The addition of a small amount of NH4+ to a complex medium increased nanaomycin production by Streptomyces rosa subsp. notoensis OS-3966. The best NH4+ donor for nanaomycin production was NH4+-saturated natural zeolite, with which the maximum titer of nanaomycin E was 760 micrograms/ml, about four fold higher than the control titer. In contrast, lowering NH4+ levels by adding NH4+-trapping agen...

the effects of different concentrations of cdcl2 and alcl3 on nh4+ and no2? oxidation in an aqueous system were investigated. alcl3 had no effect on nh4+ removal and its oxidation to no2?, whereas no2? disappearance was greatly enhanced by alcl3. in contrast, cdcl2 delayed removal of nh4+ and its subsequent oxidation to no2? and also decreased the rate of no2? disappearance. when compared to th...

Soils and vegetation were analyzed in 20 lodgepole pine (Pinus contorta) forest stands, varying in age from 50 to 350 years, that had initiated following stand-replacing fire. Our goal was to determine how nitrogen availability (NH4 –N) and microbial community composition varied with stand age-class and to determine whether differences could be explained by canopy, soil, or understory character...

Worldwide water shortage increase and water quality depletion from microbial and chemical compounds, pose significant challenges for today's water treatment industry. Both the development of new advanced oxidation technologies, but also the enhancement of existing conventional technologies is of high interest. This study tested improvements to conventional ozonation that reduce the formation of...

Herein, we consider Müller's spherical, porous, anionic, molybdenum oxide based capsule, (NH4)42[{(Mo(VI))Mo(VI)5O21(H2O)6}12{Mo(V)2O4(CH3COO)}30]⋅10 CH3COONH4⋅300 H2O≡(NH4)42⋅1 a⋅crystal ingredients≡1, {Mo132}, as an effective sugar-decorated nanoplatform for multivalent lectin recognition. The ion-exchange of NH4(+) ions of 1 with cationic-sugars, D-mannose-ammonium chloride (2) or D-glucose-...

Fluorescence and electrophysiological methods were used to determine the effects of intracellular pH (pHi) on cellular NH4+/K+ transport pathways in the renal medullary thick ascending limb of Henle (MTAL) from CD1 mice. Studies were performed in suspensions of MTAL tubules (S-MTAL) and in isolated, perfused MTAL segments (IP-MTAL). Steady-state pHi measured using 2,7-biscarboxyethyl-5(6)-carbo...

No inhibition of nitrogenase activity by physiological levels of NH4+ or carbamyl phosphate was observed in extracts of Azotobacter vinelandii. All of the 15N2 reduced by cultures which received no NH4+ was found in the cells. By contrast, more than 95% of the 15N2 reduced by cultures which had been given NH4+ was found in the medium. Failure to examine the culture medium would lead to the erro...

Ammoniacal nitrogen (ammonia and ammonium) in agricultural wastewaters can promote eutrophication of receiving waters and be potentially toxic to fish and other aquatic life. Zeolites, which are hydrated aluminum-silicate minerals, have an affinity for ammonium ions (NH4"") and are, therefore, potentially useful in removing this contaminant from wastewaters. The major objectives of this study w...

As a vital beverage crop, tea has been extensively planted in tropical and subtropical regions. Nitrogen (N) levels and forms are closely related to tea quality. Based on different N levels and forms, we studied changes in NO3- and NH4+ fluxes in tea roots utilizing scanning ion-selective electrode technique. Our results showed that under both single and mixed N forms, influx rates of NO3- were...

To investigate whether Na(+) uptake by zebrafish is dependent on NH4(+) excretion, a scanning ion-selective electrode technique was applied to measure Na(+) and NH4(+) gradients at the yolk-sac surface of zebrafish larvae. Low-Na(+) acclimation induced an inward Na(+) gradient (uptake), and a combination of low Na(+) and high NH4(+) induced a larger inward Na(+) gradient. When measuring the ion...