Root knot nematode, Meloidogyne spp. causes severe yield losses in vegetable crops. Chitosan is one of the most abundant biopolymer available worldwide next to cellulose. It known have anti-nemic, anti-fungal and anti- bacterial properties. Application chitosan induces systemic resistance tomato plants against pathogens by increasing phenolic content antioxidant enzymes viz., Polyphenol oxidase...

Biological treatment methods for the biodegradation of anthropogenic toxic pollutants are eco-friendly in nature and powered by a variety microbial enzymes. Green chemistry enzymes play crucial role catalyzing organic inorganic including azo dyes; polyaromatic hydrocarbons; lead; cyanides; aromatic amines; mono-, di-, polyphenols; polymers; mercury. Laccases form prospective group multifunction...

Bacterial cellulose, an exopolysaccharide produced by some bacteria, has unique structural and mechanical properties and is highly pure as compared to plant cellulose. This article presents a critical review of the available information on the bacterial cellulose with special emphasis on its fermentative production and applications. Information on the biosynthetic pathway of bacterial cellulose...

this study carried out based on a randomized completely design with 10 treatments geranium, eucalyptus and myrtus extraction, in 3 levels (2, 6 and 10 ml in 600 ml of distilled water) and control (distilled water) with 3 replications in 30 plots and each plot with 4 cut flowers. in this experiment traits such as vase life, water absorbtion, fresh weight, dry matter percent, petal protein conten...

A serologically reactive polysaccharide of dextran nature was produced from sucrose by the action of some enzyme or similar heat-labile agent contained in sterile filtered extracts derived from sucrose broth cultures of Leuconostoc mesenteroides. Rigorous controls were included to prove that this reaction occurred in the absence of microorganisms. Purified preparations of the dextran formed by ...

Virus-associated glycanases acting on bacterial capsular polysaccharides or on the 0-specific side chains of cell wall lipopolysaccharides, carboxylic ester and amide hydrolases removing 0— and N—acetyl residues from these glycans, as well as lyases for bacterial 2xopolysaccharides are known to occur on bacteriophages for different bacterial species, notably for many belonging to the family of ...

Phenylalanine aminomutases (PAMs) are 4-methylideneimidazol-5-one (MIO)-dependent enzymes that catalyze the isomerization of (S)-a-phenylalanine to give (S)or (R)-bphenylalanine, which are precursors in the biosynthesis of various natural products. Several related tyrosine aminomutases (TAMs) have also been characterized. Furthermore, the mechanistically related MIO-dependent phenylalanine, tyr...

A number of bacterial glyoxalase I enzymes are maximally activated by Ni2+ and Co2+ ions, but are inactive in the presence of Zn2+, yet these enzymes will also bind this metal ion. The structure-activity relationships between these two classes of glyoxalase I serve as important clues as to how the molecular structures of these proteins control metal-activation profiles.

High-level synthesis of complex enzymes like bacterial [NiFe] hydrogenases, in general, requires an expression system that allows concerted expression of a large number of genes. So far, it has not been possible to overproduce a hydrogenase in a stable and active form by using a customary expression system. Therefore we started to establish a new, T(7)-based expression system in the phototrophi...

Bacterial biomass, potential bacterial production and ectoenzymatic activity were measured at 4 stations along a trophic gradient at the Atlantic Barrier Reef off Belize (Central America). We investigated the changes in the trophic status of this system, which we hypothesized would also lead to changes in the bacterial community. The bacterial community of the oligotrophic station was character...