Owing to their diverse functional groups, antibiotics can easily form complexes with heavy metals; the complexation alters migration and transformation behavior of both metals. In this study, we investigated co-adsorption mechanism sulfamethazine (SMT) cadmium (Cd2+) metal ions created an ideal water model containing two major contaminants: ions. Combined experimental analysis interaction mecha...

In this study we have developed a new aptasensor for cadmium (Cd2+) detection in water. Gold electrode surface has been chemically modified by electrochemical reduction of diazonium salt (CMA) with carboxylic acid outward from the surface. This was used amino-modified aptamer immobilization through carbodiimide reaction. Chemical modification characterized cyclic voltammetry (CV) and impedance ...

The effects of Cd2+, Cu2+, Mg2+, and Zn2+ on the decomposition of citric acid by a Klebsiella sp. were studied by monitoring the degradation of [14C]citrate. The carbon concentration used was 10 micrograms of C liter-1, and the media were designed to provide at least 95% of the citrate complexed to the metal studied. After 72 h of incubation, 80% of the uncomplexed citric acid and 76% of the ma...

In a search for genes that produce hypersensitivity to cadmium salts in Escherichia coli, random transposon mutagenesis with TnphoA was used. One of the mutant strains obtained was sensitive to Cd2+ and Zn2+. Sequence analysis showed that the TnphoA insertion was located in the dsbA gene coding for a periplasmic protein required for disulfide bond formation.

Metakaolins (MKs) prepared from low-grade kaolins located in the Alvarães (A) and Barqueiros (B) regions of Portugal were used as aluminosilicate source to compare their effect on compressive strength heavy metal adsorption geopolymers. Natural zeolite, an inexpensive, efficient adsorbent, was additive formulations enhance geopolymers’ capacities reduce MK utilization’s environmental footprint....

The mechanism of block of voltage-dependent Na+ channels by extracellular divalent cations was investigated in a quantitative comparison of two distinct Na+ channel subtypes incorporated into planar bilayers in the presence of batrachotoxin. External Ca2+ and other divalent cations induced a fast voltage-dependent block observed as a reduction in unitary current for tetrodotoxin-sensitive Na+ c...

Six bacteria strains from heavy-metal-polluted ramie rhizosphere soil were isolated through Cd2+ stress, which were numbered as JJ1, JJ2, JJ10, JJ11, JJ15, and JJ18. Sequence alignment and phylogenic analysis showed that strain JJ1 belonged to Pseudomonas, strain JJ2 belonged to Cupriavidus, strains JJ11 and JJ15 belonged to Bacillus, and strains JJ10 and JJ18 belonged to Acinetobacter. The tol...

A pencil graphite electrode (PGE) was modified by the electropolymerization of pyrrole-1-carboxylic acid (Py-CO2) to form a sensing film poly(pyrrole-1-carboxylic acid) (PPy-CO2) for sensitive determination Pb2+ and Cd2+ differential pulse anodic stripping voltammetry (DPASV). The porous structure PPy-CO2 uniformly distributes carboxylate group throughout coating selectively coordinate preconce...

1. c-Mannosidase from jack-bean meal was pturified 150-fold. fl-N-Acetylglucosaminidase and f-galactosidase were removed from the preparation by treatment with pyridine. Zn2+ was added during the purification to stabilize the cxmannosidase. 2. At pH values below neutrality, x-mannosidase undergoes reversible spontaneous inactivation at a rate dependent on the temperature, the degree of dilution...

We have investigated the interactions between extracellular divalent cations and the ATP-sensitive potassium channel in single guinea pig ventricular cells and found that, under whole-cell patch clamp recording conditions, extracellularly applied Co2+, Cd2+, and Zn2+ block current through the ATP-sensitive K channel (IKATP). The respective Kd's for block of IKATP by Cd2+ and Zn2+ are 28 and 0.4...