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Sulphate

sulphate

(Science: chemistry) A salt of sulphuric acid.

Origin: NL. Sulphas, sulphatis, fr. L. Sulphur, sulfur, brimstone, sulphur: cf. F. Sulfate.


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... between many different respiratory pathways, using different electron acceptors apart from oxygen, such as nitrogen, nitrite and nitrate, and even sulphate, which also allows some to live deep within the human gut. There are also special appendages, such as fimbriae which allows attachment to the ...

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by Sepals
Thu Feb 19, 2009 2:14 pm
 
Forum: Microbiology
Topic: Why is bacteria good?
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Protein Precipitation

... did a lab on protein precipitation and we used various reagents to precipitate the proteins from a standard protein solution. When I added copper sulphate solution and lead acetate solution, I got a white precipitate for both. I know that heavy metal ions are supposed to precipitate proteins out ...

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by Elinor
Thu Oct 16, 2008 3:45 am
 
Forum: Molecular Biology
Topic: Protein Precipitation
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Question on anaerobic respiration

... be production of variuos inorganic compouds depending on electron acceptor (in fermentation it is, for example, pyruvate, and in other case can be sulphate or nitrate ions).

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by MisterATP
Sun Oct 05, 2008 7:05 am
 
Forum: Cell Biology
Topic: Question on anaerobic respiration
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Inhibitors

... that even after reading all the descriptions I had no idea where this would go. There are 2 parts to my question: 1. Are Lead Nitrate and Zinc Sulphate noncompetitive inhibitors? 2. Why is lead nitrate better at acting as an inhibitor? What generally makes some inhibitors better than others ...

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by Dominf
Sun Apr 06, 2008 11:11 pm
 
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Inhibitors
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Inhibition

Im currently doing biology coursework on the effect of the concentration of copper sulphate on amylase. A website told me that copper sulphate was a non competitive irreversible inhibitor, is this true? Im confused!

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by abbie2010
Sat Feb 09, 2008 11:20 am
 
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Inhibition
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