Methanol is considered an interesting carbon source in "bio-based" microbial production processes. Since Corynebacterium glutamicum is an important host in industrial biotechnology, in particular for amino acid production, we performed studies of the response of this organism to methanol. The C. glutamicum wild type was able to convert (13)C-labeled methanol to (13)CO2. Analysis of global gene ...

Aminomethylation of trifunctional 2.5-dihydroxyacetophenone (2.5-DHA) and 2.4-dihydro¬xy¬aceto-phenone (2.4-DHA) by free primary secondary amines in the presence formaldehyde has been conducted for first time. It established that 2.5-DHA is aminomethylated with heterocyclic - piperidine morpholine aqueous solution alcohol medium at 500C. The reaction proceeds simultaneously via all three functi...

Background: One of the major causes of increasing nosocomial infections is misusing disinfectants and antiseptics in hospitals. The aim of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of disinfectants and antiseptics using in injections and dressing wards, operation rooms and kitchen of Hamedan hospitals. Materials and Methods: In this study 742 samples were collected before and after disinfect...

The cover image designed by Yi-Chun Chen and Wen-Jau Lee depicts spherical phenol-formaldehyde (PF) beads using phenol-liquefied Japanese fir wood powder as raw material. effects of the polymerization degree addition amount granulating agent polyvinyl alcohol on particle size distribution, mechanical thermal properties were investigated. pore characteristics carbon made PF resin produced under ...

The results obtained led the authors to the suggestion that Reactions 2 and 4 are catalyzed by liver alcohol dehydrogenase but that Reaction 1 is due to an aldehyde dehydrogenase present in their liver preparation. Because of the inhomogeneity of the enzyme preparation employed, a reinvestigation of this problem with more highly purified enzyme was suggested. With the use of crystalline horse l...

Rodents and non-rodent species metabolize methanol to formaldehyde to formic acid to carbon dioxide. There are two major differences, however. Rodents (mice and rats) metabolize methanol to formaldehyde using the enzyme catalase, whereas humans use alcohol dehydrogenase (ADH1). A byproduct of rodent methanol metabolism is hydrogen peroxide, a reactive oxygen species (ROS). ROS may be involved i...

Conventional methods to preserve adult nematodes for taxonomic purposes involve the use of fixative or clearing solutions (alcohol, formaldehyde, AFA and lactophenol), which cause morphological alterations and are toxic. The aim of this study is to propose an alternative method based on glycerol-cryopreservation of nematodes for their subsequent identification. Adults of trichostrongylid nemato...

A seemingly catalytically inactive electrode, boron-doped diamond (BDD), is found to be active for CO2 and CO reduction to formaldehyde and even methane. At very cathodic potentials, formic acid and methanol are formed as well. However, these products are the result of base-catalyzed Cannizzaro-type disproportionation reactions. A local alkaline environment near the electrode surface, caused by...

Extracts from benzyl-alcohol-grown Rhodococcus erythropolis DSM 1069 showed NAD(P)-independent, N,N-dimethyl-4-nitrosoaniline (NDMA)-dependent alcohol dehydrogenase activity. The enzyme exhibiting this activity was purified to homogeneity and characterized. It appears to be a typical nicotinoprotein as it contains tightly bound NADH acting as cofactor instead of coenzyme. Other characteristics ...

Methylococcus capsulatus grows only on methane or methanol as its sole source of carbon and energy. Some amino acids serve as nitrogen sources and are converted to keto acids which accumulate in the culture medium. Cell suspensions oxidize methane, methanol, formaldehyde, and formate to carbon dioxide. Other primary alcohols are oxidized only to the corresponding aldehydes. Oxidation of formate...