Development of sustainable technology for bioenergy/biofuel generation using lignocellulosic biomass is of prime importance in the present day research. An economically viable technology for production of ethanol from lignocellulosic biomass will certainly provide opportunity to...
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Research Article10.9734/BBJ/2015/18284
Aims: To produce Rhodobacter sphaeroides strain UMSPSB3 biomass with the reduction of chemical oxygen demand (COD) from palm oil mill effluent. Study Design: Locally isolated phototrophic bacterium with different inoculum levels were used in Palm Oil Mill effluent (POME). Collect...
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Research Article10.9734/BBJ/2015/17827
Aim: Proteomic quantitative UV absorption spectrum analysis was used to study the effect of heat stress on protein extract from cowpea seeds (Vigna unguiculata (L) Walp). Study Design: Protein extracts were obtained from 9 cowpea accessions obtained from GeneBank of International...
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Research Article10.9734/BBJ/2015/18429
On the basis of the several techniques, the new groups and the strains within the Picornaviruses were classified. New groups like human pathogen EV22 (Echovirus 22) was discovered that was found to be highly different from other Picornaviruses to date. The biological properties o...
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Research Article10.9734/BBJ/2015/17919
Gamma rays are very important in mutation breeding and in in vitro mutagenesis in order to develop required features of plants and increase the genetic variability. Cajanus cajan when subjected to absorbed doses 30 Gy, 50 Gy, 100 Gy, 150 Gy and 200 Gy showed a direct co-relation...
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Research Article10.9734/BBJ/2015/14073
At the present study, Allium cepa root tips were collected during 2,6 and 24 hrs after treated with selected concentrations (1.0,3.0,5.0 and 7.0 g/L) of Mono-Sodium Glutamate (MSG) that used as flavour enhancer in foods. MSG induced mitodepression chromosomal aberrations such as...
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Research Article10.9734/BBJ/2015/17695
Production of certain substances that inhibit other microorganisms in the microbial environment of the oral cavity could serve as aggressive by product that may eliminate competitors and pathogens. Hence, this study was carried out to isolate and identify microorganisms from the...
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Research Article10.9734/BBJ/2015/17649
Cowpea is a crop of tremendous economic and ecological values particularly in sub-Saharan Africa, where over 80% of the crop is produced and consumed. Due to heavy attack by pests and diseases, actual yield does not exceed 20% of the crop’s potential in most of the production reg...
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Research Article10.9734/BBJ/2015/16841
Aims: For analysis of apomixis genes, as the first step, an efficient and simple plant regeneration system has been established using callus from apomictic and sexual seeds of guinea grass (Panicum maximum). Study Design: The best basic medium for callus formation from matured se...
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Research Article10.9734/BBJ/2015/17215
The present work reports the effects of CYP2E1-inhibitors (quercetin, 4- methylpyrazole and disulfiram) on the indices characterizing state of the liver in guinea pigs with metabolic syndrome (MS) induced by protamine sulfate repeated administrations. The investigation of quercet...
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Research Article10.9734/BBJ/2015/17756
Bacterial infections are an important cause of morbidity and mortality in individuals with the human immunodeficiency virus. The emergence of multiple-drug resistant bacteria has been documented by many researches. This study was therefore carried out to determine whether the res...
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Research Article10.9734/BBJ/2015/16656
In this study, the influence of four operating parameters (pH, salinity, nitrate concentration and immersion time) and their interactions on the microbiologically influenced corrosion (MIC) rate of mild steel in simulated crude oil environments were investigated by response surfa...
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Research Article10.9734/BBJ/2015/16810
35S promoter from the Cauliflower Mosaic Virus (pCaMV) is a constitutive promoter commonly used in plant genetic transformation while Cassava Mosaic Virus (pCsVMV) is another promoter which is underutilized. The combination of the two promoters was used to form (pOYE153). The met...
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Research Article10.9734/BBJ/2015/17092
Aims: To study the antimicrobial activities of the compounds produced due to reactions of cocoa (Theobroma cacao) with Phytophthora palmivora during infection. Place and Duration of Study: Department of Microbiology, Ekiti State University, Ado Ekiti, Nigeria and the Department o...
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Research Article10.9734/BBJ/2015/17373
Aims: Pectobacterium carotovorum is a ubiquitous bacterium that causes soft rot in different crop plants throughout the world. In Morocco, approximately 95% of the Strains isolates from potato plants with tuber soft rot are P. carotovorum. In this study, we test whether PCR ribot...
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Research Article10.9734/BBJ/2015/16045