Biocompatibility of poly(carbonate urethane)s with various degrees of nanophase separation

Nanophase separation has been suggested to influence the biological performance of polyurethane. In a previous work, six different 4,4'-diphenylmethane diisocyanate (MDI)-based poly(carbonate urethane)s (PCUs) that exhibited various degrees of nanophase separation were synthesized and characterized. In the present work, these PCUs were used as a model system to study the effect of nanometric structures on the biocompatibility of polyurethane. Human blood platelet activation, monocyte activation, protein adsorption, and bacterial adhesion on PCU were investigated in vitro. It was found that human blood platelets as well as monocytes were less activated on the PCU surfaces with a greater degree of nanophase separation in general. This phenomenon was closely associated with the lower ratio of human fibrinogen/albumin competitively adsorbed on these surfaces. Bacterial adhesion was also inhibited in some nanophase-separated PCUs. [diagram in text].     

Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopic study of the interactions of selenium species with living bacterial cells

A study of the interactions of several selenium species with living bacterial cells was carried out by Fourier-transform infrared (FT-IR) spectroscopy. Bacterial cells consisted of an Escherichia coli strain (K-12) cultivated in a growth medium based on glucose contaminated with selenium species. Equilibrium between the analyte in the solution and the extraction medium was established, and then the effects of selenium species upon the external membrane of the living bacterial cells were characterized by performing FT-IR spectroscopy of whole cells. The presence of the toxicants at various concentrations in the culture medium had an effect on the FT-IR spectra, and the concentration of the selenium species was determined directly in the biomass by FT-IR spectroscopy. The intensity ratios between several absorption lines, which varied as a function of the concentration of the selenium species, were used as the analytical signal.Electronic Supplementary Material Supplementary material is available for this article if you access the article at . A link in the frame on the left on that page takes you directly to the supplementary material.     

Simple method for the assay of linezolid in Brain Heart Infusion broth by high-performance liquid chromatography

A simple HPLC method was developed and validated for quantification of linezolid in Brain Heart Infusion (BHI) broth. Eperezolid was employed as internal standard and the sample pre-treatment procedure was simple. Calibration standards ranged from 0.05 to 16 mg/L. Accuracy was within 7.8% and reproducibility (RSD) was less than 8.3%. Recovery was approximately 100% at all concentrations examined. Linezolid was stable in the autosampler insert for at least 24 h at ambient temperature and in BHI for 72 h at 37 degrees C. This assay is rapid and ideal for analysis of a large number of samples.     

超级电容器用细菌纤维素基电极材料

超级电容器由于能提供比电池更高的功率密度,比传统电容器更高的能量密度而备受关注。但目前其应用仍存在能量密度低的问题。碳材料、金属氧化物和导电聚合物是常见的三种超级电容器电极材料,而其中不同形式碳材料是电容器中研究和应用最广泛的电极材料。细菌纤维素是由细菌分泌产生的具有一定纳米级孔径分布的多孔生物材料,具有高强度和模量、高孔隙率、极好的尺寸和热稳定性的特性。以细菌纤维素为原料制备电极材料是近年来超级电容器领域的热点研究方向之一。本文以细菌纤维素基电极材料的种类、制备方法和性能为线索,综述了国内外细菌纤维素基超级电容器电极材料的研究进展,并归纳总结了电极材料最优的形态和制备方法,进一步对该类电极材料的发展趋势进行了展望。     

陆梁油田菌群结构解析及激活后群落变化

 针对新疆陆梁油田呼图壁河组注水井LU3064 注入水,设计一组营养剂激活配方,该配方能够成功乳化原油。经平板计数法、最大或然数计数法（MPN）和理化性质检测发现,激活后注入水菌浓明显增加,表面张力下降37%。采用建立细菌16S rDNA克隆文库方法,对LU3064 注入水、LU3036 采出液、LU3064 激活液细菌进行多样性研究。从克隆文库中随机挑选100 个克隆子测序,并在GenBank 中比对,结果表明,注入水菌群具有高度多样性,优势菌属于Alphaproteobacteria;采出液较地层水菌群结构简单,存在Pseudomonas（假单胞菌属）、Bacillus（芽孢杆菌属）等功能菌属;激活液菌群结构最为单一,仅存在Bacillus（芽孢杆菌属）。Bacillus 在注入水和采出液中均有发现,但都不是优势菌种。该激活剂配方成功激活了可在地层中生长的功能菌属Bacillus。     

The start-up of biohydrogen-producing process by bioaugmentation in the EGSB reactor

