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Gerald L. Newton

Biology Department University of California San Diego
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The use of fly larvae for organic waste treatment

H Čičková, GL Newton, RC Lacy, M Kozánek - Waste management, 2015 - Elsevier
The idea of using fly larvae for processing of organic waste was proposed almost 100 years
ago. Since then, numerous laboratory studies have shown that several fly species are well …

Biosynthesis and Functions of Mycothiol, the Unique Protective Thiol of Actinobacteria

GL Newton, N Buchmeier… - … and Molecular Biology …, 2008 - Am Soc Microbiol
Mycothiol (MSH; AcCys-GlcN-Ins) is the major thiol found in Actinobacteria and has many of
the functions of glutathione, which is the dominant thiol in other bacteria and eukaryotes but …

Water quality and the grazing animal

RK Hubbard, GL Newton, GM Hill - Journal of animal science, 2004 - academic.oup.com
Grazing animals and pasture production can affect water quality both positively and negatively.
Good management practices for forage production protect the soil surface from erosion …

A value added manure management system using the black soldier fly

DC Sheppard, GL Newton, SA Thompson… - Bioresource …, 1994 - Elsevier
A manure management system for laying hens using the black soldier fly, Hermetia illucens (L.)
converted manure to a 42% protein, 35% fat feedstuff, reduced manure accumulation by …

Distribution of thiols in microorganisms: mycothiol is a major thiol in most actinomycetes

GL Newton, K Arnold, MS Price, C Sherrill… - Journal of …, 1996 - Am Soc Microbiol
… The cell extraction procedure is a slight modification of the procedure described by Fahey
and Newton (7). Freshly harvested or frozen cells (200 mg) were transferred to preweighed 1.5…

Dried Hermetia Illucens Larvae Meal as a Supplement for Swine

GL Newton, CV Booram, RW Barker… - Journal of Animal …, 1977 - academic.oup.com
A digestion trial and a palatability trial were conducted to evaluate dried, ground soldier fly (Hermetia
illucens) larvae as a dietary supplement for swine. After processing, the larvae, …

Analysis of biological thiols: derivatization with monobromobimane and separation by reverse-phase high-performance liquid chromatography

GL Newton, R Dorian, RC Fahey - Analytical biochemistry, 1981 - Elsevier
A method is described for determination of biological thiols at the picomole level based
upon conversion of thiols to fluorescent derivatives by reaction with monobromobimane and …

Determination of low-molecular-weight thiols using monobromobimane fluorescent labeling and high-performance liquid chromatography

RC Fahey, GL Newton - Methods in enzymology, 1987 - Elsevier
Publisher Summary This chapter describes methods for the preparation and high-performance
liquid chromatography (HPLC) analysis of monobromobimane derivatives of low …

Bacillithiol is an antioxidant thiol produced in Bacilli

GL Newton, M Rawat, JJ La Clair… - Nature chemical …, 2009 - nature.com
Glutathione is a nearly ubiquitous, low-molecular-mass thiol and antioxidant, but it is conspicuously
absent from most Gram-positive bacteria. We identify here the structure of bacillithiol, …

Bimane fluorescent labels: labeling of normal human red cells under physiological conditions.

…, EM Kosower, GL Newton… - Proceedings of the …, 1979 - National Acad Sciences
The bimane fluorescent labels, monobromobimane, dibromobimane, and
monobromotrimethylammoniobimane, are derivatives of syn-9,10-dioxabimane:1,5-diazabicyclo[3.3.0]octa-3,6-…