Bacillus litoralis C44 can hydrolyze rutin to produce isoquercetin by the enzyme α-l-rhamnosidase. We report here the genome sequence and annotation result of strain C44. The genomic information will serve as references to the physiology, genetics, and evolution of this species and further genetic engineering research in this species.

As probiotics in the gut, Lactobacilli are believed to play important roles in the development and maintenance of both the mucosal and systemic immune system of the host. This study was aimed to investigate the immuno-modulatory function of candiate lactobacilli on T cells. Lactobacilli were isolated from healthy human feces and the microbiological characteristics were identified by API 50 CHL ...

* Corresponding author. Chairman of the Accreditation Assessment Committee, Department of Cardiology, Hammersmith Hospitals NHS Trust at Charing Cross Hospital, Fulham Palace Road, London W6 8RF, UK. Tel.: C44 208 846 1917; fax: C44 208 746 8182. E-mail address: [email protected] (K.F. Fox). 1 The Accreditation Assessment Committee of the European Association of Echocardiography. 2 President...

We have studied the velocity dispersion of guided waves in transversely isotropic formations. Theoretical velocity dispersion curves were calculated with elastic constants based on laboratory and field measurements and compared to dispersion curves for isotropic formations having the same vertical po and S-wave velocities. The symmetry axis for the transverse isotropy was parallel to the boreho...

Interfacial energies of five high-angle singular grain boundaries ~GB’s! in seven fcc metals—Ag, Al, Au, Cu, Ni, Pd, and Pt—are calculated employing lattice statics at 0 K using embedded-atom-method potentials. The results disagree with predictions of broken-bond models. The GB energies, however, exhibit a good linear relationship with the c44 elastic constants of these elements. This implies t...

For a clean high-Tc superconductor, we analyze the Lawrence-Doniach free energy in a tilted magnetic field within the lowest Landau level (LLL) approximation. The free energy maps onto that of a strictly c-axis field, but with a reduced interlayer coupling. We use this result to calculate the tilt modulus C44 of a vortex lattice and vortex liquid. The vortex contribution to C44 can be expressed...

A two-phase near-? titanium alloy (Ti–10V–2Fe–3Al, or Ti-1023) in its as-forged state is employed to illustrate the feasibility of a Bayesian framework identify single-crystal elastic constants (SEC). High Energy X-ray diffraction (HE-XRD) obtained at Diamond synchrotron source are used characterize evolution lattice strains for various grain orientations during situ specimen loading regime. On...

The effect of tungsten alloying on the elastic properties B2 NiAl at low-temperature and high-temperature distribution W atoms sublattices. By means exact muffin-tin orbitals method in conjunction with coherent potential approximation, constants C11, C12, C44, Young's modulus E, shear G, Cauchy pressure values, G/B ratios are calculated. Using phenomenological criteria correlation between ducti...