From a urine sample from a patient with a urinary tract infection, a carbon dioxide-dependent Proteus mirabilis strain was isolated. It is important to perform urine cultures in 5% carbon dioxide and an anaerobic atmosphere if bacteria prominent in Gram stains do not grow on routine media in ambient air.

All reactions were carried out with magnetic stirring under an atmosphere of argon in oven-dried glassware. Methanol was purchased from Sigma-Aldrich and stored in an anhydrous atmosphere. Sodium acetate was purchased from Aldrich and stored under anhydrous atmosphere. H NMR spectra were recorded on Varian 400 MHz spectrometer at ambient temperature or a Bruker Avance III 500 (500 MHz). Data is...

Introduction: This paper describes the progress in the development and application of the AEXS instrument to determine elemental abundance by analysis of the excired XRF spectra. The AEXS is a miniature instrument based on the excitation of characteristic X-Ray Fluorescence (XRF) spectra from samples in ambient atmosphere using a focused electron beam. Operation in ambient atmospheres with mode...

A detailed description is given of the preparation of a polymer solar cell and its characterization. The solar cell can be prepared entirely in the ambient atmosphere by solution processing without the use of vacuum coating steps, and it can be operated in the ambient atmosphere with good operational stability under illumination (1000 W m(-2), AM1.5G, 72 ± 2 °C, 35 ± 5% relative humidity) for 1...

Loblolly pine (Pin1r.s tae(/(i L.) seedlings were grown in co~npetition with native weeds using soil and seed bank collected from recently chopped and burned areas near Appornattox, Virginia. One-year-old seedlings were planted and weeds allowed to germinate from the native seed bank while being exposed to COz (ambient and elevated approximately 700 ppm) and water (water stressed and well water...

Elevated CO2 enrichment induces a differential biomass response in a mixed species temperate forest plantation. The NERC and CEH trademarks and logos ('the Trademarks') are registered trademarks of NERC in the UK and other countries, and may not be used without the prior written consent of the Trademark owner. Acknowledgements: 89 words 29 Number of Figures: 6 30 Number of Tables: 7 31 32 33 Su...

Loblolly pine (Pinus taeda L.) seedlings were grown in competition with native weeds using soil and seed bank collected from recently chopped and burned areas near Appomattox, Virginia. One-year-old seedlings were planted and weeds allowed to germinate from the native seed bank while being exposed to CO(2) (ambient and elevated - approximately 700 ppm) and water (water stressed and well watered...

background: nitrogen oxides occur in the atmosphere in six forms of namely: n2o , no , no2 , n2o3, n2o4 and n2o5 .among these oxides no2 is the most important air pollutant because of its relatively high toxicity and its ubiquity in ambient air. in this research griess-saltzman method was utilized for determination of nitric oxide and nitrogen dioxide in the atmosphere of different laboratories...

In this study we compile and present results from the factor analysis of 43 Aerosol Mass Spectrometer (AMS) datasets (27 of the datasets are reanalyzed in this work). The components from all sites, when taken together, provide a holistic overview of Northern Hemisphere organic aerosol (OA) and its evolution in the atmosphere. At most sites, the OA can be separated into oxygenated OA (OOA), hydr...

A critical component for predictions of formation of ozone and other secondary pollutant formation in the atmosphere is the chemical mechanism, i.e., the portion of the airshed models used to represent the chemical reactions involved. This is because the chemistry is the source of much of the complexity and non-linearity involved. Because many of the chemical reactions are incompletely understo...