In most environments, ammonia (NH₃) is oxidized to nitrate (NO₃⁻) via the intermediate nitrite (NO₂⁻). This is a microbe-driven process involving phylogenetically distinct types of microorganisms, namely, ammonia-oxidizing bacteria (AOB) and Thaumarchaea (AOA), and nitrite-oxidizing bacteria (NOB). Nitrosomonas europaea and Nitrobacter winogradskyi are the best studied AOB and NOB, respectively,...
Nitrification is the process within the global Nitrogen Cycle where ammonia (NH3) is oxidized to nitrate (NO₃⁻) and can be carried out by two distinct groups of bacteria. The ammonia-oxidizing bacteria (AOB) first oxidize NH₃ to nitrite (NO₂⁻), and second, the nitrite-oxidizing bacteria (NOB) oxidize NO₂⁻ to NO₃⁻. In aerobic...
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Luis A. Sayavedra-Soto
Nitrification is the process within the global Nitrogen Cycle where
Biomass gasification is a promising way to obtain green energy, but the gas composition makes it unsuitable for use in traditional technologies (i.e., IC engine). Gas purification over nickel and/or iron catalysts is an attractive alternative. Cellulose-based carbon aerogels (CAGs) have shown suitable physical chemical properties for use as catalyst...
Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis (MAP) is the causative agent of Johne’s disease, a chronic granulomatous enteritis that plagues domestic and wild ruminants globally. During the silent stages of Johne’s disease, infected animals intermittently shed bacteria for years prior to clinical diagnosis during advanced disease stages. This strategy allows MAP to...
Nitrification is a critical step in the global nitrogen cycle involving the biological oxidation of ammonia (NH₃) to nitrite (NO₂⁻ ) and then to nitrate (NO₃⁻). The first step in nitrification is carried out by NH₃-oxidizing bacteria (AOB) and archaea (AOA), and the second by NO₂⁻-oxidizing bacteria (NOB). In addition...
The aim of this work is to develop a predator-prey model for two species of commercial importance captured by the European fishing fleet in the European Grounds. In this model, the hake (Merluccius merluccius) represents the predator, and the blue whiting (Micromesistius poutassou) is the prey. Both the predator and...
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BLUE WHITING SPANISH FISHERIES
Pérez-Pérez, Marcos1; Garza-Gil, M. Dolores2; Varela-Lafuente
Characterization of the determinants of economically important phenotypes
showing complex inheritance should lead to more effective use of genetic
resources. This study was conducted to determine the number, genome location and
effects of QTLs determining malting quality and agronomic traits in the two North
American barley quality standards. Using a...
Achromobacter A43 produced a compound inhibitory to the outgrowth
of Clostridium botulinum type E spores. The inhibitor could
be produced in various laboratory media and the outgrowth of germinated
spores was completely inhibited by 1/10th dilution of the A43
spent medium. Germination was not affected. The spores lost
refractility in...
Latinos are the largest and most rapidly growing ethnic minority in the United States, and they have the highest dropout rates of any major ethnic group in the country (U.S. Department of Labor, 2003). Latinos' educational attainment is consistently lower than that of other students (Gandara, 2008). The majority of...