Written by Poornima G. Hiremath
Published On Issue 3 Vol 7, 2016
Fluoride contamination in groundwater has raised serious health concerns. The traditional technologies available for fluoride removal are having several shortcomings. Hence, biosorption is considered as a potential eco-friendly alternative to the existing methods. In the present work, several soil samples were collected from different fluoride contaminated regions of Pavagada taluk, Tumkur district, Karnataka, India. These samples were used as a source to isolate fungi with distinct morphologica
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Written by Namrata Kumari
Published On Issue 3 Vol 7, 2016
Algae biomass could be possible valuable resources towards the relief from upcoming petroleum indigence. The local algal diversity was exploited in order to find suitability for extraction of biofuel. In this study, locally available biomass was successfully cultured in the outdoor bioreactor and the effects of various common lipid extraction methods were quantified on the basis of gravimetric estimation. Finally, FAME was studied qualitatively by Gas chromatography-mass spectrometry, to check t
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Written by Shantanu Bhattacharyya
Published On Issue 3 Vol 7, 2016
Looking for effective food supplement to meet the demand of today’s busy society is a major concern among modern nutritionists. This study takes 25 purified cyanoprokaryotes in order to find out their nutritional status in terms of carbohydrates, lipids, proteins, vitamins, minerals etc. Results show that some species of Nostoc, Anabaena and Spirulina have good food value. These organisms are protein and carbohydrate rich with more antioxidants. Some species are rich source of vitamins. So, ri
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Written by Prachi Sharma
Published On Issue 3 Vol 7, 2016
Xylanases are the enzymes that hydrolyse xylans, a major constituent of hemicelluloses and have various biotechnological applications. It is produced by various microbial sources including fungi being most promising. In the present study, soil samples rich in plant dead material obtained from various locations Himalayan region around Solan, Himachal Pradesh, India, and screened for xylanase producing fungal isolates. Seven fungal isolates were selected on the basis of clear zone formation around
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Written by Tommaso Biagini
Published On Issue 3 Vol 7, 2016
The advent of next generation sequencing platforms has greatly improved the direct assessment of human metagenomes permitting to obtain results in a time-frame compatible with diagnostic needs. The performances of two platforms, namely Roche 454 GS FLX+ and Illumina MiSeq, have been compared using a metagenomic approach aimed at the identification of the pathogenic agent, an RNA virus in this case, in a clinical sample. Both platforms resulted able to correctly identify the H1N1 virus in the sam
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Written by Arun Gupta
Published On Issue 3 Vol 7, 2016
Magnetic cross linked enzyme aggregate of glucose isomerase were prepared by chemical cross-linking of enzyme aggregates with amino functionalized magnetic particle. The result of X-Ray Diffraction (XRD) has shown that the particles are in hematite phase (Fe2O3) and 47.84nm in size. Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR) confirmed the existence of the surface coating. Scanning probe microscopy (SPM) was used to confirm the presence of protein on the particle surface. The magnetic CLEAs d
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