Kocho and Bula are fermented product of Enset (Ensete ventricosum). It is the staple food for 20 million people in Ethiopia. The aim of study was to isolate, identify and characterize yeast species from fermented kocho and bulla by using Biolog Micro station. 300 Kocho samples were collected from Angacha District. 0.1ml of serially diluted samples were Streaked on yeast pepton dextrose agar and...

The impact of repeated carbendazim (CARB) applications on the extent of CARB dissipation, the microbial diversity, the community level physiological profile (CLPP), and the enzymatic activity within the biomixture of an on-farm biopurification system was evaluated. After three successive CARB applications, the CARB dissipation efficiency was high; the efficiency of dissipation was 87%, 94% and ...

Conversion of mangrove vegetation into rice cultivation is considerably enhanced nowadays which adversely affects ecological sustainability. Soil microbial community one the key indicators to monitor soil health in mangroves. Studies on variations within mangroves are plenty, whereas reports mangrove-converted paddy soils scarce. Therefore, Biolog ® eco-plate-based technique was used this study...

Of 31 freshwater bacterial isolates screened using the Biolog MT2 assay to determine their metabolism of the microcystin LR, 10 were positive. Phylogenetic analysis (16S rRNA) identified them as Arthrobacter spp., Brevibacterium sp., and Rhodococcus sp. This is the first report of microcystin degraders that do not belong to the Proteobacteria.

Laboratory research is often described as basic and clinical research, prognostic or empirical. In this address, the point is made that research may be clinical or labora tory. Good clinical research may give important biological answers. Breast cancer clinical trials are described in terms of their biological interpretation. A list of significant biolog ical questions that need answering are p...

Physical models such as ball-and-stick have long been used in teaching basic chemistry and structural molecular biology. As the size and complexity of known molecular structures increases, it is difficult if not impossible to show all of their features in a physical model alone. Recent advances in automated model fabrication technology now afford physical models of more complex molecular struct...

A sole-carbon-source catabolism assay (Biolog GN microplate) was used to study whether bacterial communities from the same vertic soil, but under different management history, showed distinctive patterns of C-substrate utilization. Two sampling depths (0–7.5 and 7.5–15 cm) were also investigated. The response of microbial communities to increasing periods of time — 16, 26 and 40 years (S2, S3, ...

For the study, 36 soil samples with roots parts were taken from root zone of better grown healthy pepper plants fields Kahramanmaras province. Bacterial isolations made collected samples. Overall, 713 isolates obtained bacteria colonies based on morphological characteristics differences. By measuring radius inhibition zone, ZHA17 was determined to be most effective isolate. Fifteen selected the...