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Green Synthesis of Gold Nanoparticles using Arabidopsis thaliana and Dunaliella salina Cell Cultures
The ability of the suspension culture of Arabidopsis thaliana cells and Dunaliella salina microalga to reduce gold ions with the formation of nanoparticles is shown. The average diameter of gold nanoparticles obt...
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Preparation, properties and potential applications of exopolysaccharides from bacteria of the genera Xanthobacter and Ancylobater
Two new bacterial biopolymers (exopolysaccharides), ancylan and xylophilan, have been isolated and characterized. The optimal parameters for ancylan and xylophilan production under laboratory conditions were s...
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Transgenic sorghum with improved digestibility of storage proteins obtained by Agrobacterium-mediated transformation
Development of transgenic plants with modified seed storage protein composition and increased nutritive value is one of the most promising areas of genetic engineering. This task is especially important for so...
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Immunochemical detection of Azospirilla in soil with genus-specific antibodies
Immunoelectrophoresis and immunodiffusion analysis with antibodies to whole intact cells of the type strain of nitrogen-fixing soil bacteria Azospirillum brasilense Sp7 revealed at least three conservative surfac...
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Laboratory test system for the evaluation of nanomaterial toxicity on Dunaliella salina microalgae
We are reporting a new diagnostic test system for evaluating nanomaterial toxicity on halophile green microalgae Dunaliella salina based on colorimetric measurements enabling us to estimate cell death and growth-...
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Isolation and purification of Mn-peroxidase from Azospirillum brasilense SP245
Homogenous Mn-peroxidase of a 26-fold purity grade was isolated from a culture of Azospirillum brasilense Sp245 cultivated on a medium containing 0.1 mM pyrocatechol. The molecular weight of the enzyme is 43 kD a...
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Investigation of enzymatic degradation of pectin polysaccharides under limiting conditions
The dynamics of changes in spectra of oligosaccharide fragments formed during enzymatic degradation of plant pectins at low enzyme/substrate ratio was studied. It is shown that degradation of deesterified pect...