The application of Rhodospirillum toruloides strain allowed resolving the chemically synthesized racemic mixtures of following chiral aminophosphonic acids: 1-aminoethylphosphonic acid (1), 1-amino-1-iso-propyl-1-phosphonic acid (2), 1-amino-1-phenylmethylphosphonic acid (4) and 1-amino-2-phenylethylphosphonic acid (3). The applied protocols resulted in obtaining pure (R)-1-aminoethylphosphonic...

Experiments were conducted to study the ability of surfactant-modified clinoptilolite for molybdate adsorption from aqueous solutions. Clinoptilolite was treated with some cationic surfactants. Adsorption of surfactants on zeolite surface was confirmed by chemical analysis, IR (Infra-Red Spectroscopy), DTG (Derivative Thermogravimetry) and SEM (Scanning Electron Microscopy) techniques. The modi...

During the screening for Rhodobacter capsulatus mutants defective in xanthine degradation, one Tn5 mutant which was able to grow with xanthine as a sole nitrogen source only in the presence of high molybdate concentrations (1 mM), a phenotype resembling Escherichia coli mogA mutants, was identified. Unexpectedly, the corresponding Tn5 insertion was located within the moeA gene. Partial DNA sequ...

Radical-induced degradation of proton exchange membranes limits the durability proton-exchange membrane fuel cells. Cerium is widely used as a radical scavenger, but migration cerium ions to the...

Laser Raman spectra, UV-visible spectra, and photo-catalytic activity measurements are described which show that supported MoO,iTiOr catalysts prepared by impregnation possess a layer of surface molybdate species coordinated to the titania support. The saturation coverage of this surface molybdate monolayer corresponds to a surface density of ca. 4 x lOI MO atoms per cm2 of TiO*. The properties...

A polymeric ion-exchange resin, incorporating methyl-amino-phosphonic (TP260) functionalities, and a solvent impregnated resin (SIR) tri-methylpentylphosphinic acid (TP272), were evaluated for the selective separation of Rare Earth Elements (REE) from Transition (TE), post -Transition (PTE), Alkaline (AE) in acidic mine waters (AMW). The influence functional groups nature acidity dependence stu...