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In rats, this dose was 1000 mg/kg/day, which is approximately 24 times a human dose of 200 mg twice daily based on mg/m 2 /day. In rabbits, the highest dose tested was 90 mg/kg/day, which is approximately four times a human dose of 200 mg twice daily based on mg/m 2 /day. This dose produced severe maternal toxicity and resulted in fetal ...
Biogas is the ultimate waste product of the bacteria feeding off the input biodegradable feedstock [112] (the methanogenesis stage of anaerobic digestion is performed by archaea, a micro-organism on a distinctly different branch of the phylogenetic tree of life to bacteria), and is mostly methane and carbon dioxide, [113] [114] with a small ...
Catalase is a common enzyme found in nearly all living organisms exposed to oxygen (such as bacteria, plants, and animals) which catalyzes the decomposition of hydrogen peroxide to water and oxygen. [5] It is a very important enzyme in protecting the cell from oxidative damage by reactive oxygen species (ROS).
Those bacteria that stick firmly to the walls forming a biofilm are difficult to study under chemostat conditions. Mixing may not truly be uniform, upsetting the "static" property of the chemostat. Dripping the media into the chamber actually results in small pulses of nutrients and thus oscillations in concentrations, again upsetting the ...
In November 2020 the Journal of Hospital Infection published a study on benzalkonium chloride formulations; it was found that laboratory and commercial disinfectants with as little as 0.13% benzalkonium chloride inactivated the SARS-CoV-2 virus within 15 seconds of contact, even in the presence of a soil or hard water. [13]
It is found in soil, water, skin flora, and most human-made environments throughout the world. As a facultative anaerobe , P. aeruginosa thrives in diverse habitats. It uses a wide range of organic material for food; in animals, its versatility enables the organism to infect damaged tissues or those with reduced immunity.
The n-octanol-water partition coefficient, K ow is a partition coefficient for the two-phase system consisting of n-octanol and water. [1] K ow is also frequently referred to by the symbol P, especially in the English literature. It is also called n-octanol-water partition ratio. [2] [3] [4]
The tissue response (y-axis) to an agonist, in log concentration (x-axis), in the presence of different antagonist concentrations. The EC 50 of the agonist is represented by the x co-ordinate that corresponds with the half-maximum of the leftmost curve.