Expanded granular sludge bed (EGSB) reactor and bioaugmentation were employed to investigate biohydrogen production with molasses wastewater. The start-up experiments consisted of two stages. In the first stage (0～24d) seeded with activated sludge, the butyric acid type-fermentation formed when the initial expanding rate, organic loading rate (OLR), the initial redox potential (ORP) and hydraulic retention time (HRT) were 10%, 10.0 kg COD/(m3·d), - 215 mV and 6.7 h, respectively. At the beginning of the second stage on day 25, the novel hydrogen-producing fermentative bacterial strain B49 (AF481148 in EMBL) were inoculated into the reactor under the condition of OLR 16. 0 kg COD/(m3·d), ORP and HRT about - 139 mV and 6.7 h, respectively, and then the reaction system transformed to ethanol-type fermentation gradually with the increase in OLR. When OLR, ORP and HRT were about 94.3 kg COD/(m3·d), -250 mV and 1.7 h, respectively, the system achieved the maximum hydrogen-producing rate of 282.6 mL H2/L reactor· h and hydrogen percentage of 51%～53% in the biogas.     

Stimuli‐responsive polymer nanocomposites based on styrene‐butadiene rubber and bacterial cellulose whiskers

Water‐induced mechanically adaptive rubber nanocomposites were prepared by mixing bacterial cellulose whiskers (BCWs) suspension with styrene‐butadiene rubber (SBR) latex, followed by evaporation method. The structure, morphology, dynamic mechanical properties, water stimuli‐responsive behavior, and biodegradability of SBR/BCWs nanocomposite films were investigated. The results showed that the hydrophilic whiskers had a significant reinforcement effect on the storage modulus of SBR matrix, which originated from the formation of a rigid three‐dimensional filler network within matrix by strong hydrogen bonding between whiskers. The SBR/BCWs nanocomposites showed pronounced water stimuli‐responsive behavior compared with neat SBR. The storage modulus of SBR/BCWs nanocomposite could be decreased by 99.2% after equilibrium water swelling. This remarkable water‐triggered modulus change is attributed to the disentanglement of BCWs network via competitive hydrogen bonding with water.     

厌气混合培养中产甲烷菌和硫酸盐还原菌的动力学竞争Ⅰ.动力学推定的模型及实验方法

产甲烷菌(MPB)和硫酸盐还原菌(SRB)的竞争是一个有关厌气处理过程生死存亡的重大问题。研究的目的是提供一个明确实际厌气过程中MPB和SRB竞争机理的动力学研究方法。首先，以Monod模型为基准建立了一整套动力学模型用于微生物菌体浓度和诸动力学常数推定。其次，进行包括乙酸和氢气利用MPB和SRB的两系列连续培养及批量实验，为下一步的动力学常数推定及讨论实际厌气过程中MPB和SRB的动力学竞争机理打好基础。     

废水处理系统中功能菌株特异分子标记

用40条10碱基随机引物对油脂化工废水处理系统中分离到的降解脂肪酸和脂肪胺功能菌株FA-2。FA-3及对照菌株进行RAPD分析。筛选出长度为700bp的FA-2的特异性片段,并克隆到pMD 18-T载体上．根据测序结果,设计了1对SCAR(sequence characterized anlplfied region)引物,通过SCAR-PCR反应,获得SCAR标记,并通过对20个培养样品进行PCR扩增,验证了标记特异性．结果表明该标记可作为特异的分子标记用于污水处理系统中功能菌株FA-2的监测．     

Identification of Bacteria Associated with Post-Operative Wounds of Patients with the Use of Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption/Ionization Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometry Approach

The bacterial infection of post-operative wounds is a common health problem. Therefore, it is important to investigate fast and accurate methods of identifying bacteria in clinical samples. The aim of the study was to analyse the use of the MALDI-TOF MS technique to identify microorganism wounds that are difficult to heal. The most common bacteria are Escherichia coli, Staphylococcus spp., and Enterococcus spp. We also demonstrate the effect of culture conditions, such as the used growth medium (solid: Brain Heart Infusion Agar, Mueller Hilton Agar, Glucose Bromocresol Purple Agar, and Vancomycin Resistance Enterococci Agar Base and liquid: Tryptic Soy Broth and BACTEC Lytic/10 Anaerobic/F), the incubation time (4, 6, and 24h), and the method of the preparation of bacterial protein extracts (the standard method based on the Bruker guideline, the Sepsityper method) to identify factors and the quality of the obtained mass spectra. By comparing the protein profiles of bacteria from patients not treated with antibiotics to those treated with antibiotics based on the presence/absence of specific signals and using the UniProt platform, it was possible to predict the probable mechanism of the action of the antibiotic used and the mechanism of drug resistance.