Physiologie des Phenolabbaus bei Rhodococcus spec. P1. Teil 2: Untersuchungen zur Regulation des Phenolabbaus

The phenol-degrading system which can be induced in Rhodococcus spec. P 1 brings about the metabolization of phenol via the β-ketoadipate path (ortho-cleavage of catechol). For the more precise characterization of the degradation performance investigations were made into the influences of different carbon sources: glucose, galactose, ribose, arabinose, xylose, acetate, citricacid, mandelic acid, protocatechoic acid, glycerol, tryptophane, phenylalanine and the complex substrate of nutrient broth as well as succinate, catechol and benzoate. Only the three last-named substances show an influence: succinate inhibits only the synthesis of phenol hydroxylase, catechol and benzoate inhibit the synthesis and activity of phenol hydroxylase. As a comparison of the results with literature shows, even at the same path of degradation there are different regulating mechanismus in the different microorganisms.     

Asthenospheric parameters of dipping plate regions by magnetotelluric investigations

The multifrequency resolving capability of the electromagnetic surface impedance parameter, employed in magnetotelluric investigations, has been examined for an upper mantle model incorporating (1) a deep-seated lithosphere-asthenosphere boundary and (2) preferred orientations of olivine crystals in the lithosphere, usually associated with the subducting plate boundary zones. Numerical results display the quantitative errors in the resolution of various anisotropic and dipping plate conditions. It is found that (1) conductivity anisotropy, particularly with higher dips, causes a significant dispersion in the impedance values and higher resolving power, and (2) variations in the geometrical/physical parameters are reflected predominantly in the phase component of the surface impedance. The study has relevance to the understanding of the electrical nature of materials, its relationship with physical properties and associated geothermal and seismic activities in the dipping plate regions.     

Dissolution kinetics of fosteritic olivine at 90-150 °C including effects of the presence of CO2

The steady state dissolution rate of San Carlos olivine [Mg_1.82Fe_0.18 SiO₄] in dilute aqueous solutions was measured at 90, 120, and 150 °C and pH ranging from 2 to 12.5. Dissolution experiments were performed in a stirred flow-through reactor, under either a nitrogen or carbon dioxide atmosphere at pressures between 15 and 180 bar. Low pH values were achieved either by adding HCl to the solution or by pressurising the reactor with CO₂, whereas high pH values were achieved by adding LiOH. Dissolution was stoichiometric for almost all experiments except for a brief start-up period. At all three temperatures, the dissolution rate decreases with increasing pH at acidic to neutral conditions with a slope of close to 0.5; by regressing all data for 2 ? pH ? 8.5 and 90 °C ? T ? 150 °C together, the following correlation for the dissolution rate in CO₂-free solutions is obtained:

     

Distribution and accumulation rate of ore elements in Holocene and Late Glacial Sediments of the Deryugin Basin,Sea of Okhotsk

Results of the study of contents and accumulation rates of Fe, Mn, and a number of trace elements in Upper Quaternary sediments of the Deryugin Basin are presented. Maps of the average contents and accumulation rates of excess Fe, Mn, Zn, Ba, Ni, Pb, Cu, and Mo in sediments of the first oxygen isotope stage (OIS) have been plotted. Anomalous contents and accumulation rates are confined to peripheral zones of the Deryugin sedimentary basin and large fracture zones. Different mechanisms of the influence of fluid-dynamic processes on the rate of hydrogenic and biogenic accumulation of ore elements are assumed.Translated from Litologiya i Poleznye Iskopaemye, No. 2, 2005, pp. 115–132.Original Russian Text Copyright © 2005 by Astakhov, Gorbarenko, Bakhareva, Gretskaya, Sattarova.     

Experience in CCD Spectrocolorimetry of Lunar-Surface Regions

Panoramic scans of two lunar regions (Aristarchus–Herodotus and Plato craters) were obtained with a CCD camera and spectrograph to determine a range of actual color differences. The color differences expressed in color–excess (CE) units and determined as the intensity ratios for lunar features at 440 and 550 nm are mainly less than 0.1^m. The color–albedo dependence is revealed only in separate clusters and is not the same in different parts of each region under consideration. This special feature of crater Aristarchus is confirmed; that is, in spite of its high albedo, the color in the crater is intermediate within the general range of color differences.