Muhammad Idrees

Molecular Identification and Characterization of Heavy Metal Resistant Bacteria and Their Role in Bioremediation of Chromium

Nusrat Jahan, Muhammad Idrees, Muhammad Tariq Zahid, Nazish Mazhar Ali & Mudassar Hussain · Microbiology Research Journal International · 2016

In this study two bacterial strains Bacillus thuringiensis (Cr-S1) and Bacillus pumilus (Cr-S2) were isolated on Cr+6 enriched nutrient agar plates at the concentration of 100 µg/ml. Minimum inhibitory concentration of chromium for Cr-S1 was 500 µg/ml while for Cr-S2 was 400 µg/m...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/BMRJ/2016/22909

Molecular Detection of Giardia lamblia and Cryptosporidium parvum in Different Water Sources of District Bannu, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Province of Pakistan

Muhammad Shoaib Alam, Sana Ullah Khan, Sultan Ayaz, Noor Ul Akbar, Muhammad Asim Khan, Iftikhar Ahmad, Muhammad Idrees & Muhammad Waqar · Microbiology Research Journal International · 2013

Background: Cryptosporidium parvum and Giardia lamblia are intestinal parasites that predominantly causes "waterborne" infections that are transmitted through consumption of contaminated water. Both parasites typically cause an acute short-term infections with self-limiting diarr...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/BMRJ/2014/3947