Halophiles are the salt loving organisms, which are found to survive in wide range of salt concentration. Based on their salt requirement, halophiles are categorized into different categories; 1. Slight, 2. Moderate, 3. ...

Rhizobacteria possessing multiple plant growth promoting activities. Halotolerant rhizobacteria were isolated from the groundnut soil sample with salinity 0.7mS/cm in Jodiya region of saurashtra. 48 bacterial isolates ...

Bacteria surrounding plant roots and providing a stimulatory effect to the plants are termed Plant growth promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR). They are highly beneficial microorganisms which can be utilized to enhance ...

Introduction: The inevitable rise of antibiotic-resistant bacteria is a global health problem. These pathogens erode the utility of available antibiotics. Staphylococcus aureus is one of the major causes of community-acquired ...

Endophytic actinomycetes from medicinal plants of Rajkot district were isolated and screened for their antibacterial activity against several pathogenic bacteria. A total of 36 separate endophytic isolates were obtained ...

Actinomycetes are one of the most attractive sources of antibiotics and other biologically active substances of high commercial value. In the search of novel source of actinomycetes, endophytes have been demonstrated ...

One of the eye catching subjects in the scientific community is environmental friendly and economic production of bioplastics [Poly β-hydroxybutyrate (PHB)]. Most of the research on PHB using microbes has been directed ...

Rose (Rosa hybrida L. cv. bush rose) micropropagules were grown on salicylic acid (SA) supplemented MS medium with the objectives to study its effect on growth and multiplication under in vitro conditions. Salicylic ...

Salicylic acid (SA) induced changes in in vitro growth and biochemical characteristics were studied in banana micropropagules. Banana shoots were cultured on standard banana multiplication medium supplemented with different ...

Candidate gene is a gene with known or assumed function that may affect genetic control of a trait and thus, can be considered a ‘candidate gene’ for this trait. The Candidate gene associates a gene to its phenotypic ...