Publications by authors named "U Lakra"
Article Synopsis
- Microbial interactions in ecosystems are heavily influenced by exopolysaccharides (EPSs), which are substances produced by microorganisms that play key roles in communication and cooperative behaviors.
- EPSs function as signaling molecules that facilitate chemical communication among microbes and enable them to assess population density through a process called quorum sensing (QS).
- This review highlights the importance of EPS in shaping microbial communities, affecting how they organize, stick together, and withstand environmental challenges, offering essential insights for future research in microbial ecology and its applications in various fields.
The study investigated production, characterisation, and biological properties of exopolysaccharide (EPS) from a thermophilic bacterium, using sucrose as a main carbon source at a temperature of 75 °C, resulting in a yield of 2.87 g/L. The surface topology of EPS was determined using FESEM indicating its porous nature.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFHot springs are a valuable source of biologically significant chemicals due to their high microbial diversity. To investigate the possibilities for industrial uses of these bacteria, researchers collected water and sediment samples from variety of hot springs. Our investigation employed both culture-dependent and culture-independent techniques, including 16S-based marker gene analysis of the microbiota from the hot springs of Surajkund, Jharkhand.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThermophiles are the microorganisms which thrive under extreme conditions such as high temperature, making them significant for scientific interest. This study provides information based on isolation of thermophilic strain from Surajkund and Ramkund, hot spring of Jharkhand at 50, 60 and 70 °C. Two of the best isolates were used for the extraction of exopolysaccharides.
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