293 resultados para Amphiura filiformis
The characterization of a thermostable and cambialistic superoxide dismutase from thermus filiformis
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The superoxide dismutase (TfSOD) gene from the extremely thermophilic bacterium Thermus filiformis was cloned and expressed at high levels in mesophilic host. The purified enzyme displayed approximately 25 kDa band in the SDS-PAGE, which was further confirmed as TfSOD by mass spectrometry. The TfSOD was characterized as a cambialistic enzyme once it had enzymatic activity with either manganese or iron as cofactor. TfSOD showed thermostability at 65, 70 and 80°C. The amount of enzyme required to inhibit 50% of pyrogallol autoxidation was 0·41, 0·56 and 13·73 mg at 65, 70 and 80°C, respectively. According to the circular dichroism (CD) spectra data, the secondary structure was progressively lost after increasing the temperature above 70°C. The 3-dimensional model of TfSOD with the predicted cofactor binding corroborated with functional and CD analysis. © 2013 The Society for Applied Microbiology.
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O gênero Micrurus reúne serpentes de hábitos semi-fossoriais, terrestres e semiaquáticos, distribuídas desde o Sul dos Estados Unidos até o Sul da Argentina. Entre as cerca de 66 espécies atualmente válidas, 25 são registradas para a Amazônia brasileira. Com o objetivo de ampliar o conhecimento das serpentes do gênero Micrurus na Amazônia brasileira, foram levantados neste trabalho dados de lepidose, hemipênis e distribuição geográfica de 544 exemplares de 11 espécies. O presente trabalho compreende dois capítulos. O primeiro capítulo apresenta uma descrição comparativa dos hemipênis de 11 espécies de Micrurus. Baseado nos resultados obtidos nas análises dos exemplares foi elaborada diagnose, padrão de desenho e coloração, descrição e representação do hemipênis e mapa de distribuição geográfica para cada táxon. Neste capítulo são apresentadas descrições inéditas dos hemipênis de M. hemprichii ortoni e M. paraensis além de variações morfológicas até então não descritas da morfologia hemipeniana das espécies. O segundo capítulo apresenta uma descrição mais detalhada de duas espécies, M. filiformis e M. paraensis, com base na morfologia externa e do hemipênis.
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Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP)
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Dataset containing macrobenthos data for samples collected during April 2008 in the North-West Black Sea (between 44°46' - 43°45' N latitude and 30° 11' - 29°35' E longitude). Macrobenthos sampling was done in 4 stations using a 0.14 m**2 Van Veen grab. Washing of the sample through two sieves - 1 mm and 0.25 mm mesh size; the material retained by the two sieves was examined at the binocular microscope; all animals were extracted, using fine tweezers and the species or group of species were identified and counted (in order to determine the density of populations); the larger organisms were measured and weighed (structure and biomass); for smaller organisms, the average wet weights inscribed in standard tables were used to calculate the biomass. Taxonomic identification was done at the GeoEcoMar by A. Teaca and T. Begun using the relevant taxonomic literature (Key-book for the identification of the Black Sea and Sea of Azov Fauna, 1968 -1972, Kiev - in Russian, V 1-4; BACESCU, M.C., MÜLLER, G. I., GOMOIU, M.-T., 1971 and BACESCU, M.C., MÜLLER, G. I., GOMOIU, M.-T., 1971-Benthic ecological research to Black Sea. Comparative quantitative and qualitative analyse of pontic benthic fauna. Marine Ecology, 4, 1-357 (in Romanian).