This study was undertaken to examine the effects of water activity (aw) on the viability of actinobacterial isolates from a fed-batch composting (FBC) process by comparing culturability and stainability with 5-cyano-2,3-ditoryl tetrazolium chloride (CTC). The FBC reactor as the source of these bacteria was operated with the daily loading of household biowaste for 70 d. During this period of com...

a study was conducted to evaluate the effect of feeding different levels of protein to black baladi breed kids. weanling baladi kids (n=18; 75 to 90 days old) were selected and individually housed at our experimental farm. kids were divided randomly to one of the three treatments for 12 weeks. the three dietary treatments were: t1: control ration, formulated according to nrc to cover the protei...

Rare actinobacterial isolates belonging to the genera Micromonospora, Nonomuraea, Kribbella, Lechevalieria, Saccharotherix and commonly occurring Streptomyces were isolated from Limestone quarry a unique and geographical area and harsh habitat. pH – 9.0, temperature – 45 C and sodium chloride concentration – 3% were found to be optimum for the maximum growth and physiological ability of the tes...