Aims: The cosmic production of biomass and bioactive compounds at pilot scale with minimum production costs is an important task to achieve feasible production process of corresponding secondary metabolites at a commercial level. Materials and Methods: The cell suspension culture...
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Research Article10.9734/BJI/2018/43510
The production of α-L-rhamnosidase from Aspergillus ochraceous MTCC -1810, A. wentii MTCC- 1901, A. sydowii MTCC- 635, A. foetidus MTCC-508 under solid- state fermentation using easily available agro- industrial residues such as corn cob, rice bran, sugarcane bagasse, wheat bran...
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Research Article10.9734/BJI/2018/43518
Aims: Bacterial wilt, caused by Ralstonia solanacearum, is a devastating disease resulting in tremendous losses of economic crops such as plants in the Solanaceae. Studies have shown that R. solanacearum is spreading from the lowlands to the highlands. This has seen increased nee...
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Research Article10.9734/BJI/2018/43906
The objective of this work was to investigate the use of Palm Male Inflorescence (PMI) and river-sand as substrate for the acclimatization of plantain. Plantlets from three plantain cultivars (Batard, Ebanga and French Clair) were obtained after 16 weeks of tissue cultures and th...
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Research Article10.9734/BJI/2018/43879
Epipactis flava Seidenf. is classified into a rare type of orchid species, a rheophyte. The specific habitat for its life cycle requires a strong current and flooding time. In this study, differential gene expression between submerged and non-submerged conditions was studied usin...
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Research Article10.9734/BJI/2018/43501
Aim: Immobilised fungal phytase production from the novel strain Aspergillus foetidus MTTC 11682 and optimisation of cultural conditions for a better and continuous economic yield. Study Design: The study was designed based on the classical method of changing one independent vari...
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Research Article10.9734/BJI/2018/43071
Alshaimaa M. Elsayed, Usama M. Hegazy, Marwa G. A. Hegazy, Somia S. Abdel-Ghany, Walaa H. Salama, Ahmed M. H. Salem & Afaf S. Fahmy·Biotechnology Journal International·2018
Aims: The current study aims to elucidate the potential of Ficus carica latex peroxidase isoenzymes for decolorizing different synthetic dyes in comparison to the commercial horseradish peroxidase. Study Design: The decolorization of 20 dyes was investigated using the purified F....
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Research Article10.9734/BJI/2018/42682
The present investigation carried out to study the character association and path analysis in twenty three recombinant inbred lines (RILs) of Sabita/Sambamahsuri derivatives and four check varieties of rice (Oryza sativa L.). Character association of the yield attributing traits...
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Research Article10.9734/BJI/2018/42690
Aims: The experiment was carried out to investigate the effect of herbal supplement on laying performance and antioxidant status of serum and egg yolk of laying birds. Study Design: The experiment employed a completely randomised design, all data generated were subjected to analy...
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Research Article10.9734/BJI/2018/41401
Aims: Invasion of alien species has become a global problem. Many invaders appear to thrive even with low levels of sequence-based genetic variation, and genetic patterns might congruent with the spatial arrangement of populations. Study Design: The genetic diversity of giant rag...
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Research Article10.9734/BJI/2018/41343
A rapid, effective and efficient method to identify the innumerable white rot fungal strains is of utmost importance. Mycelia of the unknown as well as know isolates of WRF, after alternative washing with TE buffer and sterile water, were suspended in TE buffer. Fungi in solution...
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Research Article10.9734/BJI/2018/42191
This study investigated the reproductive performance of pawpaw (Carica papaya) seeds, hibiscus plant (Hibiscus rosa-sinensis) leaves and sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas) leaves on some reproductive parameters (ovary weight, mean egg diameter and egg fecundity) in female African cat...
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Research Article10.9734/BJI/2018/42026
Pelepo M. Coulibaly, Bernadette G. Goualié, Lamine Samagaci, Honoré G. Ouattara & Sébastien L. Niamké·Biotechnology Journal International·2018
Aims: This work intends to screen and to identify thermotolerant acetic acid bacteria with acetic acid production capacity at high temperature in cocoa beans fermentation from six cocoa producing regions of Côte d’Ivoire. Study Design: Thermotolerant acetic acid bacteria were iso...
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Research Article10.9734/BJI/2018/41147
The need for improved livestock waste management in developing countries has been emphasized by various researchers. Consideration has been given globally to advocacy for a transition from fossil energy system to Renewable Energy (RE), based on several socio-economic and environm...
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Research Article10.9734/BJI/2018/40814
Cassava is an important African food crop, where it is a staple to about 250 Million people. It is a household name in Nigeria, the world largest producer of the root crop. It is propagated from stem cuttings and well known for its adaptation to wide range of adapho-climatic cond...