Nitrate reduction is considered to be a minor microbial pathway in the oxidation of mangrove-derived organic matter due to a limited supply of nitrate in mangrove soils. At a limited availability of this electron acceptor compared to the supply of degradable carbon, nitrate ammonification is thought to be the preferential pathway of nitrate reduction. Mangrove forest mutually differ in their pr...

Objective: The current study emphasizes the effects of stem and leaf methanolic extract mangrove plant Avicennia alba on human tumor cell lines HeLa MCF-7.
 Method: collected sample was subjected to extraction with methanol screened for anticancer activity according 3-(4,5-dimethythiazol- 2-yl)-2,5-diphenyl tetrazolium bromide (MTT) assay method. ability inhibit proliferation MCF-7 procure...

In the present study, aqueous and solvent extracts of leaves collected from nine mangrove plants were screened against Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), Vancomycin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (VRSA) and Extended spectrum beta lactamase (ESBL) strains. Out of nine mangrove plants Avicennia sp., Rhizophora sp., Ceriops decandra and Thillai species showed antimicrobial activi...

It is not unusual to find epiphytic bromeliads in mangroves, but most studies on mangrove vegetation do not record their presence. This study aimed to evaluate the diversity and distribution of epiphytic bromeliads in a subtropical mangrove. The richness, abundance and life form (atmospheric and tank) of bromeliads were recorded and compared among host tree species and waterline proximity. The ...

Liver is an important part in human beings and plays a very major role metabolism excretion of xenobiotics from the body. Further, hepatotoxicity caused by different types toxic chemicals, such as antibiotics chemotherapeutic agents, paracetamol (C8H9NO2), thioacetamide (C2H5NS), carbon tetrachloride (CCl4), silymarin (C25H22O10), ethanol (C2H5OH) excessive alcohol intake microbes well research...

Morphology, habitat, shoot density and standing crop (above below ground biomass) of salt marsh Porteresia coarctata at Bakkhali estuary, Cox’s Bazar were investigated from January 2006 to June 2006. Permanent plots 50 m x exposed (station I) protected II) areas selected. P. was found growing as monospecific stand four-species association with seagrass Halophila beccarii, patches mangroves (Avi...

Shrubs and trees with secondary phloem tissue produced by successive cambia mainly occur in habitats characterized by a periodical or continuous lack of water availability. The amount of this secondary phloem tissue in stems of Avicennia trees rises with increasing soil water salinity and decreasing inundation frequency. Hence, increased water storage in secondary phloem tissue produced by succ...

We introduce a new fragment of Linear temporal logic (LTL) called LIO and a new class of Büchi automata (BA) called Almost linear Büchi automata (ALBA). We provide effective translations between LIO and ALBA showing that the two formalisms are expressively equivalent. While standard translations of LTL into BA use some intermediate formalisms, the presented translation of LIO into ALBA is direc...

1 ALBA-R: LoadBalancing Geographic Routing Around Connectivity Holes in Wireless Sensor Networks This paper presents ALBA-R, a protocol for convergecasting in wireless sensor networks. ALBA-R features the cross-layer integration of geographic routing with contention-based MAC for relay selection and load balancing (ALBA) as well as a mechanism to detect and route around connectivity holes (Rain...

Detrital subsidies from marine macrophytes are prevalent in temperate estuaries, and their role in structuring benthic macrofaunal communities is well documented, but the resulting impact on ecosystem function is not understood. We conducted a field experiment to test the effects of detrital decay on soft-sediment primary production, community metabolism and nutrient regeneration (measures of e...