Present report is part of study carried out on helminths of little cormorants of ecological famous District Sanghar of southern province of Pakistan. Present study collected 26 trematodes having stout, linguiform, fleshy body, sub-terminal oral sucker, strongly muscular ventral s...
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Research Article10.9734/JABB/2016/27782
Aims: Isolation and characterization of heavy metal tolerant microorganism from sea shore soil of Andaman Islands (India). Study Design: (a) Sample collection and isolation of multimetal resistant bacteria. (b) Relative growth of bacterial isolates in presence of heavy metal. (c)...
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Research Article10.9734/JABB/2016/27453
Aims: To investigate the effect (s) of palm oil fractions {Palm Olein (PO) & Palm Stearin (PS)} on the aortic cell of Wistar rats. Study Design: The histological and cholesterol blood sample examinations were done on the aorta of the Wistar rats, to investigate the effects of...
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Research Article10.9734/JABB/2016/26974
Selecting superior parents for hybrid combinations and studying the nature of genetic variation are prerequisites for starting a successful breeding program. The main objective of the present study was to assess performance, useful heterosis and combining ability among ma...
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Research Article10.9734/JABB/2016/27507
Aim: Optimization of alkaline protease production using a newly isolated strain Alternaria sp. by submerged fermentation. The production of inexpensive proteolytic enzymes not only solves environmental problems, but also promotes the economic value and utilization of waste treatm...
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Research Article10.9734/JABB/2016/27404
Aim: To evaluate the effect of biosurfactant produced by Pseudomonas sp. GBS.5 on degradation of diesel oil. Study Design: Shake flask studies were carried out with alkanes and diesel oil. Place and Duration of Study: Deptt of Biotechnology, Jaypee Institute of Information Techno...
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Research Article10.9734/JABB/2016/27376
Aims: Drought is the most important environmental stresses in arid and semi-arid regions worldwide. Triticale offers ample genetic variation for the improvement of its productivity under limited water conditions. In order to investigate triticale and wheat potential under dry lan...
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Research Article10.9734/JABB/2016/25726
Conventional chemical surfactants applications usually linked with environmental unfriendliness and toxicity are associated with high production costs resulting from fluctuations in oil prices and thermal energy requirements. Sophorolipid biosurfactants can potentially be impleme...
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Research Article10.9734/JABB/2016/27467
Microtubules are composed of a heterodimer of alpha and beta tubulins and performs many diverse functions. The genes encoding these microtubule constituents are members of the tubulin superfamily. Studies shown the existence of genes from the alpha, beta and gamma tubulin familie...
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Research Article10.9734/JABB/2016/26641
Aims: To evaluate the potentials of marine mercury-resistant bacteria isolated from the coastal water of Niger Delta region of Nigeria and examine their ability to tolerate, utilize and biodegrade Bonny light crude oil. Place and Duration of Study: The study was carried out at On...
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Research Article10.9734/JABB/2016/27328