Contribution of different grass species to plant-atmosphere ammonia exchange in intensively managed grassland M. Mattsson ∗ , B. Herrmann, S. Jones, A. Neftel, M. A. Sutton, and J. K. Schjoerring Plant and Soil Science Laboratory, University of Copenhagen, Faculty of Life Sciences, Thorvaldsensvej 40, DK-1871 Frederiksberg C, Copenhagen, Denmark Agroscope Reckenholz-Tänikon Research Station ART...

So far only little data have been available concerning the eliciting capacity of well defined glycan molecules isolated from plant pathogens. This study brings new information about changes in plant cells caused by fungal pathogens. Sugar fractions derived from glycoproteins isolated from the fungus Fusarium sp. M7-1 have been tested here as signaling molecules. The ability of three O-glycan fr...

Temporal variability in bioassays of ammonia exchange potential in relation to plant and soil nitrogen parameters in intensively managed grassland M. Mattsson, B. Herrmann, M. David, B. Loubet, M. Riedo, M. R. Theobald, M. A. Sutton, D. Bruhn, A. Neftel, and J. K. Schjoerring Plant and Soil Science Laboratory, University of Copenhagen, Faculty of Life Sciences, Thorvaldsensvej 40, 1871 Frederik...

accumulation, 71, 110, 111 non-ideal, 81 agarose, 33, 35, 44 pore size, 59 alkalinity, 35, 176, 183 aluminium, 44, 67, 176, 238 ammonia, 35, 176 ammonium persulphate, 33, 266 analytical techniques, 285 colorimetry, 181–182 computer imaging densitometry (CID), 181–182, 185, 202, 285 hyperspectral imaging, 182 laser ablation – ICPMS, 185–188, 285 PIXE, 175, 176 antimony, 44, 67, 135 area of windo...

We report metagenomic evidence for the presence of a Nitrospira-like organism with the metabolic potential to perform the complete oxidation of ammonia to nitrate (i.e., it is a complete ammonia oxidizer [comammox]) in a drinking water system. This metagenome bin was discovered through shotgun DNA sequencing of samples from biologically active filters at the drinking water treatment plant in An...

Isolated cells from leaves of Spinacia oleracea have been maintained in a state capable of high rates of photosynthetic CO(2) fixation for more than 60 hours. The incorporation of (14)CO(2) under saturating CO(2) conditions into carbohydrates, carboxylic acids, and amino acids, and the effect of ammonia on this incorporation have been studied. Total incorporation, specific radioactivity, and po...

The enzymes involved in the assimilation of ammonia by free-living cultures of Rhizobium spp. are glutamine synthetase (EC. 6.o.I.2), glutamate synthase (L-glutamine:2-oxoglutarate amino transferase) and glutamate dehydrogenase (ED I.4.I.4). Under conditions of ammonia or nitrate limitation in a chemostat the assimilation of ammonia by cultures of R. leguminosarum, R. trifolii and R. japonicum ...

The analysis and quantification of ammonia-oxidizing bacteria (AOB) is crucial, as they initiate the biological removal of ammonia-nitrogen from sewage. Previous methods for analyzing the microbial community structure, which involve the plating of samples or culture media over agar plates, have been inadequate because many microorganisms found in a sewage plant are unculturable. In this study, ...

Chlorophyll is one of the most important pigments present in green plants and rice is one of the major food crops consumed worldwide. We curated the existing genome scale metabolic model (GSM) of rice leaf by incorporating new compartment, reactions and transporters. We used this modified GSM to elucidate how the chlorophyll is synthesized in a leaf through a series of bio-chemical reactions sp...

The sensitivity improvement of a flow-injection spectrophotometric method for the determination of ammonia was examined based on an indophenol blue coloration reaction with salicylate and hypochlorite in the presence of manganese(II) as a reaction promotion catalyst. The optimal conditions for achieving higher sensitivity of ammonia determination were examined using a three-line flow system. Th...