Publications by authors named "Md Khaled Mosharaf"

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  • * Human exposure to these contaminants can lead to serious issues such as endocrine disruption and antibiotic resistance, with their persistence and transformation in the environment complicating the risks.
  • * The review emphasizes gaps in knowledge regarding how plants uptake and transport these substances, discusses factors influencing this process, and suggests areas for future research on the impact of pharmaceuticals on agricultural crops.
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Nitrogen (N) deficiency limits crop productivity. In this study, rhizoengineering with biofilm producing rhizobacteria (BPR) contributing to productivity, physiology, and bioactive contents in tomato was examined under N-deficient field conditions. Here, different BPR including ESK12, ESK17, ESM4, ESM12, ESM14, ESM17 and ESM24 were used for the rhizoengineering of tomato plants.

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Microbial-assisted rhizoengineering is a promising biotechnology for improving crop productivity. In this study, lettuce roots were bacterized with two lead (Pb) tolerant rhizobacteria including Pseudomonas azotoformans ESR4 and P. poae ESR6, and a consortium consisted of ESR4 and ESR6 to increase productivity, physiology and antioxidants, and reduce Pb accumulation grown in Pb-contaminated soil i.

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Biofilm-mediated bioremediation of xenobiotic pollutants is an environmental friendly biological technique. In this study, 36 out of 55 bacterial isolates developed biofilms in glass test tubes containing salt-optimized broth plus 2% glycerol (SOBG). Scanning electron microscopy, Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy, and Congo red- and Calcofluor binding results showed biofilm matrices contain proteins, curli, nanocellulose-rich polysaccharides, nucleic acids, lipids, and peptidoglycans.

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Biofilm-producing rhizobacteria (BPR) enhance productivity and mitigate abiotic stresses in plants. This study showed that 21 out of 65 halotolerant rhizobacteria could build biofilms. The components of the biofilm matrices i.

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Bacterial biofilms play a key role in metal biosorption from wastewater. Recently, ENSD102, ENSH201, sp. ENSG301, ENSG302, and ENSW401 were shown to form air-liquid (AL) and solid-air-liquid (SAL) biofilms in a static condition at 28 and 37°C, respectively.

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Metabolites of azo dyes are often carcinogenic, teratogenic, mutagenic and recalcitrant in nature. In this study, four biofilm consortia such as C1 ( sp. ENSG301, ENSG302, ENSG303 and ENSG304), C2 ( ENSD101, ENSD102 and ENSH201), C3 ( ENSD102, sp.

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Plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) not only enhance plant growth but also control phytopathogens and mitigate abiotic stresses, including water-deficit stress. In this study, 21 (26.9%) rhizobacterial strains isolated from drought-prone ecosystems of Bangladesh were able to form air-liquid (AL) biofilms in the glass test tubes containing salt-optimized broth plus glycerol (SOBG) medium.

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Free-living planktonic single bacterial strain can decolorize Congo red (CR) but often produces the carcinogenic, mutagenic and genotoxic aromatic amines. Planktonic single and bacterial consortia are more susceptible to toxic pollutants than their biofilm counterparts. In the present study, four biofilm consortia (C1 = Vitreoscilla sp.

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