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Engineering D-glucose utilization in Azospirillum brasilense Sp7 promotes rice root colonization
Bacteria of the genus Azospirillum include several plant associated bacteria which often promote the growth of their host plants. Although the host range of Azospirillum brasilense Sp7 is much wider than its clos...
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Open AccessUnravelling the genome of Holy basil: an “incomparable” “elixir of life” of traditional Indian medicine
Ocimum sanctum L. (O. tenuiflorum) family-Lamiaceae is an important component of Indian tradition of medicine as well as culture around the world, and hence is known as “Holy basil” in India. T...
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A SAM-dependent methyltransferase cotranscribed with arsenate reductase alters resistance to peptidyl transferase center-binding antibiotics in Azospirillum brasilense Sp7
The genome of Azospirillum brasilense harbors a gene encoding S-adenosylmethionine-dependent methyltransferase, which is located downstream of an arsenate reductase gene. Both genes are cotranscribed and translat...
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Erratum to: Cultivation-independent analysis of archaeal and bacterial communities of the formation water in an Indian coal bed to enhance biotransformation of coal into methane
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Cultivation-independent analysis of archaeal and bacterial communities of the formation water in an Indian coal bed to enhance biotransformation of coal into methane
Biogenic origin of the significant proportion of coal bed methane has indicated the role of microbial communities in methanogenesis. By using cultivation-independent approach, we have analysed the archaeal and...
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Genetic polymorphism of CYP3A5 in Indian chronic myeloid leukemia patients
CYP3A5 is an important genetic contributor to inter-individual differences in CYP3A-dependent clinically important drugs of metabolism and also of various endogenous compounds and environmental contaminants. The
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Bio-sequestration of carbon dioxide using carbonic anhydrase enzyme purified from Citrobacter freundii
The increase in the atmospheric concentrations of one of the vital green house gasses, carbon dioxide, due to anthropogenic interventions has led to several undesirable consequences such as global warming and ...
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Identification of Diazotrophs in the Culturable Bacterial Community Associated with Roots of Lasiurus sindicus, a Perennial Grass of Thar Desert, India
Lasiurus sindicus is a highly nutritive, drought-tolerant, perennial grass that is endemic to the Thar Desert of Rajasthan, India. Analysis of 16S rRNA coding genes of the bacterial isolates enriched in nitrogen-...
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Identification of salt stress inducible genes that control cell envelope related functions in Azospirillum brasilense Sp7
Plant growth promoting rhizobacteria such as Azospirillum brasilense are agronomically important as they are frequently used for crop inoculation. But adverse factors such as increasing soil salinity limit their ...
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Cloning and Characterization of a fur Homologue from Azospirillum brasilense Sp7
A homologue of the ferric uptake regulator gene, fur, was identified from a Azospirillum brasilense Sp7 genomic DNA clone. Experiments performed with transcriptional lacZ fusions demonstrated that the A. brasilen...
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Inhibition of Biosynthesis and Activity of Nitrogenase in Azospirillum brasilense Sp7 Under Salinity Stress