Biological Sciences & Biotechnology: Recent submissions

  • Effects of iron nanoparticles on iron-corroding bacteria 
    Das, K.R.; Kerkar, S.; Meena, Y.; Mishra, S. (3 Biotech. 7(6); 2017; ArticleID 385.)
    The toxicological effects of Fe3O4 nanoparticles were evaluated with an iron-corroding bacterium (ICB) for preventing the biocorrosion of iron. Fe3O4 nanoparticles of 18 nm were successfully prepared and characterized by ...
  • Quick identification of piperidine alkaloid from roots of Grewia nervosa and their glucosidase inhibitory activity 
    Meena, S.N.; Majik, M.S.; Ghadi, S.C.; Tilve, S.G. (Chemistry & Biodiversity. 14(12); 2017; ArticleID_e1700400.)
    Grewia nervosa is herbal plant used as traditional medicine for different purposes. Bioassay-guided chemical fractionation of G. nervosa roots resulted in an identification of two known and one new compound, named ...
  • Notes on foliicolous lichens from Western Ghats part of Goa, India 
    Randive, P.; Joseph, S.; Nayaka, S.; Janarthanam, M.K. (Indian Journal of Forestry. 40(3); 2017; 217-221.)
    A total of 17 lichens growing over leaves in the forest of Goa are enumerated. Out of the total eight obligate (Coenogonium dilucidum, Fellhanera bouteillei, Mazosia phyllosema, Porina Karnatakensis, P. nitidula, P rufiula, ...
  • An updated checklist of lichens from Goa with new records from Cotigao wildlife sanctuary 
    Randive, P.; Nayaka, S.; Janarthanam, M.K. (Cryptogam Biodiversity and Assessment. 2(1); 2017; 26-36.)
    A checklist of 118 lichens species is prepared by compiling the published literature, unreported species from herbarium LWG and fresh collection from Cotigao Wildlife Sanctuary. The study added 47 species as new to Goa and ...
  • Spiders of Taleigao Plateau, Goa, India 
    Pandit, R.; Pai, I.K. (Journal of Environmental Science and Public Health. 1(4); 2017; 240-252.)
    Spiders have utilitarian value. The present study is the first comprehensive documentation of the spider fauna from the Taleigao plateau, Goa, India and has revealed occurrence of 74 species of spiders belonging to 17 ...
  • Combinations of genotoxic tests for the evaluation of group 1 IARC carcinogens 
    Bhagat, J. (Journal of Applied Toxicology. 38(1-2); 2018; 81-99.)
    Many of the known human carcinogens are potent genotoxins that are efficiently detected as carcinogens in human populations but certain types of compounds such as immunosuppressants, sex hormones, etc. act via non-genotoxic ...
  • An extended distribution of Natesh's Cape-pondweed Aponogeton nateshii (Aponogetonaceae), a new record to the state of Goa 
    Kolte, R.R.; Deshpande, A.S.; Pillai, P.M.; Yadav, S.R. (Journal of Threatened Taxa. 9(11); 2017; 10977-10979.)
    Aponogeton nateshii, a recently described species from Ratnagiri District of Maharashtra and also recorded from Belagavi District of Karnataka is now reported from the state of Goa for the first time. This species is ...
  • Integrating transcriptomic and proteomic data for accurate assembly and annotation of genomes 
    Prasad, T.S.K.; Mohanty, A.K.; ManishKumar; Sreenivasamurthy, S.K.; Dey, G.; Nirujogi, R.S.; Pinto, S.M.; Madugundu, A.K.; Patil, A.H.; Advani, J.; Manda, S.S.; Gupta, M.K.; Dwivedi, S.B.; Kelkar, D.S.; Hall, B.; Jiang, X.; Peery, A.; Pavithra, R.; Yelamanchi, S.D.; Solanki, H.S.; RemyaRaja; Sathe, G.J.; Chavan, S.; Verma, R.; Patel, K.M.; Jain, A.P.; Syed, N.; Datta, K.K.; Khan, A.A.; Manjunath, D.; Jayaram, S.; Radhakrishnan, A.; Mitchell, C.J.; Na, C-H.; NirbhayKumar; Sinnis, P.; Sharakhov, I.V.; Wang, C.; Gowda, H.; Tu, Z.; AshwaniKumar; Pandey, A. (Genome Research. 27(1); 2017; 133-144.)
    Complementing genome sequence with deep transcriptome and proteome data could enable more accurate assembly and annotation of newly sequenced genomes. Here, we provide a proof-of-concept of an integrated approach for ...
  • Biosynthesis of iron nanoparticles by sulphate reducing bacteria and its application in remediating chromium from water 
    Das, K.R.; Kerkar, S. (International Journal of Pharma and Bio Sciences. 8(4); 2017; 538-546.)
    Chromium is an industrially important metal, extensively used in metal plating, tanning, pigment and refractory industries; hence its discharge in to the environment is unavoidable. Due to its persistence, toxicity, ...
  • Dyeing of cotton and silk with eco-friendly dyes extracted from bark of mangrove species Rhizophora mucronata and Ceriops tagal 
    Verenkar, N.; Krishnan, S. (International Journal of ChemTech Research. 10(12); 2017; 102-110.)
    India has a rich biodiversity of plants and it harbours several economically useful plant resources. Hence, the plant kingdom is considered to be treasure-house of diverse natural products. Natural dyes are one such product ...

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