Fulicineroside, a glycosidic dibenzofuran metabolite from the slime mold Fuligo cinerea collected in the Czech Republic, has been isolated as a new natural product. Its structure was elucidated from UV, IR, MS, 1D and 2D NMR spectroscopic data and chemical degradation. The compound was highly active against Gram‐positive bacteria and crown gall tumors. (© Wiley‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, 69451 Weinheim, Germany, 2005)

Sorption properties of Streptomyces noursei mycelium for copper ions were compared with the accumulation competence of dried and native yeast (Candida utilis) biomass. The copper sorption capacity of S. noursei after optimization was found to be higher than that of the two other adsorbents (dried yeast biomass 82 %, native Candida cells 48 % of the sorption capacity of the S. noursei mycelium).

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Computer algebra software tools in general, and the MATHEMATICA system in particular, are increasingly employed during the controls and systems graduate and undergraduate courses at FEE CTU in Prague. MATHEMA-TICA benefits from its high-level user interface, graphical abilities, as well as numerical and symbolic computational power and dedicated packages for control systems analysis and design (Control Systems Professional and Advanced Numerical Methods). In addition, MATHEMATICA provides a webbased platform for publication of results and presenting usercallable routines (webMATHEMATICA).In the Czech Republic a project financed by the Ministry of Education and called PUMA (Power User Mathematic Array) has been started recently, focused on creation of webaccessible software tools to support education at technical universities. The authors have been involved in these efforts and would like to contribute by creating a web site based on webMATHEMATICA dedicated to numerical and symbolic computations for systems and controls. This paper is the first report on this topic. The work is in rapid progress now and the paper summarizes the authors' plans and first results.