Surface modification of basalt fiber with organic/inorganic composites for biofilm carrier used in wastewater treatment

X Zhang, X Zhou, H Ni, X Rong, Q Zhang… - ACS Sustainable …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Support carrier constitutes the technical core of biofilm processes in wastewater treatment. In
this study, basalt fiber (BF) was modified by grafting an organic/inorganic composite …

Identification of a metabolic disposal route for the oncometabolite S-(2-succino) cysteine in Bacillus subtilis

TD Niehaus, J Folz, DR McCarty, AJL Cooper… - Journal of Biological …, 2018 - ASBMB
Cellular thiols such as cysteine spontaneously and readily react with the respiratory
intermediate fumarate, resulting in the formation of stable S-(2-succino)-adducts. Fumarate …

A real-time simultaneous measurement on a microfluidic device for individual bacteria discrimination

H Yasaki, T Yasui, T Yanagida, N Kaji, M Kanai… - Sensors and Actuators B …, 2018 - Elsevier
Rapid detection of pathogenic bacteria is one of the important social issues for preventing
and identifying cause of problems affecting human health. Ionic current sensing through …

High-frequency, dielectric spectroscopy for the detection of electrophysiological/biophysical differences in different bacteria types and concentrations

M Russel, M Sophocleous, S JiaJia, W Xu, L Xiao… - Analytica chimica …, 2018 - Elsevier
This paper describes a novel technique to quantify and identify bacterial cultures of Bacillus
Subtilis (2.10–1.30× 10 9 CFU mL− 1) and Escherichia Coli (1.60–1.00× 10 9 CFU mL− 1) …

Gold nanoparticles with ligand/zwitterion hybrid layer for individual counting of Influenza A H1N1 subtype using resistive pulse sensing

Y Horiguchi, T Goda, A Matsumoto, H Takeuchi… - Langmuir, 2018 - ACS Publications
Resistive pulse sensing (RPS) is an analytical technique for detecting particles with nano-to
micrometer diameters, such as proteins, viruses, and bacteria. RPS is a promising tool for …

Acceleration of bursty multiprotein target search kinetics on DNA by colocalisation

P Kar, AG Cherstvy, R Metzler - Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
Proteins are capable of locating specific targets on DNA by employing a facilitated diffusion
process with intermittent 1D and 3D search steps. Gene colocalisation and coregulation—ie …

Robust ionic current sensor for bacterial cell size detection

H Yasaki, T Shimada, T Yasui, T Yanagida, N Kaji… - ACS …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Ionic current sensing methods are useful tools for detecting sub-to several-micron scale
particles such as bacteria. However, conventional commercially available ionic current …

Pre-concentration and separation of bacteria by volume coupling electrophoresis on supercritical water-etched fused silica capillary with two segments of different …

M Horká, P Karásek, M Roth, F Růžička - Analytical and bioanalytical …, 2018 - Springer
The transient isotachophoretic stacking and sweeping was used for the on-line large-volume
sample pre-concentration of bacteria, Escherichia coli and Staphylococcus aureus cells …

Mechanical pressure, surface excess, and polar order of a dilute rod-like nanoswimmer suspension: role of swimmer–wall interactions

Z Wang, YF Chen, HY Chen, YJ Sheng, HK Tsao - Soft Matter, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
The mechanical pressure, surface excess, and polar order of a dilute rod-like nanoswimmer
suspension confined by two parallel plates are explored by dissipative particle dynamics …

A changeable lab-on-a-chip detector for marine nonindigenous microorganisms in ship's ballast water

MM Maw, X Pan, Z Peng, Y Wang, L Zhao, B Dai… - Micromachines, 2018 - mdpi.com
The spread and invasion of many nonindigenous species in the ship's ballast water around
the world has been a hazard and threat to ecology, economy, and human health. The rapid …