A simple technique is described whereby mycobacteriophages are selectively isolated by adsorption on mycobacteria layered within membrane filter sandwiches before standard enrichment procedures.

The effect of extracellular polymeric substances (EPS) of Gram-positive Bacillus subtilis and Gram-negative Pseudomonas putida on Cu(II) adsorption was investigated using a combination of batch adsorption, potentiometric titrations, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy. Both the potentiometric titrations and the Cu(II) adsorption experiments indicated that the presence of EPS in a biomass sa...

The current state of the art in the application of variable-temperature IR (VTIR) spectroscopy to the study of (i) adsorption sites in zeolites, including dual cation sites; (ii) the structure of adsorption complexes and (iii) gas-solid interaction energy is reviewed. The main focus is placed on the potential use of zeolites for gas separation, purification and transport, but possible extension...

The current state of the art in the application of variable-temperature IR (VTIR) spectroscopy to the study of (i) adsorption sites in zeolites, including dual cation sites; (ii) the structure of adsorption complexes and (iii) gas-solid interaction energy is reviewed. The main focus is placed on the potential use of zeolites for gas separation, purification and transport, but possible extension...

Introduction An understanding of how CO2 and H2O interact and affect each other’s behavior on adsorbent surfaces is essential for both theoretical study and industrial processes especially CO2 capture from wet flue gas streams. There are few reported studies on adsorption equilibrium for such a binary system. Rege and Yang [1] measured very low concentration of CO2/H2O vapor (<4.1% relative hum...

The adsorption of Cu(II) on oxidized multi-walled carbon nanotubes (oMWCNTs) as a function of contact time, pH, ionic strength, temperature, and hydroxylated fullerene (C60(OH)n) and carboxylated fullerene (C60(C(COOH)2)n) were studied under ambient conditions using batch techniques. The results showed that the adsorption of Cu(II) had rapidly reached equilibrium and the kinetic process was wel...

We report first principles density functional theory (DFT) results of H2S and HS adsorption and dissociation on the Fe(110) surface. We investigate the site preference of H2S, HS, and S on Fe(110). H2S is found to weakly adsorb on either the short bridge (SB) or long bridge (LB) site of Fe(110), with a binding energy of no more than 0.50 eV. The diffusion barrier from the LB site to the SB site...

Effects of oxygen adsorption on the field emission of carbon nanotubes are studied through first-principles calculations. Calculated emission currents are significantly enhanced when oxygen is adsorbed at the tip and the underlying physics is explained in terms of the change in the electronic structure by oxidation and the local field increase at the adsorption site. The issue of the current de...

Layton Baker,† Brian Holsclaw,† Ashleigh E. Baber,‡ Heather L. Tierney,‡ E. Charles H. Sykes,‡ and Andrew J. Gellman*,†,§ Department of Chemical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon UniVersity, Pittsburgh, PennsylVania 15213, United States, Department of Chemistry, Tufts UniVersity, Medford, Massachusetts 02155, United States, and National Energy Technology Laboratory, U.S. Department of Energy, P.O. B...

materials and methods one hundred ssis specimens were obtained by needle aspiration from purulent material in depth of infected site. these specimens were cultured and incubated in both aerobic and anaerobic condition. for detection of antibiotic susceptibility pattern in aerobic and anaerobic bacteria, we used disk diffusion, agar dilution, and e-test methods. results a total of 194 bacterial ...