M. Beltran-Torres, Rocío Sugich-Miranda, H. Santacruz-Ortega, Karla-Alejandra López-Gastélum, J. F. Ayala-Zavala, F. Rocha-Alonzo, E. Velázquez-Contreras, F. J. Vázquez-Armenta
{"title":"Synthesis and characterization of bismuth(III) complex with an EDTA-based phenylene ligand and its potential as anti-virulence agent","authors":"M. Beltran-Torres, Rocío Sugich-Miranda, H. Santacruz-Ortega, Karla-Alejandra López-Gastélum, J. F. Ayala-Zavala, F. Rocha-Alonzo, E. Velázquez-Contreras, F. J. Vázquez-Armenta","doi":"10.7717/peerj-ichem.4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj-ichem.4","url":null,"abstract":"A new acyclic bismuth complex (Bi-edtabz) was synthesized from a mixture of solutions of the ligand (EDTA-based phenylene) and bismuth under acidic conditions. Its anti-virulence properties were evaluated against Escherichia coli O157: H7, Listeria monocytogenes, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Salmonella enterica sub. enterica serovar Typhimurium and Staphylococcus aureus. The bismuth complex was characterized by NMR, UV-Vis, FTIR, ESI/MS and TG. Furthermore, Bi-edtabz complex at 0.25–1 mM presented better antibiofilm properties against E. coli O157: H7 and S. aureus with values of biomass reduction of 30.1–57.1% and 37.8–55.5%, respectively, compared with the ligand edtabz. While biofilm formation of L. monocytogenes, P. aeruginosa and Salmonella Typhimurium was most impaired by edtabz (biomass reduction of 66.1–100%, 66.4–88.0% and 50.9–67.1%), respectively. Additionally, Bi-edtabz inhibited the swimming motility of E. coli O157: H7 (12.5%) and colony spread of S. aureus (47.2%) at 1 mM and inhibited violacein production, a quorum-sensing related pigment of the biosensor strain Chromobacterium violaceum. Hence, edtabz and the Bi-edtabz complex can be used as novel anti-virulence agents against pathogenic bacteria.","PeriodicalId":103253,"journal":{"name":"PeerJ Inorganic Chemistry","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-07-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130838102","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Xin Jin, Changlu Hu, A. Khan, Shulan Zhang, Xueyun Yang, Li-ge Jia, Ruipu Sun
{"title":"Comparison of fractionation methods for soil phosphorus with soils subjected to various long-term fertilization regimes on a calcareous soil","authors":"Xin Jin, Changlu Hu, A. Khan, Shulan Zhang, Xueyun Yang, Li-ge Jia, Ruipu Sun","doi":"10.7717/peerj-ichem.3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj-ichem.3","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 \u0000 Diverse phosphorus (P) fractionation procedures presented varying soil P fractions, which directly affected P contents and forms, and their biological availability.\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 \u0000 To facilitate the selection of phosphorus (P) fractionation techniques, we compared two procedures based on a long-term experiment on a calcareous soil.\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 \u0000 The soils containing a gradient P levels were sampled from seven treatments predictor under various long-term fertilizations. The P fractions were then separated independently with both fractionation procedures modified by Tiessen-Moir and Jiang-Gu.\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 \u0000 The results showed that the labile P in Jiang-Gu is significantly lower than that in Tiessen-Moir. The iron and aluminium-bounded P were greater in Jiang-Gu by a maximum of 46 mg kg−1 than Tiessen-Moir. Jiang-Gu fractionation gave similar Ca bounded P to that Tiessen-Moir did at low P level but greater contents at high P level. The two methods extracted much comparable total inorganic P. However, Tiessen-Moir method accounted less total organic P than ignition or Jiang-Gu method (the organic P (Po) estimated by subtract the total inorganic P (Pi) in Jiang-Gu fractionation from the total). P uptake by winter wheat was significantly and positively correlated with all phosphorus fractions in Jiang-Gu; Resin-P, NaHCO3-Pi, D. HCl-P, C. HCl-Pi, NaOH-Po, total-Po in Tiessen-Moir; P fraction categories of Ca-P, Fe & Al-P and total-Pi in both fractionations. Path coefficients indicated that Ca2-P in Jiang-Gu, NaHCO3-Pi and D. HCl-P in Tiessen-Moir had the higher and more significant direct contributions to P uptake among P fractions measured.\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 \u0000 Our results suggested that Jiang-Gu procedure is a better predictor in soil P fractionation in calcareous soils, although it gives no results on organic P fractions.\u0000","PeriodicalId":103253,"journal":{"name":"PeerJ Inorganic Chemistry","volume":"57 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-06-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126555387","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Impact of lattice inclusion of Cu and Fe ions on thermal decomposition characteristics of ammonium perchlorate","authors":"Savitha Nair, S. Mathew, Reghunadhan C.P. Nair","doi":"10.7717/peerj-ichem.1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj-ichem.1","url":null,"abstract":"Ammonium perchlorate (AP) is the universal oxidiser in use for all the solid rocket propellant motors used for space exploration due to its high available oxygen content and thermal decomposition without any solid residue. The inclusion of reactive species in AP directly affect the viscoelastic and ballistic properties of the propellant. Variations in lattice configuration of AP change its physical and thermal characteristics dramatically. In the present work AP was doped with Copper perchlorate and Iron perchlorate through co crystallisation. The impact of inclusion of these ionic species in the lattice on the thermal decomposition characteristics of AP was examined. The incorporation affected the physical as well as the ballistic characteristics of the resultant AP. The incorporation of foreign ions into AP crystals significantly changed the crystal morphology. The decomposition temperature decreased vis-a-vis with normal AP. The activation energy remarkably decreased for the doped AP crystals.","PeriodicalId":103253,"journal":{"name":"PeerJ Inorganic Chemistry","volume":"34 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-12-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128161367","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}