Understanding the spatial distribution of plant available soil nutrients and influencing soil properties and delineation soil nutrient management zones (MZs) are important for implementing precision nutrient management options (PNMO) in an area to achieve maintainable crop production. We assessed spatial distribution pattern of plant available sulphur (S) (PAS), boron (B) (PAB), zinc (PAZn), manganese (PAMn), iron (PAFe), and copper (PACu), and soil organic carbon (SOC), pH, and electrical conductivity (EC) to delineate soil nutrients MZs in northeastern region of India. A total of 17,471 representative surface (0-15 cm depth) soil samples were collected from the region, processed, and analysed for above-mentioned soil parameters.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFA thermophilic cellulase-producing bacterium, Bacillus velezensis strain MRC 5958, from Bakra natural hot Springs, India was characterized through genome sequencing. It has a genome size of 4,467,129 bp and a GC content of 45.7%.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAntimicrobial resistance has been developing fast and incurring a loss of human life, and there is a need for new antimicrobial agents. Naturally occurring antimicrobial peptides offer the characteristics to counter AMR because the resistance development is low or no resistance. Antimicrobial peptides from Paenibacillus peoriae IBSD35 cell-free supernatant were salted out and purified using chromatography and characterized with liquid chromatography-tandem-mass spectrometry.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFCapsicum chinense is the chilli species containing the highest amount of capsaicin, and is an important traditional spice crop of Northeast India. Capsaicinoids derived from . chinense are used in anticancer and anti-obesity treatments, as temperature regulators, in pain therapy, and as antioxidants.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe mushroom is an important food for the rural tribal populations in Manipur, because of its high nutritional contents. In this study, we report on the nutritional profile of three wild edible mushrooms consumed by the tribal populations of Manipur viz.: J124; J201 and J470.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFStaphylococcus aureus and Methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA) remains one of the major concerns of healthcare associated and community-onset infections worldwide. The number of cases of treatment failure for infections associated with resistant bacteria is on the rise, due to the decreasing efficacy of current antibiotics.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIncreasing prevalence of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) has posed a major health concern worldwide, and the addition of new antimicrobial agents is diminishing due to overexploitation of plants and microbial resources. Inevitably, alternative sources and new strategies are needed to find novel biomolecules to counter AMR and pandemic circumstances. The association of plants with microorganisms is one basic natural interaction that involves the exchange of biomolecules.
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