Fabrication and characterization of dual acting oleyl chitosan functionalised iron oxide/gold hybrid nanoparticles for MRI and CT imaging.

Bionanocomposites fabricated using metal nanoparticles serve a wide range of biomedical applications viz., site targeted drug delivery, imaging etc. Theranostics emerge as an important field of science, which focuses on the use of single entity for both disease diagnosis and treatment.

Potentiometric biosensor for determination of urea in milk using immobilized Arthrobacter creatinolyticus urease.

The extracellular urease from Arthrobacter creatinolyticus was partially purified by ammonium sulfate precipitation and immobilized on PAN [poly(acrylonitrile-methylmethacrylate-sodium vinylsulfonate)] membrane. The urease immobilized PAN membrane exhibited an activity of 97.92U/cm(2) under the optimum conditions of 1.

Screening and production of a potent extracellular Arthrobacter creatinolyticus urease for determination of heavy metal ions.

This paper describes the isolation of a potent extracellular urease producing microorganism, identified by 16S rRNA as Arthrobacter creatinolyticus MTCC 5604 and its medium optimization by classical one-factor-at-a-time method and central composite rotatable design (CCRD), a tool of response surface methodology (RSM). An optimal activity of 9.0 U ml(-1) was obtained by classical method and statistical optimization of the medium resulted in an activity of 17.

Scale-up of an alkaline protease from Bacillus pumilus MTCC 7514 utilizing fish meal as a sole source of nutrients.

Fish meal grades SL1 and SL2 from Sardine (Sardinella longiceps) and NJ from Pink Perch (Nemipterus japonicas) were evaluated as a sole source of carbon and nitrogen in the medium for alkaline protease production by Bacillus pumilus MTCC 7514. The analysis of the fish meal suggests that the carbon and nitrogen contents in fish meal are sufficient to justify its choice as replacement for other nutrients. Protease production increased significantly (4,914 U/ml) in medium containing only fish meal, compared with the basal medium (2,646 U/ml).