Novel South African Rare Actinomycete Kribbell speibonae Strain SK5: A Prolific Producer of Hydroxamate Siderophores Including Dehydroxylated Congeners

Abstract In this paper, we report on the chemistry of the rare South African Actinomycete Kribbella speibonae strain SK5, a prolific producer of hydroxamate siderophores and their congeners. Two new analogues, dehydroxylated desferrioxamines, speibonoxamine 1 and desoxy-desferrioxamine D1 2, have been isolated, together with four known hydroxamates, desferrioxamine D1 3, desferrioxamine B 4, desoxy-nocardamine 5 and nocardamine 6, and a...

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Novel South African Rare Actinomycete Kribbella speibonae Strain SK5: A Prolific Producer of Hydroxamate Siderophores Including New Dehydroxylated Congeners

Kojo Sekyi Acquah, Denzil R. Beukes , Digby F. Warner, Paul R. Meyers, Suthananda N. Sunassee , Fleurdeliz Maglangit, Hai Deng , Marcel Jaspars and David W. Gammon Abstract In this paper, we report on the chemistry of the rare South African Actinomycete Kribbella speibonae strain SK5, a prolific producer of hydroxamate siderophores and their congeners. Two new analogues, dehydroxylated desferrioxamines, speibonoxamine 1 and...

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Effect of the MV Saint Thomas Aquinas Oil Spill on Zooplankton Composition and Abundance in Mactan Island, Cebu, The Philippines

Mary Joyce L. Flores, Judith R. Silapan and Brisneve EdullantesDepartment of Biology and Environmental Science, College of Science, University of the Philippines Cebu, Lahug, Cebu City Abstract A survey of zooplankton composition and abundance was conductedon four nearshore waters last May 2014, 9 months after the oil spill by the passenger vessel “MV Saint Thomas Aquinas.” Samples from three sites hypothesized to represent different degrees of...

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His Other Man: Straight Men’s Romantic Relationships with Homosexual Partners

Jonathan de la Cerna, Karl Jade Cosido Psychology Department, University of the Philippines Cebu [email protected], [email protected] Abstract The literature on same-sex relationship is filled with studies pertaining to homosexual men. Few works have been done accounting the perspective of straight men who are involved in same-sex relationships. Drawing from 23 self-identified straight men who are and have been in romantic relationships...

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Defining Quality Higher Education
in an Emerging Economy: A Case of Cebu, Philippines

by Felix S. Aca-ac Jr., Isabelle Sofia M. Baes, Angela Gabrielle Balbuena, Divine Grace Cañon, Romina Pauline P. Justiniani, Ikecraig Jean Laoagan, and Tiffany Adelaine Tan* Abstract For a robust economy, unemployment may be caused by job-mismatch, and job-mismatch is often associated with unemployable degree holders. A possible reason for this mismatch is the lack of a standard definition of what is quality higher education (HE) from the...

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PhotoKwento: Co-constructing Women’s Narratives of Disaster Recovery. Disasters

Kaira Zoe Alburo-Cañete Abstract A recent appraisal of disaster studies undertaken over the past 40 years draws attention to the urgency of advancing different epistemologies that reflect local realities of disaster experiences and of developing appropriate instruments with which to do so. This paper argues that feminist methods and perspectives can contribute greatly to this important endeavour of promoting epistemic diversity in research on...

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