Solitons in spin-orbit-coupled spin-2 spinor Bose-Einstein condensates.

We investigate the different types of matter-wave solitons in spin-orbit-coupled spin-2 spinor Bose-Einstein condensates. Using mean-field theory and adopting the multiscale perturbation method, the original five-component Gross-Pitaevskii spin-orbit-coupled spin-2 spinor Bose-Einstein condensate model can be reduced to a single effective nonlinear Schrödinger equation, which allows us to find analytical soliton solutions of this system. In this way, for different regimes of the spin-orbit coupling, Raman coupling, and interatomic interactions, we find approximate bright and dark soliton solutions. Particularly, the type of solitons depends on the dispersion properties of the system. When the lowest-energy band has a single-well structure, we find there only exist positive mass bright or dark solitons due to the dispersion coefficient of effective nonlinear Shrödinger equation always positive. However, when the lowest-energy band has a double-well structure, there will appear positive (negative) mass bright or dark solitons because the sign of the dispersion coefficient can be positive (negative) under different momentum. We employ direct numerical simulation of the original five-component Gross-Pitaevskii equations to confirm the analytical results.

[Isolation of Achromobacter xylosoxidans NS12 and degradation of nitrophenols].

A nitrophenols-degrading bacterium, strain NS12, was isolated from a mangrove sediment by enrichment culture under aerobic conditions. Based on the analysis of 16S rDNA gene sequence the isolate was identified as Achromobacter xylosoxidans Strain NS12 was able to metabolize both o-nitrophenol (ONP) and p-nitrophenol (PNP) as the sole source of carbon, energy and nitrogen. However, this strain was not able to use 3-nitrophenol (MNP) as the only source of carbon energy and nitrogen for growth. The study demonstrated that when PNP and ONP occurred as a mixed substrate PNP degradation restrained the degradation of ONP and caused the major carbon source shift from ONP to PNP. Moreover, the results showed nitrophenols could be degraded by the indigenous bacteria in mangrove sediment.

[Degradation of p-nitrophenol by a mangrove bacterial Rhodococcus sp. Ns].

A bacterium capable of utilizing p-nitrophenol (PNP) as the sole nitrogen, carbon, and energy source was isolated from mangrove sediment. This bacterium was confirmed based on 16S rDNA sequence analysis and taxonomic analysis as being a member of the genus Rhodococcus and was designated strain Ns. The strain Ns could tolerate high concentrations of PNP up to 1.5 mmol/L and complete degradation was achieved in four days at 30 degrees C in the dark under aerobic conditions. Biodegradation of PNP quickly occurred at optimal pH above 5.0, and at least 5 per thousand salinity. Bacterial growth on PNP was observed with the simultaneous production of 4-nitrocatechol, which was also degraded by the same bacterium, as a degradation intermediate, Moreover, Rhodococcus sp. Ns was able to also deplete 2-nitrophenol(ONP) as the sole source of carbon, nitrogen and energy, but not 3-nitrophenol. The experimental results show that bacteria indigenous to the natural wetland sediment are capable of complete degradation of PNP and ONP.