The rhizosphere is a hot spot of soil microbial activity and largely fed by root exudation. carbon (C) exudation flux, coupled with plant growth, considered strategy plants to facilitate nutrient uptake. C accompanied release nutrients. Nitrogen (N) phosphorus (P) co-limit the productivity plant-microbial system. Therefore, C:N:P stoichiometry exudates should be linked economies, functional tra...

Benthic primary producers in tropical reef ecosystems can alter biogeochemical cycling and microbial processes in the surrounding seawater. In order to quantify these influences, we measured rates of photosynthesis, respiration, and dissolved organic carbon (DOC) exudate release by the dominant benthic primary producers (calcifying and non-calcifying macroalgae, turf-algae and corals) on reefs ...

A novel dual tablet formulation for oral administration using xanthan gum as the carrier and meloxicam as a model drug has been investigated for colonspecific drug delivery using invitro methods. The tablets were evaluated for hardness, thickness, drug content uniformity, and were subjected to invitro drug release studies under conditions mimicking mouth to colon transit and the results of whic...

Death is a universal phenomenon; however, is there "life after death?" This topic has been investigated for centuries but still there are gray areas that have yet to be elucidated. Forensic microbiologists are developing new applications to investigate the dynamic and coordinated changes in microbial activity that occur when a human host dies. There is currently a paucity of explorations of the...

Transgenic Bt corn expressing the Cry3Bb insecticidal protein active against corn rootworm (CRW) (Diabrotica spp.; Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) was released for commercial use in 2003 and is expected to be widely adopted. Yet, the direct and indirect risks to soil microorganisms of growing this CRW-resistant Bt corn versus applying insecticides to control the rootworm have not been assessed under...

objective(s): in this study, drug loaded electrospun nanofibrous mats were prepared and drug release and mechanism from prepared nanofibers were investigated.  materials and methods: paclitaxel (ptx) loaded polylactic acid (pla) nanofibers were prepared by electrospinning. the effects of process parameters, such as ptx concentration, tip to collector distance, voltage, temperature and flow rate...

Rising temperature causes a process of phosphorus release, which can be characterized well using phosphorus release rates (VP). The objective of the present study was to investigate the major factors affecting sediment phosphorus release rates through a wetland habitat simulation experiment. The results showed that the VP of different wetland sediments were different and changed with the order ...

The application of controlled-release fertilizers (CRF) at the time of planting offers a means to improve the establishment of forest tree seedlings. As compared to conventional fertilizers, the gradual pattern of nutrient release from CRF may better coincide with plant needs, minimize leaching, and improve fertilizer use efficiency. Many different CRF types are available and products differ in...

Inoculation of leguminous seeds with bioinoculants has been practiced in agriculture for decades to ameliorate grain yield by enhanced growth parameters and soil fertility. However, effective enhancement of plant growth parameters results not only from the direct effects these bioinoculants impose on them but also from their non-target effects. The ability of bioinoculants to reduce the applica...

Decomposition of organic material by soil microbes generates an annual global release of 50-75 Pg carbon to the atmosphere, ∼7.5-9 times that of anthropogenic emissions worldwide. This process is sensitive to global change factors, which can drive carbon cycle-climate feedbacks with the potential to enhance atmospheric warming. Although the effects of interacting global change factors on soil m...