Preparation of the 6α-Hydroxylated 5β-Pregnan-20-ols, 17α,20-Glycols, 20,21-Glycols, and 17α,20,21-Glycerols Epimeric at C-20

Bacterial utilization of ether glycols.

A soil bacterium capable of using oligo- and polyethylene glycols and ether alcohols as sole sources of carbon for aerobic growth was isolated. The effects of substituent groups added to the ether bonds on the acceptability of the compounds as substrates were studied. Mechanisms for the incorporation of two-carbon compounds were demonstrated by the observation that acetate, glyoxylate, ethylene...

Microbial degradation of polyethylene glycols.

Mono-, di-, tri-, and tetraethylene glycols and polyethylene glycols (PEG) with molecular weight up to 20,000 were degraded by soil microorganisms. A strain of Pseudomonas aeruginosa able to use a PEG of average molecular weight 20,000 was isolated from soil. Washed cells oxidized mono- and tetraethylene glycols, but O2 consumption was not detectable when such cells were incubated for short per...

exploring motivation and english test preparation strategies of iranian pre-university candidates during and at the end of test preparation period for konkur examination

the current study aimed at investigating the relationship between motivation and test preparation strategies (tpss) used by iranian pre-university students in their preparation period for the university entrance exam (uee). due to the importance of uee in iran, this study also attempted to show its impact on these two important variables. to this end, 100 pre-university students in an iranian p...

Biochip design based on tailored ethylene glycols

Degradation of High Concentrations of Glycols , Antifreeze , and Deicing Fluids

A microbial consortium (EG-c) capable of degrading high concentrations of glycol-based waste was isolated from soil enrichments. The isolate primarily responsible for glycol degradation was a gram-negative rod (EG-y) that produced a water-soluble pigment. Initial laboratory experiments measured the degradation of ethylene glycol (EG) and propylene glycol (PG) at 25OC. Cell biomass optical densi...