POSSIBLE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SOME ALLERGENS (POLLENS, MITES) AND CERTAIN MICROORGANISMS (BACTERIA AND FUNGI) A Morphological Study using the Scanning Electron-Microscope

Allergy ◽  
1973 ◽  
Vol 28 (4) ◽  
pp. 283-295 ◽  
Author(s):  
HELGE COLLDAHL ◽  
LENNART NILSSON
Author(s):  
Susan B.G. Debaene ◽  
John S. Gardner ◽  
Phil S. Allen

The coleorhiza is a nonvascular sheath that encloses the embryonic radicle in Poaceae, and is generally the first tissue to emerge during germination. Delicate hairlike extensions develop from some coleorhiza cells prior to radicle emergence. Similar to root hairs, coleorhiza hairs are extremely sensitive to desiccation and are damaged by exposure to negative water potentials. The coleorhiza of Lolium perenne is somewhat spherical when first visible, after which a knob forms at a right angle to the caryopsis due to inner pressure from the elongating radicle. This knob increases in length until the radicle finally punctures the coleorhiza. Standard fixation procedures cause severe desiccation of coleorhiza cells and hairs, making morphological study of the coleorhiza difficult. This study was conducted to determine a more successful process for coleorhiza preservation.


2016 ◽  
Vol 1133 ◽  
pp. 175-179
Author(s):  
Azlinda Abdul Ghani ◽  
Ragunathan Santiagoo ◽  
Tunku Alisha Zanariah Tunku Ozir ◽  
Sam Sung Ting ◽  
Hanafi Ismail

Polypropylene (PP)/ recycled acrylonitrile butadiene rubber (NBRr)/ banana skin powder (BSP) composites were studied. Different BSP filer loading (5, 10, 15,20,25,30 wt. %) were prepared by using heated two roll mill at 180 °C. Then, the composites were tested for functional group using FTIR model Perkin Elmer Series 2. Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscope (VPFESEM) model Zeiss SUPRA 35VP also were using for morphological study. The effect of 3-aminopropyltrimethoxysilane (APS) as coupling agent were evaluated.The FTIR test shows different bands around 3200-3500 and 1740 cm-1 which represent the stretching of OH and C=O groups respectively. As for BSP which composed mostly of cellulose, hemicelluloses and lignin, the cellulose backbone C-OH is represent by the peaks of 1050 and 1048 cm-1 respectively. The γ-APS intense band around 1167 cm-1 and 1098 cm-1 in treated composite was assigned to the stretching of the-Si-O-Cellulose and –Si-O-Si-bond respectively. The large band around 1050 cm-1 found on BSP filler was attribute to the –Si-OH group which later this band will disappear after the surface modification. This evidenced that bonding between γ-APS treated BSP with PP/NBRr matrices. Morphological study supported this finding which BSP filler treated with γ-APS has improved the adhesion between BSP filler and PP/NBRr matrices.


1977 ◽  
Vol 109 (3) ◽  
pp. 477-479
Author(s):  
J. J. B. Smith ◽  
W. G. Friend

Special techniques are necessary to study the morphology of complex chitinous structures such as insect mouthparts. Many of the details are beyond the resolution of light microscopy, and the methods of conventional electron microscopy do not include the efficient production of serial sections for reconstruction. Although the scanning electron microscope (SEM) permits detailed observation of 3-dimensional surfaces, it cannot see internal surfaces and under complex folds, nor can it readily show the thickness of solid structures. To study the details of the stylet tips of the bug Rhodnius prolixus (Stål) several techniques were tried. Initially, specimens had been embedded in paraffin wax, sectioned, dewaxed, and prepared for the scanning electron microscope. Because of difficulties in sectioning the hard stylets and poor preservation of fine structure, this method was abandoned in favour of one using thick sections (2 μm) of material embedded in a mixture of Epon and Araldite.


Author(s):  
R. E. Ferrell ◽  
G. G. Paulson

The pore spaces in sandstones are the result of the original depositional fabric and the degree of post-depositional alteration that the rock has experienced. The largest pore volumes are present in coarse-grained, well-sorted materials with high sphericity. The chief mechanisms which alter the shape and size of the pores are precipitation of cementing agents and the dissolution of soluble components. Each process may operate alone or in combination with the other, or there may be several generations of cementation and solution.The scanning electron microscope has ‘been used in this study to reveal the morphology of the pore spaces in a variety of moderate porosity, orthoquartzites.


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