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- Rhizospheric Iron Oxidizing Bacteria from Typha angustifolia Growing in Heavy Metal Enriched Wetlands of Jaduguda Uranium Mine Tailings, India Assisting Phytoremediation by the Plant
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1 Department of Microbiology, St. Xavier's College, 30 Mother Teresa Sarani, Kolkata-700016, IN
1 Department of Microbiology, St. Xavier's College, 30 Mother Teresa Sarani, Kolkata-700016, IN
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Journal of Environment and Sociobiology, Vol 12, No Sp Iss (2015), Pagination: 19-20Abstract
The Uranium mine tailings of Jaduguda, India is highly contaminated with different heavy metals specially Fe and Mn. Typha angustifolia, a perennial herbaceous plant is the primary vegetation of this heavy metal enriched wetland. This plant exhibits extreme tolerance towards these two heavy metals and is able to sequester about 1000 ppm of Fe in its ischolar_mains but it does not allow the metal to translocate in the shoot. Thus it decreases the level of iron contamination of the wetland and an important agent for phytoremediation. One of the major causes of iron tolerance of this plant is the formation of Fe plaque on the plant ischolar_main that imparts permeability to selective metals. Investigation to sort out the mystery behind the formation of this Fe plaque has revealed the presence of Fe oxidizing bacteria at the rhizospheric region of this plant. In this paper we have reported three iron oxidizing rhizospheric bacteria belonging to the genera Bacillus, Paenibacillus and Pseudomonas which are found to play a significant role in regulating the iron accumulation in the ischolar_mains of Typha and thereby assisting in its natural phytoremediation potential. The role of these microbes in executing iron oxidation (biological oxidation) at the ischolar_mains of Typha was investigated. Their effect on iron nutrition in Typha under iron replete and excess condition was also evaluated.
- Rhizospheric Iron Oxidizing Bacteria from Typha angustifolia Growing in Heavy Metal Enriched Wetlands of Jaduguda Uranium Mine Tailings, India Assisting Phytoremediation by the Plant
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1 Department of Microbiology, St. Xavier’s College, 30 Mother Teresa Sarani, Kolkata-700016, IN
1 Department of Microbiology, St. Xavier’s College, 30 Mother Teresa Sarani, Kolkata-700016, IN
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Journal of Environment and Sociobiology, Vol 12, No 2 (2015), Pagination: 133-142Abstract
The Uranium mine tailings of Jaduguda, India is highly contaminated with different heavy metals specially Fe and Mn. Typha angustifolia, a perennial herbaceous plant is the primary vegetation of this heavy metal enriched wetland. This plant exhibits extreme tolerance towards these two heavy metals and is able to sequester about 1000 ppm of Fe in its ischolar_mains under controlled laboratory condition but it does not allow the metal to translocate in the shoot. Thus it decreases the level of iron contamination of the wetland and is an important agent for phytoremediation. One of the major causes of iron tolerance of this plant is the formation of Fe plaque on the plant ischolar_main that imparts permeability to selective metals. Investigation to sort out the mystery behind the formation of this Fe plaque has revealed the presence of Fe oxidizing bacteria at the rhizospheric region of this plant. In this paper we have reported three iron oxidizing rhizospheric bacteria belonging to the genera Bacillus, Paenibacillus and Pseudomonas which are found to play a significant role in regulating the iron accumulation in the ischolar_mains of Typha and thereby assist in its natural phytoremediation potential. The role of these microbes in executing iron oxidation (biological oxidation) at the ischolar_mains of Typha was investigated. Their effect on iron nutrition in Typha under iron replete and excess condition was also evaluated.Keywords
Typha, Rhizospheric Bacteria, Iron, Phytoremediation.References
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- Antimicrobial and Computational Assessment of Christella dentata Crude Extracts Against Multidrug Resistant Bacterial Cultures and Targets
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Meesha Singh
1,
Sayak Ganguli
2,
Sayak Ganguli
2,
Mahashweta Mitra Ghosh
1,
Mahashweta Mitra Ghosh
1
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1 Department of Microbiology, St. Xavier’s College, Kolkata-700016, IN
2 Department of Biotechnology, St. Xavier’s College, Kolkata-700016, IN
1 Department of Microbiology, St. Xavier’s College, Kolkata-700016, IN
2 Department of Biotechnology, St. Xavier’s College, Kolkata-700016, IN
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Journal of Environment and Sociobiology, Vol 17, No 1 (2020), Pagination: 1-10Abstract
There has been an abrupt increase in the emergence of antibiotic resistant bacteria and related infections throughout the globe. There is a dire need to explore novel botanicals with the purpose of identifying potential antibacterial compounds effective against such drug resistant bacteria. This study focuses on the screening of crude ethanolic extracts of an edible fern, Christella dentata. The biochemical tests and antibacterial efficacy assay against cultures of E. coli, Salmonella, Pseudomonas, Bacillus and Lactobacillus indicate the potency of the crude extracts. The study was further extended by text and literature-based identification of active principles from the plant under study. The identified compounds were then tested for their druggabilities and docked against reported targets of multidrug resistant (MDR) strains of E. coli, Klebsiella pneumoniae and Staphylococcus aureus. Results indicate that some of these active compounds can be explored as potential leads for inhibiting the protein targets and preventing the spread of these MDR strains.
Keywords
Ferns, Hospital effluent, Multidrug Resistance, Phytochemicals, Molecular docking, Computational Study.References
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