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A new mutation in the pufL gene responsible for the terbutryn resistance phenotype in Rubrivivax gelatinosus
AbstractRubrivivax gelatinosus is a facultative phototrophic non-sulfur bacterium belonging to the β subclass of the purple bacteria. A terbutryn-resistant mutant of R. gelatinosus has been isolated and characterized. Increased resistance levels to terbutryn (300-fold), atrazine (6-fold) and o-phenanthroline (3-fold) were observed for the mutant compared with wild type. Sequence analysis of the mutant revealed a new mutation in the pufL gene coding for the L subunit of the reaction centre (RC) at codon 192 leading to an amino-acid substitution from Gly in the wild type to Asp in the mutant. This substitution is located in the D helix of the L subunit, suggesting an interaction between terbutryn and this part of the polypeptide in the RC of R. gelatinosus. This is the first report of a mutation leading to herbicide resistance and affecting the D helix in purple bacteria. Furthermore R. gelatinosus wild type is highly sensitive to o-phenanthroline compared with other purple bacteria (Rhodobacter capsulatus and Rhodobacter sphaeroides). Sequence comparison of the L subunit from six purple bacteria in which o-phenanthroline sensitivity was measured suggests that SerL226 might be responsible for this phenotype
Comments on scalar-tensor representation of nonlocally corrected gravity
The scalar-tensor representation of nonlocally corrected gravity is
considered. Some special solutions of the vacuum background equations were
obtained that indicate to the nonequivalence of the initial theory and its
scalar-tensor representation.Comment: 6 pages, refs adde
Photometry of supernovae in an image series : methods and application to the Supernova Legacy Survey (SNLS)
We present a technique to measure lightcurves of time-variable point sources
on a spatially structured background from imaging data. The technique was
developed to measure light curves of SNLS supernovae in order to infer their
distances. This photometry technique performs simultaneous PSF photometry at
the same sky position on an image series. We describe two implementations of
the method: one that resamples images before measuring fluxes, and one which
does not. In both instances, we sketch the key algorithms involved and present
the validation using semi-artificial sources introduced in real images in order
to assess the accuracy of the supernova flux measurements relative to that of
surrounding stars. We describe the methods required to anchor these PSF fluxes
to calibrated aperture catalogs, in order to derive SN magnitudes. We find a
marginally significant bias of 2 mmag of the after-resampling method, and no
bias at the mmag accuracy for the non-resampling method. Given surrounding star
magnitudes, we determine the systematic uncertainty of SN magnitudes to be less
than 1.5 mmag, which represents about one third of the current photometric
calibration uncertainty affecting SN measurements. The SN photometry delivers
several by-products: bright star PSF flux mea- surements which have a
repeatability of about 0.6%, as for aperture measurements; we measure relative
astrometric positions with a noise floor of 2.4 mas for a single-image bright
star measurement; we show that in all bands of the MegaCam instrument, stars
exhibit a profile linearly broadening with flux by about 0.5% over the whole
brightness range.Comment: Accepted for publication in A&A. 20 page
Scaling attractors for quintessence in flat universe with cosmological term
For evolution of flat universe, we classify late time and future attractors
with scaling behavior of scalar field quintessence in the case of potential,
which, at definite values of its parameters and initial data, corresponds to
exact scaling in the presence of cosmological constant.Comment: 11 pages, 16 eps-figures, revtex4, reference with comment adde
Cosmological constraints on unparticle dark matter
In unparticle dark matter (unmatter) models the equation of state of the
unmatter is given by , where is the scaling factor.
Unmatter with such equations of state would have a significant impact on the
expansion history of the universe. Using type Ia supernovae (SNIa), the baryon
acoustic oscillation (BAO) measurements and the shift parameter of the cosmic
microwave background (CMB) to place constraints on such unmatter models we find
that if only the SNIa data is used the constraints are weak. However, with the
BAO and CMB shift parameter data added strong constraints can be obtained. For
the UDM model, in which unmatter is the sole dark matter, we find that
at 95% C.L. For comparison, in most unparticle physics models it is
assumed . For the CUDM model, in which unmatter co-exists with
cold dark matter, we found that the unmatter can at most make up a few percent
of the total cosmic density if , thus it can not be the major component
of dark matter.Comment: Replaced with revised version. BAO data is added to make a tighter
constraint. Version accepted for publication on Euro.Phys.J.
Can hyperbolic phase of Brans-Dicke field account for Dark Matter?
We show that the introduction of a hyperbolic phase for Brans-Dicke (BD)
field results in a flat vacuum cosmological solution of Hubble parameter H and
fractional rate of change of BD scalar field, F which asymptotically approach
constant values. At late stages, hyperbolic phase of BD field behaves like dark
matter
Finite bounded expanding white hole universe without dark matter
The solution of Einstein's field equations in Cosmological General Relativity
(CGR), where the Galaxy is at the center of a finite yet bounded spherically
symmetrical isotropic gravitational field, is identical with the unbounded
solution. This leads to the conclusion that the Universe may be viewed as a
finite expanding white hole. The fact that CGR has been successful in
describing the distance modulus verses redshift data of the high-redshift type
Ia supernovae means that the data cannot distinguish between unbounded models
and those with finite bounded radii of at least . Also it is shown that
the Universe is spatially flat at the current epoch and has been at all past
epochs where it was matter dominated.Comment: 11 pages, revised versio
Dark Viscous Fluid coupled with Dark Matter and future singularity
We study effects of viscous fluid coupled with dark matter in our universe.
We consider bulk viscosity in the cosmic fluid and we suppose the existence of
a coupling between fluid and dark matter, in order to reproduce a stable de
Sitter universe protected against future-time singularities. More general
inhomogeneous fluids are studied related to future singularities.Comment: 11 page
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