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The material (besides clay) needs to be non-reactive/stable, and preferably synthetic. Thank you very much in advance! Your suggestion is very much appreciated!
12 December 2018 465 7 View
I am currently incubating liquid medium (seawater) with bacteria and some clay/calcite seeds. I am interested to quantify how much EPS produced by the bacteria. The problem is I included yeast...
02 February 2018 7,425 7 View
Happy New Year! The recent cold snap in Northern America has caused widespread snow and frozen sea/lake water. Since snow has a greater albedo and reflect sunlight, will this essentially help in...
01 January 2018 1,809 0 View
I find many scientists obsess with JIF and number of publications as this may bring them promotions, jobs, and grants. But, JIF clearly isn't a great way to assess the quality of one's work. Why...
11 November 2017 3,450 7 View
Is it fair to rate a University base on the endowment and funding they got? Is the university ranking an accurate way to gauge academic excellency of a university? And how much do you buy this...
11 November 2017 9,647 3 View
I wonder what is the solubility of any EPS? Does it contributes to alkalinity/acidity of a medium? What is the pKa/pKb? Does it really depends on the functional groups of the EPS?
11 November 2017 990 6 View
I am looking on calcium carbonate precipitation in seawater and would like to know how (or to what extent) anions (PO43-, CO32-, SO42-) and cations (Ca2+, Mg2+) draw water molecules into the...
11 November 2017 2,276 3 View
I have a weak culture of this sulfate reducing bacteria grown on aqueous medium recommended in DSMZ medium (low ionic strength medium) (25 degrees C), at very low OD value. Now, I would like to...
07 July 2017 5,202 2 View
I grow this D. latus in syringe bottle under temperature 30 degree celsius incubator. I followed the instruction given by the DSMZ but it doesn't seem to work. The bacteria doesn't grow into high...
09 September 2016 7,254 4 View
The diameter of the concretions and rocks are ~ 10 to 20 cm at depth of 1 to 3 meter under a salt marsh environment. The salt marsh sediment generally has very high moisture content with 30% of...
09 September 2015 7,883 7 View
The rainwater samples were collected in a suburb of Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia) after a prolonged drought and haze episode. These samples were filtered and acidified prior to analysis by ICP-MS.
01 January 2015 4,139 23 View
I have a few SEM micrographs in hand but I couldn't tell exactly what is those samples. Could anyone help me to identify or maybe suggest the nature of these samples (including the minerals)?...
09 September 2014 1,213 10 View
