plasmid into PC12 cells with nerve growth factor (NGF) receptor?

I have a large 16 kb plasmid, which I need to transfect into PC12 cells. Lipofectamin 2000 didn't work and with GFP alone the transfection rate is very low. I also tried the neon invitrogen...

25 February 2021 6,635 5 View

What is the optimum time and temperature of blanching and pre-frying potato for frozen fries?

I am helping a local home industry for developing frozen fries from their local farm. I want to know what is the optimum blanching and pre-frying temperature and time for processing. Please also...

23 February 2021 1,616 5 View

Where can I find raw quantitative datasets on ecosystem services?

I'm an Undergraduate student on the search for a research topic which has to involve any ecosystem service(s) and a response to environmental change. I'm looking for raw quantitative data sets (I...

19 February 2021 5,911 2 View

What is the best temperature to coat an ELISA plate?

Hello, I want to control the temperature of my ELISA plate during incubations to get consistent results. In general, what is the best temperature to coat the plate with antibody? I have been...

16 February 2021 2,377 7 View

How can we assess applied digital skills and soft skills through online examinations during COVID-19 semester?

The final qualification assessment for major programs is a strict regimen that involves different stages - oral and written exams, final project viva, internal and external review. How are ICT...

16 February 2021 1,762 8 View

Are you looking for a quality online conference on teaching and learning technology?

This large international conference will be held online this year due to COVID. I am submitting a paper to the Technology Enhanced Language Learning track (8). It is about a topic I have never...

15 February 2021 1,975 15 View

Luis Antonio Gasca

Hi there !

Yes, you can your growth process with p-xylene like carbon source.

http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/bit.260440417/full

Panpan Liu

Of course, only, there are special bacteria. May be they are acclimatization from the p-xylene contamination sites.

Muhammad USMAN Saleem

Yes... definitely,

It can be used by bacteria as a energy source because they have the ability to breakdown p-xylene