Flourene and phenanthrene are organic compounds with high hydrophobicity and toxicity. Being recalcitrant in nature they are accumulating in the environment at an alarming concentration, posing serious threat to living beings. Thus in the present study, microorganisms were screened for their ability to degrade these contaminants at high concentrations in least period of time. Two out of fifteen...

Abstract The aim of the study was to determine efficacy bioaugmentation in pyrene-contaminated soil based on microbial counts, colony development index (CD), ecophysiological diversity (EP), enzyme activity, and an assay residual pyrene levels soil. samples were contaminated with doses 100 1000 mg kg −1 DM Two bacterial consortia used study: P1 ( Bacillus frigoritolerans Z2B-19, simplex 2–134, ...

Abstract. Dewiyanti I, Darmawi D, Muchlisin ZA, Helmi TZ, Arisa II, Rahmiati R, Destri E, Fanisha S. 2022. Characteristic and activity of cellulolytic bacteria isolated from mangrove soil in Northern Coast Aceh Province, Indonesia. Biodiversitas 23: 6587-6599. The as decomposing cellulose is related to the fertility productivity ecosystem, presence enzymes produced can evaluate them. study aims...

Saffron (Crocus sativus) is a medicinally important plant. The Kashmir valley (J&K, India) emblematizes one of the major and quality saffron producing areas in the world. Nonetheless, the area has been experiencing a declining trend in the production of saffron during the last decade. Poor disease management is one of the major reasons for declining saffron production in the area. Endophytes ar...

Fungal pathogens rely on the production of specific virulence factors during infection. Inhibiting such factors generally results in reduced fungal pathogenicity. Most studies in the past have focused on understanding the molecular mechanisms of fungal virulence factor expression during mono-culture, or during interaction with the host. However, a potentially important, second type of interacti...