A flow immunoassay based on a combined technique of the sequential injection with the beads injection using magnetic microbeads immobilized with antigen or antibody is described. A methodology of the present immunoassay based on chemiluminescence and electrochemical detection and its application to the determination of vitelloginin (Vg) and anionic surfactant, linear alkylbenzene sulfonate (LAS...

The effect of the presence of a surfactant on the activity of a mixture of environmental estrogens was assessed. In their natural habitat, fish are subject not only to exposure to mixtures of estrogenic compounds, as has been addressed in previous publications, but also to other confounding factors (chemical, physical and biological), which may, in theory, affect their responses to such compoun...

The low flow characteristics of heavy oil have brought many challenges to its exploitation. Looking for a cost-effective crude improver reduce the viscosity is currently most important challenge. Small-molecule improvers meet above requirements and become an ideal target oilfield production. In this article, three kinds barium salts alkylbenzene sulfonates with different lengths alkyl chains we...

Not only would the application of biostimulant formulations boost vegetable yields under typical and different biotic stress circumstances, but it will also be user ecologically friendly. Due to their hydrophobic character huge molecular volumes, production highly stable (~ 2 years shelf-life) emulsifiable concentrate (EC) is bottleneck plant growth regulator uses. Gibberellic acid (0.25% EC) B...

SCOPE AND BACKGROUND Contamination of soils, aquifers and groundwater by nonaqueous phase liquid (NAPL) pollutants constitutes a major environmental issue of concern, worldwide. The residual (biodegradation-resistant) hydrophobic fuel hydrocarbons entrapped in the soil porous matrix, possess a particular bioremediation challenge due to their becoming virtually immobile, nor desorbable, or water...

The fungal genus Exophiala comprises both pathogen species, which cause severe infections in humans, and environmental species, which are able to degrade alkylbenzene compounds. The draft genome sequence of Exophiala mesophila presented here is the first genome assembly of an alkylbenzene-degrading organism belonging to the genus Exophiala.