Pectinolytic yeasts, Saccharomyces marxianus, S. bayanus, S. cerevisiae var. ellipsoideus, and Schizosaccharomyces sp., predominated in the natural fermentation of coffee cherries of Coffea robusta variety grown in Chikmagalur district of Mysore State, India. These yeast species were found on the cherry surfaces, and evidence was adduced to show that the natural fermentation of coffee was the r...

Fröhlich, J. & K. D. Hyde (1995). Fungi from palms. XXI. Caudatispora palmicola gen. et sp. nov. from Ecuador. Sydowia 47 (1): 38-43. The new genus Caudatispora is introduced to accommodate a new palm ascomycete with unusual ascospores. Caudatispora is related to Lasiosphaeria but differs in having fusiform hyaline unicellular ascospores characterised by caudate basal extensions each with a dro...

The apparent viscosity (pseudoplastic viscosity) of mucilage of leucaena seed gum was calculated, based on flow curves, obtamed With multiple point viscometer. Attempts were made to correlate the various rheological properties, describIng the_ overall flow behaviOur of gum, with their concentrations. The relationship between N(exponential constant) and concentration was found to be a zero order...

the opuntia ficus indica mucilage was an abundant and a low cost product. in the presentpaper, it was tested as an eco-friendly flocculants for textile waste water treatment. its performance asflocculants in decolorization, cod removal and turbidity abatement was checked. the natural product wascharacterized using uv-vis and infra-red spectroscopy. the study of the effect, followed by an optimi...

The Arabidopsis thaliana MYB5 gene is expressed in trichomes and seeds, including the seed coat. Constitutive expression of MYB5 resulted in the formation of more small trichomes and ectopic trichomes and a reduction in total leaf trichome numbers and branching. A myb5 mutant displayed minimal changes in trichome morphology, while a myb23 mutant produced increased numbers of small trichomes and...

background: fenugreek (trigonella foenum - graecum l.) is an annual medicinal plant belongs to the legume family and has anti-diabetic, anti-fertility, anticancer, anti-microbial, anti-parasitic and hypocholesterolaemic effects. objective: evaluation of growth and trigonelline /mucilage content in fenugreek under application of plant growth regulators (pgr). methods: the experiment was conducte...

The present work focuses on the proximate physical and chemical profile of Opuntia ficus-indica mucilage, mechanically extracted from cladodes, a waste pruning in traditional organic cactus pear orchards Italy (San Cono, Sicily). mechanical extraction increased mucilage yield to 30% dry weight. Physical characterization concerns pH, viscosity, free acidity density, useful for emulsifying capaci...

The characteristics of two new benthic species Pyramimonas isolated from coral rubble have been determined. One, P. superba sp. nov., most similar to lunata, has a morphological character suite and molecular phylogenetic signal supporting it as member the subgenus Trichocystis, despite its uniqueness in producing mucilage. other, lamellipunctata also shows affiliation with Trichocystis using pa...