(1) The carotenoid pigments from the A11T and NgR9T clones were analyzed and in both the end product of carotenogenesis in M. aurum (leprotene) was detected.
(2) According to the carotenoid pigments contained, the mycobacterial species tested were divided into four groups: the first group of Mycobacterium kansasii and M. marinum, which formed principally only beta-carotene; the second group of M. gordonae, M. scrofulaceum, M. szulgai, M. xenopi, M. flavescens, M. phlei, M. rhodesiae, M. neoaurum, and M. aichiense, which formed beta-carotene and a zeaxanthin-like substance; the third group of M. aurum and M. obuense, which formed beta-carotene and an eschscholtzxanthin-like substance; and the fourth group of M. chubuense and M. tokaiense, which formed beta-carotene and zeaxanthin- and eschscholtzxanthin-like substances.
(3) As well as last week's sale of Aurum, in September Landsbanki sold Hamleys to French toy retailer Groupe Ludendo for a reported £60m.
(4) Southern blot analysis shows that rearrangements take place both in M. aurum and in M. smegmatis.
(5) Three patterns of mycolic acids were obtained: the first, found in M. aurum, M. flavescens, M. phlei, M. rhodesiae and Mycobacterium spp.
(6) The transformation of Mycobacterium aurum and Mycobacterium smegmatis with the Gram-negative RSF1010-derived cosmid pJRD215 is described.
(7) Biosynthetic activity for mycolic acids occurred in an insoluble fraction (40 000 X g pellet) from disrupted cells of Mycobacterium aurum (ATCC 23366-type strain); it produced mycolic acids, but a very small amount of non-hydroxylated fatty acids.
(8) Fashion: French Connection Mosaic Fashions Coast Karen Millen Oasis Odille Principles Shoe Studio Group Warehouse Whistles Jane Norman All Saints Day Birger et Mikkelsen Matthew Williamson Steinunn SD&R Arcticgroup Department stores: Debenhams House of Fraser Illum Magasin Du Nord Souk Saks Food: Iceland Speciality: Hamleys Aurum Goldsmiths Mappin & Webb Watches of Switzerland Wyevale Garden Centres eCommera
(9) Group C strains contained mainly even carbon-numbered dicyclopropanoyl acids with C22- and C24-alpha-units, as shown by M. vaccae and M. aurum.
(10) beta-Carotene was not detected and the major carotene of M. aurum appeared to be leprotene.
(11) Mycobacterium aurum (type strain) was analyzed for its mycolate content.
(12) The method of endolymphatic radiotherapy with radioactive colloid aurum made it possible to give up cytostatic and glucocorticoid therapy and to reduce a dosage of nonsteroid antiinflammatory drugs.
(13) Last week McCarthy negotiated the sale of Aurum, the firm behind jewellery chains Goldsmiths, Mappin & Webb and Watches of Switzerland, to US private equity group Apollo.
(14) The cell envelope architectures and cytoplasmic structures of Mycobacterium aurum CIPT 1210005, M. fortuitum, M. phlei 425, and M. thermoresistible ATCC 19527 were compared by conventional embedding and freeze-substitution methods.
(15) These showed that underlying sales were up 7.4 per cent at Aurum in the last year, although operating profits fell 2.6 per cent to £9.3m after it switched to selling lower-margin watches.
(16) Synchronous cultures of Mycobacterium aurum were used to prove a close relationship between cellular division and active synthesis of mycolic acids (characteristic long-chain 3-hydroxyacids, branched at position 2), confirming previous proposals.
(17) Twenty-nine strains of chromogenic mycobacteria belonging to the species Mycobacterium aurum (5 strains), M. duvalii (2), M. flavescens (1), M. gordonae (6), M. kansasii (3), M. obuense (1), M. parafortuitum (3), M. phlei (2), M. rhodesiae (1), M. vaccae (2) and Mycobacterium spp.
(18) As a control, similar experiments were undertaken by infecting macrophages with gamma ray-killed M. avium and the nonpathogenic live organisms Mycobacterium aurum and Bacillus subtilis.
(19) A new method was developed for the treatment of patients with rheumatic arthritis using therapeutic effect of radioactive colloid aurum in the lower limb lymphatic vessels.
(20) The principal remaining component corresponded to ketomycolates in extracts of Mycobacterium flavescens, Mycobacterium aichiense, Mycobacterium neoaurum, Mycobacterium rhodesiae, Mycobacterium tokaiense and five out of the seven Mycobacterium aurum strains.
