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Upstream regulatory sequence for transcriptional activator XylR in the first operon of xylene metabolism on the TOL plasmid

Inouye, S.; Gomada, M.; Sangodkar, U.M.X.; Nakazawa, A.; Nakazawa, T. (Journal of Molecular Biology. 216(2); 1990; 251-260.)

Transcription of the first operon coding for m-xylene-degrading enzymes on the TOL plasmid of Pseudomonas putida is activated by the xylR gene product in the presence of m-xylene. The operon has the consensus sequence of ...

Identification of genes specifying proline biosynthesis In marine bacterium Alteromonas haloplanktis

Sangodkar, U.M.X. (Biotechnology Letters. 13(11); 1991; 839-843.)

A gene bank of total DNA of a marine bacterium, Alteromonas haloplanktis, was constructed on pBR322. Two hybrid plasmids pUS2010 and pUS2011 carrying inserts of 8.2 and 5.7 kb, respectively, were isolated that complemented ...

Identification of a meta-cleavage pathway for metabolism of phenoxyacetic acid and phenol in pseudomonas-cepacia AC1100

Ghadi, S.C.; Sangodkar, U.M.X. (Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 204(2); 1994; 983-993.)

Pseudomonas cepacia strain AC1100 grows luxuriantly on 2,4,5-trichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2,4,5-T) but does not utilize phenoxyacetic acid. After long-term selective pressure on phenoxyacetic acid, mutants designated as ...

Molecular breeding of oil degrading microorganisms: Development of phenol degrading mutant of Pseudomonas cepacia AC1100

Ghadi, S.C.; Sangodkar, U.M.X. (Ocean Technology Perspectives, Ed. by: S. Kumar, V.V. Agadi, V.K. Das and B.N. Desai. CSIR, New-Delhi. 1994; 920-928.)

Among the large number of toxic constituents of heavier fractions of crude oil, phenols, cresols, xylenols and naphthols are prominent aromatic members. The genome of Pseudomonas cepacia AC1100 is a reservoir of several ...

Antibiotic production by a plasmid borne Streptomyces sp.

Kerkar, S. (Ocean Technology Perspectives, Ed. by: S. Kumar, V.V. Agadi, V.K. Das and B.N. Desai. CSIR, New-Delhi. 1994; 949-959.)

An antibiotic-producing marine Streptomyces sp. isolated from an intertidal zone of Andaman Island showed a broad range of inhibitory activity against non-marine and marine bacterial cultures. The optimum conditions for ...

Screening for agarolytic bacteria and development of a novel method for in situ detection of agarase

Ghadi, S.C.; Muraleedharan, U.D.; Jawaid, S. (Journal of Marine Biotechnology. 5(4); 1997; 194-200.)

A preliminary screening for agar-degrading bacteria from the coastal waters of India yielded two isolates, 10A and LK2, with promising agarolytic activity. Both isolates showed extensive pit formation as well as clearance ...

Studies on the Biodegradation of the Heterocyclic Component of Crude Oil in the Marine Environment

Coelho, Joanita

Advances in the bio-control of mosquito vectors utilizing Bacillus Sphaericus and B. thuringiensis var. israelensis

AshwaniKumar; KulvirSra; Sangodkar, U.M.X.; Sharma, V.P. (Proceedings of The National Academy of Sciences India Section B-Biological Sciences. 65; 2000; 1-20.)

Hydrological structure and biological productivity of the tropical Indian Ocean

Muraleedharan, U.D.; Muraleedharan, P.M. (5. Pacific Ocean Remote Sensing Conference (PORSEC), 5-8 Dec 2000. Proc.,Vol.2. NIO, Goa. 2000; 853-857.)

Studies on the Degradation of Dibenzothiophene (DBT) by a Marine Microorganism and its Role in the Mineralization of Crude Oil Components

Rodrigues, Janneth

Biochemistry and Cryopreservation of Marine Microorganisms Involved in the Biodegradation of Aromatic Components of Crude Oil with Special Reference to Mineralization of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAH's).

Fernandes, Neil

Mercury and lead tolerance in hypersaline sulfate-reducing bacteria

Harithsa, S.; Kerkar, S.; LokaBharathi, P.A. (Marine Pollution Bulletin. 44(8); 2002; 726-732.)

Sulfate-reducing bacteria (SRB) HSR1, HSR4, and HSR14 isolated from the salt pans of Goa grew best at 90-100 parts per thousand salinity on substrates like formate, acetate, lactate, butyrate, ethanol and benzoate. They ...

Novel cost-effective method of screening soils for the presence of mosquito-pathogenic bacilli

Dhindsa, K.S.; Sangodkar, U.M.X.; Kumar, A. (Letters in Applied Microbiology. 35(6); 2002; 457-461.)

The aim was to simplify the cumbersome conventional process of isolating virulent bacilli, which involves isolating all bacilli strains from a source followed by screening for strains that are effective for bio-control of ...

Biogeochemistry of the Bay of Bengal: physical, chemical and primary productivity characteristics of the central and western Bay of Bengal during summer monsoon 2001

Madhupratap, M.; Gauns, M.; Ramaiah, N.; Kumar, S.P.; Muraleedharan, P.M.; de Sousa, S.N.; Sardessai, S.; Muraleedharan, U.D. (Deep-Sea Research Part II-Topical Studies In Oceanography. 50(5); 2003; 881-896.)

Reliable data on biological characteristics from the Bay of Bengal are elusive. In this paper, we present results oil physics, chemistry and biology simultaneously measured during the summer monsoon, 2001, from open-ocean ...

Minimum Hormonal Application for Earliest Alkaloid Detection and Micropropagation in Tylophora indica (Burm. F.) Merr

Patil, U.; Sangodkar, U.M.X. (SAC Publications, Mangalore. 2004; 125-132.)

Ecology of hypersaline microorganisms

Kerkar, S. (Marine Microbiology: Facets and Opportunities, Ed. By: Ramaiah, N. 2004; 37-47.)

Xylanases of marine fungi of potential use for biobleaching of paper pulp

Raghukumar, C.; Muraleedharan, U.D.; Gaud, V.R.; Mishra, R. (Journal of Industrial Microbiology and Biotechnology. 31(9); 2004; 433-441.)

Microbial xylanases that are thermostable, active at alkaline pH and cellulase-free are generally preferred for biobleaching of paper pulp. We screened obligate and facultative marine fungi for xylanase activity with these ...

Isolation of antibody-like substances from marine algae

Barros, U.; Himanshu (Fish Genetics and Aquaculture Biotechnology, Ed. By: T.J. Pandian, C.A. Strussmann, M.P. Marian. Science Publishers. 2005; 153-157.)

Deep-sea fungi as a source of alkaline and cold-tolerant proteases

Damare, S.; Raghukumar, C.; Muraleedharan, U.D.; Raghukumar, S. (Enzyme and Microbial Technology. 39(2); 2006; 172-181.)

Fungi from coastal environments have been widely studied with respect to the production of secondary metabolites and biotechnologically useful lignocellulolytic enzymes. A few studies on mycology of deep-sea sediments, ...

Stimulation of sulfate-reducing activity at salt-saturation in the salterns of Ribandar, Goa, India

Kerkar, S.; LokaBharathi, P.A. (Geomicrobiology Journal. 24(2); 2007; 101-110.)

In order to address the question if sulfate-reducing activity (SRA) ever becomes arrested at salt saturation, it was measured at 0-2, 2-5 and 5-10 cm depth in sediment cores from the saltpans of Ribandar (Goa) using ...

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