There is a great need for more precise absolute ages for sedimentary rocks. We have been actively involved in developing techniques to directly date sedimentary rocks, rather than using associated igneous rocks, or using relative dating techniques. Sedimentary phosphate nodules (i.e. coprolites) are ideal candidates for absolute dating of sedimentary rocks. Phosphates occur commonly within the ...

Experiments were conducted to evaluate the potential of phosphate solubilizing bacteria (PSB) Bacillus megaterium and potassium solubilizing bacteria (KSB) Bacillus mucilaginosus inoculated in nutrient limited soil planted with eggplant. Results showed that rock P and K materials either applied singly or in combination did not significantly enhance soil availability of P and K. PSB increased hi...

The emergence of biological phosphate esters glycerol could have been a crucial step in the origin and evolution life on early Earth as phosphates today play central role biochemistry. We investigate here formation by employing various rock samples, salts, minerals potential catalysts to aid phosphorylation process. report synthesis including glycerol-1-phosphate, glycerol-2-phosphate, cyclic g...

Phosphatidylinositol 4,5 bisphosphate (PIP(2)) is widely implicated in cytoskeleton regulation, but the mechanisms by which PIP(2) effect cytoskeletal changes are not defined. We used recombinant adenovirus to infect CV1 cells with the mouse type I phosphatidylinositol phosphate 5-kinase alpha (PIP5KI), and identified the players that modulate the cytoskeleton in response to PIP(2) signaling. P...

of nutrients, especially phosphate rock (PR) in subSahara Africa (McClellan, 1989; Buresh et al., 1997). Affordable technologies are needed to allow smallholder farmers Substantial deposits of PR in many sub-Sahara Afrito effectively use the phosphate rocks (PRs) found in many African countries. A pot study was conducted in Tanzania using two PRs can countries are too low-grade to justify comme...