In this work, a xylanase-producing strain, Streptomyces griseorubens LH-3, was cultured, and the crude xylanase was prepared. Analysis of its enzymatic properties revealed that the crude xylanase possessed good thermal stability at temperatures below 60 o C, exhibited a wide pH range from 4.0 to 9.0, and was cellulase-free. This crude enzyme was used to treat eucalyptus kraft pulp, and the rele...

Decomposition of three leaf species (Alnus glutinosa, Eucalyptus globulus and Quercus robur) were examined in a headstream. During two months decomposing leaves were periodically analysed for nutrient content, soluble sugars, phenols, protein precipitation capacity, total fiber, weight loss, microbial and macroinvertebrate colonisation. The leaves of the three species showed similar patterns in...

In a greenhouse trials, the effects of arbuscular mycorrhizae fungi (AMF) on growth and uptake of N, P, K and Pb by Eucalyptus rostrata L., grown with or without Phaseolus vulgaris, in lead (Pb) contaminated soil were investigated. Inoculation of the host plants with AMF, Glomus deserticola spores, significantly increased the dry weight, shoot length, total N, P and K as well as chlorophyll con...

Cloud Computing is a paradigm that dynamically provides resources as services through the Internet. The constant concern about the trust placed in cloud computing systems inspires dependability studies. A possible way of performing dependability studies, especially regarding reliability and availability, is through fault injection tools, which enable to observe the system’s behavior during the ...

The ejection of internal organs, i.e., evisceration, is a well-known phenomenon in sea-cucumbers. We report the ability of a member of the Chordate phyla, the tropical ascidian Polycarpa mytiligera, to eviscerate and regenerate its gut within 12 days, and to rebuild its branchial sac within 19 days. Evisceration occurred within 4-43 seconds of gentle mechanical pressure exerted on the tunic in ...

A new type of wood plastic composite, Eucalyptus/PES(Polyethersulfone) blend, was developed. It was designed to be used in LS (Laser Sintering) with reduced energy usage with cost savings. The preparation of Eucalyptus/PES blend and part sintering were under fixed processing conditions and parameters. Through mechanical testing, it was discovered that the strength of prototypes is low due to th...

Background The genus Eucalyptus has many species that are well adapted to a wide range of environmental conditions in Brazil. However, in some areas diseases are a limiting factor, among which the Eucalyptus rust caused by Puccinia psidii Winter stands out as a destructive pathogen of the Myrtacea. The growth of plants with high levels of infection is severely compromised and these plants end u...

Eucalyptus globulus Labill is one of the most important economic forest species in Portugal, occupying an area of 875.10ha in a total forest area of 3346.10ha (Tomé et al., 2007). The main goal of this study is to develop a dominant height growth model for Eucalyptus, applicable throughout the country, representing an improve of the curves that are part of the whole stand model existing in Port...

The physicochemical characteristics of Libyan Eucalyptus honey were measured including: moisture with 18.00%, sugars (fructose; 40.00, glucose; 32.00%, sucrose; 1.50% & maltose; 4.70%), total proteins; 0.08%, total amino acids; 0.11%, total acidity; 25.00meq./gk, HMF; 4.60mg/kg, color; light amber, ash; 0.17%, total soluble solids; 82.00% and insoluble solids; 0.07%, and electrical conductivity...

The relationship between biodiversity and ecosystem function has received a great deal of attention in ecological research and recent results, from re-analyses, suggest that ecosystem function improves with increases in phylogenetic diversity. However, many of these results have been generalized across a range of different species and clades, and plants with different evolutionary histories cou...