The effect of environmental pollutants on living organisms can be assessed by studying the changes in indigenous microbial community. Therefore, present study, cultivatable bacterial community non-polluted as well household sewage and industrially polluted water Lai Nullah flowing through Islamabad-Rawalpindi, Pakistan was analysed. Bacterial composition population significantly different from ...

The developing lung contains surfactant protein (SP) C mRNA levels comparable to term values before mature type II cells and alveolar surfactant lipids are detectable. Estimates of the amount of mature SP-C in the alveolar lavages of preterm lungs are not available. We used an antibody to a recombinant human SP-C to measure the amount of SP-C in alveolar lavages of preterm fetal rabbits, ventil...

High-quality draft genome sequences were determined for 10 Exiguobacterium strains in order to provide insight into their evolutionary strategies for speciation and environmental adaptation. The selected genomes include psychrotrophic and thermophilic species from a range of habitats, which will allow for a comparison of metabolic pathways and stress response genes.