Aims: Aquatic habitat of the rice fields is the effective breeding site of the mosquitoes whose overcrowding would promote their pathogens. But no attention has been paid to these habitats for isolation and identification of the bacterial biocides. Therefore, the study was envisa...
Aims: The objective of the present experiment was to synthesise ZnO nanoparticles by the environmental friendly process of bioreduction of ZnO salt with Camellia sinensis crop shoot extract and post synthesis to characterise and check their antibacterial potentiality and cytotoxi...
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Research Article10.9734/BBJ/2015/20260
Mahendran Sekar, Fathin Azara Muhamadul Bakir, Afikaah Shaan Ali, Suryani Hayati Mat Sha’ari, Rumaisak Amiruddin, Nur Iryani Ahmad Rizal & Mohd Syafiq Abdullah·Biotechnology Journal International·2015
Annona squamosa (custard apple) or also called Sugar Apple. It is native to the tropical Americas and West Indies, but the exact origin is unknown. It is now the most widely cultivated of all the species of Annona, being grown for its fruit throughout the tropics and warmer subtr...
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Research Article10.9734/BBJ/2015/19304
Aims: An efficient and reproducible In vitro regeneration protocol is vital for varietal improvement research. The current research was conducted to optimize the callus induction, shoot and root regeneration of three indica rice varieties. Place, Duration and Design of Study: The...
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Research Article10.9734/BBJ/2015/19258
Ali M. Elshafei, Abdelmageed M. Othman, Mohamed M. Hassan, Bakry M. Haroun, Maysa A. Elsayed & Ayman A. Farrag·Biotechnology Journal International·2015
Aim: The aim of the present study was to evaluate qualitatively the decolorization of five dyes by Pleurotus ostreatus (P. ostreatus) ARC280 using solid medium. The laccase produced by the fungus was used in terms of its concentration and thermal stability for enzymatic decoloriz...
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Research Article10.9734/BBJ/2015/19505
Aim: The present study aimed at optimization of Lactic acid production using new isolate, Lactobacillus plantarum JX183220 with cassava flour (Manihot esculenta Crantz) in semi-solid fermentation by Response Surface Methodology. Study Design: Box-Behnken design of Response Surfac...
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Research Article10.9734/BBJ/2015/20236
Aims: To develop a mathematical model for prediction of variation in oxygen concentration inside the bed of tray type bioreactor for solid state fermentation and comparison of oxygen profile of unsteady state and pseudo steady state approximation. Place and Duration of Study: All...
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Research Article10.9734/BBJ/2015/20476
Aim: The aim of present study was to screen new potent fungal isolates and microorganisms possessing extracellular L-asparaginase production capacity. In addition, optimization of cultural and environmental conditions required for enzyme production will be carried out for the hig...
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Research Article10.9734/BBJ/2015/19728
Aims: Cellulases offer very wide applications in biotechnology and enzymes from microbial origins present inexpensive source. Production of value added chemicals from wastes will be an exciting translation from waste to wealth and an eco-friendly initiative instead of the inciner...
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Research Article10.9734/BBJ/2015/18773
Aims: The final screening of fungal isolates aimed at applications based tertiary screening i.e. deinking of mixed office waste paper and saccharification of pearl millet stover and cellulases from selected fungal isolates were characterized. Study Design: An experimental study....
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Research Article10.9734/BBJ/2015/18923
Aims: Allene oxide cyclase (AOC) (EC 5.3.99.6) is an important enzyme of jasmonates (JAs) biosynthesis. JAs are important signals that play a pivotal role in defense response of plants to environmental cues. Regulation JA biosynthesis is believed useful for elucidating the mechan...
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Research Article10.9734/BBJ/2015/20089
Aims: We compared genomic G+C content between bacteriophages/plasmids and their host genomes of 46 species to reveal their relation. To examine the large deviation in the G+C content between bacteriophages and their host genomes, the ancestral bacteriophage which infected early w...
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Research Article10.9734/BBJ/2015/20046
Baobab (Adansonia digitata L.) belonging to Bombacaceae family, is one of the most widely used indigenous tree species in sub-Saharan Africa. The objective of the present study was to assess molecular variation among A. digitata and to determine the level of genetic similarity am...
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Research Article10.9734/BBJ/2015/18727
Poultry is challenged by microbial infection owing to the restrictions in the use of synthetic antibiotic growth promoters. This study investigated the use of ginger, Zingiber officinale Roscoe (family Zingiberaceae) for the control of infections in poultry. Aqueous extracts of f...
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Research Article10.9734/BBJ/2015/18600
Aim: To identify, characterize and compare the cellulolytic potentials of strains isolated from the gut of Odontotermes and Heterotermes species. Methodology: Termites were collected, identified, surface sterilized and used as source of cellulase producers. Enrichment of cellulos...
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Research Article10.9734/BBJ/2015/20001