Arthrofactin is a biosurfactant produced by Pseudomonas sp. MIS38. We have reported that transposon insertion into spoT (spoT::Tn5) causes moderate accumulation of guanosine 3',5'-bispyrophosphate (ppGpp) and abrogates arthrofactin production. To analyze the linkage of SpoT function and ablation of arthrofactin production, we examined the spoT::Tn5 mutation. The results showed that spoT::Tn5 is...

Traditionally, the Ekiti were known for the production of yam, cocoyam, plantain, cassava and other root crops which people were forced to produce, particularly as a result of the draught of the 1920s. With migrants workers from the East and Middle Belt particularly, Ekiti people were able to produce more than enough food that made them self-reliant. They were also good in livestock production ...

monitoring the effective parameters of drying crops is necessary to evaluate and determine system performance under real conditions. hence, a monitoring system was constructed to determine the performance of a vegetation forced-convection solar dryer. digital temperature sensors were set up in the air inlet and outlet of the collector and the air outlet of the drying chamber. a program was writ...

Major efforts are underway to develop fusion energy for use in electric power production in the furture. While fusion reactor concepts are being developed, appropriate attention must be given to problems relvant to the utility requirements which are likely to be encountered in the commercialization phase. In this paper the expected fusion plant availability is assessed in detail due to the impo...

The aim of this paper is threefold: (i) to examine the prosodic means that German speakers use when they intend high and low attachment interpretations in NP1-NP2GEN R(elative)C(lause) constructions, (ii) to investigate the prosodic means employed by speakers when confronted with ambiguous NP1NP2GENR(elative)-C(lause) constructions and (iii) to test the predictions made by the Implicit Prosody ...