Dominance of Vaccine-Specific Genotypes in Koalas From North-Eastern Australia.

is a significant cause of morbidity and mortality in koalas and a major contributor to population decline. Due to its crucial role in vaccine development and use as a strain typing tool, multiple studies have investigated the prevalence and diversity of the outer membrane protein A (MOMP), encoded by A. This prior work has shown that A genotypes vary across geographical regions, with multiple genotypes identified across Eastern Australia.

Biosurfactant Production Using Mutant Strains of and from Agro-industrial Wastes.

Biosurfactants are applied in drug formulations to improve drug solubility and in some cases, treat diseases. This study is focused on generating, extracting, purifying and then characterizing biosurfactants from bacterial isolates of palm oil wastes and abattoir soil origins. Eight bacteria were isolated from the soil and sludge samples, out of which four (50%) were found to produce biosurfactants.

Preliminary studies on the formulation of immune stimulating complexes using saponin from leaves.

There have been several modifications in the use of immune stimulating complexes as adjuvants, such as the replacement of phospholipids with saponin content. Not much research has been done on the use of local alternatives. This actually instigated the use of a local alternative saponin source from leaves to formulate Iscomatrix adjuvant.