objective: investigations were carried out to isolate bacteria from saline-alkali soils and determined optimized alkaline protease activity and stability produced by a wild strain of bacillus sp. in submerged fermentation (smf). methods: optimum temperature for enzyme activity in the crude extract was 40 ◦c at a ph between 8.0 and 9.0. the studies on ph stability showed that the enzyme was stab...

BACKGROUND Airway acidification plays a role in disorders of the pulmonary tract. We hypothesized that the inhalation of alkalinized glycine buffer would measurably alkalinize the airways without compromising lung function or causing adverse events. We evaluated the safety of an inhaled alkaline glycine buffer in both healthy subjects and in subjects with stable obstructive airway disease. ME...

Salt-affected soils are generally classified into two main categories: saline and sodic (alkaline). Developing and using soybean (Glycine max (L.) Merr) cultivars with high salt tolerance is an effective way of maintaining sustainable production in areas where soybean growth is threatened by salt stress. Early classical genetics studies revealed that saline tolerance was conditioned by a single...

thermophilic bacillus sp. gus1, isolated from  a soil  sample obtained from citrus garden, produced at least three proteases as detected by sodium dodecyl sulfate polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (sds-page) and zymogram analysis. the enzymes were stable in the alkaline ph range (8.0-12.0), with the optimum temperature and ph range of the proteases being 70ºc and 6.0-12.0, respectively. all th...

Alkaline saline soils, known also as "soda solonchaks", represent a natural soda habitat which differs from soda lake sediments by higher aeration and lower humidity. The microbiology of soda soils, in contrast to the more intensively studied soda lakes, remains poorly explored. In this work we investigate the diversity of culturable aerobic haloalkalitolerant bacteria with various hydrolytic a...

Abstract We characterize here the saline‐alkaline soils composed of Na 2 CO 3 and NaHCO in Ganga floodplain peninsular basin using various chemical proxies isotopic composition Sr. Abundance their higher solubility make them an important source non‐chloride other dissolved ions including Sr to river waters. Inverse model based apportionment indicates ∼26%–71% at outflow is influenced by soils; ...