Publications by authors named "Md Akhtar-E Ekram"

Studying past ecosystems from ancient environmental DNA preserved in lake sediments (sedaDNA) is a rapidly expanding field. This research has mainly involved Holocene sediments from lakes in cool climates, with little known about the suitability of sedaDNA to reconstruct substantially older ecosystems in the warm tropics. Here, we report the successful recovery of chloroplast trnL (UAA) sequences (trnL-P6 loop) from the sedimentary record of Lake Towuti (Sulawesi, Indonesia) to elucidate changes in regional tropical vegetation assemblages during the lake's Late Quaternary paleodepositional history.

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  • * A study found that treating wheat seeds with hydrogen-rich water (HRW) for 4 hours significantly improved germination rates, growth metrics, and nutrient absorption, suggesting a potential method for enhancing agricultural productivity.
  • * Moreover, HRW treatment showed promise in promoting drought tolerance and upregulating protective genes in wheat, indicating a need for further field studies to confirm its effectiveness in real-world conditions.
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The harmful effects of chemical preservatives are driving the need for natural ones. To meet this demand, probiotic lactic acid bacteria (LAB) were isolated from fermented oats in this study. The goals of this study were to separate and identify probiotic LAB from fermented oats, to determine how effective these LAB are at combating pathogenic microorganisms in vitro, and to investigate their preservative capacity by applying the bacterium's cell-free supernatant (CFS) to specific fruits and fruit juice.

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  • - Antibiotic resistance is a global issue worsened by bacteria's ability to form biofilms; this study investigates the antagonistic effects of selected bacterial strains against a known fish pathogen.
  • - One strain showcased exceptional effectiveness in combating the pathogen, exhibiting around 56% biofilm disruption through its cell-free supernatants.
  • - The research identifies volatile compounds with strong binding affinities to a key protein in the pathogen, suggesting these compounds could serve as potential antibiotic alternatives for aquaculture.
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Biofilm inhibition has been identified as a novel drug target for the development of broad-spectrum antibiotics to combat infections caused by drug-resistant bacteria. Although several plant-based compounds have been reported to have anti-biofilm properties, research on the anti-biofilm properties of bacterial bioactive compounds has been sparse. In this study, the efficacy of compounds from a cell-free supernatant of against a biofilm formation of sp.

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Excessive use of pesticides in agricultural fields is a matter of great concern for living beings as well as the environment across the world, in particular, the third world countries. Therefore, there is an urgent need to find out an effective way to degrade these hazardous chemicals from the soil in an environment-friendly way. In the current project, a bacterial species were isolated through enrichment culture from carbofuran-supplemented rice-field soil and identified as a carbofuran degrader.

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