Doris E. Vidal ABSTRACT Resistance to contaminants is an important yet unmeasured factor in sediment toxicity tests. The rate at which mercury resistance develops and its genetic persistence in the oligochaete worm Tubifex tubifex were studied under laboratory conditions. Two populations of T. tubifex worms were raised for four generations each in clean and mercurycontaminated sediments, respec...

The objective of this study was to determine how alternative on-site wastewater treatment systems (i.e. subsurface flow constructed wetlands, intermittent sand filters and intermittent peat filters) affect the viability and culturability of Salmonella choleraesuis (serotype typhimurium, ATCC 23567). Influent was a high strength septic tank effluent (BOD5 240-344 mgL(-1), TN approximately 100 mg...

This study shows that a short-term respirometric measurement based on the rate of oxygen uptake needed to oxidize glucose is a reliable and fast method to assess biocide efficacy against P. fluorescens cells. Respiratory activity using oxygen consumption rate, the determination of viable and nonviable cells using Live/Dead BacLight kit and colony formation units (CFU), were compared as indicato...

This study aimed to investigate the toxicological effects of the LAS-C12 on Mugil platanus (mullet). Fishes exposed to 1.0 mg.L for 24, 48, 72, 96 and 120 hours presented significant increase in specific routine metabolism. At the concentration of 0.5 mgL, the active metabolism presented a decreasing trend from 48 h of exposure on. However, only the consumption averages for 72 h were statistica...

Background & Aim: Effects of ultra violet spectrum on plants due to their obligatory requirement for sunlight for survival are unavoidable. Direct effects of UV on plant growth and development are generally negative and usually they use many different defense mechanisms to acclimate and protect themselves. Material & Methods: The present research for the first time was conducted to investigate...

The Pseudomonas aeruginosa GSM3 isolated from dye contaminated soil was able to degrade Reactive Violet 5 completely as a sole source of carbon (300 mgL) within 20 h under static condition. The organism exhibited good decolorization ability in the pH ranges from 5.0 to 9.0 and temperature from 30 to 40C respectively. The optimum degradation was observed at 37C and pH 7. The maximum concentratio...

in this study, rainbow trout (oncorhynchus mykiss) eggs were treated with effective doses of  daenensis thyme, thymus daenensis (20, 10 and 5 mgl-1) and mentha, mentha longifolia (10, 5 and 2.5 mgl-1), during incubation period (20 days) until hatching for 30 minutes per every other day as constant flow bath treatment method. the mortality level in normal control (without any treatment) was sign...

The aim of this paper is to review the Mathematics Grammar Library (MGL) approach to multilingual mathematics and to present gfsage, a prototype of a multilingual interface to Sage. 2000 Mathematics Subject Classification. 68N18. 68T30, 68T50, 68W30.

A bacteria strain Bacillus thuringiensis RUN1identifiedby 16s RNA gene phylogenetic analysiswas used to decolorize malachite green, a triphenylmethane dye in simulated wastewater. The ability of the organism produce extracellular laccase and degrade were also investigated. Results showed that decolorized (84.67 ± 1.19 %) green at 40 mgl-1 within 6 h; decolorization was associated production by ...