14 INSILICO AND INVITRO STUDY OF MIMOSA PUDICA AND THE BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY OF ITS PHYTOCOMPOUND MIMOSINE AGAINST METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS (MRSA) Sulochana somasundaram1, Vishnupriya S2 Sri Venkateswara College of Engineering, Sriperumbudur, Chennai Email: [email protected], [email protected] Abstract Many pathogenic bacteria has developed resistance to all classe...

Rhizobia are soil bacteria able to establish a nitrogen-fixing symbiosis with leguminous plants. Most of them belong to the Alphaproteobacteria based on the sequences of the gene coding for 16S rRNA [1,2]. However, over the last 15 years studies have reported the presence of legume-nodulating bacteria in the genera Burkholderia and Cupriavidus (Burkholderiaceae) in the Betaproteobacteria [3-21]...

Total RNA and DNA of mimosa epicotyl tissues were extracted and the RNA fractionated into specific soluble RNAs (sRNAs) at different times during late germination. Epicotyls collected at each time contained qualitatively comparable meristematic and developing tissues, while mature tissues increased. Quantitative ratios of total RNA to DNA and total sRNAs to approximated ribosomal RNA (rRNA) var...

The genus Apocharips is here revised. Three previously described species are considered as valid: Apocharips angelicae Pujade-Villar & Evenhuis, 2002, A. hansoni Menke, 1993, and A. trapezoidea (Hartig, 1841). Apocharips eleaphila (Silvestri, 1915) and A. peraperta (Silvestri, 1915) are synonymyzed with A. trapezoidea. Three new species are here described: Apocharips colombiana Ferrer-Suay & Pu...

The seismonastic movement of Mimosa pudica is triggered by a sudden loss of turgor pressure. In the present study, we compared the cell cytoskeleton by immunofluorescence analysis before and after movement, and the effects of actin- and microtubule-targeted drugs were examined by injecting them into the cut pulvinus. We found that fragmentation of actin filaments and microtubules occurs during ...

The sensitive plant Mimosa pudica has long attracted the interest of researchers due to its spectacular leaf movements in response to touch or other external stimuli. Although various aspects of this seismonastic movement have been elucidated by histological, physiological, biochemical, and behavioral approaches, the lack of reverse genetic tools has hampered the investigation of molecular mech...

Entering into a symbiotic relationship is not something to be taken lightly. Previously free-living organisms become beholden to each other and have to tolerate invasion of their personal space to accommodate varying degrees of intimacy, especially when one partner lives within the body or even the cells of the other. Symbiosis brings with it so many potential mutual benefits that it has arisen...

Background: Due to the prevalence of malaria worldwide and cases resistance drugs, finding new drug candidates is important in control. its traditional use phytochemical content, this review was conducted on medicinal plant Mimosa pudica family, Fabaceae. Method: This collected original articles online databases using several keywords combined with boolean operators. The about antimalarial inse...

This is the first record of Acanthoscelides schrankiae Horn. feeding in seeds of Mimosa bimucronata (DC.) Kuntze. We investigated the pattern of oviposition and seed exploitation by A. schrankiae, and the distribution of mature fruits and seed predation in the inflorescences. We also compared the percentage of predated seeds, the total dry weight of fruits and non-predated seeds, the percentage...

An apyrase (NTP/NDPase) implicated in the response of Mimosa pudica to stimuli, such as touch, has been cloned, sequenced and expressed in Escherichia coli. While purifying and characterizing this enzyme, it was observed that a chromophore is associated with it, having absorption in the ultraviolet-A/blue region of the spectrum. The absorbance maximum of the chromophore, purified from the enzym...