Saffron
Definition:
(n.) A bulbous iridaceous plant (Crocus sativus) having blue flowers with large yellow stigmas. See Crocus.
(n.) The aromatic, pungent, dried stigmas, usually with part of the stile, of the Crocus sativus. Saffron is used in cookery, and in coloring confectionery, liquors, varnishes, etc., and was formerly much used in medicine.
(n.) An orange or deep yellow color, like that of the stigmas of the Crocus sativus.
(a.) Having the color of the stigmas of saffron flowers; deep orange-yellow; as, a saffron face; a saffron streamer.
(v. t.) To give color and flavor to, as by means of saffron; to spice.
Example Sentences:
(1) He became an instructor in radar at RAF Debden, near Saffron Walden, Essex, and attained the rank of flying officer.
(2) "As I flew over in the helicopter, it was as if a sea of saffron was beneath me," Modi tells the crowd.
(3) Though he loved acting the host, as he loved all forms of acting, and though his adventurousness with saffron, butter and Calvados was undimmed, Carrier had to sell Hintlesham Hall in 1982.
(4) Is it Iranian tea served with saffron lollipops, brewed with cardamom , or served with kolucheh ?
(5) Midsagittal sections and parahilar sections were stained with hematoxylin-phloxine-saffron for microscopic examination of smooth muscle.
(6) After being turned down by one building society they ended up at Saffron.
(7) The porco bafassá (pork shank marinated for 12 hours in wine, saffron and coconut milk, £6.50) is a house favourite, as is the caldo de pé de galinha com amendoim (chicken foot and peanut soup, £2).
(8) 2 Add the mussels, coconut milk, kale, white wine, saffron water and tamarind.
(9) The crowds gather at 10am – a sea of saffron flags held by millions of marchers dressed in white cotton, the colour of mourning.
(10) Antitumor activity of saffron (Crocus sativus) extract a commonly used spice in India was studied against intraperitoneally transplanted sarcoma-180 (S-180), Ehrlich ascites Carcinoma (EAC) and Dalton's lymphoma ascites (DLA) tumours in mice.
(11) The saffron-robed 45-year-old regularly shares his hate-filled rants through DVD and social media, in which he warns against Muslims who "target innocent young Burmese girls and rape them", and "indulge in cronyism".
(12) And while the saffron cod, which likes warmer seas, would survive this temperature change, seals would have to eat saffron cod at 2.7 times the rate they eat the Arctic cod to get the same amount of fat for the winter – a tough challenge, to say the least.
(13) Saffron, the brand consultants who prepared the report, put the question like this: "How well do cities use their assets – climate, GDP, attractions, safety, infrastructure – to generate buzz?"
(14) The report’s author and director of policy at the health thinktank, Candace Imison, said: “Our research shows that reshaping the NHS workforce can offer huge opportunities … But we stress in our report that this is not simply a ‘nice to do’ – it is urgent and essential if the health service is to find a sustainable balance between available funding, patient needs and staff needs, and delivering services fit for the 21st century.” Saffron Cordery, director of policy and strategy for NHS Providers, welcomed the idea of retraining existing staff.
(15) In the middle of the fracas, unperturbed, a self-proclaimed holy man in a bright saffron woolly hat waved a legal petition.
(16) Every evening, outside the Vrindavan headquarters of the RSS, around 30 boys sing, pray and drill in front of a saffron flag.
(17) In November 2010, three years after a new wave of bloodily repressed protests dubbed the saffron revolution and to the surprise of virtually all observers, Aung San Suu Kyi was released .
(18) Dressed in his customary wine and saffron coloured robes, the Dalai Lama will – if he sticks to form – start by telling the audience: “I am a human being, just one among the 7 billion alive today.” His message of compassion, humanity, love, harmony, forgiveness, tolerance and peace – delivered amid beaming smiles – is guaranteed a rapturous reception.
(19) Simply loading up providers with savings targets and exhorting them to try harder won’t work,” said Saffron Cordery, the head of policy at NHS Providers, which represents hospitals.
(20) A time when you couldn't bulk-buy cheap meat, produce crap food with it, and sell it every few yards along every high street, and outside every school, until loads of us are waddling about, obese and poorly, or malnourished, while others are swanning into Heston Blumenthal restaurants to eat "meat fruit" (c 1500) which is mandarin, chicken liver & foie gras parfait or "rice & flesh" (c 1390) which is made with saffron, calf tail & red wine.