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...

Cyclotides are a large family of cyclic cystine knot-containing plant peptides that have anthelminthic activities against Haemonchus contortus and Trichostrongylus colubriformis, two important gastrointestinal nematodes of sheep. In this study, we investigated the interaction of the prototypic cyclotide kalata B1 with the external surface of H. contortus larvae and adult worms. We show that cyc...

A gene for periplasmic poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVA) dehydrogenase (PVADH) was cloned, based on the N-terminal amino acid sequence of the purified PVADH from Sphingomonas sp. 113P3 and the sequence of the gene for PVADH (pvaA, GenBank accession no. AB190288). The recombinant PVADH tagged with hexahistidine was expressed in Escherichia coli and purified to homogeneity. The recombinant enzyme had the...

In this work, the thermal stabilities of a series of polyethylene glycols (PEG 4000, 6000 and 10000) were investigated after compositing with different kinds of inorganic salts, such as ammonium molybdate tetrahydrate (AMT), NH4VO3, (NH4)2SO4, NH4NO3, Na2SO4, Na2MoO4. It was first observed that all the ammonium salts exerted leveling effects for the thermal stabilities of the PEGs. In other wor...

Payne, W. J. (University of Georgia, Athens), and R. L. Todd. Flavin-linked dehydrogenation of ether glycols by cell-free extracts of a soil bacterium. J. Bacteriol. 91:1533-1536. 1966.-Cell-free extracts of bacterium TEG-5 grown on tetraethylene glycol dehydrogenated a variety of ether glycols and nonylphenoxy and secondary alcohol ethoxy derivatives. Nicotinamide nucleotides did not serve as ...

Thermal interface conductance was measured for soluble gold nanorods (NRs) coated with mercaptocarboxylic acids (HS-(CH(2))(n)COOH, n = 5, 10, 15), thiolated polyethylene glycols (MW = 356, 1000, 5000), and HS-(CH(2))(15)-COOH-coated NRs further coated with alternating layers of poly(diallyldimethylammonium chloride) and poly(sodium styrenesulfonate). Ferguson analysis determined ligand thickne...

severe drawbacks, mainly their toxicity and the production of large amount of waste. In addition, sodium periodate is not effective in nonpolar solvents due to its insolubility, and it is also able to oxidize other functional groups such as alcohols, alkenes, aromatics, sulphides,.. whereas its reactions with ditertiary 25 glycols do not proceed. Several other oxidizing systems have been develo...

The metabolism of the chlorinated ethylenes may be explained by the formation of chloroethylene epoxides as the first intermediate products. The evidence indicates that these epoxides rearrange with migration of chlorine to form chloroacetaldehydes and chloroacetyl chlorides. Thus, monochloroacetic acid, chloral hydrate, and trichloroacetic acid have been found in reaction mixtures of 1,1-dichl...

The Ethylene Glycols Panel (Panel) of the American Chemistry Council appreciates the opportunity to comment on the California Protection Agency’s Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) proposed Maximum Allowable Dose Level (MADL) for ethylene glycol (EG). Panel members include manufacturers of EG, which is used in many commercial and industrial applications including antifreez...

The adsorption of polyalkylene glycols and co-polymers of ethylene oxide and propylene oxide on substrates relevant to textiles with varying surface energies (cellulose, polypropylene, nylon and polyester) was studied by using quartz crystal microgravimetry. Langmuirian-type isotherms were observed for the adsorption profiles of nonionic block polymers of different architectures. The affinity w...