*Corresponding author: Lawrance Anburajan, Andaman and Nicobar Centre for Ocean Science and Technology, ESSO-NIOT, Dollygunj P.O., Port Blair 744 103, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India. Tel: +91-9679550065 Fax: +91-3192-225089 E-mail: [email protected] #These authors contributed equally to this work. The journal implements double-blind peer review practiced by specially invited internatio...

Address for Correspondence: V.N.Susimitha sri, IInd year MBBS, Department of Anatomy, Kanyakumari Government Medical College, Asaripallam, Nagercoil-629201, India. E-mail: [email protected] Access this Article online Quick Response code Web site: *1 IInd year MBBS, 2 Associate professor. Deapartment of Anatomy, Kanyakumari Government Medical College, Asaripallam, Nagercoil. India. Introduc...

PURPOSE Glaucoma can be defined as optic neuropathy leading to irreversible blindness if not treated in time. Primary open angle glaucoma (POAG) is the most common form of glaucoma. The myocilin (MYOC) gene has been found to mutate in both sporadic and familial cases of POAG worldwide. About 90% of these mutations have been seen to cluster at exon III of the gene. There are documented reports o...

The possible zones of submarine groundwater discharge (SGD) and seawater intrusion (SWI) along the west coast Kanyakumari in southernmost Indian Peninsula were identified by integrating surface temperature anomaly, water table fluctuation, quality analysis. Temperature map sea from Landsat 8 satellite data, which helped to demarcate SGD areas with significant thermal contrast, exists between di...

Coconut is the world's most significant plantation crop, and it grown in practically every country. As Coimbatore leading producer of coconut Tamil Nadu, followed by Thanjavur Kanyakumari, this study centred on area. West Coast Tall a popular cultivar that produces more than other types. The (WCT) was used research. In paper, four models were developed such as Ridge, Least Absolute Shrinkage Se...

Survey on Halophilic microbial diversity of Kovalam Saltpans in Kanyakumari District and its industrial applicationsSaju K. A, M. Michael Babu, Murugan, S. Thiravia Raj

An attempt was made to identify actinobacterial strains present in the marine soil of East Coast regions viz., Chirala, Bapatla, and Peddaganjam, Andhra Pradesh; Kanyakumari, Tamil Nadu and Goa, Goa along with the study of their antimicrobial potential. Eight out of 73 actinobacterial strains isolated from these regions showed strong antimicrobial activity against Gram positive bacteria, Gram n...