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Euglena mutabilis exists in a FAB consortium with microbes that enhance cadmium tolerance
BackgroundSynthetic algal–fungal and algal–bacterial cultures have been investigated as a means to enhance the technological applications of the...
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Back to the origins: biopesticides as promising alternatives to conventional agrochemicals
Presently, the world is using eco-friendly products to limit pollution in soil, air, water, and marine environments and to mitigate rapid climate...
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Effects of mycosubtilin homolog algicides from a marine bacterium, Bacillus sp. SY-1, against the harmful algal bloom species Cochlodinium polykrikoides
The marine bacterium, Bacillus sp. SY-1, produced algicidal compounds that are notably active against the bloom-forming alga Cochlodinium polykrikoides ...
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Occurrence of D-amino acids in natural products
Since the identified standard genetic code contains 61 triplet codons of three bases for the 20 L-proteinogenic amino acids (AAs), no D-AA should be...
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Biosensors and Nanobiosensors in Environmental Applications
There is a big demand for fast, reliable, and low-cost systems for the detection, monitoring, and diagnosis of pollutant in the environment and...
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Commercial Applications of Microbial Enzymes
Enzymes are widely used nowadays in industrial and household catalysis. Enzyme-catalysed conversions occur in minutes or even in seconds. Further,...
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Nanopesticide: Future Application of Nanomaterials in Plant Protection
Crop and postharvest pests and diseases have significant impact on agricultural yield loss and farmers’ incomes. Farmers mostly use synthetic...
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Pre- and Postharvest Management Practices for Litchi Production in India
Litchi (Litchi chinensis) is an important woody mycorrhizal fruit tree originated in China. In India, the agroclimatic conditions of foothills of the...
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Metabolic engineering of astaxanthin biosynthesis in maize endosperm and characterization of a prototype high oil hybrid
Maize was genetically engineered for the biosynthesis of the high value carotenoid astaxanthin in the kernel endosperm. Introduction of a β-carotene...
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Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids from Algae
The n-3 long chain polyunsaturated fatty acids (LC-PUFAs) are well studied bioactive molecules with important health benefits. These have gained...
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Plant Proteomics: Technologies and Applications
Proteomics is generally defined as the simultaneous and high-throughput study of protein expression profiles in cells, tissues, organs and organisms....
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Properties and applications of undecylprodigiosin and other bacterial prodigiosins
The growing demand to fulfill the needs of present-day medicine in terms of novel effective molecules has lead to reexamining some of the old and...
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Genetic Improvement of Biocontrol Agents for Sustainable Pest Management
Genetic improvement involves directed purposeful genetic alterations to enhance the efficacy of natural enemies for biological control. This may be...
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Saprolmycins A–E, new angucycline antibiotics active against Saprolegnia parasitica
Saprolmycins A–E, five new anti- Saprolegnia parasitica antibiotics were isolated from the culture broth of Streptomyces sp. strain TK08046. As...
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Endophytes and associated marine derived fungi—ecological and chemical perspectives
The potential of endophytes and algal or invertebrate associated marine derived fungi as promising sources of structurally unprecedented bioactive...
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Molecular Farming of Antibodies in Plants
Biopharmaceuticals are produced predominantly in microbial or mammalian bioreactor systems. Over the last few years, however, it has become clear...