How the presence of negative surface charge over iron nanoparticles remove hexavalent chromium?

As per my knowledge, there should be some interaction then only it get reduced. Pls. comment how reduction/removal/adsorption happens. What factors act as a driving force in interaction and...

08 September 2016 2,119 8 View

How does nanoremediation have advantages over microbial remediation?

Being a nanoparticles, it may show some toxic effect, then how it would be a better remediation practices than microbial remediation...

04 May 2015 2,318 6 View

Is there a comparative study among suspended and biofilm mode of nutrient degradation?

02 March 2015 1,669 3 View

What will be advantage of allowing acidotolerant metal resistant bacteria over neutrophilic metal resistant bacteria in heavy metal bioremediation ?

I think acidotolerant bacteria will have wider pH range for survivality and growth, hence they can work over a wide range of pH along with helping in the solubilisation of metal from the soils,...

31 December 2014 9,597 1 View

Why do I observe and increase of nutrient concentration in my bacterial culture after 24 hours of nutrient uptake?

I think after achieving the death phase by the bacteria it started releasing its concentration whatever bacteria accumulated within their system. Waiting for your valuable reply .

11 December 2014 3,721 5 View

How a bacteria growing at pH<5 would have extra advantage in removal of heavy metals?

Add your opinion ......

11 December 2014 8,805 3 View

What is the range of acidophilic, moderate acidophilic and acidotolerate bacteria?

Since it is difficult to fnd out the correct range and different papers shows different ranges hence I need to know your view regarding this question.

11 December 2014 7,412 9 View

Does the pressure(-600 mmHg) affects pH?

When I conducted the degassing experiment using decompression under anaerobic condition(and I used ferrous based chelating agent), the oxidized ferric were observerd. So, could you tell me the...

03 March 2021 4,892 5 View

What is the best way to keep an anaerobic chamber anoxic in the absence of hydrogen?

I'm a graduate student who works with an anaerobe, so I often work in an anaerobic chamber. I've been working on an assay that involves the steady-state of the quinone/ quinol pool. Anoxic...

03 March 2021 2,971 1 View

What solvent can I used for Paal Knorr reaction between 6-amino hexanoic acid and 2.5 hexanedione?

I am try to make the Paal Knorr reaction between 2.5 hexnedione and 6-amino hexanoic acid, my problem is type of solvent to use, because 6-hexaminohexanoic acid is soluble in water but I am not...

02 March 2021 4,443 2 View

How to normalise data on OPM package from R Studio ?

Good afternoon, I recently used OmniLog from BIOLOG for my experimentations : I tested the metabolism of different strains on 2 types of plates. I have 16 strains of 3 different groups...

02 March 2021 3,584 1 View

New Journal, "Integrative Psychological and Behavioral Science" -- do you not know, and have you not seen, this done before?

Question to you and THEM, the New Journal, "Integrative Psychological and Behavioral Science" -- do you not know, and have you not seen, this done before? There appears to be a core problem for...

02 March 2021 3,024 2 View

Does anyone know HRM channel in a 2 plex QIAGEN Rotor- Gene Q qPCR can be used as a separate channel?

I am going to have 3 different probes in my qPCR work that I am going to do. But I realized that the machine we have in the lab is a Rotor-Gene Q 2plex HRM Platform, saying it has green, yellow,...

01 March 2021 8,544 1 View

Is CD44 degraded in lysosome together with hyaluronan after CD44 mediated endocytosis of hyaluronic acid?

Also when RHAMM binds hyaluronic acid, they get internalized, will RHAMM also be degraded? Or both CD44 and RHAMM will be transferred back to the cell membrane? Asking for breast cancer cell line...

01 March 2021 8,169 2 View

What is the exact mechanism of the antimicrobial effect of local anesthetics?

The antimicrobial effect of local anesthetics has been known for more than 50 years, but it still seems to have an unclear mechanism of action. which bacteria? which concentration? etc etc. ....

27 February 2021 4,450 2 View

I want to performe MALDI-TOF MS for bacterial identification, I would appreciate it if anyone can tell me the matrix solution preparation protocol ?

based on what I've studied on multiple papers, for peptide and protein identification Alpha-cyano-4-hydroxycinnamic acid (CHCA) is an appropriate matrix to use, I also know that the CHCA powder...

26 February 2021 6,799 3 View

Has anyone used the Illumina ITS1 primer sets?

Hi everyone, Illumina provides a list of primers to amplify with high taxonomic coverage the ITS1 region for further fungal sequencing, but I cannot find the exact amount necessary of each...

25 February 2021 6,969 3 View