Asian Journal of Bio Science

A. John De Britto ¹, D. Herin Sheeba Gracelin ¹, T. Leon Stephan Raj ¹, P. Benjamin Jeya Rathna Kumar ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Plant Biology and Biotechnology, St. Xavier’s College (Autonomous), Palayamkottai (T.N.), IN

Abstract

Solanaceae is one of the families with a number of important agricultural plants as well as many toxic plants. In the present investigation a comparative and comprehensive leaf, branch, fruit and seed have been analyzed and complemented with leaf proteins for identifications. As expected taxonomical characters within Solanum species revealed great morphological differences. Some Solanum species are phenotypically close to each other, but have different taxonomic status. These morphological similarities lead to difficulty in identification of these species. Hence, a study was undertaken to understand the similarities and dissimilarities at morphological and protein level. Molecular weight of the protein of the five species varied from 199.53kD to 1.78kD. The result showed S. surattense and S. trilobatum were closer morphologically whereas, S. surattense and S. melongena were closer at protein level.

Keywords

Solanaceae, SDS-PAGE, Paired Affinity, Similarity, Phylogeny.

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T. Leon Stephan Raj ¹, A. Saravana Ganthi ²

Affiliations
1 P.G. and Research Department of Plant Biology and Biotechnology, St. Xavier’s College (Autonomous), Palayamkottai (T.N.), IN
2 Department of Botany, Rani Anna Govt. College, Tirunelveli (T.N.), IN

Abstract

Due to industrial development, the amount and variety of hazardous substances added to the environment has increasing drastically. A significant number of synthetic compounds which are not related to natural ones persist in the environment and create health hazardous for human beings. Bacillus subtilis was isolated from Match box industrial effluent disposal site. It was characterized and exploited for its dye degradation potential on synthetic dyes (Acid scarlet 3R Conc., Brown Ex – 399, Crystal violet, Green G Conc., Swiss pink) under static condition dose.

Keywords

Synthetic Dyes, Bacillus subtilis, Bioremediation, Decolourisation.

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