Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a challenging pathogen due to both innate and acquired resistance to antibiotics. It is capable of causing a variety of infections, including chronic lung infection in cystic fibrosis (CF) patients. Given the importance of iron in bacterial physiology and pathogenicity, iron-uptake and metabolism have become attractive targets for the development of new antibacterial c...

In Staphylococcus aureus B47 grown in iron-restricted medium, six new, iron-regulated proteins occurred in cytoplasmic membrane. Protein of 14kDa has bound two complexes of iron: Fe(III)-staphylobactin and Fe(III)-acinetoferrin. Complexes of Fe(llI)-ferrichrome and Fe(III)-rhodotorulic acid were not bound to any of new membrane protein. Iron of Fe(III)-staphylobactin and Fe(IIl)-acinetoferrin c...

Superoxide, the one-electron reduced form of dioxygen, is produced in the extracellular milieu of aquatic microbes through a range of abiotic chemical processes and also by microbes themselves. Due to its ability to promote both oxidative and reductive reactions, superoxide may have a profound impact on the redox state of iron, potentially influencing iron solubility, complex speciation, and bi...

Increasing the molecular accumulation and density of high-energy substances have a determinative role in improving the performance and intensity of energy release. Therefore, it is possible to increase the density of high-energy materials if the high-energy molecules can be arranged around a metal core as coordinated molecules. The aim of this project was to synthesize energetic complexes of cy...

the mononuclear gd(iii) complex, [gd(l)3(h2o)5] (where l is alizarin yellow r (nac13h8n3o5)), has been prepared in h2o under reflux condition. the gd(iii) complex has been characterized by elemental analysis and spectroscopic methods (uv–vis and ft–ir). the gd2o3 nanoparticles were prepared by the calcination of the gd(iii) complex in air at different temperatures up to 600 °c for 2 h. the calc...

The reductive dissolution of poorly crystalline ferric oxides in the presence of cysteine was investigated to evaluate the potential of cysteine as a possible electron carrier to stimulate the reduction of iron(III) oxides by Geobacter sulfurreducens. The extent and rate of biotic and abiotic reduction of iron(III) oxides in the presence of cysteine at various concentrations were compared. Iron...

A family of Mn3+ and Fe3+ complexes of 4,11-dimethyl-1,4,8,11-tetraazabicyclo[6.6.2]hexadecane (1) and 4,10-dimethyl-1,4,7,10-tetraazabicyclo[5.5.2]tetradecane (2) has been prepared by the chemical oxidation of the divalent manganese and iron analogues. The ligands are ethylene cross-bridged tetraazamacrocycles derived from cylam and cyclen, respectively. The synthesis and characterization of t...

First-row two-coordinate complexes are attracting much interest. Herein, we report the high-yield isolation of the linear two-coordinate iron(I) complex salt [K(L)][Fe{N(SiMe3 )2 }2 ] (L=18-crown-6 or crypt-222) through the reduction of either [Fe{N(SiMe3 )2 }2 ] or its three-coordinate phosphine adduct [Fe{N(SiMe3 )2 }2 (PCy3 )]. Detailed characterization is gained through X-ray diffraction, v...

Liquid-Liquid extraction of iron (III) was carried out with 5.0X10-2 M of Tri iso-octylamine in benzene from hydrochloric, sulphuric, nitric and perchloric acid. After extraction from the organic phase, iron was stripped with 1M H2SO4 and was determined spectrophotometrically at 480nm as thiocyanate complex. The extraction was quantitative only in the presence of hydrochloric acid solution and ...

A method for speciation and determination of low levels of dissolved iron in rainwater was established by coupling reverse flow injection analysis with a 2-m liquid waveguide capillary cell and spectrophotometric detection. Ferrozine solution was injected into a sample stream to form an Fe(II)-ferrozine complex with Fe(II), and the absorbance of this complex was detected at both 562 nm and 625 ...