How can I enhance biofilm formation on the anode of a microbial fuel cell?

What are the techniques that can be used to analyse the structure and functions of the biofilm on the anode?

11 December 2015 1,674 3 View

How will a resistor shared across two circuits function?

10 November 2015 4,598 3 View

Precipitate after adding laemmli buffer to protein solution containing Potassium Acetate?

Hi, I am running a size exclusion chromatography experiment with a buffer containing Potassium Acetate as a salt. I analyse these fractions through SDS-PAGE. After boiling my SEC fractions in...

01 March 2021 2,622 3 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

Uncertianiny in using dry or wet basis in mixing a sediment with fuel oil?

Hello I'm currently working on a topic related to studying the anaerobic biodegradation of TPH in marine sediments. In this work, sediment should be mixed with fuel oil to a concentration of 20 g...

24 February 2021 9,839 3 View

Advice on growing lactobacillus species in the lab?

Hello everyone, For part of my PhD project, I'm hoping to grow some lactobacillus species in the lab so that I can create standard curves for a qPCR quantification of a faecal sample. However, I...

24 February 2021 3,157 6 View

How to prepare electrolyte of NaClO4 salt for Na-ion battery? Any problem with this salt?

Hello, I am trying to make anode for Na-ion batteries. I have no experience with preparation of the electrolyte for any batteries. NaClO4 salt are available and I am planning to use EC:PC as...

21 February 2021 8,132 1 View

What are the best cations for preparing competent cells, Ca2+ or Mg2+?

I have been reading various articles and most state that treatment with CaCl2 produces higher efficiency of transformation than MgCl2. Can anyone explain why Ca2+ is better than Mg2+ at...

16 February 2021 8,519 5 View

Does any one have experience with Autoclavable cell culture media (RPMI 1640/DMEM)? Does it work well?

12 February 2021 2,958 1 View

How to determinate of molecular structure of salt into the liquid?

I need to determine the open formula of our complex, presumably consisting of sodium tungstate Na2WO4 and aluminum sulfate Al2 (SO4) 3. Our problem is that with an increase in the concentration...

11 February 2021 5,821 1 View

How do I change g/l into mM for bacto agar. I am trying to get the millimolar content of sodium and chloride percentage in bacto agar. How do I do it?

I am doing a salt tolerance-related experiment and for that I need to relate my salt levels to that in bacto agar. I don't want my salt concentrations to increase due to already salt content...

09 February 2021 4,158 1 View

Would using an asRNA for repressing transcription of a high expression Listeria monocytogenes non-coding RNA harbored in a plasmid be a viable option?

Hello all, I am interested in deleting a highly expressed non-coding RNA located on a Listeria monocytogenes plasmid. Currently, there are not any optimized gene deletion methods for Listeria...

09 February 2021 4,994 1 View