abstract: this study was aimed at probiotication of tomato and carrot juices using lactobacillus plantarum, lb. fermentum, lb. casei, lysinibacillus sphaericus and saccharomyces boulardii. to enhance the stability, the probiotic cultures were micro-encapsulated using alginate coated chitosan beads. tomato and carrot juice samples were pasteurized for 20 min at 63 °c. lb. fermentum, lb. plantara...

Silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) have been widely used in diverse fields due to their superior properties. Currently the biosynthesis of AgNPs is in the limelight of modern nanotechnology because of its green properties. However, relatively low yield and inefficiency diminish the prospect of applying these biosynthesized AgNPs. In this work, a rapid mass AgNP biosynthesis method using the cell-free...

Previously, we reported an arsenic resistant bacterium Lysinibacillus sphaericus B1-CDA, isolated from an arsenic contaminated lands. Here, we have investigated its genetic composition and evolutionary history by using massively parallel sequencing and comparative analysis with other known Lysinibacillus genomes. Assembly of the sequencing reads revealed a genome of ~4.5 Mb in size encompassing...

Hydrocarbon Utilizing Bacteria (HUB) were isolated at the juvenile and maturity stages from the core and rhizosphere of Tianung 1, Tianung 2 and Cuba 108 accessions of Kenaf (Hibiscus cannabinus) plant grown in a hydrocarbon unimpacted soil in the Niger Delta Area. Standard culture dependent techniques were used for the enumeration of heterotrophic and hydrocarbon-utilizing bacteria while PCR a...

A Gram-positive, motile, rod-shaped, endospore-forming and moderately boron (B) tolerant novel candidatus strain, designated as NCCP-54, was isolated from rhizospheric soil of soybean (Glycine max L.) sampled from the experimental area of Research Farm, PMAS Arid Agriculture University, Rawalpindi, Pakistan. To delineate its taxonomic position, the strain was subject to polyphasic characterizat...

An ovitrap (BR-OVT) based on physical and chemical stimuli for attracting gravid Culex quinquefasciatus (Diptera: Culicidae) females was developed and evaluated under laboratory and field conditions. Attractants were assayed using alternative chamber bioassays prior to being used in the BR-OVT oviposition trap. A significant preference of gravid females for sites containing conspecific egg raft...