Publications by authors named "Stanzin Choksket"

A rod-shaped, motile, Gram-stain-positive bacterial strain RKN2, was isolated from gut of silver carp (Hypophthalmichthys molitrix) residing in Gobindsagar reservoir, Himachal Pradesh, India. Having the greatest sequence similarity to Sporosarcina koreensis F73 (98.51%), Sporosarcina luteola Y1 (98.

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  • The COVID-19 pandemic led to approximately 6 million deaths worldwide, with a significant number caused by invasive fungal infections due to immune dysfunction in hospitalized patients, especially in ICUs.
  • Common fungal pathogens affecting COVID-19 patients include Mucorales (like Rhizopus and Mucor), Aspergillus, and Candida, with a notably higher prevalence of mucormycosis in India linked to risk factors such as uncontrolled diabetes and prolonged steroid use.
  • Diagnosing these infections is challenging due to limitations in current methods, making early detection and management crucial for improving patient outcomes and preventing high mortality rates.
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Unlabelled: Members of the lactic acid bacillus group are well-known probiotics and primarily isolated from fermented food, dairy products, intestinal and gut environment of human. Since probiotics from the human source are preferred, there exists a huge repertoire of lactobacilli in the human oral cavity which could prove a much better niche to be exploited for these beneficial microorganisms. Therefore, in this study, four lactobacilli strains, including strain DISK7, reported earlier, isolated from dental plaque samples of a healthy humans were evaluated for their probiotic potential.

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A bacterial strain designated as UC was isolated from farmland soil. Strain UC formed a pale yellow colony on nutrient agar. Cell morphology revealed it as the rod-shaped bacterium that stained Gram-negative.

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An antimicrobial producing Gram-positive, aerobic, nonmotile, and filamentous actinobacterial strain SKN60 was isolated from soil The isolate exhibited 99.3% and 99.0% identity with ATCC 31255 and TRM 44457, respectively, in 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis.

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A Gram-positive facultative anaerobe, nonspore forming, and nonmotile bacterial strain M31 was isolated from faecal contaminated soil. The strain is previously reported to produce a novel antimicrobial lipopeptide and displayed probiotic properties. The strain M31 is catalase negative and fermented d-galactose, d-glucose, esculin, d-maltose, d-lactose, d-melibiose, d-raffinose, d-saccharose (weak reaction), d-xylose (weak reaction), d-ribose (weak reaction), and l-arabinose (weak reaction).

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A Gram-stain-positive, motile, and rod-shaped bacterium, designated as strain MB25, was isolated from the gut of Cyprinus carpio from the highly polluted river Yamuna, India. Phylogenetic analysis based on 16S rRNA gene sequence revealed that strain MB25 belonged to the genus Sporosarcina, sharing the highest sequence similarity with S. luteola Y1 (98.

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A bacterial strain was isolated from the waste slurry of an industrial effluent treatment plant near Patancheru, Hyderabad, India, and designated as PI-S10-B5A. It was an obligately anaerobic, spore-forming, rod-shaped, motile bacterium that stained Gram-positive. The strain revealed high 16S rRNA gene sequence identity with Hungatella xylanolytica DSM 3808 (99.

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  • Accession numbers for the whole-genome sequence of two strains, GI9 and SKDU10, are provided, highlighting their identification in research.
  • The study focuses on two lipopeptides produced by these strains, which were purified and characterized using advanced techniques, revealing their potential as antimicrobial agents.
  • Both lipopeptides demonstrated broad-spectrum antibacterial properties and effectiveness against fungi, while exhibiting minimal harmful effects on plants, suggesting their potential use in the biotechnological industry for controlling biological threats.
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A strictly anaerobic bacterial strain designated as SKVG24 was isolated from subgingival dental plaque samples of patients suffering from periodontitis. Cells were stained Gram-positive, rod shaped with endospore. The strain showed negative reaction to catalase and oxidase enzymes, but positive for gelatinase activity.

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A novel orange to pink coloured bacterial strain designated as CT19 was isolated from the gastrointestinal tract of mirror carp, var. (Lacepède, 1803) collected from the Gobind Sagar reservoir at village Lathiani, Una, Himachal Pradesh, India. Cells of the strain were found to be aerobic, Gram-stain-positive, non-motile and non-spore-forming coccoids.

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