Decomposition of organic matter is an important ecosystem process governed in part by bacteria. The process of decomposition is expected to benefit from interspecific bacterial interactions such as resource partitioning and facilitation. However, the relative importance of resource niche breadth (metabolic diversity) and resource niche overlap (functional redundancy) on decomposition and the te...

This work reports the voltammetric behaviour of decamethylcobaltocenium, DmCc(+), in different ionic liquids for the first time. Its redox potential was studied relative to that of decamethylferrocene, DmFc, and it is shown that the difference in the mid-point potential between these two permethylated transition-metal sandwich complexes is independent of the ionic liquid composition. A variable...

Exposure of control (non-hardened) Arabidopsis leaves for 2 h at high irradiance at 5 degrees C resulted in a 55% decrease in photosystem II (PSII) photochemical efficiency as indicated by F(v)/F(m). In contrast, cold-acclimated leaves exposed to the same conditions showed only a 22% decrease in F(v)/F(m). Thermoluminescence was used to assess the possible role(s) of PSII recombination events i...

Monooxomolybdenum(IV) and dioxomolybdenum(VI) benzenedithiolate derivatives containing anilide moieties were synthesized and characterized by (1)H NMR, UV-visible, IR, and Raman spectroscopies. These complexes exhibit very strong intramolecular NH···S hydrogen bonds formed by the acidic anilide NH proton and the desired coplanar structure, resulting in significantly positive redox potential and...

A series of paddlewheel diruthenium(ii, ii) complexes with various chlorine-substituted benzoate ligands (Cl-series) was synthesized as tetrahydrofuran (THF) adducts [Ru2(ClxPhCO2)4(THF)2]; where ClxPhCO2(-) = o-chlorobenzoate, ; m-chlorobenzoate, ; p-chlorobenzoate, ; 2,3-dichlorobenzoate, ; 2,4-dichlorobenzoate, ; 2,5-dichlorobenzoate, ; 2,6-dichlorobenzoate, ; 3,4-dichlorobenzoate, ; 3,5-dic...

Although Trichomonas vaginalis can use oxygen, it behaves as an anaerobic microorganism which characteristically requires a reduced oxidation-reduction potential for growth (Kupferberg et al., Ann. N.Y. Acad. Sci. 56:1006, 1953). We found that, in contrast to the usual behavior of anaerobic organisms which tolerate very low potentials (Lamanna and Mallette, Basic Bacteriology, 2nd ed., p. 481, ...

The syntheses and characterization of two new redox active cyclam ligands ferrocenylmethyl-(6-methyl-1,4,8,11-tetraazacyclotetradec-6-yl)-amine (L3) and 1,1'-ferrocenylmethyl-bis(6-methyl-1,4,8,11-tetraazacyclotetradec-6-yl)-amine (L4) are reported. The compounds each possess a ferrocenyl group bearing one (L3) or two (L4) appended macrocycles linked by their exocyclic amino groups and the crys...

Few-atom noble metal nanoclusters have attracted a lot of interest due to their potential applications in biosensor development, imaging and catalysis. DNA-templated silver nanoclusters (AgNCs) are of particular interest as different emission colors can be obtained by changing the DNA sequence. A popular analytical application is fluorescence quenching by Hg(2+), where d(10)-d(10) metallophilic...

Many floodplains contain high concentrations of sediment associated contaminants that might be subjected to large changes in terms of mobility, transformation and bioavailability. Therefore, this study describes 1) changes in the redox conditions and the mobility of metals in artificially uncovered polluted floodplain sediments, 2) metal uptake by organisms and 3) colonization, succession and f...

Bioelectrochemical systems (BESs) have been shown to be useful in removing individual metals from solutions, but effective treatment of electroplating and mining wastewaters requires simultaneous removal of several metals in a single system. To develop multiple-reactor BESs for metals removal, biocathodes were first individually acclimated to three different metals using microbial fuel cells wi...