Disease relevance of Sphagnopsida

• After three growing seasons, Sphagnum samples were analyzed for heterotrophic bacteria, cyanobacteria, microalgae, heterotrophic flagellates, ciliates, testate amoebae, fungi, nematodes, and rotifers [1].
• In addition, Roundup Biactive and Roundup were spiked into a clean sediment which was amended with appropriate amounts of peat moss to study the effect of different organic carbon levels (0, 0.4, 1.2, and 2.1%) on their sediment toxicity, with C. dubia exposed to overlying water or porewater prepared from the contaminated sediments [2].

High impact information on Sphagnopsida

• Antibody against tubulin from porcine brain was used to examine the distribution of tubulin in developing spermatids of Polytrichum and mature spermatozoids of Sphagnum [3].
• The ecology of testate amoebae (Protists) in sphagnum in North-western Poland in relation to peatland ecology [4].
• Asparagine clearly acted as the major storage compound for nitrogen in Sphagnum stem tissue, whereas arginine fulfilled this function to a lesser extent in the capitulum [5].
• Methylocapsa acidiphila gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel methane-oxidizing and dinitrogen-fixing acidophilic bacterium from Sphagnum bog [6].
• Instead 4-isopropenylphenol, a characteristic pyrolysis product of Sphagnum moss, was detected in both solvent-extracted and base-treated samples of tissue [7].

Biological context of Sphagnopsida

• The effects of Sphagnum and urban runoff on the bioavailability of metals were tested by adding PbCl2 and ZnCl2 to laboratory microcosms constructed of peat substrate with or without live Sphagnum spp. and planted with Acer rubrum L. seedlings or Vaccinium macrocarpon Ait. shoots [8].
• A hydrophilic polyurethane foam was used to immobilise dried sphagnum moss as a polymer/biomass matrix [9].

Associations of Sphagnopsida with chemical compounds

• A comparison of the properties of polyurethane immobilised Sphagnum moss, seaweed, sunflower waste and maize for the biosorption of Cu, Pb, Zn and Ni in continuous flow packed columns [10].
• Sphagnum fuscum moss as an indicator of atmospheric cadmium deposition across Canada [11].
• CONCLUSIONS: Ozone responses in the Sphagnum mosses were comparable to typical ozone stress symptoms of higher plants, and indicated sensitivity especially in S. angustifolium [12].
• Investigation of the volume of precipitation and amounts of sulphate and chloride passing through the Sphagnum mats in the southern Pennines, as compared to that collected in adjacent bulk deposition gauges, showed that conventional deposition monitoring grossly underestimates rates of deposition to vegetation [13].
• Sphagnum capillifolium mats, transplanted from an unpolluted site to the polluted southern Pennines in England, also initially retained a large proportion of deposited nitrate and ammonium [13].

Gene context of Sphagnopsida

• The presence of peat moss decreased soybean oil-stimulated RDX mineralization by approximately 5%, but resulted in about 5% greater RDX mineralization compared with molasses only [14].
• Batch adsorption studies using various ratios of bentonite in the mixture showed that the adsorption of PCP decreased linearly with increased amount of bentonite in the mixture, indicating that adsorption of PCP by the peat moss portion of the mixture was the dominant process [15].

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