Microbial phytases were applied mainly to animal and human foodstuffs in order to improvemineral bioavailability and food processing. In addition, phytases have potentialbiotechnological application in various other fields, such as environmental protection,aquaculture and agriculture. Bacillus sp. DM12, an isolate from a hot spring, produces phytase,which catalyzes the hydrolysis of phytic acid...

The effect of environmental pollutants on living organisms can be assessed by studying the changes in indigenous microbial community. Therefore, present study, cultivatable bacterial community non-polluted as well household sewage and industrially polluted water Lai Nullah flowing through Islamabad-Rawalpindi, Pakistan was analysed. Bacterial composition population significantly different from ...

Abstract The performance, efficiency of consumed feed, body chemical composition, survival rate, antioxidant and immunity parameters Nile tilapia ( Oreochromis niloticus ) reared in probiotic-treated water were studied. Two hundred apparently healthy (20 ± 0.3 g) juveniles for 70 days five different treatments, with replications as the control group (clean water) four test groups two probiotics...

The glycan chain of the S-layer protein of Geobacillus tepidamans GS5-97(T) consists of disaccharide repeating units composed of L-rhamnose and D-fucose, the latter being a rare constituent of prokaryotic glycoconjugates. Although biosynthesis of nucleotide-activated L-rhamnose is well established, D-fucose biosynthesis is less investigated. The conversion of alpha-D-glucose-1-phosphate into th...