An actinomycete strain, Streptomyces hygroscopicus subsp. ossamyceticus (strain D10) was isolated from Thar Desert soil, Rajasthan during the year 2006 and found to produce a yellow color pigment with antibiotic activity. Crude pigment was produced from strain D10 by solid state fermentation using wheat bran medium followed by extraction with ethyl acetate. The antimicrobial activity of the cru...

Lasiurus sindicus is a highly nutritive, drought tolerant, perennial grass, endemic to the Thar Desert of Rajasthan, India. In order to characterize the diversity of bacteria associated with roots of this grass that had survived severe drought stress, 16S-rRNA gene clone libraries were established from RT-PCR amplified products of the total RNA extracted from the washed roots and rhizosphere so...

Chaotropic compounds that freely traverse biological membranes and do not affect turgor are powerful mediators of water stress. The present study was initiated to isolate, identify and characterize the Chaotrope tolerant bacteria from soil of Thar Desert. Bacteria were isolated from soil samples, collected from the surface of sand dunes, suspended in water contained 2.5 x 106 bacteria g-1 of so...

Abstract. The current study investigates the diurnal cycle of dust and mixture loading across global tropics, subtropics, mid-latitudes by analyzing aerosol extinction typing profiles observed Cloud-Aerosol Transport System (CATS) lidar aboard International Space Station. According to comparison with ground-based other satellite observations, CATS observations exhibit reasonable quality but sig...

The basement rocks encountered in exploratory boreholes drilled for exploration and evaluation of coal deposits in Thar Parkar district, Sindh Pakistan have formed the basis for present studies. The basement complex was penetrated through eighteen boreholes at drill depth range from 112 to 279 meters. These rocks were identified in field as Pink and Grey Granites.. The basement rocks are of Ign...

The Thar Desert occupies about two-third part in the State of Rajasthan. Traditionally, agriculture in this region depends on the scanty rainfall. Irrigation was introduced in ths area by commissioning Indira Gandh Nahar Pariyojona (IGNP). The total irrigation potential is estimated as 13.87 lakh hectares. Canal irrigation has brought a significant change in the cropping pattern. The traditiona...

Article history: Received on: 06/04/2015 Revised on: 22/04/2015 Accepted on: 17/05/2015 Available online: 27/06/2015 Effect of culture conditions and critical medium components on antitubercular pigment production from novel Streptomyces sp D25 isolated from Thar desert, Rajasthan was investigated. Antitubercular pigment from Streptomyces sp. D25 was produced by Agar Surface Fermentation (ASF) ...

OBJECTIVES Fluorosis is endemic in many parts of the world. However community studies on MRI features of fluorosis are lacking. The aim of this study was to determine MRI features of spinal changes in a community with endemic fluorosis in the Thar Desert Pakistan. METHODOLOGY Randomly selected adults from the Village Samorindh, district Tharparker, Sindh, Pakistan, with spinal fluorosis diagn...