The present study aims at evaluating the capability of phosphate-based salts, whose anions can coexist in water depending on the media pH, to promote aqueous biphasic systems (ABS) formation with 1-butyl-3methylimidazolium-based ionic liquids, as well as to infer on the influence of the ionic liquid anion in the overall process of liquid–liquid demixing. In this context, novel phase diagrams of...

PURPOSE To assess the influence of anatomic location on the relationship between computed tomography (CT) number and X-ray attenuation in limited and medium field-of-view (FOV) scans. MATERIALS AND METHODS Tubes containing solutions with different concentrations of K2HPO4 were placed in the tooth sockets of a human head phantom. Cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT) scans were acquired, and CT...

One of the many applications of micro computed tomography (microCT) is to accurately visualize and quantify cancellous bone microstructure. However, microCT based assessment of bone mineral density has yet to be thoroughly investigated. Specifically, the effects of varying imaging parameters, such as tube voltage (kVp), current (microA), integration time (ms), object to X-ray source distance (m...

Induced systemic resistance in chickpea against wilt disease caused by Fusarium oxysorum f. sp. ciceri (FOC) was studied by treating the seeds with benzo (1,2,3)-thiadizole-7-carbothioic acid smethyl ester (Bion), salicylic acid (SA) and dipotassium hydrogen phosphate (K2HPO4). Reduction in disease was observed in both type of applications but seed dressing was found more effective than soaking...

In the present study, statistically based experimental design was applied for the optimization of bacteriocin production by Lactobacillus plantarum ATM11 isolated from goat slaughter house soil. Seven variables were chosen for Plackett-Burman design, in which three variables were screened as influencing factors: yeast extract, Tween 80 and K2HPO4. These three factors were subsequently optimized...

In vitro chemotactic responses of infective third-stage larvae (L3) of Brugia pahangi to NaCl, Na2HPO4, KCl, K2HPO4, MgCl2 and CaCl2 were assessed. Compared to deionized water as a control, 200 mm NaCl and 100 mm Na2HPO4 significantly attracted L3 (P < 0.01 and P < 0.01), whereas L3 were likely to avoid 200 mm KCl and 100 mm K2HPO4 (P < 0.05 and P < 0.05). L3 showed no significant tendency to a...

The mutant strain of Aspergillus niger NG-110 was evaluated for the present investigation of citric acid production. The cultural conditions optimized during the course of study were pH and K4Fe(CN)6, K2HPO4 and CaCl2 concentrations. Cane-molasses was utilized as the basal fermentation medium. The mutant NG-110 produces maximal amount of citric acid when the pH of the medium was 6. When the con...

Background Riboflavin (vitamin B2) is an essential component of the basic metabolism, and an important nutritional and growth factor in humans, animals, plants and micro-organisms. It has been widely used in the fields of pharmaceuticals, feed and food additives. The industrial production of riboflavin mostly relies on the microbial fermentation. Designing an appropriate fermentation medium is ...

L-phenylalanine was produced by genetically modified bacterium, Escherichia coli BL21(DE3), using glycerol as an alternative carbon source. Response surface methodology (RSM) involving central composite design (CCD) was adopted to evaluate the amount of L-phenylalanine produced. In this work, the optimum concentrations were determined of the major nutrients in the fermentation medium, which inc...

Polyketide secondary metabolites share common precursor pools, acyl-CoA. Thus, the effects of engineering strategies for heterologous and native secondary metabolite production are often determined by the measurement of pikromycin in Streptomyces venezuelae. It is hard to compare the effectiveness of engineering targets among published data owing to the different pikromycin production media use...