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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Thursday, April 18, 1968
Photo by Mike Walker
WHERE HAS ALL THE LAWN GONE?
What once was grass and flowers has succumbed to progress, in the form of a three-story addition being started at the Alpha Phi sorority house, 1602 High Drive. The addition, which will include a new dining room, kitchen and study rooms, is scheduled for completion this fall. Formal ground-breaking ceremonies will be May 19.
Openings left for MAT fellowships
There are several openings left for prospective teacher graduate fellowships for the Master of Arts in teaching degree program at KU, Ambrose Saricks, associate dean of the Graduate School, announced.
There are eight fellowships in English for next year. This is more than any other university in the country. There are six fellowships in social sciences, and four for German.
The fellowships are funded by Title V of the Higher Education Act of 1965. They can be renewed for a second year and are for $2,-000 the first year, and $2,200 for the second year. Allowances for dependents and summer study are also made.
The KU program leads to the MAT degree-master of arts in teaching.
Bacteria study boosted by grant
The smell of "rotten eggs" (sulphur) is a familiar odor to six KU scientists studying sulfate-reducing bacteria.
"These bacteria are found in many places, such as sulphur springs," Akagi said. "They are especially familiar near the sea, where buildings and ships painted with lead-base paints turn black when these bacteria change substances in the paint to lead sulfate."
The bacteria being studied live without oxygen, said Akagi. They reduce sulfates in order to live.
James M. Akagi, professor of microbiology and holder of the research career development award of the National Institutes of Health, is director of the study, now entering its sixth year. A recent grant of $26,854 from the National Institutes of Allergy and Infectious Diseases brings total U.S. Public Health Service support of the project for a ten-year period to more than $151,000.
Akagi and his researchers are studying two unique sulfate-reducing bacteria. Desulsovidrio lives in normal climates, and desulsotomaculum requires a temperature of approximately 131 degrees Fahrenheit in order to grow and reproduce.
"The bacteria are specially important in the petroleum industry since they impede the secondary recovery of oil," Akagi said. "The bacteria break down many petroleum by-products into useless fuel."
The scientists study the enzymes which are biological catalysts in the reactions of the bacteria, and the electron carriers of these organisms which are similar to carriers found in other processes, such as photosynthesis.
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